The second oldest national cup competition in the world, but with the oldest surviving trophy, the Scottish Cup has been contested since 1873-74.
All full licensed members of the Scottish Football Association are eligible to take part, together with a number of unlicensed qualifiers, for example the winners of the Scottish Junior Cup and Scottish Amateur Cup.
At one time, the Scottish Cup format was pretty straightforward – everyone went into the hat at the First Round. These days entry is staggered across two preliminary rounds and the first four ‘proper’ rounds depending on what league clubs play in.
There are a number of first time entrants this season – Abbey Vale, Carluke Rovers, Creetown, Cupar Hearts AFC, Glenafton Athletic, Loch Ness and Luncarty.
Celtic are defending the Cup this season after winning last season’s final against Inverness Caley Thistle.
ARCHIVE RESULTS
2023-24 COMPETITION
Preliminary Round One (Aug 12)
- Abbey Vale 0-5 Cupar Hearts
- Carnoustie Panmure 1-2 Beith Juniors
- Luncarty 3-1 Loch Ness
Preliminary Round Two (Sept 2)
- Beith Juniors 5-1 Bonnyton Thistle
- Broxburn Athletic 3-0 Lochee United
- Camelon Juniors 0-0(4-3p) Newtongrange Star
- Carluke Rovers 2-3 Dalbeattie Star
- Creetown 1-3 Whitehill Welfare
- Culter 3-2 Blackburn United
- Cumnock Juniors 1-0 Girvan
- Dunbar United 4-2 Vale of Leithen
- Easthouses Lily 1-3 Threave Rovers
- Fort William 1-10 Clydebank
- Glenafton Athletic 0-3 Darvel
- Hawick Royal Albert 1-2 Golspie Sutherland
- Hill of Beath Hawthorn 0-1 Tayport
- Irvine Meadow XI 1-2 Dunipace
- Jeanfield Swifts 3-0 Cupar Hearts AFC
- Kilwinning Rangers 4-0 Glasgow University
- Musselburgh Athletic 6-0 Coldstream
- Newton Stewart 1-4 Luncarty
- Penicuik Athletic 4-2 Rutherglen Glencairn
- Pollok 2-2(3-0p) Benburb
- Preston Athletic 0-0(4-5p) Dundonald Bluebell
- Sauchie Juniors 4-0 Burntisland Shipyard
- St Andrews United 1-0 Haddington Athletic
- St Cuthbert Wanderers 0-5 Dalkeith Thistle
- Tynecastle 0-1 Hutchison Vale
- Wigtown & Bladnoch 0-12 Auchinleck Talbot
First Round (Sept 23)
- Banks o’ Dee 6-0 Dalbeattie Star
- Bo’ness United 3-0 Darvel
- Brechin City 4-0 Rothes
- Brora Rangers 5-1 Berwick Rangers
- Broxburn Athletic 2-1 Nairn County
- Caledonian Braves 1-2 Fraserburgh
- Camelon Juniors 1-2 Civil Service Strollers
- Clachnacuddin 1-0 Inverurie Loco Works
- Cowdenbeath 2-1(aet) Linlithgow Rose
- Culter 3-4(aet) Deveronvale
- Dalkeith Thistle 0-7 Clydebank
- Dundonald Bluebell 2-3 Kilwinning Rangers
- Dunipace 1-3(aet) Cumnock Juniors
- East Kilbride 8-0 Whitehill Welfare
- East Stirlingshire 0-1 Huntly
- Edinburgh University 2-3 Dunbar United
- Formartine United 3-2 Threave Rovers
- Gala Fairydean Rovers 8-2 Strathspey Thistle
- Golspie Sutherland 1-1(7-8p) Forres Mechanics
- Keith 2-5 Luncarty
- Lossiemouth 0-4 Beith Juniors
- Musselburgh Athletic 1-1(4-3p) Gretna 2008
- Penicuik Athletic 0-6 Pollok
- St Andrews United 1-0 Auchinleck Talbot
- Tayport 0-4 Buckie Thistle
- Tranent Juniors 4-1 Hutchison Vale
- Turriff United 2-1 Sauchie Juniors
- Wick Academy 1-3 Jeanfield Swifts
