2003–04 Scottish League Cup

2003–04 Co-operative Insurance Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Livingston
Runner-up	Hibernian
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Stephen Dobbie (4)

The 2003–04 Scottish League Cup was the 58th staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

The competition was won by Livingston, who defeated Hibernian 2–0 in the final.

First round

• Ties played on 2–3 September 2003
• If scores were level at full-time, 30 minutes of extra time and penalties were played.

Tie No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Report	Attendance
1	Arbroath	1–0	Raith Rovers	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	879
2	Ayr	1–2	Dumbarton	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	1,048
3	Cowdenbeath	3–0	Alloa	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	288
4	East Fife	0–2	Airdrie United	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	707
5	East Stirlingshire	1–2	Ross County	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	208
6	Elgin	0–4	Brechin	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	486
7	Forfar Athletic	1–0	Berwick Rangers	Details Archived 25 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine
8	Gretna	1–2	Peterhead	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	385
9	Hamilton Academical	3–2	Albion Rovers	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	824
10	Inverness CT	1–2	Queen's Park	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	968
11	Montrose	2–0	Stirling Albion	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	247
12	St Mirren	0–2	St Johnstone	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	3,100
13	Stenhousemuir	1–2	Queen of the South	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	424
14	Greenock Morton	2–0	Stranraer	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	2,758

Second round

• Ties played on 23–24 September 2003
• If scores were level at full-time, 30 minutes of extra time and penalties were played.

Tie No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Report	Attendance
1	Aberdeen	3–1	Dumbarton	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	3,944
2	Arbroath	3–4 (aet)	Falkirk	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	923
3	Brechin City	1–0	Kilmarnock	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	829
4	Clyde	2–1	Airdrie United	Details Archived 14 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine	1,381
5	Dundee United	3–1	Morton	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	5,638
6	Forfar Athletic	3–3 (p)	Motherwell	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	1,110
7	Hibernian	9–0	Montrose	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	5,032
8	Queen's Park	1–3	Livingston	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	1,011
9	Ross County	0–3	Queen of the South	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	959
10	St Johnstone	3–2 (aet)	Hamilton	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	1,471
11	Dunfermline	2–0	Cowdenbeath	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	3,582
12	Peterhead	2–2 (p)	Partick Thistle	Details Archived 23 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine	1,350

Third round

28 October 2003

Aberdeen	5–0	Brechin City
Tosh 10' Booth 13' Muirhead 37' Sheerin 40' Hinds 85'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 3,631

Referee: Kenny Clark

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28 October 2003

Hibernian	2–1	Queen of the South
Riordan 11', 23'		Burke 90' (pen.)

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 7,613

Referee: Mike McCurry

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28 October 2003

Rangers	6–0	Forfar Athletic
Nerlinger 15', 53', 70' Løvenkrands 22' Capucho 50' Østenstad 75'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 26,327

Referee: Stuart Dougal

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28 October 2003

St Johnstone	3–2	Dunfermline Athletic
Donnelly 9' Dods 70' MacDonald 73'		Crawford 80' Young 83'

McDiarmid Park, Perth

Attendance: 2,769

Referee: John Underhill

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29 October 2003

Clyde	2–5	Dundee
Keogh 2' Gilhaney 76'		Novo 4' Wilkie 66' Ravanelli 73', 74', 80'

Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

Attendance: 1,701

Referee: Douglas McDonald

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29 October 2003

Dundee United	0–1	Livingston
		Gallacher 19' (o.g.)

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Attendance: 2,899

Referee: Willie Young

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29 October 2003

Hearts	2–1	Falkirk
de Vries 54' Kirk 86'		Latapy 58'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 8,649

Referee: John Rowbotham

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4 December 2003

Partick Thistle	0–2	Celtic
		Beattie 31' Smith 75',

Firhill, Glasgow

Attendance: 5,700

Referee: Mike McCurry

Quarter-finals

2 December 2003

Aberdeen	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Livingston
Tosh 34', 59'		Lilley 15' Pasquinelli 50' Makel 99'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 6,090

Referee: Stuart Dougal

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3 December 2003

Dundee	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Hearts
Linn 107'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 7,130

Referee: Willie Young

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3 December 2003

Rangers	3–0	St Johnstone
Burke 16' Østenstad 59' Mols 90'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 29,395

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18 December 2003

Hibernian	2–1	Celtic
Brebner 64' (pen.) Thomson 82'		Varga 56'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 9,246

Referee: John Rowbotham

Semi-finals

3 February 2004

Dundee	0–1	Livingston
		Lilley 90' (pen.)

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Mike McCurry

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5 February 2004

Hibernian	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Dobbie 79'		Mols 40'
Penalties
	4–3

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,954

Referee: Kenny Clark

Final

Main article: 2004 Scottish League Cup Final

14 March 2004

Hibernian	0–2	Livingston
		Lilley 50' McAllister 52'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Willie Young