2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League

This article is about the top division of the competition. For the lower division, see 2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League 2.
Scottish Women's Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates10 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
ChampionsHibernian (4th title)
RelegatedSpartans
Queen's Park
Dundee United
Matches played192
Goals scored788 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Katie Wilkinson (39 Goals)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2025.

The 2024–25 season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, also known as ScottishPower Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th iteration of the top-tier Scottish women's football league, and the 3rd season organised by the Scottish Professional Football League. The division is sometimes referred to as SWPL 1 when distinction from the lower division of the competition, known as SWPL 2, is required.

The 2024–25 season began with the defending champions Celtic[1] hosting Dundee United on 10 August 2024. The final matchday of the regular season is scheduled for 2 March 2025[2] and the last post-split matchday (32nd game overall) is scheduled for 18 May 2025.[3]

Due to the format changes planned for the 2025–26 season, which will bring the number of teams in both the SWPL and SWPL 2 to ten, the 2024–25 season is transitional. The competition format remains unchanged, but there will be no relegation play-off and the three lowest-ranked teams will be directly relegated to 2025–26 SWPL 2.[4][5]

Teams

Locations of teams in the 2024–25 SWPL.
Team Location Manager Home ground Capacity 2023–24 finish
Aberdeen Cove Bay Scott Booth Balmoral Stadium 2,602 8th
Celtic Airdrie Elena Sadiku Excelsior Stadium 10,101 1st
Dundee United Dundee Suzy Shepherd Foundation Park 225 11th
Glasgow City Springburn Leanne Ross Petershill Park 1,000 3rd
Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Eva Olid Oriam 1,000 4th
Hibernian Edinburgh Grant Scott Meadowbank Stadium 1,320 5th
Montrose Montrose Craig Feroz Links Park 4,936 9th
Motherwell Motherwell Paul Brownlie K-Park 500 7th
Partick Thistle Springburn Brian Graham Petershill Park 1,000 6th
Queen's Park Glasgow Craig Joyce New Tinto Park 1,000 1st (SWPL 2)
Rangers Cumbernauld Jo Potter Broadwood Stadium 8,086 2nd
Spartans Edinburgh Jack Beesley Ainslie Park 3,000 10th

Team changes

Entering league Exiting league
Promoted from 2023–24 SWPL 2 Relegated to 2024–25 SWPL 2

