2016 Scottish Women's Premier League

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Scottish Women's Premier League 1
Season2016
Champions Glasgow City (11th title)
Relegated Forfar Farmington
Champions League Glasgow City
Hibernian
Matches played80
Goals scored302 (3.78 per match)
Biggest home win Hibernian 9–0 Rangers
(28 August 2016)
Biggest away win Spartans 0–8 Glasgow City
(20 April 2016)
Highest scoringNine goals:
Hibernian 9–0 Rangers
(28 August 2016)
Glasgow City 8–1 Stirling University
(23 May 2016)
Longest winning run10 matches:
Glasgow City
Longest unbeaten run10 matches:
Glasgow City
Longest winless run13 matches:
Forfar Farmington
Longest losing run13 matches:
Forfar Farmington
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2017 →
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2016.

The 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 15th season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. For the first time, the league was split into two divisions of eight teams each, SWPL 1 and SWPL 2.

Contents

The split into two divisions reduced the number of top-division teams from 12 to 8. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league. [1]

At the end of the season in October 2016, Glasgow City won the championship, ahead of Hibernian. [2] [3] City became the first senior football club to win ten Scottish league titles in succession. Forfar Farmington were relegated, being replaced by Hamilton Academical for the 2017 season.

Teams

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Aberdeen
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Edinburgh [b]
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Forfar
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Glasgow [d]
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Hamilton
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Stirling
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Locations of teams in the 2016 SWPL 1.
TeamLocationHome groundCapacity2015 position
Aberdeen Aberdeen Heathryfold Park 2,2004th
Celtic Glasgow K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride 1,0003rd
Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 6,7778th
Glasgow City Glasgow Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 10,1001st
Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn 1,0002nd
Rangers Glasgow Tinto Park 2,0006th
Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy 2,0005th
Stirling University Stirling University of Stirling 1,0007th
  1. Hibernian (in Broxburn), Spartans
  2. ↑ Hibernian (in Broxburn), Spartans
  3. Celtic (in Airdrie), Glasgow City (in East Kilbride), Rangers
  4. ↑ Celtic (in Airdrie), Glasgow City (in East Kilbride), Rangers

Format

In the first season after the reduction to eight teams a new format is played. Teams will play each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The split into a championship and relegation group is discontinued. [4]

Standings

Teams will play 21 matches each.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C)2120017812+6660 2017–18 Champions League
2 Hibernian (Q)2117137617+5952
3 Celtic 2113085030+2039
4 Stirling University 2191112845−1728
5 Rangers 2190123557−2227
6 Spartans 2171132454−3022
7 Aberdeen 2151151746−2916
8 Forfar Farmington (R)2120191259−476 2017 SWPL 2
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

References

  1. ↑ "SWPL Reconstruction: Will It Work? | Scottish Women's Football". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  2. ↑ "City close in on 10 in a row". Glasgow City FC. 9 Oct 2016.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow City clinch 10 league titles in a row by beating Hibs". BBC Sport. 23 Oct 2016.
  4. ↑ "New SWPL 1 & SWPL 2 season 2016". scottishfa.co.uk. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
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