Throughout their 60 Scottish Cup Finals (including the incomplete 1909 match), Celtic has a positive goal difference of +48, having scored 124 goals and conceded 76. Jimmy Quinn is the club’s top scorer in these finals, netting eight goals across five different seasons (six games in total, including a replay). He outperforms c and Sandy McMahon, who each scored five goals in finals for Celtic.
Quinn also holds the distinction of being the first Celtic player to score a hat-trick in a Scottish Cup Final, achieving this in 1904—a feat only matched by Dixie Deans nearly seventy years later. Excluding own goals (of which Celtic has benefited six times), 74 players have scored for Celtic in these finals, with 56 being Scottish. Players from 14 other nations have also scored in these finals.
In Celtic’s 2023 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle, three new countries were added to this list with goals from Kyogo (Japan), Abada (Israel), and Jota (Portugal). In the upcoming game, Celtic could potentially add more nationalities to this list if players like Cameron Carter-Vickers (USA), Alastair Johnston (Canada), Matt O’Riley (Denmark), or Nicholas Kuhn (Germany) score. However, even a 1-0 win secured by an own goal would be just as satisfying for Celtic.
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