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).
Organising body | Scottish Football Association |
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Founded | 1970 |
Region | Scotland |
Number of teams | 67 |
Related competitions | SWFL Cup, SWPL Cup |
Current champions | Rangers |
Most successful club(s) | Glasgow City – 9 wins |
Website | Scottish Women's Football official site |
2023–24 Scottish Women's Cup |
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
editThe 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
editThe finals of the cup have been (total wins in parentheses):[2]
Season | Winner | Score | Runner Up | Venue | Ref |
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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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THE women's Scottish Cup final will be contested by Cove Rangers and Ayr United
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External links
edit- "Scottish Women's Cup - Past Winners (1996–2017)", SFA (Web Archive)
- Cup at women.soccerway.com
- Scottish Cup section at Scottish Women's Football
- Competition results 1993-date at SFHA