Scottish Women's Football League

The SWFL Premier Divison constituted the top division in Scottish women's football from 1999 to 2002. Three clubs became national champions in those seasons:[4]

Ayr were Scotland's first representative in the UEFA Women's Cup in 2001–02, as a group host at Somerset Park. Kilmarnock played in the 2002–03 tournament in Austria.

Below the Premier division, the First Division (SWFL 1) and Second Division (SWFL 2) existed from c. 2000 until 2019.

The Third Division was a national fourth-tier league in the early years of the SWFL.[9][10] Falkirk Ladies won promotion from the Third Division in 1999–2000;[11] later seasons' champions were Baillieston (2000–01),[12] and FC Kilmarnock Girls (2002–03).[13][14] The division was separated into two groups, the West and East, each with eight clubs in 2004–05,[15] and seven and eight respectively in 2006–07.[16][17] They became the Third Division North and South, each with nine clubs, in 2007–08.[18] This league tier was disbanded by 2010.[19]

In a reorganisation in 2016, the SWFL First Division (SWFL 1) split into two regionalised leagues (North and South), while the Second Division (SWFL 2) split into four regions. The SWF Championship was created in 2020 as the new third tier of the 'Performance' category of the Scottish game. The Championship has retained the existing North/South divisions but replaced the SWFL First Division, which was officially discontinued, as was the Second Division. The new fourth tier, named the SWFL, operates regional divisions in a separate 'Recreational' category, with no automatic promotion or relegation for its clubs.[20]