2020 Scottish Women's Premier League

This article is about the top division of the competition. For the lower division, see 2020 Scottish Women's Premier League 2.

Scottish Women's Premier League 1

Season	2020
Matches	4
Goals	8 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Megan Bell (2 goals) [1]
Biggest home win	Rangers 3–0 Heart of Midlothian (23 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Forfar Farmington 0–1 Motherwell (23 February 2020)
Highest scoring	Celtic 2–1 Glasgow City (21 February 2020) Rangers 3–0 Heart of Midlothian (23 February 2020)
← 2019 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 23 February 2020. Season declared null and void as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2020 Scottish Women's Premier League, known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, ^[2] was due to be the 19th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's association football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. ^[3] Glasgow City were the defending champions. Heart of Midlothian joined the SWPL 1 as the promoted club from the 2019 SWPL 2, replacing Stirling University. ^[3]

The season started on 21 February 2020 and was scheduled to end in November 2020, ^[4] but was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. In July 2020, the 2020 season was declared null and void. A new season started on 18 October 2020 and concluded on 4 July 2021, with the league reverting to a winter season format. ^[5]

Teams

Celtic

Hearts

Hibernian

Forfar

Glasgow City

Motherwell

Rangers

Spartans

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Locations of teams in the 2020 SWPL 1

Team	Location	Head coach	Home ground	Capacity	2019 position
Celtic	East Kilbride	Fran Alonso	K-Park Training Academy	1,000	3rd
Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Ryan McConville	Station Park	6,777	7th
Glasgow City	Glasgow	Scott Booth	Petershill Park	1,000	1st
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Andy Enwood	Oriam	1,000	1st in SWPL 2
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Dean Gibson	Ainslie Park	3,000	2nd
Motherwell	Motherwell	Eddie Wolecki Black	Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility	1,000	6th
Rangers	Milngavie	Grégory Vignal	Rangers Training Centre	500	4th
Spartans	Edinburgh	Debbi McCulloch	Ainslie Park	3,000	5th

Source: ^[6]

League table

Note: Season voided after one match

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
2	Celtic	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
3	Hibernian	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
4	Motherwell	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
5	Glasgow City	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
6	Forfar Farmington	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
7	Spartans	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
8	Heart of Midlothian	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Matches 1 to 14

Home \ Away	CEL	FOR	GLA	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	SPA
Celtic			2–1
Forfar Farmington						0–1
Glasgow City
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian								1–0
Motherwell
Rangers				3–0
Spartans

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: ^[7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Top Goalscorers". Scottish Women's Premier League. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. "Scottish women's champions to receive prize money for first time". BBC Sport. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
3. "New Senior Structure for 2020 and beyond". Scottish Women's Premier League. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. "BBC ALBA to broadcast Celtic v Glasgow City on the opening weekend". Scottish Women's Premier League. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
5. Lewis, Jane (29 July 2020). "SWPL season declared null and void after one round of games". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
6. "Scottish Women's Premier League". Scottish Women's Premier League. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
7. "Summary - SWPL1". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

External links

• Official website Archived 2022-09-20 at the Wayback Machine