This is a list of Scottish Cup winning football managers. The Scottish Cup was first competed for in the 1873–74 season. Football in Scotland did not become a professional sport until the 1890s. This meant that clubs in this early period were generally organised by a management committee, or a board of directors if the club had been incorporated. The position of team manager was not introduced in Scottish football until the 1890s, or even later in some instances.
Willie Maley, with Celtic in 1899, was the first team manager to win the competition. This list gives details of the winning club and their manager in each season since then. Maley is also the most successful manager in the history of the competition, winning 14 Scottish Cups during his long tenure.
Winning managers
FinalManagerNationalityClubRef1899Celtic1900Celtic1901——Heart of MidlothianIn the early years of organised football, many clubs did not appoint a manager. A management committee or board of directors (if the club had been incorporated) would pick the team instead.1902Hibernian1903Rangers1904Celtic1905Third Lanark1906Heart of Midlothian1907Celtic1908Celtic1909———1910Dundee1911Celtic1912Celtic1913Falkirk1914Celtic1920Kilmarnock1921Partick Thistle1922Greenock Morton1923Celtic1924Airdrieonians1925Celtic1926St Mirren1927Celtic1928Rangers1929Kilmarnock1930Rangers1931Celtic1932Rangers1933Celtic1934Rangers1935Rangers1936Rangers1937Celtic1938East Fife1939Clyde1947Aberdeen1948Rangers1949Rangers1950Rangers1951Celtic1952Motherwell1953Rangers1954Celtic1955Clyde1956Heart of Midlothian1957Falkirk1958Clyde1959St Mirren1960Rangers1961Dunfermline Athletic1962Rangers1963Rangers1964Rangers1965Celtic1966Rangers1967Celtic1968Dunfermline Athletic1969Celtic1970Aberdeen1971Celtic1972Celtic1973Rangers1974Celtic1975Celtic1976Rangers1977Celtic1978Rangers1979Rangers1980Celtic1981Rangers1982Aberdeen1983Aberdeen1984Aberdeen1985Celtic1986Aberdeen1987St Mirren1988Celtic1989Celtic1990 and Jocky ScottAberdeenAlex Smith and Jocky Scott were "co-managers" of Aberdeen.1991Motherwell1992Rangers1993Rangers1994Dundee United1995Celtic1996Rangers1997Kilmarnock1998Heart of Midlothian1999Rangers2000Rangers2001Celtic2002Rangers2003Rangers2004Celtic2005Celtic2006Heart of Midlothian2007Celtic2008Rangers2009Rangers2010Dundee United2011Celtic2012Heart of Midlothian2013Celtic2014St Johnstone2015Inverness Caledonian Thistle2016Hibernian2017Celtic2018Celtic2019Celtic2020Celtic2021St Johnstone2022Rangers2023Celtic2024Celtic2025Aberdeen2026Celtic
By individual Rank Manager Wins Club(s) Winning years 1 Willie Maley 14 Celtic 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937 2 Bill Struth 10 Rangers 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953 3 Jock Stein 9 Dunfermline Athletic, Celtic 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 4 Walter Smith 5 Rangers 1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2009 = Scot Symon 5 Rangers 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966 6 Alex Ferguson 4 Aberdeen 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 = Neil Lennon 4 Celtic 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020 = Martin O'Neill 4 Celtic 2001, 2004, 2005, 2026 9 Billy McNeill 3 Celtic 1980, 1988, 1989 = 3 Celtic 2017, 2018, 2024 = Jock Wallace, Jr. 3 Rangers 1973, 1976, 1978 12 Dick Advocaat 2 Rangers 1999, 2000 = John Greig 2 Rangers 1979, 1981 = Jimmy McGrory 2 Celtic 1951, 1954 = Alex McLeish 2 Rangers 2002, 2003 = Alex Smith 2 St Mirren, Aberdeen 1987, 1990 = Hugh Spence 2 Kilmarnock 1920, 1929 = Paddy Travers 2 Clyde 1939, 1955
By nationality
CountryManagersTotal 40 91 4 12 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
See also List of Scottish Cup finals (a full list of Scottish Cup winning clubs) List of FA Cup winning managers (English equivalent)
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