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The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 20th edition of the SWPL Cup competition, which began in 2002. The competition was to be contested by all 18 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2) and they were divided into four qualifying groups. However Forfar Farmington withdrew after playing just one match, so only 17 teams continued in the competition. Forfar's withdrawal made Dundee United's 10–0 win in the first match of the group stages null and void.

Ranking within each qualifying group was based on

• total points,
• then goal difference,
• then goals scored.

Group A

Games

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Rangers	8–0	Queen's Park	Auchenhowie
	Kerr 5' 35' McLauchlan 10' Ross 17' 36' 69' Arnot 38' Hay 59'			Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Aberdeen	2–1	Boroughmuir Thistle	Aberdeen
16.00	Thomson 45' Hutchison 64 pen'		Anderson 65'	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Motherwell	0–5	Rangers	Motherwell
16.00	Hay 20' 23' Arnot 27' 89' Ross 80'			Stadium: Alliance Park

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Queen's Park	0–4	Aberdeen	Glasgow
14.15pm	Hutchison 20' 72' Thomson 32' 33'			Stadium: Nethercraigs

23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)	Boroughmuir Thistle	0–3	Queen's Park	Edinburgh
15.00	Whyte 53' 70' McIndoe 65'			Stadium: Meggetland Sport Complex

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	Aberdeen	1–0	Motherwell	Aberdeen
16.00pm	Hutchison 20'			Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)	Rangers	5–2	Aberdeen	Auchenhowie
19.30pm	McLauchlan 11' Ness 45' Ross 47' Arnot 49' Swaby 59'		Broadrick 21' Gove 88'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Boroughmuir Thistle	0–4	Rangers	Edinburgh
14.00pm			Arnot 32' McLeary 32' McLauchlan 47' Watson 52'	Stadium: Meggetland Sport Complex

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Queen's Park	2–3	Motherwell	Glasgow
14.15pm	Rattray			Stadium: Nethercraigs

Group B

Matches

The Dundee United game was recorded as Null and Void.

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Dundee United	10–0	Forfar Farmington	Dundee
14.45pm	McGinley 3' 10' 68' Clemison 30' Harkin ??' ??' 48' Todd 57' McMillan ??' Robson 90'			Stadium: Regional Performance Centre

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Hibernian	4–0	Kilmarnock	Armadale
14.00pm	Coyle 27' Gallacher 36' 82' Cavanagh 77'			Stadium: Volunteer Park

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Stirling University	1–7	Dundee United	Stirling
14:00	?		McGinley 21' 50' 51' McLaren 62' Harkin 64' 87' Simson 67'	Stadium: Gannochy Sports Centre

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	Hibernian	10–0	Stirling University	Livingston
16.00	Morrison 1' Adams 6' 29' Notley 25' Gallacher 33' 83' Boyle 48' 56' Coyle 80' 82'			Stadium: Tony Macaroni Stadium

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)	Dundee United	2–10	Hibernian	Cowdenbeath
	? ?		Coyle 10' ?' McAlonie 10' 75' Malone ?' Boyle ?' Hunter ?' Cavanagh Gallacher ?'	Stadium: North End Park

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)	Stirling University	0–3	Kilmarnock	Stirling
19.00			Middleton 35' Robinson 40' Galt 87'	Stadium: Gannochy Sports Centre

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Kilmarnock	2–4	Dundee United	Kilmarnock
16.00			McLaren 4' Todd 29'	Stadium: Rugby Park

Group C

Matches

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Glasgow Women	0–9	Glasgow City	Glasgow
13.00			Davidson 4' 44' Love 14' 27' 75' Clark 21' ?' Chinchilla 21'	Stadium: New Tinto Park

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Spartans	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
12.30	? ?' ? ?'		? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Ainslie Park

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Glasgow Women	Hamilton
16.00	Giard 40' Ross 68' Quigley 90'			Stadium: New Douglas Park