- Broomhill 3-1 Cumbernauld Colts (Sep 24)
- Stirling University 1-3 Albion Rovers (Sep 25) – BBC Scotland
Second Round (Oct 28)
- Albion Rovers 2-1 St Andrews United
- Beith Juniors 1-3 Broomhill
- Brechin City 1-2 Spartans
- Civil Service Strollers 0-3 Stranraer
- Cumnock Juniors 2-1 Turriff United
- Deveronvale 0-1 Broxburn Athletic
- Dumbarton 3-2 Banks o’ Dee
- Dunbar United 1-0 East Fife
- Formartine United 3-2 Clydebank
- Forres Mechanics 0-1.Buckie Thistle
- Fraserburgh 1-2(aet) Bonnyrigg Rose
- Huntly 1-4(aet) Forfar Athletic
- Jeanfield Swifts 6-0 Elgin City
- Kilwinning Rangers 0-1 Cowdenbeath
- Peterhead 3-1 Clachnacuddin
- Pollok 5-2 Gala Fairydean Rovers
- Stenhousemuir 0-2 Brora Rangers
- Tranent Juniors 7-0 East Kilbride
- Musselburgh Athletic 2-3(aet) Clyde (Oct 30) – BBC Scotland
- Luncarty 0-1 Bo’ness United (Nov 4, post Oct 28)
Third Round (Nov 25)
- Clyde 2-0 Jeanfield Swifts (Nov 24)
- Dunfermline Athletic 0-3 Raith Rovers (Nov 24) – BBC Scotland
- Albion Rovers 0-1 Bonnyrigg Rose
- Annan Athletic 4-5(aet) Dumbarton
- Brora Rangers 1-0 Pollok
- Broxburn Athletic 2-2(4-5p) Buckie Thistle
- Cumnock Juniors 0-3 Broomhill
- Dunbar United 1-2 Alloa Athletic
- Falkirk 3-0 Formartine United
- Greenock Morton 4-0 Bo’ness United
- Hamilton Accies 0-2 Kelty Hearts
- Inverness Caley Thistle 2-0 Cowdenbeath
- Montrose 3-0 Edinburgh City
- Partick Thistle 3-0 Queen’s Park
- Peterhead 1-2(aet) Ayr United
- Queen of the South 2-2(4-3p) Dundee United
- Spartans 2-1 Arbroath
- Stirling Albion 0-2 Cove Rangers
- Stranraer 0-1 Airdrieonians
- Tranent Juniors 0-1 Forfar Athletic
Fourth Round (Jan 20)
- Clyde 0-2 Aberdeen (Jan 19) – BBC Scotland
- Airdrieonians 1-0 St Johnstone
- Ayr United 3-0 Kelty Hearts
- Bonnyrigg Rose 2-1 Falkirk
- Dumbarton 1-4 Rangers – Viaplay Sports
- Forfar Athletic 0-1 Hibernian
- Greenock Morton 2-0 Montrose
- Inverness Caley Thistle 4-0 Broomhill
- Kilmarnock 2-0 Dundee
- Livingston 2-1 Raith Rovers
- Motherwell 3-1 Alloa Athletic
- Ross County 0-3 Partick Thistle
- Spartans 1-2 Heart of Midlothian – BBC Scotland
- St Mirren 1-0 Queen of the South
- Celtic 5-0 Buckie Thistle (Jan 21) – Viaplay Sports
- Brora Rangers 1-3(aet) Cove Rangers (Jan 30, post Jan 20 & Jan 23)
Fifth Round (Feb 10)
- Greenock Morton 2-1 Motherwell (Feb 9) – BBC Scotland
- Aberdeen 2-0 Bonnyrigg Rose
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-3 Hibernian
- Kilmarnock 2-0 Cove Rangers
- Partick Thistle 2-3(aet) Livingston
- Rangers 2-0 Ayr United – Viaplay Sports
- Airdrieonians 1-4 Heart of Midlothian (Feb 11) – BBC Scotland
- St Mirren 0-2 Celtic (Feb 11) – Viaplay Sports
Quarter Finals
- Aberdeen 3-1 Kilmarnock (Mar 9) – BBC Scotland
- Celtic 4-2 Livingston (Mar 10) – Viaplay Sports
- Hibernian 0-2 Rangers (Mar 10) – Viaplay Sports
- Greenock Morton 0-1 Heart of Midlothian (Mar 11) – BBC Scotland
Semi Finals
- Aberdeen 3-3(5-6p) Celtic (Apr 20) – BBC One & Viaplay Sports
- Rangers – Heart of Midlothian (Apr 21) – Viaplay Sports
Final (May 25)
- Celtic 1-0 Rangers (@ Hampden Park) – BBC1 Scotland / Premier Sports
Scottish Football Fixtures 