2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League 2
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 August 2024 – 18 May 2025 |
| Champions | Hamilton Academical |
| Relegated | Ayr United, Rossvale (via playoff) |
| Matches | 112 |
| Goals | 468 (4.18 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Hamilton Academical 8–0 Rossvale 5 January 2025 |
| Biggest away win | St Johnstone 0–7 Hamilton Academical 15 September 2024 Ayr United 1–8 Kilmarnock 6 October 2024 |
| Highest scoring | Kilmarnock 6–3 Livingston 22 September 2024 Ayr United 1–8 Kilmarnock 6 October 2024 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2025. | |
The 2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League 2 (SWPL), also known as ScottishPower Women's Premier League 2 for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th iteration of the second-tier Scottish women's football league, and the 3rd season organised by Scottish Professional Football League. The season ran between 11 August 2024 and 18 May 2025.[1]
Due to the format changes planned for the 2025–26 season, which would bring the number of teams in both SWPL and SWPL 2 to ten, the 2024–25 season was transitional. The competition format remained unchanged, but there would be no promotion play-off in the 2024–25 season. The relegation to the Scottish Women's Football Championship remained unchanged.[2]
Having been relegated the previous season, Hamilton Academical won the league and were promoted back to the Scottish Women's Premier League. Kilmarnock were again second but missed out on the chance of promotion as there was no promotion playoff in this season. At the other end of the league, of the two teams to be promoted from the Scottish Women's Football Championship WFC the previous season, Ayr United faced immediate relegation back and Rossvale were relegated after losing the SWPL2 Play-off Final to Stirling University, who had themselves been relegated the previous season.
Like the SWPL, the SWPL 2 introduced new silverware for the 2024-25 season, manufactured by London silversmiths Thomas Lyte.[3]
Teams
Team changes
| Entering league | Exiting league | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promoted from 2023–24 WFC | Relegated from 2023–24 SWPL | Promoted to 2024–25 SWPL | Relegated to 2024–25 WFC |
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League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Academical (C, P) | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 103 | 28 | +75 | 65 | Promotion to SWPL1 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 87 | 38 | +49 | 61 | |
| 3 | Boroughmuir Thistle | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 58 | |
| 4 | Gartcairn | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 41 | |
| 5 | Livingston | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 34 | |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 79 | −39 | 30 | |
| 7 | Rossvale (Q, R) | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 89 | −53 | 17 | Qualification for the SWPL2 Play-off Final[4] |
| 8 | Ayr United (R) | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 92 | −60 | 14 | Relegation to the SWF Championship |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Results
Relegation play-off
The team that finishes in 7th plays a single match play-off against the runners-up of the 2024–25 Women's Football Championship for a spot in the 2025–26 edition.[4]
| Rossvale | 0–1 | Stirling University |
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References
- ^ "2024/25 ScottishPower Women's Premier League Fixtures Released". SWPL. 27 June 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Changes to SWPL competition format confirmed". SWPL. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Robert (2023-03-20). "New trophies unveiled for the SWPL and SWPL 2". Scottish Women's Premier League. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ^ a b [https://swpl.uk/news/2024-25-swpl-2-play-off-final/
- ^ "Summary – SWPL2 2024/2025". SWPL2. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ https://swpl.uk/news/swpl-statement-20th-august-2024/