Scottish Women's Cup

Women's Scottish Cup
Rhonda Jones of Hibernian with the Scottish Women's Cup trophy in 2010
Organising bodyScottish Football Association
Founded1970
Region Scotland
Number of teams67
Related competitionsSWFL Cup, SWPL Cup
Current championsRangers
Most successful club(s)Glasgow City – 9 wins
WebsiteScottish Women's Football official site
2023–24 Scottish Women's Cup

The Women's Scottish Cup is the national knockout cup competition for women's football in Scotland.[1] First held in 1970–71, the competition is owned and managed by Scottish Women's Football (SWF), an affiliated body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA).

The Women's Scottish Cup is open to all senior teams affiliated with The Scottish FA. Rangers are the current holders, having won the 2024 final. The competition is currently sponsored by Scottish Gas.

Format

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The competition consists of a preliminary round and then several progressively reducing rounds of which the last one is the final. The twenty teams from the Scottish Women's Premier League enter at the third round. 33 teams from the Football League and Highland League are drawn in the preliminary round. The 17 winners from these ties are joined by 11 teams from League One for the first round. For round two, the 14 winners are joined by 10 teams from the Championship. The 12 winners are then joined by 20 teams from the Scottish Women's Premier League for round three. The 16 winners then play the Fourth round, then Quarter-finals and Semi-finals. All rounds are played over a single leg (the rules for the composition of the rounds were updated for the 2023–24 season).

List of winners

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The finals of the cup have been (total wins in parentheses):[2]

Season Winner Score Runner Up Venue Ref
1970–71 Stewarton Thistle (1) 4–2 Aberdeen Prima Donnas Dundee [3][4]
1971–72 Stewarton Thistle (2) 8–1 Aberdeen Prima Donnas East Kilbride [4]
1972 Edinburgh Dynamos (1) 5–3 Cambuslang Hooverettes Linwood [3][4]
1973 Westthorn United (1) 7–3 Edinburgh Dynamos Townhead Park [4]
1974 Motherwell AEI (1) 1–0 Westthorn United Warout Stadium [4]
1974–75 Edinburgh Dynamos (2) 3–0 Motherwell AEI Townhead Park [4]
1975–76 Edinburgh Dynamos (3) 6–3 Dundee Strikers Memorial Park [4]
1976–77 Westthorn United (2) 4–0 Dundee Strikers Warout Stadium [4]
1977–78 Dundee Strikers (1) 9–3 Whitehill
1978–79 Edinburgh Dynamos (4) 2–0 Whitehill
1979–80 Motherwell AEI (2) 3–2 Dundee Striker
1980–81 Motherwell AEI (3) 2–0 Edinburgh Dynamos
1981–82 Whitehill Ladies (1) – Inveralmond Thistle
1982–83 Wishaw Ladies (1) 3–2 Whitehill Ladies
1983–84 Allanton Miners Ladies (1) – Whitehill Ladies
1984–85 Wishaw Ladies (2) 4–3 Edinburgh Dynamos West Calder [5]
1985–86 Inveralmond Thistle (1) – Whitehill Ladies
1986–87 Inveralmond Thistle (2) – Cumbernauld Ladies
1987–88 Whitehill Ladies (2) 2–1 Inveralmond Thistle
1988–89 Whitehill Ladies (3) 4–1 Livingston Thistle
1989–90 Whitehill Ladies (4) 3–0 Cumbernauld Ladies Newtongrange
1990–91 Cumbernauld Ladies (1) 4–1 Inveralmond Thistle
1991–92 Cumbernauld Ladies (2) 7–3 Inveralmond Thistle
1992–93 Hutchison Vale (1) 5–2 Cumbernauld Ladies
1993–94 Hutchison Vale (2) 3–0 Tynecastle Links Park [4]
1994–95 Cove Rangers (1) 5–1 Cumbernauld Ladies McDiarmid Park [4][6]
1999–96 Cove Rangers (2) 5–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park [7]
1996–97 Cove Rangers (3) 5–4 Ayr United Broadwood Stadium [8][9][10]
1997–98 Cumbernauld United (3) 3–1 Giulianos Forthbank Stadium [11]
1998–99 Cumbernauld United (4) 1–0 Ayr United [12][13]
1999–2000 Stenhousemuir (1) 9–0 Clyde Forthbank Stadium [14]
2000–01 FC Kilmarnock (3) 3–3 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (p) 		Ayr United Almondvale Stadium [9][15][16]
2001–02 FC Kilmarnock (4) 5–0 Glasgow City Almondvale Stadium [17][18][19]
2002–03 Hibernian (1) 2–2 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (p) 		FC Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium [20][21]
2003–04 Glasgow City (1) 3–0 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium [22][4]
2004–05 Hibernian (2) 8–0 Cove Rangers McDiarmid Park [23]
2005–06 Glasgow City (2) 5–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park [24]
2006–07 Hibernian (3) 5–1 Glasgow City McDiarmid Park [25][26]
2007–08 Hibernian (4) 3–1 (a.e.t.) Celtic McDiarmid Park [27][28][29][30]
2008–09 Glasgow City (3) 5–0 Rangers Forthbank Stadium [31][32]
2010 Hibernian (5) 2–1 Rangers Recreation Park [33][34][35]
2011 Glasgow City (4) 3–0 Hibernian Toryglen Regional Football Centre [36][37]
2012 Glasgow City (5) 1–0 Forfar Farmington Excelsior Stadium [38]
2013 Glasgow City (6) 1–0 Hibernian Broadwood Stadium [39][40][41]
2014 Glasgow City (7) 5–0 Spartans Broadwood Stadium [42][43]
2015 Glasgow City (8) 3–0 Hibernian Ainslie Park [44]
2016 Hibernian (6) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
6–5 (p) 		Glasgow City New Douglas Park [45]
2017 Hibernian (7) 3–0 Glasgow City Almondvale Stadium [46]
2018 Hibernian (8) 8–0 Motherwell Firhill Stadium [47]
2019 Glasgow City (9) 4–3 Hibernian Tynecastle Park [48]
2020 Not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic [49]
2020–21 Not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic [49]
2021–22 Celtic (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Glasgow City Tynecastle Park [50]
2022–23 Celtic (2) 2–0 Rangers Hampden Park [51]
2023–24 Rangers (1) 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park [52]

