2023 Scottish Cup final
{{Short description|Football match}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{infobox football match
| title = 2023 Scottish Cup final
| image = Hampden Park, January 2023.jpg
| caption = The match took place at Hampden Park
| event = 2022–23 Scottish Cup
| date = {{start date|2023|6|3|df=y}}
| team1 = Celtic
| team1score = 3
| team2 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle
| team2score = 1
| details =
| stadium = Hampden Park
| city = Glasgow
| man_of_the_match1a = Jota
| referee = John Beaton
| attendance = 47,247
| weather =
| previous = 2022
| next = 2024
}}
The 2023 Scottish Cup final was the final match of the 2022–23 Scottish Cup, the 138th edition of Scotland's most prestigious knockout football competition. It was contested by Celtic and Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 3 June 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scottish-cup-dates-and-preliminary-round-draw-confirmed-for-season-202223/ |title=Scottish Cup dates and Preliminary Round draw confirmed for season 2022/23 |publisher=Scottish Football Association |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |date=29 July 2022 |access-date=1 May 2023}}
Background
The 2023 final was a record 60th Scottish Cup final appearance for Celtic, while it was only Inverness Caledonian Thistle's second final appearance, having won the cup in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/weekend-in-numbers-49167 |title=Weekend in Numbers |publisher=SPFL |date=1 May 2023 |access-date=1 May 2023}} It was the first time that the clubs had met in the final, but the eighth time they had met at any stage of the competition, the most recent meeting taking place in the fifth round in the 2016–17 season. It was also the first time since 2015 that teams in different divisions had contested the final, not including the 2020 final, where Heart of Midlothian were in the unique position of being a Premiership side when the competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a Championship side when it resumed midway through the 2020–21 season.
The winners were due to enter the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League play-off round, however, as Celtic had already qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the team placed third in the Premiership (Aberdeen) entered the Europa League instead.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Access list 2021–24 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |access-date=24 March 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204074949/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=live }}
Road to the final
{{main|2022–23 Scottish Cup}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin:0" |
| colspan="2"|Celtic
!rowspan="2" style="width:25px"|Round !colspan="2"|Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:180px"|Opposition
!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Score !scope="col" style="width:180px"|Opposition !scope="col" style="width:70px"|Score |
| colspan=2 | N/A
!scope=row style="text-align:center"|3rd |Stirling Albion (H) |3–2 |
| Greenock Morton (H)
|5–0 !scope=row style="text-align:center"|4th |Queen's Park (H) |
| St Mirren (H)
|5–1 !scope=row style="text-align:center"|5th |Livingston (A) |3–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian (A)
|3–0 !scope=row style="text-align:center"|QF |Kilmarnock (H) |2–1 |
| Rangers (N)
|1–0 !scope=row style="text-align:center"|SF |3–0 |
| colspan="5"|Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle entered the Scottish Cup at the third round, securing their place in the fourth round by defeating Stirling Albion 3–2 at Caledonian Stadium.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=26 November 2022 |title=Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2 Stirling Albion |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63685959 |access-date=1 May 2023}} Celtic entered at the fourth round, with a 5–0 home victory over Greenock Morton ensuring their progression to the fifth round.{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Andy |date=21 January 2023 |title=Celtic 5–0 Greenock Morton |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64272753 |access-date=1 May 2023}} Inverness Caledonian Thistle were eliminated from the competition after a 2–0 defeat to Queen's Park in their rescheduled tie,{{Cite news |last=McLauchlin |first=Brian |date=31 January 2023 |title=Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Queen's Park |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64272757 |access-date=1 May 2023}} however, they were reinstated after Queen's Park were found to have fielded an ineligible player.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=3 February 2023 |title=Queen's Park out of Scottish Cup over ineligible player, Inverness to face Livingston |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64515676 |access-date=1 May 2023}} In the fifth round, Celtic beat St Mirren 5–1 in Glasgow, with a flurry of late goals in the match,{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Keir |date=11 February 2023 |title=Celtic 5–1 St Mirren |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64520976 |access-date=1 May 2023}} while Inverness Caledonian Thistle defeated Premiership side Livingston 3–0 at Almondvale Stadium.{{Cite news |last=Petrie |first=Andrew |date=11 February 2023 |title=Livingston 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64520972 |access-date=1 May 2023}}
