2001 Scottish Cup Final
Encyclopedia
The 2001 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2001 at Hampden Park
in Glasgow
and was the final of the 116th Scottish Cup
competition. Celtic and Hibernian contested the match, Celtic won the match 3–0. Jackie McNamara
opened the scoring in the first half running onto a through ball to angle the ball past Hibernian
goalkeeper Nick Colgan
. In the 2nd half Henrik Larsson
scored twice, with a penalty and a hard shot into the top corner.
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HIBERNIAN:
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GK
Nick Colgan
DF
Gary Smith
DF
Franck Sauzée
DF
Paul Fenwick
DF
Ulrik Laursen
MF
John O'Neil
MF
Mathias Jack
MF
Grant Brebner
MF
Ian Murray
FW
Marc Libbra
FW
Mixu Paatelainen
Substitutes:
GK
Ian Westwater
MF
Frederic Arpinon
MF
Stuart Lovell
FW
David Zitelli
FW
Dirk Lehmann
Manager:
Alex McLeish
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and was the final of the 116th Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
competition. Celtic and Hibernian contested the match, Celtic won the match 3–0. Jackie McNamara
Jackie McNamara
Jackie McNamara is a Scottish football player and manager who currently manages Partick Thistle. He is a former Scottish international and has filled a variety of defensive roles in his career and captained Celtic under the management of Martin O'Neill.-Dunfermline Athletic:The son of former...
opened the scoring in the first half running onto a through ball to angle the ball past Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
goalkeeper Nick Colgan
Nick Colgan
Nicholas Vincent "Nick" Colgan is an Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League One side Huddersfield Town...
. In the 2nd half Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson
Henrik Edward Larsson MBE is a retired Swedish footballer and current manager of Landskrona BoIS.Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. He moved to Helsingborg, where he was one of the key players when they qualified to Allsvenskan 1993. Larsson then moved to Feyenoord for four years before...
scored twice, with a penalty and a hard shot into the top corner.
Match details
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| GK | 20 | Robert Douglas Robert Douglas (footballer) Robert James "Rab" Douglas is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Dundee as a goalkeeper. He is a former Scotland international, and is known as a Motherwell F.C. supporter.-Celtic:... |
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| DF | 35 |  Johan MjällbyJohan Mjällby Johan Mjällby is a Swedish former footballer. He made his debut for the national team in 1997, and played 49 matches and scored 4 goals as a defender or midfielder. Mjällby was the team captain during the 2002 World Cup. He also took part in Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... |
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| DF | 36 |  Ramon VegaRamon Vega Ramon Vega is a former Swiss footballer of Spanish descent, who played as a central defender.During his 13-year professional career, he was best known for his spell in England at Tottenham Hotspur, but also had another stint in the United Kingdom, playing in Scotland for Glasgow Celtic.-Early... |
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| DF | 5 |  Joos Valgaeren |
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| MF | 17 |  Didier AgatheDidier Agathe Didier Fernand Agathe is a professional footballer who currently plays for JS Saint-Pierroise in Réunion.... |
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| MF | 18 |  Neil LennonNeil Lennon Neil Francis Lennon is a former footballer from Northern Ireland. He is the current manager and former captain of Celtic.... |
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| MF | 14 | Paul Lambert Paul Lambert Paul Christopher Lambert is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the manager of Norwich City. He won numerous trophies as a player, winning the Scottish Cup with St... |
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| MF | 25 |  Ľubomír MoravčíkLubomír Moravcík Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia... |
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| MF | 8 | Alan Thompson |
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| FW | 7 | Henrik Larsson Henrik Larsson Henrik Edward Larsson MBE is a retired Swedish footballer and current manager of Landskrona BoIS.Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. He moved to Helsingborg, where he was one of the key players when they qualified to Allsvenskan 1993. Larsson then moved to Feyenoord for four years before... |
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| FW | 9 | Chris Sutton Chris Sutton Christopher Roy "Chris" Sutton is an English football manager and former player.In his career, Sutton played for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English... |
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| GK | 1 | Jonathan Gould Jonathan Gould Jonathan Alan Gould is a former Scottish international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the Goalkeeping Coach at Perth Glory of the Australian A-League.-Playing:... |
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| DF | 6 | Alan Stubbs Alan Stubbs Alan Stubbs is a retired English footballer who played as a centre back. He was forced to retire from professional football due to a troublesome knee injury on the 20 August 2008. The final match of his career was against Doncaster Rovers on 9 August 2008... |
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| DF | 4 | Jackie McNamara Jackie McNamara Jackie McNamara is a Scottish football player and manager who currently manages Partick Thistle. He is a former Scottish international and has filled a variety of defensive roles in his career and captained Celtic under the management of Martin O'Neill.-Dunfermline Athletic:The son of former... |
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| DF | 2 | Tom Boyd |
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| FW | 12 | Tommy Johnson |
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| Martin O'Neill Martin O'Neill Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.Until resigning the post on 9 August 2010, he was manager of Aston Villa. Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham... |
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Nick ColganNick Colgan
Nicholas Vincent "Nick" Colgan is an Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League One side Huddersfield Town...
