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2015–16 Scottish League Cup

The 2015–16 Scottish League Cup was the 70th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as The Scottish League Cup presented by Utilita for sponsorship reasons.[2]

2015–16 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Dates30 July 2015 – 13 March 2016
Teams42
Final positions
ChampionsRoss County
Runner-upHibernian
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored141 (3.44 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Liam Boyce
Faissal El Bakhtaoui
Jason Cummings
(4 goals each)[1]

Ross County defeated Hibernian 2–1 in the final on 13 March.[3]

Format edit

The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn).

Fixtures are played to a finish, with extra time and then penalties used in the event of draws. The competition is open to all clubs in the Scottish Professional Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round to avoid congestion of fixtures.

Qualified teams edit

The following teams qualified and competed in the 2015–16 Scottish League Cup.

Scottish Premiership teams edit

There are 12 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership.

Scottish Championship teams edit

There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish Championship.

Scottish League One teams edit

There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish League One.

Scottish League Two teams edit

There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish League Two.

First round edit

The first round draw took place on Monday 6 July 2015 at 2:30pm BST at the Hampden Park Stadium. The 30 clubs that participated in the Championship, League One and League Two in the 2014–15 season entered the competition at this stage. The 12 clubs that participated in the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership received a bye.[4]

Draw and Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2

Scottish Championship:
01. Heart of Midlothian
02. Hibernian
03. Rangers
04. Queen of the South
05. Falkirk
06. Raith Rovers
07. Dumbarton
08. Livingston
09. Alloa Athletic
10. Cowdenbeath

Scottish League One:
11. Greenock Morton
12. Stranraer
13. Forfar Athletic
14. Brechin City
15. Airdrieonians

Scottish League One:
16. Peterhead
17. Dunfermline Athletic
18. Ayr United
19. Stenhousemuir
20. Stirling Albion

Scottish League Two:
21. Albion Rovers
22. Queen's Park
23. Arbroath
24. East Fife
25. Annan Athletic
26. Clyde
27. Elgin City
28. Berwick Rangers
29. East Stirlingshire
30. Montrose

Matches edit

30 July 2015 Heart of Midlothian 4–2ArbroathEdinburgh
19:45 McGhee   57'
Sow   60', 61' (pen.)
Wilson   90' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Report Gold   40'
Grehan   85'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 6,240
Referee: Alan Muir
31 July 2015 Falkirk 5–0East StirlingshireCumbernauld
19:45 Muirhead   17'
Baird   57'
Vidler   68' (o.g.)
McHugh   70'
Alston   78'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
Attendance: 881
Referee: Salmond
1 August 2015 Berwick Rangers 3–2 (a.e.t.)Alloa AthleticBerwick-upon-Tweed
15:00 Lavery   56'
Morris   77'
Banjo   97'		 BBC Sport Report Flannigan   6', 21' Stadium: Shielfield Park
Attendance: 405
Referee: Charleston
1 August 2015 Stirling Albion0–1 Airdrieonians Stirling
15:00 BBC Sport Report Morton   41' Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 799
Referee: Roncone
1 August 2015 Raith Rovers 3–0Albion RoversKirkcaldy
15:00 Vaughan   16' (pen.)
Benedictus   38'
McKeown   54'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,163
Referee: Walsh
1 August 2015 Annan Athletic3–4 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South Annan
15:00 Osadolor   59'
Weatherson   63', 72'
Black   93'  
Omar   118'		 BBC Sport Report Conroy   42'
Lyle   65', 100'
Hilson   90'		 Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 1,359
Referee: Graham
1 August 2015 Livingston 1–0 (a.e.t.)ClydeLivingston
15:00 White   110' BBC Sport Report Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 664
Referee: John McKendrick
1 August 2015 Dunfermline Athletic 5–1CowdenbeathDunfermline
15:00 El Bakhtaoui   49', 90'
Byrne   56', 78'
Wallace   74' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Report Hughes   58'
Andrews   72'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,756
Referee: Salmond
1 August 2015 Hibernian 3–0MontroseEdinburgh
15:00 Martin   33'
Allan   71'
Cummings   82'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 5,933
Referee: Beaton
1 August 2015 East Fife 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		DumbartonMethil
15:00 Austin   48' BBC Sport Report Cawley   65' Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 461
Referee: Kirkland
Penalties
1 August 2015 Greenock Morton 5–0Elgin CityGreenock
15:00 McCluskey   48'
Johnstone   68'
Scullion   70', 83'
Forbes   74' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,052
Referee: Cook
1 August 2015 Queen's Park0–2 Forfar Athletic Glasgow
15:00 BBC Sport Report Young   16'
Denholm   29'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 441
Referee: Duncan
1 August 2015 Stranraer 2–0StenhousemuirStranraer
15:00 Malcolm   15', 90' BBC Sport Report Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 345
Referee: Robertson
1 August 2015 Ayr United 2–0Brechin CityAyr
15:00 McLauchlan   12'
Boyle   64'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 976
Referee: Anderson
2 August 2015 Rangers 3–0PeterheadGlasgow
15:00 Templeton   41'
Miller   76'
Tavernier   82'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 25,608
Referee: Aitken

