2012 Scottish Women's Premier League

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Scottish Women's Premier League
Season 2012
Champions Glasgow City
Relegated FC Kilmarnock Ladies
Inverness City
Champions League Glasgow City
Matches played 126
Goals scored 681 (5.4 per match)
Biggest home win Hibernian 19–1 FC Kilmarnock
29 April 2012
Biggest away win Hutchison Vale 0–15 Glasgow City
3 June 2012
Highest scoring Hibernian 19–1 FC Kilmarnock
29 April 2012
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The 2012 Women's Premier League is the eleventh season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.

A total of twelve teams are contesting the league. Aberdeen FC Ladies won the 2011 Scottish Women's First Division and return to the Premier League after one season away. First Division runners-up Hibernian 2000 were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League.[1] As the third placed side in the First Division, Toryglen Ladies, folded over the close season, FC Kilmarnock Ladies were spared relegation and compete in 2012.[2]

New format

The SWPL will run in a new format from this season. The 12 clubs will face each other once (11 games per club), after which the league will split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club will then play home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.

Teams

Stadia and locations

2012 Scottish Women's Premier League is located in Scotland
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Falkirk
Falkirk
Glasgow
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Hamilton
Hamilton
Inverness
Inverness
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
Locations of teams in the 2012 Premier League

The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs play matches at other venues throughout the season.

Team Location Home ground Head coach Finishing position 2011
Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Sports Village Jockie Lawrence SWFL First Division, 1st
Celtic Glasgow Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown Robert Docherty 4th
Falkirk Falkirk Westfield Park, Denny Alan Palmer 10th
Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park Mark Nisbet 5th
Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park Eddie Wolecki-Black 1st
Hamilton Academical Hamilton John Cumming Stadium, Carluke Kevin Murphy 6th
Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn Willie Kirk 3rd
Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure Ian Macdonald 9th
Inverness City Inverness Bught Park Sandy Corcoran 8th
FC Kilmarnock Ladies Kilmarnock Blair Park, Hurlford Martin Kirkland 11th
Rangers Glasgow Petershill Park John Joyce 7th
Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy Debbi McCulloch 2nd

League standings

Pos
Team
Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C) 21 20 0 1 143 10 +133 60 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 Forfar Farmington 21 14 2 5 50 23 +27 44
3 Celtic 21 14 1 6 72 19 +53 43
4 Hibernian 21 14 1 6 80 31 +49 43
5 Spartans 21 8 2 11 42 49 −7 26
6 Aberdeen 21 5 1 15 18 94 −76 16
7 Hamilton Academical 21 10 6 5 74 42 +32 36
8 Hutchison Vale 21 9 3 9 61 65 −4 30
9 Rangers 21 7 3 11 37 41 −4 24
10 Falkirk 21 7 2 12 36 71 −35 23
11 Inverness City (R) 21 4 3 14 38 87 −49 15 Relegation to SWFL First Division
12 FC Kilmarnock Ladies (R) 21 1 2 18 23 142 −119 5

Updated to games played on 4 November 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


Results

Matches 1–11

Clubs play each other once.

Home ╲ Away ABD CEL FAL KLM FFM GLC HAM HIB HUT INV RAN SPA
Aberdeen 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–2
Celtic 6–1 9–0 1–3 5–2 6–2 3–0
Falkirk 2–1 1–3 0–8 0–5 1–1 4–3
FC Kilmarnock Ladies 0–2 0–8 2–5 1–15 2–5 1–1
Forfar Farmington 1–0 10–0 0–6 2–1 8–0 0–0
Glasgow City 9–0 7–0 5–1 11–0 9–0
Hamilton Academical 0–4 3–3 3–02 1–2 2–2 2–2
Hibernian 19–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 2–0
Hutchison Vale 2–3 0–15 0–8 3–2 1–3
Inverness City 0–6 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–6
Rangers 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 4–3
Spartans 11–1 5–0 0–2 4–4 2–2 3–03

Updated to games played on 24 June 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Match awarded to Hamilton by 3–0 score as Kilmarnock could not fulfil fixture.
3 3–0 victory awarded to Spartans by SFA decision. Match finished 2–2.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 12–21

After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs will play every other club in their section twice (home and away).

Top scorers

As of 22:00, 7 October 2012 (GMT)[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Jane Ross Glasgow City 20
2 Scotland Suzanne Grant Celtic 18
Scotland Emma Mitchell Glasgow City
Scotland Leanne Ross Glasgow City
5 Scotland Lisa Evans 1 Glasgow City 16
6 Scotland Natalie Bodiam Inverness City 13
7 Scotland Hayley Cunningham Celtic 12
8 Scotland Jennifer Callaghan 2 Rangers / Glasgow City 11
9 Scotland Sarah Ewens Spartans 10
Scotland Laura Gavin Hutchison Vale
Scotland Joanne Love Glasgow City
Scotland Katherine Smart Hutchison Vale

1 Now Turbine Potsdam.
2 9 goals for Rangers, 2 goals for Glasgow City.

References

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