Scottish Women's Football League First Division Cup


The Scottish Women's Football League First Division Cup is a cup competition in Scottish women's football, a competition only open to teams in the Scottish Women's First Division, the second highest division in women's football in Scotland. There are four rounds, including the final.

Background

The trophy started out as the Scottish Women's League Cup. The competition began in the 1972–73 season along with the foundation of the Scottish Women's League,. Westthorn United won the first edition of the competition. They won as part of the treble along with the Scottish Women's League and Scottish Women's Cup.
High street store Sports Connection became the first official sponsor of the Scottish Women's League and Scottish Women's League Cup in 1997. Premier Division clubs broke away to form the Scottish Women's Premier League before the 2002–03 season, the new top division for women's football in Scotland. The Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, a competition only open to SWPL teams was also introduced. With the top division in Scotland now having its own exclusive League Cup competition, the competition became the equivalent to the men's Scottish Challenge Cup, a competition only open to lower league clubs.
In 2012, the SWF launched separate cup competitions for First and Second Division teams. The trophy is now an exclusively all First Division competition. In 2016, the SWF launched SWPL 2, a new second tier for the Scottish Women's Premier League. So now the First Division sits below SWPL 1 and SWPL 2, it has now also been split in to the north and south leagues. Since 2009, women's football in Scotland has adopted a summer season which now runs from March to November each year.

List of winners

Winners so far are:
The competition began in season 1972–73.

1972 - 2002

From 1972 to 2002, cup was a competition open to all league clubs.
YearWinnerRunner UpResultRef
1972/73Westthorn United
1973/74 - 1989/90-
1990/91Inveralmond Ladies
1991/92Inveralmond LadiesAberdeen3–1
1992/93-
1993/94ClydeCumbernauld United6–1
1994/95 - 1995/96-
1996/97Cumbernauld UnitedClyde6–0 or 6–1
1997/98Cumbernauld UnitedClyde6–1
1998/99Cumbernauld UnitedClyde5–0
1999/00Cumbernauld United-
2000/01Cumbernauld UnitedAberdeen3–1-
2001/02KilmarnockAyr United2–0

2002 - 2011

From 2002 to 2011, cup was a competition open to all league clubs below Premier League.
YearWinnerRunner UpResultRef
2002/03-
2003/04ClydeAberdeen4–0
2004/05Forfar Farmington LadiesInverness Caledonian Thistle2–1 a.e.t.-
2005/06Lochee United LFCArthurlie LFC4–2-
2006/07Inverness LadiesVale of Clyde Ladies3–0-
2007/08Dundee UnitedDalkeith Ladies FC6–0-
2008/09CelticSpartans4–0-
2010Celtic ReservesHibernian 20002–0
2011AberdeenToryglen2–1-

2012 - Present

Since 2012, cup has been a competition for all First Division clubs.
YearWinnerRunner UpResultRef
2012Queen's ParkPaisley Saints0–0
2013Inverness CityDunfermilne Athletic6–0
2014HeartsDunfermline Athletic3–1
2015Jeanfield SwiftsHibernian Development3–0
2016Hibernian DevelopmentEast Fife2–1
2017Cumbernauld ColtsCeltic Academy1–0
2018Celtic AcademyHibernian Under 23's1–0