2016–17 in Scottish football 2016–17 in Scottish football The 2016–17 season was the 120th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 16 July 2016, with the first round of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup. The 2016–17 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 6 August. Celtic, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian qualified for European competition. Jane Ross and Caroline Weir were both nominated for the (English) PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award. The Scotland women's national football team qualified for a major tournament for the first time. A loss by Finland against Portugal confirmed that Scotland would
Scottish Women's Football League First Division Cup In 2012, the SWF launched separate cup competitions for First and Second Division teams. The trophy is now an exclusively all First Division competition. In 2016, the SWF launched SWPL 2, a new second tier for the Scottish Women's Premier League. So now the First Division sits below SWPL 1 and SWPL 2, it has now also been split in to the north and south leagues. Since 2009, women's football in Scotland has adopted a summer season which now runs from March to November each year. Winners so far are: The competition began in season 1972–73. From 1972 to 2002,