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 governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility fo ...
for under-18 teams,
[Scottish FA Youth Cup]
Scottish FA. Retrieved 08-05-2014.
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 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
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.
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)Craig Gordon
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(2000)Craig Beattie
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(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)Craig Beattie
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(2003)Ross Wallace
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(2003)Kjartan Finnbogason
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(2005)Michael McGlinchey
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(2005, 2006)Dean Furman
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(2007)Daniel Lafferty
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Early career
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(2007, 2008)Georgios Efrem
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(2008)Thomas Kind Bendiksen
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(2008)
* David Wotherspoon (2009)Callum McGregor
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(2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)Barrie McKay
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(2014)Kieran Tierney
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(2015)Chris Cadden
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(2016)
References
External links
Official site
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Youth football competitions
Youth football in Scotland