| Scottish FA Youth Cup | |
| Year: | 2013–14 |
| Other Title: | SFA Youth Cup |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Num Teams: | 44 |
| Champions: | Rangers |
| Runner-Up: | Heart of Midlothian |
| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup was the 31st season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association 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 1994 were eligible to play.[1]
Rangers won the cup, defeating Heart of Midlothian after a penalty shootout in the final.[2] [3]
| Round | Match date | Fixtures | Clubs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | First Round | align=left | Sunday 25 August 2013 | 1 | 44 → 43 | |
| align=left | Second Round | align=left | Sunday 22 September 2013 | 11 | 43 → 32 | |
| align=left | Third Round | align=left | Sunday 20 October 2013 | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| align=left | Fourth round | align=left | Sunday 24 November 2013 | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| align=left | Quarter-finals | align=left | Sunday 23 February 2014 | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| align=left | Semi-finals | align=left | Sunday 13 April 2014 | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| align=left | Final | align=left | 1 | 2 → 1 |
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2012–13 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining twenty eight clubs enter the first round and are initially divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.
The draw for the first and second rounds took place in July 2013.[4]
One tie was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
The following clubs received byes to the third round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Heart of Midlothian | 6 – 1 | Spartans |
| Stirling Albion | 2 – 1 | Alloa Athletic |
| Queen's Park | 1 – 0 | Forfar Athletic |
| Stenhousemuir | 1 – 0 | Dundee |
| Motherwell | 3 – 0 | East Fife |
| Raith Rovers | 4 - 2 | Clyde |
| Edinburgh City | 1 – 3 | Arbroath |
Formartine United received a bye to the third round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Lossiemouth | 0 – 1 | Fraserburgh |
| Ross County | 2 – 1 | Clachnacuddin |
| Cove Rangers | 6 – 1 | Keith |
Queen of the South received a bye to the third round.
The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
The third round draw was announced on 24 September 2013.[5]
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| St Johnstone | 3 – 0 | Stirling Albion |
| Queen of the South | 4 – 1 | Annan Athletic |
| Cove Rangers | 1 – 3 | Cowdenbeath |
| Queen's Park | 2 – 2 (4 – 1 pens) | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1 – 0 | Dundee United |
| St Mirren | 2 – 1 | Partick Thistle |
| Falkirk | 1 – 3 | Raith Rovers |
| Livingston | 0 – 1 | Ayr United |
| Greenock Morton | 2 – 0 | Fraserburgh |
| Montrose | 0 – 4 | Motherwell |
| Formartine United | 3 – 2 | Arbroath |
| Kilmarnock | 3 – 0 | Aberdeen |
| Rangers | 6 – 0 | Dumbarton |
| Celtic | 4 – 0 | Stenhousemuir |
| Hamilton Academical | 2 – 4 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Hibernian | 5 – 1 | Ross County |
The draw for the fourth round took place in October 2013 with ties played on 24 November and 1 December 2013[6]
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Rangers | 5 – 1 | Hibernian |
| Queen's Park | 3 – 2 | Queen of the South |
| Kilmarnock | 3 – 1 | Motherwell |
| Raith Rovers | 1 – 3 | St Mirren |
| Heart of Midlothian | 11 – 0 | Formartine United |
| Greenock Morton | 3 – 2 | Ayr United |
| St Johnstone | 3 – 1 | Celtic |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 3 – 1 | Cowdenbeath |
The ties for the quarter-finals were played on 23 February and 2 March 2014.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hearts | 3 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| Rangers | 2 – 0 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Kilmarnock | 2 – 1 | Morton |
| St Johnstone | 0 – 1 | St Mirren |
The ties for the semi-finals were played on 12 and 13 April 2014.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hearts | 3 – 0 | Kilmarnock |
| St Mirren | 0 – 1 | Rangers |