The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, also known as The Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. The trophy awarded to the winners has the distinction of being the oldest national trophy in the world.
Contents
1 Format
2
History
3 Facts
4 Previous winners
5 Performance by club
6 References
7 External link
Format
The competition is of a similar format to the FA Cup in England, with a knockout, single elimination, format where teams are drawn against each other randomly (no seedings are present). In the draw, the team who is drawn first from each tie is the home team. If the first match finishes a draw then a replay is played at the stadium of the second team. In the replay, if the scores are still level, extra time is played and penalties to decide the winner of the tie. The Semi-Final matches are played at neutral stadiums, usually the national stadium Hampden Park. The Final is traditionally played at Hampden, but as the ground underwent complete rebuilding in stages during the 1990s some finals were staged at Celtic Park and Ibrox.
Clubs in the Scottish League Third Division and Second Division qualify automatically for the first round, along with four non-league teams each from the Scottish Qualifying Cup (North) and (South) competitions. Teams in the Scottish League First Division and the Scottish Premier League have automatic byes to the third round.
From the 2007/2008 season there could be a new system to the Scottish Cup which could see the Scottish Qualifying Cup scrapped and all teams given entry to the cup along with 4 Junior League sides. The winners of the previous season’s North, West and South Leagues as well as the winner of the Scottish Junior Cup would gain entry.
History
The Scottish Cup started in the 1873-74 season when Queen’s Park beat Clydesdale 2-0 in the first final.
Like the FA Cup, the Scottish Cup produces occasional “giant-killings” where a team from a lower division defeats a team from a higher division. Some famous examples of giant-killings are in 1938, when second division East Fife won the Cup, and in 1967 when Berwick Rangers beat Rangers 1-0. Famous recent giant-killings include 2000 when First Division Inverness CT’s victory over Celtic by 3 to 1 at Celtic Park in 2000, and Clyde beating Celtic 2-1 at home in 2005.
The final of the 2005-06 competition was played on May 13, 2006 at Hampden Park between Heart of Midlothian and Gretna, the first final in nine years that an Old Firm side has not been involved in, and the first to ever feature a team from the third tier of the Scottish League setup (Gretna played in Scottish Division Two that season).
Facts
Most clubs who have consistently maintained a spot in the Scottish Premier League have won the Cup in recent years. Unusually, Hibernian have failed to win the cup in over one hundred years, finishing runners-up nine times. Dundee United have the worst ratio of wins to losses, with only a 12.5% success rate in finals.
Previous winners
Season Winner Scorers Score Runner-up Scorers Venue
2005-06 Heart of Midlothian Skácel 39 1 – 1
(4-2 on penalties) Gretna McGuffie 76 Hampden Park
2004-05 Celtic Thompson 11 1 – 0 Dundee United Hampden Park
2003-04 Celtic Larsson 58, 71
Petrov 83 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Skerla 40 Hampden Park
2002-03 Rangers Amoruso 66 1 – 0 Dundee Hampden Park
2001-02 Rangers Løvenkrands 20, 90
Ferguson 69 3 – 2 Celtic Hartson 18
Balde 50 Hampden Park
2000-01 Celtic McNamara 39
Larsson 48, (pen) 80 3 – 0 Hibernian Hampden Park
1999-00 Rangers Van Bronckhorst 35
Vidmar 47
Dodds 49
Albertz 50 4 – 0 Aberdeen Hampden Park
1998-99 Rangers Wallace 48 1 – 0 Celtic Hampden Park
1997-98 Heart of Midlothian Cameron 2 (pen)
Adam 52 2 – 1 Rangers McCoist 81 Celtic Park
1996-97 Kilmarnock Wright 20 1 – 0 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
1995-96 Rangers Laudrup (2), Durie (3) 5 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Colquhoun Hampden Park
1994-95 Celtic Van Hooijdonk 1 – 0 Airdrieonians Hampden Park
