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2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship

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Scottish Women's Football Championship
Season2021–22
ChampionsMontrose (North)
Gartcairn (South)

The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship was the inaugural season of the SWF 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 split into two divisions – Championship North and Championship South. Planned to have 'approximately 12 teams each',[4] the divisions in the inaugural season actually contained 9 and 17 teams respectively.

Montrose secured the Championship North title on 10 April, with a 4–1 win over their promotion rivals East Fife.[5] In the Championship South, Gartcairn finished as the division winners on 24 April, ahead of 2nd-placed Rossvale.[6] East Fife won the third available promotion place to SWPL 2, by winning the single-match promotion play-off 3–1 against Rossvale on 8 May in Alloa.[7][8]

Teams

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Championship North

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

Source:[9]

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

Championship South

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

Source:[9]

Notes
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    Note 3: Finishing position in SWFL1 South unless otherwise stated.
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    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

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For the first time, a system of promotion/relegation play-offs was introduced to the SWPL. The two runners-up from Championship North and Championship South were intended to take part in play-off semi-finals, with the winner playing the team finishing eighth in SWPL2 in the play-off final, to determine the last place in the 2022–23 SWPL.[10] Instead, East Fife won promotion in a single promotion play-off,[7] and no club was relegated from SWPL 2, due to expansion of the SWPL in 2022.

References

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  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. ^ "Montrose promoted to SWPL 2". She Kicks. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Gartcairn boss toasts title winners after five star performance on final day". Daily Record. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b Frith, Will (9 May 2022). "Park's SWPL: Rangers Women champions for first time". Archived from the original on 9 May 2022.
  8. ^ East Fife FC [@EastFifeFC] (8 May 2022). "👏 Congratulations to @East_Fife_GWFC on their promotion to @SWPL 2 following their 3-1 win over Rossvale this afternoon! 🖤💛 https://t.co/AS2ZxMzyS1" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b "SWF Club Finder". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  10. ^ Scottish Women's Football announces new league structure, SheKicks.net, 20 September 2019
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