Montrose Women's Football Club are a Scottish women's football club based in the town of Montrose,

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members and currently play in the

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in the top tier of women's football in Scotland.

Club history

The club was established by the Montrose Community Trust, the charitable arm of Montrose FC, in 2016. The team is still a member of the Montrose Community Trust, along with Montrose Youth FC, Montrose Amateur FC, Montrose

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FC. They began playing competitive football a year later and first played in the SWFL Second Division (East). They finished their debut season in seventh place. Montrose then moved in the 2018 season to the Second Division (North). Montrose were crowned champions and promoted to First Division (North) on the final match day with a 1-2 away to runners-up Stonehaven. In the 2019 season, their first season in the Scottish third tier, Montrose placed seventh. The following two seasons (

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) were both abandoned due to the

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. After the withdrawal of Forfar Farmington from the SWPL at the end of the

season, Montrose became the highest-ranked

team in the

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. Montrose won the 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship North with an incredible unbeaten season, securing promotion to SWPL 2 with a 4-1 victory over promotion rivals East Fife. The club also reached the inaugural SWF Championship Cup final that season, losing 1-0 to league rivals Dryburgh Athletic at

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. In the 2022-23 SWPL 2, Montrose had a very strong debut season in Scotland's second tier, losing only three times. The club were finally crowned league champions after a 6-1 win over East Fife on 30 April 2023. As champions, Montrose also sealed back-to-back promotion to the

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, the top tier of

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, for the first time in the club's history.

Honours

Scottish Women's Premier League 2 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 ...

(second tier): * Winners:

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Scottish Women's Football Championship North (third tier): * Winners: 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football League Second Division North (fourth tier): * Winners: 2017 SWF Championship Cup: * Runners up: 2021-22

Club records

Biggest win: * 0-19 v Caithness, 18 Feb 2018, Second Division (North) * 0-19 v Gleniffer Thistle, 29 Aug 2021, SWF Championship Cup * 19-0 v Dundee City West, 27 Feb 2022, Championship North Biggest loss: 0-12 v Rangers, 17 Sep 2023,

Largest attendance: 459, v Celtic, 13 Aug 2023

References

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