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List of Scottish Cup winning managers

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This is a list of Scottish Cup winning football managers. The Scottish Cup was first competed for in the 1873–74 season. Football in Scotland did not become a professional sport until the 1890s. This meant that clubs in this early period were generally organised by a management committee, or a board of directors if the club had been incorporated. The position of team manager was not introduced in Scottish football until the 1890s, or even later in some instances.

Willie Maley, with Celtic in 1899, was the first team manager to win the competition. This list gives details of the winning club and their manager in each season since then. Maley is also the most successful manager in the history of the competition, winning 14 Scottish Cups during his long tenure.

Winning managers

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Jock Stein is one of only two managers to have won the Scottish Cup with more than one club. Stein won it eight times with Celtic between 1965 and 1977. His first Scottish Cup victory was with Dunfermline Athletic in 1961.
Billy McNeill won the Scottish Cup three times as a manager, in two spells with Celtic.
Alex Ferguson is the only manager to have won the Scottish Cup more than twice, without having managed either half of the Old Firm. His Aberdeen side won four Scottish Cups between 1982 and 1986.
Dick Advocaat won the Scottish Cup twice, with Rangers in 1999 and 2000.
Gordon Strachan managed the Celtic side that won the Scottish Cup in 2007.
Peter Houston lifts the Scottish Cup in 2010, celebrating the victory of his Dundee United team.
Neil Lennon has won the Scottish Cup four times as a manager, with Celtic in 2011, 2013, 2019 and 2020.
Final Manager Nationality Club Ref
1899 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1900 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1901 Heart of Midlothian [note 1]
1902 Dan McMichael  Ireland Hibernian [1]
1903 William Wilton  Scotland Rangers
1904 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1905 Samuel Wyllie  Scotland Third Lanark
1906 William Waugh  Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1907 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1908 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1909 [2]
1910 Willie Wallace  Scotland Dundee
1911 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1912 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1913 Willie Nicol  Scotland Falkirk
1914 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1920 Hugh Spence  Scotland Kilmarnock
1921 George Easton  Scotland Partick Thistle
1922 Bob Cochrane  Scotland Greenock Morton
1923 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1924 Willie Orr  Scotland Airdrieonians
1925 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1926 Johnny Cochrane  Scotland St Mirren
1927 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1928 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1929 Hugh Spence  Scotland Kilmarnock
1930 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1931 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1932 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1933 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1934 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1935 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1936 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1937 Willie Maley  Scotland Celtic
1938 David McLean  Scotland East Fife
1939 Paddy Travers  Scotland Clyde
1947 Dave Halliday  Scotland Aberdeen
1948 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1949 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1950 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1951 Jimmy McGrory  Scotland Celtic
1952 George Stevenson  Scotland Motherwell
1953 Bill Struth  Scotland Rangers
1954 Jimmy McGrory  Scotland Celtic
1955 Paddy Travers  Scotland Clyde
1956 Tommy Walker  Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1957 Reg Smith  England Falkirk
1958 Johnny Haddow  Scotland Clyde
1959 Willie Reid  Scotland St Mirren
1960 Scot Symon  Scotland Rangers
1961 Jock Stein  Scotland Dunfermline Athletic
1962 Scot Symon  Scotland Rangers
1963 Scot Symon  Scotland Rangers
1964 Scot Symon  Scotland Rangers
1965 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1966 Scot Symon  Scotland Rangers
1967 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1968 George Farm  Scotland Dunfermline Athletic
1969 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1970 Eddie Turnbull  Scotland Aberdeen
1971 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1972 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1973 Jock Wallace, Jr.  Scotland Rangers
1974 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1975 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1976 Jock Wallace, Jr.  Scotland Rangers
1977 Jock Stein  Scotland Celtic
1978 Jock Wallace, Jr.  Scotland Rangers
1979 John Greig  Scotland Rangers
1980 Billy McNeill  Scotland Celtic
1981 John Greig  Scotland Rangers
1982 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Aberdeen
1983 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Aberdeen
1984 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Aberdeen
1985 David Hay  Scotland Celtic
1986 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Aberdeen
1987 Alex Smith  Scotland St Mirren
1988 Billy McNeill  Scotland Celtic
1989 Billy McNeill  Scotland Celtic
1990 Alex Smith and Jocky Scott  Scotland Aberdeen [note 2]
1991 Tommy McLean  Scotland Motherwell
1992 Walter Smith  Scotland Rangers
1993 Walter Smith  Scotland Rangers
1994 Ivan Golac  Yugoslavia Dundee United [3]
1995 Tommy Burns  Scotland Celtic
1996 Walter Smith  Scotland Rangers
1997 Bobby Williamson  Scotland Kilmarnock
1998 Jim Jefferies  Scotland Heart of Midlothian
1999 Dick Advocaat  Netherlands Rangers [3]
2000 Dick Advocaat  Netherlands Rangers [3]
2001 Martin O'Neill  Northern Ireland Celtic
2002 Alex McLeish  Scotland Rangers
2003 Alex McLeish  Scotland Rangers
2004 Martin O'Neill  Northern Ireland Celtic
2005 Martin O'Neill  Northern Ireland Celtic
2006 Valdas Ivanauskas  Lithuania Heart of Midlothian [3]
2007 Gordon Strachan  Scotland Celtic
2008 Walter Smith  Scotland Rangers
2009 Walter Smith  Scotland Rangers
2010 Peter Houston  Scotland Dundee United
2011 Neil Lennon  Northern Ireland Celtic
2012 Paulo Sérgio  Portugal Heart of Midlothian [3]
2013 Neil Lennon  Northern Ireland Celtic
2014 Tommy Wright  Northern Ireland St Johnstone
2015 John Hughes  Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2016 Alan Stubbs  England Hibernian
2017 Brendan Rodgers  Northern Ireland Celtic
2018 Brendan Rodgers  Northern Ireland Celtic
2019 Neil Lennon  Northern Ireland Celtic
2020 Neil Lennon  Northern Ireland Celtic
2021 Callum Davidson  Scotland St Johnstone
2022 Giovanni van Bronckhorst  Netherlands Rangers
2023 Ange Postecoglou  Australia Celtic
2024 Brendan Rodgers  Northern Ireland Celtic

