2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup

The 2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup was the 34th 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 1997 are eligible to play.

2016–17 Scottish FA Youth Cup
SFA Youth Cup
Country Scotland
Teams55

Motherwell were the defending champions after they beat Heart of Midlothian 5–2 in the 2016 final.

Calendar
Round Match date Fixtures Clubs
First Round 28 August 2016[1] 7 55 → 48
Second Round 25 September 2016[1] 16 48 → 32
Third Round 6 November 2016 16 32 → 16
Fourth Round 4 December 2016 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 2015–16 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-nine 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 3 August 2016.[1] The following clubs were involved in the first round draw:

North Section Central Section South Section

01. Aberdeen
02. Banks O' Dee
03. Buckie Thistle
04. Clachnacuddin
05. Deveronvale
06. Forfar Athletic
07. Formartine United
08. Fraserburgh
09. Inverurie Loco Works
10. Keith
11. Lossiemouth
12. Montrose
13. Turriff United

01. Annan Athletic
02. Stranraer
Both teams in the South Section received a bye to the Second Round

North Section

Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:[1]


The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.[2]

26 August 2016 Aberdeen Match One Fraserburgh Pittodrie, Aberdeen
19:30
28 August 2016 Deveronvale Match Two Inverurie Loco Works Princess Royal Park, Banff
14:00
28 August 2016 Turriff United Match Three Keith The Haughs, Turriff
14:00

Central Section

Four ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round:[1]


The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.[2]

28 August 2016 Clyde1–5 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
13:00
28 August 2016 Dunfermline Athletic Match Five Berwick Rangers East End Park, Dunfermline
14:00
2 September 2016 Heriot-Watt University Match Six Partick Thistle Oriam National Performance Centre, Edinburgh
19:30
4 September 2016 Edusport Academy Match Seven Alloa Athletic Ainslie Park, Edinburgh
15:00

Second round

North Section
Home Team  Score  Away Team
Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin
Banks O' Dee Montrose
Formartine United Lossiemouth
Winners of Match Two Forfar Athletic
Winners of Match Three Winners of Match One

Central Section
Home Team  Score  Away Team
Winners of Match Seven Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
Edinburgh City Preston Athletic
Spartans Whitehill Welfare
Livingston Winners of Match Five
Stirling Albion Queen's Park
Falkirk Albion Rovers
East Kilbride BSC Glasgow
Hamilton Academical Raith Rovers
Cowdenbeath Winners of Match Six
Tynecastle Hibernian

South Section
Home Team  Score  Away Team
Stranraer Annan Athletic

Third round

The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:[1]

Third Round entrants


Final
Celtic3 – 0Rangers
Wardrop  37'
Miller  44'
McIlduff  70'		 BBC
Herald
Attendance: 2000

References
  1. "Youth Cup first and second round draws". Scottish Football Association. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. "Scottish FA Youth Cup First Round Fixtures". Scottish Football Association. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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