Glasgow City F.C.

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "about". Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Glasgow City Football Club is a professional women's football team based in Glasgow that plays in SWPL 1, the top division of women's football in Scotland and also the higher of two levels of the Scottish Women's Premier League. The club has competed in the UEFA Women's Cup and UEFA Women's Champions League. They also have a reserve team and youth teams.

Glasgow City has won the most Premier League titles and the most Scottish Cups in Scotland since 2000.

In 2016, Glasgow City won their tenth Scottish Women's Premier League title in a row.[1] However they lost their four-year monopoly on the domestic trophies with Hibernian L.F.C. winning the SWPL Cup and Scottish Cup.[2]

The club's most recent title success came in dramatic fashion at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season with Glasgow City, Rangers W.F.C. and Celtic F.C. Women all going into the final day with an opportunity to claim the title.

At Ibrox Stadium an injury time goal from Lauren Davidson secured a 16th Scottish Women's Premier League title making Leanne Ross the first female Head Coach to win the Scottish Women's Premier League in the process.

History

Glasgow City Football Club was formed in 1998 by Laura Montgomery and Carol Anne Stewart.[3][4] They play in orange and black.[5] The club play their home matches at Petershill Park in the Springburn district in the north of Glasgow, although from 2014 to 2017 they played at the larger Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie, around 15 miles outside the city, due to issues with the artificial playing surface at Petershill.[6] For the 2020–21 season, with Petershill unavailable, they played at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.[7]

City completed a domestic clean sweep in 2012, winning the treble,[8][9] and they completed a second consecutive domestic treble in 2013.[10] Between the seasons 2009 and 2018 inclusive, Glasgow City lost only three League matches,[11][12][13] and continued an unprecedented run of successive Scottish championships that began in 2007–08[14] It was reported Glasgow City had held talks with the FA WSL in February 2013 about a possible move to an extended top flight in England. City cited football was not moving forward quickly enough in Scotland for women to match their ambition.[15] The FA shut the door on any potential move.[16] City general manager Laura Montgomery later reiterated the club's desire to play in the FA WSL.[17]

During the 2014 season, Glasgow City secured an eighth successive SWPL title[18] and third successive treble.[19] After a superb 5–4 aggregate win against FC Zurich, City became the first Scottish team to reach the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals in November 2014.[20] After a 2–1 first leg defeat at FC Zurich,[21] City were 1–0 down at half time, with their keeper substituted due a suspected broken collar bone, in the second leg. Despite City replying with two early second half goals, Zurich made it 2–2. An 81st minute Jo Love strike leveled the tie, but with City heading out of the competition on away goals, Suzanne Lappin powered home a header a few minutes from time to send them through.[20] In the quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain proved too strong for City, with a 7–0 aggregate victory.[22]

City were seeded for the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2015–16, as they entered straight in to the round of 32, both for the very first time.[23] As the eighth seeds, the team faced Chelsea,[24] only to lose 4-0 on aggregate.

In July 2015, Eddie Wolecki stepped down as Glasgow City manager after four and a half years in charge,[25] with Scott Booth announced as his replacement.[26]

City reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the second time in 2019–20; they were the last independent women's football club to achieve this. In the 2020–21 Scottish Women's Premier League, they won their fourteenth title in succession.[14] Following the departure of Scott Booth in summer 2021 to take head coach role at Birmingham City W.F.C., Grant Scott was appointed as interim head coach until Eileen Gleeson was freed from her commitments as assistant coach with Republic of Ireland women's national team and could take up post as head coach in November 2021.

In December 2022, Gleeson stepped down and was replaced by the club's all-time leading appearance leader, goalscorer and former captain Leanne Ross. In Ross' first season in charge she would lead the side to a 16th SWPL title, claiming the title on the final day of the season.

The 2023-24 season saw City eliminated from the knock-out rounds of the Champions League by SK Brann (women) having successfully defeated FC Gintra and Shelbourne F.C. (women) in their Qualifying Round 1 Group Stage Round Robin. The season would end without any silverware for the club.

Ahead of the 2024-25 season former Head Coach Scott Booth was appointed as Assistant First Team Coach but he departed the club in November 2024 to take up the role of Aberdeen F.C. Women, in his place former Glasgow City midfielder and Scotland international Leanne Crichton was appointed.

The 2024-25 season ended with the club finishing second in the SWPL qualifying for the UEFAL Women's Champions League and as runners up in the Women's Scottish Cup after a 3-0 defeat to Rangers in the final.

Club records

Honours

Other tournaments

  • National 5-A-Side
    • Winners: 1999–00, 2000–01
  • Umbro Cup (Manchester)
  • Reebok Trophy (Mansfield)
    • Winners: 1999

Awards

  • Scottish Sports Awards Amateur Performance of the Year: 2011[47]
  • GCC Glasgow Team of the Year: 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014[48]
  • Glaswegian Team of the Year: 2009
  • Sports Council of Glasgow Performance Team of the Year: 2010

European history

Glasgow City has participated in several seasons of UEFA competitions; reaching the second qualifying round of the Women's Cup (last 16) in the 2008–09 season. In the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League they won their qualifying group and moved on to the round of 32. They then defeated Icelandic team Valur to become the first Scottish side to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League.[49] The Round of 16 ended in "humiliating" fashion for Glasgow City, where against German champions Turbine Potsdam, they lost the tie 17–0 on aggregate.[50] At the time, the 10–0 first leg defeat in Potsdam was the only time any team in the knockout stages of the Champions League has been beaten by double figures. In 2013–14 they reached the round of 16 again, losing 2–6 against Arsenal on aggregate (the unwanted records from the Potsdam tie were eclipsed that season by Wolfsburg who won their round of 32 tie 13–0 and 14–0 for a 27–0 aggregate).

