# 2016 Scottish Women's Cup

The 2016 SWF Scottish Cup, known as the 2016 SSE Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th official edition (47th overall) of the main national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and SWPL 1 & 2 were eligible to enter.
Hibernian won the final after penalties against Glasgow City, who had won the cup for the previous five years.

## Format

Teams are either drawn into the first round or receive a bye, so there are 16 matches to play in the second round. The winners of the first round are then joined by the 16 SWPL 1 & 2 teams in the second round.

## First round

30 of 32 teams were drawn into this round. Edinburgh Caledonia & Dumbarton United received a bye to the second round.
| Elgin City | 2–3 | Raith Rovers |
| Ross County | 2–1 | Stranraer |
| Dundee City | 1–2 | Granite City |
| Kemnay | 0–2 | St Roch's |
| Boroughmuir Thistle | 2–3 | Kilmarnock |
| East Kilbride Girls | 5–2 | Edinburgh South |
| Teesside | 1–3 | Dee Ladies |
| United Glasgow | 1–2 | Stenhousemuir |
| Caithness | 2–16 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Blackburn United | 0–5 | Dundee United |
| Renfrew | 4–3 | Cumbernauld Colts |
| Stonehaven | 1–9 | East Fife |
| Westerland | 8–1 | Bayside |
| Motherwell | 12–0 | Central Girls |
| Bistopton FCL | 0–1 | Dee Vale |

## Second round

SWPL teams enter.
| Dee Vale | 1–5 | Granite City |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 7–0 | Dumbarton United |
| Glasgow City | 26–0 | East Kilbride Girls |
| Spartans | 0–0 | Hamilton Academical (Hamilton won 4–3 on penalties) |
| Buchan | 3–5 | Forfar Farmington |
| Dee Ladies | 3–4 | Raith Rovers |
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | St Roch's |
| Hibernian | 11–0 | Boroughmuir Thistle |
| Jeanfield Swifts | 18–0 | Ross County |
| Rangers | 7–0 | East Fife |
| Stirling University | 10–0 | Westerlands |
| Renfrew | 5–0 | Queen's Park |
| Motherwell | 1–4 | Glasgow Girls |
| Hutchison Vale | 5–0 | Edinburgh Caledonia |
| Celtic | 7–0 | Aberdeen |
| Dundee United | 8–0 | Stenhousemuir |

## Third round

| Granite City | 3–8 | Hutchison Thistle |
| Hibernian | 19–0 | Renfrew |
| Celtic | 3–1 | Forfar Farmington |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 0–4 | Glasgow Girls |
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | Hamilton Academical |
| Rangers | 1–3 | Glasgow City |
| Dundee United | 1–6 | Stirling University |
| Jeanfield Swifts | 6–1 | Raith Rovers |

## Final

The final was played between Glasgow City and Hibernian on 6 November 2016 at New Douglas Park in Hamilton. It featured the same teams as the previous year's final and the SWPL Cup final earlier in the year (as well as the previous two editions of that competition). Hibs won their sixth Scottish Cup, their first since 2010 (Glasgow City having won all of the intervening five).
Hibs men's team had also won the 2015–16 Scottish Cup, and this was the first instance of a club holding both national trophies at the same time (albeit the women's team was only an affiliate and not a fully integrated element of the club at that point, and due to the differing schedules this was only for six months rather than a whole year).
| Glasgow City | Hibernian |
| | 1 | Gemma Fay |
| | 11 | Nicola Docherty |
| | 2 | Lauren McMurchie |
| | 3 | Savannah McCarthy |
| | 16 | Leanne Ross (c) |
| | 6 | Jo Love |
| | 8 | Haley Rosen |
| | 22 | Erin Cuthbert |
| | 17 | Fiona Brown |
| | 4 | Hayley Lauder |
| | 10 | Clare Shine |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 25 | Erin Clachers |
| | 14 | Cheryl McCulloch |
| | 13 | Carla Boyce |
| | 15 | Keeva Keenan |
| | 18 | Sam Kerr |
| | 19 | Sarah Crilly |
| | 20 | Brogan Hay |
| Manager: ||
| Scott Booth ||
| | 1 | Jenna Fife |
| | 11 | Kirsty Smith |
| | 2 | Clare Williamson |
| | 17 | Joelle Murray (c) |
| | 4 | Siobhan Hunter |
| | 24 | Emma Brownlie |
| | 13 | Lucy Graham |
| | 6 | Lisa Robertson |
| | 12 | Rachel McLauchlan |
| | 7 | Lizzie Arnot |
| | 21 | Abi Harrison |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 8 | Cailin Michie |
| | 10 | Sarah Ewens |
| | 14 | Shannon Leishman |
| | 16 | Ellis Notley |
| | 9 | Caitlin Russell |
| | 23 | Rachael Small |
| | 31 | Kirsty Jeffries |
| Manager: ||
| Chris Roberts ||