2005 Scottish League Cup final

The 2005 Scottish League Cup final was played on 20 March 2005 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 58th Scottish League Cup.

2005 Scottish League Cup final

Davie Cooper (who played for both clubs) featured on the tickets for the final.
Event	2004–05 Scottish League Cup
Rangers Motherwell 5 1
Date	20 March 2005
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Referee	Mike McCurry
Attendance	50,182
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The final was contested by Rangers and Motherwell. Rangers won the match 5–1, with goals from Maurice Ross, Fernando Ricksen, Nacho Novo and a double from Sotirios Kyrgiakos.

The match was popularly known as "The Cooper Final",^[1] in honour of Davie Cooper, who was a prominent player for both clubs. Cooper had died almost 10 years to the day before the 2005 League Cup final was played.

Match details

20 March 2005

Rangers	5–1	Motherwell
Ross 5' Kyrgiakos 9', 86' Ricksen 33' Novo 48'	Report	Partridge 13'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,182

Referee: Mike McCurry

Rangers

Motherwell

RANGERS : GK 25 Ronald Waterreus RB 21 Maurice Ross CB 16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos CB 12 Robert Malcolm LB 18 Michael Ball RM 2 Fernando Ricksen (c) CM 6 Barry Ferguson CM 4 Thomas Buffel LM 24 Grégory Vignal  79' CF 9 Dado Pršo CF 10 Nacho Novo  84' Substitutes: GK 30 Graeme Smith DF 15 Zurab Khizanishvili MF 8 Alex Rae  79' MF 26 Peter Løvenkrands FW 19 Steven Thompson  84' Manager: Alex McLeish

MOTHERWELL: GK 1 Gordon Marshall RB 2 Martyn Corrigan CB 5 Stephen Craigan CB 14 David Partridge LB 3 Steven Hammell RM 17 Kevin McBride  83' CM 8 Scott Leitch (c) CM 10 Phil O'Donnell LM 18 Jim Paterson  65' CF 7 Scott McDonald CF 9 Richie Foran  65' Substitutes: GK 15 Barry John Corr DF 19 Paul Quinn  83' DF 24 Marc Fitzpatrick  65' MF 21 Shaun Fagan FW 12 David Clarkson  65' Manager: Terry Butcher