# 1978–79 Scottish League Cup

The 1978–79 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-third season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen in the Final.

## First round
### First leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Alloa Athletic | 4–1 | Stirling Albion | 16 August 1978 |
| Berwick Rangers | 2–0 | St Johnstone | 16 August 1978 |
| Celtic | 3–1 | Dundee | 16 August 1978 |
| Dumbarton | 0–0 | St Mirren | 16 August 1978 |
| Montrose | 4–0 | Queen of the South | 16 August 1978 |
| Rangers | 3–0 | Albion Rovers | 16 August 1978 |

### Second leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
| Albion Rovers | 0–1 | Rangers | 23 August 1978 | 0–4 |
| Dundee | 0–3 | Celtic | 23 August 1978 | 1–6 |
| Queen of the South | 0–1 | Montrose | 23 August 1978 | 0–5 |
| St Johnstone | 0–0 | Berwick Rangers | 23 August 1978 | 0–2 |
| St Mirren | 2–0 | Dumbarton | 23 August 1978 | 2–0 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–1 | Alloa Athletic | 23 August 1978 | 1–5 |

## Second round
### First leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Airdrieonians | 3–0 | Dunfermline Ath | 30 August 1978 |
| Ayr United | 1–0 | Stranraer | 30 August 1978 |
| Berwick Rangers | 1–3 | St Mirren | 30 August 1978 |
| Brechin City | 0–3 | Hibernian | 30 August 1978 |
| Clyde | 3–1 | Motherwell | 30 August 1978 |
| Cowdenbeath | 3–2 | Hamilton Academical | 30 August 1978 |
| Dundee United | 2–3 | Celtic | 30 August 1978 |
| East Fife | 0–1 | Arbroath | 30 August 1978 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–3 | Morton | 30 August 1978 |
| Kilmarnock | 2–0 | Alloa Athletic | 30 August 1978 |
| Meadowbank Thistle | 0–5 | Aberdeen | 30 August 1978 |
| Montrose | 1–1 | East Stirlingshire | 28 August 1978 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Falkirk | 30 August 1978 |
| Raith Rovers | 4–2 | Queen's Park | 30 August 1978 |
| Rangers | 3–0 | Forfar Athletic | 30 August 1978 |
| Stenhousemuir | 1–0 | Clydebank | 30 August 1978 |

### Second leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
| Aberdeen | 4–0 | Meadowbank Thistle | 2 September 1978 | 9–0 |
| Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | 2 September 1978 | 1–3 |
| Arbroath | 1–0 | East Fife | 2 September 1978 | 2–0 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | Dundee United | 2 September 1978 | 4–2 |
| Clydebank | 4–1 | Stenhousemuir | 2 September 1978 | 4–2 |
| Dunfermline Ath | 0–5 | Airdrieonians | 2 September 1978 | 0–8 |
| East Stirlingshire | 0–2 | Montrose | 2 September 1978 | 1–3 |
| Falkirk | 2–2 | Partick Thistle | 2 September 1978 | 3–3 |
| Forfar Athletic | 1–4 | Rangers | 2 September 1978 | 1–7 |
| Morton | 4–1 | Heart of Midlothian | 2 September 1978 | 7–2 |
| Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | Cowdenbeath | 2 September 1978 | 4–3 |
| Hibernian | 3–1 | Brechin City | 2 September 1978 | 6–1 |
| Motherwell | 3–0 | Clyde | 2 September 1978 | 4–3 |
| Queen's Park | 4–2 | Raith Rovers | 2 September 1978 | 6–6 |
| St Mirren | 5–1 | Berwick Rangers | 2 September 1978 | 8–2 |
| Stranraer | 1–3 | Ayr United | 2 September 1978 | 1–4 |

## Third round
### First leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Arbroath | 1–1 | Airdrieonians | 4 October 1978 |
| Celtic | 0–1 | Motherwell | 4 October 1978 |
| Falkirk | 0–2 | Ayr United | 4 October 1978 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | Aberdeen | 4 October 1978 |
| Hibernian | 1–0 | Clydebank | 4 October 1978 |
| Kilmarnock | 2–0 | Morton | 4 October 1978 |
| Raith Rovers | 3–0 | Montrose | 4 October 1978 |
| Rangers | 3–2 | St Mirren | 4 October 1978 |

### Second leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
| Aberdeen | 7–1 | Hamilton Academical | 11 October 1978 | 8–1 |
| Airdrieonians | 1–2 | Arbroath | 10 October 1978 | 2–3 |
| Ayr United | 1–1 | Falkirk | 11 October 1978 | 3–1 |
| Clydebank | 1–1 | Hibernian | 11 October 1978 | 1–2 |
| Morton | 5–2 | Kilmarnock | 11 October 1978 | 5–4 |
| Montrose | 5–1 | Raith Rovers | 11 October 1978 | 5–4 |
| Motherwell | 1–4 | Celtic | 11 October 1978 | 2–4 |
| St Mirren | 0–0 | Rangers | 11 October 1978 | 2–3 |

## Quarter-finals
### First leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Ayr United | 3–3 | Aberdeen | 8 November 1978 |
| Montrose | 1–1 | Celtic | 8 November 1978 |
| Morton | 1–0 | Hibernian | 8 November 1978 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | Arbroath | 8 November 1978 |

### Second leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
| Aberdeen | 3–1 | Ayr United | 15 November 1978 | 6–4 |
| Arbroath | 1–2 | Rangers | 15 November 1978 | 1–3 |
| Celtic | 3–1 | Montrose | 15 November 1978 | 4–2 |
| Hibernian | 2–0 | Morton | 15 November 1978 | 2–1 |

## Semi-finals

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Aberdeen | 1–0 | Hibernian | 13 December 1978 |
| Rangers | 3–2 | Celtic | 13 December 1978 |