2020–21 Scottish Women's Premier League
Football league season
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The 2020–21 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 20th season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. The league season was played with eight teams.[1] Glasgow City were the defending champions, having won the last completed championship in 2019. The league was known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons.[2]
| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Glasgow City (15th title) |
| Champions League | Glasgow City Celtic |
| Matches | 84 |
| Goals | 344 (4.1 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Lizzie Arnot (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Rangers 11–0 Forfar Farmington (25 April 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Heart of Midlothian 0–10 Celtic (1 November 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Rangers 11–0 Forfar Farmington (25 April 2021) |
| Longest winning run | Seven games: Glasgow City |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games: Glasgow City |
| Longest winless run | 11 games: Forfar Farmington |
| Longest losing run | 10 games: Forfar Farmington |
← 2020 2021–22 → | |
The previous season, 2020, was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and was subsequently declared null and void.[3] Following this cancellation, Scottish Women's Football reverted to the winter-season format last used in 2008–09.[4] The new season started on 18 October 2020 and concluded on 4 July 2021. It had been agreed that there would be no relegation from SWPL 1, and that there would be 10 teams in the top division in 2021–22.[5] The 2020–21 season was interrupted for more than three months by the pandemic; SWPL 1 played no games between January and March.[6][7]
Glasgow City won the championship by three points from Celtic, the runners-up.[8] This was Glasgow City's 14th national league title in succession, the most in Scottish senior football history, and five fewer than the world record in women's football at the time, the 19 titles achieved by SFK of Bosnia-Herzegovina.[9][10]
Teams
| Team | Location | Head coach | Home ground | Capacity | 2019 position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | East Kilbride |  Fran Alonso | K-Park Training Academy | 1,000 | 3rd |
| Forfar Farmington | Forfar |  Ryan McConville | Station Park | 6,777 | 7th |
| Glasgow City | Cumbernauld |  Scott Booth | Broadwood Stadium | 8,086 | 1st |
| Heart of Midlothian | Edinburgh | Andy Kirk | Oriam | 1,000 | 1st in SWPL 2 |
| Hibernian | Edinburgh | Dean Gibson | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 2nd |
| Motherwell | Airdrie | Eddie Wolecki Black | Excelsior Stadium | 10,101 | 6th |
| Rangers | Milngavie | Malky Thomson | Rangers Training Centre | 500 | 4th |
| Spartans | Edinburgh | Debbi McCulloch | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 5th |
Source: [11]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City (C) | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 16 | +61 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | Celtic | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 12 | +64 | 53 | |
| 3 | Rangers | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 76 | 10 | +66 | 48 | |
| 4 | Hibernian | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 29 | |
| 5 | Spartans | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 29 | |
| 6 | Motherwell | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 78 | −60 | 12 | |
| 7 | Forfar Farmington | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 90 | −73 | 11 | Withdrew from SWPL after season[12] |
| 8 | Heart of Midlothian | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 69 | −60 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Positions by round
| Champions and UEFA Champions League first round | |
| UEFA Champions League first round |
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Results
Matches 1 to 14 |
Matches 15 to 21
|
Statistics
Scoring
- As of 10 June 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lizzie Arnot |
Rangers | 16 |
| 2 | Sarah Ewens |
Celtic | 14 |
| 3 | Zoe Ness |
Rangers | 12 |
| 4 | Kirsty Howat |
Glasgow City Rangers |
11 |
| 5 |  Aoife Colvill |
Glasgow City | 9 |
| Donna Paterson |
Forfar Farmington | ||
| 7 | Chloe Craig |
Celtic | 8 |
 Priscila Chinchilla |
Glasgow City | ||
| 9 |  Ode Fulutudilu |
Glasgow City | 7 |
| Becky Galbraith |
Spartans |
Source:
Hat-tricks
| No. | Player | For | Against | Date | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Ness |
Rangers | Heart of Midlothian | 18 October 2020 | 5–1 | [14] |
| 2 | Kirsty Howat |
Glasgow City | Forfar Farmington | 1 November 2020 | 8–1 | [15] |
| 3 | Donna Paterson |
Forfar Farmington | Heart of Midlothian | 8 November 2020 | 3–0 | [16] |