2009 Scottish League Cup Final

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
2009 Scottish League Cup Final
Event 2008–09 Scottish League Cup
Celtic Rangers
2 0
Date 15 March 2009
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee Dougie McDonald
Attendance 51,193
← 2008
2010` →

The 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was the final match of the 2008–09 Scottish League Cup, the 62nd season of the Scottish League Cup. The match was played at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 15 March 2009, and was won by Celtic, who beat Old Firm rivals and Cup holders, Rangers, 2-0 after extra time.

Both teams had to play just three matches to reach the final because teams competing in Europe received a bye into the Third Round. In the semi-finals, Celtic beat Dundee United 11–10 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 following extra time.[1] Rangers beat Falkirk 3–0 in their Semi-final[2]

Route to the Final

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

See also: 2008–09 Scottish League Cup

Celtic

Round Opposition Score
Third round Livingston (h) 4–0
Quarter-final Kilmarnock (a) 1–3
Semi-final Dundee United (n) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(11–10 pen.)

Celtic faced First Division Livingston at Celtic Park in their first match, a comfortable 4–0 victory was secured with goals from Glenn Loovens, Georgios Samaras and Scott Brown. Loovens headed into the net from a cross by Paul Caddis, Samaras added the second with a header from Loovens cross shortly after the hour. Brown added the third with a lob before Samaras got his second from the penalty spot, after Dave MacKay fouled Shaun Maloney in the penalty area.[3] Celtic then travelled to Rugby Park to play Kilmarnock, Scott McDonald scored the opener after 10 minutes with a header, the matches first effort on goal from either side, Shunsuke Nakamura scored the second with a free-kick. Aiden McGeady ended the scoring from a Scott Brown pass, just 3 minutes after Danny Invincibile had given Kilmarnock a chance.[4] The previous season's losing finalists Dundee United were Celtic's opponents in the Semi-final at Hampden, The match ended goalless after extra time and so was decided by a penalty shootout. An astonishing climax ensued with all 10 penalties being scored before going to sudden death. Lee Wilkie; who had missed the penalty in the previous season's final which allowed Rangers to win the cup, missed United's ninth penalty, Glenn Loovens therefore had a chance to win the match but could not score either. Another two penalties scored and it was goalkeeper time, Łukasz Załuska who would join Celtic the following season scored his and Artur Boruc did likewise, It was back to the first taker Willo Flood, who would join Celtic shortly after this match, could not convert and this time Celtic did take their chance to go through with Scott McDonald scoring the winning penalty.[1]

Rangers

Round Opposition Score
Third Round Partick Thistle (a) 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Quarter-final Hamilton Academical (h) 2–0
Semi-final Falkirk (n) 3–0

As both Rangers and Celtic had been competing in Europe, they entered the competition in the third round. Rangers began their campaign against fellow Glasgow team Partick Thistle from the First Division, it was the third meeting between the two teams in two seasons, Partick had taken Rangers to a replay following a 1–1 draw at Ibrox in the 2007–08 Scottish Cup quarter-finals,[5][6] a competition which Rangers went on to win.[7] Kris Boyd opened the scoring with a stunning volley, the lead lasted only 8 minutes, with Stephen McKeown equalising for Thistle, Pedro Mendes scored the winner deep into Extra time following a goalless second half.[8] Hamilton Academical were beaten 2–0 at Ibrox in the Quarter-final, Jean-Claude Darcheville found Kris Boyd who fired past goalkeeper Tomáš Černý after 25 minutes, Kyle Lafferty added the second from a Steven Davis cross.[9] Falkirk were the next opponents, 2 goals from Nacho Novo and 1 from Kris Boyd ensured a 3–0 victory at Hampden Park. After eight minutes Madjid Bougherra flicked on Pedro Mendes' corner allowing Novo to finish from close range at the back post, goalkeeper Dani Mallo was beaten again five minutes from half-time, Steven Davis passed to Novo who shot low into the corner of the net, Kris Boyd added the third on 8 minutes after a mistake by the goalkeeper.[2]

Match

Team news

Celtic defender Mark Wilson returned to the squad and was named on the bench but Barry Robson missed out through injury. Strachan started Gary Caldwell in midfield alongside Paul Hartley to replace Robson. Also missing through injury for Celtic were Lee Naylor, Shaun Maloney, Paddy McCourt, Koki Mizuno and Willo Flood who was ineligible, having played for Dundee United in the semi-final.

