1998–99 Scottish League Cup Explained

1998–99 Scottish League Cup
Country:Scotland
Winners:Rangers
Second:St Johnstone
Prev Season:1997–98
Next Season:1999–2000

The 1998–1999 Scottish League Cup was the 53rd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated St Johnstone 2–1 in the Final. The Final was played at Celtic Park because Hampden Park was being redeveloped, work which was completed in time for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final.

This was the last season in which the competition was completed in the autumn, which meant that there was no League Cup Final held in the calendar year of 1999. The next Final to be played was the 1999–2000 Final, which was played in March 2000.

First round

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Arbroath0–1Clydebank
Brechin City2 – 2(p)Hamilton Academical
Clyde1 – 1(p)Berwick Rangers
Cowdenbeath0–2Livingston
Dumbarton0–4Alloa Athletic
East Fife3–2Partick Thistle
Forfar Athletic0–1Stirling Albion
Queen of the South1–4Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Queen's Park1–3Ayr United
Ross County4–1Montrose
Stenhousemuir1–0East Stirlingshire
Stranraer(p)1 – 1Albion Rovers

Second round

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Berwick Rangers1–5Falkirk
Dundee0–1Alloa Athletic
Dundee United(p)2 – 2Stirling Albion
East Fife0–1Motherwell
Hamilton Academical1–2Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle0–3Aberdeen
Livingston1–0Dunfermline Athletic
Morton0–1Ross County
Raith Rovers2–0Clydebank
St Johnstone3–0Stranraer
St Mirren1–3Ayr United
Stenhousemuir0–2Airdrieonians

Third round

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Airdrieonians1–0Celtic
Heart of Midlothian4–2Raith Rovers
Hibernian1–0Aberdeen
Ross County2–0Dundee United
Falkirk0–1St Johnstone
Kilmarnock3–1Livingston
Motherwell0–2Ayr United
Rangers4–0Alloa Athletic

Quarter-finals

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Heart of Midlothian(p)1 – 1Ross County
Ayr United0–2Rangers
Kilmarnock0–1Airdrieonians
St Johnstone4–0Hibernian

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1998 Scottish League Cup Final.

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