# 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League 2

The 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League 2 was the eighth season of the SWPL 2 as the second-highest division of women's football in Scotland, below SWPL 1 and above the SWF Championship. In February 2022, a majority of SWPL clubs voted to leave the Scottish Women's Football association (under the auspices of the Scottish Football Association); from 2022–23 onwards, the two divisions will be administered by the Scottish Professional Football League. Montrose, Gartcairn and East Fife had won promotion to SWPL 2 as the top three clubs in the SWF Championship in 2021–22.
Eight clubs took part, playing each other four times. The winners would gain automatic promotion and the 12th-placed club in SWPL 1 would be relegated, with promotion/relegation play-offs taking place between the clubs finishing 11th in SWPL 1 and 2nd in SWPL 2, and between the clubs finishing 7th in SWPL 2 and 2nd in the SWF Championship.
Montrose won the SWPL 2 and secured a second consecutive promotion. Gartcairn almost did likewise, but were defeated in the playoff by Hamilton Academical. At the bottom of the table, East Fife were relegated to be replaced by Livingston, but Stirling University survived by defeating Rossvale in the playoff.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Manager | Home ground | Capacity | 2021–22 position |
| Boroughmuir Thistle | Edinburgh | Suzy Shepherd | Meadowbank Stadium | 1,320 (500 seated) | 3rd |
| East Fife | Methil | Liz Anderson | Bayview Stadium | 1,980 | 2nd (Championship North) |
| Gartcairn | Airdrie | Robert McCallum | MTC Park | 300 | 1st (Championship South) |
| Kilmarnock | Kilmarnock | Jim Chapman | Rugby Park | 15,003 | 4th |
| Montrose | Montrose | Craig Feroz | Links Park | 4,936 | 1st (Championship North) |
| Queen's Park | Glasgow | Mark Kirk | New Tinto Park | 1,000 | 6th |
| St Johnstone | Perth | Murdo Steven | Riverside Stadium | 1,000 | 5th |
| Stirling University | Stirling | Nile Robbins | University of Stirling | 1,000 | 7th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Montrose (C, P) | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 55 | Promotion to SWPL1 |
| 2 | Gartcairn | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 42 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 39 | |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 37 | |
| 5 | Boroughmuir Thistle | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 35 | |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Stirling University | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 65 | −37 | 18 | Qualification for the SWPL2 relegation/promotion play-off |
| 8 | East Fife | 24 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 62 | −39 | 9 | Relegation to SWF Championship |
| Home \ Away | BOR | EFI | GAR | KIL | MON | QPA | STJ | STI | BOR | EFI | GAR | KIL | MON | QPA | STJ | STI |
| Boroughmuir Thistle | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | | 5–1 |
| East Fife | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Gartcairn | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 5–2 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Kilmarnock | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| Montrose | 0–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | | 3–1 | | | 7–1 | 4–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| St Johnstone | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 |
| Stirling University | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–5 | | 2–1 | |