# 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League

The 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 18th season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. The season started on 10 February 2019 and finished on 17 November 2019. The league was known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons.
Fixtures for the 2019 SWPL 1 season were announced on 17 December 2018.
Motherwell joined SWPL 1 as the promoted club from the 2018 SWPL 2, replacing Hamilton Academical. Glasgow City were the defending champions and retained the Scottish title in 2019. 2019 was the last full season played on a summer calendar in Scottish women's football.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | 2018 position |
| Celtic | Glasgow | K-Park Training Academy | 1,000 | 3rd |
| Forfar Farmington | Forfar | Station Park | 6,777 | 5th |
| Glasgow City | Glasgow | Petershill Park | 1,000 | 1st |
| Hibernian | Edinburgh | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 2nd |
| Motherwell | Motherwell | Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility | 1,000 | 1st in SWPL 2 |
| Rangers | Glasgow Milngavie | New Tinto Park Rangers Training Centre | 2,000 500 | 4th |
| Spartans | Edinburgh | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 6th |
| Stirling University | Stirling | Gannochy Sports Centre | 1,000 | 7th |
Source: Scottish Women's Premier League Archived 2021-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

## Personnel

| Team | Head coach |
| Celtic | Eddie Wolecki Black |
| Forfar Farmington | Stevie Baxter |
| Glasgow City | Scott Booth |
| Hibernian | Grant Scott |
| Motherwell | Donald Jennow |
| Rangers | Amy McDonald (until July) Grégory Vignal |
| Spartans | Debbi McCulloch |
| Stirling University | Craig Beveridge (Interim) |
Source: Scottish Women's Premier League Archived 2021-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Glasgow City (C, Q) | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 11 | +93 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Hibernian | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 83 | 15 | +68 | 49 | |
| 3 | Celtic | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 49 | |
| 4 | Rangers | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 34 | |
| 5 | Spartans | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 22 | |
| 6 | Motherwell | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 67 | −43 | 19 | |
| 7 | Forfar Farmington | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 78 | −63 | 9 | |
| 8 | Stirling University (R) | 21 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 75 | −61 | 2 | Relegation to SWPL 2 |

## Positions by round

* Champions; Qualification for the 2020–21 Champions League qualifying round
* Relegation to 2020 SWPL 2
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Glasgow City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hibernian | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Celtic | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Spartans | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Motherwell | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Forfar Farmington | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Stirling University | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

## Statistics
### Scoring

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kirsty Howat | Glasgow City | 24 |
| 2 | Sarah Ewens | Celtic | 20 |
| 3 | Jamie-Lee Napier | Hibernian | 15 |
| 4 | Clare Shine | Glasgow City | 13 |
| 5 | Josephine Giard | Celtic | 11 |
| 6 | Kathleen McGovern | Celtic | 10 |
| 7 | Hayley Sinclair | Glasgow City | 8 |
| 7 | Rachael Boyle | Hibernian | 8 |
Source:

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | For | Against | Date | Score |
| 1 | Kirsty Howat | Glasgow City | Spartans | 17 February 2019 | 7–1 |
| 2 | Lia Tweedie | Hibernian | Rangers | 17 March 2019 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Clare Shine | Glasgow City | Forfar Farmington | 17 March 2019 | 7–0 |
| 4 | Jamie-Lee Napier | Hibernian | Forfar Farmington | 21 April 2019 | 8–0 |
| 5 | Kirsty Howat$^4$ | Glasgow City | Motherwell | 21 April 2019 | 8–0 |
| 6 | Kirsty Howat$^4$ | Glasgow City | Stirling University | 29 September 2019 | 8–1 |
| 7 | Jamie-Lee Napier | Hibernian | Forfar Farmington | 8 October 2019 | 13–0 |
| 8 | Lia Tweedie | Hibernian | Forfar Farmington | 8 October 2019 | 13–0 |
| 9 | Lauren Davidson$^4$ | Hibernian | Stirling University | 3 November 2019 | 7–2 |
| 10 | Sarah Ewens | Celtic | Spartans | 10 November 2019 | 5–1 |

#### Notes

4 – Player scored four goals

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref |
| Month | Player | Club | Ref |
| February | Rachel Walkingshaw | Heart of Midlothian | |
| March | Chloe Docherty | Glasgow Girls | |
| April | Michaela McAlonie | Spartans | |
| May | Neve Guthrie | Dundee United | |