By individual

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Rank Name Wins Club(s) Winning Years
1 Willie Maley 14 Celtic 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937
2 Bill Struth 10 Rangers 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953
3 Jock Stein 9 Dunfermline Athletic, Celtic 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977
4 Walter Smith 5 Rangers 1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2009
= Scot Symon 5 Rangers 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
6 Alex Ferguson 4 Aberdeen 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
= Neil Lennon 4 Celtic 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020
8 Billy McNeill 3 Celtic 1980, 1988, 1989
= Brendan Rodgers 3 Celtic 2017, 2018, 2024
= Martin O'Neill 3 Celtic 2001, 2004, 2005
= Jock Wallace, Jr. 3 Rangers 1973, 1976, 1978
11 Dick Advocaat 2 Rangers 1999, 2000
= John Greig 2 Rangers 1979, 1981
= Jimmy McGrory 2 Celtic 1951, 1954
= Alex McLeish 2 Rangers 2002, 2003
= Alex Smith 2 St Mirren, Aberdeen 1987, 1990
= Hugh Spence 2 Kilmarnock 1920, 1929
= Paddy Travers 2 Clyde 1939, 1955

By nationality

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Country Managers Total
 Scotland 40 91
 Northern Ireland 4 11
 Netherlands 2 3
 England 2 2
 Australia 1 1
 Ireland 1 1
 Lithuania 1 1
 Portugal 1 1
 Yugoslavia 1 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In the early years of organised football, many clubs did not appoint a manager. A management committee or board of directors (if the club had been incorporated) would pick the team instead.
  2. ^ Alex Smith and Jocky Scott were "co-managers" of Aberdeen.

References

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  1. ^ Miller, Dale (25 November 2013). "Tribute to Hibs' Scottish Cup boss Dan McMichael". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ Dart, James; Lutz, Tom (21 March 2007). "Why no one won the Scottish Cup in 1909". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Foreign managers to lift the William Hill Scottish Cup". Scottish Football Association. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.