2006–07 Scottish League Cup

The 2006–07 Scottish League Cup was the 61st staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

The competition began on 9 August 2006, and was won by Hibernian, who defeated Kilmarnock 5–1 in the final.

Schedule

First round Tuesday, 8 - Wednesday, 9 August 2006.

Second round Tuesday, 22 - Wednesday, 23 August 2006.

Third round Tuesday, 19 - Wednesday, 20 September 2006.

Fourth round Tuesday, 7 - Wednesday, 8 November 2006.

Semi-finals Tuesday, 30 January - Wednesday, 31 January 2007 - SF1 at Fir Park, SF2 at Tynecastle

Final Sunday, 18 March 2007 - at Hampden Park

First round

Second round

22 August 2006	Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Ross County	19:30 - Recreation Park, Alloa Attendance: 424 Referee: Brian Winter
	Brown  34' Forrest  47'	Report	McKinlay  57'

22 August 2006	Brechin City	0 – 3	Livingston	19:45 - Glebe Park, Brechin Attendance: 466 Referee: Douglas McDonald
		Report	Craig  37' Dorrans  40' Hislop  87'

22 August 2006	Cowdenbeath	0 – 5	Falkirk	19:45 - Central Park, Cowdenbeath Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Eddie Smith
		Report	Craig  35' Moutinho  50'  81' Twaddle  74' Stewart  84'

22 August 2006	Dundee United	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Airdrie United	19:45 - Tannadice Park, Dundee Attendance: 2,851 Referee: Steve Conroy
	Robertson  118'	Report

22 August 2006	Hibernian	4 – 0	Peterhead	19:45 - Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 7,834 Referee: Chris Boyle
	Iain Good  7' (o.g.) Benjelloun  32' Brown  52' McCluskey  66' (pen.)	Report

22 August 2006	Motherwell	3 – 2	Partick Thistle	19:45 - Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 3,752 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Foran  6'  16' McGarry  88'	Report	Gibson  25' Roberts  66'

22 August 2006	Queen of the South	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Kilmarnock	19:45 - Palmerston Park, Dumfries Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Michael McCurry
	O'Connor  49'	Report	Murray  75' Naismith  113'

22 August 2006	St. Johnstone	4 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Elgin City	19:45 - McDiarmid Park, Perth Attendance: 1,198 Referee: Mike Tumilty
	Sheerin  98' (pen.) Stevenson  105' Milne  108' Mackay  114' (o.g.)	Report

22 August 2006	St. Mirren	3 – 1	Stenhousemuir	19:45 - Love Street, Paisley Attendance: 1,707 Referee: Charlie Richmond
	Mehmet  6'  30' Sutton  14'	Report	Sinclair  78'

23 August 2006	Inverness CT	3 – 1	Dumbarton	19:45 - Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 1,085 Referee: Calum Murray
	Wyness  6' Bayne  54' McAllister  72'	Report	Dobbie  30'

Third round

19 September 2006	Celtic	2 – 0	St. Mirren	19:45 - Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 32,587 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Beattie  76' Żurawski  87'	Report

19 September 2006	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Falkirk	19:45 - Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 1,198 Referee: Douglas McDonald
		Report	Stokes  60'

19 September 2006	St. Johnstone	3 – 0	Dundee United	19:45 - McDiarmid Park, Perth Attendance: 4,653 Referee: John Underhill
	Scotland  40' Milne  53' Mensing  80'	Report

19 September 2006	Kilmarnock	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	19:45 - Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Eddie Smith
	Wales  57' Wright  115'	Report	Craig  72' (pen.)

20 September 2006	Alloa Athletic	0 – 4	Hearts	19:45 - Recreation Park, Alloa Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Charlie Richmond
		Report	Mäkelä  34'  46'  82' Aguiar  88'

20 September 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 2	Rangers	19:45 - East End Park, Dunfermline Attendance: 5,702 Referee: Michael McCurry
		Report	Bamba  65' (o.g.) Boyd  73'

20 September 2006	Hibernian	6 – 0	Gretna	19:45 - Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 11,075 Referee: Craig Thomson
	Fletcher  11' Brown  18' Jones  20' Shiels  24'  63' Benjelloun  72'	Report

20 September 2006	Queen's Park	0 – 3	Motherwell	19:45 - Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 2,408 Referee: Mike Tumilty
		Report	Foran  24'  47'  54' (pen.)

Quarter-finals

7 November 2006	Celtic	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	Falkirk	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 18,684 Referee: Charlie Richmond
	Żurawski  98'	Report	Stokes  99'

7 November 2006	Kilmarnock	3 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 5,601 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Wright  7'  45' Invincibile  71'	Report	Foran  25' (pen.) Clarkson  59'

8 November 2006	Hibernian	1 – 0	Hearts	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 15,825 Referee: Callum Murray
	Jones  31'	Report

8 November 2006	Rangers	0 – 2	St. Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 31,074 Referee: Stuart Dougal
		Report	Milne  50'  67'

Semi-finals

30 January 2007	Kilmarnock	3 – 0	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 10,722 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Naismith  30'  71'  78' (pen.)	Report

31 January 2007	St. Johnstone	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Hibernian	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 16,112 Referee: Craig Thomson
	Scotland  76'	Report	Fletcher  3' Murphy  92' Benjelloun  120'

Final

18 March 2007 15:00	Kilmarnock	1 – 5	Hibernian	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Dougie McDonald
	Greer  77'	Report	Jones  28' Benjelloun  59'  85' Fletcher  66'  87'

Player stats

Top goalscorers

Goals	Player	Club
6	Richie Foran	Motherwell
5	Abdessalam Benjelloun	Hibernian
4	Steven Fletcher	Hibernian
	Steve Milne	St. Johnstone
	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock
	Jason Scotland	St. Johnstone
3	Juho Mäkelä	Hearts
	Frazer Wright	Kilmarnock

Player of the round

Round	Player	Club	Young player	Club
1st	John O'Neill	Queen of the South	-	-
2nd	Mark Cairns	Queen's Park	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock
3rd	Kris Boyd	Rangers	-	-