1993-94 Dundee United Brewster 47 1 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park
1992-93 Rangers Murray, Hateley 2 – 1 Aberdeen Richardson Celtic Park
1991-92 Rangers Hateley, McCoist 2 – 1 Airdrieonians Smith Hampden Park
1990-91 Motherwell Ferguson, O’Donnell,
Angus, Kirk 4 – 3
(after extra time) Dundee United Bowman, O’Neil,
Jackson Hampden Park
1989-90 Aberdeen 0 – 0
(9-8 on penalties) Celtic Hampden Park
1988-89 Celtic Miller 1 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park
1987-88 Celtic McAvennie (2) 2 – 1 Dundee United Gallacher Hampden Park
1986-87 St Mirren Ferguson 1 – 0
(after extra time) Dundee United Hampden Park
1985-86 Aberdeen Hewitt (2), Stark 3 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park
1984-85 Celtic Provan, McGarvey 2 – 1 Dundee United Beedie Hampden Park
1983-84 Aberdeen Black, McGhee 2 – 1
(after exta time) Celtic P. McStay Hampden Park
1982-83 Aberdeen Black 1 – 0
(after exta time) Rangers Hampden Park
1981-82 Aberdeen McLeish, McGhee,
Strachan, Cooper 4 – 1
(after exta time) Rangers MacDonald Hampden Park
1980-81
Replay Rangers 0 – 0
(after exta time) Dundee United Hampden Park
Rangers Cooper, Russell,
MacDonald (2) 4 – 1 Dundee United Dodds Hampden Park
1979-80 Celtic McCluskey 1 – 0
(after extra time) Rangers Hampden Park
1978-79
Replay
2nd Rp. Rangers 0 – 0 Hibernian Hampden Park
Rangers 0 – 0
(after extra time) Hibernian Hampden Park
Rangers Johnstone (2), Duncan (og) 3 – 2
(after extra time) Hibernian Higgins, MacLeod (pen) Hampden Park
1977-78 Rangers MacDonald, Johnstone 2 – 1 Aberdeen Ritchie Hampden Park
1976-77 Celtic Lynch (pen) 1 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park
1975-76 Rangers Johnstone 2, MacDonald 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Shaw Hampden Park
1974-75 Celtic Wilson (2), McCluskey (pen) 3 – 1 Airdrieonians McCann Hampden Park
1973-74 Celtic Hood, Murray, Deans 3 – 0 Dundee United Hampden Park
1972-73 Rangers Parlane, Conn, Forsyth 3 – 2 Celtic Dalglish, Connolly (pen) Hampden Park
1971-72 Celtic McNeill, Deans (3), Macari (2) 6 – 1 Hibernian Gordon Hampden Park
1970-71
Replay Celtic Lennox 1 – 1 Rangers Johnstone Hampden Park
Celtic Macari, Hood (pen) 2 – 1 Rangers Callaghan (og) Hampden Park
1969-70 Aberdeen Harper (2, 1 pen), McKay 3 – 1 Celtic Lennox Hampden Park
1968-69 Celtic McNeill, Lennox, Connelly, Chalmers 4 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park
1967-68 Dunfermline Athletic Gardner 56, 73
Lister 59 (pen) 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Lunn 68 (og) Hampden Park
1966-67 Celtic Wallace (2) 2 – 0 Aberdeen Hampden Park
1965-66
Replay Rangers 0-0 Celtic Hampden Park
Rangers Johansen 1-0 Celtic Hampden Park
1964-65 Celtic Auld (2), McNeill 3-2 Dunfermline Athletic Melrose, McLaughlin Hampden Park
1963-64 Rangers Millar (2), Brand 3-1 Dundee Cameron Hampden Park
1962-63
Replay Rangers Brand 1-1 Celtic Murdoch Hampden Park
Rangers Brand (2), Wilson 3-0 Celtic Hampden Park
1961-62 Rangers Brand, Wilson 2-0 St Mirren Hampden Park
1960-61
Replay Dunfermline Athletic 0-0 Celtic Hampden Park
Dunfermline Athletic Thomson 67
Dickson 88 2-0 Celtic Hampden Park
1959-60 Rangers Millar (2) 2-0 Kilmarnock Hampden Park
1958-59 St Mirren Bryceland, Miller, Baker 3-1 Aberdeen Baird Hampden Park
1957-58 Clyde Coyle 1-0 Hibernian Hampden Park
1956-57
Replay Falkirk Prentice (pen) 1-1 Kilmarnock Curlett Hampden Park
Falkirk Merchant, Moran 2-1
(after extra time) Kilmarnock Curlett Hampden Park
1955-56 Heart of Midlothian Crawford (2), Conn 3-1 Celtic Haughney Hampden Park
1954-55
Replay Clyde Robertson 1-1 Celtic Walsh Hampden Park
Clyde Ring 1-0 Celtic Hampden Park
1953-54 Celtic Young (og), Fallon 2-1 Aberdeen Buckley Hampden Park
1952-53
Replay Rangers Prentice 1-1 Aberdeen Yorston Hampden Park
Rangers Simpson 1-0 Aberdeen Hampden Park
1951-52 Motherwell Watson, Redpath, Humphries, Kelly 4-0 Dundee Hampden Park
1950-51 Celtic McPhail 1-0 Motherwell Hampden Park
1949-50 Rangers McPhail 3-0 East Fife Hampden Park
1948-49 Rangers Young (2, 2pens), Williamson, Duncanson 4-1 Clyde Galletly Hampden Park
