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.

2015–16 Scottish FA Youth Cup

SFA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	54
Final positions
Champions	Motherwell
Runners-up	Hearts
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Calendar

Round	Match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round		6	54 → 44
Second Round		16	44 → 28
Third Round		16	32 → 16
Fourth round		8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals		4	8 → 4
Semi-finals		2	4 → 2
Final		1	2 → 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.^[1]

Central Group

Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:

• Airdrieonians
• Alloa Athletic
• BSC Glasgow
• Civil Service Strollers
• Dundee
• East Stirlingshire
• Falkirk
• Heriot Watt University
• Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale
• Motherwell
• Partick Thistle
• Spartans
• Stenhousemuir
• Stirling Albion
• Whitehill Welfare

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Preston Athletic	3 – 1	East Kilbride
Edusport Academy	5 – 2	Dumbarton
Edinburgh City	1 – 3	Cumbernauld Colts

North Group

Two ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.

• Aberdeen
• Banks O'Dee
• Clachnacuddin
• Deveronvale
• Huntly
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle
• Lossiemouth
• Ross County
• Turriff United

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Montrose	1 – 0	Formartine United
Inverurie Loco Works	3 – 1	Fraserburgh

South Group

One tie were drawn in this group with all the following club receiving a bye to the second round.

• Dalbeattie Star

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Stranraer	3 – 2	Berwick Rangers

Second round

Central Group

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Preston Athletic	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Civil Service Strollers
Stenhousemuir	2 – 0	BSC Glasgow
Falkirk	1 – 3	East Stirlingshire
Airdrieonians	3 – 1	Lothian Vale Hutchinson Vale
Motherwell	1 – 0	Partick Thistle
Whitehill Welfare	0 - 8	Dundee
Edusport Academy	5 – 1	Spartans
Heriot Watt University	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic

North Group

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Inverness CT	2 – 1	Montrose
Banks O'Dee	7 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Clachnacuddin
Aberdeen	6 – 1	Fraserburgh
Forfar Athletic	11 – 2	Turriff United
Deveronvale	4 – 1	Huntly
Ross County	11 – 0	Lossiemouth

South Group

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Dalbeattie Star	1 – 5	Stranraer

Third round

The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:

• Annan Athletic
• Ayr United
• Celtic
• Dundee United
• Dunfermline Athletic
• Greenock Morton
• Hamilton Academical
• Hamilton Academical
• Heart of Midlothian
• Hibernian
• Kilmarnock
• Queen of the South
• Queen's Park
• Rangers
• Selkirk
• St Johnstone

The third round draw was announced on 22 September 2015.^[2]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Dundee	4 − 1	Hibernian
Airdrieonians	4 − 0	Banks O'Dee
Aberdeen	2 – 3	Kilmarnock
East Stirlingshire	4 − 5	Heart of Midlothian
Forfar Athletic	0 − 2	Greenock Morton
Preston Athletic	0 − 6	St Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic	1 − 2 (a.e.t.)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Deveronvale	1 − 4	Cumbernauld Colts
Annan Athletic	0 − 2	Ross County
Dundee United	5 − 1	Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South	2 − 1	Edusport Academy
Motherwell	5 − 0	Stenhousemuir
St Johnstone	3 − 0	Stranraer
Rangers	4 − 1	Queen's Park
Hamilton Academical	0 − 3	Celtic
Selkirk	0 − 25	Ayr United

Fourth round

The fourth round draw was announced on 4 November 2015.^[3]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Greenock Morton	1 − 2	Ross County
Queen of the South	4 − 2	Cumbernauld Colts
Motherwell	1 − 0	Kilmarnock
Heart of Midlothian	4 − 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Dundee United	2 − 1 (a.e.t.)	Dundee
Ayr United	3 − 2	Airdrieonians
St Mirren	2 − 1	Rangers
St Johnstone	2 − 1	Celtic

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw was announced on 16 December 2015.^[4]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
St Mirren	0 − 1	Ross County
Dundee United	3 − 0	Ayr United
St Johnstone	0 − 1	Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian	5 − 0	Queen 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 County	0 – 3	Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Dundee United

Final

27 April 2016

19:30

Heart of Midlothian	2 – 5	Motherwell
Jordan McGhee Dario Zanatta 65'	BBC Sport Report The Scotsman	Dylan Mackin Daniel Baur 38' (o.g.) David Ferguson 62' Robbie Leitch 83' Dylan Falconer 90'

Hampden Park

Attendance: 2,769

Referee: Stewart Luke

External links

• Youth Cup on Scottish FA website