In 2014–15 they became the first Scottish team to advance to the quarterfinals,[51] being eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain, and achieved the feat again in 2019–20 but lost 9–1 to Wolfsburg (twice previous winners and runners-up twice more) in a single-game tie played in San Sebastián due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[52]

  • Glasgow City score listed first
Season Competition Round Opposition Score
First Leg Second Leg Aggregate
2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup First Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Athletic Bilbao 2–6 4th
Template:Fbaicon SV Saestum 0–7
Template:Fbaicon KFC Rapide Wezemaal 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup First Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon AZ 1–1 1st
Template:Fbaicon ŽFK Mašinac Niš 4–0
Template:Fbaicon Narta Chişinău 11–0
Second Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Røa IL 1–6 4th
Template:Fbaicon Zvezda 2005 Perm 0–1
Template:Fbaicon 1. FFC Frankfurt 1–3
2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Bayern Munich 2–5 2nd
Template:Fbaicon Gintra Universitetas 2–0
Template:Fbaicon Norchi Dinamoeli 9–0
2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers 8–0 2nd
Template:Fbaicon Slovan Bratislava 4–0
Template:Fbaicon Duisburg 0–4
2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Spartak Subotica 4–0 1st
Template:Fbaicon Mosta 8–0
Template:Fbaicon KÍ Klaksvík 5–0
Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Valur 1–1 3–0 4–1
Round of 16 Template:Fbaicon Turbine Potsdam 0–10 0–7 0–17
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon ŽNK Osijek 3–2 1st
Template:Fbaicon FC Noroc 11–0
Template:Fbaicon PK-35 Vantaa 1–1
Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Fortuna Hjørring 1–2 0–0 1–2
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Osijek 7–0 1st
Template:Fbaicon Birkirkara 9–0
Template:Fbaicon FC Twente 2–0
Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Standard Liège 2–2 3–1 5–3
Round of 16 Template:Fbaicon Arsenal 0–3 2–3 2–6
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Union Nové Zámky 5–0 1st
Template:Fbaicon Glentoran 1–0
Template:Fbaicon Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 4–0
Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Medyk Konin 0–2 3–0 Template:Aet 3–2
Round of 16 Template:Fbaicon Zürich 1–2 4–2 5–4
Quarterfinals Template:Fbaicon Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 0–5 0–7
2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Chelsea 0–1 0–3 0–4
2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Eskilstuna United DFF 0–1 1–2 1–3
2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon BIIK Kazygurt 0–3 4–1 4–4
(lost on away goals)
2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Template:Fbaicon Anderlecht 1–2 1st
Template:Fbaicon Martve 7–0
Template:Fbaicon Górnik Łęczna 2–0
Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Barcelona FA 2–0 0–1 2–1
Round of 16 Template:Fbaicon Barcelona 0–5 0–3 0–8[53]
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Chertanovo Moscow 1–0 4–1 5–1
Round of 16 Template:Fbaicon Brøndby 2–0 0–2 Template:Aet 2–2
(won on penalties)
Quarter-Finals Template:Fbaicon Wolfsburg 1–9[52] 1–9
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Rounds Template:Fbaicon Peamount United 0–0 Template:Aet
(won on penalties)
Template:Fbaicon Valur 1–1 Template:Aet
(won on penalties)
Round of 32 Template:Fbaicon Sparta Prague 1–2 0–1 1–3
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League QR1 semi-final Template:Fbaicon Birkirkara 3–0
QR1 final Template:Fbaicon BIIK Kazygurt 1–0
QR2 Template:Fbaicon Servette Chênois 1–1 1–2 2–3
2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League QR1 semi-final Template:Fbaicon Roma 1–3
QR1 Third Place Play-Off Template:Fbaicon Servette 0–1
2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League QR1 semi-final Template:Fbaicon Shelbourne 2–0
QR1 Final Template:Fbaicon Gintra 3–0
QR2 Template:Fbaicon Brann 0–4 0–2 0–6

Players

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Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Template:Fba/core Chloe Warrington
3 DF Template:Fba/core Amy Muir
4 MF Template:Fba/core Hayley Lauder
8 MF Template:Fba/core Katie Lockwood
10 MF Template:Fba/core Natalia Wróbel
11 FW Template:Fba/core Emily Whelan
14 MF Template:Fba/core Amy Anderson
17 DF Template:Fba/core Lisa Evans
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Template:Fba/core Kimberley Smit
19 FW Template:Fba/core Nicole Kozlova
20 MF Template:Fba/core Linda Motlhalo
21 FW Template:Fba/core Sofia Määttä
22 DF Template:Fba/core Samantha van Diemen
24 FW Template:Fba/core Lisa Forrest
25 GK Template:Fba/core Erin Clachers
29 GK Template:Fba/core Lee Gibson
30 FW Template:Fba/core Sophia Martin
35 GK Template:Fba/core Ava Easdon

Club staff

As of 29 May 2025[55]

Corporate staff

Job title Name Notes
Chief Executive Officer Template:Flagicon Laura Montgomery Co-founder of the club and former player/captain
Co-founder Template:Flagicon Carol Anne Stewart Co-founder of the club and former player
Academy Manager Template:Flagicon Sarah Crilly Former player (2013-16)

Coaching staff

Job title Name
Head Coach Template:Flagicon Leanne Ross
Assistant First Team Coach Template:Flagicon Leanne Crichton
Coach/Head of Player Development Template:Flagicon Michael Gaughan
First Team Analyst Template:Flagicon Adam Woolven
Head of Goalkeeping Vacant

Former players

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Player of the year

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Hall of Fame Inductees

In May 2025 Glasgow City opened their Hall of Fame. The first induction took place on Thursday 8th May 2025 at voco Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

Former managers

References

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External links

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