Scottish Women's Football League Second Division

Scottish Women's Football League Second Division
Divisions1 (1999–2008)
4 (2012–2019)
Number of teams10–40
Level on pyramid3 (1999–2015)
4 (2016–2019)
Promotion toScottish Women's Football League First Division
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Women's Cup
League cup(s)SWFL Second Division Cup
WebsiteScottish Women's Football

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.

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]

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  3. ^ "Regional league winners seal play-off place". SWF News. Scottish Women's Football Association. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. ^ "New Senior Structure for 2020 and beyond". SWPL. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020.