2022–23 Scottish League Cup

2022–23 Scottish League Cup
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Country	Scotland
Dates	9 July 2022 – 26 February 2023
Teams	45
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Rangers
Matches played	95
Goals scored	296 (3.12 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	5 players; (4 goals)
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Scottish League Cup, also known as the Premier Sports Cup（until Semi-finals）/ Viaplay Cup（Final）for sponsorship reasons, was the 77th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. Celtic were the defending champions. They retained the title to win the competition for a 21st time.^[1]

Schedule

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
Group stage	9 July 2022^[2]	80	45 → 16
Second round	30 August 2022^[2]	8	16 → 80
Quarter finals	18 October 2022^[2]	4	8 → 4
Semi finals	14 January 2023^[2]	2	4 → 2
Final	26 February 2023^[2]	1	2 → 1

Format

The format for the 2022–23 competition was similar to the previous six seasons; however, this season the group stage was not regionalised.^[2] The competition began with eight groups of five teams. The five clubs initially competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic and Rangers), Europa League (Heart of Midlothian) and Europa Conference League (Dundee United and Motherwell) qualifying rounds received a bye to the second round. The group stage consisted of 40 teams: all remaining teams that competed across the SPFL in 2021–22, and the 2021–22 Highland Football League champions (Fraserburgh) and runners-up (Buckie Thistle), and the 2021–22 Lowland Football League champions (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic).^[2]

The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the three best runners-up, progressed to the second round (last 16). At this stage, the competition reverted to the traditional knock-out format. The three group winners with the highest points total and the European entrants were seeded.

Bonus point system

The traditional point system of awarding three points for a win and one point for a draw was used; however, for each group stage match that finished in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place, with the winner being awarded a bonus point.^[3]

Group stage

The teams were seeded according to their final league positions in 2021–22 and drawn into eight groups, with each group comprising one team from each pot. The draw for the group stage took place on 25 May 2022 and was broadcast live on FreeSports & the SPFL YouTube channel.^[2]

Knockout phase

Second round

Draw and seeding

Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Motherwell and Rangers entered the competition at this stage, due to their participation in UEFA club competitions.^[2]

The draw took place on 24 July 2022, following the Aberdeen v Raith Rovers match.^[4]

Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Seeded	Unseeded
Aberdeen Arbroath Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Rangers	Annan Athletic Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Partick Thistle Queen of the South Ross County

Matches

30 August 2022	Annan Athletic	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Aberdeen	Annan
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Swinglehurst 81'	^[5]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Besuijen 55', 105' Duk 97' Clarkson 117'	Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Steven McLean

30 August 2022	Dundee	3–0	Falkirk	Dundee
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Cameron 55' Ashcroft 80' Robinson 90' (pen.)	^[6]		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 3,195 Referee: Colin Steven

30 August 2022	Partick Thistle	1–0	Arbroath	Glasgow
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fitzpatrick 83'	^[7]		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 1,960 Referee: John Beaton

30 August 2022	Rangers	3–1	Queen of the South	Glasgow
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ure 10' Arfield 24', 86'	^[8]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Connelly 17'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 30,569 Referee: David Dickinson

31 August 2022	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Kilmarnock	Edinburgh
19:45		^[9]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Cameron 21'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 11,071 Referee: Don Robertson

31 August 2022	Livingston	1–2	Dundee United	Livingston
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Guthrie 78'	^[10]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fletcher 15' Harkes 34'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,497 Referee: David Munro

31 August 2022	Motherwell	4–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Van Veen 9', 38' (pen.), 67' (pen.) Devine 26' (o.g.)	^[11]		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,982 Referee: Kevin Clancy

31 August 2022	Ross County	1–4	Celtic	Dingwall
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Iacovitti 68'	^[12]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> McGregor 21' Giakoumakis 25' Maeda 73' Forrest 90'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,801 Referee: Willie Collum

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 31 August 2022, following the Ross County v Celtic match.^[13]

Matches

18 October 2022	Kilmarnock	2–1	Dundee United	Kilmarnock
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Lafferty 8' (pen.) Armstrong 73'	^[14]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Middleton 10'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 5,144 Referee: Kevin Clancy

19 October 2022	Motherwell	0–4	Celtic	Motherwell
18:15		^[15]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Abada 44', 56' Hatate 60' Furuhashi 76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,370 Referee: Don Robertson

19 October 2022	Aberdeen	4–1	Partick Thistle	Aberdeen
19:45	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Duk 16' Holt 31' (o.g.) Coulson 35' Duncan 85'	^[16]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Brownlie 53'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 9,323 Referee: David Munro

19 October 2022	Rangers	1–0	Dundee	Glasgow
20:15	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Davis 10'	^[17]		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 37,107 Referee: Willie Collum

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 19 October 2022, following the Rangers v Dundee match.^[18] VAR was used for the first time in the tournament when it was introduced at the semi-final stage.^[19]

Matches

14 January 2023	Celtic	2–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
17:30	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Maeda 18' Giakoumakis 90+5'	^[20]		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 45,787 Referee: Willie Collum

15 January 2023	Rangers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Jack 61' Roofe 94'	^[21]	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Miovski 41'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 47,562 Referee: Nick Walsh

Final

Rangers v Celtic

26 February 2023
15:00

Rangers	1–2	Celtic
Morelos 64'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64688959	Furuhashi 44', 56'

Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,529
Referee: Nick Walsh

Media coverage

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition are held exclusively by Premier Sports, who will broadcast between 12 and 16 live matches per season, as well as highlights.^[22]

The following matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round	Date	Match
Group stage	10 July 2022	Peterhead v Aberdeen^[23]
	12 July 2022	Falkirk v Hibernian^[23]
	13 July 2022	Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle^[23]
	17 July 2022	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic v Hibernian^[23]
	19 July 2022	~~Airdrieonians v St Mirren~~^[23]
	24 July 2022	Aberdeen v Raith Rovers^[23]
Second round	30 August 2022	Rangers v Queen of the South^[24]
Second round	31 August 2022	Ross County v Celtic^[24]
Quarter-finals	18 October 2022	Kilmarnock v Dundee United^[25]
	19 October 2022	Motherwell v Celtic^[25]
	19 October 2022	Rangers v Dundee^[25]
Semi-finals	14 January 2023	Celtic v Kilmarnock^[26]
Semi-finals	15 January 2023	Rangers v Aberdeen^[26]
Final	26 February 2023	Rangers v Celtic^[27]

Top goalscorers

Rank^[28]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vicente Besuijen	Aberdeen	4
	Conor Sammon	Alloa Athletic
	Alex Jakubiak	Dundee
	Oli Shaw	Kilmarnock
	Jonah Ayunga	St Mirren
6	21 players		3

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2022–23 Scottish League Cup

Contents

Schedule

Format

Bonus point system

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Best runners-up

Knockout phase

Second round

Draw and seeding

Matches

Quarter-finals

Matches

Semi-finals

Matches

Final

Media coverage

Top goalscorers

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