2017 Scottish Women's Premier League

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The 2017 Scottish Women's Premier League season was the 16th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.

Glasgow City won the SWPL 1 title unbeaten. It was their eleventh consecutive title.[2]

Teams

2017 Scottish Women's Premier League is located in Scotland
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Edinburgh [a]
Edinburgh [a]
Glasgow[b]
Glasgow[b]
Hamilton
Hamilton
Stirling
Stirling
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Locations of teams in the 2017 SWPL 1
Team Location Home ground Capacity 2016 position
Aberdeen
 Aberdeen
Heathryfold Park
 2,200 7th
Celtic
 Glasgow
K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
 1,000 3rd
Glasgow City Glasgow Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 10,100 1st
Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 5,510 1st in SWPL 2 (promoted)
Hibernian
 Edinburgh
Broxburn
 1,000 2nd
Rangers
 Glasgow
Tinto Park
 2,000 5th
Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy 2,000 6th
Stirling University
 Stirling University of Stirling 1,000 4th
  1. ^ Hibernian (in Broxburn), Spartans
  2. ^ Celtic (in Airdrie), Glasgow City (in East Kilbride), Rangers

Format

Teams played each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season.

Standings

Teams played 21 matches each.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C) 21 19 2 0 70 4 +66 59 2018–19 Champions League
2
Hibernian
 21 18 0 3 75 14 +61 54
3
Celtic
 21 11 2 8 54 30 +24 35
4
Stirling University
 21 8 4 9 26 39 −13 28
5 Spartans 21 8 4 9 26 46 −20 28
6
Rangers
 21 6 2 13 33 51 −18 20
7 Hamilton Academical 21 4 1 16 15 50 −35 13
8
Aberdeen
(R) 		21 1 3 17 16 81 −65 6 2018 SWPL 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Awards

Monthly awards

The "Player of the Month" award was first awarded in September 2017.[3]

Month Player of the Month References
Player Club
September Scotland Rachel Donaldson Stirling University [3]
October Scotland Amy Anderson Hamilton Academical [4]
November Scotland Abbi Grant Glasgow City [1]

Annual awards

Award Winner Club References
SWPL 1 Golden Boot Scotland Abi Harrison Hibernian [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Abbi Grant #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Glasgow City complete season unbeaten". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ a b "Rachel Donaldson SWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Accies' Anderson is SWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
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