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 (1) 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 (2) 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 (3) 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

Notes

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

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