Wikipedia - Spartans W.F.C.

Spartans Football Club Women's and Girl's is a women's football team that plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top division of women's football in Scotland. Spartans F.C. Women is part of Spartans F.C. in North Edinburgh and play and train at the club's training facilities.

History

Founded in 1985, the club was known as Hailes United, Edinburgh Star, Tynecastle, Bonnyrigg Rose and Whitehill Welfare over the first twenty years of its existence. While operating as Whitehill Welfare the club was promoted to the Scottish Women's Premier League in 2004. After two seasons as Edinburgh Ladies in 2006–07 and 2007–08, the club came under the auspices of East of Scotland Football League club Spartans F.C. in 2008 and adopted their current name.

Having won the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup as Edinburgh Ladies in 2006–07, Spartans lost a further five League Cup finals in 2008–09, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as the final of the 2014 Scottish Women's Cup, all by heavy margins and at the hands of Glasgow City on four of the six occasions. They finished as Premier League runners-up behind Glasgow City in 2008–09 and 2011.

Η Μεγάλη Βρετανία είναι μια από τις μεγαλύτερες ποδοσφαιρικές δυνάμεις στον κόσμο και η γυναικεία ομάδα έχει κερδίσει πολλά τρόπαια. Στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 2012, το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο κέρδισε το χρυσό μετάλλιο και έχει επίσης κερδίσει το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο και το Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα αρκετές φορές. Οι τρέχουσες παίκτριες της ομάδας είναι η Τζιλ Σκοτ, η Λουσί Μπρονζ και η χρυσή ανώτερη σκόρερ όλων των εποχών, Έλεν Γουάιτ.