Glasgow City Football Club is a women's

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team based in

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that plays in SWPL 1, the top division of women's football in Scotland and also the higher of two levels 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 club has competed in the

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and

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. They also have a reserve team and youth teams. Glasgow City has won the most Premier League titles and the most

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title in a row, a Scottish record surpassing the previous record of nine achieved by the men's teams of Celtic and Rangers. However they lost their four-year monopoly on the domestic trophies with

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winning the SWPL Cup and Scottish Cup. By 2021, they had won 14 SWPL titles in a row.

History

Glasgow City Football Club was formed in 1998 by Laura Montgomery and Carol Anne Stewart. They play in orange and black. The club play their home matches at

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in the

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district in the north of Glasgow, although from 2014 to 2017 they played at the larger

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in Airdrie, around 15 miles outside the city, due to issues with the artificial playing surface at Petershill. For the 2020–21 season, with Petershill unavailable, they played at

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, North Lanarkshire. City completed a domestic clean sweep in

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, winning the

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, and they completed a second consecutive domestic treble in

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. Between the seasons 2009 and

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inclusive, Glasgow City lost only three League matches, and continued an unprecedented run of successive Scottish championships that began in 2007–08 It was reported Glasgow City had held talks with the

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in February 2013 about a possible move to an extended top flight in England. City cited football was not moving forward quickly enough in Scotland for women to match their ambition. The FA shut the door on any potential move. City general manager Laura Montgomery later reiterated the club's desire to play in the FA WSL. During the

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season, Glasgow City secured an eighth successive SWPL title and third successive treble. After a superb 5–4 aggregate win against

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, City became the first Scottish team to reach the

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powered home a header a few minutes from time to send them through. In the quarter-finals,

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proved too strong for City, with a 7–0 aggregate victory. City were seeded for the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2015–16, as they entered straight in to the round of 32, both for the very first time. As the eighth seeds, the team will face

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. In July 2015, Eddie Wolecki stepped down as Glasgow City manager after four and a half years in charge, with

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announced as his replacement. City reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the second time in 2019–20; they were the last independent women's football club to achieve this. In the

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, they won their fourteenth title in succession. Following the departure of Scott Booth in summer 2021 to take head coach role at Birmingham City W.F.C., Grant Scott was appointed as interim head coach until Eileen Gleeson was freed from her commitments as assistant coach with Republic of Ireland women's national team and could take up post as head coach in November 2021.

Club records

* Record win: 29–0 against FC Kilmarnock, May 2010. * Record defeat: 0–10 against

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in the

, 2 November 2011. * Most goals in all competitions: Leanne Ross, 250. * Most league goals in a season: Leanne Ross, 42 (during the 2010 season). * Most goals in a season: Leanne Ross, 54 (during the 2010 season). * Most goals in a game:

Debbie McWhinnie Debbie McWhinnie (born 31 January 1981) is a former Scottish international football striker. She last played in the Scottish Women's Premier League for Hibernian Ladies, having previously represented Spartans and Glasgow City. Club career In ...

, 12 against

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in the

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, February 2004. * Highest European home attendance: 1,785 against

, 22 March 2015.

Honours

**Winners (15): 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009, 2010,

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**Winners (9): 2004, 2006, 2009,

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**Winners (6): 2008–09, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 * Scottish Women's Football First Division **Winners (1): 1998–99

Other tournaments

* National 5-A-Side **Winners (2): 1999–00, 2000–01 * Umbro Cup (Manchester) ** Winners (2): 2007, 2009 (shared) * Reebok Trophy (Mansfield) ** Winners (1): 1999

Awards

* Scottish Sports Awards Amateur Performance of the Year: 2011 * GCC Glasgow Team of the Year: 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 * Glaswegian Team of the Year: 2009 * Sports Council of Glasgow Performance Team of the Year: 2010

European history

Glasgow City has participated in several seasons of

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competitions; reaching the second qualifying round of the Women's Cup (last 16) in the 2008–09 season. In the

