The 2017–18 Scottish Youth Cup was the 35th season of the
Scottish Youth Cup
The Scottish Youth Cup (also known as the SFA Youth Cup) is an annual football in Scotland, Scottish football competition run by the Scottish Football Association for under-18 teams,[knockout tournament
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at youth level organised by the
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (; also known as the Scottish FA and the SFA) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA incl ...
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 1998 were eligible to play.
Calendar
Format
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the
2016–17 competition received a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The first two rounds were divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.
First round
Central Group
Four ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
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Alloa Athletic
Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They compete in as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League.
According to the official club hist ...
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Berwick Rangers
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BSC Glasgow
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Burntisland Shipyard
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Cumbernauld Colts
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Edinburgh City
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Edusport Academy
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Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...
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Heriot Watt University
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Livingston
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Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
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Queen's Park
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St Mirren
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Stirling Albion
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Tynecastle
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University of Stirling
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North Group
Five ties were drawn in this group, with the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
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Clachnacuddin
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Forfar Athletic
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Fraserburgh
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Montrose
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Turriff United
South Group
Two ties were drawn in this group, and no clubs received a bye.
Second round
Central Group
North Group
South Group
Third round
The draw for the third round was made on 10 October 2017. The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage, by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
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Aberdeen
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Ayr United
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Celtic
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Dundee United
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Dunfermline Athletic
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Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
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Greenock Morton
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Heart of Midlothian
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Hibernian
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Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...
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Motherwell
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Partick Thistle
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Queen of the South
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Rangers
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St Johnstone
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Spartans
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Fourth round
The fourth round draw was announced on 7 November 2017.
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals draw was announced on 19 December 2017.
Semi-finals
The semi-final ties were played on 5 and 12 April 2018.
Final
External links
Youth Cup on Scottish FA website
References
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Scottish Youth Cup seasons