A big miss for Rangers was influential defender Madjid Bougherra with a calf injury so manager Walter Smith chose to partner Kirk Broadfoot at the back alongside David Weir. The only other absentee was Kevin Thomson who was ruled out for the rest of the season with knee ligament damage.

Celtic's Glenn Loovens and Rangers' Pedro Mendes were lining up against each other having also done so in the previous season's English FA Cup Final. On that occasion, Loovens was playing for Cardiff City and Mendes for winners, Portsmouth.

Match summary

After a goalless 90 minutes, the tie went to extra time. Darren O'Dea scored with a header to give Celtic a 1–0 lead, within two minutes of extra time commencing. In the last minute of extra time, Kirk Broadfoot was sent off for a professional foul on Aiden McGeady to give Celtic a penalty kick, which McGeady scored to confirm the win.

Match details

15 March 2009
15:00
Celtic 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Rangers
O'Dea Goal 91'
McGeady Goal 120' (pen.)		 Report Broadfoot Red card 120'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 51,193
Referee: D McDonald
Celtic
Rangers
CELTIC :
GK 1 Poland Artur Boruc Booked 120'
RB 2 Germany Andreas Hinkel Booked 43'
CB 22 Netherlands Glenn Loovens
CB 4 Scotland Stephen McManus (c)
LB 48 Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea Booked 71' Substituted off 106'
RM 25 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
CM 5 Scotland Gary Caldwell
CM 8 Scotland Scott Brown
LM 11 Scotland Paul Hartley Substituted off 72'
SS 46 Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady Booked 105'
CF 7 Australia Scott McDonald
Substitutes:
GK 21 Scotland Mark Brown
DF 12 Scotland Mark Wilson Substituted in 106'
MF 17 Spain Marc Crosas
FW 9 Greece Georgios Samaras Substituted in 72' Substituted off 120'
FW 10 Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Substituted in 120'
Manager:
Scotland Gordon Strachan
RANGERS :
GK 1 Scotland Allan McGregor
RB 28 Scotland Steven Whittaker
CB 21 Scotland Kirk Broadfoot Red card 120'
CB 3 Scotland David Weir Booked 65'
LB 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac
DM 12 Scotland Lee McCulloch Booked 78' Substituted off 82'
RM 35 Northern Ireland Steven Davis
CM 6 Scotland Barry Ferguson (c)
CM 4 Portugal Pedro Mendes
LM 27 Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty Substituted off 76'
CF 18 Scotland Kenny Miller Substituted off 58'
Substitutes:
GK 25 Scotland Neil Alexander
MF 23 Scotland Christian Dailly Substituted in 82'
MF 2 United States Maurice Edu
FW 9 Scotland Kris Boyd Substituted in 76'
FW 10 Spain Nacho Novo Booked 63' Substituted in 58'
Manager:
Scotland Walter Smith

MATCH OFFICIALS[10]

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

Statistic Celtic Rangers
Goals scored 2 0
Total shots 21 15
Shots on target 10 6
Ball possession 53% 47%
Corner kicks 8 2
Fouls committed 8 27
Offsides 3 10
Yellow cards 4 3
Red cards 0 1

Source

Media coverage

In the UK the 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was broadcast live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme, at 14:30 GMT. A highlights package was also broadcast late on 15 March 2009 on BBC One Scotland also on Sportscene.

Coverage of the match on radio was from BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC Radio 5 Live.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=2009_Scottish_League_Cup_Final&oldid=703785336"