[6] The Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, a competition only open to SWPL teams was also introduced.
In 2012, Scottish Women's Football launched separate cup competitions for its First and Second Division teams,[7] and the top trophy became exclusively for teams in the First Division, the national second league tier (which became the third tier in 2016, below SWPL 2).
From 2009, women's football in Scotland adopted a summer season running from March to November each year.
The older trophy became the Scottish Women's Football League Cup, open to clubs playing at that 'Recreational' level.
From this, the top teams qualified for the knockout stage, while eliminated clubs competed for the SWFL Plate.
The Scottish Women's Football League Second Division Cup was played from 2012 to 2019, and was only open to teams in the four groups of the Scottish Women's Football League Second Division (Central, East, North and West).
[10] The league reconstruction in 2020 introduced a new SWF Championship division (and cup), along similar lines to the SWFL First Division, while the teams below formed a standalone 'Recreational' setup, continuing the SWFL name and the format of regional groups.