2025 Scottish Cup final

The 2025 Scottish Cup final was the final match of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup, the 140th edition of Scotland's most prestigious knockout football competition. It was contested by seven-time winners Aberdeen and 42-time winners and holders Celtic at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 24 May 2025.^[1]

2025 Scottish Cup final

Event	2024–25 Scottish Cup
Aberdeen Celtic 1 1
After extra time Aberdeen won 4–3 on penalties
Date	24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Mats Knoester
Referee	Don Robertson
Attendance	49,545
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Aberdeen defeated Celtic 4–3 on penalties, after both teams scored an own goal, winning the former its first major trophy since the 2013–14 Scottish League Cup, and their first Scottish Cup title since 1989–90. Aberdeen's goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov saved the first and last penalty kicks from Celtic, while Aberdeen scored on all four attempts.

Background

The 2025 final was Aberdeen's 17th appearance in a Scottish Cup final, while it was a record 62nd final appearance for Celtic.

Road to the final

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen		Round	Celtic
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Elgin City (A)	3–0	4th	Kilmarnock (H)	2–1
Dunfermline Athletic (H)	3–0	5th	Raith Rovers (H)	5–0
Queen's Park (H)	4–1	QF	Hibernian (H)	2–0
Heart of Midlothian (N)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	SF	St Johnstone (N)	5–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Match

Details

24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)

15:00 BST

Aberdeen	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic
Schmeichel 83' (o.g.)	Report	Dorrington 39' (o.g.)
Penalties
Shinnie Polvara Dabbagh Palaversa	4–3	McGregor Kenny McCowan Maeda Johnston

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,545

Referee: Don Robertson

Aberdeen

Celtic

GK 1 Dimitar Mitov RB 28 Alexander Jensen CB 5 Mats Knoester  90+6' CB 22 Jack Milne  94' CB 26 Alfie Dorrington  80' LB 2 Nicky Devlin  91' CM 10 Leighton Clarkson  79' CM 4 Graeme Shinnie (c)  45' CM 18 Ante Palaversa  93' CF 9 Kevin Nisbet  79' CF 81 Topi Keskinen  58' Substitutes: GK 31 Ross Doohan DF 3 Jack MacKenzie  91' DF 24 Kristers Tobers  94' MF 8 Dante Polvara  79' MF 20 Shayden Morris  80' MF 30 Fletcher Boyd FW 11 Oday Dabbagh  79' FW 14 Pape Habib Gueye  58' Manager: Jimmy Thelin

GK 1 Kasper Schmeichel RB 2 Alistair Johnston CB 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers  45' CB 5 Liam Scales LB 3 Greg Taylor CM 28 Paulo Bernardo  99' CM 42 Callum McGregor (c) CM 27 Arne Engels  65' RW 10 Nicolas Kühn  65' CF 9 Adam Idah  66' LW 38 Daizen Maeda Substitutes: GK 12 Viljami Sinisalo DF 6 Auston Trusty DF 15 Jeffrey Schlupp  99' DF 56 Anthony Ralston MF 14 Luke McCowan  65' MF 49 James Forrest  65'  96' FW 13 Yang Hyun-jun  90+3'  66' FW 24 Johnny Kenny  96' Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Assistant referees: Ross MacLeod David Dunne Fourth official: Colin Steven Video assistant referee: Greg Aitken Assistant video assistant referee: Sean Carr

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

Match rules[2] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Eight 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 was the first season of a new five-year deal in the United Kingdom to broadcast Scottish Cup matches.^[3]

Victory Parade

Jimmy Thelin and the Aberdeen cup-winning squad on an open top bus on Schoolhill, Aberdeen, 25 May 2025

The Aberdeen squad took part in a victory parade around Aberdeen city centre, on Sunday 25 May 2025, culminating in Aberdeen City Council hosting the squad on the balcony of the Townhouse. ^[4]