2018 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League 1
Season2018
ChampionsGlasgow City (13th title)
RelegatedHamilton Academical
Champions LeagueGlasgow City
Hibernian
Matches84
Goals306 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorerAbi Harrison (25 goals)[1]
Biggest home winGlasgow City 6–0 Stirling University
(11 February 2018)
Hibernian 6–0 Forfar Farmington
(20 June 2018)
Glasgow City 6–0 Forfar Farmington
(19 August 2018)
Glasgow City 6–0 Rangers
(23 September 2018)
Spartans 6–0 Forfar Farmington
(30 September 2018)
Hibernian 7–1 Rangers
(28 October 2018)
Biggest away winSpartans 1–7 Hibernian
(3 June 2018)
Stirling University 0–6 Glasgow City
(3 June 2018)
Highest scoringHibernian 7–2 Celtic
(26 August 2018)
Longest unbeaten run21 matches:
Glasgow City
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2019 →
All statistics correct as of 28 October 2018.

The 2018 season was the 17th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002.

Glasgow City had won the 2017 SWPL1 title unbeaten, their eleventh consecutive championship.[2] After a tight title-race with Hibernian, Glasgow City successfully retained the title, on the last matchday of the 2018 season.[3] Hamilton were relegated from SWPL 1, while the promoted team was their Lanarkshire rivals, Motherwell.[3]

Teams

Team Location Home ground Capacity 2017 position
CelticGlasgowK Park Training Academy, East Kilbride1,0003rd
Forfar FarmingtonForfarStation Park, Forfar6,7771st in SWPL 2 (promoted)
Glasgow CityGlasgowPetershill Park, Springburn[4]1,0001st (champions)
Hamilton AcademicalHamiltonNew Douglas Park5,5107th
HibernianEdinburghAinslie Park, Edinburgh3,0002nd
RangersGlasgowNew Tinto Park, Govan[5]2,0006th
SpartansEdinburghAinslie Park, Edinburgh3,0005th
Stirling UniversityStirlingThe Gannochy, University of Stirling1,0004th

Format

Teams play each other three times. The top team wins the championship and qualifies for the Champions League. The bottom placed team is relegated to the SWPL 2 at the end of the season.

Standings

Teams play 21 matches each.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C, Q) 21 19 2 0 75 12 +63 59 Qualification for the Champions League Round of 32
2 Hibernian (Q) 21 18 2 1 80 17 +63 56 Qualification for the Champions League Qualifying Round
3 Celtic 21 11 3 7 41 31 +10 36
4 Rangers 21 8 1 12 33 46 −13 25
5 Forfar Farmington 21 7 2 12 20 45 −25 23
6 Spartans 21 4 4 13 23 46 −23 16
7 Stirling University 21 4 3 14 17 54 −37 15
8 Hamilton Academical (R) 21 3 3 15 17 55 −38 12 Relegation to SWPL 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 15 November 2018.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Abi Harrison Hibernian 25
2 Scotland Abbi Grant Glasgow City 15
3 Scotland Rachel McLauchlan Hibernian 10
4 Scotland Hayley Lauder Glasgow City 9
Scotland Jade Gallon Rangers
5 Scotland Lizzie Arnot Hibernian 8
Scotland Kirsty Howat Glasgow City

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month References
Player Club
March Scotland Chelsea McEachran Central Girls [6]
April Scotland Lauren Evans Glasgow Girls [7]
May Scotland Colette Cavanagh Celtic [8]
June Scotland Jade McDonald St Johnstone [9]
August Scotland Abbi Grant Glasgow City [10]
September Scotland Lisa Swanson F.C. Kilmarnock [11]
October Scotland Bayley Hutchison Aberdeen [12]

Annual awards

Award Winner Club References
SWPL 1 Golden Boot Scotland Abi Harrison Hibernian [13]
SWPL 1 Player of the Year Scotland Nicola Docherty Glasgow City [13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Top Goalscorers". Womenspremierleague.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Glasgow City beat Hibs to wrap up 11th successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "SWPL: Glasgow City beat Spartans to claim 12th title in a row". BBC Sport. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Glasgow City return home to Petershill Park". Glasgowcityfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "jaxmcmedia - SWPL 1 - 2018". Jax Mc Media Women's Football Results - Scotland - Jax Mc Media. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "#SWPL: Fifteen-year-old is Player of the Month". She Kicks. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "#SBSSWPL Player of the Month : Glasgow Girls' Lauren Evans". She Kicks. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Celtic Women's Colette Cavanagh is #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Jade McDonald voted #SBSSWPL Player of the Month for June". She Kicks. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Abbi Grant becomes first player to win #SBSSWPL POTM award for second time". She Kicks. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Lisa Swanson #SBSSWPL Player of the Month for September". She Kicks. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "15-year-old Hutchison wins Scottish Building Society SWPL Player of the Month". Scottish Women's Premier League. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. 1 2 "A rundown of who was triumphant at the MG ALBA Scottish Women's Football Awards". Scotwomensfootball.com. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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