The Scottish Youth Cup (also known as the SFA Youth Cup) is an annual Scottish football competition run by the Scottish Football Association for under-18 teams,Scottish FA Youth Cup Scottish FA. Retrieved 08-05-2014.Old Firm kids set for Hampden stage in Scottish Youth Cup final, Evening Times, 25 April 2019 previously under-19 teams. The competition started in 1983–84 and is open to all clubs in full membership of SFA.

The competition's first winners, Celtic, have won the competition 16 times, more than any other club. Heart of Midlothian are the current holders, after defeating Queen's Park in the final of the 2025–26 competition.

The final of the 2019–20 season and the whole of the 2020–21 competition was not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Finals

Key

*Match decided in extra time†Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueNotes 1983–84 Celtic (1) 2 – 0 * Rangers Celtic Park 1984–85 Aberdeen (1) 5 – 3 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium 1985–86 Aberdeen (2) 2 – 0 Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park 1986–87 Celtic (2) 2 – 1 Motherwell Fir Park 1987–88 Dunfermline Athletic (1) 2 – 1 Dundee East End Park 1988–89 Celtic (3) 1 – 0 Dundee United Tannadice Park 1989–90 Dundee United (1) 0 – 0 † Hibernian Easter Road 1990–91 Dundee United (2) 2 – 0 Hibernian Tannadice Park 1991–92 Hibernian (1) 2 – 0 Ayr United Easter Road 1992–93 Heart of Midlothian (1) 3 – 1 Rangers Ibrox Stadium 1993–94 Rangers (1) 5 – 3 AirdrieoniansBroomfield Park 1994–95 Rangers (2) 2 – 0 St Johnstone Hampden Park 1995–96 Celtic (4) 4 – 1 Dundee Hampden Park 1996–97 Celtic (5) 3 – 2 RangersBroadwood Stadium 1997–98 Heart of Midlothian (2) 2 – 0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium 1998–99 Celtic (6) 4 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park 1999–00 Heart of Midlothian (3) 5 – 3 Rangers Hampden Park 2000–01 Aberdeen (3) 2 – 0 Celtic Hampden Park 2001–02 Rangers (3) 4 – 2 Ayr United New Douglas Park 2002–03 Celtic (7) 3 – 1 * Aberdeen McDiarmid Park 2003–04 Kilmarnock (1) 1 – 0 Rangers Rugby Park 2004–05 Celtic (8) 2 – 0 St Mirren Hampden Park 2005–06 Celtic (9) 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park 2006–07 Rangers (4) 5 – 0 Celtic Hampden Park 2007–08 Rangers (5) 3 – 1 * Celtic Hampden Park 2008–09 Hibernian (2) 2 – 1 * Rangers Hampden Park 2009–10 Celtic (10) 2 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park 2010–11 Celtic (11) 2 – 1 * Rangers Hampden Park 2011–12 Celtic (12) 8 – 0 Queen of the South Hampden Park 2012–13 Celtic (13) 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Hampden Park 2013–14 Rangers (6) 2 – 2 † Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park 2014–15 Celtic (14) 5 – 2 Rangers Hampden Park 2015–16 Motherwell (1) 5 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park 2016–17 Celtic (15) 3 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park 2017–18 Hibernian (3) 3 – 1 AberdeenHampden Park 2018–19 Rangers (7) 3 – 2 Celtic Hampden Park 2019–20Aberdeen and Kilmarnock reached the final, but it was never played due to the COVID-19 pandemicSFA Youth Cup 19-20, Scottish Football Fixtures2020–21No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021–22 Rangers (8) 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park 2022–23 Celtic (16) 6 – 5 * Rangers Hampden Park 2023–24 Rangers (9) 2 – 1 Aberdeen Hampden Park 2024–25 Kilmarnock (2) 2 – 0 Dundee Hampden Park 2025–26 Heart of Midlothian (4) 4 – 0 Queen's Park Hampden Park

