2016 Scottish Women's Cup

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2016 Scottish Women's Cup
Tournament details
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Final positions
Champions Hibernian
Runner-up Glasgow City
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The 2016 SWF Scottish Cup was the 45th official edition (47th overall) of the main national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and SWPL 1 & 2 were eligible to enter.

Contents

Hibernian won the final after penalties against Glasgow City, who had won the cup for the previous five years. [1]

Format

Teams are either drawn into the first round or receive a bye, so there are 16 matches to play in the second round. The winners of the first round are then joined by the 16 SWPL 1 & 2 teams in the second round.

First round

30 of 32 teams were drawn into this round. Edinburgh Caledonia & Dumbarton United received a bye to the second round. [2]

Elgin City2–3Raith Rovers
Ross County2–1Stranraer
Dundee City1–2Granite City
Kemnay0–2St Roch's
Boroughmuir Thistle2–3 Kilmarnock
East Kilbride Girls5–2Edinburgh South
Teesside1–3Dee Ladies
United Glasgow1–2Stenhousemuir
Caithness2–16Dunfermline Athletic
Blackburn United0–5Dundee United
Renfrew4–3Cumbernauld Colts
Stonehaven1–9 East Fife
Westerland8–1Bayside
Motherwell 12–0 Central Girls
Bistopton FCL0–1Dee Vale

Second round

SWPL teams enter.

Dee Vale1–5Granite City
Dunfermline Athletic7–0Dumbarton United
Glasgow City 26–0East Kilbride Girls [3]
Spartans 0–0 Hamilton Academical (Hamilton won 4–3 on penalties)
Buchan3–5 Forfar Farmington
Dee Ladies3–4Raith Rovers
Heart of Midlothian 3–0St Roch's
Hibernian 11–0Boroughmuir Thistle
Jeanfield Swifts 18–0Ross County
Rangers 7–0 East Fife
Stirling University 10–0Westerlands
Renfrew5–0 Queen's Park
Motherwell 1–4 Glasgow Girls
Hutchison Vale 5–0Edinburgh Caledonia
Celtic 7–0 Aberdeen
Dundee United 8–0Stenhousemuir

Third round

Granite City3–8Hutchison Thistle
Hibernian 19–0Renfrew
Celtic 3–1 Forfar Farmington
Dunfermline Athletic0–4 Glasgow Girls
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Hamilton Academical
Rangers 1–3 Glasgow City
Dundee United1–6 Stirling University
Jeanfield Swifts 6–1Raith Rovers

Quarter-finals

4 September 2016 Hibernian 3–1 Celtic Broxburn
14:00Stadium: Albyn Park
4 September 2016 Stirling University 0–4 Glasgow City University of Stirling
14:00Stadium: Stirling
4 September 2016 Jeanfield Swifts 3–5 Glasgow Girls Perth
15:00Stadium: McDiarmid Park
18 September 2016 Heart of Midlothian 4–3 (a.e.t.) Hutchison Vale Dalkeith
14:00Stadium: Kings Park

Semi-finals

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) Glasgow Girls 0–9 Glasgow City Edinburgh
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Stadium: Ainslie Park
16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) Hibernian 5–0 Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh
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[4] Stadium: Ainslie Park

Final

The final was played between Glasgow City and Hibernian on 6 November 2016 at New Douglas Park in Hamilton. It featured the same teams as the previous year's final and the SWPL Cup final earlier in the year (as well as the previous two editions of that competition). Hibs won their sixth Scottish Cup, their first since 2010 (Glasgow City having won all of the intervening five). [1] [5] [6]

Glasgow City 1–1 (a.e.t.) Hibernian
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Penalties
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New Douglas Park , Hamilton
Referee: Lorraine Clark
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Glasgow City
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Hibernian
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gemma Fay
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicola Docherty
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Lauren McMurchie
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Savannah McCarthy
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Leanne Ross (c)
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jo Love
8 Flag of the United States.svg Haley Rosen
22 Flag of Scotland.svg Erin Cuthbert
17 Flag of Scotland.svg Fiona Brown
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Hayley Lauder
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Clare Shine
Substitutes:
25 Flag of Scotland.svg Erin Clachers
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Cheryl McCulloch
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Carla Boyce
15 Flag of Ireland.svg Keeva Keenan
18 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Kerr
19 Flag of Scotland.svg Sarah Crilly
20 Flag of Scotland.svg Brogan Hay
Manager:
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1 Flag of Scotland.svg Jenna Fife
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Smith
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Clare Williamson
17 Flag of Scotland.svg Joelle Murray (c)
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Siobhan Hunter
24 Flag of Scotland.svg Emma Brownlie
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Lucy Graham
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Lisa Robertson
12 Flag of Scotland.svg Rachel McLauchlan
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Lizzie Arnot
21 Flag of Scotland.svg Abi Harrison
Substitutes:
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10 Flag of Scotland.svg Sarah Ewens
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Shannon Leishman
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Ellis Notley
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Caitlin Russell
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Rachael Small
31 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Jeffries
Manager:
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