2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division

SWFL 1
Season	2016
Promoted	East Fife; Motherwell
Relegated	Dundee City; Spartans Reserves; Stonehaven
Matches played	223
Goals scored	1,260 (5.65 per match)
Biggest home win	North:; East Fife 9–0 Dundee City; (18 September 2016); South:; Motherwell 12–0 Spartans Reserves; (2 October 2016)
Biggest away win	North:; Dundee City 0–12 Aberdeen Reserves; (11 September 2016); South:; Heart of Midlothian U23s 0–13 Hibernian Development; (28 August 2016); Heart of Midlothian U23s 0–13 Motherwell; (28 August 2016)
Highest scoring	North:; Stonehaven 5–8 Falkirk FC; (5 June 2016); South:; Heart of Midlothian U23s 0–13 Hibernian Development; (28 August 2016); Heart of Midlothian U23s 0–13 Motherwell; (28 August 2016); Heart of Midlothian U23s 3–10 FC Kilmarnock; (5 June 2016)
Longest winning run	20 matches:; East Fife
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches:; East Fife
Longest winless run	14 matches:; Spartans Reserves
Longest losing run	14 matches:; Spartans Reserves
	← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 23 October 2016.

Season2016

PromotedEast Fife
Motherwell

RelegatedDundee City
Spartans Reserves
Stonehaven

Matches played223

The 2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division, commonly known as SWFL 1, is the first 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]

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

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Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	source
Aberdeen Reserves	Aberdeen	Balgownie Playing Fields	1,000	^[2]
Central Girls	Grangemouth	Inchyra Park	1,000	^[3]
Dee Ladies	Portlethen	Nicol Park	1,000	^[4]
Dee Vale	Aberdeen	Corbie Hall and Field Maryculter	1,000	^[5]
Dundee City	Dundee	Downfield Park	1,000	^[6]
Dunfermline Athletic	Cowdenbeath	Humbug Park	1,000	^[7]
East Fife	Leven	King George V Park	1,000	^[8]
Falkirk W.F.C.	Falkirk			^[9]
Falkirk Ladies	Denny	Westfield Park	1,000	^[10]
Forfar Farmington Development	Forfar			^[11]
Stonehaven	Stonehaven			^[12]
Tayside Ladies	Dundee	St Pauls Academy	1,000	^[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Fife (C)	22	22	0	0	116	17	+99	66	2017 SWPL 2
2	Dunfermline Athletic	22	16	1	5	90	41	+49	49
3	Central Girls	22	12	5	5	68	53	+15	41
4	Aberdeen Reserves	22	12	2	8	78	42	+36	38
5	Forfar Farmington Development	22	11	3	8	65	61	+4	36
6	Dee Ladies	22	11	2	9	63	52	+11	35
7	Falkirk W.F.C.	22	10	3	9	59	55	+4	33
8	Dee Vale	22	6	3	13	48	91	−43	21
9	Tayside Ladies	22	5	5	12	45	71	−26	20
10	Falkirk Ladies	22	6	2	14	44	87	−43	20
11	Stonehaven (R)	22	4	0	18	53	99	−46	12	2017 SWFL 2
12	Dundee City (R)	22	3	2	17	43	103	−60	11	2017 SWFL 2

Home \ Away	ABE	CEN	DEL	DEV	DUN	DNF	EFI	FFC	FAL	FOR	STO	TAY
Aberdeen Development		1–1	8–1	2–0	5–0	1–5	0–3	4–0	7–2	0–1	4–2	8–0
Central Girls	1–0		0–3	3–0	5–2	1–2	0–3	3–0	3–0	5–4	8–4	4–4
Dee Ladies	8–3	2–4		3–1	7–1	3–6	0–3	3–3	4–3	3–0	3–1	2–0
Dee Vale	0–5	5–5	4–1		5–5	1–10	0–7	3–6	3–0	2–7	5–3	0–7
Dundee City	0–12	2–4	1–4	1–4		4–1	2–7	2–3	1–3	1–2	4–2	5–2
Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	7–0	2–0	7–1	9–2		2–6	4–2	4–3	5–1	4–1	1–0
East Fife	7–0	5–1	3–1	8–2	9–0	4–2		2–0	8–1	6–0	9–1	3–0
Falkirk W.F.C.	2–2	3–5	2–1	2–0	2–4	3–5	0–4		4–0	2–3	7–0	2–1
Falkirk Ladies	1–5	2–7	2–0	4–3	4–4	1–1	2–4	3–1		3–5	2–1	4–3
Forfar Farmington Development	3–9	0–3	2–2	0–3	4–3	3–1	1–3	6–1	6–2		4–2	2–2
Stonehaven	1–2	3–6	2–6	1–2	2–5	4–2	1–6	5–8	7–1	1–9		0–5
Tayside Ladies	1–0	2–2	1–6	4–4	2–1	0–7	1–6	0–3	7–1	2–2	2–8

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	source
Boroughmuir Thistle	Edinburgh	Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000	^[14]
Celtic Academy	Lennoxtown	Lennoxtown Training Centre	1,000	^[15]
Claremont				^[16]
Cumbernauld Colts	Cumbernauld	Ravenswood Playing Fields	1,000	^[17]
Glasgow City Development	Glasgow			^[18]
Heart of Midlothian U23s	Edinburgh			^[19]
Hibernian Development	Edinburgh	Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000	^[20]
FC Kilmarnock	Hurlford	Blair Park	1,500	^[21]
Motherwell	Wishaw	Wishaw Sports Centre	1,000	^[22]
Rangers Development	Glasgow			^[23]
Spartans Reserves	Edinburgh			^[24]
Westerlands	Glasgow			^[25]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motherwell (C)	20	16	1	3	103	25	+78	49	2017 SWPL 2
2	Hibernian Development	20	14	2	4	75	21	+54	44
3	Celtic Academy	20	13	3	4	44	15	+29	42
4	Rangers Development	20	12	2	6	62	37	+25	38
5	FC Kilmarnock	20	11	3	6	59	44	+15	36
6	Glasgow City Development	20	11	2	7	54	47	+7	35
7	Cumbernauld Colts	20	9	5	6	63	37	+26	32
8	Westerlands	20	6	0	14	41	57	−16	18
9	Boroughmuir Thistle	20	3	3	14	31	65	−34	12
10	Heart of Midlothian U23s	20	2	1	17	22	128	−106	7
11	Spartans Reserves (R)	20	2	0	18	19	97	−78	6	2017 SWFL 2
12	Claremont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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