2003 Scottish League Cup final

2003 Scottish League Cup final
Event2002–03 Scottish League Cup
Date16 March 2003
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeKenny Clark
Attendance52,000
2002
2004

The 2003 Scottish League Cup final was played on 16 March 2003 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 56th Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Celtic and Rangers. Rangers won the match 2–1, thanks to goals from Claudio Caniggia and Peter Løvenkrands. John Hartson missed a penalty kick late in the game that would potentially have taken the match into extra time.

Match details

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Celtic1–2Rangers
Larsson 57' Report Caniggia 23'
Løvenkrands 35'
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Kenny Clark
Celtic
Rangers
CELTIC :
GK 20 Scotland Robert Douglas
CB 35 Sweden Johan Mjällby downward-facing red arrow 88'
CB 6 Guinea Bobo Baldé
CB 5 Belgium Joos Valgaeren
RM 39 Scotland Jamie Smith downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 18 Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Red card 88'
CM 14 Scotland Paul Lambert (c)
CM 9 England Chris Sutton downward-facing red arrow 80'
LM 8 England Alan Thompson
CF 7 Sweden Henrik Larsson
CF 10 Wales John Hartson
Substitutes:
GK 22 Scotland David Marshall
DF 4 Scotland Jackie McNamara
MF 19 Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov upward-facing green arrow 88'
MF 3 Guinea Momo Sylla upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 29 Scotland Shaun Maloney upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
RANGERS :
GK 1 Germany Stefan Klos
RB 2 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen
CB 4 Italy Lorenzo Amoruso
CB 3 Australia Craig Moore
LB 5 France Jérôme Bonnissel downward-facing red arrow 64'
RM 7 Argentina Claudio Caniggia
CM 6 Scotland Barry Ferguson (c)
CM 8 Spain Mikel Arteta downward-facing red arrow 78'
LM 11 Denmark Peter Løvenkrands
CF 9 Netherlands Ronald de Boer downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 10 Netherlands Michael Mols
Substitutes:
GK 17 Scotland Allan McGregor
DF 15 Scotland Maurice Ross upward-facing green arrow 64'
DF 12 Netherlands Bert Konterman upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 16 Scotland Neil McCann
FW 14 Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Scotland Alex McLeish