- First round
- Second round
- Third round
- Quarter-finals
- Semi-finals
- Final Teams
- References General Specific
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}}The 1988–89 Scottish League Cup was the forty-third season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen in the Final. First round| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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| Alloa Athletic (3) | 2–4 | Stirling Albion (3) | 10 August 1988 | | Brechin City (3) | 3–1 | Montrose (3) | 10 August 1988 | | Cowdenbeath (3) | 0–0[1][2] | Albion Rovers (3) | 10 August 1988 | | East Stirlingshire (3) | 0–1 | Arbroath (3) | 11 August 1988 | | Queen's Park (3) | 1–2 | Stranraer (3) | 10 August 1988 | | Stenhousemuir (3) | 3–0 | Berwick Rangers (3) | 10 August 1988 | |
Second round| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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| Aberdeen (1) | 4–0 | Arbroath (3) | 17 August 1988 | | Airdrieonians (2) | 0–1 | Motherwell (1) | 17 August 1988 | | Albion Rovers (3) | 2–4 | Hamilton Academical (1) | 16 August 1988 | | Brechin City (3) | 0–2 | Morton (2) | 17 August 1988 | | Celtic (1) | 4–1 | Ayr United (2) | 17 August 1988 | | Clyde (2) | 0–3 | Rangers (1) | 17 August 1988 | | Clydebank (2) | 2–0 | Stenhousemuir (3) | 17 August 1988 | | Dumbarton (3) | 1–3[1] | St Mirren (1) | 16 August 1988 | | Dundee (1) | 5–1 | Queen of the South(2) | 17 August 1988 | | East Fife (3) | 1–1[1][3] | Dunfermline Athletic (2) | 17 August 1988 | | Falkirk (2) | 1–1[1][4] | Raith Rovers (2) | 17 August 1988 | | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 5–0 | St Johnstone (2) | 17 August 1988 | | Hibernian (1) | 4–0 | Stranraer (3) | 17 August 1988 | | Kilmarnock (2) | 1–0 | Forfar Athletic (2) | 17 August 1988 | | Meadowbank Thistle (2) | 2–1 | Stirling Albion (3) | 16 August 1988 | | Partick Thistle (2) | 0–2 | Dundee United (1) | 16 August 1988 | |
Third round| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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| Celtic (1) | 7–2 | Hamilton Academical (1) | 24 August 1988 | | Dundee (1) | 2–1 | Falkirk (2) | 24 August 1988 | | Dunfermline Athletic (2) | 2–1 | Motherwell (1) | 24 August 1988 | | Morton (2) | 1–2 | Aberdeen (1) | 23 August 1988 | | Hibernian (1) | 1–0 | Kilmarnock (2) | 23 August 1988 | | Meadowbank Thistle (2) | 0–2 | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 23 August 1988 | | Rangers (1) | 6–0 | Clydebank (2) | 24 August 1988 | | St Mirren (1) | 1–3 | Dundee United (1) | 24 August 1988 | |
Quarter-finals| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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| Dundee United (1) | 2–0 | Celtic (1) | 31 August 1988 | | Dunfermline Athletic (2) | 1–4 | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 31 August 1988 | | Hibernian (1) | 1–2[1] | Aberdeen (1) | 31 August 1988 | | Rangers (1) | 4–1 | Dundee (1) | 31 August 1988 | |
Semi-finals| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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| Aberdeen (1) | 2–0 | Dundee United (1) | 20 September 1988 | | Rangers (1) | 3–0 | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 21 September 1988 | |
Final{{Main|1988 Scottish League Cup Final}}{{football box |
|date = 23 October 1988
|team1 = Aberdeen (1)
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = Rangers (1)
|goals1 = Dodds {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
|goals2 = McCoist {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Ferguson {{goal|}}
|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
|referee = George Smith
|attendance = 72,122 }}Teams| ABERDEEN : | | |
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| GK | Theo Snelders | | RB | Stewart McKimmie | | CB | Alex McLeish | | CB | Willie Miller (c) | | LB | David Robertson | | RM | Bobby Connor | | CM | Neil Simpson | 1}} | | CM | Jim Bett | | LM | John Hewitt | | CF | Charlie Nicholas | | CF | Davie Dodds | | Substitutes: | | DF | Brian Irvine | 1}} | | Managers: | Alex Smith
Jocky Scott |
| | RANGERS : | | |
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| GK | Chris Woods | | RB | Gary Stevens | | CB | Richard Gough | | CB | Terry Butcher (c) | | LB | John Brown | | RM | Davie Cooper | | CM | Ian Ferguson | | CM | Ray Wilkins | | LM | Mark Walters | | CF | Ally McCoist | | CF | Kevin Drinkell | |
| Manager: | | Graeme Souness |
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ReferencesGeneral- {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1988-1989/results |title=Scottish League Cup 1988–1989 : Results |accessdate=25 February 2012 |publisher=Statto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927075352/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1988-1989/results |archive-date=27 September 2013 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
Specific1. ^1 2 3 4 After Extra Time
2. ^Albion Rovers F.C. won 4–3 on penalties
3. ^Dunfermline Athletic F.C. won 4–3 on penalties
4. ^Falkirk F.C. won 9–8 on penalties
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