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List of Scottish League Cup winning managers

This is a list of Scottish League Cup winning football managers. The Scottish League Cup is a knockout cup competition in Scottish football, organised by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It is considered to be the second most important domestic cup competition in Scottish football, after the Scottish Cup. The competition is open to all 42 members of the SPFL, as well as invited sides from the Highland League and Lowland League.

The competition was established in 1947, under a format used by the Southern League Cup which operated as a regional tournament (national for its last season) during World War II. The Scottish League Cup was formed, operated by and named after the Scottish Football League (SFL), who continued to operate it after the top division clubs formed the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998. The competition is now organised by the SPFL, the body formed by the merger of the SPL and SFL in 2013.

Bill Struth, with Rangers in 1946–47, was the first team manager to win the competition. This list gives details of the winning club and their manager in each season since then. Scot Symon, Jock Stein and Walter Smith are the most successful managers in the history of the competition, having each won 6 Scottish League Cups during their careers.

Winning managers edit

Final Manager Nationality Club Ref
1946–47 Bill Struth   Scotland Rangers
1947–48 Scot Symon   Scotland East Fife
1948–49 Bill Struth (2)   Scotland Rangers
1949–50 Scot Symon (2)   Scotland East Fife
1950–51 George Stevenson   Scotland Motherwell
1951–52 George Anderson   England Dundee
1952–53 George Anderson (2)   England Dundee
1953–54 Jerry Dawson   Scotland East Fife
1954–55 Tommy Walker   Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1955–56 Davie Shaw   Scotland Aberdeen
1956–57 Jimmy McGrory   Scotland Celtic
1957–58 Jimmy McGrory (2)   Scotland Celtic
1958–59 Tommy Walker (2)   Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1959–60 Tommy Walker (3)   Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1960–61 Scot Symon (3)   Scotland Rangers
1961–62 Scot Symon (4)   Scotland Rangers
1962–63 Tommy Walker (4)   Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1963–64 Scot Symon (5)   Scotland Rangers
1964–65 Scot Symon (6)   Scotland Rangers
1965–66 Jock Stein   Scotland Celtic
1966–67 Jock Stein (2)   Scotland Celtic
1967–68 Jock Stein (3)   Scotland Celtic
1968–69 Jock Stein (4)   Scotland Celtic
1969–70 Jock Stein (5)   Scotland Celtic
1970–71 Willie Waddell   Scotland Rangers
1971–72 Davie McParland   Scotland Partick Thistle
1972–73 Eddie Turnbull   Scotland Hibernian
1973–74 David White   Scotland Dundee
1974–75 Jock Stein (6)   Scotland Celtic
1975–76 Jock Wallace   Scotland Rangers
1976–77 Ally MacLeod   Scotland Aberdeen
1977–78 Jock Wallace (2)   Scotland Rangers
1978–79 John Greig   Scotland Rangers
1979–80 Jim McLean   Scotland Dundee United
1980–81 Jim McLean (2)   Scotland Dundee United
1981–82 John Greig (2)   Scotland Rangers
1982–83 Billy McNeill   Scotland Celtic
1983–84 Jock Wallace (3)   Scotland Rangers
1984–85 Jock Wallace (4)   Scotland Rangers
1985–86 Alex Ferguson   Scotland Aberdeen
1986–87 Graeme Souness   Scotland Rangers
1987–88 Graeme Souness (2)   Scotland Rangers
1988–89 Graeme Souness (3)   Scotland Rangers
1989–90 Alex Smith and Jocky Scott   Scotland Aberdeen [note 1]
1990–91 Graeme Souness (4)   Scotland Rangers
1991–92 Alex Miller   Scotland Hibernian
1992–93 Walter Smith   Scotland Rangers
1993–94 Walter Smith (2)   Scotland Rangers
1994–95 Jimmy Nicholl   Northern Ireland Raith Rovers [1]
1995–96 Roy Aitken   Scotland Aberdeen
1996–97 Walter Smith (3)   Scotland Rangers
1997–98 Wim Jansen   Netherlands Celtic
1998–99 Dick Advocaat   Netherlands Rangers
1999–2000 Kenny Dalglish   Scotland Celtic
2000–01 Martin O'Neill   Northern Ireland Celtic
2001–02 Alex McLeish   Scotland Rangers
2002–03 Alex McLeish (2)   Scotland Rangers
2003–04 David Hay   Scotland Livingston
2004–05 Alex McLeish (3)   Scotland Rangers
2005–06 Gordon Strachan   Scotland Celtic
2006–07 John Collins   Scotland Hibernian
2007–08 Walter Smith (4)   Scotland Rangers
2008–09 Gordon Strachan (2)   Scotland Celtic
2009–10 Walter Smith (5)   Scotland Rangers
2010–11 Walter Smith (6)   Scotland Rangers
2011–12 Kenny Shiels   Northern Ireland Kilmarnock [2]
2012–13 Danny Lennon   Northern Ireland St Mirren [3]
2013–14 Derek McInnes   Scotland Aberdeen
2014–15 Ronny Deila   Norway Celtic
2015–16 Jim McIntyre   Scotland Ross County [4]
2016–17 Brendan Rodgers   Northern Ireland Celtic
2017–18 Brendan Rodgers (2)   Northern Ireland Celtic
2018–19 Brendan Rodgers (3)   Northern Ireland Celtic
2019–20 Neil Lennon   Northern Ireland Celtic
2020–21 Callum Davidson   Scotland St Johnstone
2021–22 Ange Postecoglou   Australia Celtic
2022–23 Ange Postecoglou (2)   Australia Celtic
2023–24 Philippe Clement   Belgium Rangers

By individual edit

Rank Name Wins Club(s) Winning Seasons
1 Walter Smith 6 Rangers 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11
= Jock Stein 6 Celtic 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75
= Scot Symon 6 East Fife, Rangers 1947–48, 1949–50, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65
4 Graeme Souness 4 Rangers 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91
= Tommy Walker 4 Heart of Midlothian 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63
= Jock Wallace 4 Rangers 1975–76, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1984–85
7 Alex McLeish 3 Rangers 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
= Brendan Rodgers 3 Celtic 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
9 George Anderson 2 Dundee 1951–52, 1952–53
= John Greig 2 Rangers 1978–79, 1981–82
= Jimmy McGrory 2 Celtic 1956–57, 1957–58
= Jim McLean 2 Dundee United 1979–80, 1980–81
= Ange Postecoglou 2 Celtic 2021–22, 2022–23
= Gordon Strachan 2 Celtic 2005–06, 2008–09
= Bill Struth 2 Rangers 1946–47, 1948–49

By nationality edit

Country Managers Total
  Scotland 31 62
  Northern Ireland 6 8
  Netherlands 2 2
  Belgium 1 1
  England 1 2
  Norway 1 1
  Australia 1 2

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Alex Smith and Jocky Scott were "co-managers" of Aberdeen.

References edit

  1. ^ Wilson, Richard (27 November 2014). "Year the streets of Raith truly danced after League Cup win". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Kilmarnock part company with manager Kenny Shiels". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Clyde: Danny Lennon becomes manager after impressive analysis of Stirling game". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Ross County sack manager Jim McIntyre and assistant Billy Dodds". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

External links edit

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