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
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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 16 times, more than any other club.
Kilmarnock
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are the current holders, after defeating
Dundee
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in the final of the 2024–25 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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(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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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)Kevin McNaughton
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(2001)Shaun Maloney
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(2001)Craig Beattie
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(2001)Stephen McManus
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(2001)John Kennedy
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(2001)Charlie Adam
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(2002)Alan Hutton
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(2002)Aiden McGeady
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(2003)Craig Beattie
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(2003)Ross Wallace
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(2003)Steven Naismith
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(2004)Cammy Bell
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(2004)Kjartan Finnbogason
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(2005)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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(2006)Andrew Shinnie
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(2007, 2008)Cillian Sheridan
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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)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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(2015)Chris Cadden
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(2016)Billy Gilmour
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(2017)James Wilson James Wilson may refer to:
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References
External links
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