The 2018 season was the 17th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002.
Glasgow City had won the 2017 SWPL1 title unbeaten, their eleventh consecutive championship. After a tight title-race with Hibernian, Glasgow City successfully retained the title, on the last matchday of the 2018 season. Hamilton were relegated from SWPL 1, while the promoted team was their Lanarkshire rivals, Motherwell.
Teams
Team Location Home ground Capacity2017 position Celtic Glasgow K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride 1,000 3rd Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park, Forfar 6,777 1st in SWPL 2 (promoted) Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park, Springburn 1,000 1st (champions) Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 5,510 7th Hibernian Edinburgh Ainslie Park, Edinburgh 3,000 2nd Rangers Glasgow New Tinto Park, Govan 2,000 6th Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park, Edinburgh 3,000 5thStirling University Stirling The Gannochy, University of Stirling 1,000 4th
Format Teams play each other three times. The top team wins the championship and qualifies for the Champions League. The bottom placed team is relegated to the SWPL 2 at the end of the season.
Standings Teams play 21 matches each.
Results
Matches 1 to 14
Matches 15 to 21
Statistics
Top goalscorers .
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Abi HarrisonHibernian252 Abbi GrantGlasgow City153 Rachel McLauchlanHibernian104 Hayley LauderGlasgow City9 Jade GallonRangers5 Lizzie ArnotHibernian8 Kirsty Howat Glasgow City
Awards
Monthly awards Month Player of the Month References Player Club March Chelsea McEachran Central Girls April Lauren Evans Glasgow Girls May Colette Cavanagh Celtic June Jade McDonald St Johnstone August Abbi Grant Glasgow City September Lisa Swanson F.C. Kilmarnock October Bayley Hutchison Aberdeen
Annual awards
Award Winner Club References SWPL 1 Golden Boot Abi Harrison Hibernian SWPL 1 Player of the Year Nicola Docherty Glasgow City
References
External links Season at soccerway.com