1947-48
Replay Rangers Gillick 1-1 Greenock Morton Whyte Hampden Park
Rangers Williamson 1-0
(after extra time) Greenock Morton Hampden Park
1946-47 Aberdeen Hamilton, Williams 2-1 Hibernian Cuthbertson Hampden Park
1939 Clyde 4-0 Motherwell
1938 East Fife 4-2 Kilmarnock (AET, Replay)
1937 Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen
1936 Rangers 1-0 Third Lanark
1935 Rangers 2-1 Hamilton Academical F.C.
1934 Rangers 5-0 St Mirren
1933 Celtic 1-0 Motherwell
1932 Rangers 3-0 Kilmarnock (Replay)
1931 Celtic4-2 Motherwell (Replay)
1930 Rangers 2-1 Partick Thistle (Replay)
1929 Kilmarnock 2-0 Rangers
1928 Rangers 4-0 Celtic
1927 Celtic 3-1 East Fife
1926 St Mirren 2-0 Celtic
1925 Celtic 2-1 Dundee
1924 Airdrieonians 2-0 Hibernian
1923 Celtic 1-0 Hibernian
1922 Morton 1-0 Rangers (AET, Replay)
1921 Partick Thistle 1-0 Rangers
1920 Kilmarnock 3-2 Albion Rovers
1914 Celtic 4-1 Hibernian (Replay)
1913 Falkirk 2-0 Raith Rovers
1912 Celtic 2-0 Clyde
1911 Celtic 2-0 Hamilton Academicals (Replay)
1910 Dundee 2-1 Clyde (2nd Replay)
1909 Not awarded. The SFA withheld the cup after a riot following the replay between Celtic and Rangers.
1908 Celtic 5-1 St Mirren
1907 Celtic 3-0 Heart of Midlothian
1906 Hearts 1-0 Third Lanark
1905 Third Lanark 3-1 Rangers (Replay)
1904 Celtic 3-2 Rangers
1903 Rangers 2-0 Heart of Midlothian (2nd Replay)
1902 Hibernian 1-0 Celtic
1901 Hearts 4-3 Celtic
1900 Celtic 4-3 Queen’s Park
1899 Celtic 2-0 Rangers
1898 Rangers 2-0 Kilmarnock
1897 Rangers 5-1 Dumbarton
1896 Hearts 3-1 Hibernian
1895 St Bernards 2-1 Renton
1894 Rangers 3-1 Celtic
1893 Queen’s Park 2-1 Celtic (Replay)
1892 Celtic 5-1 Queen’s Park (Replay)
1891 Hearts 1-0 Dumbarton
1890 Queen’s Park 2-1 Vale of Leven
1889 Third Lanark 2-1 Celtic (Replay)
1888 Renton 6-1 Cambuslang
1887 Hibernian 2-1 Dumbarton
1886 Queen’s Park 3-1 Renton
1885 Renton 3-1 Vale of Leven (Replay)
1884 Queen’s Park awarded cup after Vale of Leven fail to appear at final
1883 Dumbarton 2-1 Vale of Leven (Replay)
1882 Queen’s Park 4-1 Dumbarton (Replay)
1881 Queen’s Park 3-1 Dumbarton (Replay)
1880 Queen’s Park 3-0 Thornliebank
1879 Vale of Leven 1-1 Rangers (Vale of Leven awarded cup when Rangers fail to appear at replay)
1878 Vale of Leven 1-0 Third Lanark
1877 Vale of Leven 3-2 Rangers (Replay)
1876 Queen’s Park 2-0 Third Lanark (2nd Replay)
1875 Queen’s Park 3-0 Renton
1874 Queen’s Park 2-0 Clydesdale
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Celtic 33 19 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005
Rangers 31 18 1894, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Queen’s Park 10 2 1874, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1893
Aberdeen 7 8 1947, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990
Heart of Midlothian 7 6 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1956, 1998, 2006
Kilmarnock 3 5 1920, 1929, 1997
Vale of Leven 3 4 1877, 1878, 1879
Clyde 3 3 1939, 1955, 1958
St Mirren 3 3 1926, 1959, 1987
Hibernian 2 9 1887, 1902
Motherwell 2 4 1952, 1991
Third Lanark 2 4 1889, 1905
Renton 2 3 1885, 1888
Dunfermline Atheltic 2 2 1961, 1968
Falkirk 2 1 1913, 1957
Dundee United 1 7 1994
Dumbarton 1 5 1883
Dundee 1 4 1910
Airdrieonians 1 3 1924
East Fife 1 2 1938
Greenock Morton 1 1 1922
Partick Thistle 1 1 1921
St Bernard’s 1 - 1895
Hamilton Acad - 2 -
Albion Rovers - 1 -
Cambuslang - 1 -
Clydesdale - 1 -
Gretna - 1 -
Raith Rovers - 1 -
Thornliebank - 1 -
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