Women's football in Scotland

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in Scotland.

Women's football in Scotland is largely seen as an amateur game, given the emphasis on the male competitions.[1][2][3][4] As in the men's game, the women's league structure consists of a Premier League and a Football League with Divisions One and Two, but the second division is split into North, West, East, and South East regions. In the women's SFL, reserve and youth squads may compete as long as they do not compete in the same division as the titular club. The team that wins the Premier League title qualifies for the following season's UEFA Champions League. There are also four cup competitions, the Scottish Cup, Scottish Premier League Cup, Scottish First Division Cup and the Scottish Second Division Cup.

Scottish Women's Football Association are in sole charge of women's football in Scotland.[5]

League system

In 2016 the Premier League was reduced from 12 to 8 eight teams but expanded to a second level.

Level League
1SWPL 1
(8 clubs)
2SWPL 2
(8 clubs)
3First Division North
(12 clubs) 		First Division South
(12 clubs)
4 Second Division
(number of Divisions based on number of clubs)

Up to 2015:

Level League
1Premier League
(12 clubs)
2 First League Division 1
(12 clubs)
3First League Division 2
(4 regional divisions)

Senior team

The Scottish government in 2013 promised to increase funding for the Women's national team.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Scotland women’s football team on brink of big time - The Scotsman". scotsman.com. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  2. ↑ "ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN’S FOOTBALL IN SCOTTISH SOCIETY" (PDF). Scottish Affairs. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. ↑ Macbeth, Jessica Louise. "STORRE: Women's football in Scotland : an interpretive analysis". Dspace.stir.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  4. ↑ "The mark women have left on Scottish football is hard to argue with". Herald. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  5. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | How women's football battled for survival". BBC News. 2005-06-03. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  6. ↑ "Funding boost for Scotland women". BBC. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
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