
The 2018
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 ...
season was the 17th season of the SWPL, the highest division of
women's football in Scotland
Women's association football in Scotland has an organised history including the first international women's match in 1881, the president of the British Ladies' Football Club in 1895, Lady Florence Dixie, the Edinburgh–Preston "World Championsh ...
since
2002
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. The league was split into two divisions of eight teams each, SWPL 1 and SWPL 2.
Glasgow City had won the 2017
SWPL1 title unbeaten, their eleventh consecutive championship.
After a tight title-race with
Hibernian, Glasgow City successfully retained the title, on the last matchday of the 2018 season.
Hamilton were relegated from SWPL 1, while the promoted team was their
Lanarkshire rivals,
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lana ...
.
Teams
SWPL 1
SWPL 2
SWPL 1
Format
Teams play each other three times. The top team wins the championship and qualifies for the
Champions League. The bottom placed team is relegated to the
SWPL2 at the end of season.
The SWPL2 plays the same format with the winning team being promoted and bottom two teams being relegated.
Standings
Teams play 21 matches each.
Results
Matches 1 to 14
Matches 15 to 21
Statistics
Top goalscorers
.
SWPL 2
Standings
Teams play 21 matches each.
Results
Matches 1 to 14
Matches 15 to 21
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
References
External links
Seasonat soccerway.com
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Scot
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded ...
Scot
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded ...
Scottish Women's Premier League seasons