2020_Scottish_Women's_Football_Championship

2020 Scottish Women's Football Championship

Football league season

The 2020 Scottish Women's Football Championship was due to be the inaugural season of the Scottish Women's Football Championship after its formation as the third tier of women's football in Scotland.

The league was split into two divisions - Championship North with 12 teams and Championship South with 14 teams.^[1] The season started on 9 February 2020.^[2] It was due to end in November 2020, but was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. In July 2020, the 2020 season was declared null and void. A new season began in October 2020 with the league reverting to a winter season format: 2020–21 Scottish Women's Football Championship^[3]

Teams

Championship North

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Home ground	2019 position^{[Note 1]}
Buchan	Maud	Maud Pleasure Park	4th
Cove Rangers	Aberdeen	Balmoral Stadium	3rd
Drybrugh Athletic	Dundee	Lochee Park	2nd in SWFL2 North/East
Dundee West	Dundee	Charlotte Street Pitches	1st in SWFL2 North/East
Dunfermline Athletic	Rosyth	The Fleet Grounds	5th
East Fife	Leven	King George V Park	6th
Grampian	Aberdeen	Cults Academy
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Inverness	Millburn Academy	2nd
Kelty Hearts	Kelty	New Central Park	8th
Montrose	Montrose	Links Park	7th
Stonehaven	Stonehaven	Mineralwell Park	11th
Westdyke	Westhill	Lawsondale Pitches	9th

Source: ^[4]

Notes

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Note 1: Finishing position in SWFL1 North unless otherwise stated.

Championship South

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Home ground	2019 position^{[Note 2]}
Airdrie^[2]	Airdrie	Excelsior Stadium	4th in SWFL2 South East/Central
Ayr United	Alloway	Cambusdoon Sports Club	11th
BSC Glasgow	Clydebank	Clydebank Community Sport Hub	5th in in SWFL2 West/Central
Clyde	Cumbernauld	Broadwood Astro	3rd in in SWFL2 West/Central
Edinburgh Caledonia	Edinburgh	Peffermill 3G	1st in SWFL2 South East/Central
Edinburgh City	Edinburgh	Ainslie Park
Falkirk	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	10th in SWFL2 South East/Central
Gartcairn^[2]	Airdrie	MTC Park
Livingston	Blackburn	New Murrayfield Park	9th
Morton	Greenock	Cappielow	1st in in SWFL2 West/South West
Renfrew	Renfrew	New Western Park	7th
St Mirren	Paisley	Ferguslie Sports Centre	4th in SWFL2 West/Central
Stenhousemuir	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	5th in SWFL2 South East/Central
United Glasgow	Glasgow	Garscube Sports Complex	2nd in SWFL2 West/Central

Source: ^[4]

Notes

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Note 2: Finishing position in SWFL1 South unless otherwise stated.

Championship North

Quick Facts Season, Matches played ...

Championship North
Season	2020
Matches played	8
Goals scored	53 (6.63 per match)
Biggest home win	East Fife 11–0 Dundee West (23 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Grampian 0–4 Cove Rangers (9 February 2020)
Highest scoring	East Fife 11–0 Dundee West (23 February 2020) Dunfermline Athletic 10–1 Stonehaven (8 March 2020)
← 2019 2020–21 →

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8	6	Promotion to SWPL 2
2	Dunfermline Athletic	2	1	1	0	15	6	+9	4	Qualification for the play-offs
3	East Fife	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11	3
4	Cove Rangers	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
5	Buchan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
6	Drybrugh Athletic	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
7	Montrose	1	0	1	0	5	5	0	1
8	Kelty Hearts	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
9	Grampian	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0
10	Stonehaven	1	0	0	1	1	10	−9	0
11	Westdyke	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0
12	Dundee West	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

More information Home \ Away, BUC ...

Home \ Away	BUC	COV	DWE	DNF	ICT	KEL	STO	WST
Buchan
Cove Rangers					2–3
Drybrugh Athletic						2–0
Dundee West
Dunfermline Athletic							10–1
East Fife			11–0
Grampian		0–4
Inverness Caledonian Thistle								7–0
Kelty Hearts
Montrose				5–5
Stonehaven
Westdyke	0–3

Source: ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship South

Quick Facts Season, Matches played ...

Championship South
Season	2020
Matches played	15
Goals scored	83 (5.53 per match)
Biggest home win	Livingston 12–0 Edinburgh City (9 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Edinburgh City 0–5 Airdrie (23 February 2020)
Highest scoring	Livingston 12–0 Edinburgh City (9 February 2020)
← 2019 2020–21 →

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Livingston	3	2	0	1	18	4	+14	6	Promotion to SWPL 2
2	Airdrie	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Morton	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
4	United Glasgow	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
5	Gartcairn	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	6
6	Edinburgh Caledonia	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	3
7	Renfrew	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
8	St Mirren	3	1	0	2	8	11	−3	3
9	Ayr United	2	1	0	1	3	7	−4	3
10	Clyde	3	0	1	2	6	11	−5	1
11	Stenhousemuir	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1
12	BSC Glasgow	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	0
13	Falkirk	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0
14	Edinburgh City	2	0	0	2	0	17	−17	0

Source: ^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

More information Home \ Away, AIR ...

Home \ Away	AIR	AYR	BSC	CLY	ECA	ECI	FAL	GAR	LIV	MOR	STM	STE	UNG
Airdrie											4–2
Ayr United									3–2
BSC Glasgow
Clyde								2–5				3–3
Edinburgh Caledonia		5–0
Edinburgh City	0–5
Falkirk
Gartcairn					3–2
Livingston						12–0	4–1
Morton											4–2	5–0
Renfrew										2–0
St Mirren			4–3
Stenhousemuir													0–3
United Glasgow				3–1

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

SWPL play-offs

For the first time, a system of promotion/relegation play-offs was to be introduced to the SWPL. The two runners-up from Championship North and Championship South would have taken part in the play-off semi-finals with the winner playing the team finishing eighth in SWPL 2 in the final for the last place in the 2021 Scottish Women's Premier League.^[1]

References

[1]
"New Senior Structure for 2020 and beyond". Scottish Women's Premier League. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
[2]
"Airdrie Ladies and Gartcairn Women battle for SWFL Championship Monklands bragging rights this term". Daily Record. 5 Feb 2020. Archived from the original on 4 Aug 2020.
[3]
Lewis, Jane (29 July 2020). "SWPL season declared null and void after one round of games". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
[4]
"SWF Club Finder". Scottish Women's Football. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
[5]
"Summary - Women's Championship North". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
[6]
"Summary - Women's Championship South". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

External links

Championship North at SWF
Championship South at SWF

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