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League pyramid

All women's leagues in Scotland are part of a pyramid structure, with the Scottish Women's Premier League being at the top. Leagues become more regional at the bottom.

Clubs are allowed numerous teams in the Leagues, however, no club can be permitted to have more than one team in each of the top two divisions. More than one team from the same club can, however, compete in the 2nd divisions.

The Women's football in Scotland pyramid has 4 steps in it. They are:

Scottish Women's Premier League

The teams below are competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League in the 2021 season:

SWPL1

• Aberdeen
• Celtic
• Glasgow City
• Hamilton Academical
• Hearts
• Hibernian
• Motherwell
• Partick Thistle
• Rangers
• Spartans

SWPL2

• Boroughmuir Thistle
• Dundee United
• Glasgow Women
• Kilmarnock
• Queen's Park
• St Johnstone
• Stirling University

Scottish Women's First Division

The teams below are competing in the Scottish Women's First Division in the 2021 season:

SWFL 1 North

• Buchan
• Dryburgh Athletic
• Dundee West
• Dunfermline Athletic
• East Fife
• Grampian
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle
• Montrose
• Stonehaven
• Westdyke

SWFL 1 South

• Airdrie United
• Ayr United
• Broomhill
• Clyde
• Edinburgh Caledonia
• Edinburgh City
• Falkirk
• Gartcairn
• Gleniffer Thistle
• Greenock Morton
• Hutchison Vale
• Livingston
• Renfrew
• Rossvale
• St Mirren
• Stenhousemuir
• United Glasgow

Scottish Women's Second Division

The teams below are competing in the Scottish Women's Football League Second Division in the 2019 season:

North

• Buchan Youth
• Buckie Thistle
• Caithness
• Forfar Farmington Development
• Moray
• Ross County
• Turriff United^[1]

West

• Bishopton
• Dumbarton United — withdrew
• Gleniffer Thistle
• Kilwinning
• Pollok United
• Queen of the South — withdrew
• Rutherglen
• St Mirren
• Stranraer
• United Glasgow^[2]

Central

• Airdrie
• Broxburn Athletic
• Cumbernauld Colts Yellows
• East Kilbride
• Glasgow Girls Development
• Hamilton Academical Under-23s
• Hawick United
• Motherwell Development
• Murieston United
• St Mirren
• West Park United^[3]

East

• Bonnyrigg Rose
• Dryburgh Athletic
• Dundee City
• East Fife Violets
• Edinburgh Caledonia
• GOC
• Hearts Development
• Hutchison Vale Development
• Jeanfield Swifts Development
• Kelty Hearts
• Lothian
• Spartans Development^[4]

See also

• Women's football (soccer)
• List of women's national football teams
• List of women's football teams
• List of women's football (soccer) competitions.
• London Fc Women
• Clyde City

References