# 2024–25 Scottish Cup

The 2024–25 Scottish Cup (known as the Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 140th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition.
Celtic are the defending champions after defeating Rangers in the 2024 final.

## Calendar

| Round | Original date | Number of fixtures | Clubs | New Entries | Leagues entering at this round |
| Preliminary round one | 10 August 2024 | 2 | 130 → 128 | 6 | 6 qualifiers |
| Preliminary round two | 31 August 2024 | 26 | 128 → 102 | 48 | 48 licensed clubs |
| First round | 28 September 2024 | 30 | 102 → 72 | 34 | 18 Highland League teams 16 Lowland League teams |
| Second round | 26 October 2024 | 20 | 72 → 52 | 10 | 10 League Two teams |
| Third round | 30 November 2024 | 20 | 52 → 32 | 20 | 10 Championship teams 10 League One teams |
| Fourth round | 18 January 2025 | 16 | 32 → 16 | 12 | 12 Premiership teams |
| Fifth round | 8 February 2025 | 8 | 16 → 8 | None | |
| Quarter-finals | 8 March 2025 | 4 | 8 → 4 | None | |
| Semi-finals | 19 & 20 April 2025 | 2 | 4 → 2 | None | |
| Final | 24 May 2025 | 1 | 2 → 1 | None | |

## Preliminary round one

The draw for preliminary round one was made on 22 July 2024. The six teams without a SFA club licence were required to be included in the first preliminary round draw – namely Beith Juniors (West of Scotland League champions), Dundee North End (Midlands League champions), Culter (North Region Juniors champions), Cupar Hearts (Amateur Cup winners), Invergordon (North Caledonian League champions), and Bo'ness Athletic (Cup Winners' Shield winners). They were drawn into two ties with Cupar Hearts and Dundee North End drawn to receive a bye to the second preliminary round.
Bo'ness Athletic and Dundee North End are taking part in the competition for the first time.

### Matches
## Preliminary round two

The draw for preliminary round two was made on 22 July 2024.
Teams in bold advanced to the first round.
| East of Scotland League | West of Scotland League | Others |
| Premier Division Dunbar United Dundonald Bluebell Dunipace Edinburgh University Haddington Athletic Hill of Beath Hawthorn Hutchison Vale Jeanfield Swifts Musselburgh Athletic Penicuik Athletic Sauchie Juniors St Andrews United Tynecastle First Division Blackburn United Bo'ness Athletic Camelon Juniors Newtongrange Star Preston Athletic Whitehill Welfare Second Division Burntisland Shipyard Coldstream Dalkeith Thistle Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare Vale of Leithen Third Division Hawick Royal Albert | Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot Benburb Cumnock Juniors Clydebank Darvel Glenafton Athletic Pollok First Division Irvine Meadow Kilwinning Rangers Rutherglen Glencairn Second Division Bonnyton Thistle Third Division Girvan Glasgow University Threave Rovers Fourth Division Carluke Rovers | SJFA Midlands League Dundee North End Lochee United Tayport North Caledonian League Fort William Golspie Sutherland North Region Junior Football League Culter South of Scotland League Creetown Dalbeattie Star Newton Stewart St Cuthbert Wanderers Wigtown & Bladnoch Kingdom of Fife AFA Cupar Hearts |

### Matches
## First round

The draw for the first round was made on 1 September 2024 at 17:30 live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the second round.
Carluke Rovers (12th in the West of Scotland Fourth Division) were drawn away from home against Buckie Thistle (5th in the Highland League), 89 places above them in the pyramid system when the clubs met, which represented the biggest league position gap between two teams in the competition's history.
| Highland League | Lowland League | East of Scotland League | West of Scotland League | Others |
| Banks o' Dee Brechin City Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Deveronvale Formartine United Forres Mechanics Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy | Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Bo'ness United Broomhill Broxburn Athletic Caledonian Braves Civil Service Strollers Cowdenbeath Cumbernauld Colts East Kilbride East Stirlingshire Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Linlithgow Rose Tranent University of Stirling | Premier Division Dunbar United Dundonald Bluebell Hill of Beath Hawthorn Jeanfield Swifts Musselburgh Athletic Sauchie Juniors Tynecastle First Division Bo'ness Athletic Camelon Juniors Newtongrange Star Whitehill Welfare Second Division Burntisland Shipyard Dalkeith Thistle Vale of Leithen | Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot Clydebank Cumnock Juniors Darvel First Division Irvine Meadow Rutherglen Glencairn Third Division Girvan Threave Rovers Fourth Division Carluke Rovers | SJFA Midlands League Dundee North End Lochee United Kingdom of Fife AFA Cupar Hearts |

