2017 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

2017 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Hibernian
Final positions
Champions	Hibernian
Runner-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	74 (4.93 per match)
←  2016 2018  → All statistics correct as of 16 October 2022.

The 2017 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 16th 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).

First round

draw for the first round was made on 10 February 2017. ^[1]

East Fife v Hibernian

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	East Fife	0–6	Hibernian	Leven
13:00		[2]	Harrison 15' Cornet Robertson Conner o.g' McLaughlin	Stadium: King George V Park

Celtic v Forfar Farmington

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Celtic	1–0	Forfar Farmington	East Kilbride
13:00	Ross 19'	[3] [2]		Stadium: K-Park Training Academy

Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Dalkeith
14:00	Carse Dodds >	[4] [2]		Stadium: King’s Park

Rangers v Hutchison Vale

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Rangers	8–3	Hutchison Vale	Glasgow
14:00	McLintock Brown	[5] [2]		Stadium: New Tinto Park

Stirling University v Buchan

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Stirling University	7–1	Buchan	Stirling
15:00		[2]		Stadium: Gannochy Sports Centre

St Johnstone v Glasgow City

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	St Johnstone	0–8	Glasgow City	Perth
16:00		[2]	Jordan Grant McCarthy Doherty Kerr	Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Motherwell v Spartans

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Motherwell	3–4	Spartans	Motherwell
16:0		[2]	McMahon Gavin Marshall B. Beveridge	Stadium: Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility

Aberdeen v Glasgow Women

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)	Aberdeen	3–4	Glasgow Women	Aberdeen
13:00				Stadium: Kaimhill Garthdee

Quarter-finals

Glasgow City v Stirling University

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)	Glasgow City	2–0	Stirling University	Airdrie
13:00	Murray Lauder	[6]		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

Spartans v Aberdeen

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)	Spartans	4–1	Aberdeen	Edinburgh
13:00		[6]		Stadium: Ainslie Park

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)	Celtic	4–1	Heart of Midlothian	East Kilbride
14:00		[7] [8] [6]		Stadium: K-Park Training Academy

Hibernian v Rangers

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)	Hibernian	5–0	Rangers	Edinburgh
16:00		[6]		Stadium: Ainslie Par

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 29 March 2017 at Hampden Park ^[9]

Celtic v Spartans

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)	Celtic	2–1	Spartans	Edinburgh
12:00	Howat Mulvey		Cavanagh	Stadium: Ainslie Par

Hibernian v Glasgow City

30 April 2019 (2019-04-30)	Hibernian	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Glasgow City	Edinburgh
15:00	Harrison	[10] [11]		Stadium: Ainslie Par

Final

The final was played on Sunday 26 May 2017 at the Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld. Hibernian won 4–1 against Celtic. It was their second SWPL Cup win in a row and their fifth overall. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)

16:05

Celtic	1–4	Hibernian
Littlejohn 6'		Smith 5' Graham 34' McLaughlan 48' Small 79'

Broadwood Stadium , Cumbernauld

Celtic

Hibernian

Megan Cunningham Courtney Whyte Kelly Clark (c) Darcy McFarlane  75' Natalie Ross Sarah Crilly  75' Jaclyn Poucel  64' Kerry Montgomery Ruesha Littlejohn Jamie-Lee Napier Suzanne Mulvey  70' Substitutes: Kiera Gibson Mairead Fulton  75' Georgie Rafferty Ellis Dalgleish Heather Richards  64' Kirsty Howat  75' Sarah Ewens  70' Manager: David Haley

Jenna Fife Cailin Michie  90' Emma Brownlie Siobhan Hunter Kirsty Smith Rachel McLauchlan Abi Harrison  89' Lucy Graham Rachael Small (c) Chelsea Cornet  77' Katey Turner  64' Substitutes: Hannah Reid Lisa Robertson Joelle Murray  89' Shannon Leishman  90' Amy Gallacher  77' Lia Tweedie  64' Manager: Chris Roberts

External links

• Soccerway

References

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3. "Celtic Women start with a win and progress in League Cup". celticfc.com. celtic football club. February 20, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2022. CELTIC began their 2017 summer season with a straightforward win against their Angus opponents
4. "Hibs and Hearts begin women's campaign with victories in League Cup". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. the scotsman. February 20, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2022. Both Hibs and Hearts Ladies made it safely through to the second round of the SWPL League Cup with victories at the weekend
5. "rangers ladies 8-3 euhv…". scotwomensfootball.com. scottish women's football. February 20, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2022. Rangers Ladies started their SWPL Cup campaign with an 8 – 3 victory over Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale.
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8. "SWPL Cup quarter-finals: Comfortable wins place four teams in cup semis". heraldscotland.com. the herald. March 27, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Hibernian will be joined by Glasgow City, Celtic and Spartans in the SWPL Cup semi-finals
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11. Campbell, Alan (April 30, 2017). "Football: Extra-time goal from Hibernian's Abi Harrison sets up SWPL final with Celtic". thenational.scot. the national. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Celtic and Hibernian will contest the SWFL Cup final later this month after both won their semi-finals at Ainslie Park yesterday.
12. "SWPL Cup: Hibernian cruise to victory over Celtic to retain trophy". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Hibernian retained the SWPL Cup with an impressive 4-1 win over Celtic at Broadwood
13. "Celtic Women 1 - 4 Hibs Women: Rachael Small eyes treble". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Hibernian stand-in captain Rachael Small hopes that retaining the SWPL Cup yesterday will be the spark which takes her side to a domestic treble this season.
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