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2013 Scottish Women's Premier League

Field	Value
competition	Scottish Women's Premier League
season	2013
winners	Glasgow City (8th title)
relegated	Falkirk
Kilwinning SC
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Glasgow City
matches	126
total goals	651
biggest home win	Hibernian 11–0 Falkirk
9 June 2013
biggest away win	Kilwinning SC 0–12 Glasgow City
5 May 2013
highest scoring	Kilwinning SC 0–12 Glasgow City
5 May 2013
prevseason	2012
nextseason	2014

Kilwinning SC 9 June 2013 5 May 2013 5 May 2013

The 2013 Scottish Women's Premier League was the twelfth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 17 March 2013.

A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions.

Buchan and Kilwinning SC were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 3rd and 4th respectively and both appeared in the Premier League for the first time (First Division champions Hibernian Reserves and runners-up Celtic Reserves were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League).

The SWPL continued in the format adopted in 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.

Glasgow City won their seventh consecutive championship title on 29 September 2013. also won the 2013 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the 2013 Scottish Women's Cup to complete the 'treble', the third in their history and second in a row. Hibernian were runners-up, 20 points behind the champions. Buchan and Kilwinning SC were relegated.

Teams

Stadia and locations

The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season.

Team	Location	Home ground	Head coach	Finishing position 2012
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Heathryfold Park	Allan Smith	6th
Buchan LFC	Maud	Pleasure Park	Ewen Reid	SWFL First Division, 3rd
Celtic	Glasgow	Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown	David Haley	3rd
Falkirk	Falkirk	Recreation Park, Alloa	Alan Palmer	10th
Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Station Park	Mark Nisbet	2nd
Glasgow City	Glasgow	Petershill Park	Eddie Wolecki-Black	1st
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	John Cumming Stadium, Carluke	Kevin Murphy	7th
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Albyn Park, Broxburn	Willie Kirk	4th
Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Enclosure	Ian Macdonald	8th
Kilwinning SC Ladies	Kilwinning	Kilwinning Sports Club	Craig Hamilton	SWFL First Division, 4th
Rangers	Glasgow	Petershill Park	Angie Hind	9th
Spartans	Edinburgh	Spartans Academy	Debbi McCulloch	5th

League standings

Results

Matches 1–11

Clubs play each other once.

Matches 12–21

After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away).

Top six

Bottom six

References

(15 October 2012). "Glasgow City hammer Hibernian to secure sixth Scottish title". [[BBC Sport]].
(21 November 2012). "Buchan Ladies clinch promotion". Fraserburgh Herald.
(21 January 2013). "Football team in sponsorship plea". Irvine Times.
"Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011". Scottish FA.
"Glasgow City secure seventh successive SWPL title". [[BBC Sport]].

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