2006 Scottish League Cup Final
# 2006 Scottish League Cup Final

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.

## Match details

| 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 ||||

## Road to the final

| | Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round 3 | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Falkirk |
| Quarter-final | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rangers |
| Semi-final | Motherwell | 1 – 2 | Celtic |
| | Home team | Score | Away team |
| Round 2 | Gretna | 0 – 1 | Dunfermline |
| Round 3 | Kilmarnock | 3 – 4 | Dunfermline |
| Quarter-final | Dunfermline | 3 – 0 | Hibernian |
| Semi-final | Dunfermline | 1 – 0 | Livingston |
