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.
Celtic won the cup, defeating Rangers after a 5-2 win in the final.
Calendar
Round Match date Fixtures Clubs First Round Sunday 31 August 2014 3 51 → 48 Second Round Sunday 28 September 2014 16 48 → 32 Third Round Sunday 2 November 2014 16 32 → 16 Fourth round Sunday 7 December 2014 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Sunday 22 February 2015 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Sunday 3 May 2015 2 4 → 2 Final Thursday 21 May 2015 1 2 → 1
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:
Airdrieonians Clyde Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Kilbride Edinburgh City Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Spartans Whitehill Welfare
Home team Score Away teamFalkirk0–0 (5–3 pens)Stirling AlbionStenhousemuir4–1Alloa Athletic
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
Home team Score Away teamCove Rangers6–0Turriff United
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
Second round Central Group
Home team Score Away teamFalkirk 2–2 (5–3 pens)AirdrieoniansSpartans 4–2Partick ThistleEdinburgh City 1–4Whitehill WelfareDundee United 4–3DundeeHamilton Academical 2–0LivingstonEast Kilbride 3–2StenhousemuirClyde2–1Dumbarton
North Group
Home team Score Away teamClachnacuddin2–0KeithCove Rangers1–0Brora RangersForfar Athletic1–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleInverurie Loco Works7–9FraserburghMontrose1–3Banks O'DeeHuntly10–0LossiemouthRoss County0–2Aberdeen
South Group
Home team Score Away teamDalbeattie Star 3–4SelkirkAnnan Athletic 7–0Threave Rovers
Third round
The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
Ayr United Celtic Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Formartine United Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
The third round draw was announced on 6 October 2014.
Home team Score Away teamQueen of the South5–3Forfar AthleticFalkirk1–3St MirrenAberdeen1–1 (2–4 pens)HibernianDunfermline Athletic5–1ClydeAyr United2–0CowdenbeathBanks O'Dee2–3SelkirkDundee United4–0Formartine UnitedRaith Rovers0–5Greenock MortonRangers4–0SpartansClachnacuddin0–9Hamilton AcademicalCeltic2–0MotherwellCove Rangers0–3St JohnstoneAnnan Athletic3–1FraserburghHeart of Midlothian3–0Whitehill WelfareKilmarnock9–0HuntlyEast Kilbride2–2 (7–6 pens)Queen's Park
Fourth round The draw for the fourth round took place on 26 November 2014 with ties played on 7 December 2014
Home team Score Away teamGreenock Morton4–4 (3–4 pens)Queen's ParkAyr United 7–1Annan AthleticDundee United 0–3CelticHibernian 3–1KilmarnockQueen of the South 0–2RangersSt Mirren7–0Heart of MidlothianSt Johnstone 2–0Dunfermline AthleticHamilton Academical 10–0Selkirk
Quarter-finals
Home team Score Away teamCeltic2–1Hamilton AcademicalAyr United 2–1 St MirrenRangers0–0
(3–2 pens)St JohnstoneHibernian 3–0Queen's Park
Semi-finals The ties for the semi-finals were played on 3 and 7 May 2015.
Home team Score Away teamRangers 1–0Ayr UnitedCeltic 6–0Hibernian
Final
External links Youth Cup on Scottish FA website Results on archive.org
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