2003 Scottish League Cup final

2003 Scottish League Cup final
Event	2002–03 Scottish League Cup
Date	16 March 2003
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Kenny Clark
Attendance	52,000

The 2003 Scottish League Cup final was played on 16 March 2003 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 56th Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Celtic and Rangers. Rangers won the match 2–1, thanks to goals from Claudio Caniggia and Peter Løvenkrands. John Hartson missed a penalty kick late in the game that would potentially have taken the match into extra time.

Match details

16 March 2003

Celtic	1–2	Rangers
Larsson 57'	Report	Caniggia 23' Løvenkrands 35'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Kenny Clark

Celtic

Rangers


CELTIC :
GK	20	Robert Douglas
CB	35	Johan Mjällby	88'
CB	6	Bobo Baldé
CB	5	Joos Valgaeren
RM	39	Jamie Smith	66'
CM	18	Neil Lennon	88'
CM	14	Paul Lambert (c)
CM	9	Chris Sutton	80'
LM	8	Alan Thompson
CF	7	Henrik Larsson
CF	10	John Hartson
Substitutes:
GK	22	David Marshall
DF	4	Jackie McNamara
MF	19	Stiliyan Petrov	88'
MF	3	Momo Sylla	66'
FW	29	Shaun Maloney	80'
Manager:
Martin O'Neill


RANGERS :
GK	1	Stefan Klos
RB	2	Fernando Ricksen
CB	4	Lorenzo Amoruso
CB	3	Craig Moore
LB	5	Jérôme Bonnissel	64'
RM	7	Claudio Caniggia
CM	6	Barry Ferguson (c)
CM	8	Mikel Arteta	78'
LM	11	Peter Løvenkrands
CF	9	Ronald de Boer	86'
CF	10	Michael Mols
Substitutes:
GK	17	Allan McGregor
DF	15	Maurice Ross	64'
DF	12	Bert Konterman	78'
MF	16	Neil McCann
FW	14	Shota Arveladze	86'
Manager:
Alex McLeish

Scottish League Cup
Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1947 (April) 1947 (October) 1949 (March) 1949 (October) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1980 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (March) 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (February) 2021 (December) 2023 (February) 2023 (December) 2024
Finals Winning managers

2002–03 in Scottish football
« 2001–02 2003–04 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Challenge Cup Final
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Final Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2004 qualifying (Group 5)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers
First Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Airdrie United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Greenock Morton Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion

Celtic F.C. matches
Scottish Cup finals	1889 1892 1893 1894 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1914 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1931 1933 1937 1951 1954 1955 1956 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1980 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1995 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2011 2013 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024 2025
Scottish League Cup finals	1956 1957 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1982 1984 (March) 1986 1990 1994 1997 2000 2001 2006 2009 2011 2012 2015 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (December) 2023 (February) 2024
SFL Championship Play-offs	1905
European Cup finals	1967 1970
UEFA Cup final	2003
Intercontinental Cup	1967
Other matches	1888 Glasgow Exhibition Cup final 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup final 1902 British League Cup final 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy final Coronation Cup final (1953) CNE Cup of Champions (1968) 1971 Ibrox disaster Dubai Champions Cup (1986, 1989) Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) 2007 MLS All-Star Game Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 Celtic (2016)

Rangers F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1877 1879 1894 1897 1898 1899 1903 1904 1905 1909 1921 1922 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1948 1949 1950 1953 1960 1962 1963 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2008 2009 2016 2022 2024
Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1949 (March) 1951 1957 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1970 1975 1978 1979 (March) 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2002 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2019 2023 (February) 2023 (December) 2024
SFL Championship Play-offs	1891 1905
Scottish Challenge Cup Finals	2014 2016
European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1961 1967 1972
UEFA Europa League Finals	2008 2022
European Super Cup	1972 (unofficial)
Other matches	1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Final 1902 British League Cup Final 1946 Southern League Cup 1946 Victory Cup Berwick Rangers 1–0 Rangers (1967) 1971 Ibrox disaster Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) Dubai Champions Cup (1987) Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 Rangers (2017)