2025 Scottish League Cup final

2025 Scottish League Cup final
Hampden Park, venue for the match
Event2025–26 Scottish League Cup
Date14 December 2025 (2025-12-14)
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchJonah Ayunga
RefereeKevin Clancy
Attendance49,914

The 2025 Scottish League Cup final was an association football match that took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 14 December 2025. It was the culmination of the 2025–26 Scottish League Cup, the 80th season of the Scottish League Cup (known as the Premier Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons), a competition for the 42 teams in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It was played between Scottish Premiership clubs Celtic (22-time winners, including in seven of the previous ten seasons) and St Mirren.

St Mirren won the match 3–1, marking their second League Cup victory and their first in 12 years.[1][2]

Match

Details

St Mirren3–1Celtic
  • Fraser 2'
  • Ayunga 64', 76'
Report Hatate 23'
Attendance: 49,914
Referee: Kevin Clancy
St Mirren
Celtic
GK 1 England Shamal George
CB 22 Scotland Marcus Fraser (c) Yellow card 22'
CB 5 Jamaica Richard King
CB 21 England Miguel Freckleton
RM 10 Northern Ireland Conor McMenamin downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 88 Republic of Ireland Killian Phillips
CM 25 Australia Keanu Baccus
CM 13 Cyprus Alex Gogić
LM 24 Wales Declan John downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 11 Kenya Jonah Ayunga Yellow card 77'  downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 14 England Dan Nlundulu Yellow card 45+4'  downward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Scotland Ryan Mullen
DF 2 England Jayden Richardson upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 3 England Scott Tanser upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 4 Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly
MF 6 Scotland Mark O'Hara
MF 7 Republic of Ireland Roland Idowu
MF 30 Scotland Fraser Taylor
FW 9 France Mikael Mandron upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 33 Scotland Evan Mooney upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson
GK 1 Denmark Kasper Schmeichel
RB 56 Scotland Anthony Ralston downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 6 United States Auston Trusty Yellow card 45+4'
CB 5 Republic of Ireland Liam Scales
LB 63 Scotland Kieran Tierney downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 41 Japan Reo Hatate
CM 42 Scotland Callum McGregor (c)
CM 27 Belgium Arne Engels downward-facing red arrow 84'
RF 23 Tunisia Sebastian Tounekti downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 17 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho downward-facing red arrow 35'
LF 38 Japan Daizen Maeda
Substitutes:
GK 12 Finland Viljami Sinisalo
DF 51 Scotland Colby Donovan upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 8 Sweden Benjamin Nygren
MF 14 Scotland Luke McCowan upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 28 Portugal Paulo Bernardo
FW 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo Michel-Ange Balikwisha
FW 13 South Korea Yang Hyun-jun upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 24 Republic of Ireland Johnny Kenny upward-facing green arrow 35'
FW 49 Scotland James Forrest upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
France Wilfried Nancy


References

  1. ^ Canavan, Amy (14 December 2025). "St Mirren 3-1 Celtic". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Abject Celtic shocked by St Mirren in League Cup final". RTE Sport. 14 December 2025. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.