Gary Smith Franck SauzéeFranck Sauzée
Franck Sauzée is a former French international footballer and manager. He played 39 times for the French national team between 1988 and 1993, scoring nine goals and captaining the team several times...
Paul FenwickPaul Fenwick
Paul Joseph Fenwick is a retired Canadian international association football player.-Club career:Fenwick played in Canada for Hamilton Steelers and Winnipeg Fury, in England for Birmingham City and in Scotland for Dunfermline Athletic, St...
Ulrik LaursenUlrik Laursen
Ulrik Rosenløv Laursen is a Danish former professional football player who ended his career playing for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga. Laursen was predominantly used in the central defense, but was also competent as a left back.-Career:He began his career at Odense Boldklub, where his...
John O'NeilJohn O'Neil (footballer)
John Thomas O'Neil is a Scottish former professional association football player. He represented Scotland once, and played for Dundee United, St. Johnstone, Hibernian and Falkirk in the top division.-Career:...
Mathias JackMathias Jack
Mathias Jack is a retired German footballer who played primarily as a defender and was last both player and manager of DJK Amisia Rheine 1926....
Grant BrebnerGrant Brebner
Grant Ian Brebner is a Scottish association football player, who currently plays for Australian A-League side Melbourne Victory. Born in Edinburgh, Brebner joined Manchester United as a 16-year-old in 1994, and although he was a member of the club's successful youth side, he failed to break into...
Ian Murray Marc LibbraMarc Libbra
Marc Libbra is a professional footballer, whose previous clubs include Norwich City F.C. and Toulouse FC. He scored a memorable goal on his debut for Norwich, coming off the bench to score against Manchester City in August 2001...
Mixu PaatelainenMixu Paatelainen
Mika-Matti Petteri "Mixu" Paatelainen is a former Finnish international football player and the current manager of the Finnish national team, having started the role in April 2011...
Ian WestwaterIan Westwater
Ian Westwater is an English former professional football goalkeeper, who spent the majority of his career with Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic.-Playing:...
Frederic ArpinonFrédéric Arpinon
Frédéric Arpinon is a former footballer from France.Now coaching at FC Istres, he proposed a link-up with former club Hibs recently.-External links:* *...
Stuart LovellStuart Lovell
Stuart "Archie" Lovell is an Australian professional footballer, who played as a striker early in his career, before reverting to a midfield role later in his career....
David ZitelliDavid Zitelli
David Zitelli is a retired footballer from France.-External links:* *...
Dirk LehmannDirk Lehmann
Dirk Lehmann is a retired German association football player.-Career:He made his senior debut with 1. FC Koln, and after a brief spell with Lierse S.K., joined another Belgian side in R.W.D...
Alex McLeishAlex McLeish
Alexander "Alex" McLeish , is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager, who is currently managing English Premier League club Aston Villa...