Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish women's football
Scottish Women's Football (SWF), formerly known as the Scottish Women’s Football Association (SWFA) between 1972 and 2001, is the governing body for women's association football in Scotland. It is an affiliated national association of the Scotti ...
.
Results
All results listed are published by
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (; also known as the Scottish FA and the SFA) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA incl ...
(SFA).
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place on Friday 2 September 2022 at
Hampden Park
Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football ...
. Alloa Athletic, Bonnyrigg Rose, Buchan Ladies United, Clydebank, Dunipace, Linlithgow Rose, Queen of the South, Stewarton United, Stonehaven and West Park United received a bye to the first round. The preliminary-round games which were due to take place on Sunday 11 September 2022 were postponed by the SFA due to the death of
Elizabeth II
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.
Brora Rangers, Orkney and Nithsdale Wanderers forfeited the games and Clachnacuddin, Harmony Row and Central Girls progressed to the first round.
First round
The draw for the first round took place on Thursday 15 September 2022.
Second round
The draw for the second round took place on Wednesday 12 October 2022.
Third round
The draw for the third round took place on Wednesday 12 October 2022 at Hampden Park.
Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round took place on Tuesday 6 December 2022 at Meggetland Sports Complex in Edinburgh.
Fifth round
The draw for the fifth round took place on Tuesday 9 January 2023 at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Tuesday 13 February 2023 at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on Sunday 19 March 2023 at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Final
The final was the first to be played at the national stadium
Hampden Park
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and the first to be played between
Celtic
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and
Rangers
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, the pre-eminent rivalry in Scottish men's football known as the
Old Firm
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derby. The popularity of the clubs led to increased interest in this match, with the attendance of over 10,000 far exceeding what had come to be the expected crowd figure of between 3-4,000 for women's cup finals in Scotland.
Celtic were the defending champions, having won the competition for the first time in
2022
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. Rangers were making their third appearance and looking for their maiden victory; they reached the final without conceding a goal in four rounds. They had already won the
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(for the first time) earlier in the season. With both teams having suffered the disappointment of missing out on the
2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League
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title on the last matchday a week earlier, they were considered evenly matched going into the final. Celtic came out on top and retained the trophy with two goals in the second half from Natasha Flint and
Claire O'Riordan
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Early years
O'Riordan initially ...