The 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 18th season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. The season started on 10 February 2019 and finished on 17 November 2019. The league was known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons.
Fixtures for the 2019 SWPL 1 season were announced on 17 December 2018.
Motherwell joined SWPL 1 as the promoted club from the 2018 SWPL 2, replacing Hamilton Academical. Glasgow City were the defending champions and retained the Scottish title in 2019. 2019 was the last full season played on a summer calendar in Scottish women's football.
Teams
Team Location Home ground Capacity2018 position Celtic Glasgow K-Park Training Academy 1,000 3rd Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 6,777 5th Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park 1,000 1st Hibernian Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 2nd Motherwell Motherwell Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility 1,000 1st in SWPL 2 Rangers GlasgowMilngavie New Tinto ParkRangers Training Centre 2,000500 4th Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 6thStirling University Stirling Gannochy Sports Centre 1,000 7th Source: Scottish Women's Premier League
Personnel Team Head coach Celtic Eddie Wolecki Black Forfar Farmington Stevie Baxter Glasgow City Scott Booth Hibernian Grant Scott Motherwell Donald Jennow Rangers Amy McDonald (until July) Grégory Vignal Spartans Debbi McCulloch Stirling University Craig Beveridge (Interim) Source: Scottish Women's Premier League
League table
Positions by round
Results
Matches 1 to 14
Matches 15 to 21
Statistics Scoring RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kirsty HowatGlasgow City242 Sarah EwensCeltic203 Jamie-Lee NapierHibernian154 Clare ShineGlasgow City135 Josephine GiardCeltic116 Kathleen McGovern Celtic107 Hayley SinclairGlasgow City8 Rachael Boyle Hibernian Source:
Hat-tricks No.PlayerForAgainstDateScore Ref1 Kirsty Howat Glasgow CitySpartans17 February 20197–12 Lia TweedieHibernianRangers17 March 20194–03 Clare ShineGlasgow CityForfar Farmington17 March 20197–04 Jamie-Lee Napier HibernianForfar Farmington21 April 20198–05 Kirsty Howat4Glasgow CityMotherwell21 April 20198–06 Kirsty Howat4Glasgow CityStirling University29 September 20198–17 Jamie-Lee NapierHibernianForfar Farmington8 October 201913–08 Lia TweedieHibernianForfar Farmington8 October 201913–09 Lauren Davidson4HibernianStirling University3 November 20197–210 Sarah Ewens CelticSpartans10 November 20195–1
Notes 4 – Player scored four goals
Awards Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month RefPlayerClubFebruary Rachel WalkingshawHeart of MidlothianMarch Chloe DochertyGlasgow GirlsApril Michaela McAlonieSpartansSpartans win award for first time, Andrew Southwick, BBC Sport, 18 May 2019May Neve GuthrieDundee United
References
External links Official website