The 2012 Women's Premier League was the eleventh season of the
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 League ...
, the highest division of
women's football in Scotland since the SWPL's inception in 2002.
A total of twelve teams contested the league.
Aberdeen FC Ladies won the 2011 Scottish Women's First Division and returned to the Premier League after one season away. First Division runners-up
Hibernian 2000 were unable to be promoted, as league rules stipulated each club could field only one team in the Premier League. Because the third-placed side in the First Division, Toryglen Ladies, folded over the close season,
FC Kilmarnock Ladies were spared relegation and competed in 2012.
New format
The SWPL ran in a new format from this season, with a split division. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top-six and bottom-six sections, based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.
Teams
Stadia and locations
The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs play matches at other venues throughout the season.
League standings
Results
Matches 1–11
Clubs play each other once.
Matches 12–21
After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs will play every other club in their section twice (home and away).
Top six
Bottom six
Forfar Farmington's awarded 3–0 win over Glasgow City
was the champion club's first League defeat since 2008–09.
Top scorers
References
External links
Seasonon soccerway.com
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2012 domestic association football leagues
Scottish Women's Premier League seasons