2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship

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The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship is the inaugural season of the Scottish Women's Football Championship after its formation as the third tier of women's football in Scotland.

The previous two planned seasons in 2020 and 2020–21 were both abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1][2][3]

The league was planned to be split into two divisions – Championship North and Championship South with 'approximately 12 teams each',[4] however for the inaugural season there are 9 and 17 teams in the two competitions respectively.

Teams[]

Championship North[]

Team Location Home ground 2019 position[Note 1][Note 2]
Maud Maud Pleasure Park 4th
Dundee Lochee Park 2nd in SWFL2 North/East
Dundee Charlotte Street Pitches 1st in SWFL2 North/East
East Fife Leven King George V Park 6th
Aberdeen Cults Academy
Inverness Millburn Academy 2nd
Montrose Links Park 7th
Stonehaven Mineralwell Park 11th
Westhill Lawsondale Pitches 9th

Source:[5]

Notes
  1. ^
    Note 1: Finishing position in SWFL1 North unless otherwise stated.
  2. ^
    Note 2: The previous two seasons in 2020 and 2020–21 were both abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1][2][3]

Championship South[]

Team Location Home ground 2019 position[Note 3][Note 4]
Airdrie Excelsior Stadium 4th in SWFL2 South East/Central
Alloway Cambusdoon Sports Club 11th
Clydebank Clydebank Community Sport Hub 5th in in SWFL2 West/Central
Cumbernauld Broadwood Astro 3rd in in SWFL2 West/Central
Edinburgh Peffermill 3G 1st in SWFL2 South East/Central
Edinburgh Ainslie Park
Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 10th in SWFL2 South East/Central
Airdrie MTC Park
Paisley Ralston Community Sports Centre
Hutchison Vale Edinburgh WHEC Education Centre
Blackburn New Murrayfield Park 9th
Greenock Cappielow 1st in in SWFL2 West/South West
Renfrew New Western Park 7th
Glasgow Huntershill Recreation Centre
Paisley Ferguslie Sports Centre 4th in SWFL2 West/Central
Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 5th in SWFL2 South East/Central
Glasgow Garscube Sports Complex 2nd in SWFL2 West/Central

Source:[5]

Notes
  1. ^
    Note 3: Finishing position in SWFL1 South unless otherwise stated.
  2. ^
    Note 4: The previous two seasons in 2020 and 2020–21 were both abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1][2][3]

SWPL play-offs[]

For the first time, a system of promotion/relegation play-offs will be introduced to the SWPL. The two runners-up from Championship North and Championship South will take part in the play-off semi-finals with the winner playing the team finishing eighth in SWPL2 in the final for the last place in the .[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Lewis, Jane (29 July 2020). "SWPL season declared null and void after one round of games". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "SWF Statement – Senior Performance Arm update (29/04/21)". SWPL. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "SWF STATEMENT – SENIOR PERFORMANCE ARM UPDATE (29/04/21)". SWF. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "New Senior Structure for 2020 and beyond". Scottish Women's Premier League. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "SWF Club Finder". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. ^ Scottish Women’s Football announces new league structure, SheKicks.net, 20 September 2019

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