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The 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 22nd season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. The league was split into two divisions – SWPL 1 with 12 clubs and SWPL 2 with eight clubs. Both divisions were enlarged after the 2021–22 season (from ten and seven clubs respectively). [1]
New participants in SWPL 2 were Glasgow Women (relegated from SWPL 1) and Livingston (winners of the 2022–23 SWF Championship). [5] Teams finishing second-bottom in both divisions survived play-offs, Hamilton Academical beating Gartcairn to stay in SWPL 1, [6] and Stirling University keeping their SWPL 2 place with a win over Rossvale. [7]
SWPL 1 expanded to 10 clubs in 2021–22, [42] but, because of the withdrawal of SWPL 1's Forfar Farmington from the SWPL, [43] three clubs were promoted from SWPL 2, which shrank to seven clubs playing each other four times. [44] A 12-club "split" format returned in SWPL 1 in 2022–23, but with a double round-robin before the "split".
Rangers retain their lead at the top of the Scottish Women's Premier League after drawing with Celtic as Glasgow City close the gap with a victory.
You can watch two live SWPL games this Sunday. Rangers v Motherwell (14:00) will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website, with Partick Thistle v Hearts (16:10) live on BBC Alba. Both are also ...
We'll have full live-text commentary right here on the BBC Sport website and app. It all kicks off on Saturday as the top two - Rangers and Glasgow City - meet at Ibrox at 15:00 BST.
The 2023–24 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 21st edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 2002. It was sponsored by Sky Sports and officially known as the Sky Sports Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. [1]
The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 20th edition of the SWPL Cup competition, which began in 2002.The competition was to be contested by all 18 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2) and they were divided into four qualifying groups.