2005 Scottish League Cup final

2005 Scottish League Cup final
	Davie Cooper (who played for both clubs) featured on the tickets for the final.
Event	2004–05 Scottish League Cup
Date	20 March 2005
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Referee	Mike McCurry
Attendance	50,182
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The 2005 Scottish League Cup final was played on 20 March 2005 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 58th Scottish League Cup.

The final was contested by Rangers and Motherwell. Rangers won the match 5–1, with goals from Maurice Ross, Fernando Ricksen, Nacho Novo and a double from Sotirios Kyrgiakos.

The match was popularly known as "The Cooper Final",^[1] in honour of Davie Cooper, who was a prominent player for both clubs. Cooper had died almost 10 years to the day before the 2005 League Cup final was played.

Match details

20 March 2005

Rangers	5–1	Motherwell
Ross 5' Kyrgiakos 9', 86' Ricksen 33' Novo 48'	Report	Partridge 13'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,182

Referee: Mike McCurry

Rangers

Motherwell


RANGERS :
GK	25	Ronald Waterreus
RB	21	Maurice Ross
CB	16	Sotirios Kyrgiakos
CB	12	Robert Malcolm
LB	18	Michael Ball
RM	2	Fernando Ricksen (c)
CM	6	Barry Ferguson
CM	4	Thomas Buffel
LM	24	Grégory Vignal	79'
CF	9	Dado Pršo
CF	10	Nacho Novo	84'
Substitutes:
GK	30	Graeme Smith
DF	15	Zurab Khizanishvili
MF	8	Alex Rae	79'
MF	26	Peter Løvenkrands
FW	19	Steven Thompson	84'
Manager:
Alex McLeish


MOTHERWELL:
GK	1	Gordon Marshall
RB	2	Martyn Corrigan
CB	5	Stephen Craigan
CB	14	David Partridge
LB	3	Steven Hammell
RM	17	Kevin McBride	83'
CM	8	Scott Leitch (c)
CM	10	Phil O'Donnell
LM	18	Jim Paterson	65'
CF	7	Scott McDonald
CF	9	Richie Foran	65'
Substitutes:
GK	15	Barry John Corr
DF	19	Paul Quinn	83'
DF	24	Marc Fitzpatrick	65'
MF	21	Shaun Fagan
FW	12	David Clarkson	65'
Manager:
Terry Butcher

Notes

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