List of Scottish League Cup finals

The Scottish League Cup is a knockout cup competition in Scottish football, organised by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It is considered to be the second most important domestic cup competition in Scottish football, after the Scottish Cup. The competition is open to all 42 members of the SPFL as well as invited sides from the Highland League and Lowland League.

The competition was established in 1947, the format was taken from the Southern League Cup which operated as a regional tournament (national for its last season) during World War II. The Scottish League Cup was formed, operated by and named after the Scottish Football League (SFL), who continued to operate it after the top division clubs formed the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998. The competition is now organised by the SPFL, the body formed by the merger of the SPL and SFL in 2013.

Rangers hold the record for most wins with 28, while Celtic are second with 21 victories. The cup is currently held by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen in the December 2023 final.

Finals

Scottish League Cups by club (%)

  Rangers – 28 (35.7%)

  Celtic – 21 (27.6%)

  Aberdeen – 6 (7.9%)

  Hearts – 4 (5.3%)

  Hibernian – 3 (3.9%)

  Other clubs – 15 (19.7%)

Before 1981, a draw in the final (after extra time) resulted in the match being replayed at a later date. Since the 1981 Final, the result has always been decided on the day, with a penalty shootout if required after extra time.

Key

(R)	Replay
*	Match went to extra time
†	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Italics	Team from outside the top level of Scottish football

Results

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance	Notes
1946–47	Rangers (1)	4–0	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	82,700	[1]
1947–48	East Fife (1)	0 0–0 *	Falkirk	Hampden Park	53,785	[2]
1947–48 (R)	East Fife (2)	4–1	Falkirk	Hampden Park	31,000	[3]
1948–49	Rangers (2)	2–0	Raith Rovers	Hampden Park	57,450	[4]
1949–50	East Fife (3)	3–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Hampden Park	39,744	[5]
1950–51	Motherwell (1)	3–0	Hibernian	Hampden Park	64,074	[6]
1951–52	Dundee (1)	3–2	Rangers	Hampden Park	92,325	[7]
1952–53	Dundee (2)	2–0	Kilmarnock	Hampden Park	51,830	[8]
1953–54	East Fife (4)	3–2	Partick Thistle	Hampden Park	38,529	[9]
1954–55	Heart of Midlothian (1)	4–2	Motherwell	Hampden Park	55,640	[10]
1955–56	Aberdeen (1)	2–1	St Mirren	Hampden Park	44,106	[11]
1956–57	Celtic (1)	0 0–0 *	Partick Thistle	Hampden Park	59,000	[12]
1956–57 (R)	Celtic (1)	3–0	Partick Thistle	Hampden Park	31,000	[13][14]
1957–58	Celtic (2)	7–1	Rangers	Hampden Park	82,293	[15]
1958–59	Heart of Midlothian (2)	5–1	Partick Thistle	Hampden Park	59,690	[16]
1959–60	Heart of Midlothian (3)	2–1	Third Lanark	Hampden Park	57,994	[17]
1960–61	Rangers (3)	2–0	Kilmarnock	Hampden Park	82,063	[18]
1961–62	Rangers (4)	0 1–1 *	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park	88,000	[19]
1961–62 (R)	Rangers (4)	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park	47,500	[20]
1962–63	Heart of Midlothian (4)	1–0	Kilmarnock	Hampden Park	51,000	[21]
1963–64	Rangers (5)	5–0	Morton	Hampden Park	105,907	[22]
1964–65	Rangers (6)	2–1	Celtic	Hampden Park	91,423	[23]
1965–66	Celtic (3)	2–1	Rangers	Hampden Park	107,609	[24]
1966–67	Celtic (4)	1–0	Rangers	Hampden Park	94,532	[25]
1967–68	Celtic (5)	5–3	Dundee	Hampden Park	70,000	[26]
1968–69	Celtic (6)	6–2	Hibernian	Hampden Park	74,240	[27]
1969–70	Celtic (7)	1–0	St Johnstone	Hampden Park	73,067	[28]
1970–71	Rangers (7)	1–0	Celtic	Hampden Park	106,263	[29]
1971–72	Partick Thistle (1)	4–1	Celtic	Hampden Park	62,740	[30]
1972–73	Hibernian (1)	2–1	Celtic	Hampden Park	71,696	[31]
1973–74	Dundee (3)	1–0	Celtic	Hampden Park	27,924	[32]
1974–75	Celtic (8)	6–3	Hibernian	Hampden Park	53,848	[33]
1975–76	Rangers (8)	1–0	Celtic	Hampden Park	58,806	[34]
1976–77	Aberdeen (2)	0 2–1 *	Celtic	Hampden Park	69,707	[35]
1977–78	Rangers (9)	0 2–1 *	Celtic	Hampden Park	60,168	[36]
1978–79	Rangers (10)	2–1	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	54,000	[37]
1979–80	Dundee United (1)	0 0–0 *	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	27,173	[38]
1979–80 (R)	Dundee United (1)	3–0	Aberdeen	Dens Park	28,933	[39]
1980–81	Dundee United (2)	3–0	Dundee	Dens Park	24,466	[40]
1981–82	Rangers (11)	2–1	Dundee United	Hampden Park	53,777	[41]
1982–83	Celtic (9)	2–1	Rangers	Hampden Park	55,572	[42]
1983–84	Rangers (12)	0 3–2 *	Celtic	Hampden Park	66,369	[43]
1984–85	Rangers (13)	1–0	Dundee United	Hampden Park	44,698	[44]
1985–86	Aberdeen (3)	3–0	Hibernian	Hampden Park	40,061	[45]
1986–87	Rangers (14)	2–1	Celtic	Hampden Park	74,219	[46]
1987–88	Rangers (15)	0 3–3 †	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	71,961	[47]
1988–89	Rangers (16)	3–2	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	72,122	[48]
1989–90	Aberdeen (4)	0 2–1 *	Rangers	Hampden Park	61,190	[49]
1990–91	Rangers (17)	0 2–1 *	Celtic	Hampden Park	62,817	[50]
1991–92	Hibernian (2)	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Hampden Park	40,377	[51]
1992–93	Rangers (18)	0 2–1 *	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	54,298	[52]
1993–94	Rangers (19)	2–1	Hibernian	Celtic Park	47,632	[53]
1994–95	Raith Rovers (1)	0 2–2 †	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium	45,384	[54]
1995–96	Aberdeen (5)	2–0	Dundee	Hampden Park	33,096	[55]
1996–97	Rangers (20)	4–3	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park	48,559	[56]
1997–98	Celtic (10)	3–0	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium	49,305	[57]
1998–99	Rangers (21)	2–1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park	45,533	[58]
1999–2000	Celtic (11)	2–0	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	50,073	[59]
2000–01	Celtic (12)	3–0	Kilmarnock	Hampden Park	48,830	[60]
2001–02	Rangers (22)	4–0	Ayr United	Hampden Park	50,076	[61]
2002–03	Rangers (23)	2–1	Celtic	Hampden Park	52,000	[62]
2003–04	Livingston (1)	2–0	Hibernian	Hampden Park	45,500	[63]
2004–05	Rangers (24)	5–1	Motherwell	Hampden Park	50,182	[64]
2005–06	Celtic (13)	3–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Hampden Park	50,090	[65]
2006–07	Hibernian (3)	5–1	Kilmarnock	Hampden Park	52,000	[66]
2007–08	Rangers (25)	0 2–2 †	Dundee United	Hampden Park	50,019	[67]
2008–09	Celtic (14)	0 2–0 *	Rangers	Hampden Park	51,193	[68]
2009–10	Rangers (26)	1–0	St Mirren	Hampden Park	44,538	[69]
2010–11	Rangers (27)	0 2–1 *	Celtic	Hampden Park	51,181	[70]
2011–12	Kilmarnock (1)	1–0	Celtic	Hampden Park	49,572	[71]
2012–13	St Mirren (1)	3–2	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park	44,036	[72]
2013–14	Aberdeen (6)	0 0–0 †	Inverness CT	Celtic Park	51,143	[73]
2014–15	Celtic (15)	2–0	Dundee United	Hampden Park	49,259	[74]
2015–16	Ross County (1)	2–1	Hibernian	Hampden Park	38,796	[75]
2016–17	Celtic (16)	3–0	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	49,629	[76]
2017–18	Celtic (17)	2–0	Motherwell	Hampden Park	49,483	[77]
2018–19	Celtic (18)	1–0	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	50,936	[78]
2019–20	Celtic (19)	1–0	Rangers	Hampden Park	51,117	[79]
2020–21	St Johnstone (1)	1–0	Livingston	Hampden Park	0[note 1]	[80]
2021–22	Celtic (20)	2–1	Hibernian	Hampden Park	48,540	[81]
2022–23	Celtic (21)	2–1	Rangers	Hampden Park	49,529	[82]
2023–24	Rangers (28)	1–0	Aberdeen	Hampden Park	49,296	[83]

