The 2025–26 Scottish Women's Premier League, known as the ScottishPower Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), the top division of women's football in Scotland, and the fourth season organised by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The season began on 17 August 2025 and concluded on 24 May 2026. Hibernian were the reigning champions, having won their fourth league title in the previous season, their first title since 2006–07. Hamilton Academical were the newly-promoted team taking part.
Glasgow City were the early pacesetters and led the table by five points at the end of February 2026 when the league split into two groups, chased by Rangers, Celtic and Hearts; however, before another league fixture was played they had a serious setback when top scorer Nicole Kozlova was seriously injured on international duty.Glasgow City's Kozlova suffers ACL injury on international duty, BBC Sport, 4 March 2026 On 22 March, City lost to Rangers (though had sufficient strength to defeat the same opposition to win the SWPL Cup a week later)Sister of Celtic legend is cup final hero with 89-second brace as Rangers left to lick their wounds, Matthew Elder, The Scotsman, 29 March 2026 and on 5 April they lost to Hearts (having never previously done so), and were leapfrogged into top spot;SWPL: Hearts make history with win over Glasgow City to lead thrilling title race, Maddie Jamieson, Her Football Hub, 6 April 2026 meanwhile Rangers were still in contention but Celtic's challenge had already faded. Hearts, whose head coach Eva Olid had announced that she would be leaving the Edinburgh club at the end of the season, beat Rangers in March and again in April to close in on a maiden championship, while their city rivals and deposed champions Hibernian would still have an input in proceedings as their last-minute win over Glasgow City on 10 May ended the latter's hopes. In the penultimate round of fixtures, Hearts were unable to clinch the title in a goalless draw with City while Rangers narrowed the gap to two points by beating Celtic to take the battle to the final matchday for the fourth successive season.Hearts on brink of title underlines excitement of discredited SWPL, Alison McConnell, The Herald, 23 May 2026
Despite losing 2–0 to Hibs on the last day, Hearts finished as champions after Rangers conceded early goals against Glasgow City and eventually collapsed 6–0.Hearts win SWPL as defeat vs Hibs can't spoil title party after astonishing Rangers collapse, Ben Banks, Edinburgh Evening News, 24 May 2026 As well as their own first-ever Scottish title in only their sixth year in the top division (under Olid for most of that time),From amateurs to SWPL champions - how Olid transformed Hearts,Amy Canavan, BBC Sport, 24 May 2026 Hearts became the sixth different winner of the SWPL in as many seasons and the fifth unique club to do so in as many seasons, both uncommon sequences in the sport. For Rangers it was the fourth year in a row in which they had narrowly missed out in the tight title races, and unlike in the previous seasons where winning the Women's Scottish Cup provided some consolation, this time their disappointment was compounded by a defeat to Celtic in the final a week after the league concluded.Ten-player Celtic reclaim Scottish Gas Women's Scottish Cup with victory over Rangers, Oli Hampson, Scottish Football Association, 31 May 2026
In the relegation group, Hamilton Academical were outclassed and their fate had long been sealed, ending on a total of two points with over 100 goals conceded. Aberdeen finished some way behind Motherwell and Montrose and faced a relegation play-off with second-tier Queen's Park (who finished fourth in their division but eliminated Boroughmuir Thistle and Kilmarnock to reach the final); Aberdeen retained their divisional status with a 5-0 victory in Airdrie.AFC Women secure Play-off Final Victory, Aberdeen FC, 29 May 2026 The only promoted side would therefore be SWPL2 winners Spartans, bouncing back having been one of three clubs relegated a year earlier when the league was reduced from 12 to 10 teams.
Teams
The number of teams in the league was decreased to 10, down from 12 in the previous season.
