The 2026 Scottish Cup final was the final match of the 2025–26 Scottish Cup, the 141st edition of Scotland's most prestigious knockout football competition. It was contested by 42-time winners Celtic and two-time winners Dunfermline Athletic at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 23 May 2026.
Cetic won the game 3-1 to complete the domestic double for the 14th time.
Background The match was Dunfermline Athletic's sixth appearance in a Scottish Cup final, their fifth against Celtic (the sides having met in 1961, 1965, 2004 and 2007) and first since the latter. Celtic made their 63rd Scottish Cup final appearance and returned after losing on penalties to Aberdeen in the 2025 iteration.
Road to the final
CelticRoundDunfermline AthleticOppositionScoreOppositionScore — —3rdQueen of the South (H)2–1Auchinleck Talbot (A)0–24thHibernian (H)1–0Dundee (H)2–1 (a.e.t.)5thKelty Hearts (H)2–0Rangers (A)0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4p)QFAberdeen (H)3–0St Mirren (N)6–2 (a.e.t.) SFFalkirk (N)0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2p)Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue
Match Summary In the 19th minute, Celtic took the lead when Daizen Maeda got in on goal before lobbing the ball over the advancing Dunfermline goalkeeper Aston Oxborough from just outside the penalty area. Arne Engels made it 2-0 in the 36th minute when he scored with a right foot shot from outside the penalty area low to the right corner of the net. In the 73rd minute, Kelechi Iheanacho got a third goal for Celtic when he received a pass from Benjamin Nygren before turning in on his left foot, past the goalkeeper before scoring low to the left corner from six yards out. Dunfermline pulled a goal back in the 80th minute when Josh Cooper scored from six yards out with a side foot finish low to the left of the net.
Details
GK 12 Viljami SinisaloRB 2 Alistair JohnstonCB 6 Auston Trusty CB 5 Liam Scales LB 63 Kieran Tierney CM 42 Callum McGregor (c)CM 27 Arne EngelsRW 49 James Forrest AM 8 Benjamin Nygren LW 13 Yang Hyun-jun CF 38 Daizen MaedaSubstitutes:GK 31 Ross DoohanDF 36 Marcelo Saracchi DF 47 Dane MurrayDF 56 Anthony RalstonMF 14 Luke McCowanMF 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain FW 17 Kelechi Iheanacho FW 19 Callum OsmandFW 23 Sebastian Tounekti Manager: Martin O'Neill GK 13 Aston OxboroughCB 2 Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen (c)CB 31 John Tod CB 3 Kieran NgwenyaRWB10 Matty Todd LWB47 Robbie FraserCM 35 Tashan Oakley-Boothe CM 18 Nurudeen Abdulai CM 8 Charlie Gilmour CF 38 Callumn Morrison CF 26 Andrew TodSubstitutes:GK 40 Billy TerrellDF 4 Kyle BenedictusDF 11 Shea Kearney MF 14 Alfons Amade MF 24 Graham CareyMF 33 Josh Cooper FW 9 Zak Rudden FW 20 Chris Kane FW 34 Lucas FyfeManager: Neil Lennon 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 in normal time (a sixth substitute is permitted in extra time)
Media coverage BBC Scotland and Premier Sports broadcast the final, in what is the second season of a new five-year deal in the United Kingdom to broadcast Scottish Cup matches.
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