Women's football in the United Kingdom 2

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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 teams
SWPL 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