Scottish Cup 2008–09
| Country | Scotland | ||
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| Teams | 82 | ||
| Defending champions | Rangers | ||
| Champions | Rangers | ||
| Runners-up | Falkirk | ||
| Matches played | 95 | ||
| Goals scored | 297 (3.13 per match) | ||
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The 2008–09 Scottish Cup was the 124th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The winners were Rangers, who defeated Falkirk in the 2009 final on 30 May 2009.
The competition was under new sponsorship. While the SFA sponsored the tournament last season, the new sponsor was Homecoming Scotland 2009, a project from the Scottish Government to encourage Scots from all over the world to visit the country. The tournament itself was known as The Homecoming Scottish Cup
Banks o' Dee, Bathgate Thistle, Lochee United and Pollok were the four junior clubs that entered this season.
The First Round draw was conducted at Castlehead High School, Paisley on 8 September 2008.
Source: ESPN Soccernet
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.
Source: ESPN Soccernet
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.
The Second Round draw was conducted at Lochee United's Thomson Park, Dundee on 27 September 2008.
Source: ESPN Soccernet: [1], [2], [3]
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.
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