| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Defending champions | Rangers |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Rangers |
| Runners-up | Aberdeen |
The1988–89Scottish League Cup was the forty-third season of Scotland's secondfootball knockout competition. The competition was won byRangers, who defeatedAberdeen in the Final.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic (3) | 2–4 | Stirling Albion (3) | 10 August 1988 |
| Brechin City (3) | 3–1 | Montrose (3) | 10 August 1988 |
| Cowdenbeath(3) | 0–0[1][2] | Albion Rovers (3) | 10 August 1988 |
| East Stirlingshire (3) | 0–1 | Arbroath (3) | 11 August 1988 |
| Queen's Park (3) | 1–2 | Stranraer (3) | 10 August 1988 |
| Stenhousemuir (3) | 3–0 | Berwick Rangers (3) | 10 August 1988 |
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen (1) | 4–0 | Arbroath (3) | 17 August 1988 |
| Airdrieonians (2) | 0–1 | Motherwell (1) | 17 August 1988 |
| Albion Rovers (3) | 2–4 | Hamilton Academical (1) | 16 August 1988 |
| Brechin City (3) | 0–2 | Morton (2) | 17 August 1988 |
| Celtic (1) | 4–1 | Ayr United (2) | 17 August 1988 |
| Clyde(2) | 0–3 | Rangers(1) | 17 August 1988 |
| Clydebank(2) | 2–0 | Stenhousemuir (3) | 17 August 1988 |
| Dumbarton(3) | 1–3[1] | St Mirren (1) | 16 August 1988 |
| Dundee(1) | 5–1 | Queen of the South(2) | 17 August 1988 |
| East Fife(3) | 1–1[1][3] | Dunfermline Athletic (2) | 17 August 1988 |
| Falkirk (2) | 1–1[1][4] | Raith Rovers (2) | 17 August 1988 |
| Heart of Midlothian (1) | 5–0 | St Johnstone (2) | 17 August 1988 |
| Hibernian (1) | 4–0 | Stranraer (3) | 17 August 1988 |
| Kilmarnock (2) | 1–0 | Forfar Athletic (2) | 17 August 1988 |
| Meadowbank Thistle (2) | 2–1 | Stirling Albion (3) | 16 August 1988 |
| Partick Thistle (2) | 0–2 | Dundee United(1) | 16 August 1988 |
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic (1) | 7–2 | Hamilton Academical (1) | 24 August 1988 |
| Dundee (1) | 2–1 | Falkirk (2) | 24 August 1988 |
| Dunfermline Athletic (2) | 2–1 | Motherwell (1) | 24 August 1988 |
| Morton (2) | 1–2 | Aberdeen (1) | 23 August 1988 |
| Hibernian (1) | 1–0 | Kilmarnock (2) | 23 August 1988 |
| Meadowbank Thistle (2) | 0–2 | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 23 August 1988 |
| Rangers (1) | 6–0 | Clydebank (2) | 24 August 1988 |
| St Mirren(1) | 1–3 | Dundee United (1) | 24 August 1988 |
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee United (1) | 2–0 | Celtic (1) | 31 August 1988 |
| Dunfermline Athletic (2) | 1–4 | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 31 August 1988 |
| Hibernian (1) | 1–2[1] | Aberdeen (1) | 31 August 1988 |
| Rangers (1) | 4–1 | Dundee (1) | 31 August 1988 |
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen (1) | 2–0 | Dundee United (1) | 20 September 1988 |
| Rangers (1) | 3–0 | Heart of Midlothian (1) | 21 September 1988 |
