Glasgow City F.C.

This article is about the club formed in 1998. For the similarly named club formed in 2008, see Glasgow Women F.C.
Glasgow City F.C.
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Full nameGlasgow City Football Club
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
GroundPetershill Park, Springburn, Glasgow
Capacity1,000 (500 seated)
ChairpersonCarol Anne Stewart
Club managerLaura Montgomery
Head CoachLeanne Ross
LeagueSWPL 1
2023–24SWPL 1, 3rd of 12
Websitehttp://www.glasgowcityfc.co.uk

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] By 2021, they had won 14 SWPL titles in a row.[3]

History

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Glasgow City Football Club was formed in 1998 by Laura Montgomery and Carol Anne Stewart.[4][5] They play in orange and black.[6] 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.[7] For the 2020–21 season, with Petershill unavailable, they played at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.[8]

City completed a domestic clean sweep in 2012, winning the treble,[9][10] and they completed a second consecutive domestic treble in 2013.[11] Between the seasons 2009 and 2018 inclusive, Glasgow City lost only three League matches,[12][13][14] and continued an unprecedented run of successive Scottish championships that began in 2007–08[15] 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.[16] The FA shut the door on any potential move.[17] City general manager Laura Montgomery later reiterated the club's desire to play in the FA WSL.[18]

During the 2014 season, Glasgow City secured an eighth successive SWPL title[19] and third successive treble.[20] 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.[21] After a 2–1 first leg defeat at FC Zurich,[22] 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.[21] In the quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain proved too strong for City, with a 7–0 aggregate victory.[23]

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.[24] As the eighth seeds, the team faced Chelsea,[25] 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,[26] with Scott Booth announced as his replacement.[27]

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.[15] 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.

Club records

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Honours

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Other tournaments

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

Awards

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  • Scottish Sports Awards Amateur Performance of the Year: 2011[49]
  • GCC Glasgow Team of the Year: 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014[50]
  • Glaswegian Team of the Year: 2009
  • Sports Council of Glasgow Performance Team of the Year: 2010

European history

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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.[51] 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.[52] 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,[53] 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.[54]

  • Glasgow City score listed first
Season Competition Round Opposition Score
First Leg Second Leg Aggregate
2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup First Qualifying Round Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–6 4th
Netherlands SV Saestum 0–7
Belgium KFC Rapide Wezemaal 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup First Qualifying Round Netherlands AZ 1–1 1st
Serbia ŽFK Mašinac Niš 4–0
Moldova Narta Chişinău 11–0
Second Qualifying Round Norway Røa IL 1–6 4th
Russia Zvezda 2005 Perm 0–1
Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 1–3
2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Germany Bayern Munich 2–5 2nd
Lithuania Gintra Universitetas 2–0
Georgia (country) Norchi Dinamoeli 9–0
2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Northern Ireland Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers 8–0 2nd
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 4–0
Germany Duisburg 0–4
2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Serbia Spartak Subotica 4–0 1st
Malta Mosta 8–0
Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 5–0
Round of 32 Iceland Valur 1–1 3–0 4–1
Round of 16 Germany Turbine Potsdam 0–10 0–7 0–17
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Croatia ŽNK Osijek 3–2 1st
Moldova FC Noroc 11–0
Finland PK-35 Vantaa 1–1
Round of 32 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 1–2 0–0 1–2
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Croatia Osijek 7–0 1st
Malta Birkirkara 9–0
Netherlands FC Twente 2–0
Round of 32 Belgium Standard Liège 2–2 3–1 5–3
Round of 16 England Arsenal 0–3 2–3 2–6
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Slovakia Union Nové Zámky 5–0 1st
Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–0
Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 4–0
Round of 32 Poland Medyk Konin 0–2 3–0 (a.e.t.) 3–2
Round of 16 Switzerland Zürich 1–2 4–2 5–4
Quarterfinals France Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 0–5 0–7
2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 England Chelsea 0–1 0–3 0–4
2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Sweden Eskilstuna United DFF 0–1 1–2 1–3
2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt 0–3 4–1 4–4
(lost on away goals)
2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round Belgium Anderlecht 1–2 1st
Georgia (country) Martve 7–0
Poland Górnik Łęczna 2–0
Round of 32 Cyprus Barcelona FA 2–0 0–1 2–1
Round of 16 Spain Barcelona 0–5 0–3 0–8[55]
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 Russia Chertanovo Moscow 1–0 4–1 5–1
Round of 16 Denmark Brøndby 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.) 2–2
(won on penalties)
Quarter-Finals Germany Wolfsburg 1–9[54] 1–9
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Rounds Republic of Ireland Peamount United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(won on penalties)
Iceland Valur 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(won on penalties)
Round of 32 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1–2 0–1 1–3
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League QR1 semi-final Malta Birkirkara 3–0
QR1 final Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt 1–0
QR2 Switzerland Servette Chênois 1–1 1–2 2–3
2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League QR1 semi-final Italy Roma 1–3
QR1 Third Place Play-Off Switzerland Servette 0–1
2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League QR1 semi-final Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 2–0
QR1 Final Lithuania Gintra 3–0
QR2 Norway Brann 0–4 0–2 0–6

Players

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As of April 3, 2024[56]

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Scotland SCO Chloe Warrington
3 DF Scotland SCO Amy Muir
4 MF Scotland SCO Hayley Lauder
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Claire Walsh
6 MF Scotland SCO Joanne Love (captain)
7 MF Scotland SCO Mairead Fulton
9 FW United States USA Brenna Lovera
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Emily Whelan
12 MF Finland FIN Wilma Forsblom
14 FW Scotland SCO Lauren Davidson
15 MF United States USA Aleigh Gambone
16 MF Poland POL Kinga Kozak
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW United States USA Cori Sullivan
18 DF New Zealand NZL Meikayla Moore
23 FW Scotland SCO Megan Foley
24 FW Scotland SCO Lisa Forrest
25 GK Scotland SCO Erin Clachers
28 MF United States USA Carlee Giammona
29 GK Scotland SCO Lee Gibson
31 FW Scotland SCO Fiona Brown
— FW Scotland SCO Lisa Evans
— FW Finland FIN Sofia Määttä

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF Scotland SCO Niamh Noble (at Dundee United F.C.)
30 FW Scotland SCO Sophia Martin (at Motherwell F.C.)
35 GK Scotland SCO Ava Easdon (at Partick Thistle F.C.)

Club staff

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As of 3 June 2022[57]

Corporate staff

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Job title Name Notes
Chief Executive Officer Scotland Laura Montgomery Co-founder of the club and former player/captain
Chairperson & Foundation Head of Operations Scotland Carol Anne Stewart Co-founder of the club and former player
Academy Manager Scotland Sarah Crilly Former player (2013-16)
Head of Recruitment/Scouting Scotland Peter Caulfield Former manager
Head of Media & Content Scotland Callum Patterson

Coaching staff

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Job title Name
Head Coach Scotland Leanne Ross
Coach Scotland Keiron McAneny
Head of Sports Science Scotland Andy White
Head of Physiotherapy Scotland Louise Duncan
Sports Therapists Scotland Damien McCoy
Doctor Scotland Alice Soutar

Former players

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Main page: Category:Glasgow City F.C. players

Player of the year

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[citation needed]

Former managers

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