Scottish Women's Cup

The Scottish Women's 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).

Scottish Women's Cup
Organising bodyScottish Women's Football
Founded1970
Region Scotland
Number of teams67
Related competitionsSWFL Cup, SWPL Cup
Current championsCeltic
Most successful club(s)Glasgow City – 9 wins
WebsiteScottish Women's Football official site
2022–23 Scottish Women's Cup

The Scottish Women's Cup is open to all senior teams affiliated with SWF. Celtic are the current holders.

Format
Rhonda Jones of Hibernian with the Scottish Women's Cup trophy in 2010

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 & 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 women’s premier league for round three. The 16 winners then play the fourth round, then Quarter finals & semi finals, All rounds are played over a single leg.(the rules for the composition of the rounds were updated fir the 2023/24 season)

List of winners

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

Season Winner Runner Up Result Ref
1970–71 Stewarton Thistle (1) Aberdeen Prima Donnas 4–2 [3]
1971–72 Stewarton Thistle (2) Aberdeen Prima Donnas 8–1
1972 Edinburgh Dynamos (1) Cambuslang Hooverettes 5–3 [3]
1973 Westthorn United (1) Edinburgh Dynamos 7–3
1974 Motherwell AEI (1) Westthorn United 1–0
1974–75 Edinburgh Dynamos (2) Motherwell AEI 3–0
1975–76 Edinburgh Dynamos (3) Dundee Strikers 6–3
1976–77 Westthorn United (2) Dundee Strikers 4–0
1977–78 Dundee Strikers (1) Whitehill 9–3
1978–79 Edinburgh Dynamos (4) Whitehill 2–0
1979–80 Motherwell AEI (2) Dundee Strikers 3–2
1980–81 Motherwell AEI (3) Edinburgh Dynamos 2–0
1981–82 Whitehill Ladies (1) Inveralmond Thistle
1982–83 Wishaw Ladies (1) Whitehill Ladies 3-2
1983–84 Allanton Miners Ladies (1) Whitehill Ladies
1984–85 Wishaw Ladies (2) Edinburgh Dynamos 4–3
1985–86 Inveralmond Thistle (1) Whitehill Ladies
1986–87 Inveralmond Thistle (2) Cumbernauld Ladies
1987–88 Whitehill Ladies (2) Inveralmond Thistle 2–1
1988–89 Whitehill Ladies (3) Livingston Thistle 4-1
1989–90 Whitehill Ladies (4) Cumbernauld Ladies 3-0
1990–91 Cumbernauld Ladies (1) Inveralmond Thistle 4–1
1991–92 Cumbernauld Ladies (2) Inveralmond Thistle 7-3
1992–93 Hutchison Vale (1) Cumbernauld Ladies 5-2
1994 Hutchison Vale (2) Tynecastle 3-0
1995 Cove Rangers (1) Cumbernauld Ladies 5-1
1996 Cove Rangers (2) Aberdeen 5–1 [4]
1997 Cove Rangers (3) Ayr United 5–4 [5][6]
1998 Cumbernauld United (3) Giulianos 3–1 [7]
1999 Cumbernauld United (4) Ayr United 1–0 [6]
2000 Stenhousemuir (1) Clyde 9–0 [8]
2001 FC Kilmarnock (3) Ayr United 3–3 (a.e.t.) 3–2 (p) [9]
2001–02 FC Kilmarnock (4) Glasgow City 5–0 [10][11]
2002–03 Hibernian (1) FC Kilmarnock 2–2 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (p) [12]
2004 Glasgow City (1) Queen's Park 3–0 [13]
2005 Hibernian (2) Cove Rangers 8–0
2006 Glasgow City (2) Aberdeen 5–1
2007 Hibernian (3) Glasgow City 5–1 [14]
2008 Hibernian (4) Celtic 3–1 (a.e.t.) [15][16]
2009 Glasgow City (3) Rangers 5–0 [17]
2010 Hibernian (5) Rangers 2–1 [18]
2011 Glasgow City (4) Hibernian 3–0 [19]
2012 Glasgow City (5) Forfar Farmington 1–0
2013 Glasgow City (6) Hibernian 1–0
2014 Glasgow City (7) Spartans 5–0
2015 Glasgow City (8) Hibernian 3–0 [20]
2016 Hibernian (6) Glasgow City 1–1 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (p) [21]
2017 Hibernian (7) Glasgow City 3–0 [22]
2018 Hibernian (8) Motherwell 8–0 [23]
2019 Glasgow City (9) Hibernian 4–3 [24]
2020 Not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic [25]
2020–21 Not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic [25]
2021–22 Celtic (1) Glasgow City 3–2 (a.e.t.) [26]
2022–23 Celtic (2) Rangers 2–0 [27]

References
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  2. "Scotland (Women) - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.
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  7. "STEWART TIP FOR JAGS. - Free Online Library".
  8. "'Magoo' regrets she was unable to save the day". The Herald. 8 May 2000. Archived from the original on 25 Sep 2017.
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  14. Match Reports :- Glasgow City v Hibernian Scottish Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 20 May 2007
  15. "Hibernian Ladies 3 - 1 Celtic Ladies: Women's team show male counterparts how it's done - The Scotsman". Archived from the original on 2017-03-20.
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  17. Match Reports :- Glasgow City v Rangers - Scottish Cup Final, Spartans W.F.C. web archive, 17 May 2009
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