Spartans Football Club Women's and Girl's is a women's football team that plays in 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 Leag ...

, the top division of women's football in Scotland. Spartans F.C. Women is part of

Spartans F.C. The Spartans Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Edinburgh. They were formed in 1951 by ex-players of Edinburgh University and the original intention was to field a team of graduates of the university. However, the club is no ...

in North

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

and play and train at the club's training facilities.

History

Founded in 1985, the club was known as Hailes United, Edinburgh Star, Tynecastle, Bonnyrigg Rose and Whitehill Welfare over the first twenty years of its existence. While operating as Whitehill Welfare the club was promoted to the

in 2004. After two seasons as Edinburgh Ladies in 2006–07 and 2007–08, the club came under the auspices of East of Scotland Football League club

in 2008 and adopted their current name. Having won the

Scottish Women's Premier League Cup The Scottish Women's Premier League Cup or SWPL Cup is a league cup competition in women's football in Scotland. The Cup is open only to the teams in the Scottish Women's Premier League. There are four rounds, including the final. The competition ...

as Edinburgh Ladies in 2007, Spartans lost a further three League Cup finals in 2009, 2010 and 2011. They also finished as runners-up twice to Glasgow City in the 2008–09 and 2010–11 Premier League.

Current squad

As of 28 Aug 2022

References

External links

SoccerwaySpartans FC Women website
{{Football in Edinburgh Women's football clubs in Scotland Football clubs in Edinburgh Association football clubs established in 1985 1985 establishments in Scotland Scottish Women's Premier League clubs Spartans F.C.