2020–21 Scottish Women's Premier League 2

This article is about the lower division of the competition. For the top division, see 2020–21 Scottish Women's Premier League.

Scottish Women's Premier League 2

Season	2020–21
Champions	Aberdeen
Promoted	Aberdeen, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle
Matches played	92
Goals scored	350 (3.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bayley Hutchison (5 goals)^[needs update]
Biggest home win	Hamilton Academical 8–0 Stirling University (29 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Boroughmuir Thistle 0–9 Aberdeen (25 October 2020)
Highest scoring	Boroughmuir Thistle 0–9 Aberdeen (25 October 2020) Aberdeen 8–1 St Johnstone (10 November 2020)
Longest winning run	Six games: Aberdeen^[needs update]
Longest unbeaten run	Six games: Aberdeen Dundee United
Longest winless run	11 games: Stirling University
Longest losing run	Six games: Stirling University
← 2020 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 9 June 2021.

The 2020–21 Scottish Women's Premier League 2 was the sixth season of the SWPL 2 as the second-highest division of women's football in Scotland, below SWPL 1 and above the SWF Championship. The league season was played with ten teams.[1]

The previous season, 2020, was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and was subsequently declared null and void.[2] Following this cancellation, Scottish Women's Football reverted to the winter-season format last used in 2008–09.[3] The 2020–21 season was interrupted for more than three months by the pandemic.[4][5][6]

Aberdeen won the SWPL 2 title and were promoted alongside runners-up Hamilton Academical.[7][8] Partick Thistle were later added as a third promoted club, after Forfar Farmington withdrew from the SWPL.[9]

Teams

Aberdeen

Boroughmuir Thistle

Dundee United

Glasgow

Hamilton Academical

Kilmarnock

St Johnstone

Stirling University

Glasgow teams
Glasgow Women
Partick Thistle
Queen's Park

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Locations of teams in the 2020–21 SWPL 2

Team	Location	Head coach	Home ground	Capacity	2019 position
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Emma Hunter Stuart Bathgate	Cormack Park		1st in SWFL 1 North
Boroughmuir Thistle	Edinburgh	Suzy Shepherd	Meggetland Sports Complex	1,000	5th in SWFL 1 South
Dundee United	Dundee	Gavin Beith	Regional Performance Centre		3rd
Glasgow Women	Glasgow	Craig Joyce	New Tinto Park		6th
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	Gary Doctor	New Douglas Park	6,018	2nd
Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Andy Gardner	Rugby Park	17,889	4th
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Brian Graham	Lochinch		5th
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Mark Kirk	Lesser Hampden	1,000	4th in SWFL 1 South
St Johnstone	Perth	Jason McCrindle	McDiarmid Park	10,696	7th
Stirling University	Stirling	Craig Beveridge	Gannochy Sports Centre	1,000	8th in SWPL 1

Source: [10]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen	18	16	0	2	76	18	+58	48	Promotion to SWPL 1
2	Hamilton Academical	18	12	2	4	49	17	+32	38
3	Partick Thistle	18	11	2	5	46	22	+24	35	Later promoted to SWPL 1[9]
4	Dundee United	18	10	4	4	44	30	+14	34
5	St Johnstone	18	8	1	9	33	37	−4	25
6	Glasgow Women	18	6	2	10	24	37	−13	20
7	Queen's Park	18	4	2	12	18	47	−29	14
8	Kilmarnock	18	7	1	10	19	34	−15	22
9	Boroughmuir Thistle	18	4	3	11	24	44	−20	15
10	Stirling University	18	2	3	13	17	64	−47	9	To SWPL play-offs (cancelled)

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2021. Source: [11]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Positions by round

	Promotion to 2021–22 SWPL 1
	Qualification for the play-offs

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
Aberdeen	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hamilton Academical	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	2	2
Partick Thistle	2	3	5	7	5	4	2	2	4	4	3	3
Dundee United	7	7	6	6	8	6	4	3	2	2	4	4
St Johnstone	6	5	4	4	4	7	8	7	7	5	5	5
Glasgow Women	1	4	3	3	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6
Queen's Park	9	6	8	8	3	2	3	5	5	6	7	7
Kilmarnock	5	8	7	5	7	8	7	8	8	9	8	8
Boroughmuir Thistle	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Stirling University	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: [11]

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	BOR	DUN	GLW	HAM	KIL	PAR	QPA	STJ	STI
Aberdeen			4–3			3–0		5–1	8–1	7–0
Boroughmuir Thistle	0–9		1–2			0–1	1–0	1–3	3–2
Dundee United		4–1		2–2	2–1	2–2				3–1
Glasgow Women	0–1	3–1			0–2		1–4			4–0
Hamilton Academical	0–1	3–1		1–2				5–0		8–0
Kilmarnock	0–5	3–1	0–4	1–0	0–3[a]		1–2			2–1
Partick Thistle	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–3				2–3
Queen's Park	0–3		3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–3		0–3
St Johnstone			0–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	1–3	3–0
Stirling University	0–6	0–2	1–5	3–3	2–4		1–4		1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2021. Source: [11]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Scottish Women's Football awarded Hamilton Academical a technical 3–0 victory after Kilmarnock fielded an ineligible player in their match on 25 October 2020. The match had originally finished 1–0 to Hamilton Academical.[12]

Statistics

Scoring

As of 17 November 2020^[needs update]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bayley Hutchison	Aberdeen	9
2	Francesca Ogilvie	Aberdeen	4
	Eva Thomson	Aberdeen
	Robyn Smith	Dundee United
5	6 players		3

Source:

References

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3. Schöggl, Hans. "Scotland (Women) - List of Champions". RSSSF.
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