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2011−12 UEFA Women's Champions League was the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012. As in the past two Champions League seasons, ...

they won their qualifying group and moved on to the round of 32. They then defeated Icelandic team

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to become the first Scottish side to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League. The Round of 16 ended in "humiliating" fashion for Glasgow City, where against German champions

, they lost the tie 17–0 on aggregate. The 10–0 first leg defeat in

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is the only time any team in the knockout stages of the champions league has been beaten by double figures. In 2013–14 they reached the round of 16 again, losing 2–6 against Arsenal on aggregate. In 2014 they became the first Scottish team to advance to the quarterfinals, and achieved the feat again in 2020, but lost 9–1 to

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(twice previous winners and runners-up twice more) in a single-game tie played in

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due to the

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.Glasgow City 1-9 Wolfsburg: Scots eliminated in last eight
BBC Sport, 21 August 2020

Current squad

Former players

''For details of former players, see :Glasgow City F.C. players.''

Current technical staff

:''As of 3 June 2022''

Other Staff

Player of the year

* 2021/22 - Jenna Clark * 2020/21 -

Priscila Chinchilla Priscila Chinchilla (born 11 July 2001) is a Costa Rican international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Glasgow City and the Costa Rica women's national football team. She appeared in three matches for Costa Rica and scored two goals at t ...

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* 2019 -

Kirsty Howat Kirsty Elizabeth Howat (born 19 May 1997) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a forward for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Career Howat started her career with youth teams Lochar Thistle, Dumfries and Rangers befo ...

* 2018 -

Leanne Crichton Leanne Crichton (born 6 August 1987) is a Scottish international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Motherwell and the Scotland national team. She has previously played for Notts County in the FA WSL as well as Hibernian, Celtic, Whiteh ...

* 2017 -

Abbi Grant Abbi Grant (born 11 December 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Glasgow City and for the Scotland national team. Club career On 13 March 2012, Grant left Rangers to join Forfar Farmington. On 13 February 2014, after ...

* 2016 -

Erin Cuthbert Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert (born 19 July 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Chelsea in the FA WSL and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at University of the West of Scotland, combining graduation from the Open Uni ...

* 2015 - Denise O'Sullivan * 2014 -

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* 2013 - Suzanne Lappin * 2012 - Jane Ross *2011 -

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*2010 - Suzanne Lappin *2009 - Katharina Lindner *2008 -

Megan Sneddon Megan Burns (née Sneddon; born 9 September 1985) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Motherwell in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Sneddon made her senior Scotland debut aged 16 and amassed 130 appearances for the national team. Club c ...

*2007 -

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*2006 -

Katharina Lindner Katharina Lindner (3 September 1979 – 9 February 2019) was a German academic and footballer who played as a striker for Glasgow City F.C. from 2005 to 2011. She was also a lecturer at University of Stirling on gender, sports, queer theory, ...

*2005 -

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*2004 -

*2003 -

*2002 - Pauline McVey *2001 -

Laura Montgomery Laura Montgomery (born 25 December 1975) is a Scottish football manager and former player. She played for and captained Glasgow City for 12 years after founding the club in 1998 with her friend Carol Anne Stewart. As a central defender, she ...

*2000 - Susan Maxwell & Laura MacDonald (Shared) *1999 -

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Eddie Wolecki Black Edward Wolecki Black (born 13 March 1965) is a Scottish football player and manager. He was director of football at West of Scotland Football League club Gartcairn Juniors and has also previously managed Forfar West End, Lochee United, Montr ...

: 2011–2015 *

: 2015–2021 *

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: 2021 (Interim) *

Eileen Gleeson Eileen Gleeson is the Head of Women and Girls Football for the Football Association of Ireland. She is responsible for helping to grow participation and retention of women and girls at all levels of the game, while also supporting wider football ...

: 2021-2022

References

External links

* *
Glasgow City
at the SWPL official website

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