When do the Women’s Scottish Premier League and Championship get underway?

5th August 2025 Oliver Taliku
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With the Euros now behind us domestic football’s return is fast approaching and the women’s Scottish leagues get underway early in August.

New format for women’s Scottish leagues

Just like the WSL and WSL2, the Scottish leagues are undergoing a revamp ahead of the new campaign.

The WSL expansion will see the top division in England increase from 12 teams to 14 from the 2025/26 season.

Scotland are making a change from their traditional system which had 12 teams in the league – which split off into two phases after everyone played each other twice.

The league isn’t ditching the second phase though, with the top division instead split into the top six and bottom four.

Six more games will be played between the top four after the split, while the bottom six play a total of ten extra games to determine relegation and the title winners respectively.

Relegation and promotion in Scotland will work the same as in the new-look WSL with the bottom team from the Premier League relegated and the top team from the Championship promoted.

Second from the championship will also face off with second bottom in the Premier League in a playoff with the winner earning the final spot in the top flight.

When does women’s domestic football kick off in Scotland?

The first round of Scottish domestic football is just around the corner and its return comes slightly before the rest of Europe.

Matchday one of the season gets underway for both the SWPL1 and SWPL2 on the same weekend.

Both Leagues start on Sunday, August 17, see below for the full Scottish League fixture lists ahead of the opening weekend.

Barclays Scottish Women’s Premier League opening day fixtures:

  • Glasgow City vs Motherwell
  • Hamilton Academical vs Patrick Thistle
  • Hearts vs Celtic
  • Hibernian vs Aberdeen
  • Montrose vs Rangers

Barclays Scottish Women’s Championship opening day fixtures:

  • Ayr United v Rossvale
  • Forfar Farmington v Glasgow Girls & Women
  • Dryburgh Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
  • Bonnyrigg Rose v Renfrew Ladies
  • Armadale Thistle v Stenhousemuir
  • Falkirk v Greenock Morton

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Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in women's football as well as long form SEO content plus news and tips. While he enjoys writing about all football, Olly supports Arsenal passionately as a lifelong fan of the club.