| Season | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Glasgow City (9th title) |
| Relegated | Queen's Park Buchan |
| Champions League | Glasgow City |
| Matches | 126 |
| Goals | 581 (4.61 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Spartans 16–0Forfar Farmington 27 April 2014 |
| Biggest away win | Buchan Ladies 0–10Rangers 20 April 2014 Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City 27 April 2014 |
| Highest scoring | Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington 27 April 2014 |
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The2014 Scottish Women's Premier League was the thirteenth season of theScottish Women's Premier League, the highest division ofwomen's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 16 March 2014.
A total of twelve teams contested the league.Glasgow City were the reigning champions.[1]Queen's Park andInverness City were promoted from theSWFL First Division after finishing 1st and 3rd respectively in 2013 (First Division runners-upCeltic Reserves were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League).[2]
The SWPL continued in the format applied since 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.
Glasgow City confirmed their eighth consecutive championship title on 1 October 2014.[3] City suffered their first on-field league defeat since the2008–09 season[4][5] when they lost 1–0 toSpartans in September 2014[6] (a fixture againstForfar Farmington during the2012 season was retrospectively awarded to the opposition due to Glasgow City fielding an ineligible player). Glasgow City also won the2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the2014 Scottish Women's Cup to complete the'treble', the fourth in their history and third in a row.Rangers were runners-up, 17 points behind the champions. Queen's Park andBuchan were relegated.
The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.
| Team | Location | Home ground | Finishing position 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Heathryfold Park | 6th |
| Buchan LFC | Maud | Pleasure Park | 10th |
| Celtic | Glasgow | Celtic Training Centre,Lennoxtown | 3rd |
| Forfar Farmington | Forfar | Station Park | 8th |
| Glasgow City | Glasgow | Petershill Park | Champions |
| Hamilton Academical | Hamilton | John Cumming Stadium,Carluke | 7th |
| Hibernian | Edinburgh | Albyn Park,Broxburn | 2nd |
| Hutchison Vale | Edinburgh | Saughton Enclosure | 9th |
| Inverness City | Inverness | Bught Park | SWFL First Division, 3rd |
| Queen's Park | Glasgow | Woodfarm HS,Thornliebank | SWFL First Division, 1st |
| Rangers | Glasgow | Petershill Park | 5th |
| Spartans | Edinburgh | Spartans Academy | 4th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City(C, Q) | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 13 | +74 | 60 | 2015–16 Champions League |
| 2 | Rangers | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 43 | |
| 3 | Hibernian | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 43 | |
| 4 | Spartans | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 38 | |
| 5 | Celtic | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 29 | |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 36 | |
| 8 | Inverness City | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 26 | |
| 9 | Hutchison Vale | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 57 | −36 | 24 | |
| 10 | Forfar Farmington | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 85 | −52 | 19 | |
| 11 | Queen's Park(R) | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 64 | −38 | 12 | Relegation toSWFL First Division |
| 12 | Buchan LFC(R) | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 94 | −64 | 12 |
Clubs play each other once.
| Home \ Away | ABD | BUC | CEL | FFM | GLC | HAM | HIB | HUT | INV | QPL | RAN | SPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 0–5 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 1–2 | ||||||
| Buchan LFC | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–9 | 0–10 | 2–5 | ||||||
| Celtic | 10–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Forfar Farmington | 1–7 | 1–7 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Glasgow City | 2–0 | 13–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Hamilton Academical | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Hibernian | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | |||||||
| Hutchison Vale | 2–1 | 0–9 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
| Inverness City | 0–5 | 6–0 | 0–10 | 3–0 | 2–6 | |||||||
| Queen's Park | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Rangers | 2–0 | 2–1 | 14–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Spartans | 16–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 11–0 | 2–1 |
After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away).
Top six[edit]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source:Scottish Women's FA Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Bottom six[edit]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source:Scottish Women's FA Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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