2008–09 Scottish League Cup

2008–09 Co-operative Insurance Cup

Country

Scotland

Teams

Defending champions

Rangers

Champions

Celtic

Runners-up

Rangers

Matches played

Goals scored

135 (3.29 per match)

← 2007–08

2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Scottish League Cup was the 63rd season of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Celtic won the cup beating Rangers 2–0 after extra time thanks to a goal from Darren O'Dea and an Aiden McGeady penalty.

Calendar

Round	First match date^[1]	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	5 August 2008	14	42 → 28
Second round	26 August 2008	12	28 → 16
Third round	23 September 2008	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	28 October 2008	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	27 January 2009	2	4 → 2
Final	15 March 2009	1	2 → 1

First round

The First round draw was conducted at Hampden Park on 2008-07-22.^[2]

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

0–2

2 – 3 (a.e.t.)

1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (pen.)

Annan Athletic

0–2

3–6

2–0

4–1

0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
3–4 (pen.)

4 – 3 (a.e.t.)

1–5

2–1

0–3

3–2

1 – 2 (a.e.t.)

Source: Scottish Football League
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

The Second round draw was conducted at The Signet Library, Edinburgh on 2008-08-11.^[3]

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

7–0

2 – 1 (a.e.t.)

1–2

3 – 4 (a.e.t.)

3–1

1–5

1–3

1–0

2 – 2 (a.e.t)
2–4 (pen.)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

0–1

0–2

0 – 0 (a.e.t)
3–4 (pen.)

Airdrie United

Source: Scottish Football League
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Third round

The Third round draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 2008-09-01.^[4]

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

4–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

1 – 2 (a.e.t.)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

4–2

1 – 2 (a.e.t.)

1 – 2 (a.e.t.)

Source: Scottish Football League
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 September 2008.^[5]

Dundee United v Dunfermline Athletic

28 October 2008
19:45

Dundee United	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic
S Robertson 16'	Report

Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: D McDonald

Falkirk v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

28 October 2008
19:45

Falkirk	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
McCann 36'	Report

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: S Conroy

Rangers v Hamilton Academical

28 October 2008
19:45

Rangers	2–0	Hamilton Academical
Boyd 24' Lafferty 50'	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 32,083
Referee: E Smith

Kilmarnock v Celtic

29 October 2008
19:45

Kilmarnock	1–3	Celtic
Invincibile 69'	Report	McDonald 11' Nakamura 45' McGeady 72'

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 6,319
Referee: C Thomson

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was conducted at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh on 12 November 2008 by First Minister Alex Salmond, a representative of sponsors Co-operative Insurance and the Presiding Officer of the Parliament, Alex Fergusson.^[6]

Rangers v Falkirk

27 January 2009
19:45

Rangers	3–0	Falkirk
Novo 8' 40' Boyd 88'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 24,507
Referee: C Richmond

Celtic v Dundee United

28 January 2009
19:45

Celtic	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Dundee United
	Report
	Penalties
McDonald Caldwell Nakamura Robson Samaras Naylor Crosas Brown Loovens Hinkel Boruc McDonald	11 – 10 Dundee United went first	Flood Daly Feeney Conway Dixon Gomis Kenneth Robertson Wilkie Kovačević Załuska Flood

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 19,258
Referee: C Murray

Final

Main article: 2009 Scottish League Cup Final

Celtic v Rangers

15 March 2009
15:00

Celtic	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
O'Dea 91' McGeady 120' (pen.)	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 51,193
Referee: D McDonald

Awards

A team, player and young player were chosen by the Scottish sports press as the top performers in each round.

Round	Team	Player	Young player
R1	Morton
R2	Morton	Stephen Robertson (Airdrie United)	Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
R3	Dunfermline	Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock)	David Goodwillie (Dundee United)
QF		Scott Robertson (Dundee United)

Media coverage

In Australia the Scottish League Cup was available on SBS and Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup was broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC Red Button.

External links

References

↑ "CIS Insurance Cup (match dates)". SFL. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
↑ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, first round draw)". SFL. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
↑ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, second round draw)". SFL. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
↑ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Third round draw)". Scottish Football League. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
↑ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Quarter-final draw)". Scottish Football League. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
↑ "Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008–09". Scottish Football League. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.

Scottish League Cup

Seasons	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

Finals	1947 (April) 1947 (October) 1949 (March) 1949 (October) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1980 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (March) 2016 (November)

Finals

2008–09 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City East Fife Peterhead Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stenhousemuir

List of Scottish football transfers 2008–09 2008–09 in Scottish reserve and youth football

Men's football in Scotland

SFA PFA Scotland

Overview	League system Clubs Venues Champions Second tier winners Third tier winners Fourth tier winners Honours won Managers

National teams	Scotland B U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 U-16 Scottish League Semi-Pro

League system	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Development Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian

Cup competitions	Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Youth Cup

Junior football	SJFA Junior Cup West East North

Amateur football	SAFA Amateur Cup Aberdeenshire Ayrshire Caithness Caledonian Central Fife Inverness & District Kingdom Caledonian Lewis & Harris Lothian & Edinburgh Midlands North & South Lanarkshire Orkney Paisley & District Perthshire Scottish Shetland Stirling & District Strathclyde Uist & Barra West of Scotland

Welfare football	SWFA Forth & Endrick Moray North East Ross-shire Strathspey & Badenoch

History Records Attendance records Timeline Seasons Hall of Fame Referees Media

2008–09 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '08 '09 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '08 '09 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '08 '09 Faroe Islands '08 '09 Finland '08 '09 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '08 '09 Latvia '08 '09 Lithuania '08 '09 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '08 '09 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Romania Russia '08 '09 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '08 '09 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '08 '09 Finland '08 '09 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '08 '09 Latvia '08 '09–'10 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '08 '09 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '08 '09 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '08 '09 France Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout phase, Final) UEFA Cup (Group stage, final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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