2014 Scottish Women's Premier League

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Scottish Women's Premier League
Season2014
Champions Glasgow City (9th title)
Relegated Queen's Park
Buchan
Champions League Glasgow City
Matches126
Goals581 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home win Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington
27 April 2014
Biggest away winBuchan Ladies 0–10 Rangers
20 April 2014
Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City
27 April 2014
Highest scoringSpartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington
27 April 2014
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The 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 16 March 2014.

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A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions. [1] Queen's Park and Inverness City were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 1st and 3rd respectively in 2013 (First Division runners-up Celtic Reserves were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League). [2]

The SWPL continued in the format applied since 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.

Glasgow City confirmed their eighth consecutive championship title on 1 October 2014. [3] City suffered their first on-field league defeat since the 2008–09 season [4] [5] when they lost 1–0 to Spartans in September 2014 [6] (a fixture against Forfar Farmington during the 2012 season was retrospectively awarded to the opposition due to Glasgow City fielding an ineligible player). Glasgow City also won the 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the 2014 Scottish Women's Cup to complete the 'treble', the fourth in their history and third in a row. Rangers were runners-up, 17 points behind the champions. Queen's Park and Buchan were relegated.

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Aberdeen
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Hamilton
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Buchan
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Inverness
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Locations of teams in the 2014 Premier League

The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.

TeamLocationHome groundFinishing position 2013
Aberdeen Aberdeen Heathryfold Park 6th
Buchan LFC Maud Pleasure Park 10th
Celtic Glasgow Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown 3rd
Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 8th
Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park
Hamilton Academical Hamilton John Cumming Stadium, Carluke 7th
Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn 2nd
Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure9th
Inverness City Inverness Bught Park
Queen's Park Glasgow Woodfarm HS, Thornliebank
Rangers Glasgow Petershill Park5th
Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy4th

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C, Q)2120018713+7460 2015–16 Champions League
2 Rangers 2113447124+4743
3 Hibernian 2114166332+3143
4 Spartans 2112276030+3038
5 Celtic 2192105532+2329
6 Aberdeen 2163124144−321
7 Hamilton Academical 2111374633+1336
8 Inverness City 2182114073−3326
9 Hutchison Vale 216692157−3624
10 Forfar Farmington 2154123385−5219
11 Queen's Park (R)2133152664−3812Relegation to SWFL First Division
12 Buchan LFC (R)2140173094−6412
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–11

Clubs play each other once.

Home \ Away ABD BUC CEL FFM GLC HAM HIB HUT INV QPL RAN SPA
Aberdeen 0–57–23–20–18–11–2
Buchan LFC 1–30–40–21–90–102–5
Celtic 10–00–12–07–08–11–0
Forfar Farmington 1–71–71–71–21–1
Glasgow City 2–013–09–03–13–2
Hamilton Academical 1–31–43–41–13–2
Hibernian 1–01–44–07–06–0
Hutchison Vale 2–10–91–43–31–34–2
Inverness City 0–56–00–103–02–6
Queen's Park 0–51–22–21–61–4
Rangers 2–02–114–02–03–00–0
Spartans 16–01–32–13–111–02–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2014. Source: Scottish Women's FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 12–21

After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away).

References

  1. ↑ "Glasgow City secure seventh successive SWPL title". BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011" (PDF). Scottish FA. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow City secure their eighth successive SWPL title". BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Glasgow City hammer Hibernian to secure sixth Scottish title". BBC Sport. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Glasgow City FC raise a treble with Scottish Cup triumph". Daily Record. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "SWPL: Glasgow City lose six-year unbeaten record against Spartans". BBC Sport . 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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