2022 Scottish Women's Cup final

2022 Scottish Women's Cup final

Event	2021–22 Scottish Women's Cup
Celtic Glasgow City 3 2
After extra time
Date	29 May 2022 (2022-05-29)
Venue	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Referee	Daniel Graves
Attendance	4,345
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The 2022 Scottish Women's Cup Final was the 49th official final (51st overall) of the Scottish Women's Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played on 29 May 2022 at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh. ^{[1] [2]} Celtic and holders Glasgow City were the finalists, on the first occasion they had faced each other in the final. The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on the free-to-air channel BBC Alba and radio coverage was provided by BBC Sport Scotland. ^[3]

Celtic won the trophy, with Fran Alonso becoming the first Spanish manager to win the Scottish Cup (either men's or women's version). ^[4]

Route to the final

2021–22 Scottish Women's Cup

Glasgow City

Glasgow City's route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score
3rd	Queen's Park (H)	9–0
4th	Hamilton Academical (H)	6–0
QF	Stirling University (A)	0–8
SF	Partick Thistle (N)	1–3
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Being members of the Premier League, Glasgow City (who were the cup holders, although the most recent tournament was in 2019, with cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a restructuring of the women's schedule from a summer season to autumn-spring) entered the tournament in the third round and had the home advantage when they defeated Queen's Park at Petershill Park. ^[5] |In the fourth round, they again had a home advantage when they faced Hamilton Academical. ^[6] In the quarter-final, they travelled to face Stirling University. Falkirk Stadium was the neutral venue for the semi-Final where they faced Partick Thistle, defeating them 2–0. ^[7]

Celtic

Celtic's route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score
3rd	Edinburgh City (A)	12–0
4th	Rangers (H)	2–1
QF	Aberdeen (A)	0–2
SF	Heart of Midlothian (A)	0–2
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Being from the Scottish Women's Premier League, Celtic entered the tournament in the third round where they defeated Edinburgh City ^[8] away from home at Forester's Park, Tranent. In the fourth round, they were the home team that defeated Rangers. ^[9] In the Quarter Final, they were the visitors at Balmoral Stadium facing Aberdeen. ^[10] In the Semi-Final, the game was played at neutral venue Falkirk Stadium where they were pitted against Heart of Midlothian. ^[11]

Pre-match

Going into the 2022 final, Glasgow City were the defending champions (they had held the title since 2019, with no competition in the interim due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and had won the Scottish Cup 9 times from 13 appearances. 2022 was Celtic's second appearance in the final and the first since 2008 which they lost to Hibernian.

The same teams had taken part in the 2021 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final six months earlier, won 1–0 by Celtic.

Match

Details

29 May 2022 (2022-05-29) ^[12]

16:10

Celtic	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Glasgow City
Shen 19' Wellings 36' Atkinson 113'	Report	Clark 24' Davidson 41'

Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh

Attendance: 4,345

Referee: Daniel Graves

Celtic

Glasgow City

GK 52 Rachael Johnstone DF 3 Jodie Bartle  40' DF 2 Cheyenne Shorts (c) DF 18 Caitlin Hayes  63' MF 9 Mengyu Shen  86' MF 11 Olivia Chance CM 14 Sarah Marie Harkes  120' MF 15 Kelly Clark (c) FW 10 Clarissa Larisey  84' CF 21 Charlie Wellings  118' FW 8 Jacynta Galabadaarachchi  76' Substitutes: MF 5 Natalie Ross  120' DF 6 Chloe Craig  76' MF 16 Tyler Toland MF 17 Isibeal Atkinson  84' FW 18 Tegan Bowie  118' GK 45 India Marwaha DF 77 Annie Timoney Manager: Fran Alonso

GK 29 Lee Gibson (c) DF 16 Ágata Filipa DF 5 Claire Walsh DF 12 Jenna Clark  4' MF 7 Mairead Fulton  22' MF 4 Hayley Lauder  105' MF 21 Priscila Chinchilla FW 14 Lauren Davidson FW 10 Clare Shine  82' FW 15 Abbi Grant  72' FW 23 Megan Foley Substitutes: GK 25 Erin Clachers MF 8 Vital Kats  82' FW 9 Ode Fulutudilu  72' DF 17 Niamh Farrelly  22' DF 20 Julia Molin MF 24 Tyler Dodds  105' MF 27 Mya Bates Manager: Eileen Gleeson

Match rules [13] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions in normal time (a sixth substitute is permitted in extra time)

References

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2. Frith, Wilf (22 April 2022). "Biffa Scottish Women's Cup Final to be held at Tynecastle". shekicks.net. she kicks. Retrieved 17 October 2022. SWF have announced Tynecastle as the Biffa Scottish Women's Cup final venue on 29 May 2022, with the game live on BBC ALBA
3. "bbc expands scottish women's premier league coverage". sport-onthebox.com. sport onthebox. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022. bbc scotland has announced that it will broadcast a new weekly highlights programme dedicated to the scottish women's premier league swpl
4. Depleted Celtic beat Glasgow City 3-2 to win Women's Scottish Cup, Andrew Southwick, BBC Sport, 29 May 2022
5. "glasgow city 9 queen's park 0". queensparkfc.co.uk. queens parkfootball club. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022. Queen's put up a brave fight against the Scottish Cup holders, but clinical finishing by the SWPL1 side, early in the game, meant a comfortable win for City.
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7. "partick thistle wfc v glasgow city – 1st may 2022". ptfc.co.uk. partick thistle football club. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022. histle's Biffa Scottish Women's Cup run may have ended at the semi-final stage but their run to the last four, as indeed was their performance in the semi-final, was something to take real pride in.
8. "Wellings nets five in 12-goal cup cracker". celticfc.com. celtic football club. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022. Fran Alonso's Celtic side produced a clinical and professional 12-0 win away to SWF Championship South outfit, Edinburgh City
9. "match report celtic 2-1 rangers". rangers.co.uk. rangersfootball club. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022. Rangers were knocked out of the Scottish Women's Cup this afternoon after an Old Firm defeat in Airdrie
10. "report afc women 0-2 celtic women". afc.co.uk. aberdeen football club. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022. Dons bow out of Biffa Scottish Women's Cup at quarter-final stage.
11. Fowler, Craig (1 May 2022). "hearts boss focuses on the positives after scottish cup semi-final heartache against celtic". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. the scotsman. Retrieved 18 October 2022. It means Hearts have missed out on the chance to compete for the Biffa Scottish Women's Cup trophy at their own stadium as Tynecastle
12. Highlights | Celtic v Glasgow City - Biffa Scottish Women's Cup Final, Glasgow City FC on YouTube
13. "Format & Rules". The Scottish FA. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.