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Glasgow City 22 17 3 2 90 10 +80 54 Advances to the championship round
2 Hibernian 22 17 3 2 71 14 +57 54
3 Rangers 22 16 4 2 112 18 +94 52
4 Celtic 22 16 3 3 82 15 +67 51
5 Heart of Midlothian 22 14 4 4 73 14 +59 46
6 Motherwell 22 10 2 10 51 46 +5 32
7 Partick Thistle 22 5 9 8 29 39 −10 24 Participates in the relegation round
8 Aberdeen 22 6 3 13 20 81 −61 21
9 Spartans 22 5 2 15 23 58 −35 17
10 Montrose 22 4 2 16 22 82 −60 14
11 Queen's Park 22 2 2 18 10 101 −91 8
12 Dundee United 22 1 1 20 14 119 −105 4
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN GLA HEA HIB MON MOT PAR QUE RAN SPA
Aberdeen — 0–4 1–1 0–5 0–2 1–7 2–0 0–6 0–0 3–0 0–11 1–0
Celtic 8–0 — 9–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 5–1 5–1 4–2 5–0 2–3 1–0
Dundee United 1–2 0–8 — 0–13 0–8 0–5 1–3 1–6 0–4 2–3 0–10 1–2
Glasgow City 6–1 2–2 7–0 — 2–1 3–0 8–0 4–0 3–0 8–0 3–0 6–0
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 1–0 9–0 0–0 — 0–1 6–0 6–1 1–1 6–0 0–2 5–0
Hibernian 7–0 1–0 6–0 3–1 0–4 — 5–1 4–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 6–0
Montrose 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–7 0–3 0–2 — 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–9 0–3
Motherwell 4–2 0–4 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–5 3–2 — 0–4 6–1 0–1 4–1
Partick Thistle 2–2 0–3 4–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 3–3 1–1 — 2–0 0–6 1–1
Queen's Park 0–2 0–6 1–2 1–6 1–11 0–2 0–3 0–6 0–0 — 0–14 1–0
Rangers 10–0 2–2 6–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 10–2 2–0 4–0 9–0 — 6–1
Spartans 3–1 0–5 6–1 0–2 0–2 0–4 3–0 1–5 1–2 1–1 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hibernian (C) 32 24 5 3 90 21 +69 77 Secures a spot in the Champions league qualifying round 2, champions path
2 Glasgow City 32 23 5 4 107 18 +89 74 Secures a spot in the Champions league qualifying round 2, league path
3 Rangers 32 22 5 5 139 27 +112 71
4 Celtic 32 19 5 8 97 30 +67 62
5 Heart of Midlothian 32 18 5 9 91 32 +59 59
6 Motherwell 32 10 2 20 52 86 −34 32
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away GLA HIB RAN CEL HEA MOT
Glasgow City — 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 4–0
Hibernian 2–2 — 2–0 4–2 1–2 2–0
Rangers 0–1 0–1 — 1–1 4–0 6–0
Celtic 1–2 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 6–0
Heart of Midlothian 0–0 1–3 3–5 3–1 — 2–0
Motherwell 1–2 0–3 0–8 0–1 0–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Partick Thistle 32 11 9 12 41 50 −9 42
2 Aberdeen 32 12 5 15 46 94 −48 41
3 Montrose 32 11 4 17 43 90 −47 37
4 Spartans (R) 32 11 3 18 43 70 −27 36 Relegation to 2025–26 SWPL 2
5 Queen's Park (R) 32 3 3 26 16 124 −108 12
6 Dundee United (R) 32 2 1 29 23 146 −123 7
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away PAR ABE SPA MON QUE DUN
Partick Thistle — 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Aberdeen 2–0 — 2–4 2–2 5–2 2–0
Spartans 1–2 1–1 — 3–2 2–0 1–0
Montrose 2–0 3–2 2–1 — 4–0 4–0
Queen's Park 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 — 1–2
Dundee United 3–4 0–5 2–5 0–1 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Source
August Abbie Ferguson Hibernian [6]
September Laura Berry Rangers/Motherwell [7]
October Erin Husband Heart of Midlothian [8]
November Hannah Jordan Spartans [9]
December Kathleen McGovern Hibernian [10]
January Eilidh Adams Hibernian [11]
February Maria McAneny Celtic [12]
March Kirsty Howat Rangers [13]
April Kathleen McGovern Hibernian [14]
May Kathleen McGovern Hibernian [15]

Goal of the Month

Month Player Team Against Source
August Tiree Burchill Partick Thistle Spartans [16]
September Jade McLaren Montrose Dundee United [17]
October Neve Guthrie Montrose Partick Thistle [18]
November Chelsea Cornet Rangers Celtic [19]
December Kathleen McGovern Hibernian Rangers [20]
January Lucie Burns Kilmarnock[21] Gartcairn [22]
February Maria McAneny Celtic Glasgow City [23]
March Rosie McQuillan Queen's Park Dundee United [24]
April Eva Thomson Aberdeen Queen's Park [25]
May Cara Gray Kilmarnock[26] Livingston [27]

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2025
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Katie Wilkinson Rangers 39
2 Saoirse Noonan Celtic 25
3 Kathleen McGovern Hibernian 25
4 Eilidh Adams Hibernian 24
5 Rio Hardy Rangers 22
6 Nicole Kozlova Glasgow City 21
7 Laura Berry Rangers/Motherwell 18
8 Brenna Lovera Glasgow City 18
9 Bayley Hutchison Heart of Midlothian 16
10 Kirsty Howat Rangers 14
11 Maria McAneny Celtic 13
12 Hannah Jordan Spartans 13
13 Olufolasade Adamolekun Heart of Midlothian 12
14 Natalia Wróbel Glasgow City 11
15 Carla Boyce Partick Thistle 11
16 Georgia Timms Heart of Midlothian 10

References

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  5. ^ SWPL restructure means the pressure is on big time to survive drop, Alison McConnell, Glasgow Times, 8 June 2024
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  21. ^ Scored in SWPL 2.
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  26. ^ Scored in SWPL 2.
  27. ^ "Cara Gray wins May SWPL Goal of the Month, supported by Park's Motor Group". Scottish Women's Premier League. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

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