References

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  2. ^ "Scotland (Women) - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.
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  6. ^ Cove women's cup glory, Press and Journal, 15 May 1995, via British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
  7. ^ "FIVE-STAR ACES HAVE IT DON AND DUSTED". Daily Record. 13 May 1996.
  8. ^ "Cove in final" (PDF). Press and Journal. 23 Apr 1997. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 Apr 2022. THE women's Scottish Cup final will be contested by Cove Rangers and Ayr United
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  10. ^ Cove Rangers celebrate super Scottish Cup treble, Press and Journal, 5 May 1997, via British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
  11. ^ "STEWART TIP FOR JAGS. - Free Online Library".
  12. ^ Cumbernauld secure glory, The Scotsman, 17 May 1999, via British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
  13. ^ Cumbernauld lift trophy but fail to shine on dull day, Scotland on Sunday, 16 May 1995, via British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
  14. ^ "'Magoo' regrets she was unable to save the day". The Herald. 8 May 2000. Archived from the original on 25 Sep 2017.
  15. ^ Morag Matheson (13 May 2001). "Football: Women bring a new meaning to a bad Ayr day". Sunday Mail.
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  22. ^ "Soccer Sisters Lose Out to Glasgow Rivals". QPFC. Archived from the original on 16 Jun 2004.
  23. ^ Hibernian 8-0 Cove Rangers, BBC Sport, 14 May 2005
  24. ^ Glasgow City 5-1 Aberdeen, BBC Sport, 20 May 2006
  25. ^ Match Reports :- Glasgow City v Hibernian Scottish Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 20 May 2007
  26. ^ Glasgow City 1-5 Hibernian Ladies, BBC Sport, 20 May 2007
  27. ^ "Hibernian Ladies 3 - 1 Celtic Ladies: Women's team show male counterparts how it's done". The Scotsman. 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2017-03-20.
  28. ^ Match Reports :- Celtic LFC v Hibernian Ladies - Scottish Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 17 May 2008
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  31. ^ Match Reports :- Glasgow City v Rangers - Scottish Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 17 May 2009
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  36. ^ "Glasgow City add Scottish Cup to league trophy". BBC Sport. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
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  42. ^ Scottish Cup Final: Spartans fall at Final hurdle against City, Spartans FC Women, 16 November 2014
  43. ^ Glasgow City Vs Spartans Scottish Cup Final 2014, Glasgow City FC on YouTube (teams at 3:51 / 4:07)
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  46. ^ Southwick, Andrew (26 November 2017). "Hibs hammer Glasgow City to 3-0 win Scottish Cup final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  47. ^ Southwick, Andrew (4 November 2018). "Scottish Women's Cup final: Hibs 8-0 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  48. ^ Dewar, Heather (24 November 2019). "Scottish Women's Cup: Glasgow City 4-3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  49. ^ a b "LEAGUE START DATE ANNOUNCED WITH ENHANCED BROADCAST DEAL". Scottish Women's Football. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  50. ^ Southwick, Andrew (29 May 2022). "Depleted Celtic beat Glasgow City 3-2 to win Women's Scottish Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  51. ^ Duncan, Thomas (28 May 2023). "Celtic 2-0 Rangers: Fran Alonso's side win Women's Scottish Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  52. ^ Canavan, Amy (26 May 2024). "Rangers 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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