Glasgow City Football Club are the top women’s football club in the country and have just been crowned Scottish Women’s Premier League champions for the twelfth time in a row. It’s a phenomenal achievement in any regard and they have achieved this while also reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League Round of 16 for the fourth time in their history.
This years campaign saw them start in the preliminary qualifying round and despite suffering defeat to Anderlecht, victories over FC Martve and Gornik Leczna secured a spot in the Last 32. Cypriot champions Somatio Barcelona FA stood in their way and a superb 2-0 win away in Cyprus saw them progress despite a narrow 1-0 defeat in the home leg.
The Round of 16 saw them paired with FC Barcelona at the draw in Nyon. The Catalan giants are littered with full internationals, many of whom will be in France next summer for the Women’s World Cup. The first leg at the Mini Estadi was tough on City with the hosts winning 5-0 but City gave a much better outcount of themselves in the second leg at Petershill Park, going down 3-0.
This Champions League run was during a tough title fight with Hibernian, victory against the Hibees in the second last game of the season secured the title by three points and secure automatic qualification for the Round of 32 next season. Hibs meanwhile secured the final piece of silverware of the season with a victory over Motherwell in the SSE Scottish Cup final at Firhill.
Next season will see City go in search for a thirteenth consecutive league title but with Hibs closing the gap again this season, it won’t be a foregone conclusion.
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