| Scottish FA Youth Cup | |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Other Title: | SFA Youth Cup |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Champions: | Rangers |
| Runner-Up: | Heart of Midlothian |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Scottish Youth Cup was the 38th 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 2002 were eligible to play.
It was the first tournament to feature a cup final since 2019, as the 2020 final and the whole of the 2020 - 21 competition were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
| Round | Fixtures | Clubs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | First Round | 8 | 38 → 30 |
| align=left | Second Round | 14 | 30 → 16 |
| align=left | Third Round | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| align=left | Fourth Round | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| align=left | Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| align=left | Final | 1 | 2 → 1 |
Eight ties were played in this round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Academical | 1 – 3 | Motherwell |
| Turriff United | 10 – 1 | Keith |
| Lossiemouth | 1 – 5 | Huntly |
| Clachnacuddin | 0 – 2 | Inverurie Loco Works |
| East Fife | 0 – 5 | Celtic |
| Alloa Athletic | 2 – 0 | Spartans |
| Newtongrange Star | 0 – 4 | St Mirren |
| Ayr United | 2 – 4 | Auchinleck Talbot |
Fourteen ties were played in this round. Ross County and Elgin City received byes to the third round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Huntly | 1 – 6 | Auchinleck Talbot |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 5 – 0 | Stirling Albion |
| Heart of Midlothian | 6 – 0 | East Kilbride |
| Dundee | 2 – 0 | Dundee United |
| Queen's Park | 2 - 1 | Motherwell |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2 − 0 | Kilmarnock |
| Aberdeen | 8 − 0 | Banks O'Dee |
| Fraserburgh | 0 – 3 | Greenock Morton |
| Hibernian | 7 − 0 | Montrose |
| Celtic | 4 − 3 | Partick Thistle |
| Rangers | 5 – 0 | Queen of the South |
| St Mirren | 3 – 1 | St Johnstone |
| Alloa Athletic | 1 – 2 | Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale |
| Turriff United | 0 – 5 | Deveronvale |
Eight ties were played in this round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale | 0 − 5 | Hibernian |
| Auchinleck Talbot | 4 – 0 | Deveronvale |
| Celtic | 6 − 0 | Ross County |
| Rangers | 12 − 1 | Elgin City |
| Queen's Park | 1 – 1 (4 - 5 pens.) | Dundee |
| St Mirren | 3 − 4 | Aberdeen |
| Greenock Morton | 0 − 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 0 − 2 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 0 – 2 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Rangers | 4 − 1 | Aberdeen |
| Hibernian | 1 − 0 | Celtic |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 − 0 | Auchinleck Talbot |
The semi-final ties were played on 24 February and 4 March 2022.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hibernian | 2 – 4 | Rangers |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |