1995–96 Scottish Cup

1995–96 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Heart of Midlothian
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Pierre van Hooijdonk (4)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Scottish Cup was the 111th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Heart of Midlothian in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers (4)	0 – 2	Deveronvale (HL)
Glasgow University (Ama)	0 – 1	Spartans (ESL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	2 – 2	Arbroath (4)
Stranraer (3)	0 – 3	Livingston (4)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath (4)	0 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire (4)	0 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)
Ayr United (3)	0 – 2	Ross County (4)
Berwick Rangers (3)	3 – 3	Annan Athletic (ESL)
Clyde (3)	2 – 2	Brechin City (4)
Deveronvale (HL)	0 – 0	Keith (HL)
Forfar Athletic (3)	3 – 1	Lossiemouth (HL)
Inverness CT (4)	3 – 2	Livingston (4)
Montrose (3)	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath (4)
Queen of the South (3)	2 – 4	Queen's Park (4)
Spartans (ESL)	0 – 0	East Fife (3)
Stirling Albion (3)	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic (4)
Whitehill Welfare (ESL)	2 – 2	Fraserburgh (HL)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City (4)	1 – 3	Clyde (3)
Annan Athletic (SSL)	1 – 2	Berwick Rangers (3)
East Fife (3)	2 – 1	Spartans (ESL)
Fraserburgh (HL)	1 – 2	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)
Keith (HL)	2 – 0	Deveronvale (HL)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers (3)	1 – 2	Dundee United (1)
Greenock Morton (2)	1 – 1	Montrose (3)
Dunfermline Athletic (2)	3 – 0	St Mirren (2)
Clyde (3)	3 – 1	Dundee (2)
Hamilton Academical (2)	0 – 1	St Johnstone (2)
Hearts (1)	1 – 0	Partick Thistle (1)
Clydebank (2)	0 – 1	Stirling Albion (3)
Dumbarton (2)	1 – 3	Airdrieonians (2)
Falkirk (1)	0 – 2	Stenhousemuir (3)
Motherwell (1)	0 – 2	Aberdeen (1)
Whitehill Welfare (ESL)	0 – 3	Celtic (1)
Hibernian (1)	0 – 2	Kilmarnock (1)
Inverness CT (4)	1 – 1	East Fife (3)
Keith (HL)	1 – 10	Rangers (1)
Raith Rovers (1)	3 – 0	Queen's Park (4)
Ross County (4)	0 – 3	Forfar Athletic (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose (3)	3 – 2	Greenock Morton (2)
East Fife (3)	1 – 1 (1 – 3 pen.)	Inverness CT (4)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 2	Forfar Athletic (3)
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Raith Rovers (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic (2)
Kilmarnock (1)	1 – 2	Hearts (1)
St Johnstone (2)	3 – 0	Montrose (3)
Stenhousemuir (3)	0 – 1	Inverness CT (4)
Stirling Albion (3)	0 – 2	Aberdeen (1)
Clyde (3)	1 – 4	Rangers (1)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Forfar Athletic (3)	0 – 0 (2–4 pens)	Airdrieonians (2)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic (1)	2 – 1	Dundee United (2)
Aberdeen (1)	2 – 1	Airdrieonians (2)
Inverness CT (4)	0 – 3	Rangers (1)
St Johnstone (2)	1 – 2	Hearts (1)

Semi-finals

6 April 1996

Hearts	2–1	Aberdeen
Allan Johnston John Robertson		Duncan Shearer

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,785

7 April 1996

Rangers	2–1	Celtic
Brian Laudrup Ally McCoist		Pierre Van Hooijdonk

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 36,333

Final

18 May 1996

Rangers	5–1	Hearts
Gordon Durie Brian Laudrup		John Colquhoun

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 37,730

Referee: Hugh Dallas

References

^ "Coca-Cola Cup agony 20 years ago paved way for Hearts success". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[1] "Coca-Cola Cup agony 20 years ago paved way for Hearts success". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
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UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

v t e 1995–96 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8 Euro 1996
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Caledonian Thistle Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Livingston Queen's Park Ross County

First round

Replay

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replay

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

References