Glasgow Girls & Women Football Club, whose first team is branded as Glasgow GWFC, is a Scottish
women's association football
Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...
club based in the
East End of
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
. They are members of the
Scottish Women's Football Championship. They were previously known as Glasgow Girls at senior level before rebranding in 2020.
History
The club and was formed in 2008, following on from an earlier club called Clyde Girls. They initially operated at under-13 level, subsequently adding other age level teams and an adult team. Several of the original group of girls progressed to the senior team. An associated boys' club, Glasgow Boys, was founded in 2013,
The club has been awarded the
SFA ''Legacy Quality Mark'', the national body's highest accreditation for organising football to a recognised standard.
In the
2021-22 season the club won promotion to the top tier of Scottish women's football by placing second in the
SWPL2.
However, in the
next season they became one of
only six football clubs known to have completed a full season with no victories and no draws as they lost all 32 of their games. They were duly relegated back to SWPL2.
They fared better in the
2023-24 season with 6 wins and 8 draws from their 28 games but were ultimately relegated again when they finished second bottom and lost the SWPL2 Play-off Final against Ayr United and took their place in the
Scottish Women's Football Championship.
Ground
Until 2017 the club played its home games at Budhill Park in the
Springboig
Springboig is a neighbourhood in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde. Administratively, it has been within the city's East Centre ward since 2017, having previously been in the Baillieston ward.
Sp ...
area of
Glasgow
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, which opened in 2013.
From 2018, the senior team played some of their home games at
Petershill Park in the north of the city (also the home ground of multiple Scottish champions
Glasgow City) and some at the
Greenfield Football Centre near
Carntyne
Carntyne (; ) is a suburban district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and in the east end of the city. it has formed the core of the East Centre (ward), East Centre ward under Glasgow City Council, which ...
. In 2022–23, home fixtures were played at New Tinto Park in
Govan
Govan ( ; Cumbric: ''Gwovan''; Scots language, Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of southwest Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the sout ...
, home of
Benburb
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History
It is best known, in hi ...
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Players
Current squad
References
External links
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Women's football clubs in Scotland
Football clubs in Glasgow
Scottish Women's Premier League clubs
Association football clubs established in 2008
2008 establishments in Scotland
Shettleston
Women in Glasgow