Scottish League Cup 2008/09
| Scottish League Cup | |
| Association | Scottish FA |
| First edition | 1946/47 |
| Game mode | Knockout system |
| Title holder | Celtic Glasgow (14th title) |
| Record winner | Glasgow Rangers (25 wins) |
| Website | scottishfootballleague.com |
The Scottish League Cup was played for the 63rd time in 2008/09 . The Scottish League Cup, which was played among the participants of the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Premier League , began on August 5, 2008 and ended with the final on March 15, 2009. If a duel was not decided after 90 minutes plus extra time, it came to the penalty shootout. Celtic Glasgow secured the title in the final against Glasgow Rangers .
1 round
The matches took place on August 5th and 6th, 2008.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Albion Rovers | ?:? n. V. (3: 4 on account ) |
Raith Rovers |
| Alloa Athletic | 2-0 | Elgin City |
| Clyde FC | 4: 1 | FC Queen's Park |
| Dumbarton FC | ?:? n. V. (5: 4 on account ) |
Annan Athletic |
| Montrose FC | 0: 2 | Cowdenbeath FC |
| Partick Thistle | 4: 3 a.d. | Forfar Athletic |
| Peterhead FC | 0: 2 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Ross County | 2: 3 a.d. | Airdrie United |
| FC Stenhousemuir | 1: 5 | St. Johnstone FC |
| FC Stranraer | 3: 6 | Greenock Morton |
| FC Arbroath | 3: 2 | Stirling Albion |
| Ayr United | 2: 1 | Berwick Rangers |
| East Fife FC | 0: 3 | Brechin City |
| East Stirlingshire FC | 1: 2 a.d. | Livingston FC |
2nd round
The matches took place on August 26, 2008.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cowdenbeath FC | 1: 5 | Dundee United |
| Dundee FC | 1: 2 | Partick Thistle |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1-0 | Alloa Athletic |
| Hamilton Academical | 3: 1 | Clyde FC |
| Hibernian Edinburgh | 3: 4 nV | Greenock Morton |
| Livingston FC | 2: 1 a.d. | St. Johnstone FC |
| Raith Rovers | 1: 3 | FC Falkirk |
| FC St. Mirren | 7-0 | Dumbarton FC |
| FC Arbroath | 2: 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Ayr United | 0: 1 | Aberdeen FC |
| Brechin City | 0: 2 | FC Kilmarnock |
| Heart of Midlothian | ?:? n. V. (3: 4 on account ) |
Airdrie United |
3rd round
The matches were held on September 23, 2008.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Glasgow | 4-0 | Livingston FC |
| Dundee United | 2-0 | Airdrie United |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2-0 | FC St. Mirren |
| FC Falkirk | 2: 1 | Queen of the South |
| Greenock Morton | 1: 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| FC Kilmarnock | 4: 2 | Aberdeen FC |
| Motherwell FC | 1: 2 a.d. | Hamilton Academical |
| Partick Thistle | 1: 2 a.d. | Glasgow Rangers |
Quarter finals
The matches took place on October 28 and 29, 2008.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dundee United | 1-0 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| FC Kilmarnock | 1: 3 | Celtic Glasgow |
| FC Falkirk | 1-0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Glasgow Rangers | 2-0 | Hamilton Academical |
Semifinals
The matches were held on January 27th and 28th, 2009.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dundee United | ?:? n. V. (10:11 i. E. ) |
Celtic Glasgow |
| FC Falkirk | 0: 3 | Glasgow Rangers |
final
| Celtic Glasgow | Glasgow Rangers | ||||||
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Artur Boruc - Andreas Hinkel , Glenn Loovens , Stephen McManus , Darren O'Dea (106th Mark Wilson ), Gary Caldwell , Shunsuke Nakamura , Scott Brown , Paul Hartley (72nd Giorgos Samaras , 120th Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink ), Aiden McGeady , Scott McDonald Trainer: Gordon Strachan |
Allan McGregor - Steven Whittaker , David Weir , Kirk Broadfoot , Saša Papac , Steven Davis - Lee McCulloch (82nd Christian Dailly ), Barry Ferguson , Pedro Mendes , Kenny Miller (58th Nacho Novo ), Kyle Lafferty (76th Kris Boyd ) Trainer: Walter Smith |
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 1-0 O'Dea (91st) 2-0 McGeady (120th, Penalty )
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 Hinkel, O'Dea, McGeady, Boruc
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Nacho Novo, Weir, McCulloch
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 Broadfoot
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