2025 Scottish League Cup final

2025 Scottish League Cup final
Hampden Park, venue for the match
Event2025–26 Scottish League Cup
Date14 December 2025 (2025-12-14)
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchJonah Ayunga
RefereeKevin Clancy
Attendance49,914

The 2025 Scottish League Cup final was an association football match that took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 14 December 2025. It was the culmination of the 2025–26 Scottish League Cup, the 80th season of the Scottish League Cup (known as the Premier Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons), a competition for the 42 teams in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It was played between Scottish Premiership clubs Celtic (22-time winners, including in seven of the previous ten seasons) and St Mirren.

St Mirren won the match 3–1, marking their second League Cup victory and their first in 12 years.[1][2]

Match

Details

St Mirren3–1Celtic
  • Fraser 2'
  • Ayunga 64', 76'
Report Hatate 23'
Attendance: 49,914
Referee: Kevin Clancy
St Mirren
Celtic
GK 1 Shamal George
CB 22 Marcus Fraser (c)  22'
CB 5 Richard King
CB 21 Miguel Freckleton
RM 10 Conor McMenamin  72'
CM 88 Killian Phillips
CM 25 Keanu Baccus
CM 13 Alex Gogić
LM 24 Declan John  78'
CF 11 Jonah Ayunga  77'   81'
CF 14 Dan Nlundulu  45+4'   72'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Ryan Mullen
DF 2 Jayden Richardson  72'
DF 3 Scott Tanser  78'
MF 4 Liam Donnelly
MF 6 Mark O'Hara
MF 7 Roland Idowu
MF 30 Fraser Taylor
FW 9 Mikael Mandron  72'
FW 33 Evan Mooney  81'
Manager:
Stephen Robinson
GK 1 Kasper Schmeichel
RB 56 Anthony Ralston  73'
CB 6 Auston Trusty  45+4'
CB 5 Liam Scales
LB 63 Kieran Tierney  72'
CM 41 Reo Hatate
CM 42 Callum McGregor (c)
CM 27 Arne Engels  84'
RF 23 Sebastian Tounekti  72'
CF 17 Kelechi Iheanacho  35'
LF 38 Daizen Maeda
Substitutes:
GK 12 Viljami Sinisalo
DF 51 Colby Donovan  73'
MF 8 Benjamin Nygren
MF 14 Luke McCowan  72'
MF 28 Paulo Bernardo
FW 10 Michel-Ange Balikwisha
FW 13 Yang Hyun-jun  84'
FW 24 Johnny Kenny  35'
FW 49 James Forrest  72'
Manager:
Wilfried Nancy


References

  1. ^ Canavan, Amy (14 December 2025). "St Mirren 3-1 Celtic". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Abject Celtic shocked by St Mirren in League Cup final". RTE Sport. 14 December 2025. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.