The 2024–25 season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, also known as ScottishPower Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th iteration of the top-tier Scottish women's football league, and the third season organised by the Scottish Professional Football League. The division is sometimes referred to as SWPL 1 when distinction from the lower division of the competition, known as SWPL 2, is required.
The season began with the defending champions Celtic hosting Dundee United on 10 August 2024. The final matchday of the regular season was scheduled for 2 March 2025 and the last post-split matchday (32nd game overall) was scheduled for 18 May 2025.SWPL Key dates for Season 2024/25, Scottish Women's Premier League
Due to the format changes planned for the 2025–26 season, bringing the number of teams in both the SWPL and SWPL 2 to ten, the 2024–25 season was transitional. The competition format remained unchanged, but no relegation play-off would take place and the three lowest-ranked teams would be relegated to 2025–26 SWPL 2 directly.SWPL restructure means the pressure is on big time to survive drop, Alison McConnell, Glasgow Times, 8 June 2024
For the third season in succession the championship was settled on the final matchday. Challengers Rangers hosted surprise leaders Hibernian at Ibrox Stadium three points behind but with a better goal difference, meaning a victory for the home side would give them the title; however, Hibs won 1–0 to secure their first SWPL title since 2006–07, before the long run of dominance by Glasgow City had begun.Rangers 0-1 Hibernian, Jane Lewis, BBC Sport, 18 May 2025 The disappointment for Rangers in narrowly missing out on the championship was worsened by being overtaken into second place and qualification for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League by Glasgow City; holders Celtic had been in contention at the split but finished some way behind in fourth. Rangers gained some revenge over City by defeating them in the 2025 Women's Scottish Cup finalHowat and McAulay seal Scottish Gas Women's Scottish Cup for Rangers, Josh McCafferty, Scottish Football Association, 25 May 2025 (having already also claimed the SWPL Cup by beating Hibs).
At the other end of the table, Dundee United and Queen's Park had seemed doomed for several months and eventually gained only 7 and 12 points respectively. The close battle among the rest of the 'bottom six', particularly between Montrose and Spartans, to avoid becoming the third relegated team was lost by Spartans,Spartans 1-2 Partick Thistle, BBC Sport, 18 May 2025 who fell out of the top division 21 years after joining the league in 2004 as Whitehill Welfare; in the 2020s they had gradually lost ground to Heart of Midlothian as Hibernian's rivals in Edinburgh.
Teams
Team Location Manager Home ground Capacity 2023–24 finish Aberdeen Cove Bay Scott Booth Balmoral Stadium 8th Celtic Airdrie Elena Sadiku Excelsior Stadium 1st Dundee United Dundee Suzy Shepherd Foundation Park 11th Glasgow City Springburn Leanne Ross Petershill Park 3rd Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Eva Olid Oriam 4th Hibernian Edinburgh Grant Scott Meadowbank Stadium 5th Montrose Montrose Craig Feroz Links Park 9th Motherwell Motherwell Paul Brownlie K-Park 7th Partick Thistle Springburn Brian Graham Petershill Park 6th Queen's Park Glasgow Craig Joyce New Tinto Park 1st (SWPL 2) Rangers Cumbernauld Jo Potter Broadwood Stadium 2nd Spartans Edinburgh Jack Beesley Ainslie Park 10th
Team changes Entering league Exiting league Promoted from 2023–24 SWPL 2 Relegated to 2024–25 SWPL 2Queen's ParkHamilton Academical
Regular season
Results
Championship round
Results
Relegation round
Results
Awards Player of the Month Month Player Team Source August Abbie Ferguson Hibernian September Laura BerryRangers/Motherwell October Erin HusbandHeart of Midlothian November Hannah JordanSpartans December Kathleen McGovernHibernian January Eilidh AdamsHibernian Adams and Townsley win SWPL Player of the Month awards, Wilf Frith, She Kicks, 21 February 2025 February Maria McAnenyCeltic March Kirsty Howat Rangers April Kathleen McGovern Hibernian May Kathleen McGovern Hibernian
Goal of the Month Month Player Team Against Source August Tiree Burchill Partick Thistle Spartans September Jade McLarenMontroseDundee United October Neve GuthrieMontrosePartick Thistle November Chelsea CornetRangersCeltic December Kathleen McGovernHibernianRangers January Lucie BurnsKilmarnockScored in SWPL 2.Gartcairn February Maria McAnenyCelticGlasgow City March Rosie McQuillan Queen's Park Dundee United April Eva Thomson Aberdeen Queen's Park May Cara Gray KilmarnockScored in SWPL 2. Livingston
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals1 Katie WilkinsonRangers392 Saoirse NoonanCeltic253 Kathleen McGovernHibernian254 Eilidh AdamsHibernian245 Rio HardyRangers226 Nicole KozlovaGlasgow City217 Laura BerryRangers/Motherwell188 Brenna LoveraGlasgow City189 Bayley HutchisonHeart of Midlothian1610 Kirsty HowatRangers1411 Maria McAnenyCeltic1312 Hannah JordanSpartans1313 Olufolasade AdamolekunHeart of Midlothian1214 Natalia WróbelGlasgow City1115 Carla BoycePartick Thistle1116 Georgia TimmsHeart of Midlothian10
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