2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division

SWFL 1
Season	2017
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 4 November 2016.

The 2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division, commonly known as SWFL 1, is the second season of the Scottish Women's Football League First Division, the third tier of women's football in Scotland since its reconstruction at the end of the 2015 season.^[1]

The leagues are split into two regional divisions of 12 teams each, North and South. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league. ^[1]

Central Girls won the North division and Kilmarnock won the South division. Both were promoted to SWPL 2 for the 2018 season.^[2]^[3]

SWFL 1 North

Teams

Aberdeen

Dunfermline

Falkirk

Dundee

Forfar

Central

Leven

Dee

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Locations of teams in the 2017 SWFL 1 North

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2016 position	source
Aberdeen Reserves	Aberdeen	Balgownie Playing Fields	1,000		^[4]
Central Girls	Grangemouth	Inchyra Park, Grangemouth	1,000		^[5]
Dee Ladies	Portlethen	Nicol Park	1,000	6th	^[6]
Westdyke Dee Vale	Aberdeen	Corbie Hall and Field Maryculter	1,000		^[7]
Dundee United	Dundee	GA Arena	1,000	1st in Second Division East (promoted)	^[8]
Dunfermline Athletic	Cowdenbeath	Humbug Park	1,000	2nd	^[9]
Stirling Uni Development	Stirling			7th	^[10]
Falkirk Ladies	Denny	Westfield Park	1,000	8th	^[11]
Forfar Farmington Development	Forfar			5th	^[12]
Granite City	Aberdeen			1st in Second Division North (promoted)	^[13]
Inverness City	Inverness	Jubilee Park	1,000	8th in SWPL 2 (relegated)	^[14]
Tayside Ladies	Dundee	St Pauls Academy	1,000	9th	^[15]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Girls	18	17	0	1	102	18	+84	51	2018 SWPL 2
2	Dundee United	18	13	3	2	97	30	+67	42
3	Dunfermline Athletic	18	12	2	4	57	37	+20	38
4	Granite City	18	10	3	5	52	43	+9	33
5	Inverness City	18	8	1	9	37	45	−8	25
6	Aberdeen Reserves	18	7	1	10	46	55	−9	22
7	Stirling Uni Development	18	6	2	10	41	53	−12	20
8	Dee Ladies	18	5	1	12	38	74	−36	16
9	Falkirk Ladies	18	5	0	13	35	63	−28	15
10	Westdyke Dee Vale	18	0	1	17	19	106	−87	1
11	Forfar Farmington Development	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2018 SWFL 2
12	Tayside Ladies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2018 SWFL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2017. Source: soccerway.com and scotwomensfootball.com^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Scottish Women's Football

SWFL 1 South

Teams

Cumbernauld

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Hurlford

Lennoxtown

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Locations of teams in the 2017 SWFL 1 South

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2015 position	source
Boroughmuir Thistle	Edinburgh	Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000	9th	^[17]
Celtic Academy	Lennoxtown	Lennoxtown Training Centre	1,000	4th	^[18]
Cumbernauld Colts	Cumbernauld	Ravenswood Playing Fields	1,000	7th	^[19]
Glasgow City Development	Glasgow			6th	^[20]
Heart of Midlothian U23s	Edinburgh			10th	^[21]
Hibernian Development	Edinburgh	Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000	2nd	^[22]
FC Kilmarnock	Hurlford	Blair Park	1,500	5th	^[23]
Partick Thistle	Glasgow			1st in Second Division Central (promoted)	^[24]
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Toryglen Regional Football Centre		7th in SWPL 2 (relegated)	^[25]
Rangers Development	Glasgow			3rd	^[26]
Renfrew	Renfrew	New Western Park	1,000	1st in Second Division South-West (promoted)	^[27]
Westerlands	Glasgow			8th	^[28]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Kilmarnock (C)	20	19	0	1	69	17	+52	57	2018 SWPL 2
2	Celtic Academy	20	11	4	5	64	29	+35	37
3	Partick Thistle	20	11	4	5	50	44	+6	37
4	Cumbernauld Colts	20	10	4	6	44	43	+1	34
5	Renfrew	20	10	1	9	56	47	+9	31
6	Hibernian Development	20	9	3	8	53	44	+9	30
7	Rangers Development	20	8	0	12	43	44	−1	24
8	Westerlands	20	6	5	9	48	60	−12	23
9	Queen's Park	20	6	3	11	45	60	−15	21
10	Boroughmuir Thistle	20	4	4	12	35	51	−16	16
11	Heart of Midlothian U23s	20	2	0	18	17	85	−68	6	2018 SWFL 2
12	Glasgow City Development	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2018 SWFL 2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Scottish Women's Football

References

^ ^a ^b "SWPL Reconstruction: Will It Work? | Scottish Women's Football". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
^ "Championship South".
^ "Championship North".
^ "Aberdeen LFC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Central Girls FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Dee Ladies FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Westdyke Dee Ladies". Scotwomensfootball. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Dundee United FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Dunfermline Athletic FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Stirling Uni Dev". Scotwomensfootball. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Falkirk Ladies". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Forfar Farmington Development LFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Granite City FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Inverness City LFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Tayside Ladies FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Championship North".
^ "Boroughmuir Thistle FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Celtic LFC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Cumbernauld Colts FC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Glasgow City Girls FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Heart of Midlothian FC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Hibernian LFC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Kilmarnock FC Ladies". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Partick Thistle". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Queen's Park". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Rangers II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Renfrew". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ "Westerlands lFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[reconstruction-1] "SWPL Reconstruction: Will It Work? | Scottish Women's Football". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.

[2] "Championship South".

[3] "Championship North".

[4] "Aberdeen LFC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[5] "Central Girls FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[6] "Dee Ladies FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[7] "Westdyke Dee Ladies". Scotwomensfootball. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[8] "Dundee United FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[9] "Dunfermline Athletic FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[10] "Stirling Uni Dev". Scotwomensfootball. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[11] "Falkirk Ladies". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[12] "Forfar Farmington Development LFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[13] "Granite City FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[14] "Inverness City LFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[15] "Tayside Ladies FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[16] "Championship North".

[17] "Boroughmuir Thistle FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[18] "Celtic LFC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[19] "Cumbernauld Colts FC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[20] "Glasgow City Girls FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[21] "Heart of Midlothian FC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[22] "Hibernian LFC II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[23] "Kilmarnock FC Ladies". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[24] "Partick Thistle". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[25] "Queen's Park". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[26] "Rangers II". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[27] "Renfrew". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[28] "Westerlands lFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

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v t e 2016–17 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League 2016 2017 Women's First Division 2016 2017
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2016 2017 Women's League Cup 2016 2017
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren
League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer
League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

v t e 2017–18 in Scottish football
« 2016–17 2018–19 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League 2017 2018 Women's First Division 2017 2018
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2017 2018 Women's League Cup 2017 2018
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Transfers	Summer 2017 Winter 2017–18
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Brechin City Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South St Mirren
League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United East Fife Forfar Athletic Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stranraer
League Two	Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion