2023 Scottish League Cup final (February)

The 2022–23 Scottish League Cup Final was an association football match that took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 26 February 2023.^[1] 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.^[2] Rangers last won the competition in 2011.^[3]

2023 Scottish League Cup Final (February)

Hampden Park was the venue for the match
Event	2022–23 Scottish League Cup
Rangers Celtic 1 2
Date	26 February 2023 (2023-02-26)
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Nick Walsh
Attendance	49,529
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Route to the final

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish League Cup

As both clubs participated in European competitions, they both received a bye through the 2022–23 Scottish League Cup group stage.

Rangers

Round	Opposition	Score
Second round	Queen of the South	3–1 (h)
Quarter-final	Dundee	1–0 (h)
Semi-final	Aberdeen	2–1 (a.e.t.) (n)

Celtic

Round	Opposition	Score
Second round	Ross County	4–1 (a)
Quarter-final	Motherwell	4–0 (a)
Semi-final	Kilmarnock	2–0 (n)

Match

Details

26 February 2023

15:00 GMT

Rangers	1–2	Celtic
Morelos 64'	Report	Furuhashi 44', 56'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,529

Referee: Nick Walsh

Rangers

Celtic

GK 1 Allan McGregor RB 2 James Tavernier (c) CB 6 Connor Goldson CB 26 Ben Davies LB 31 Borna Barišić  90' CM 71 Malik Tillman  65' CM 4 John Lundstram  50'  65' CM 18 Glen Kamara  58'  65' RW 30 Fashion Sakala  84' CF 20 Alfredo Morelos  76' LW 14 Ryan Kent  90' Substitutes: GK 33 Jon McLaughlin MF 7 Ianis Hagi MF 8 Ryan Jack  65' FW 9 Antonio Čolak  90+1'  76' MF 13 Todd Cantwell  90+4'  65' FW 23 Scott Wright  84' MF 37 Scott Arfield MF 43 Nicolas Raskin  65' DF 44 Adam Devine Manager: Michael Beale

GK 1 Joe Hart RB 2 Alistair Johnston  90+1' CB 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers CB 4 Carl Starfelt LB 3 Greg Taylor  70' CM 13 Aaron Mooy  65' CM 42 Callum McGregor (c) CM 41 Reo Hatate  76' RW 17 Jota  64' CF 8 Kyogo Furuhashi  76' LW 38 Daizen Maeda  84' Substitutes: GK 29 Scott Bain FW 9 Sead Hakšabanović  84' FW 11 Liel Abada  83'  64' MF 14 David Turnbull DF 18 Yuki Kobayashi FW 19 Oh Hyeon-gyu  79'  76' MF 24 Tomoki Iwata  76' MF 33 Matt O'Riley  65' DF 56 Anthony Ralston Manager: 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[note 1]

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

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.