Caley Thistle also faced Premiership opposition in the quarter-finals, beating Kilmarnock 2–1 in Inverness,{{Cite news |last=McGill |first=Sean |date=10 March 2023 |title=Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Kilmarnock |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64799897 |access-date=1 May 2023}} while Celtic travelled to Tynecastle Park to face Heart of Midlothian, where they ran out 3–0 winners.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=11 March 2023 |title=Heart of Midlothian 0–3 Celtic |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64845558 |access-date=1 May 2023}} The semi-finals were both played at Hampden Park, with Inverness Caledonian Thistle facing Falkirk on 29 April and Celtic taking on holders Rangers the next day. In a repeat of the 2015 final, Caley Thistle defeated Falkirk, with goals from Billy Mckay and Daniel MacKay taking the club to only the second Scottish Cup final in its history.{{Cite news |last=McPheat |first=Nick |date=29 April 2023 |title=Falkirk 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65357243 |access-date=1 May 2023}} They would also become the first and only team to have made the final, having been eliminated from the competition in the same season. On 30 April, Celtic beat Rangers, with Jota scoring the only goal of the game.{{Cite news |last=Moffat |first=Colin |date=30 April 2023 |title=Rangers 0–1 Celtic |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65364027 |access-date=1 May 2023}}
Match
=Details=
| date = {{Start date|2023|6|3|df=y}}
| time = 17:30 BST
| team1 = Celtic
| score = 3–1
| team2 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle
| goals1 = Furuhashi {{goal|38}}
Abada {{goal|65}}
Jota {{goal|90+1}}
| goals2 = MacKay {{goal|84}}
| stadium = Hampden Park
| attendance = 47,247
| referee = John Beaton
| report = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65730831
| location = Glasgow
}}
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| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Hart | ||
| RB | 2 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Alistair Johnston | ||
| CB | 24 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoki Iwata | ||
| CB | 4 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Starfelt | ||
| LB | 3 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Greg Taylor | ||
| CM | 33 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Matt O'Riley | {{suboff|76}} | |
| CM | 42 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Callum McGregor (c) | ||
| CM | 41 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Reo Hatate | {{suboff|76}} | |
| RW | 17 | {{flagicon|POR}} Jota | {{suboff|90+2}} | |
| CF | 8 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyogo Furuhashi | {{suboff|59}} | |
| LW | 38 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Daizen Maeda | {{suboff|45}} | |
| colspan=4|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 31 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Benjamin Siegrist | ||
| FW | 9 | {{flagicon|MNE}} Sead Hakšabanović | {{subon|76}} | |
| FW | 11 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Liel Abada | {{subon|45}} | |
| MF | 14 | {{flagicon|SCO}} David Turnbull | {{subon|76}} | |
| FW | 19 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Oh Hyeon-gyu | {{subon|59}} | |
| DF | 25 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Alexandro Bernabei | ||
| MF | 49 | {{flagicon|SCO}} James Forrest | {{subon|90+2}} | |
| DF | 56 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony Ralston | ||
| DF | 57 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Welsh | ||
| colspan=4|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Ange Postecoglou |
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| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Mark Ridgers | ||
| RB | 2 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Wallace Duffy | {{yel|70}} | |
| CB | 6 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Danny Devine | {{suboff|75}} | |
| CB | 5 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Robbie Deas | ||
| LB | 3 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Cameron Harper | ||
| CM | 18 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Allardice | {{suboff|81}} | |
| CM | 8 | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Carson | {{yel|44}} | |
| CM | 4 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Sean Welsh (c) | ||
| RW | 20 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Jay Henderson | {{suboff|68}} | |
| CF | 9 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Billy Mckay | {{suboff|75}} | |
| LW | 22 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nathan Shaw | {{suboff|81}} | |
| colspan=4|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 21 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Cameron Mackay | ||
| MF | 10 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Aaron Doran | {{subon|81}} | |
| MF | 12 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Roddy MacGregor | {{subon|81}} | |
| MF | 16 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Lewis Hyde | ||
| MF | 17 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Daniel MacKay | {{subon|68}} | |
| DF | 23 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Zak Delaney | {{subon|75}} | |
| FW | 24 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Austin Samuels | {{subon|75}} | |
| MF | 28 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woods | ||
| FW | 30 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Steven Boyd | ||
| colspan=4|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Dodds |
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Man of the Match:
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Media coverage
BBC Scotland and Viaplay Sports broadcast the final; this was the fifth season of a six-year deal in the United Kingdom to broadcast Scottish Cup matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scottish-fa-announce-scottish-cup-broadcasting-deals/|title=Scottish FA Announce Scottish Cup Broadcasting Deals|work=Scottish Football Association|date=12 November 2018|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426063653/https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scottish-fa-announce-scottish-cup-broadcasting-deals/|url-status=live}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Scottish Cup seasons}}
{{2022-23 in Scottish football}}
{{Celtic F.C. matches}}
{{Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. matches}}