Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 139th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The 2023–24 edition marked the 150th anniversary of the tournament which was established in 1873–74. The winners would qualify for the 2024–25 Europa League play-off round.
Celtic
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
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*Celtic music
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were the defending champions after defeating
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...
in the 2023 final and successfully defended their title after beating
Rangers
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Following an increase in the number of entries, an additional preliminary round was added to the competition format. Replays were also removed entirely from the tournament, having been restricted to just the Preliminary Round in the previous season.
Loch Ness
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Luncarty
Luncarty (; pronounced ''Lung''-cur-tay ) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately north of Perth. It lies between the A9 to the west, and the River Tay to the east.
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(Cup Winners' Shield winners). They were drawn into three ties with Culter drawn to receive a bye to the second preliminary round.
Abbey Vale, Cupar Hearts, Loch Ness, and Luncarty all took part in the competition for the first time.
Matches
Preliminary round two
The draw for preliminary round two was made on 26 July 2023. Carluke Rovers are taking part in the competition for the first time having gained their SFA club licence, along with Glenafton Athletic who previously competed as a qualifier.
Teams in bold advanced to the first round.
Matches
First round
The draw for the first round was made on 3 September 2023.
Teams in bold advanced to the second round.
Matches
Second round
The draw for the second round was made on 24 September 2023 at 5pm live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in ''italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw. Teams in bold advanced to the third round.
Matches
Third round
The draw for the third round was made on 29 October 2023 at 7:30pm live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in ''italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw.
Teams in bold advanced to the fourth round.
Matches
Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round was made on 26 November 2023 during Sportscene on the BBC Scotland channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the fifth round.
Matches
Fifth round
The draw for the fifth round was made on 21 January 2024 during Sportscene on the BBC Scotland channel.
Teams in ''italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw.
Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 11 February 2024 at 4:40pm live on
BBC One Scotland
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.
Teams in ''italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw.
Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.
Matches
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 11 March 2024 live on
BBC Scotland
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following the Greenock Morton v Heart of Midlothian match.
Teams in bold advanced to the final.
Matches
Final
Broadcasting
The Scottish Cup is broadcast by Viaplay Sports and BBC Scotland. Viaplay Sports has the first two picks of the fourth and fifth rounds, the quarter-finals as well as first pick of one semi-final and airs the final non-exclusively.
BBC Scotland
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broadcast one match per round from the first round onwards and two matches per round from the fourth round to the quarter-finals, as well as one semi-final and the final.
The following matches were selected for live coverage on UK television:
Cup
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