Performance by club

Club	Wins	Last win	Runners-up	Last final lost
Rangers	28	2023 (December)	9	2023 (February)
Celtic	21	2023 (February)	15	2012
Aberdeen	6	2014	10	2023 (December)
Heart of Midlothian	4	1962	3	2013
Hibernian	3	2007	8	2021 (December)
Dundee	3	1973	3	1995
East Fife	3	1953	—	—
Dundee United	2	1980	5	2015
Kilmarnock	1	2012	5	2007
Motherwell	1	1950	3	2017
Partick Thistle	1	1971	3	1958
St Mirren	1	2013	2	2010
St Johnstone	1	2021 (February)	2	1998
Raith Rovers	1	1994	1	1949 (March)
Livingston	1	2004	1	2021 (February)
Ross County	1	2016 (March)	—	—
Dunfermline Athletic	—	—	3	2006
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	—	—	1	2014
Ayr United	—	—	1	2002
Greenock Morton	—	—	1	1963
Third Lanark	—	—	1	1959
Falkirk	—	—	1	1947 (October)

Performance by city / town

City / Town	Wins	Clubs	Latest win (year)
Glasgow	50	Rangers (28), Celtic (21), Partick Thistle (1)	Rangers (December 2023)
Edinburgh	7	Heart of Midlothian (4), Hibernian (3)	Hibernian (2007)
Aberdeen	6	Aberdeen (6)	Aberdeen (2014)
Dundee	5	Dundee (3), Dundee United (2)	Dundee United (1980)
Methil	3	East Fife (3)	East Fife (1953)
Motherwell	1	Motherwell (1)	Motherwell (1950)
Kirkcaldy	1	Raith Rovers (1)	Raith Rovers (1994)
Livingston	1	Livingston (1)	Livingston (2004)
Kilmarnock	1	Kilmarnock (1)	Kilmarnock (2012)
Paisley	1	St Mirren (1)	St Mirren (2013)
Dingwall	1	Ross County (1)	Ross County (March 2016)
Perth	1	St Johnstone (1)	St Johnstone (February 2021)

See also

• List of Scottish football champions
• List of Scottish Cup finals

Notes

1. Attendance restricted due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

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External links

• Scotland - List of League Cup Finals