2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final

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2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final
Event 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
Date11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)
Venue Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Referee Colin Whyte
Attendance3,747
2021
2024

The 2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final was the 20th final of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. The match was played on 11 December 2022 at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh. Rangers and Hibernian were the finalists; the match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports [1] and Sky Sports Mix channels. Rangers won the trophy for the first time. [2]

Contents

Route to the final

Rangers

Rangers' route to the final
RoundOppositionScore
2R Queen's Park (A)5–0
QF Motherwell (H)6–0
SF Spartans (A)4–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Rangers entered the tournament in the second round, defeating Queen's Park 5–0 away from home at New Tinto Park. [3] [4] In the quarter-final they faced Motherwell at home and won 5–0. [5] [6] [7] They faced Spartans away from home in Edinburgh and won the game 4–0. [8] [9] [10]

Hibernian

RoundOppositionScore
2R Hamilton Accies (A)8–0
QF Kilmarnock(A)2–1
SF Glasgow City (A)2–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Hibernian reached the final after successive 8–0 away wins against Hamilton Accies at New Douglas Park [11] and Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. [6] [7] [12] [13] They defeated Glasgow City 2–1 at Petershill Park in the semi-final. [14] [15]

Pre-match

Going into the 2022 final, Hibernian had won the competition seven times and been runners-up four times. Rangers had never reached the final.

Match

Details

Rangers 2–0 Hibernian
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Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh
Attendance: 3,747 [16]
Referee: Colin Whyte
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Rangers
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Hibernian
GK1 Flag of Scotland.svg Jenna Fife
DF2 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicola Docherty
DF5 Flag of the United States.svg Hannah Davison Sub off.svg 76'
DF4 Flag of Scotland.svg Kathryn Hill Sub off.svg 90' (c)
DF12 Flag of Scotland.svg Rachel McLauchlan
MF18 Flag of Scotland.svg Chelsea Cornet
MF6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tessel Middag Sub off.svg 90'
FW15 Flag of Scotland.svg Lizzie Arnot
MF20 Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Danielsson Sub off.svg 10'
FW7 Flag of Scotland.svg Brogan Hay Sub off.svg 83'
FW10 Flag of Jamaica.svg Kayla McCoy Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutes:
MF9 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Howat Sub on.svg 70'
DF11 Ulster Banner.svg Megan Bell
MF14 Flag of Scotland.svg Colette Cavanagh Sub on.svg 83'
MF21 Flag of France.svg Lisa Martinez Sub on.svg 90'
GK22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Victoria Esson
MF23 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Maclean Sub on.svg 90'
DF24 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Kerr Sub on.svg 10'
FW26 Flag of Scotland.svg Jodi McLeary
MF28 Flag of Scotland.svg Emma Watson Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Malky Thomson
GK13 Flag of Norway.svg Benedicte Håland
MF4 Flag of Scotland.svg Leah Eddie
DF5 Flag of Scotland.svg Joelle Murray (c)
MF4 Flag of Scotland.svg Siobhan Hunter
DF3 Flag of England.svg Lucy Parry
FW18 Flag of Scotland.svg Rosie Livingstone Sub off.svg 56'
DF16 Flag of Scotland.svg Ellis Notley
MF10 Flag of Scotland.svg Shannon McGregor
MF8 Flag of Scotland.svg Michaela McAlonie
FW9 Flag of Scotland.svg Eilidh Adams
FW21 Flag of Cyprus.svg Krystyna Freda Sub off.svg 56'
Substitutes:
DF2 Flag of Scotland.svg Shannon Leishman
MF7 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Liana Hinds Sub on.svg 56'
FW11 Flag of Syria.svg Nor Mustafa Sub on.svg 56'
GK12 Flag of Poland.svg Daniela Kosińska
DF24 Flag of England.svg Ava Kuyken
MF27 Flag of Cyprus.svg Eleni Giannou
FW29 Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Morrison
DF33 Flag of England.svg Poppy Lawson
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Dean Gibson

Player of the Match:
Lizzie Arnot [16]

Assistant referees: [17]
Alaistair Taylor
James McClusky
Fourth official
Steven MacDonald

Match rules [21]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of six substitutions in normal time

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