List of Scottish Cup winning managers

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This is a list of Scottish Cup winning football managers. The Scottish Cup was first competed for in the 1873–74 season. Football in Scotland did not become a professional sport until the 1890s. This meant that clubs in this early period were generally organised by a management committee, or a board of directors if the club had been incorporated. The position of team manager was not introduced in Scottish football until the 1890s, or even later in some instances.

Willie Maley, with Celtic in 1899, was the first team manager to win the competition. This list gives details of the winning club and their manager in each season since then. Maley is also the most successful manager in the history of the competition, winning 14 Scottish Cups during his long tenure.

Winning managers[edit]

Jock Stein is one of only two managers to have won the Scottish Cup with more than one club. Stein won it eight times with Celtic between 1965 and 1977. His first Scottish Cup victory was with Dunfermline Athletic in 1961.

Alex Ferguson is the only manager to have won the Scottish Cup more than twice, without having managed either half of the Old Firm. His Aberdeen side won four Scottish Cups between 1982 and 1986.

Neil Lennon has won the Scottish Cup four times as a manager, with Celtic in 2011, 2013, 2019 and 2020.

By individual[edit]

Rank Name Wins Club(s) Winning Years
1 Willie Maley 14 Celtic 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937
2 Bill Struth 10 Rangers 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953
3 Jock Stein 9 Dunfermline Athletic, Celtic 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977
4 Walter Smith 5 Rangers 1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2009
= Scot Symon 5 Rangers 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
6 Alex Ferguson 4 Aberdeen 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
= Neil Lennon 4 Celtic 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020
8 Billy McNeill 3 Celtic 1980, 1988, 1989
= Martin O’Neill 3 Celtic 2001, 2004, 2005
= Jock Wallace, Jr. 3 Rangers 1973, 1976, 1978
11 Dick Advocaat 2 Rangers 1999, 2000
= John Greig 2 Rangers 1979, 1981
= Jimmy McGrory 2 Celtic 1951, 1954
= Alex McLeish 2 Rangers 2002, 2003
= Brendan Rodgers 2 Celtic 2017, 2018
= Alex Smith 2 St Mirren, Aberdeen 1987, 1990
= Hugh Spence 2 Kilmarnock 1920, 1929
= Paddy Travers 2 Clyde 1939, 1955

By nationality[edit]

See also[edit]

  1. ^ In the early years of organised football, many clubs did not appoint a manager. A management committee or board of directors (if the club had been incorporated) would pick the team instead.
  2. ^ Alex Smith and Jocky Scott were “co-managers” of Aberdeen.

References[edit]

  1. ^

    Miller, Dale (25 November 2013). “Tribute to Hibs’ Scottish Cup boss Dan McMichael”. Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 27 December 2013.

  2. ^ Dart, James; Lutz, Tom (21 March 2007). “Why no one won the Scottish Cup in 1909”. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e “Foreign managers to lift the William Hill Scottish Cup”. Scottish Football Association. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.


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