Scottish League Cup 1997/98
| Scottish League Cup | |
| Association | Scottish FA |
| First edition | 1946/47 |
| Game mode | Knockout system |
| Title holder | Celtic Glasgow (10th title) |
| Record winner | Glasgow Rangers (20 wins) |
| Website | scottishfootballleague.com |
The Scottish League Cup was played for the 52nd time in 1997/1998 . The Scottish League Cup began on August 2, 1997 and ended with the final in November of that year. The clubs of the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League participated in the competition. If a duel was not decided after 90 minutes plus extra time, there was a penalty shoot-out . Celtic Glasgow won the title in the final against Dundee United .
1 round
The matches took place on August 2, 1997.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| FC Arbroath | 0: 4 | Queen of the South |
| Berwick Rangers | 2-0 | Brechin City |
| Cowdenbeath FC | 0: 2 | Alloa Athletic |
| Dumbarton FC | 1: 1 (?:? I. E.) |
FC Queen's Park |
| East Stirlingshire FC | 3: 1 | FC Stranraer |
| Forfar Athletic | 1-0 | Albion Rovers |
| Inverness CT | 5: 1 | FC Stenhousemuir |
| Ross County | 2: 1 | Montrose FC |
2nd round
The matches took place on August 7th and 9th, 1997.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Academical | 0: 1 | Glasgow Rangers |
| Berwick Rangers | 0: 7 | Celtic Glasgow |
| Dumbarton FC | 1: 5 | Aberdeen FC |
| Dundee FC | 1-0 | East Stirlingshire FC |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 5: 1 | Ayr United |
| East Fife FC | 0: 2 | FC Kilmarnock |
| Hibernian Edinburgh | 3: 1 | Alloa Athletic |
| Livingston FC | 0: 2 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Greenock Morton | 4: 1 | Airdrieonians FC |
| Motherwell FC | 2: 2 (?:? I. E.) |
Inverness CT |
| Partick Thistle | 2: 3 | Stirling Albion |
| Queen of the South | 2: 4 | Dundee United |
| Raith Rovers | 5-0 | Forfar Athletic |
| Ross County | 0: 3 | FC Falkirk |
| St. Johnstone FC | 3-0 | Clyde FC |
| FC St. Mirren | 2-0 | Clydebank FC |
3rd round
The matches took place on August 19 and 20, 1997.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dundee FC | 0: 3 | Aberdeen FC |
| Raith Rovers | 1: 2 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Glasgow Rangers | 4: 1 | FC Falkirk |
| St. Johnstone FC | 0: 1 a.d. | Celtic Glasgow |
| Dundee United | 2: 1 a.d. | Hibernian Edinburgh |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2-0 | FC St. Mirren |
| Motherwell FC | 3-0 | Greenock Morton |
| Stirling Albion | 6: 2 | FC Kilmarnock |
Quarter finals
The matches were held on 9/10. September 1997.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Glasgow | 1-0 | Motherwell FC |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1: 0 a.d. | Heart of Midlothian |
| Stirling Albion | 0: 2 | Aberdeen FC |
| Glasgow Rangers | 0: 1 a.d. | Dundee United |
Semifinals
The matches were held on 14./15. October 1997.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Glasgow | 1-0 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Aberdeen FC | 1: 3 | Dundee United |
final
| Celtic Glasgow | Dundee United | |||||||
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Jonathan Gould - Tommy Boyd , Marc Rieper , Alan Stubbs , Stéphane Mahé - Jackie McNamara , Craig Burley , Morten Wieghorst , Regi Blinker (88th Paul Lambert ) - Henrik Larsson , Andreas Thom (80th Simon Donnelly ) Trainer: Wim Jansen ( Netherlands )  |
Sieb Dykstra - Magnus Sköldmark (57th Gary McSwegan ), Mark Perry , Maurice Malpas , Steven Pressley , Erik Pedersen - Lars Zetterlund , Craig Easton , Dave Bowman - Robbie Winters , Kjell Olofsson Trainer: Tommy McLean |
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 1-0 Marc Rieper (21st) 2-0 Henrik Larsson (24th) 3-0 Craig Burley (59th)
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 Easton, McSwegan
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