Scottish Women's Football League Second Division
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The Scottish Women's Football League Second Division (SWFL 2) was a division in the Scottish women's football pyramid between 1999 and 2019. The third league tier from 1999 to 2015, it later became the fourth tier. Its top teams won promotion to the SWFL First Division.
Divisions | 1 (1999–2008) 4 (2012–2019) |
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Number of teams | 10–40 |
Level on pyramid | 3 (1999–2015) 4 (2016–2019) |
Promotion to | Scottish Women's Football League First Division |
Domestic cup(s) | Scottish Women's Cup |
League cup(s) | SWFL Second Division Cup |
Website | Scottish Women's Football |
The Second Division began as a single national division,[1][2] but became three regional divisions in 2008–09, the North, East and West. It was further enlarged in 2012 to four divisions. From 2016 to 2019, SWFL 2 had forty clubs in four regional divisions. The champions of each division were eligible to enter play-offs for promotion to the First Division.[3]
In 2020, Scottish Women's Football replaced the First Division with the SWF Championship, and the Second Division took the existing name of the Scottish Women's Football League. The SWFL is now a standalone 'Recreational' league with multiple regional divisions, resembling the former Second Division, but now with no regular promotion or relegation.[4]