This is a list of Scottish League Cup winning football managers. The Scottish League Cup is a knockout cup competition in Scottish football, organised by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It is considered to be the second most important domestic cup competition in Scottish football, after the Scottish Cup. The competition is open to all 42 members of the SPFL, as well as invited sides from the Highland League and Lowland League.

The competition was established in 1947, under a format used by the Southern League Cup which operated as a regional tournament (national for its last season) during World War II. The Scottish League Cup was formed, operated by and named after the Scottish Football League (SFL), who continued to operate it after the top division clubs formed the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998. The competition is now organised by the SPFL, the body formed by the merger of the SPL and SFL in 2013.

Bill Struth, with Rangers in 1946–47, 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. Scot Symon, Jock Stein and Walter Smith are the most successful managers in the history of the competition, having each won 6 Scottish League Cups during their careers.

Winning managers FinalManagerNationalityClubRef1946–47Rangers1947–48East Fife1948–49 (2)Rangers1949–50 (2)East Fife1950–51Motherwell1951–52Dundee1952–53 (2)Dundee1953–54East Fife1954–55Heart of Midlothian1955–56Aberdeen1956–57Celtic1957–58 (2)Celtic1958–59 (2)Heart of Midlothian1959–60 (3)Heart of Midlothian1960–61 (3)Rangers1961–62 (4)Rangers1962–63 (4)Heart of Midlothian1963–64 (5)Rangers1964–65 (6)Rangers1965–66Celtic1966–67 (2)Celtic1967–68 (3)Celtic1968–69 (4)Celtic1969–70 (5)Celtic1970–71Rangers1971–72Partick Thistle1972–73Hibernian1973–74Dundee1974–75 (6)Celtic1975–76Rangers1976–77Aberdeen1977–78 (2)Rangers1978–79Rangers1979–80Dundee United1980–81 (2)Dundee United1981–82 (2)Rangers1982–83Celtic1983–84 (3)Rangers1984–85 (4)Rangers1985–86Aberdeen1986–87Rangers1987–88 (2)Rangers1988–89 (3)Rangers1989–90 and Jocky ScottAberdeenAlex Smith and Jocky Scott were "co-managers" of Aberdeen.1990–91 (4)Rangers1991–92Hibernian1992–93Rangers1993–94 (2)Rangers1994–95Raith Rovers1995–96Aberdeen1996–97 (3)Rangers1997–98Celtic1998–99Rangers1999–2000Celtic2000–01Celtic2001–02Rangers2002–03 (2)Rangers2003–04Livingston2004–05 (3)Rangers2005–06Celtic2006–07Hibernian2007–08 (4)Rangers2008–09 (2)Celtic2009–10 (5)Rangers2010–11 (6)Rangers2011–12Kilmarnock2012–13St Mirren2013–14Aberdeen2014–15Celtic2015–16Ross County2016–17Celtic2017–18 (2)Celtic2018–19 (3)Celtic2019–20Celtic2020–21St Johnstone2021–22Celtic2022–23 (2)Celtic2023–24Rangers2024–25 (4)Celtic2025–26St Mirren

By individual Rank Name Wins Club(s) Winning seasons 1 Walter Smith 6 Rangers 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11 = Jock Stein 6 Celtic 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75 = Scot Symon 6 East Fife, Rangers 1947–48, 1949–50, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65 4 Brendan Rodgers 4 Celtic 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2024–25 = Graeme Souness 4 Rangers 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91 = Tommy Walker 4 Heart of Midlothian 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63 = Jock Wallace 4 Rangers 1975–76, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1984–85 8 Alex McLeish 3 Rangers 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 9 George Anderson 2 Dundee 1951–52, 1952–53 = John Greig 2 Rangers 1978–79, 1981–82 = Jimmy McGrory 2 Celtic 1956–57, 1957–58 = Jim McLean 2 Dundee United 1979–80, 1980–81 = Ange Postecoglou 2 Celtic 2021–22, 2022–23 = Gordon Strachan 2 Celtic 2005–06, 2008–09 = Bill Struth 2 Rangers 1946–47, 1948–49

By nationality

CountryManagersTotal 31 62 7 10 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2

See also List of Scottish Cup winning managers List of Scottish League Cup finals

Notes

References

External links Scotland - List of League Cup Finals