The 1980–81 Scottish Cup was the 96th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Dundee United in the replayed final.
First round Home teamScoreAway teamAlloa Athletic (3)1 – 1Stenhousemuir (3)Brechin City (3)2 – 1Keith (HL)East Fife (3)2 – 1Civil Service Strollers (ESL)Meadowbank Thistle (3)2 – 2Buckie Thistle (HL)Queen's Park (3)2 – 2Montrose (3)Whitehill Welfare (ESL)1 – 1Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)
Replays Home teamScoreAway teamBuckie Thistle (HL)3 – 2Meadowbank Thistle (3)Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)4 – 1Whitehill Welfare (ESL)Montrose (3)2 – 0Queen's Park (3)Stenhousemuir (3)3 – 2Alloa Athletic (3)
Second round Home teamScoreAway teamAlbion Rovers (3)1 – 1Arbroath (3)Queen of the South (3)1 – 2East Fife (3)Forfar Athletic (3)0 – 2Brechin City (3)Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)2 – 2Cowdenbeath (3)Inverness Thistle (HL)2 – 0Montrose (3)Rothes (HL)1 – 5Clyde (3)Stenhousemuir (3)0 – 0Spartans (ESL)Stranraer (3)2 – 2Buckie Thistle (HL)
Replays Home teamScoreAway teamArbroath (3)1 – 0Albion Rovers (3)Cowdenbeath (3)3 – 0Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)Buckie Thistle (HL)3 – 2Stranraer (3)Spartans (ESL)1 – 2Stenhousemuir (3)
Third round Home teamScoreAway teamAirdrieonians (1)0 – 5Rangers (1)Arbroath (3)1 – 1Cowdenbeath (3)Berwick Rangers (2)0 – 2Celtic (1)Brechin City (3)1 – 2Dundee United (1)Buckie Thistle (HL)1 – 3Stirling Albion (2)East Fife (3)0 – 0Clydebank (2)East Stirlingshire (2)4 – 1Inverness Thistle (HL)Falkirk (2)1 – 0Dundee (2)Hamilton Academical (2)0 – 3St Johnstone (2)Hibernian (2)1 – 1Dunfermline Athletic (2)Kilmarnock (1)2 – 1Ayr United (2)Greenock Morton (1)0 – 0Hearts (1)Partick Thistle (1)2 – 2Clyde (3)Raith Rovers (2)1 – 2Aberdeen (1)St Mirren (1)0 – 2Dumbarton (2)Stenhousemuir (3)1 – 1Motherwell (2)
Replays Home teamScoreAway teamClyde (3)2 – 4Partick Thistle (1)Clydebank (2)5 – 4East Fife (3)Cowdenbeath (3)4 – 0Arbroath (3)Dunfermline Athletic (2)1 – 2Hibernian (2)Hearts (1)1 – 3Greenock Morton (1)Motherwell (2)2 – 1Stenhousemuir (3)
Fourth round Home teamScoreAway teamCeltic (1)3 – 0Stirling Albion (2)Cowdenbeath (3)1 – 2East Stirlingshire (2)Dundee United (1)1 – 0Partick Thistle (1)Hibernian (2)1 – 0Falkirk (2)Kilmarnock (1)0 – 0Clydebank (2)Greenock Morton (1)1 – 0Aberdeen (1)Motherwell (2)2 – 1Dumbarton (2)St Johnstone (2)3 – 3Rangers (1)
Replays Home teamScoreAway teamClydebank (2)1 – 1Kilmarnock (1)Rangers (1)3 – 1St Johnstone (2)
Second Replay Home teamScoreAway teamKilmarnock (1)0 – 1Clydebank (2)
Quarter-finals Home teamScoreAway teamGreenock Morton (1)0 – 0Clydebank (2)Celtic (1)2 – 0East Stirlingshire (2)Dundee United (1)6 – 1Motherwell (2)Rangers (1)3 – 1Hibernian (2)
Replay Home teamScoreAway teamClydebank (2)0 – 6Greenock Morton (1)
Semi-finals
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Final
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See also 1980–81 in Scottish football 1980–81 Scottish League Cup
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