46-408: AAFC may refer to: Sport [ edit ] Alexandra Athletic F.C. , a defunct Scottish association football club All-America Football Conference , a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League from 1946 to 1949 Alloa Athletic F.C. , a Scottish association football club Annan Athletic F.C. ,
92-414: A Scottish association football club Ardwick Association Football Club , former name of Manchester City F.C., an English association football club Arlesey Athletic F.C. , an English non-league association football club Ashington A.F.C. , an English non-league association football club Ashton Athletic F.C. , an English non-league association football club Australian Amateur Football Council ,
138-542: A blow the previous month, as it lost the funds it had deposited with the collapsing City of Glasgow Bank . The club does not seem to have survived the 1883–84 season; the A.A.C. was knocked out of the Cup in the first round by Whitehill , a protest against the state of the pitch being unanimously dismissed. It also did not enter the North-Eastern Cup, which the club had entered for the previous two seasons, without winning
184-683: A crowd of 147,365 spectators which was a world record for a national cup final and remains a European record. As Scotland is a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the winner of the Scottish Cup qualifies to compete in European-wide competitions organised by UEFA. Between 1960 and 1998, the Scottish Cup winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup along with winners of other domestic cup competitions across Europe before it
230-670: A tie. The club was still enough of a draw towards the end of the season to be invited to the north, and the club lost 9–4 at Arbroath in February 1884, after the club was 4–1 up at half-time. However the final recorded match for the club was an ignominious one - a 15–0 defeat to Cowlairs in the Glasgow North-Eastern Cup in April. The club was removed from the SFA register in August 1884. On
276-436: A world record achieved in 2023. Celtic won four consecutive domestic trebles ("quadruple treble") in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20. No team had previously won consecutive trebles. Some clubs have become renowned for eliminating higher ranked clubs from the tournament despite being underdogs. Division Two club East Fife won the tournament in 1938 by defeating Division One club Kilmarnock ,
322-450: Is no further record. The club reached the second round in 1876–77 , beating Eastern in the first round, but losing 4–0 at Northern in the second. The win over Eastern was at the third time of asking, the clubs having drawn in the first game, and Eastern winning the second 2–0, but being the subject of a successful post-match protest on the basis that the referee who took charge of the match had not been agreed beforehand; ironically, this
368-433: Is removed once each year to be cleaned and presented to the tournament winners. After the presentation ceremony, the trophy is returned to the museum. A replica of the original trophy is given to the tournament winners after the ceremony and is also used for promotional purposes. A total of 34 clubs have appeared in the final, of whom 25 have won the competition. The most successful club in terms of wins and appearances in
414-533: Is the oldest in association football and is also the oldest national trophy in the world. It was first presented to Queen's Park , who won the final match of the inaugural tournament in March 1874. The current holders are Celtic , who won the tournament for the 42nd time by defeating Rangers 1-0 in the 2024 final . The tournament starts at the beginning of the Scottish football season , in August. The Scottish Cup Final
460-595: Is the oldest national trophy and also the oldest association football trophy in the world. It was made by silversmith Martin Hall & Co in London in 1873 and has been presented to the winners of the tournament since 1874. The solid silver trophy is 50 cm (1 ft 8 in) in height and weighs 2.25 kg (72 ozt). The original trophy is displayed at the Scottish Football Museum at Hampden Park . It
506-545: Is usually the last game of the season, taking place at the end of May. Participating teams enter the tournament at different stages depending on their league ranking . The lowest ranked clubs enter the tournament at the preliminary round whilst the highest ranked, those that compete in the Scottish Premiership , enter at the fourth round stage in January. The competition is a knock-out tournament . In each round of games
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#1732844058047552-490: The 2014 Commonwealth Games , the semi-finals have been hosted at Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium , also in Glasgow. Hampden Park also usually hosts the final match of the tournament. The venue – across three sites in close proximity bearing the name – has hosted the majority of finals including the first in 1874 . Other venues that have hosted the final in the tournament's early years are Hamilton Crescent , Kinning Park and
598-671: The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) have been able to qualify since 2007 by winning the Scottish Junior Cup . And since 2015 , the winners of the Scottish Amateur Cup are also eligible to qualify. Players that are registered with a competing club are eligible to play, however, cannot represent more than one club during the same tournament. Each club names eleven players and up to seven substitutes before every match. In order to play in
644-560: The West of Scotland First Division, a seventh tier league in the Scottish pyramid , defeated League One side (third tier) Edinburgh in the 2022–23 edition . This was the biggest statistical cup shock in the history of the competition, with 62 places separating the teams in the leagues at the time. Later in that season West of Scotland Premier Division (sixth tier) side Darvel knocked out Premiership club Aberdeen , with 56 places separating
690-536: The Blythswood club, but had also been giving coaching advice during the match; nevertheless the clubs enjoyed a convivial toast after the match. At the end of 1875, the club played an exhibition match in Dundee , with the aim of promoting the association game there; the one Dundee club that had played association before (in 1871) had quickly switched to rugby. The club entered the Scottish Cup until 1884, after which there