### Matches
## Second round

The draw for the second round was made on 29 September 2024 at 17:00 live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the third round.
| League Two | Highland League | Lowland League | East of Scotland League | West of Scotland League | SJFA Midlands League |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Clyde East Fife Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stirling Albion Stranraer The Spartans | Banks o' Dee Brechin City Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Formartine United Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Turriff United | Berwick Rangers Bo'ness United Broxburn Athletic Caledonian Braves Civil Service Strollers Cowdenbeath East Kilbride Linlithgow Rose | Premier Division Hill of Beath Hawthorn Jeanfield Swifts Musselburgh Athletic Sauchie Juniors First Division Bo'ness Athletic | Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot Clydebank First Division Irvine Meadow Third Division Threave Rovers | Dundee North End Lochee United |

### Matches
## Third round

The draw for the third round was made on 27 October 2024 at 20:00 live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the fourth round.
| Championship | League One | League Two | Tier 5 | Tier 6 | Tier 7 |
| Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers | Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Cove Rangers Dumbarton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir | Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stirling Albion Stranraer | Highland League Banks o' Dee Brechin City Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Fraserburgh Lowland League Bo'ness United Broxburn Athletic Cowdenbeath East Kilbride Linlithgow Rose | East of Scotland League Premier Division Musselburgh Athletic West of Scotland League Premier Division Clydebank SJFA Midlands League Dundee North End | West of Scotland League First Division Irvine Meadow |

### Matches
## Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 2 December 2024 following the East Kilbride v Falkirk match live on BBC Scotland.
Teams in bold advanced to the fifth round.
| Premiership | Championship | League One | League Two | Tier 5 | Tier 6 |
| Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren | Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen's Park Raith Rovers | Cove Rangers Dumbarton Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir | Elgin City Forfar Athletic | Highland League Brechin City Fraserburgh Lowland League Broxburn Athletic | East of Scotland League Premier Division Musselburgh Athletic West of Scotland League Premier Division Clydebank |

### Matches
## Fifth round

The draw for the fifth round was made on 20 January 2025 following the Dundee v Dundee United match live on Premier Sports 1 & the Premier Sports X account.
Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Premiership | Championship | League One |
| Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren | Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen's Park Raith Rovers | Cove Rangers |

### Matches
## Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 10 February 2025 following the St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian match live on BBC Scotland.
Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.
| Premiership | Championship |
| Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian St Johnstone | Livingston Queen's Park |

### Matches
## Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 10 March 2025 following the Livingston v St Johnstone match live on BBC Scotland.
* Aberdeen
* Celtic
* Heart of Midlothian
* St Johnstone

### Matches
## Broadcasting

The Scottish Cup is broadcast by Premier Sports and BBC Scotland. Premier Sports has the first two picks and the fifth pick of the fourth and fifth rounds, 2 quarter-finals as well as first pick of one semi-final and airs the final non-exclusively. BBC Scotland broadcasts one match per round from the first round onwards and two matches per round from the fourth round to the quarter-finals, as well as one semi-final and the final.
The following matches were selected for live coverage on UK television:
| Round | BBC Scotland | Premier Sports |
| First round | Dalkeith Thistle v Broxburn Athletic | Does not appear |
| Second round | Threave Rovers v Stranraer | Does not appear |
| Third round | East Kilbride v Falkirk | Does not appear |
| Fourth round | Brechin City v Heart of Midlothian Rangers v Fraserburgh | Celtic v Kilmarnock Falkirk v Raith Rovers Dundee v Dundee United |
| Fifth round | Ayr United v Hibernian St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian | Celtic v Raith Rovers Aberdeen v Dunfermline Athletic Rangers v Queen's Park |
| Quarter-finals | Aberdeen v Queen's Park Livingston v St Johnstone | Heart of Midlothian v Dundee Celtic v Hibernian |
| Semi-finals | Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen | Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen St Johnstone v Celtic |
| Final | | |