2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division Explained

Competition:	SWFL 1
Season:	2016
Promoted:	East Fife Motherwell
Relegated:	Dundee City Spartans Reserves Stonehaven
Matches:	223
Total Goals:	1260
Biggest Home Win:	North: (18 September 2016) South: (2 October 2016)
Biggest Away Win:	North: (11 September 2016) South: (28 August 2016) (28 August 2016)
Highest Scoring:	North: (5 June 2016) South: (28 August 2016) (28 August 2016) (5 June 2016)
Longest Wins:	20 matches: East Fife
Longest Unbeaten:	20 matches: East Fife
Longest Winless:	14 matches: Spartans Reserves
Longest Losses:	14 matches: Spartans Reserves
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017
Updated:	23 October 2016

The 2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division, commonly known as SWFL 1, is the first season of the Scottish Women's Football League First Division, the third tier of women's football in Scotland since its reconstruction at the end of the 2015 season.^[1]

From this season the SWFL was split into two regional divisions of 12 teams each, North and South. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league. ^[1]

SWFL 1 North

Teams

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	data-sort-type="number"	2015 position	source
		Balgownie Playing Fields	1,000		^[2]
		Inchyra Park	1,000		^[3]
		Nicol Park	1,000		^[4]
		Corbie Hall and Field Maryculter	1,000		^[5]
		Downfield Park	1,000		^[6]
		Humbug Park	1,000		^[7]
		King George V Park	1,000		^[8]
Falkirk W.F.C.					^[9]
Falkirk Ladies		Westfield Park	1,000		^[10]
Forfar Farmington Development					^[11]
Stonehaven					^[12]
Tayside Ladies		St Pauls Academy	1,000		^[13]

Standings

Results

SWFL 1 South

Teams

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	data-sort-type="number"	2015 position	source
		Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000		^[14]
		Lennoxtown Training Centre	1,000		^[15]
					^[16]
		Ravenswood Playing Fields	1,000		^[17]
					^[18]
					^[19]
Hibernian Development		Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000		^[20]
FC Kilmarnock		Blair Park	1,500		^[21]
		Wishaw Sports Centre	1,000		^[22]
Rangers Development					^[23]
Spartans Reserves					^[24]
Westerlands					^[25]

Standings

Results

External links

• Season at soccerway.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: SWPL Reconstruction: Will It Work? Scottish Women's Football . 2016-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074214/http://scotswomensfootball.com/2015/08/21/swpl-reconstruction-will-it-work/ . 2016-03-04 . dead .
2. Web site: Aberdeen LFC II . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
3. Web site: Central Girls FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
4. Web site: Dee Ladies FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
5. Web site: Dee Vale LFC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
6. Web site: Dundee City FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
7. Web site: Dunfermline Athletic FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
8. Web site: East Fife FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
9. Web site: Falkirk Football Community Foundation . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
10. Web site: Falkirk Ladies . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
11. Web site: Forfar Farmington Development LFC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
12. Web site: Stonehaven . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
13. Web site: Tayside Ladies FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
14. Web site: Boroughmuir Thistle FC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
15. Web site: Celtic LFC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
16. Web site: Claremont . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
17. Web site: Cumbernauld Colts FC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
18. Web site: Glasgow City Girls FC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
19. Web site: Heart of Midlothian FC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
20. Web site: Hibernian LFC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
21. Web site: Kilmarnock FC Ladies . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
22. Web site: Motherwell . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
23. Web site: Rangers II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
24. Web site: Spartans LFC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
25. Web site: Westerlands lFC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.