2015–16 Scottish Youth Cup


The 2015–16 Scottish Youth Cup is the 33rd 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 1996 are eligible to play.

Calendar

RoundMatch dateFixturesClubs
First Round654 → 44
Second Round1644 → 28
Third Round1632 → 16
Fourth Round816 → 8
Quarter-finals48 → 4
Semi-finals24 → 2
Final12 → 1

Format

The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2014–15 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-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 on 15 August 2015.

Central Group

Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
Home Team Score Away Team
Preston Athletic3 – 1East Kilbride
Edusport Academy5 – 2Dumbarton
Edinburgh City1 – 3Cumbernauld Colts

North Group

Two ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
Home Team Score Away Team
Montrose1 – 0Formartine United
Inverurie Loco Works3 – 1Fraserburgh

South Group

One tie were drawn in this group with all the following club receiving a bye to the second round.
Home Team Score Away Team
Stranraer3 – 2Berwick Rangers

Second round

Central Group

Home Team Score Away Team
Preston Athletic2 – 1 Civil Service Strollers
Stenhousemuir2 – 0BSC Glasgow
Falkirk1 – 3East Stirlingshire
Airdrieonians3 – 1Lothian Vale Hutchinson Vale
Motherwell1 – 0Partick Thistle
Whitehill Welfare0 - 8Dundee
Edusport Academy5 – 1Spartans
Heriot Watt University0 – 2Alloa Athletic

North Group

Home Team Score Away Team
Inverness CT2 – 1Montrose
Banks O'Dee7 – 4 Clachnacuddin
Aberdeen6 – 1Fraserburgh
Forfar Athletic11 – 2Turriff United
Deveronvale4 – 1Huntly
Ross County11 – 0Lossiemouth

South Group

Home Team Score Away Team
Dalbeattie Star1 – 5Stranraer

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 22 September 2015.
Home Team Score Away Team
Dundee4 − 1Hibernian
Airdrieonians4 − 0Banks O'Dee
Aberdeen2 – 3Kilmarnock
East Stirlingshire4 − 5Heart of Midlothian
Forfar Athletic0 − 2Greenock Morton
Preston Athletic0 − 6St Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic1 − 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Deveronvale1 − 4Cumbernauld Colts
Annan Athletic0 − 2Ross County
Dundee United5 − 1Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South2 − 1Edusport Academy
Motherwell5 − 0Stenhousemuir
St Johnstone3 − 0Stranraer
Rangers4 − 1Queen's Park
Hamilton Academical0 − 3Celtic
Selkirk0 − 25Ayr United

Fourth round

The fourth round draw was announced on 4 November 2015.
Home Team Score Away Team
Greenock Morton1 − 2Ross County
Queen of the South4 − 2Cumbernauld Colts
Motherwell1 − 0Kilmarnock
Heart of Midlothian4 − 2Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Dundee United2 − 1 Dundee
Ayr United3 − 2Airdrieonians
St Mirren2 − 1Rangers
St Johnstone2 − 1Celtic

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw was announced on 16 December 2015.
Home Team Score Away Team
St Mirren0 − 1Ross County
Dundee United3 − 0Ayr United
St Johnstone0 − 1Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian5 − 0Queen of the South

Semi-finals

The ties for the semi finals were played on 6 and 8 March 2016.
Home Team Score Away Team
Ross County0 – 3Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian2 – 0Dundee United

Final