2017 Scottish Cup Final

2017 Scottish Cup Final
Event	2016–17 Scottish Cup
Date	27 May 2017
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Bobby Madden
Attendance	48,713
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The 2017 Scottish Cup Final was the 132nd final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 27 May 2017 and was contested by Celtic and Aberdeen.

The fixture was a repeat of the finals in 1937, 1954 and 1967 won by Celtic, and in 1970, 1984 and 1990 won by Aberdeen. It was also a repeat of the final of the Scottish League Cup played six months earlier, which Celtic won 3–0.^[1]

Celtic won the game 2–1 to complete an undefeated domestic treble.^[2]^[3]

Route to the final[]

Aberdeen eliminated holders Hibernian in one semi-final to reach their first Scottish Cup final since 1990.^[4] In the other semi-final, Celtic eliminated Rangers in an Old Firm encounter,^[5] the first time they had beaten their Glasgow rivals at this stage of the competition since 1925, at the seventh attempt.^[6]

Round	Opposition	Location	Score
Celtic
Fourth round	Albion Rovers	Excelsior Stadium	3–0
Fifth round	Inverness CT	Celtic Park	6–0
Quarter-final	St Mirren	Celtic Park	4–1
Semi-final	Rangers	Hampden Park	2–0
Aberdeen
Fourth round	Stranraer	Pittodrie	4–0
Fifth round	Ross County	Victoria Park	1–0
Quarter-final	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie	1–0
Semi-final	Hibernian	Hampden Park	3–2

Match[]

Summary[]

Jonny Hayes opened the scoring for Aberdeen in the 9th minute with a low left foot volley from seven yards out after a corner from the right by Niall McGinn. Two minutes later Stuart Armstrong made it 1-1 with a left foot shot to the right corner from just outside the penalty area.^[7] In the 92nd minute, Tom Rogic got the winning goal when he received the ball 40 yards out and made his way into the right side of the penalty area before clipping the ball with his right foot over the goalkeeper from three yards out from a tight angle.^[8]

Details[]

27 May 2017

15:00

Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen
Armstrong 11' Rogic 90+2'	Report	Hayes 9'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,713

Referee: Bobby Madden

Celtic

Aberdeen


GK	1	Craig Gordon
DF	23	Mikael Lustig
DF	5	Jozo Šimunović
DF	20	Dedryck Boyata
DF	63	Kieran Tierney		27'
MF	42	Callum McGregor
MF	8	Scott Brown
MF	14	Stuart Armstrong
FW	27	Patrick Roberts		90+4'
FW	9	Leigh Griffiths
FW	11	Scott Sinclair
Substitutes:
GK	24	Dorus de Vries
MF	6	Nir Bitton
FW	10	Moussa Dembélé
DF	12	Cristian Gamboa
MF	18	Tom Rogic	90+2'	27'
DF	28	Erik Sviatchenko		90+4'
MF	49	James Forrest
Manager:
Brendan Rodgers


GK	1	Joe Lewis
DF	2	Shay Logan
DF	5	Ash Taylor	61'
DF	6	Mark Reynolds
DF	4	Andrew Considine
MF	3	Graeme Shinnie
MF	22	Ryan Jack		90+3'
MF	10	Niall McGinn		75'
MF	7	Kenny McLean
MF	11	Jonny Hayes
FW	17	Jayden Stockley		62'
Substitutes:
GK	25	Neil Alexander
FW	9	Adam Rooney		62'
DF	15	Anthony O'Connor		75'
MF	16	Peter Pawlett
FW	26	Scott Wright		90+3'
MF	27	Frank Ross
FW	39	Miles Storey
Manager:
Derek McInnes

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions in normal time (a fourth substitution may be made in extra time)

References[]

^ "Scottish League Cup final: Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic". BBC. 27 November 2016.
^ "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "Celtic 2 - 1 Aberdeen: Celtic complete treble and make history". The Scotsman. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "Hibernian 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ Celtic 2-0 Rangers, Tom English, BBC Sport, 23 April 2017
^ Rangers record against Celtic in Scottish Cup semi-finals is unbelievable but could be about to end, Anthony Haggerty, Daily Record, 21 March 2017
^ "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1: Tom Rogic shatters Dons to secure historic clean sweep with Scottish Cup final win". The Telegraph. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1: as it happened". Guardian. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[1] "Scottish League Cup final: Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic". BBC. 27 November 2016.

[2] "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[3] "Celtic 2 - 1 Aberdeen: Celtic complete treble and make history". The Scotsman. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[4] "Hibernian 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[5] Celtic 2-0 Rangers, Tom English, BBC Sport, 23 April 2017

[6] Rangers record against Celtic in Scottish Cup semi-finals is unbelievable but could be about to end, Anthony Haggerty, Daily Record, 21 March 2017

[7] "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1: Tom Rogic shatters Dons to secure historic clean sweep with Scottish Cup final win". The Telegraph. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[8] "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1: as it happened". Guardian. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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