# 2023–24 Scottish Women's Premier League

The 2023–24 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 23rd season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. Sponsored by ScottishPower, the league was played with 12 clubs. It was the second season of operation under the auspices of the Scottish Professional Football League.
Glasgow City were the defending champions, after winning their 14th title in 16 seasons on a dramatic last matchday of 2022–23 to stay ahead of Celtic and Rangers, both of whom could have finished as champions depending on the results. The newcomers to SWPL 1 were Montrose, restoring a representation for the Angus region in the top tier after long-time members Forfar Farmington resigned from the league in 2021.
A 12-club "split" format was used in SWPL 1 in 2023–24, with a double round-robin before the "split", then another double round-robin of the top six and bottom six clubs respectively. The SWPL previously used a "split" format between the 2012 and 2015 seasons. The 12th-placed club in SWPL 1 would relegated to be replaced by the SWPL 2 winner, with a promotion/relegation play-off taking place between the clubs finishing 11th in SWPL 1 and 2nd in SWPL 2. The league season began on 13 August 2023 and ended on 19 May 2024.
The championship was again settled on the final matchday, which Celtic and Rangers started on the same points after pulling ahead of Glasgow City; Celtic's superior goal difference meant they led the table and only had to match Rangers' result to win the title. However, while Rangers quickly took and kept a lead against Partick Thistle, Celtic struggled to break down the Hibernian defence. In the 90th minute, Amy Gallacher scored the only goal of the match at Celtic Park to give her side their first league championship in the women's game. Celtic's men's team had also won the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership, and this was the first instance of a club holding both national championships at the same time.
At the bottom of the SWPL 1 table, Hamilton were relegated with Queen's Park coming up to replace them; Dundee United survived by defeating Kilmarnock in the play-off.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Manager | Home ground | Capacity | 2022–23 position |
| Aberdeen | Cove Bay | Clinton Lancaster | Balmoral Stadium | 2,602 | 9th |
| Celtic | Airdrie | Fran Alonso (to January 2024) Elena Sadiku (from January 2024) | Excelsior Stadium | 10,101 | 2nd |
| Dundee United | Dundee | Graeme Hart (to March 2024) Suzy Shepherd (from March 2024) | Foundation Park | TBC | 10th |
| Glasgow City | Springburn | Leanne Ross | Petershill Park | 1,000 | 1st |
| Hamilton Academical | Hamilton | Robert Watson | New Douglas Park | 6,018 | 11th |
| Heart of Midlothian | Edinburgh | Eva Olid | Oriam | 1,000 | 4th |
| Hibernian | Edinburgh | Grant Scott | Meadowbank Stadium | 1,320 | 5th |
| Montrose | Montrose | Craig Feroz | Links Park | 4,936 | 1st in SWPL 2 |
| Motherwell | Motherwell | Paul Brownlie | Alliance Park | 500 | 8th |
| Partick Thistle | Springburn | Brian Graham | Petershill Park | 1,000 | 6th |
| Rangers | Cumbernauld | Jo Potter | Broadwood Stadium | 8,086 | 2nd |
| Spartans | Edinburgh | Debbi McCulloch (to January 2024) Jack Beesley (from January 2024) | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 7th |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 10 | +82 | 60 | Qualification for the Top six |
| 2 | Celtic | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 102 | 13 | +89 | 56 | Qualification for the Top six |
| 3 | Glasgow City | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 13 | +59 | 56 | Qualification for the Top six |
| 4 | Hibernian | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 39 | Qualification for the Top six |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 42 | Qualification for the Top six |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 38 | Qualification for the Top six |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 72 | −38 | 25 | Qualification for the Bottom six |
| 8 | Motherwell | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 19 | Qualification for the Bottom six |
| 9 | Spartans | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 13 | Qualification for the Bottom six |
| 10 | Montrose | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 86 | −61 | 13 | Qualification for the Bottom six |
| 11 | Dundee United | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 86 | −67 | 10 | Qualification for the Bottom six |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 88 | −71 | 10 | Qualification for the Bottom six |

## Top six

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 32 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 126 | 18 | +108 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | Rangers | 32 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 113 | 18 | +95 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 3 | Glasgow City | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 25 | +64 | 73 | |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 54 | |
| 5 | Hibernian | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 46 | |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 41 | |

## Bottom six

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Motherwell | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 45 | |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 57 | 92 | −35 | 40 | |
| 9 | Montrose | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 101 | −55 | 33 | |
| 10 | Spartans | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 44 | 74 | −30 | 27 | |
| 11 | Dundee United | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 109 | −81 | 15 | Qualification for the SWPL Play-off Final |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 32 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 31 | 115 | −84 | 14 | Relegation to SWPL2 |

### Monthly awards

SWPL 1 monthly awards 2023–24 :
| Month | Player of the Month | Club | Goal of the Month | Club |
| August | Amy Gallacher | Celtic | Mia McAulay | Rangers |
| September | Kirsty Howat | Rangers | Keira Chuter | Dundee United |
| October | Kirsty Howat | Rangers | Sade Adamolekun | Hearts |
| November | Rio Hardy | Rangers | Kit Loferski | Celtic |
| December | Caitlin Hayes | Celtic | Rosie Slater | Partick Thistle |
| January | Rachel Rowe | Rangers | Rosie Slater | Partick Thistle |
| February | Emma Thomson | Hamilton Academical | Chloe Muir | Hamilton Academical |
| March | Natasha Flint | Celtic | Rachel Donaldson | Partick Thistle |
| April | Laura Berry | Motherwell | Hannah Innes | Aberdeen |
| May | Amy Gallacher | Celtic | Lia Tweedie | Hibernian |