The 2008–09 Scottish Women's Cup was the 38th official edition (40th overall) of the
Scottish Women's Cup
The Women's Scottish Cup is the national knockout cup competition for women's football in Scotland.
First held in 1970–71 and known as the Scottish Women's FA Cup, the competition was owned and managed by Scottish Women's Football (SWF), an ...
, the main knockout tournament in
women's football in Scotland
Women's association football in Scotland has an organised history including the first international women's match in 1881, the president of the British Ladies' Football Club in 1895, Lady Florence Dixie, the Edinburgh–Preston "World Championshi ...
. Sponsored by
Unite
Unite may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums
* ''Unite'' (1GN album), 2016
* ''Unite'' (A Friend in London album), 2013
* ''Unite'' (Kool & the Gang album), 1992
* ''Unite'' (The O.C. Supertones album), 2005
Songs
*"Unite!" ...
, matches were played between January and May 2009.League Results :- Season 2008 - 2009 Spartans FC Women news archive
Third round
Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals. Scottish Football Historical Archive, 6 November 2022
Quarter-finals
Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
Teams in bold advanced to the final.
Final
Glasgow City won the cup for the third time in their history (after 2004 and 2006), proving too strong for first-time finalists
Rangers
A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting". The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
who were in their first season competing under the identity of the famous men's club (they took over existing lower-division members Paisley Saints). Glasgow City also won that season's
Scottish Women's Premier League
The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL (previously styled as ''SWPL 1'') and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of th ...
championship and
SWPL Cup
The Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, currently known as the Sky Sports Cup due to sponsorship and commonly shortened to the SWPL Cup, is a league cup competition in women's football in Scotland. The cup is open only to the teams in the Scotti ...