The 2022–23 Scottish League Cup final was an association football match that took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 26 February 2023. It was the final match of the 2022–23 Scottish League Cup, the 77th season of the Scottish League Cup (known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons), a competition for the 42 teams in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The Old Firm clubs, Rangers and Celtic, contested the final between each other for a 16th time, with Celtic having won the most recent meeting in 2019. Celtic were the cup holders, having defeated Hibernian 2–1 in the December 2021 final. Rangers last won the competition in 2011.
Route to the final
As both clubs participated in European competitions, they both received a bye through the 2022–23 Scottish League Cup group stage.
Rangers RoundOppositionScore Second round Queen of the South3–1 (h) Quarter-final Dundee1–0 (h) Semi-final Aberdeen2–1 (n)
Celtic RoundOppositionScore Second round Ross County4–1 (a) Quarter-final Motherwell4–0 (a) Semi-final Kilmarnock2–0 (n)
Match
Details
GK1 Allan McGregorRB2 James Tavernier (c)CB6 Connor GoldsonCB26 Ben DaviesLB31 Borna BarišićCM71 Malik TillmanCM4 John LundstramCM18 Glen KamaraRW30 Fashion SakalaCF20 Alfredo MorelosLW14 Ryan KentSubstitutes:GK33 Jon McLaughlinMF7 Ianis HagiMF8 Ryan JackFW9 Antonio ČolakMF13 Todd CantwellFW23 Scott WrightMF37 Scott ArfieldMF43 Nicolas RaskinDF44 Adam DevineManager: Michael Beale GK1 Joe HartRB2 Alistair JohnstonCB20 Cameron Carter-VickersCB4 Carl StarfeltLB3 Greg TaylorCM13 Aaron MooyCM42 Callum McGregor (c)CM41 Reo HatateRW17 JotaCF8 Kyogo FuruhashiLW38 Daizen MaedaSubstitutes:GK29 Scott BainFW9 Sead HakšabanovićFW11 Liel AbadaMF14 David TurnbullDF18 Yuki KobayashiFW19 Oh Hyeon-gyuMF24 Tomoki IwataMF33 Matt O'RileyDF56 Anthony RalstonManager: Ange Postecoglou Man of the Match: Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic)
Assistant referees: Frank Connor David Roome Fourth official: Kevin Clancy Video assistant referee: John Beaton Graeme Stewart (assistant)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
See also Scottish League Cup Finals played between same clubs: 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984 (March), 1986, 1990, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2019
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