| Scottish FA Youth Cup | |
| Year: | 2015–16 |
| Other Title: | SFA Youth Cup |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Num Teams: | 54 |
| Champions: | Motherwell |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 Scottish Youth Cup is the 33rd 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 1996 are eligible to play.
| Round | Match date | Fixtures | Clubs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | First Round | align=left | 6 | 54 → 44 | |
| align=left | Second Round | align=left | 16 | 44 → 28 | |
| align=left | Third Round | align=left | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| align=left | Fourth round | align=left | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| align=left | Quarter-finals | align=left | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| align=left | Semi-finals | align=left | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| align=left | Final | align=left | 1 | 2 → 1 | |
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2014–15 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-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 on 15 August 2015.[1]
Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Athletic | 3 – 1 | East Kilbride | |
| Edusport Academy | 5 – 2 | Dumbarton | |
| Edinburgh City | 1 – 3 | Cumbernauld Colts |
Two ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | 1 – 0 | Formartine United | |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 3 – 1 | Fraserburgh |
One tie were drawn in this group with all the following club receiving a bye to the second round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Preston Athletic | 2 – 1 | Civil Service Strollers |
| Stenhousemuir | 2 – 0 | BSC Glasgow |
| Falkirk | 1 – 3 | East Stirlingshire |
| Airdrieonians | 3 – 1 | Lothian Vale Hutchinson Vale |
| Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| Whitehill Welfare | 0 - 8 | Dundee |
| Edusport Academy | 5 – 1 | Spartans |
| Heriot Watt University | 0 – 2 | Alloa Athletic |
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness CT | 2 – 1 | Montrose |
| Banks O'Dee | 7 – 4 | Clachnacuddin |
| Aberdeen | 6 – 1 | Fraserburgh |
| Forfar Athletic | 11 – 2 | Turriff United |
| Deveronvale | 4 – 1 | Huntly |
| Ross County | 11 – 0 | Lossiemouth |
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 22 September 2015.[2]
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 4 − 1 | Hibernian |
| Airdrieonians | 4 − 0 | Banks O'Dee |
| Aberdeen | 2 – 3 | Kilmarnock |
| East Stirlingshire | 4 − 5 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Forfar Athletic | 0 − 2 | Greenock Morton |
| Preston Athletic | 0 − 6 | St Mirren |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1 − 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Deveronvale | 1 − 4 | Cumbernauld Colts |
| Annan Athletic | 0 − 2 | Ross County |
| Dundee United | 5 − 1 | Alloa Athletic |
| Queen of the South | 2 − 1 | Edusport Academy |
| Motherwell | 5 − 0 | Stenhousemuir |
| St Johnstone | 3 − 0 | Stranraer |
| Rangers | 4 − 1 | Queen's Park |
| Hamilton Academical | 0 − 3 | Celtic |
| Selkirk | 0 − 25 | Ayr United |
The fourth round draw was announced on 4 November 2015.[3]
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Greenock Morton | 1 − 2 | Ross County |
| Queen of the South | 4 − 2 | Cumbernauld Colts |
| Motherwell | 1 − 0 | Kilmarnock |
| Heart of Midlothian | 4 − 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Dundee United | 2 − 1 | Dundee |
| Ayr United | 3 − 2 | Airdrieonians |
| St Mirren | 2 − 1 | Rangers |
| St Johnstone | 2 − 1 | Celtic |
The quarter-finals draw was announced on 16 December 2015.[4]
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| St Mirren | 0 − 1 | Ross County |
| Dundee United | 3 − 0 | Ayr United |
| St Johnstone | 0 − 1 | Motherwell |
| Heart of Midlothian | 5 − 0 | Queen of the South |
The ties for the semi-finals were played on 6 and 8 March 2016.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Ross County | 0 – 3 | Motherwell |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 0 | Dundee United |