The 2019
Scottish Women's Premier League
The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of the Scottish Women's Football Leag ...
was the 18th season of the SWPL, the highest division of
women's football in Scotland
Women's association football in Scotland has an organised history including the first international women's match in 1881, the president of the British Ladies' Football Club in 1895, Lady Florence Dixie, the Edinburgh–Preston "World Championship ...
since
2002. The league was split into two divisions of eight teams each, SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. The season started on 10 February 2019 and finished on 17 November 2019. The league was known as the ''Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League'' for sponsorship reasons.
Fixtures for the 2019 SWPL 1 season were announced on 17 December 2018, and SWPL 2 fixtures on 21 December 2018.
Glasgow City were the defending champions and retained the Scottish title in 2019, while
Heart of Midlothian became champions of SWPL 2 and won promotion to the top flight.
In 2019,
Motherwell joined SWPL 1 as the promoted club from the
2018 SWPL 2, replacing
Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scotti ...
.
Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...
and
Partick Thistle joined SWPL 2 as the promoted clubs from the
Scottish Women's Football League First Division
The Scottish Women's Football League First Division (SWFL 1) was a division in the Women's football in Scotland, Scottish women's football pyramid between 1999 and 2019. The second league tier from 1999 to 2015, it was later the third tier from 20 ...
, replacing
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
and
Central Girls. 2019 was the last full season played on a summer calendar in Scottish women's football.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
Stadiums and locations
SWPL 1
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SWPL 2
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Personnel
SWPL 1
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SWPL 2
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SWPL 1
League table
Positions by round
Results
Matches 1 to 14
Matches 15 to 21
SWPL 2
League table
Positions by round
Results
Matches 1 to 14
Matches 15 to 21
Statistics
Scoring
SWPL 1
Source:
SWPL 2
Source:
Hat-tricks
SWPL 1
;Notes
4 – Player scored four goals
SWPL 2
;Notes
*4 – Player scored four goals
*6 – Player scored six goals
Awards
Monthly awards
References
External links
Official website
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Scot
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded t ...
Scottish Women's Premier League seasons
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...