2024 Scottish Cup final

The 2024 Scottish Cup final was the final match of the 2023–24 Scottish Cup, the 139th edition of Scotland's most prestigious knockout football competition. It was contested by Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 25 May 2024.^[1]

2024 Scottish Cup final

The match took place at Hampden Park
Event	2023–24 Scottish Cup
Celtic Rangers 1 0
Date	25 May 2024 (2024-5-25)
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Nick Walsh
Attendance	48,556
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Background

The 2024 final was Celtic's 61st appearance in a Scottish Cup final (a national record), while it was the 54th final appearance by Rangers.^[2] It was the 441st meeting between the Old Firm rivals and the first in a Scottish Cup final since 2002.^[2][3]

Road to the final

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Cup

Celtic		Round	Rangers
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Buckie Thistle (H)	5–0	4th	Dumbarton (A)	4–1
St Mirren (A)	2–0	5th	Ayr United (H)	2–0
Livingston (H)	4–2	QF	Hibernian (A)	2–0
Aberdeen (N)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–5 pen.)	SF	Heart of Midlothian (N)	2–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Match

Summary

The only goal of the game came in the 90th minute, substitute Adam Idah scored from six yards out after Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland had parried a shot from Paulo Bernardo back into his path.^[4][5]

Details

Celtic	1–0	Rangers
Idah 90'	[6][7]

25 May 2024 (2024-5-25)

15:00 BST

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,556^[8]

Referee: Nick Walsh

Celtic

Rangers

GK 1 Joe Hart  61' RB 2 Alistair Johnston CB 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers CB 5 Liam Scales LB 3 Greg Taylor  73' CM 33 Matt O'Riley CM 42 Callum McGregor (c)  41' CM 41 Reo Hatate  78' RW 49 James Forrest  68'  71' CF 8 Kyogo Furuhashi  62' LW 38 Daizen Maeda  90+4' Substitutes: GK 29 Scott Bain FW 7 Luis Palma FW 9 Adam Idah  63'  62' FW 10 Nicolas Kühn  90+1'  71' DF 17 Maik Nawrocki MF 24 Tomoki Iwata MF 28 Paulo Bernardo  78' DF 56 Anthony Ralston DF 57 Stephen Welsh Manager: Brendan Rodgers

GK 1 Jack Butland RB 2 James Tavernier (c) CB 27 Leon Balogun CB 26 Ben Davies LB 3 Rıdvan Yılmaz  84' CM 42 Mohamed Diomande CM 43 Nicolas Raskin  90+2'  90+4' RW 21 Dujon Sterling  62'  81' AM 13 Todd Cantwell  74'  74' LW 7 Fábio Silva  74' CF 9 Cyriel Dessers  46' Substitutes: GK 28 Robby McCrorie MF 4 John Lundstram  90+4' MF 8 Ryan Jack FW 17 Rabbi Matondo  74' FW 19 Abdallah Sima  54'  46' MF 20 Kieran Dowell FW 23 Scott Wright  74' FW 45 Ross McCausland  81' MF 93 Cole McKinnon Manager: Philippe Clement

Match rules^[9]

• 90 minutes
• 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
• Nine named substitutes
• Maximum of five substitutions in normal time (a sixth substitute is permitted in extra time)

Media coverage

BBC Scotland and Premier Sports broadcast the final, in what is the final season of a six-year deal in the United Kingdom to broadcast Scottish Cup matches.^[10]