736-464: The Scottish Cup runners-up. Until 2014, the Scottish Cup runners-up qualified for European competition if the cup winners had also qualified for the Champions League . The Scottish Football Association was founded in 1873 and the Scottish Cup was created as an annual competition for its members. The first Scottish Cup match took place on 18 October 1873 when Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in
782-530: The club's demise, a number of its members and players joined Rangers; club secretary Walter Crichton took the same role at the Light Blues. The club played in a variety of colours, mostly arranged around a white and blue schema: The club's Kennyhill Park ground on the Cumbernauld Road was the reason for the club's existence; it had its own clubhouse and was a 10-minute walk from the tramway terminus. After
828-510: The club's end, the ground was taken over by Dennistoun Athletic, the club formerly known as Whitehill. Scottish FA Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup , commonly known as the Scottish Cup ( Scots : Scots Cup ; Scottish Gaelic : Cupa na h-Alba ), is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Scotland . The competition
874-449: The competition; non-league Queen's Park defeated Celtic in the 1893 final. Several other clubs have reached the final whilst competing outside the top-tier of league football, but were defeated in the final. These include Dumbarton , Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians , Falkirk (twice), Gretna, Queen of the South , Ross County , Hearts and Inverness Caledonian Thistle . In the rounds before
920-562: The country's professional football leagues could only qualify for the tournament through the Scottish Qualifying Cup . Clubs which are not full members of the SFA may still qualify for the tournament by winning one of the six leagues at tier 6 in the Scottish football league system ( East , Midlands , North Caledonian , North Region , South , West ) or the East, South and West of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield . Clubs that are members of
966-406: The duration of each sponsorship. The competition relies on revenue earned from these agreements although it ran without a title sponsor for over 100 years until the late 1980s. The Scottish Health Education Group was the first organisation to sponsor the Scottish Cup in 1983 with the largest sponsorship package in Scottish football at the time, worth around £200,000. The partnership was praised for
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#17328440580471012-417: The famous newspaper headline " Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious ". In the 2020–21 competition Highland League club Brora Rangers knocked out Championship leaders Heart of Midlothian , who had been runners-up in each of the two previous seasons. Cup holders St Johnstone were knocked out by League Two (fourth tier) club Kelty Hearts in 2021–22 . Drumchapel United of
1058-408: The final is Celtic , with 42 wins from 61. Rangers have finished runners-up on more occasions than any other club with 19 defeats in the final. The most recent winner is Celtic, who defeated Rangers 1–0 in the 2024 final . Clubs that win the Scottish Cup can complete a domestic " double " by becoming Scottish league champions in the same season. Only three clubs have won both competitions in
1104-403: The final match, a player must have also been registered to compete in the semi-final round for the same club. If a club fields a player that is not registered, the club may be expelled from the tournament. Before the semi-final and final rounds, the venue of each match is determined when the fixtures are drawn; the first club drawn in a fixture is named the home team and chooses the venue for
1150-462: The final some notable shocks have occurred. In 1959, Dundee were eliminated by Highland League club Fraserburgh despite having Scotland internationals in their squad. A season later, Eyemouth United reached the quarter-finals after defeating two higher league clubs. In 1967, Berwick Rangers eliminated defending champions Rangers in the first round. Celtic's shock defeat by First Division club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2000 led to
1196-575: The first Cathkin Park ; all in Glasgow (although just outside the city boundaries at the time). The last game of the 1896 tournament is the only final that has been hosted outside Glasgow when rivals Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian played at New Logie Green in Edinburgh . Hampden Park has held world and European records for the highest attendance, some of which were recorded at Scottish Cup games. The 1937 final played between Aberdeen and Celtic attracted
1242-467: The first round. In its early years the competition was dominated by Queen's Park who won the final 10 times in the first twenty years. Vale of Leven , Dumbarton and Renton were also successful during this period. In 1885, the record margin of victory in the tournament was recorded when Arbroath defeated Bon Accord 36–0 in a first round match. It was also the highest scoring professional football game recorded in history. The Scottish Cup trophy
1288-421: The first team from outside the top-tier of league football to win the trophy. East Fife had previously reached the final in 1927 after eliminating three higher ranked clubs in the preceding rounds. Hibernian became the second tier-two side to win the cup as they defeated Rangers , who were also then in the second tier, in the 2016 final . Only one other club from outside the top-tier of league football has won
1334-504: The fourth round. If the replay also ended in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place to decide the winner. From the fourth round onwards, if the game ended in a draw there was no replay; 30 minutes of extra time would be played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if there is still no winner. Following a vote by the Scottish FA's member clubs in August 2022, it was decided that, for the 2022—23 competition, there would be no replays following
1380-535: The governing body for the sport of amateur Australian rules football in the states of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania Other uses [ edit ] Australian Air Force Cadets , an Australian youth organisation supported by the RAAF. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada a federal agency of Canada See also [ edit ] AFC (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
1426-461: The match, usually its own home ground . In the event of a game ending in a draw, the venue for the replay is the home ground of the second club drawn. The semi-final ties are played at a neutral venue ; usually Hampden Park in Glasgow . On occasions when Hampden has been unavailable, such as when it was being renovated in the late 1990s and when it was being transformed into an athletics stadium for
