The Scottish Youth Cup (also known as the SFA Youth Cup) is an annual
Scottish football competition run by the
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ...
for under-18 teams,
[Scottish FA Youth Cup]
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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
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, have won the competition 15 times, more than any other club.
Rangers
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are the current holders, having defeated Celtic in the final of the 2018–19 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
Results
Performance by club
Cup final managers
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.
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Ian Durrant (1984)
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Derek Whyte (1984)
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Peter Grant (1984)[
* Robert Fleck (1984)][
* Barry Ferguson]Robbie Neilson
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(1998)
* Scott Severin
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(1998)
* Mark Burchill (1999)
* Stephen Hughes (2000)Kevin McNaughton
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(2001)Craig Beattie
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He started his career with Celtic before moving on to West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City, where he had loan spells with several Fo ...
(2001)Stephen McManus
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McManus, who played as a centre-back, was a product of Celtic's youth acad ...
(2001)John Kennedy
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(2001)Aiden McGeady
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He started his c ...
(2003)Craig Beattie
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He started his career with Celtic before moving on to West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City, where he had loan spells with several Fo ...
(2003)Ross Wallace
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(2003)Charlie Mulgrew
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Mulgrew began his career at Celtic, during which time he spent time on loan at Dundee U ...
(2003, 2005)Steven Naismith
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Naismith began his career with Kilmarnock in 2004. He spent four years with th ...
(2004)Kjartan Finnbogason
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Club career
Kjartan was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was signed by Celtic in D ...
(2005)Michael McGlinchey
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McGlinchey played youth football with Scottish club Celtic, where he made his professional ...
(2005, 2006)Dean Furman
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(2007)Daniel Lafferty
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Career
Early career
Lafferty started his career in the youth team of Oxford United stars before moving ...
(2007, 2008)Callum McGregor
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(2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)Barrie McKay
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(2014)Kieran Tierney
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Tierney came through the Celtic youth system and made his first t ...
(2015)Chris Cadden
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(2016)Billy Gilmour
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Gilmour spent three months at a young age with C ...
(2017)Conor Hazard
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He previously played for Celtic, where he was part ...
(2017)
References
External links
Official site
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