2006 Scottish League Cup final

2006 Scottish League Cup final
Event	2005–06 Scottish League Cup
Date	19 March 2006
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Stuart Dougal
Attendance	50,090

The 2006 Scottish League Cup final was a football match played on 19 March 2006 at Hampden Park in Glasgow. It was the final match of the 2005–06 Scottish League Cup and the 59th Scottish League Cup final. The final was contested by Dunfermline Athletic and Celtic. Celtic won the match 3–0, thanks to goals from Maciej Zurawski, Shaun Maloney and Dion Dublin.

The Celtic team all wore the number 7 on their shorts in honour of former player Jimmy Johnstone, who had died a week earlier.

Road to the final

Celtic

	Home team	Score	Away team
Round 3^[1]	Celtic	2 – 1	Falkirk
Quarter-final	Celtic	2 – 0	Rangers
Semi-final	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic

Dunfermline Athletic

	Home team	Score	Away team
Round 2^[1]	Gretna	0 – 1	Dunfermline
Round 3	Kilmarnock	3 – 4	Dunfermline
Quarter-final	Dunfermline	3 – 0	Hibernian
Semi-final	Dunfermline	1 – 0	Livingston

Match details

19 March 2006

Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	Celtic
	Report	Żurawski 43' Maloney 76' Dublin 90'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,090

Referee: Stuart Dougal

Dunfermline Athletic

Celtic


DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK	1	Allan McGregor
RB	2	Greg Shields (c)
CB	3	Scott Wilson
CB	19	Aaron Labonte
LB	25	Iain Campbell	62'
RM	23	Greg Ross	77'
CM	8	Gary Mason
CM	6	Scott Thomson
LM	26	Frederic Daquin	84'
AM	10	Lee Makel
CF	9	Mark Burchill
Substitutes:
GK	20	Bryn Halliwell
DF	18	Andy Tod
MF	11	Derek Young	62'
MF	14	Simon Donnelly	77'
FW	7	Bartosz Tarachulski	84'
Manager:
Jim Leishman


CELTIC :
GK	1	Artur Boruc
RB	2	Paul Telfer
CB	44	Stephen McManus
CB	6	Bobo Baldé
LB	33	Ross Wallace
RM	25	Shunsuke Nakamura
CM	18	Neil Lennon (c)
CM	16	Roy Keane	61'
LM	29	Shaun Maloney
AM	19	Stiliyan Petrov
CF	7	Maciej Żurawski
Substitutes:
GK	22	David Marshall
DF	23	Stanislav Varga
MF	11	Stephen Pearson
MF	8	Alan Thompson
FW	9	Dion Dublin	61'
Manager:
Gordon Strachan

References

^ ^a ^b SPL teams receive a bye to the second round; teams competing in Europe into the third.

[bye-1] SPL teams receive a bye to the second round; teams competing in Europe into the third.

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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 2003 2004 2005 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

2005–06 in Scottish football
« 2004–05 2006–07 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League Women's Premier League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying UEFA Group 5 Kirin Cup
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
First Division	Airdrie United Brechin City Clyde Dundee Hamilton Academical Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stranraer
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Gretna Partick Thistle Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2005–06

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 2003 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)

Dunfermline Athletic F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1961 1965 1968 2004 2007
Scottish League Cup Finals	1949 (October) 1991
Scottish Challenge Cup Finals	2007