2014 Scottish Women's Premier League
| Season | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Glasgow City |
| Relegated |
Queen's Park Buchan Ladies |
| Champions League | Glasgow City |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 581 (4.61 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington 27 April 2014 |
| Biggest away win |
Buchan Ladies 0–10 Glasgow City 20 April 2014 Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City 27 April 2014 |
| Highest scoring |
Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington 27 April 2014 |
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The 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 16 March 2014.
A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions.[1]
Queen's Park and Inverness City were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 1st and 3rd respectively, with Queen's Park appearing in the Premier League for the first time. Celtic Reserves who finished as First Division runners-up, were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League.[2]
The SWPL continued in the format applied since 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.
Glasgow City confirmed their eighth consecutive championship title on 1 October 2014.[3] City suffered their first league defeat since November 2008, when they lost 1–0 to Spartans in September 2014.[4]
Teams
Stadia and locations
The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.
| Team | Location | Home ground | Finishing position 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Heathryfold Park | 6th |
| Buchan LFC | Maud | Pleasure Park | 10th |
| Celtic | Glasgow | Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown | 3rd |
| Forfar Farmington | Forfar | Station Park | 8th |
| Glasgow City | Glasgow | Petershill Park | 1Champions |
| Hamilton Academical | Hamilton | John Cumming Stadium, Carluke | 7th |
| Hibernian | Edinburgh | Albyn Park, Broxburn | 2nd |
| Hutchison Vale | Edinburgh | Saughton Enclosure | 9th |
| Inverness City | Inverness | Bught Park | 13SWFL First Division, 3rd |
| Queen's Park | Glasgow | Woodfarm HS, Thornliebank | 11SWFL First Division, 1st |
| Rangers | Glasgow | Petershill Park | 5th |
| Spartans | Edinburgh | Spartans Academy | 4th |
League standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City (C) | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 13 | +74 | 60 | 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round |
| 2 | Rangers | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 43 | |
| 3 | Hibernian | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 43 | |
| 4 | Spartans | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 38 | |
| 5 | Celtic | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 29 | |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 36 | |
| 8 | Inverness City | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 26 | |
| 9 | Hutchison Vale | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 57 | −36 | 24 | |
| 10 | Forfar Farmington | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 85 | −52 | 19 | |
| 11 | Queen's Park (R) | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 64 | −38 | 12 | Relegation to SWFL First Division |
| 12 | Buchan LFC (R) | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 94 | −64 | 12 |
Updated to games played on 2 November 2014.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Matches 1–11
Clubs play each other once.
| Home ╲ Away | ABD | BUC | CEL | FFM | GLC | HAM | HIB | HUT | INV | QPL | RAN | SPA |
| Aberdeen | 0–5 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 1–2 | ||||||
| Buchan LFC | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–9 | 0–10 | 2–5 | ||||||
| Celtic | 10–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Forfar Farmington | 1–7 | 1–7 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Glasgow City | 2–0 | 13–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Hamilton Academical | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Hibernian | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | |||||||
| Hutchison Vale | 2–1 | 0–9 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
| Inverness City | 0–5 | 6–0 | 0–10 | 3–0 | 2–6 | |||||||
| Queen's Park | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Rangers | 2–0 | 2–1 | 14–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Spartans | 16–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 11–0 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 29 June 2014.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 12–21
After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away).
Top six
Updated to games played on 2 November 2014. |
Bottom six
Updated to games played on 2 November 2014. |
References
- ↑ "Glasgow City secure seventh successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011" (PDF). Scottish FA. p. 10. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Glasgow City secure their eighth successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "SWPL: Glasgow City lose six-year unbeaten record against Spartans". BBC Sport. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
External links
- Season on soccerway.com