The Scottish Youth Cup (also known as the SFA Youth Cup) is an annual
Scottish football
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competition run by the
Scottish Football Association 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.
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
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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
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During his playing career, Durrant played as a midfielder for Rangers for 13 years and was par ...
(1984)
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Derek Whyte
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(1984)
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Peter Grant (1984)[
* ]Robert Fleck
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(1984)Christian Dailly
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(1991)Lee Wilkie
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* ]Barry Ferguson
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Craig Moore
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Charlie Miller
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Robbie Neilson
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(1998)
* Scott Severin
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(1998)
* Mark Burchill
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* Stephen Hughes (2000)Craig Gordon
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(2000)Kevin McNaughton
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(2001)Shaun Maloney
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(2001)Charlie Adam
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(2002)Alan Hutton
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(2002)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)Michael McGlinchey
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(2005, 2006)Paul Caddis
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(2006, 2007)Darren O'Dea
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(2006)Lee Wallace
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Wallace started his career Heart of Midlothian, making his debut in 2005 at age seventeen, and joined Ran ...
(2006)Andrew Shinnie
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Shinnie started his professional career at Scottish Premier League side Rangers in 2006, but only made two lea ...
(2007, 2008)Cillian Sheridan
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(2007, 2008)Daniel Lafferty
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(2007, 2008)Georgios Efrem
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(2008)Dylan McGeouch
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(2010, 2012)Callum McGregor
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(2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)Jackson Irvine
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(2011, 2012, 2013)Barrie McKay
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(2014)Callum Paterson
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(2014)Kieran Tierney
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Tierney came through the Celtic youth system and made his first t ...
(2015)Fraser Aird
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(2015)Billy Gilmour
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(2017)
References
External links
Official site
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