2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

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2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Teams16
Defending champions Glasgow City
Final positions
Champions Hibernian
Runner-up Glasgow City
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored74 (4.93 per match)
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2017  →

All statistics correct as of 16 October 2022.

The 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 15th edition of the SWPL Cup competition, which began in 2002. The competition was to be contested by all 16 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2).

Contents

First round

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Glasgow Women 3–1 Hutchison Vale Glasgow
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28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Spartans 5–1 (a.e.t.) Stirling University Edinburgh
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Gavin Soccerball shade.svg		 [1] Gallon Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Spartans Community Football Academy
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Aberdeen 5–0 Jeanfield Swifts Aberdeen
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Campbell Soccerball shade.svg		 [1] [2] Stadium: Heathryfold Park
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Celtic 0–1 Hibernian East Kilbride
15:00 [1] [3] [4] Arnot Soccerball shade.svg19'Stadium: K Park Training Academy
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Glasgow City 14–0 Inverness City Airdrie
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Boyce Soccerball shade.svg		 [1] [5] [6] Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Rangers 5–1 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
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C. Adams Soccerball shade.svg18'
L. Swanson Soccerball shade.svg70'
C. Brown Soccerball shade.svg73'
K. Turner Soccerball shade.svg83'		 [7] McGuiness Soccerball shade.svgStadium: New Tinto Park
6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) Heart of Midlothian 0–3 Forfar Farmington Dalkeith
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6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) Buchan 7–1 Queen's Park Maud
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Quarter-finals

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27) Aberdeen 5–1 Spartans Aberdeen
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Soccerball shade.svg		 [9] Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Heathryfold Park
27 March 2016 (2016-03-27) Forfar Farmington 0–6 Hibernian Forfar
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Soccerball shade.svg		 [9] Stadium: Station Park
27 March 2016 (2016-03-27) Glasgow City 10–0 Glasgow Women Airdrie
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27 March 2016 (2016-03-27) Rangers 5–0 Buchan Glasgow
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Foley Soccerball shade.svg		 [10] Stadium: New Tinto Park

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 6 April 2016, at Hampden Park. [11]

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) Rangers 1–4 Hibernian Edinburgh
12:00Brown Soccerball shade.svg75' [12] >Harrison Soccerball shade.svg15'Soccerball shade.svg50'
Arnot Soccerball shade.svg66'
Ewens Soccerball shade.svg87'		Stadium: Ainslie Par
8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) Aberdeen 0–1 Glasgow City Edinburgh
15:00 [13] Shine Soccerball shade.svg45+2'Stadium: Ainslie Par

Final

The final was played on Sunday, 15 June 2016 at Ainslie Park, Edinburgh. Hibernian won the final 2–1 against Glasgow City. It was their fourth SWPL Cup win. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Hibernian 2–1 Glasgow City
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Arnot Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report Fleeting Soccerball shade.svg30'
Ainslie Park , Edinburgh
Referee: Lorraine Clark
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Hibernian
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Glasgow City
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Jenna Fife
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Smith
24 Flag of Scotland.svg Emma Brownlie
17 Flag of Scotland.svg Joelle Murray (c)
12 Flag of Scotland.svg Rachel McLauchlan
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Lisa Robertson
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Lucy Graham
19 Flag of Scotland.svg Chelsea Cornet
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Sarah Ewens
21 Flag of Scotland.svg Abi Harrison
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Lizzie Arnot
Substitutes:
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Clare Williamson
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Zoe Johnstone
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Siobhan Hunter
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Lia Tweedie
8 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsten Reilly
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Caroline Heron
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Heather Richards
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Roberts
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gemma Fay
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicola Docherty
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Cheryl McCulloch
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Savannah McCarthy
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Leanne Ross (c)
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Lauren McMurchie
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jo Love
22 Flag of Scotland.svg Erin Cuthbert
17 Flag of Scotland.svg Fiona Brown
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Hayley Lauder
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Julie Fleeting
Substitutes:
25 Flag of Scotland.svg Erin Clachers
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Ruesha Littlejohn
18 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Kerr
19 Flag of Scotland.svg Sarah Crilly
20 Flag of Scotland.svg Brogan Hay
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Booth

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