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2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League


Season
Glasgow City
Glasgow Women
Glasgow CityCeltic
168
621 (3.7 per match)
Rangers 14–0 Glasgow Women(7 August 2022)
Glasgow Women 0–10 Rangers(4 December 2022)
Rangers 14–0 Glasgow Women(7 August 2022)
15,822 Celtic v Hearts (21 May 2023)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2023.

The 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 22nd season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. 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.

Rangers were the defending champions, after winning their first women's Scottish title in 2021–22 by beating the 15-time champions Glasgow City. Dundee United and Glasgow Women had won promotion to SWPL 1.

The league was enlarged to 12 clubs from 10 in the preceding season. A 12-club "split" format returned, 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 would be relegated and 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 7 August 2022 and ended on 21 May 2023.

Glasgow City won the championship on the last day of the season, Lauren Davidson scoring in stoppage time for a 1–0 victory over Rangers at Ibrox Stadium to stay ahead of Celtic, despite the Hoops' simultaneous home win over Hearts which put them in a title-winning position for part of the day (Rangers could also have retained the title with a win). City had been in first place and unbeaten at the split, but lost twice to Celtic and once to Rangers as the gap closed between the three clubs, leading to the dramatic conclusion. At the other end of the table, Glasgow Women were out of their depth and relegated having lost every match.

TeamLocationManagerHome groundCapacity2021–22 position
AberdeenCove BayEmma Hunter Gavin BeithBalmoral Stadium2,6025th
CelticAirdrieFran AlonsoExcelsior Stadium10,1013rd
Dundee UnitedDundeeGraeme HartGussie ParkTBC1st (SWPL2)
Glasgow CitySpringburnLeanne RossPetershill Park1,0002nd
Glasgow WomenGlasgowAndy GardnerNew Tinto Park1,0002nd (SWPL2)
Hamilton AcademicalHamiltonGary DoctorNew Douglas Park6,01810th
Heart of MidlothianEdinburghEva OlidOriam1,0008th
HibernianEdinburghDean GibsonMeadowbank StadiumTBC4th
MotherwellMotherwellPaul Brownlie Leanne CrichtonAlliance Park5007th
Partick ThistleSpringburnBrian GrahamPetershill Park1,0009th
RangersMilngavieMalky ThomsonBroadwood Stadium8,0861st
SpartansEdinburghDebbi McCullochAinslie Park3,0006th
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