The 2014–15
Scottish League Cup
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was the 69th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious
football
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knockout competition. It is also known as The Scottish League Cup presented by QTS for sponsorship reasons.
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
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won the cup after a 2–0 win against
Dundee United
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in the
final
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.
Format
The competition was a
single elimination
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knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn).
Fixtures are played to a finish, with
extra time
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and then penalties used in the event of draws. The competition is open to all clubs in the
Scottish Professional Football League
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. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round to avoid congestion of fixtures. Celtic, Motherwell, Aberdeen and St Johnstone are the teams that will enter the third round.
Fixtures and results
First round
The first round draw took place on Thursday 10 July 2014 at 2pm
BST at the
Bet Butler Stadium.
League Cup 1st-round draw
, SPFL[League Cup draw on Thursday](_blank)
, SPFL The 30 clubs that participated in the Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this sys ...
, League One and League Two in the 2013–14 season entered the competition at this stage. The 12 clubs that participated in the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
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received a bye.
Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup/
Second round
The second round draw took place on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 6:30pm BST at Murrayfield Stadium
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.[League Cup 2nd round draw](_blank)
, SPFL The 8 clubs that participated in the Scottish Premiership
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in the 2013–14 season but didn't qualify for Europe entered the competition at this stage except Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...
the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.
Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup
Third round
The third round draw took place on Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 1pm BST at Pittodrie Stadium
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.[League Cup 3rd round draw](_blank)
, SPFL The 4 clubs that participated in the Scottish Premiership
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in the 2013–14 season and qualified for European competition entered the competition at this stage along with Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...
the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.
Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup
Quarter-final
The quarter-final draw took place on Wednesday 24 September 2014 at Tannadice Park
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following the 3rd round matches.[League Cup quarter-final draw](_blank)
, SPFL
Semi-final
The semi-final draw took place on Saturday 1 November at 5:05pm live on BBC One Scotland
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History
The BBC Television Service sta ...
.[League Cup semi-final draw](_blank)
, SPFL
Final
References
External links
Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website
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Scottish League Cup seasons
League Cup
Cup
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