The 2009–10 Scottish League Cup was the 64th season of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Rangers won the cup beating St Mirren 1–0 thanks to a goal from Kenny Miller.
The format of the competition was changed due to six Scottish clubs qualifying for European competition, two SPL clubs entered in the First Round.
Calendar Round First match date Fixtures Clubs First round Saturday 1 August 2009 16 32 → 16 Second round Tuesday/Wednesday 25/26 August 2009 10 20 → 10 Third round Tuesday/Wednesday 22/23 September 2009 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Tuesday/Wednesday 27/28 October 2009 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Tuesday/Wednesday 3/4 February 2010 2 4 → 2 Final Sunday 21 March 2010 1 2 → 1
Note: the 4 best placed SPL teams not competing in European competition enter the tournament in the 2nd round and the 6 teams who are competing in European competition enter the tournament in the 3rd round.
First round All 30 SFL clubs entered here, along with St Johnstone (as the team promoted to the SPL), and St Mirren (as the eleventh placed SPL team). The draw was held on 4 June 2009.
Source: BBC Sport
Second round The 16 winners of the first round entered here, along with the remaining 4 SPL clubs not to have qualified for Europe. These were Dundee United, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, and Hamilton Academical.
Source: BBC Sport
Third round The 10 winners of the second round entered here, along with the 6 Scottish clubs to have qualified for Europe. These were Rangers, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen, Falkirk and Motherwell.
Source: BBC Sport
Quarter-finals
The quarter-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 24 September 2009. The ties were played in the week commencing 26 October.
Source: BBC Sport
Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was conducted at Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh on 9 November 2009. The ties were played in the week commencing 1 February 2010.
Source: BBC Sport
Final
The Final took place on Sunday 21 March.
Awards A team, player and young player were chosen by the Scottish sports press as the top performers in each round.
Round Team Player Young player Ref R1 Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle) R2 Ross County David Weatherston (Queen of the South) Paul Hanlon (Hibernian) R3 Dundee Paddy McCourt (Celtic) Leigh Griffiths (Dundee) QF Heart of Midlthian Andy Dorman (St Mirren) John Fleck (Rangers) SF St Mirren Billy Mehmet (St Mirren) Danny Wilson (Rangers)
Media coverage The 2009/10 Scottish League Cup was shown live in the UK on BBC One Scotland and in Ireland on Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 1. In Australia it was shown live on Setanta Sports Australia. In US, The Caribbean and Canada it was broadcast live on Setanta Premium.
References
External links Scottish Cups BBC Sport News Scottish Football League