Performance by club

Club Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost Celtic 16 2023 5 2019 Rangers 9 2024 11 2023 Heart of Midlothian 4 2026 4 2022 Aberdeen 3 2001 3 2024 Hibernian 3 2018 2 1991 Dundee United 2 1991 2 1998 Kilmarnock 2 2025 — — Dunfermline Athletic 1 1988 1 2013 Motherwell 1 2016 1 1987 Dundee — — 4 2025 Queen of the South — — 2 2012 Ayr United — — 2 2002 St Mirren — — 1 2005 St Johnstone — — 1 1995 Airdrieonians — — 1 1994 Queen's Park — — 1 2026

Cup final managers

Manager Club Wins Winning Year(s) Lost Losing Year(s) Ref Willie McStay Celtic 6 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99,2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 1 2000–01 Stevie Frail Celtic 3 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15 Billy Kirkwood Rangers 2 2006–07, 2007–08 3 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 John Kennedy Celtic 2 2011–12, 2012–13 John Brown Rangers 1 2001–02 1 1999–2000 Sandy Clark Heart of Midlothian 1 1992–93 Peter Houston Heart of Midlothian 1 1997–98 John McGlynn Heart of Midlothian 1 1999–2000 Drew Jarvie Aberdeen 1 2000–01 Alan Robertson Kilmarnock 1 2003–04 Alistair Stevenson Hibernian 1 2008–09 Gordon Durie Rangers 1 2013–14 Stephen Craigan Motherwell 1 2015–16 Tommy McIntyre Celtic 1 2016–17 Grant Murray Hibernian 1 2017–18 David McCallum Rangers 1 2018–19 John McLaughlin Celtic 2 2006–07, 2007–08 Neil Cooper Aberdeen 1 2002–03 Mixu Paatelainen St Mirren 1 2004–05 Stuart Rome Queen of the South 1 2011–12 John Potter Dunfermline Athletic 1 2012–13 Robbie Neilson Heart of Midlothian 1 2013–14 Jon Daly Heart of Midlothian 1 2015–16 Graeme Murty Rangers 1 2016–17 Paul Sheerin Aberdeen 1 2017–18 Stephen McManus Celtic 1 2018–19

Notable players Below is a list of Scottish Youth Cup finalists who went on to gain full internationals honours. The years in brackets are the years, in which that player appeared in the Scottish Youth Cup final. The years in bold are the years, in which that player won the trophy.

Ian Durrant (1984) Derek Whyte (1984) Peter Grant (1984) Robert Fleck (1984) Joe Miller (1985) Christian Dailly (1991) Lee Wilkie Barry Ferguson Craig Moore Charlie Miller Paul Ritchie (1993) Robbie Neilson (1998) Scott Severin (1998) Mark Burchill (1999) Stephen Hughes (2000) Craig Gordon (2000) Kevin McNaughton (2001) Shaun Maloney (2001) Craig Beattie (2001) Stephen McManus (2001) John Kennedy (2001) Charlie Adam (2002) Chris Burke (2002) Alan Hutton (2002)

Aiden McGeady (2003) Craig Beattie (2003) David Marshall (2003) Ross Wallace (2003) Charlie Mulgrew (2003, 2005) Michael McGovern (2003) Steven Naismith (2004) Cammy Bell (2004) Kjartan Finnbogason (2005) Michael McGlinchey (2005, 2006) Teddy Bjarnason (2005, 2006) Paul Caddis (2006, 2007) Darren O'Dea (2006) Lee Wallace (2006) Andrew Shinnie (2007, 2008)

Dean Furman (2007) Cillian Sheridan (2007, 2008) Daniel Lafferty (2007, 2008) Andrew Little (2008) Georgios Efrem (2008) Thomas Kind Bendiksen (2008) David Wotherspoon (2009) Danny Wilson (2009)

James Forrest (2010) Dylan McGeouch (2010, 2012) Stephen O'Donnell (2011) Callum McGregor (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) Jackson Irvine (2011, 2012, 2013) Barrie McKay (2014) Callum Paterson (2014) Kieran Tierney (2015) Fraser Aird (2015) Chris Cadden (2016) David Turnbull (2016) Billy Gilmour (2017) Conor Hazard (2017) Nathan Patterson (2019) James Wilson (2022) Findlay Curtis (2024)

References

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