1989–90 Scottish Cup

1989–90 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runner-up	Celtic
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Scottish Cup was the 105th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Celtic in the final. It was the first final to have been decided by a penalty shootout.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers(3)	1 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)
Brechin City(3)	3 – 1	Montrose(3)
Elgin City(HL)	2 – 1	Arbroath(3)
Queen of the South(3)	2 – 1	Cove Rangers(HL)
Queen's Park (3)	1 – 2	Dumbarton(3)
Stirling Albion (3)	4 – 0	Coldstream (ESL)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Stenhousemuir (3)	1 – 0	Berwick Rangers (3)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Ross County (HL)	1 – 4	East Fife (3)
Dumbarton (3)	0 – 2	Cowdenbeath (3)
Elgin City (HL)	2 – 2	Brechin City (3)
Gala Fairydean (ESL)	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian (HL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	0 – 1	Queen of the South (3)
Stirling Albion (3)	3 – 0	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)
Stranraer (3)	1 – 1	Kilmarnock (3)
Vale of Leithen (ESL)	1 – 3	East Stirlingshire (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City (3)	8 – 0	Elgin City (HL)
Inverness Caledonian (HL)	4 – 1	Gala Fairydean (ESL)
Kilmarnock (3)	0 – 0 (2 – 4 pen.)	Stranraer (3)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire (3)	0 – 1	Stirling Albion (3)
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian (HL)
Albion Rovers (2)	0 – 2	Clydebank (2)
Ayr United (2)	0 – 0	St Mirren (1)
Brechin City (3)	0 – 2	Hibernian (1)
Cowdenbeath (3)	3 – 1	Stranraer (3)
Dundee(1)	0 – 0	Dundee United (1)
Dunfermline Athletic (1)	0 – 0	Hamilton Academical (2)
East Fife (3)	3 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle (2)
Forfar Athletic (2)	1 – 2	Celtic (1)
Hearts (1)	2 – 0	Falkirk(2)
Greenock Morton (2)	2 – 2	Raith Rovers (2)
Motherwell (1)	7 – 0	Clyde (2)
Partick Thistle (2)	2 – 6	Aberdeen (1)
Queen of the South (3)	0 – 0	Alloa Athletic (2)
Rangers (1)	3 – 0	St Johnstone (2)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical (2)	0 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic (1)
Alloa Athletic (2)	2 – 3	Queen of the South (3)
Raith Rovers (2)	1 – 3	Greenock Morton (2)
Inverness Caledonian (HL)	1 – 1 (5 – 4 pen.)	Airdrieonians (2)
St Mirren (1)	2 – 1	Ayr United (2)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Dundee (1)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
St Mirren (1)	1 – 1	Clydebank (2)
Stirling Albion (3)	6 – 2	Inverness Caledonian (HL)
Cowdenbeath (3)	1 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic (1)
Dundee United (1)	2 – 1	Queen of the South (3)
Celtic (1)	1 – 0	Rangers (1)
Aberdeen (1)	2 – 1	Greenock Morton (2)
Hearts (1)	4 – 0	Motherwell (2)
Hibernian (1)	5 – 1	East Fife (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank (2)	3 – 2	St Mirren(1)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	4 – 1	Hearts (1)
Clydebank (2)	1 – 1	Stirling Albion (3)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Hibernian (1)
Dunfermline Athletic (1)	0 – 0	Celtic (1)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic (1)	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic (1)
Stirling Albion (3)	0 – 1	Clydebank (2)

Semi-finals

14 April 1990

Aberdeen (1)	4 – 0	Dundee United (1)
Gillhaus Irvine 2 Own Goals

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 16,581

14 April 1990

Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Clydebank (2)
Andy Walker

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 34,768

Final

12 May 1990

Aberdeen (1)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (9 – 8 pen.)	Celtic (1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 60,493

Referee: George Smith

Largest Wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.


Score	Home Team	Away Team	Stage
8-0	Brechin City	Elgin City	Second Round (Replay)
7-0	Motherwell	Clyde	Third Round
2-6	Partick Thistle	Aberdeen	Third Round
6-2	Stirling Albion	Caledonian	Fourth Round
5-1	Hibernian	East Fife	Fourth Round

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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania

First round

Replay

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

Largest Wins

See also