TeamLocationManagerHome groundCapacityAberdeenAberdeen Scott BoothBalmoral Stadium2,602CelticHamilton Grant ScottNew Douglas Park6,018Glasgow CityGlasgow Leanne RossPetershill Park1,000Hamilton Academical Hamilton Robert WatsonNew Douglas Park6,018Heart of MidlothianEdinburgh Eva OlidOriam1,000HibernianEdinburgh Joelle MurrayMeadowbank Stadium1,320MontroseMontrose Craig FerozLinks Park4,936MotherwellEast Kilbride Paul BrownlieK-Park Training Academy500Partick ThistleGlasgow Gary HoltPetershill Park1,000RangersGlasgow Leanne CrichtonIbrox Stadium51,700
Regular season
Top six
Bottom four
Results
Regular season
Championship round
Relegation round
Season statistics
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Katie Wilkinson Rangers 30 2 Georgia Timms Heart of Midlothian 19 3 Carly Johns 18 Saoirse Noonan Celtic 5 Kathleen McGovern Hibernian 14 Eilidh Adams Laura Berry Rangers Kaela McDonald-Nguah Montrose 9 Carla Boyce Hamilton Academical 13 10 Lisa Forrest Glasgow City 12
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Katie Wilkinson Rangers Montrose 6–1 (A) 17 August 2025 Kathleen McGovern Hibernian 5–0 (H) 14 September 2025 Siobhan Hunter Hamilton Academical 5–0 (A) 28 September 2025 Bayley Hutchison Heart of Midlothian Montrose 7–0 (H) 12 October 2025 Katie Wilkinson5 Rangers Hamilton Academical 11–0 (H) 19 October 2025 Georgia Timms Heart of Midlothian 8–1 (H) 23 November 2025 Abi Harrison5 Glasgow City 7–0 (H) 14 December 2025 Laura Berry Rangers 11–0 (A) 8 February 2026 Saoirse Noonan Celtic Heart of Midlothian 5–3 (H) 22 February 2026 Jade McLaren Montrose Hamilton Academical 6–0 (H) 15 March 2026 Carla Boyce Motherwell Aberdeen 4–3 (A) Carly Johns Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle 4–1 (A) 18 March 2026 Katie Wilkinson Rangers Celtic 3–0 (H) 6 April 2026 Kaela McDonald-Nguah Montrose Hamilton Academical 5–0 (A) 17 May 2026 Lisa Forrest Glasgow City Rangers 6–0 (H) 24 May 2026 Notes 5 Scored five goals
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Goals 1 Lee Gibson Glasgow City 13 Jenna Fife Rangers 3 Noa Schumacher Hibernian 12 4 Rachael Johnstone Heart of Midlothian 9 5 Lauren Perry Montrose 5 Lisa Rodgers Celtic 7 Adelaide Gay 3 Erin Clachers Glasgow City Katie Cox Aberdeen Rebecca Cameron Motherwell
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 9 Cheryl McCulloch (Partick Thistle)
Most red cards: 2 Lana Golob (Glasgow City)
Club Most yellow cards: 45 Partick Thistle
Most red cards: 2 Celtic Glasgow City Montrose
Fewest yellow cards: 19 Glasgow City
Fewest red cards: 0 Aberdeen Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers
Awards
Monthly awards Players in italics left during the season MonthPlayer of the MonthOther nominated playersPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub August Morgan Cross Celtic Katie Lockwood Glasgow City Kathleen McGovern Hibernian Katie Wilkinson Rangers September Nicole Kozlova Glasgow City Tegan Bowie Hibernian Carly Johns Heart of Midlothian Mia McAulay October Sofia Määttä Eilidh Adams Katie Wilkinson November Georgia Timms Heart of Midlothian Maria McAneny Celtic Ellis Notley Glasgow City December Kaela McDonald-Nguah Montrose Laura Berry Rangers Lana Golob Glasgow City Saoirse Noonan Celtic January Eilidh Austin Rangers Nicole Kozlova Glasgow City Georgia Timms Heart of Midlothian Claire Walsh February Nicole Kozlova Glasgow City Laura Berry Rangers Kathleen McGovern Hibernian Isla Taylor Partick Thistle March Rosie Livingstone Hibernian Carla Boyce Motherwell Kelly Clark Celtic Hannah Stewart Aberdeen April Eilidh Adams Carly Johns Heart of Midlothian Katie Wilkinson Rangers Danique Ypema Heart of Midlothian May Laura Berry Rangers Lisa Evans Glasgow City Lisa Forrest Glasgow City
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