The 1979–80 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-fourth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Dundee United, who defeated Aberdeen in the replayed Final.
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Defending champions | Rangers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Dundee United |
Runner-up | Aberdeen |
Tournament statistics | |
Top goal scorer(s) | Paul Sturrock (6) |
First round
editFirst leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aberdeen | 4–0 | Arbroath | 15 August 1979 |
Dumbarton | 1–1 | St Johnstone | 15 August 1979 |
East Stirlingshire | 1–1 | Albion Rovers | 15 August 1979 |
Forfar Athletic | 3–2 | Berwick Rangers | 15 August 1979 |
Kilmarnock | 2–1 | Alloa Athletic | 15 August 1979 |
Stranraer | 0–0 | Dunfermline Ath | 15 August 1979 |
Second leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Albion Rovers | 4–1 | East Stirlingshire | 27 August 1979 | 5–2 |
Alloa Athletic | 1–1[1] | Kilmarnock | 22 August 1979 | 2–3 |
Arbroath | 2–1 | Aberdeen | 22 August 1979 | 2–5 |
Berwick Rangers | 2–2[1] | Forfar Athletic | 22 August 1979 | 4–5 |
Dunfermline Ath | 2–4[1] | Stranraer | 22 August 1979 | 2–4 |
St Johnstone | 3–2 | Dumbarton | 22 August 1979 | 4–3 |
Second round
editFirst leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Airdrieonians | 2–1 | Dundee United | 29 August 1979 |
Ayr United | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 September 1979 |
Clyde | 1–2 | Rangers | 29 August 1979 |
Clydebank | 0–0 | Hamilton Academical | 29 August 1979 |
Cowdenbeath | 1–4 | Dundee | 29 August 1979 |
Falkirk | 1–2 | Celtic | 29 August 1979 |
Hibernian | 2–1 | Montrose | 29 August 1979 |
Kilmarnock | 2–0 | Forfar Athletic | 29 August 1979 |
Meadowbank Thistle | 0–5 | Aberdeen | 29 August 1979 |
Motherwell | 1–4 | Queen's Park | 29 August 1979 |
Partick Thistle | 2–2 | Albion Rovers | 29 August 1979 |
Queen of the South | 0–1 | Morton | 29 August 1979 |
Raith Rovers | 1–0 | East Fife | 29 August 1979 |
St Johnstone | 3–1 | Stranraer | 29 August 1979 |
Stenhousemuir | 1–4 | St Mirren | 28 August 1979 |
Stirling Albion | 3–1 | Brechin City | 29 August 1979 |
Second leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aberdeen | 2–2 | Meadowbank Thistle | 1 September 1979 | 7–2 |
Albion Rovers | 0–1 | Partick Thistle | 1 September 1979 | 2–3 |
Brechin City | 0–1 | Stirling Albion | 1 September 1979 | 1–4 |
Celtic | 4–1 | Falkirk | 1 September 1979 | 6–2 |
Dundee | 3–1 | Cowdenbeath | 1 September 1979 | 7–2 |
Dundee United | 2–0 | Airdrieonians | 1 September 1979 | 3–2 |
East Fife | 0–2 | Raith Rovers | 1 September 1979 | 0–3 |
Forfar Athletic | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | 1 September 1979 | 1–3 |
Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | Clydebank | 2 September 1979 | 1–0 |
Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | Ayr United | 3 September 1979 | 2–3 |
Montrose | 1–1 | Hibernian | 1 September 1979 | 2–3 |
Morton | 4–0 | Queen of the South | 1 September 1979 | 5–0 |
Queen's Park | 0–2 | Motherwell | 1 September 1979 | 4–3 |
Rangers | 4–0 | Clyde | 1 September 1979 | 6–1 |
St Mirren | 4–2 | Stenhousemuir | 1 September 1979 | 8–3 |
Stranraer | 3–3 | St Johnstone | 1 September 1979 | 4–6 |
Third round
editFirst leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aberdeen | 3–1 | Rangers | 26 September 1979 |
Dundee | 2–1 | Ayr United | 26 September 1979 |
Hamilton Academical | 1–3 | St Mirren | 26 September 1979 |
Hibernian | 1–2 | Kilmarnock | 26 September 1979 |
Partick Thistle | 0–1 | Morton | 26 September 1979 |
Queen's Park | 0–3 | Dundee United | 26 September 1979 |
Raith Rovers | 1–1 | St Johnstone | 26 September 1979 |
Stirling Albion | 1–2 | Celtic | 26 September 1979 |
Second leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Ayr United | 0–1 | Dundee | 10 October 1979 | 1–3 |
Celtic | 2–0 | Stirling Albion | 10 October 1979 | 4–1 |
Dundee United | 2–1 | Queen's Park | 10 October 1979 | 5–1 |
Kilmarnock | 2–1 | Hibernian | 10 October 1979 | 4–2 |
Morton | 4–1 | Partick Thistle | 10 October 1979 | 5–1 |
Rangers | 0–2 | Aberdeen | 10 October 1979 | 1–5 |
St Johnstone | 1–3 | Raith Rovers | 10 October 1979 | 2–4 |
St Mirren | 0–2[1][2] | Hamilton Academical | 10 October 1979 | 3–3 |
Quarter-finals
editFirst leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aberdeen | 3–2 | Celtic | 31 October 1979 |
Dundee United | 0–0 | Raith Rovers | 31 October 1979 |
Hamilton Academical | 3–1 | Dundee | 31 October 1979 |
Morton | 3–2 | Kilmarnock | 31 October 1979 |
Second leg
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Celtic | 0–1 | Aberdeen | 24 November 1979 | 2–4 |
Dundee | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | 14 November 1979 | 2–3 |
Kilmarnock | 3–2[1][3] | Morton | 24 November 1979 | 5–5 |
Raith Rovers | 0–1 | Dundee United | 14 November 1979 | 0–1 |
Semi-finals
editHome Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aberdeen | 2–1 | Morton | 1 December 1979 |
Dundee United | 6–2 | Hamilton Academical | 24 November 1979 |
Final
editDundee United | 0–0 | Aberdeen |
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Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 27,173
Replay
editReferences
editGeneral
edit- "Scottish League Cup 1979–1980 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2012.