The 2016 SWF Scottish Cup, known as the 2016 SSE Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th official edition (47th overall) of the main national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and SWPL 1 & 2 were eligible to enter.
Hibernian won the final after penalties against Glasgow City, who had won the cup for the previous five years.
Format Teams are either drawn into the first round or receive a bye, so there are 16 matches to play in the second round. The winners of the first round are then joined by the 16 SWPL 1 & 2 teams in the second round.
First round 30 of 32 teams were drawn into this round. Edinburgh Caledonia & Dumbarton United received a bye to the second round. Elgin City 2–3 Raith Rovers Ross County 2–1 Stranraer Dundee City 1–2 Granite City Kemnay 0–2 St Roch's Boroughmuir Thistle 2–3 Kilmarnock East Kilbride Girls 5–2 Edinburgh South Teesside 1–3 Dee Ladies United Glasgow 1–2 Stenhousemuir Caithness 2–16 Dunfermline Athletic Blackburn United 0–5 Dundee United Renfrew 4–3 Cumbernauld Colts Stonehaven 1–9 East Fife Westerland 8–1 Bayside Motherwell 12–0 Central Girls Bishopton FCL 0–1 Dee Vale
Second round SWPL teams enter. Dee Vale 1–5 Granite City Dunfermline Athletic 7–0 Dumbarton United Glasgow City 26–0 East Kilbride Girls Spartans 0–0 Hamilton Academical (Hamilton won 4–3 on penalties) Buchan 3–5 Forfar Farmington Dee Ladies 3–4 Raith Rovers Heart of Midlothian 3–0 St Roch's Hibernian 11–0 Boroughmuir Thistle Jeanfield Swifts 18–0 Ross County Rangers 7–0 East Fife Stirling University 10–0 Westerlands Renfrew 5–0 Queen's Park Motherwell 1–4 Glasgow Girls Hutchison Vale 5–0 Edinburgh Caledonia Celtic 7–0 Aberdeen Dundee United 8–0 Stenhousemuir
Third round
Granite City 3–8 Hutchison Thistle Hibernian 19–0 Renfrew Celtic 3–1 Forfar Farmington Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Glasgow Girls Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Hamilton Academical Rangers 1–3 Glasgow City Dundee United 1–6 Stirling University Jeanfield Swifts 6–1 Raith Rovers
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final The final was played between Glasgow City and Hibernian on 6 November 2016 at New Douglas Park in Hamilton. It featured the same teams as the previous year's final and the SWPL Cup final earlier in the year (as well as the previous two editions of that competition). Hibs won their sixth Scottish Cup, their first since 2010 (Glasgow City having won all of the intervening five).Hibs claim cup double after epic SSE Scottish Women's Cup final, Scottish Women's Football, 6 November 2016Highlights Glasgow City v Hibernian (SSE Cup Final), Glasgow City FC on YouTube (teams at 1:04 / 1:28, pens from 10:53)
Hibs men's team had also won the 2015–16 Scottish Cup, and this was the first instance of a club holding both national trophies at the same time (albeit the women's team was only an affiliate and not a fully integrated element of the club at that point, and due to the differing schedules this was only for six months rather than a whole year).
1 Gemma Fay 11 Nicola Docherty 2 Lauren McMurchie 3 Savannah McCarthy 16 Leanne Ross (c) 6 Jo Love 8 Haley Rosen 22 Erin Cuthbert 17 Fiona Brown 4 Hayley Lauder 10 Clare ShineSubstitutes: 25 Erin Clachers 14 Cheryl McCulloch 13 Carla Boyce 15 Keeva Keenan 18 Sam Kerr 19 Sarah Crilly 20 Brogan HayManager: Scott Booth 1 Jenna Fife 11 Kirsty Smith 2 Clare Williamson 17 Joelle Murray (c) 4 Siobhan Hunter 24 Emma Brownlie 13 Lucy Graham 6 Lisa Robertson 12 Rachel McLauchlan 7 Lizzie Arnot 21 Abi HarrisonSubstitutes: 8 Cailin Michie 10 Sarah Ewens 14 Shannon Leishman 16 Ellis Notley 9 Caitlin Russell 23 Rachael Small 31 Kirsty JeffriesManager: Chris Roberts
References
External links Cup season at soccerway.com