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2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League

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Scottish Women's Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates10 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played72
Goals scored338 (4.69 per match)
Top goalscorerEngland Katie Wilkinson (19 Goals)
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

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Team Location Manager Home ground Capacity 2023–24 finish
Aberdeen Cove Bay Scotland Scott Booth Balmoral Stadium 2,602 8th
Celtic Airdrie Sweden Elena Sadiku Excelsior Stadium 10,101 1st
Dundee United Dundee Scotland Suzy Shepherd Foundation Park 225 11th
Glasgow City Springburn Scotland Leanne Ross Petershill Park 1,000 3rd
Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Spain Eva Olid Oriam 1,000 4th
Hibernian Edinburgh Scotland Grant Scott Meadowbank Stadium 1,320 5th
Montrose Montrose Scotland Craig Feroz Links Park 4,936 9th
Motherwell Motherwell Scotland Paul Brownlie Alliance Park 500 7th
Partick Thistle Springburn Scotland Brian Graham Petershill Park 1,000 6th
Queen's Park Glasgow Scotland Craig Joyce New Tinto Park 1,000 1st (SWPL 2)
Rangers Cumbernauld England Jo Potter Broadwood Stadium 8,086 2nd
Spartans Edinburgh Scotland Jack Beesley Ainslie Park 3,000 10th

Team changes

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Entering league Exiting league
Promoted from 2023–24 SWPL 2 Relegated to 2024–25 SWPL 2

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results

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Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN GLA HEA HIB MON MOT PAR QUE RAN SPA
Aberdeen 0–4 0–5 1–7 2–0 0–6 0–11
Celtic 9–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 5–0 1–0
Dundee United 1–1 0–13 0–8 0–4 2–3 0–10 1–2
Glasgow City 2–1 3–0 3–0 8–0
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 1–0 9–0 6–1 0–2 5–0
Hibernian 7–0 6–0 0–4 5–1 6–1 1–1
Montrose 2–4 2–1 0–7 0–3 1–1 0–9 0–3
Motherwell 0–4 4–1 0–1 0–5 3–2 0–4
Partick Thistle 2–2 0–3 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–0
Queen's Park 0–2 1–11 0–3 0–6 1–0
Rangers 2–2 1–1 10–2 2–0 4–0 9–0 6–1
Spartans 3–1 0–2 0–4 1–5 1–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

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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
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
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Relegation Round

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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
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
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Awards

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Player of the Month

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Month Player Team Source
August Scotland Abbie Ferguson Hibernian [6]
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

Goal of the Month

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Month Player Team Against Source
August Scotland Tiree Burchill Partick Thistle Spartans [7]
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

Top goalscorers

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As of 6 November 2024
Rank Player Team Goals
1 England Katie Wilkinson Rangers 19
2 Scotland Eilidh Adams Hibernian 15
3 Scotland Laura Berry Rangers 12
4 England Rio Hardy Rangers 11
5 Scotland Kathleen McGovern Hibernian 11
6 Finland Sofia Määttä Glasgow City 8
7 Ukraine Nicole Kozlova Glasgow City 8
8 Republic of Ireland Emily Whelan Glasgow City 8
9 Republic of Ireland Saoirse Noonan Celtic 8
10 Scotland Bayley Hutchison Heart of Midlothian 8

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ SWPL Key dates for Season 2024/25, Scottish Women's Premier League
  4. ^ "Changes to SWPL competition format confirmed". SWPL. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. ^ SWPL restructure means the pressure is on big time to survive drop, Alison McConnell, Glasgow Times, 8 June 2024
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
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