The Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, currently known as the Sky Sports Cup due to sponsorship and commonly shortened to the SWPL Cup, is a league cup competition in women's football in Scotland. The cup is open only to the teams in the Scottish Women's Premier League. There are four rounds, including the final.
The competition was launched in 2002–03 along with the Scottish Women's Premier League, and the first winners were Kilmarnock. It supplanted the Scottish Women's Football League Cup (Kilmarnock were also its last winners) which continued as a lower-division competition.
The SWPL Cup changed to run on a summer schedule played in a single calendar year (from around March to November) from the 2009 edition until the COVID-19 pandemic ended the 2020 season prematurely (leaving that year's edition unfinished) and caused the SWPL to revert to a winter format in all competitions for the following season, which was retained after pandemic restrictions ended.
The competition has been won most often by Hibernian and Glasgow City, seven times each.
Format Up to 2015, eight of the twelve Premier League teams were drawn to play in the first round. The four winners and the other four teams then played in the quarter-finals. All matches were played over one leg.
Since the addition of the division SWPL 2 in 2016, all teams from the Premier League's two divisions have taken part in the cup. The last edition with the straight-knockout format was the 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
In a large change to the format for the 2020 edition of the Cup, a 16-team group stage was inaugurated, planned to qualify teams for the eight-team knockout phase, with the League's top two clubs given a bye to the quarter-finals; but the SWPL was abandoned early in the 2020 season, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the League reverted to the winter format as a result. The league cup was not played in the 2020–21 season. The group phase was played with all clubs in the 2021–22 SWPL Cup, which was completed and won by Celtic.
A new trophy was introduced for the 2022–23 season made by Thomas Lyte, along with revamped branding and logo.Kicking off a new SWPL era, Frame Agency
Past winners Previous finals are: YearWinnerResultRunner up VenueRef2002–03Kilmarnock2–0Glasgow City2003–04Kilmarnock3–1Glasgow City2004–05Hibernian6–1Raith RoversStark's Park Scotland (Women) 2004/05, RSSSF, 6 June 20082005–06Kilmarnock3–2Glasgow CityStark's Park2006–07Edinburgh4–1HibernianBroadwood Stadium Match Reports :- Edinburgh Ladies FC v Hibernian Ladies FC - S.W.P.L. Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 30 November 20062007–08Hibernian4–0Queen's Park LadiesForthbank Stadium 2008–09Glasgow City3–0SpartansForthbank StadiumMatch Reports :- Glasgow City v Spartans - SWPL Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 8 November 2008City lift Premier League Cup, Glasgow City FC, 8 November 20082009Glasgow City3–1HibernianRecreation Park Scotland (Women) 2009, RSSSF, 6 Aug 2020City lift Premier League Cup, Glasgow City FC, 7 November 20092010Celtic4–1SpartansAinslie Park2011Hibernian5–2SpartansRecreation ParkSpartans - Premier League Cup Final 25/05/11, Hibernian WFC via YouTube 2012Glasgow City5–1SpartansRecreation Park2013Glasgow City5–0SpartansRecreation ParkCity Surge To Cup Final Victory, The Spartans FC Women, 29 June 20132014Glasgow City3–0HibernianAinslie Park2015Glasgow City2–1 (a.e.t.)HibernianAinslie Park2016Hibernian2–1Glasgow CityAinslie Park2017Hibernian4–1CelticBroadwood Stadium2018Hibernian9–0CelticFalkirk Stadium 2019Hibernian0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (pen.)Glasgow CityExcelsior Stadium 2020Unfinished due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.2020–21Not played.2021–22Celtic1–0Glasgow CityFirhill Stadium 2022–23Rangers2–0 HibernianTynecastle Park 2023–24Rangers4–1 Partick ThistleTynecastle Park2024–25Rangers5–0HibernianFir ParkReport: Hibernian 0-5 Rangers, Craig Vickers, Rangers FC, 22 March 20252025–26Glasgow City2–1RangersFir ParkLisa Forrest steals show as Glasgow City beat Rangers in cup final, Alison McConnell, The Herald, 29 March 2026
List of winners TitlesTeam7Hibernian7Glasgow City3Kilmarnock3Rangers2Celtic1Spartans (as Edinburgh)
See also Scottish Women's Cup Scottish Women's Football League First Division Cup Scottish Women's Football League Second Division Cup
References
External links Sky Sports Cup at SWPL website Scotland (Women) - List of Cup Winners at RSSSF