The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 132nd time in 2016/17 . The main Scottish football cup competition , officially held as the William Hill Scottish Cup and run by the Scottish Football Association, began on August 13, 2016 and ended with the final on May 27, 2017 in Hampden Park, Glasgow. The Scottish second division team Hibernian Edinburgh started as the defending champion in the competition, which had prevailed in the previous year's final against the Glasgow Rangers and had won the cup in Scotland for the first time since 1902 . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Celtic Glasgow and FC Aberdeen faced each other. For Celtic it was the 53rd cup final since 1877 . The Dons reached the final for the 16th time since 1937 . Both clubs met for the seventh time in the final, first in 1937 and most recently in 1990 . In November 2016, both clubs met in the final of the Scottish League Cup in which Celtic won 3-0. A week before the cup final, Celtic had won the Scottish championship before Aberdeen FC . The Bhoys from Glasgow won the final 2-1, their 37th title. It was the first national triple for Celtic since 2001 and the fourth overall.
The game rounds were played on the following dates:
1st preliminary round: August 13, 2016 (Sat.)
2nd preliminary round: September 3, 2016 (Sat.)
1st main round: 24./25. September 2016 (Sat./Sun.)
2nd main round: October 22, 2016 (Sat.)
3rd main round: November 26, 2016 (Sat.)
4th main round: 21./22. January 2017 (Sat./Sun.)
Round of 16: 11./12. February 2017 (Sat./Sun.)
Quarter-finals: March 4th, 2017 (Sat.)
Semi-finals: 22./23. April 2017 (Sat./Sun.)
Final: May 27, 2016 (Sat.)
First preliminary round
The first preliminary round was drawn by Joelle Murray on July 18, 2016 . The matches were played on August 13, 2016. The replay was played on August 20, 2016.
The 2nd preliminary round was drawn by Joelle Murray on July 18, 2016 . The matches were played on September 3, 2016. The replay took place on September 10, 2016.
The first main round was drawn by David Gray on September 5, 2016 . The matches were played on September 24th and 25th, 2016. The repeat matches took place on October 1st and 5th, 2016.
The 2nd main round was drawn on September 26, 2016. The matches were played on October 22nd, 2016. The repeat matches took place on October 29th and November 1st.
The 3rd main round was drawn on October 25, 2016. The matches were played on November 26th and 29th and on December 3rd and 6th, 2016. The repeat matches took place on December 3rd, 6th and 7th.
The 4th main round was drawn by Gary Holt on November 28, 2016 . The matches were played on January 21 and 22, 2017. The repeat matches will take place on January 24, 25 and 31, 2017.
The round of 16 was drawn by Rod Stewart and Alan Stubbs on January 22, 2017 . The matches were played on February 11 and 12, 2017. The repeat matches took place on February 14 and 22, 2017.