1986–87 Scottish League Cup

1986–87 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Aberdeen
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Celtic
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Scottish League Cup was the forty-first season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Celtic in the Final.

First round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Albion Rovers	3–1	Berwick Rangers	12 August 1986
Arbroath	2–1	Raith Rovers	13 August 1986
Cowdenbeath	0–1	St Johnstone	13 August 1986
Meadowbank Thistle	1–4	Stirling Albion	13 August 1986
Stenhousemuir	1–0	Queen's Park	13 August 1986
Stranraer	0–2	East Stirlingshire	13 August 1986

Second round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	4–0	Alloa Athletic	20 August 1986
Albion Rovers	2–2^[1]^[2]	Forfar Athletic	20 August 1986
Brechin City	0–1^[1]	Hamilton Academical	19 August 1986
Celtic	2–0	Airdrieonians	20 August 1986
Clyde	2–1	Falkirk	19 August 1986
Clydebank	3–0	St Johnstone	20 August 1986
Dumbarton	1–0	Stirling Albion	20 August 1986
Dunfermline Ath	0–2	St Mirren	20 August 1986
Heart of Midlothian	0–2	Montrose	19 August 1986
Hibernian	1–0	East Stirlingshire	20 August 1986
Kilmarnock	1–2	Ayr United	20 August 1986
Morton	2–5^[1]	Dundee	20 August 1986
Motherwell	4–0	Arbroath	20 August 1986
Partick Thistle	0–1	East Fife	20 August 1986
Queen of the South	0–1	Dundee United	20 August 1986
Stenhousemuir	1–4	Rangers	20 August 1986

Third round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	3–1	Clyde	27 August 1986
Ayr United	0–3	Dundee United	27 August 1986
Celtic	3–0	Dumbarton	27 August 1986
Dundee	4–0	Montrose	27 August 1986
East Fife	0–0^[1]^[3]	Rangers	27 August 1986
Forfar Athletic	5–1	St Mirren	27 August 1986
Hamilton Academical	0–1	Hibernian	27 August 1986
Motherwell	2–0	Clydebank	27 August 1986

Quarter-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	1–1^[1]^[4]	Celtic	3 September 1986
Hibernian	1–2	Dundee United	3 September 1986
Motherwell	2–1^[1]	Forfar Athletic	3 September 1986
Rangers	3–1^[1]	Dundee	3 September 1986

Semi-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Motherwell	2–2^[1]^[5]	Celtic	23 September 1986
Rangers	2–1	Dundee United	24 September 1986

Final

26 October 1986

Rangers	2–1	Celtic
Durrant 62' Cooper 84' (pen.)	Report	McClair 70'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 74,219

Referee: David Syme

References

General

"Scottish League Cup 1986–1987 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h After Extra Time
^ Forfar Athletic F.C. won 5–3 on penalties
^ Rangers F.C. won 5–4 on penalties
^ Celtic F.C. won 4–2 on penalties
^ Celtic F.C. won 5–4 on penalties

[aet-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h After Extra Time

[faw3op-2] Forfar Athletic F.C. won 5–3 on penalties

[rw5op-3] Rangers F.C. won 5–4 on penalties

[cw4op-4] Celtic F.C. won 4–2 on penalties

[cw5op-5] Celtic F.C. won 5–4 on penalties

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
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Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
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League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
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