HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SCOTTISH FA CUP.

The 2023–24 Scottish Cup (now known as the Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 139th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The 2023–24 edition marks the 150th anniversary of the tournament which was established in 1873-4. The winners qualify for the 2024-5 Europa League Play Off Round.

Final appearances by club (Clubs in italics are defunct)

Club	Wins	Last final won	Runners-up	Last final lost	Total final appearances
Celtic	41	2023	18	2002	60
Rangers	34	2022	18	2016	53
Queen's Park	10	1893	2	1900	12
Heart of Midlothian	8	2012	9	2022	17
Aberdeen	7	1990	9	2017	16
Hibernian	3	2016	12	2021	15
Kilmarnock	3	1997	5	1960	8
Vale of Leven	3	1879	4	1890	7
St Mirren	3	1987	3	1962	6
Clyde	3	1958	3	1949	6
Dundee United	2	2010	8	2014	10
Motherwell	2	1991	6	2018	8
Third Lanark	2	1905	4	1936	6
Falkirk	2	1957	3	2015	5
Dunfermline Athletic	2	1968	3	2007	5
Renton	2	1888	3	1895	5
St Johnstone	2	2021	—	—	2
Dumbarton	1	1883	5	1897	6
Dundee	1	1910	4	2003	5
Airdrieonians (1878)	1	1924	3	1995	4
East Fife	1	1938	2	1950	3
Greenock Morton	1	1922	1	1948	2
Partick Thistle	1	1921	1	1930	2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1	2015	1	2023	2
St Bernard's	1	1895	—	—	1
Hamilton Academical	—	—	2	1935	2
Ross County	—	—	1	2010	1
Queen of the South	—	—	1	2008	1
Gretna	—	—	1	2006	1
Albion Rovers	—	—	1	1920	1
Raith Rovers	—	—	1	1913	1
Cambuslang	—	—	1	1888	1
Thornliebank	—	—	1	1880	1
Clydesdale	—	—	1	1874	1

Celtic (surprisingly) are the defending champions after defeating Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the 2023 Cup Final. Although it is the second oldest competition in association football history, after the English FA Cup (1872), the Scottish Cup trophy is the oldest in association football and is also the oldest national trophy in the world. It was first presented to Queen's Park who won the final match of the inaugural tournament in March 1874. The current holders are Celtic, who won the tournament for the 41st time by defeating Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 in the 2023 Final.

Following an increase in the number of entries, an additional preliminary round was added to the competition format. Replays were also removed entirely from the tournament, having been restricted to just the Preliminary Round in the previous season.

Round	Original date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New Entries	Leagues entering at this round
Prelim Rd 1	12 August 2023	3	131 → 128	7	7 qualifiers
Prelim Rd 2	2 September 2023	26	128 → 102	48	48 licensed clubs
First Round	23 September 2023	30	102 → 72	34	18 Highland League teams 16 Lowland League teams
Seconnd Round	28 October 2023	20	72 → 52	10	10 League Two teams
Third Round	25 November 2023	20	52 → 32	20	10 Championship teams 10 League One teams
Fourth Round	20 January 2024	16	32 → 16	12	12 Premiership teams
Fifth Round	10 February 2024	8	16 → 8	None
Q-Finals	9 March 2024	4	8 → 4	None
S-Final	20 & 21 April 2024	2	4 → 2	None
FINAL	25 May 2024 3pm	CELTIC v RANGERS at Hampden Pk