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1472-494: The partnership was largely successful and lasted 18 years until 2007. The SFA received around £25 million over the duration of the sponsorship deal. The Scottish Government in association with businessman Willie Haughey sponsored the Scottish Cup between 2008 and 2010. The 2008–09 competition was known as the Homecoming Scottish Cup to promote Scotland's year of homecoming and tourism. The 2009–10 competition
1518-453: The preliminary round, extra time and penalties will be used to decide the winner of drawn games from Round One onwards. The competition has a staggered entry system. For the 2022–23 edition, the preliminary round is contested by 50 clubs. Eighteen Highland League and sixteen Lowland League clubs begin in the first round. Ten Scottish League Two clubs enter the second round. Scottish League One and Scottish Championship clubs start in
1564-406: The promotion of a healthy lifestyle linked with football. The deal ended in 1989 when Tennent Caledonian Breweries won the sponsorship rights. Tennent's association with the tournament raised the debate about alcohol sponsorship within sports following the riots at the 1980 Scottish Cup Final which resulted in the sale of alcohol being banned at Scottish sporting events. Despite this controversy,
1610-473: The same season. Celtic have completed the domestic league and Scottish Cup double on 19 occasions, followed by Rangers on 18. The only other Scottish club to achieve this feat was Aberdeen, in 1983–84 . Since the creation of the Scottish League Cup in 1947, clubs can complete a domestic treble by also winning this tournament in the same season. Celtic have achieved this feat on eight occasions,
1656-411: The teams are paired at random, with the first team drawn listed as the home team . Every game lasts 90 minutes plus any additional stoppage time . The winner of each game advances to the next round, whilst the loser is eliminated from the tournament. In prior seasons, if a game ended in a draw before the fourth round, the fixture was replayed at the home ground of the other team at a later date, before
1702-609: The third round, while 12 Scottish Premiership clubs enter in the fourth round. Any club that is a full or associate member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) is entitled to compete in the tournament. Full members qualify automatically, which includes every team that plays in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), Highland League , and Lowland League . Between 1895 and 2007, clubs that were SFA members but not competitors in
1748-483: The title AAFC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AAFC&oldid=970772321 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alexandra Athletic F.C. Alexandra Athletic Football Club
1794-424: The two teams. Other results regarded as shocks include Stenhousemuir 's win against Aberdeen in 1995 and Albion Rovers ' defeat of Motherwell in 2013. The Scottish Cup has been sponsored several times since the first organisation backed the tournament in 1983. The sponsor has been able to determine the name of the competition. There have been five sponsors since 1983 as well as several name changes within
1840-447: The use of a portion of the park". Within two months however the new club was given permission to lease part of the park for sporting activities; by this time the Earl of Glasgow and Robert Dalglish MP had agreed to become the club's patrons and the club had an elite image, with amongst the best sporting facilities and equipment in Glasgow. Indeed, the club's first secretary, William Dick,
1886-442: Was a 19th-century football club from Dennistoun , in Glasgow , which participated in the early years of the Scottish Cup . The football club was founded in 1873 as an all-round athletics club, with football as the "ruling pastime"; originally, the club's request to use part of Alexandra Park as a home ground was declined, despite the club being "a body of working men...who had done a very gracious thing in asking permission to get
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1932-479: Was abolished. The Scottish Cup winners now qualify to compete in the following season's UEFA Europa League (formerly known as the UEFA Cup ). It is possible for the Scottish Cup winners to have already qualified for a UEFA competition through their league ranking in the Scottish Premiership . In this scenario, the qualification spot passes to the highest ranked team in that competition not yet qualified, rather than to
1978-465: Was also the secretary of the Scottish Football Association . By the following season, the issue had been sorted out, and the club was able to play its first Scottish FA Cup tie on the park; after beating Callander F.C. at home in the first round, the club lost 2–0 to Blythswood in the second (last eight), the club complaining that the Blythswood-nominated umpire was not merely a member of
2024-500: Was down to Eastern objecting to the Alexandra nominee, but Eastern called the protest "a mean subterfuge to attempt to wrest the honours which have already been fairly won". The following year , the club bested Lancefield F.C. in the first round but lost 8–0 at Rangers in the next. In 1878–79 the club had its most successful run, reaching the fourth round (last 18), but again losing to Rangers, this time 3–0. The club had suffered
2070-468: Was first held in 1873–74 . Entry is open to all 122 clubs with full membership of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), along with up to eight other clubs who are associate members. The competition is called Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons. Although it is the second oldest competition in association football history, after the English FA Cup , the Scottish Cup trophy
2116-881: Was known the Active Nation Scottish Cup to promote a healthy living through football. Carling was an additional sponsor between 2010 and 2014 as the competition's official beer. Scottish Cup matches are currently broadcast live by both BBC Scotland in Scotland and Premier Sports across the rest of the United Kingdom. BBC Radio Scotland provide radio coverage including several full live commentaries with additional commentaries broadcast on Radio Scotland's local frequencies. Radio broadcasting rights are also held by BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC Radio 5 Live also carry some games. The Scottish FA sells overseas rights separately from their domestic contract. In Australia,
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