2017 Scottish Cup final

The 2017 Scottish Cup Final was the 132nd final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 27 May 2017 and was contested by Celtic and Aberdeen.

2017 Scottish Cup Final

Event	2016–17 Scottish Cup
Celtic Aberdeen 2 1
Date	27 May 2017
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Tom Rogic
Referee	Bobby Madden
Attendance	48,713
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The fixture was a repeat of the finals in 1937, 1954 and 1967 won by Celtic, and in 1970, 1984 and 1990 won by Aberdeen. It was also a repeat of the final of the Scottish League Cup played six months earlier, which Celtic won 3–0.^[1]

Celtic won the game 2–1 to complete an undefeated domestic treble.^[2][3]

Route to the final

Aberdeen eliminated holders Hibernian in one semi-final to reach their first Scottish Cup final since 2000.^[4] In the other semi-final, Celtic eliminated Rangers in an Old Firm encounter,^[5] the first time they had beaten their Glasgow rivals at this stage of the competition since 1925, at the seventh attempt.^[6]

Round	Opposition	Location	Score
Celtic
Fourth round	Albion Rovers	Excelsior Stadium	3–0
Fifth round	Inverness CT	Celtic Park	6–0
Quarter-final	St Mirren	Celtic Park	4–1
Semi-final	Rangers	Hampden Park	2–0
Aberdeen
Fourth round	Stranraer	Pittodrie	4–0
Fifth round	Ross County	Victoria Park	1–0
Quarter-final	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie	1–0
Semi-final	Hibernian	Hampden Park	3–2

Match

Summary

Jonny Hayes opened the scoring for Aberdeen in the 9th minute with a low left-footed volley from seven yards out after a corner from the right by Niall McGinn. Two minutes later, Stuart Armstrong made it 1-1 with a left-footed shot to the right corner from just outside the penalty area.^[7] In the 92nd minute, Tom Rogic scored the winning goal when he received the ball 40 yards out and made his way into the right side of the penalty area before clipping the ball with his right foot over goalkeeper Joe Lewis from three yards out from a tight angle.^[8]

Details

27 May 2017

15:00

Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen
Armstrong 11' Rogic 90+2'	Report	Hayes 9'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,713

Referee: Bobby Madden

Celtic

Aberdeen

GK 1 Craig Gordon RB 23 Mikael Lustig CB 20 Dedryck Boyata CB 5 Jozo Šimunović LB 63 Kieran Tierney  27' CM 42 Callum McGregor CM 8 Scott Brown (c) CM 14 Stuart Armstrong RF 27 Patrick Roberts  90+4' CF 9 Leigh Griffiths LF 11 Scott Sinclair Substitutes: GK 24 Dorus de Vries MF 6 Nir Bitton FW 10 Moussa Dembélé DF 12 Cristian Gamboa MF 18 Tom Rogic  90+2'  27' DF 28 Erik Sviatchenko  90+4' MF 49 James Forrest Manager: Brendan Rodgers

GK 1 Joe Lewis RB 2 Shay Logan CB 6 Mark Reynolds CB 5 Ash Taylor  61' LB 3 Andrew Considine RM 22 Ryan Jack  90+3' CM 3 Graeme Shinnie (c) LM 7 Kenny McLean RW 10 Niall McGinn  75' CF 17 Jayden Stockley  62' LW 11 Jonny Hayes Substitutes: GK 25 Neil Alexander FW 9 Adam Rooney  62' DF 15 Anthony O'Connor  75' MF 16 Peter Pawlett MF 26 Scott Wright  90+3' MF 27 Frank Ross FW 39 Miles Storey Manager: Derek McInnes

Match rules

• 90 minutes
• 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
• Seven named substitutes
• Maximum of three substitutions in normal time (a fourth substitution may be made in extra time)