Montrose Women's Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in the town of Montrose,

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. They are Scottish Women's Football 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 Walking 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 coronavirus pandemic. After the withdrawal of

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from the SWPL at the end of the

season, Montrose became the highest-ranked

team in the Scottish national leagues. 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

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final that season, losing 1-0 to league rivals Dryburgh Athletic at Falkirk Stadium. 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 Scottish Women's Premier League, the top tier of women's football in Scotland, for the first time in the club's history.

Honours

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(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

: * 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,

* 19-0 v Dundee City West, 27 Feb 2022, Championship North Biggest loss: 0-12 v

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, 17 Sep 2023, Scottish Women's Premier League Largest attendance: 459, v Celtic, 13 Aug 2023

References

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