The 2006 Scottish League Cup final was a football match played on 19 March 2006 at Hampden Park in Glasgow. It was the final match of the 2005–06 Scottish League Cup and the 59th Scottish League Cup final. The final was contested by Dunfermline Athletic and Celtic. Celtic won the match 3–0, thanks to goals from Maciej Zurawski, Shaun Maloney and Dion Dublin.
The Celtic team all wore the number 7 on their shorts in honour of former player Jimmy Johnstone, who had died a week earlier.
Road to the final
Celtic Home team Score Away teamRound 3SPL teams receive a bye to the second round; teams competing in Europe into the third.Celtic2 – 1FalkirkQuarter-finalCeltic2 – 0RangersSemi-finalMotherwell1 – 2CelticDunfermline Athletic Home team Score Away teamRound 2Gretna0 – 1DunfermlineRound 3Kilmarnock3 – 4DunfermlineQuarter-finalDunfermline3 – 0HibernianSemi-finalDunfermline1 – 0Livingston
Match details
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC: GK 1 Allan McGregorRB 2 Greg Shields (c)CB 3 Scott WilsonCB 19 Aaron LabonteLB 25 Iain Campbell RM 23 Greg Ross CM 8 Gary MasonCM 6 Scott ThomsonLM 26 Frederic Daquin AM 10 Lee Makel CF 9 Mark BurchillSubstitutes:GK 20 Bryn HalliwellDF 18 Andy TodMF 11 Derek Young MF 14 Simon Donnelly FW 7 Bartosz Tarachulski Manager: Jim LeishmanCELTIC : GK 1 Artur BorucRB 2 Paul Telfer CB 44 Stephen McManusCB 6 Bobo Baldé LB 33 Ross WallaceRM 25 Shunsuke Nakamura CM 18 Neil Lennon (c) CM 16 Roy Keane LM 29 Shaun Maloney AM 19 Stiliyan PetrovCF 7 Maciej ŻurawskiSubstitutes:GK 22 David MarshallDF 23 Stanislav VargaMF 11 Stephen PearsonMF 8 Alan Thompson FW 9 Dion Dublin Manager: Gordon Strachan
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