2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division Explained

Competition:	SWFL 1
Season:	2017
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018
Updated:	4 November 2016

The 2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division, commonly known as SWFL 1, is the second 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]

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

Central Girls won the North division and Kilmarnock won the South division. Both were promoted to SWPL 2 for the 2018 season.^{[2] [3]}

SWFL 1 North

Teams

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	data-sort-type="number"	2016 position	source
		Balgownie Playing Fields	1,000		^[4]
			1,000		^[5]
		Nicol Park	1,000	6th	^[6]
Westdyke Dee Vale		Corbie Hall and Field Maryculter	1,000		^[7]
		GA Arena	1,000	1st in Second Division East (promoted)	^[8]
		Humbug Park	1,000	2nd	^[9]
Stirling Uni Development				7th	^[10]
Falkirk Ladies		Westfield Park	1,000	8th	^[11]
Forfar Farmington Development				5th	^[12]
Granite City				1st in Second Division North (promoted)	^[13]
Inverness City		Jubilee Park	1,000	8th in SWPL 2 (relegated)	^[14]
Tayside Ladies		St Pauls Academy	1,000	9th	^[15]

Results

Scottish Women's Football

SWFL 1 South

Teams

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	data-sort-type="number"	2015 position	source
		Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000	9th	^[16]
		Lennoxtown Training Centre	1,000	4th	^[17]
		Ravenswood Playing Fields	1,000	7th	^[18]
				6th	^[19]
				10th	^[20]
Hibernian Development		Meggetland Sport Complex	1,000	2nd	^[21]
FC Kilmarnock		Blair Park	1,500	5th	^[22]
Partick Thistle				1st in Second Division Central (promoted)	^[23]
Queen's Park				7th in SWPL 2 (relegated)	^[24]
Rangers Development				3rd	^[25]
Renfrew		New Western Park	1,000	1st in Second Division South-West (promoted)	^[26]
Westerlands				8th	^[27]

Results

Scottish Women's Football

Notes and References

1. Web site: SWPL Reconstruction: Will It Work? Scottish Women's Football . 2016-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074214/http://scotswomensfootball.com/2015/08/21/swpl-reconstruction-will-it-work/ . 2016-03-04 . dead .
2. Web site: Championship South.
3. Web site: Championship North.
4. Web site: Aberdeen LFC II . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
5. Web site: Central Girls FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
6. Web site: Dee Ladies FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
7. Web site: Westdyke Dee Ladies . Scotwomensfootball . 19 December 2017.
8. Web site: Dundee United FC . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
9. Web site: Dunfermline Athletic FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
10. Web site: Stirling Uni Dev . Scotwomensfootball . 19 December 2017.
11. Web site: Falkirk Ladies . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
12. Web site: Forfar Farmington Development LFC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
13. Web site: Granite City FC . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
14. Web site: Inverness City LFC . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
15. Web site: Tayside Ladies FC . Soccerway . 5 October 2016.
16. Web site: Boroughmuir Thistle FC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
17. Web site: Celtic LFC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
18. Web site: Cumbernauld Colts FC II . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
19. Web site: Glasgow City Girls FC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
20. Web site: Heart of Midlothian FC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
21. Web site: Hibernian LFC II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
22. Web site: Kilmarnock FC Ladies . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
23. Web site: Partick Thistle . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
24. Web site: Queen's Park . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
25. Web site: Rangers II . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.
26. Web site: Renfrew . Soccerway . 4 November 2016.
27. Web site: Westerlands lFC . Soccerway . 9 October 2016.