1997 Scottish League Cup final

1997 Scottish League Cup final
Event	1997–98 Scottish League Cup
Date	30 November 1997
Venue	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Morten Wieghorst
Referee	Jim McCluskey
Attendance	49,305
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Scottish League Cup final was played on 30 November 1997, at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow and was the final of the 52nd Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Celtic and Dundee United. Celtic won the match 3–0 thanks to goals by Marc Rieper, Henrik Larsson and Craig Burley.^[1]

Match details

30 November 1997

Celtic	3–0	Dundee United
Rieper 21' Larsson 24' Burley 59'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,305

Referee: Jim McCluskey


CELTIC :
GK	1	Jonathan Gould
DF	2	Tom Boyd (c)
DF	3	Stephane Mahe
MF	4	Jackie McNamara	90'
DF	5	Marc Rieper
DF	6	Alan Stubbs
FW	7	Henrik Larsson
MF	8	Craig Burley
FW	9	Andreas Thom	80'
MF	10	Morten Wieghorst
MF	11	Regi Blinker	88'
Substitutes:
FW	12	Simon Donnelly	80'
MF	14	Paul Lambert	88'
DF	15	Enrico Annoni	90'
Manager:
Wim Jansen


DUNDEE UNITED :
GK	1	Sieb Dykstra
DF	2	Magnus Skoldmark	57'
DF	3	Maurice Malpas
DF	4	Steven Pressley
DF	5	Mark Perry
DF	6	Erik Pedersen
FW	7	Kjell Olofsson
MF	8	Lars Zetterlund
FW	9	Robbie Winters
MF	10	Craig Easton
MF	11	Dave Bowman
Substitutes:
FW	12	Gary McSwegan	57'
MF	14	Jamie Dolan
MF	15	Mikael Andersson
Manager:
Tommy McLean

References

^ "Celtic cruise to cup final win". BBC Sport. 30 November 1997. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

External links

[lgcup-1] "Celtic cruise to cup final win". BBC Sport. 30 November 1997. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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