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2014–15 Scottish Youth Cup

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Country
  
Scotland

Champions
  
Celtic

Matches played
  
34

Teams
  
51

Runners-up
  
Rangers

The 2014–15 Scottish Youth Cup was the 32nd 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 1995 were eligible to play.

Contents

Celtic won the cup, defeating Rangers after a 5-2 win in the final.

Format

The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2013–14 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

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

North Group

One tie was drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.

  • Aberdeen
  • Banks O'Dee
  • Brora Rangers
  • Clachnacuddin
  • Forfar Athletic
  • Fraserburgh
  • Huntly
  • Inverness Caledonian Thistle
  • Inverurie Loco Works
  • Keith
  • Lossiemouth
  • Montrose
  • Ross County
  • South Group

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

  • Annan Athletic
  • Dalbeattie Star
  • Selkirk
  • Threave Rovers
  • 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 6 October 2014.

    Fourth Round

    The draw for the fourth round took place on 26 November 2014 with ties played on 7 December 2014

    Semi-finals

    The ties for the semi finals were played on 3 and 7 May 2015.

    References

    2014–15 Scottish Youth Cup Wikipedia