1997 �98 SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP

1997–98 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Dundee United
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Gary McSwegan (5)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Scottish League Cup was the 52nd staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was won by Celtic, who defeated Dundee United 3–0 in the Final. The Final was played at Ibrox Stadium because Hampden Park was being redeveloped, work which was completed in time for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	0–4	Queen of the South
Berwick Rangers	2–0	Brechin City
Cowdenbeath	0–2	Alloa Athletic
Dumbarton	( p)1 – 1	Queen's Park
East Stirlingshire	3–1	Stranraer
Forfar Athletic	1–0	Albion Rovers
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5–1	Stenhousemuir
Ross County	2–1	Montrose

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	0–7	Celtic
Dumbarton	1–5	Aberdeen
Dundee	1–0	East Stirlingshire
Dunfermline Athletic	5-1	Ayr United
East Fife	0–2	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	3–1	Alloa Athletic
Livingston	0–2	Heart of Midlothian
Morton	4–1	Airdrieonians
Motherwell	( p)2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Partick Thistle	2–3	Stirling Albion
Queen of the South	2–4	Dundee United
Raith Rovers	5–0	Forfar Athletic
Ross County	0–3	Falkirk
St Johnstone	3–0	Clyde
St Mirren	2–0	Clydebank
Hamilton Academical	0–1	Rangers

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	2–1	Hibernian
Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	St Mirren
Motherwell	3–0	Morton
Stirling Albion	6–2	Kilmarnock
Dundee	0–3	Aberdeen
Raith Rovers	1–2	Heart of Midlothian
Rangers	4–1	Falkirk
St Johnstone	0–1	Celtic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1–0	Motherwell
Stirling Albion	0–2	Aberdeen
Dunfermline Athletic	1–0(AET)	Heart of Midlothian
Rangers	0–1	Dundee United

Semi-finals

14 October 1997

Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Celtic
	Report	Burley 70'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,796

15 October 1997

Aberdeen	1–3	Dundee United
Windass 49'	Report	Winters 35' Easton 53' Winters 75'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 10,459

Final

30 November 1997

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

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,305

External links

Scottish League Cup 1997/1998

v t e Scottish League Cup
Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	1947 (April) 1947 (October) 1949 (March) 1949 (October) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1980 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (March) 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (February) 2021 (December) 2023 (February) 2023 (December)
Finals Winning managers

v t e 1997–98 in Scottish football
« 1996–97 1998–99 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying ( Group 4) 1998 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

v t e 1997– 98 in European football ( UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League ( Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup ( Final) UEFA Cup ( Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

v t e Scottish League Cup
Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	1947 (April) 1947 (October) 1949 (March) 1949 (October) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1980 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (March) 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (February) 2021 (December) 2023 (February) 2023 (December)
Finals Winning managers

v t e 1997–98 in Scottish football
« 1996–97 1998–99 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying ( Group 4) 1998 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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