lindagray 0 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Women's football in Scotland Women's association football is a largely amateur sport in Scotland, given the greater emphasis of the male competitions. 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 are in sole charge of women's football in Scotland. League system In 2016, the Premier League was reduced from 12 to 8 eight teams but expanded to a second level. In 2017, the SWFL (Scottish Women's Football League) 2 changed from 4 to 3 regions. 2019 teamsSWPL 1 Team Location Home ground Capacity 2018 position Celtic Glasgow K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride 1,000 3rd Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 6,777 5th Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park 1,000 1st Motherwell Motherwell Dalziel Park 1,000 1st in SWPL 2 Hibernian Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 2nd Rangers Glasgow New Tinto Park, Govan 2,000 4th Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 6th Stirling University Stirling Gannochy Sports Centre 1,000 7th SWPL 2 Team Location Home ground Capacity 2018 position Dundee United Dundee Gussie Park 1,000 1st in SWFL 1 North Hamilton Academical Hamilton The Hope CBD Stadium 5,510 8th in SWPL 1 Glasgow Girls Glasgow Petershill Park 1,000 6th Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Oriam 1,000 3rd Kilmarnock Ladies Kilmarnock Rugby Park 17,889 2nd Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure 1,000 5th Partick Thistle Glasgow Petershill Park 1,000 3rd in SWFL 1 South St Johnstone Perth McDiarmid Park 10,696 4th Women's football in Wales Women's football is still a minority sport in Wales but the sport has grown due to the hosting of football games at the 2012 Olympic games. Domestic League The top level of domestic football is the Welsh Premier Women's Football League, below which are several regional leagues. Founded in 2009, the winner of the league each season qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The FAW Women's Cup is the premier national cup competition which was founded in 1992 and a Premier League Cup was started in 2014. 2019–20 teams Team City Ground Abergavenny Women FC Abergavenny Pen-Y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny Aberystwyth Town Ladies Aberystwyth Park Avenue (Aberystwyth) Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies Briton Ferry Old Road, Briton Ferry Cardiff City FC Cardiff Leckwith Athletics Stadium Cardiff Met. Women F.C. Cardiff Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus Cyncoed Ladies Cardiff Cardiff University Playing Fields Llanrumney Llandudno Ladies F.C. Llandudno Maesdu Park Port Talbot Town Ladies Port Talbot The Genquip Stadium Swansea City Ladies Neath Llandarcy Academy of Sport Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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