2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup


The 2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup was the 31st season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association for its full and associate member clubs. The tournament was for the under-20 age group, to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition. Players born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to play.
Rangers won the cup, defeating Heart of Midlothian after a penalty shootout in the final.

Calendar

RoundMatch dateFixturesClubs
First RoundSunday 25 August 2013144 → 43
Second RoundSunday 22 September 20131143 → 32
Third RoundSunday 20 October 20131632 → 16
Fourth RoundSunday 24 November 2013816 → 8
Quarter-finalsSunday 23 February 201448 → 4
Semi-finalsSunday 13 April 201424 → 2
Final12 → 1

Format

The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2012–13 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining twenty eight clubs enter the first round and are initially divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.

First round

The draw for the first and second rounds took place in July 2013.

Central Group

One tie was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
Home Team Score Away Team
Airdrieonians3 – 3
Edinburgh City

North Group

No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.

Central Group

The following clubs received byes to the third round.
Home Team Score Away Team
Heart of Midlothian6 – 1Spartans
Stirling Albion2 – 1Alloa Athletic
Queen's Park1 – 0Forfar Athletic
Stenhousemuir1 – 0Dundee
Motherwell3 – 0East Fife
Raith Rovers4 - 2Clyde
Edinburgh City1 – 3Arbroath

North Group

received a bye to the third round.
Home Team Score Away Team
Lossiemouth0 – 1Fraserburgh
Ross County2 – 1Clachnacuddin
Cove Rangers6 – 1Keith

South Group

received a bye to the third round.
Home Team Score Away Team
Hawick Royal Albert2 – 7Annan Athletic

Third round

The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
The third round draw was announced on 24 September 2013.
Home Team Score Away Team
St Johnstone3 – 0Stirling Albion
Queen of the South4 – 1Annan Athletic
Cove Rangers1 – 3Cowdenbeath
Queen's Park2 – 2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic1 – 0Dundee United
St Mirren2 – 1Partick Thistle
Falkirk1 – 3Raith Rovers
Livingston0 – 1Ayr United
Greenock Morton2 – 0Fraserburgh
Montrose0 – 4Motherwell
Formartine United3 – 2Arbroath
Kilmarnock3 – 0Aberdeen
Rangers6 – 0Dumbarton
Celtic4 – 0Stenhousemuir
Hamilton Academical2 – 4Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian5 – 1Ross County

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round took place in October 2013 with ties played on 24 November and 1 December 2013
Home Team Score Away Team
Rangers5 – 1Hibernian
Queen's Park3 – 2 Queen of the South
Kilmarnock3 – 1Motherwell
Raith Rovers1 – 3St Mirren
Heart of Midlothian11 – 0Formartine United
Greenock Morton3 – 2Ayr United
St Johnstone3 – 1Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic3 – 1Cowdenbeath

Quarter-finals

The ties for the quarter finals were played on 23 February and 2 March 2014.
Home Team Score Away Team
Hearts3 – 0Queen's Park
Rangers2 – 0Dunfermline Athletic
Kilmarnock2 – 1Morton
St Johnstone0 – 1St Mirren

Semi-finals

The ties for the semi finals were played on 12 and 13 April 2014.
Home Team Score Away Team
Hearts3 – 0Kilmarnock
St Mirren0 – 1
Rangers

Final