1989–90 Scottish Cup

1989–90 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-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

Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1989–90 in Scottish football
« 1988–89 1990–91 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) 1990 World Cup
Club seasons
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

1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Baltic Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
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

1989–90 Scottish Cup

First round

Replay

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

See also