2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 10 August 2024 – 18 May 2025 |
Matches played | 72 |
Goals scored | 338 (4.69 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Katie Wilkinson (19 Goals) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 6 November 2024. |
The 2024–25 season of the Scottish Women's Premier League (2024–25 SWPL), also known as ScottishPower Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th iteration of the top-tier Scottish women's football league, and the 3rd season organised by the SPFL.
The 2024–25 season began with the defending champions Celtic[1] hosting Dundee United on 10 August 2024. The final matchday of the regular season is scheduled for 2 March 2025[2] and the last post-split matchday (32nd game overall) is scheduled for 18 May 2025.[3]
Due to the format changes planned for the 2025–26 season, which will bring the number of teams in both SWPL and SWPL 2 to 10, the 2024–25 season is transitional. The competition format remains unchanged, but there will be no relegation play-off and the three lowest-ranked teams are directly relegated to 2025–26 SWPL 2.[4][5]
Teams
[edit]Team | Location | Manager | Home ground | Capacity | 2023–24 finish |
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Aberdeen | Cove Bay | Scott Booth | Balmoral Stadium | 2,602 | 8th |
Celtic | Airdrie | Elena Sadiku | Excelsior Stadium | 10,101 | 1st |
Dundee United | Dundee | Suzy Shepherd | Foundation Park | 225 | 11th |
Glasgow City | Springburn | Leanne Ross | Petershill Park | 1,000 | 3rd |
Heart of Midlothian | Edinburgh | Eva Olid | Oriam | 1,000 | 4th |
Hibernian | Edinburgh | Grant Scott | Meadowbank Stadium | 1,320 | 5th |
Montrose | Montrose | Craig Feroz | Links Park | 4,936 | 9th |
Motherwell | Motherwell | Paul Brownlie | Alliance Park | 500 | 7th |
Partick Thistle | Springburn | Brian Graham | Petershill Park | 1,000 | 6th |
Queen's Park | Glasgow | Craig Joyce | New Tinto Park | 1,000 | 1st (SWPL 2) |
Rangers | Cumbernauld | Jo Potter | Broadwood Stadium | 8,086 | 2nd |
Spartans | Edinburgh | Jack Beesley | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 10th |
Team changes
[edit]Entering league | Exiting league |
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Promoted from 2023–24 SWPL 2 | Relegated to 2024–25 SWPL 2 |
Regular season
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Glasgow City | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 3 | +44 | 31 | Advances to the championship round |
2 | Rangers | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 7 | +60 | 30 | |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 6 | +48 | 30 | |
4 | Celtic | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 6 | +32 | 29 | |
5 | Hibernian | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 12 | +31 | 26 | |
6 | Motherwell | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 15 | |
7 | Partick Thistle | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 14 | Participates in the relegation round |
8 | Spartans | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | |
9 | Aberdeen | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 49 | −40 | 8 | |
10 | Montrose | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 48 | −35 | 7 | |
11 | Queen's Park | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 55 | −48 | 7 | |
12 | Dundee United | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 71 | −65 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Results
[edit]Championship Round
[edit]The points and scores from the regular season carry over to the championship round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RS1 | RS2 | RS3 | RS4 | RS5 | RS6 | |
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1 | Regular Season Position 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Secures a spot in the Champions league qualifying round 2, champions path | — | ||||||
2 | Regular Season Position 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Secures a spot in the Champions league qualifying round 2, league path | — | ||||||
3 | Regular Season Position 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
4 | Regular Season Position 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
5 | Regular Season Position 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
6 | Regular Season Position 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Relegation Round
[edit]The points and scores from the regular season carry over to the relegation round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | RS7 | RS8 | RS9 | RSA | RSB | RSC | |
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1 | Regular Season Position 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
2 | Regular Season Position 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
3 | Regular Season Position 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
4 | Regular Season Position 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2025–26 SWPL 2 | — | ||||||
5 | Regular Season Position 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
6 | Regular Season Position 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Awards
[edit]Player of the Month
[edit]Month | Player | Team | Source |
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August | Abbie Ferguson | Hibernian | [6] |
September | |||
October | |||
November | |||
December | |||
January | |||
February | |||
March | |||
April | |||
May |
Goal of the Month
[edit]Month | Player | Team | Against | Source |
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August | Tiree Burchill | Partick Thistle | Spartans | [7] |
September | ||||
October | ||||
November | ||||
December | ||||
January | ||||
February | ||||
March | ||||
April | ||||
May |
Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 6 November 2024
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Katie Wilkinson | Rangers | 19 |
2 | Eilidh Adams | Hibernian | 15 |
3 | Laura Berry | Rangers | 12 |
4 | Rio Hardy | Rangers | 11 |
5 | Kathleen McGovern | Hibernian | 11 |
6 | Sofia Määttä | Glasgow City | 8 |
7 | Nicole Kozlova | Glasgow City | 8 |
8 | Emily Whelan | Glasgow City | 8 |
9 | Saoirse Noonan | Celtic | 8 |
10 | Bayley Hutchison | Heart of Midlothian | 8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Celtic win 2023/24 ScottishPower Women's Premier League on final day". SWPL. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "2024/25 ScottishPower Women's Premier League Fixtures Released". SWPL. 27 June 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ SWPL Key dates for Season 2024/25, Scottish Women's Premier League
- ^ "Changes to SWPL competition format confirmed". SWPL. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ SWPL restructure means the pressure is on big time to survive drop, Alison McConnell, Glasgow Times, 8 June 2024
- ^ "Ferguson and Giard win first SWPL Player of the Month awards of 2024/25 season". SWPL. 11 September 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Tiree Burchill wins August SWPL Goal of the Month, supported by Park's Motor Group". SWPL. 10 September 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.