1987–88 Scottish League Cup

Country

Scotland

Champions

Rangers

Runners-up

Aberdeen

← 1986–87

1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Scottish League Cup was the forty-second season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen in the Final.

First round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arbroath	1–3^[1]	Ayr United	12 August 1987
Berwick Rangers	1–2^[1]	Stirling Albion	12 August 1987
Cowdenbeath	1–3	Queen's Park	12 August 1987
St Johnstone	4–1	Alloa Athletic	12 August 1987
Stenhousemuir	1–3^[1]	East Stirlingshire	11 August 1987
Stranraer	0–3	Albion Rovers	12 August 1987

Second round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	5–1	Brechin City	19 August 1987
Albion Rovers	1–1^[1]^[2]	East Fife	19 August 1987
Ayr United	0–1	Dumbarton	19 August 1987
Celtic	3–1	Forfar Athletic	19 August 1987
Dundee United	4–1	Partick Thistle	19 August 1987
East Stirlingshire	1–3	Dunfermline Ath	18 August 1987
Heart of Midlothian	6–1	Kilmarnock	19 August 1987
Hibernian	3–2	Montrose	18 August 1987
Meadowbank Thistle	1–0^[1]	Hamilton Academical	18 August 1987
Morton	1–5	Clyde	19 August 1987
Motherwell	3–1	Airdrieonians	19 August 1987
Queen of the South	2–1	Falkirk	18 August 1987
Queen's Park	0–3	Dundee	18 August 1987
Raith Rovers	2–1	Clydebank	19 August 1987
St Mirren	0–1	St Johnstone	18 August 1987
Stirling Albion	1–2	Rangers	19 August 1987

Third round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	3–0	St Johnstone	26 August 1987
Dumbarton	1–5	Celtic	26 August 1987
Dunfermline Ath	1–4	Rangers	26 August 1987
Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Clyde	25 August 1987
Hibernian	3–1	Queen of the South	25 August 1987
Meadowbank Thistle	0–3	Dundee	26 August 1987
Motherwell	4–0	Albion Rovers	26 August 1987
Raith Rovers	1–2	Dundee United	25 August 1987

Quarter-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	1–0	Celtic	1 September 1987
Dundee	2–1^[1]	Dundee United	2 September 1987
Motherwell	1–0	Hibernian	1 September 1987
Rangers	4–1	Heart of Midlothian	2 September 1987

Semi-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	2–0	Dundee	23 September 1987
Rangers	3–1	Motherwell	23 September 1987

Final

Main article: 1987 Scottish League Cup Final

Aberdeen v Rangers

25 October 1987

Aberdeen	3 – 3 (AET)	Rangers
Bett Falconer Hewitt		Cooper Durrant Fleck

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 71,961
Referee: Bob Valentine

Teams


ABERDEEN :
GK		Jim Leighton
RB		Stewart McKimmie
CB		Alex McLeish
CB		Willie Miller (c)
LB		Willie Falconer
RM		Bobby Connor
CM		Neil Simpson
CM		Jim Bett
LM		Peter Nicholas
CF		Joe Miller
CF		John Hewitt
Substitutes:
MF		Peter Weir
Manager:
Ian Porterfield


RANGERS :
GK	Nicky Walker
RB	Jimmy Nicholl
CB	Richard Gough
CB	Graham Roberts (c)
LB	Stuart Munro
RM	John McGregor	1'
CM	Derek Ferguson	2'
CM	Ian Durrant
LM	Davie Cooper
CF	Ally McCoist
CF	Robert Fleck
Substitutes:
DF	Avi Cohen	1'
FW	Trevor Francis	2'
Manager:
Graeme Souness

References

General

"Scottish League Cup 1987–1988 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

Specific

1 2 3 4 5 6 After Extra Time
↑ Albion Rovers F.C. won 5–3 on penalties

Scottish League Cup

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Finals

Seasons in Scottish football

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1987–88 in European football (UEFA)

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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