1995–96 Scottish Cup

The 1995–96 Scottish Cup was the 111th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Heart of Midlothian in the final.

1995–96 Scottish Cup

Country	Scotland
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Heart of Midlothian
Top goal scorer(s)	Pierre van Hooijdonk (4)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers (4)	0 – 2	Deveronvale (HL)
Glasgow University (Ama)	0 – 1	Spartans (ESL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	2 – 2	Arbroath (4)
Stranraer (3)	0 – 3	Livingston (4)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath (4)	0 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire (4)	0 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)
Ayr United (3)	0 – 2	Ross County (4)
Berwick Rangers (3)	3 – 3	Annan Athletic (ESL)
Clyde (3)	2 – 2	Brechin City (4)
Deveronvale (HL)	0 – 0	Keith (HL)
Forfar Athletic (3)	3 – 1	Lossiemouth (HL)
Inverness CT (4)	3 – 2	Livingston (4)
Montrose (3)	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath (4)
Queen of the South (3)	2 – 4	Queen's Park (4)
Spartans (ESL)	0 – 0	East Fife (3)
Stirling Albion (3)	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic (4)
Whitehill Welfare (ESL)	2 – 2	Fraserburgh (HL)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City (4)	1 – 3	Clyde (3)
Annan Athletic (SSL)	1 – 2	Berwick Rangers (3)
East Fife (3)	2 – 1	Spartans (ESL)
Fraserburgh (HL)	1 – 2	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)
Keith (HL)	2 – 0	Deveronvale (HL)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers (3)	1 – 2	Dundee United (1)
Greenock Morton (2)	1 – 1	Montrose (3)
Dunfermline Athletic (2)	3 – 0	St Mirren (2)
Clyde (3)	3 – 1	Dundee (2)
Hamilton Academical (2)	0 – 1	St Johnstone (2)
Hearts (1)	1 – 0	Partick Thistle (1)
Clydebank (2)	0 – 1	Stirling Albion (3)
Dumbarton (2)	1 – 3	Airdrieonians (2)
Falkirk (1)	0 – 2	Stenhousemuir (3)
Motherwell (1)	0 – 2	Aberdeen (1)
Whitehill Welfare (ESL)	0 – 3	Celtic (1)
Hibernian (1)	0 – 2	Kilmarnock (1)
Inverness CT (4)	1 – 1	East Fife (3)
Keith (HL)	1 – 10	Rangers (1)
Raith Rovers (1)	3 – 0	Queen's Park (4)
Ross County (4)	0 – 3	Forfar Athletic (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose (3)	3 – 2	Greenock Morton (2)
East Fife (3)	1 – 1 (1 – 3 pen.)	Inverness CT (4)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 2	Forfar Athletic (3)
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Raith Rovers (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic (2)
Kilmarnock (1)	1 – 2	Hearts (1)
St Johnstone (2)	3 – 0	Montrose (3)
Stenhousemuir (3)	0 – 1	Inverness CT (4)
Stirling Albion (3)	0 – 2	Aberdeen (1)
Clyde (3)	1 – 4	Rangers (1)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Forfar Athletic (3)	0 – 0 (2–4 pens)	Airdrieonians (2)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic (1)	2 – 1	Dundee United (2)
Aberdeen (1)	2 – 1	Airdrieonians (2)
Inverness CT (4)	0 – 3	Rangers (1)
St Johnstone (2)	1 – 2	Hearts (1)

Semi-finals

6 April 1996

Hearts	2–1	Aberdeen
Allan Johnston  John Robertson		Duncan Shearer

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,785

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7 April 1996

Rangers	2–1	Celtic
Brian Laudrup   Ally McCoist		Pierre Van Hooijdonk

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 36,333

Final

Main article: 1996 Scottish Cup Final

18 May 1996

Rangers	5–1	Hearts
Gordon Durie       Brian Laudrup		John Colquhoun

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 37,730

Referee: Hugh Dallas

See also

• 1995–96 in Scottish football
• 1995–96 Scottish League Cup