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Glasgow City	4–1	Spartans	Glasgow
16.00	Fulutudilu ?' ?' own goal ?' (o.g.) Shine ?'		Galbraith ?'	Stadium: Petershill Park

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Glasgow Women	0–4	Spartans	Glasgow
12.00			4'	Stadium: New Tinto Park

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Hamilton Academical	0–6	Glasgow City	Hamilton
16.00			Fisher 17' Fulutudilu /' Kats 48' Dodds 54' Filipa ?' Love ?'	Stadium: New Douglas Park

Group D

Table

Hearts and Partick Thistle were awarded 3–0 defeats after naming a trialist in their match squads.

Matches

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Partick Thistle	0–3 (awarded)	Celtic	Glasgow
13.00	McCann 7'		Wellings ?' ?' McGovern ?'	Stadium: Petershill Park

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	St Johnstone	0–4	Partick Thistle	Perth
4.00pm			Rigden ?' McCann ?' ?'McBrerty ?'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Astro

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Heart of Midlothian	0–3 (awarded)	St Johnstone	Edinburgh
14.00			4'	Stadium: Oriam

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)	Celtic	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Airdrie
14.00	Bowie 34' McGovern 48'			Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)	Heart of Midlothian	2–4	Partick Thistle	Edinburgh
			4'	Stadium: Oriam

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was held on Monday 30 August.

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Glasgow City	5–0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
13.00	Davidson 5' (pen.) 15' 53' Colvill 79' 83'			Stadium: Petershill Park

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Spartans	3–0	Dundee United	Edinburgh
13.00	McQuillan ?' Frew ?' Smart ?'			Stadium: Ainslie Park

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Aberdeen	0–2	Hibernian	Aberdeen
17.00			Boyle 17' 32'	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)	Rangers	0–1	Celtic	Auchenhowie
16.00			Wellings 56'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held at Firhill Stadium 1 November 2021.

14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)	Glasgow City	3–0	Spartans	Stirling
12.00	Chinchilla 59' ?' Lauder ?'			Stadium: Forthbank Stadium

14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)	Celtic	2–1	Hibernian	Stirling
16:10	Jacynta 47' Wellings 80'		Boyle 12'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium

Final

Celtic won the trophy for the second time in their history (after 2010, their only previous honour), having lost two other finals in 2017 and 2018. Glasgow City failed to add to their six victories in the competition, losing their second final in succession and sixth overall.

The same teams would meet again in the 2022 Scottish Women's Cup final six months later.

Celtic	1–0	Glasgow City
Hayes 25'

Celtic

Glasgow City

52 Rachael Johnstone 2 Cheyenne Shorts 15 Kelly Clark (c) 18 Caitlin Hayes 3 Jodie Bartle 11 Olivia Chance 14 Sarah Harkes  87' 6 Chloe Craig 8 Jacynta Galabadaarachchi  84' 21 Charlie Wellings 10 Clarissa Larisey  80' Substitutes: 1 Chloe Logan 9 Shen Mengyu  80' 16 Tyler Toland  87' 17 Izzy Atkinson 19 María Ólafsdottir Grós 24 Tegan Bowie  84' 63 Kathleen McGovern Manager: Fran Alonso

29 Lee Gibson (c) 4 Hayley Lauder 5 Claire Walsh 9 Ode Fulutudilu 12 Jenna Clark 14 Lauren Davidson  45' 16 Ágata Filipa 17 Niamh Farrelly 19 Aoife Colvill  86' 20 Julia Molin 21 Priscila Chinchilla Substitutes: 25 Erin Clachers 2 Cailin Michie 7 Mairead Fulton  45' 8 Vital Kats 10 Clare Shine 23 Megan Foley 24 Tyler Dodds  86' Manager: Eileen Gleeson

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External links

• Scottish Women's Premier League
• Scottish Women's Premier League Cup at Soccerway

• Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
• 2021–22 in Scottish women's football
• 2021 domestic association football cups