Second round edit

The second round draw took place on Monday 3 August 2015 at 2:30pm BST at the Hampden Park Stadium. The clubs that finished in the bottom 7 places of last season's Premiership entered at this stage joining the 15 first round winners.[5]

Draw and Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2

Scottish Premiership:
01. Dundee
02. Hamilton Academical
03. Partick Thistle
04. Ross County
05. Kilmarnock
06. Motherwell
07. St Mirren

Scottish Championship:
08. Heart of Midlothian
09. Hibernian
10. Rangers
11. Queen of the South

Scottish Championship:
12. Falkirk
13. Raith Rovers
14. Livingston

Scottish League One:
15. Greenock Morton
16. Stranraer
17. Forfar Athletic
18. Airdrieonians
19. Dunfermline Athletic
20. Ayr United

Scottish League Two:
21. East Fife
22. Berwick Rangers

Matches edit

25 August 2015 Ross County 2–0Ayr UnitedDingwall
19:45 Boyce   3'
Gardyne   50'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Charleston
25 August 2015 Forfar Athletic1–2 (a.e.t.) Heart of Midlothian Forfar
19:45 Dunlop   84'
Denholm   90+1'  
Nichol   120+1'		 BBC Sport Report McHattie   74'
Paterson   107'		 Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 1,844
Referee: Aitken
25 August 2015 Kilmarnock 4–1Berwick RangersKilmarnock
19:45 Boyd   16' (pen.)
McKenzie   70'
Slater   77'
Higginbotham   90'		 BBC Sport Report Lavery   55' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: McKendrick
Referee: 1,484
25 August 2015 Raith Rovers 2–1Hamilton AcademicalKirkcaldy
19:45 Davidson   3'
Benedictus   81'		 BBC Sport Report Nadé   66' Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: Roberston
Referee: 1,470
25 August 2015 Queen of the South0–1 Greenock Morton Dumfries
19:45 BBC Sport Report Forbes   69' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,034
Referee: Dallas
25 August 2015 Dunfermline Athletic 3–1DundeeDunfermline
19:45 El Bakhtaoui   11', 90+4'
Cardle   86'		 BBC Sport Rerport Hemmings   48' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 3,806
Referee: Finnie
25 August 2015 Partick Thistle0–1 Falkirk Glasgow
19:45 BBC Sport Report Grant   32' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Thomson
25 August 2015 East Fife1–3 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Methil
19:45 Austin   60' BBC Sport Report Moult   80'
McDonald   103'
Ainsworth   107'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 1,158
Referee: Cook
25 August 2015 St Mirren2–3 Livingston Paisley
19:45 Gallagher   16'
Mallan   45'		 BBC Sport Report Buchanan   41'
Mullen   45'   90+1'  
Gallagher   84'		 Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 1,568
Referee: Colvin
26 August 2015 Hibernian 1–0StranraerEdinburgh
19:45 Rumsby   54' (o.g.) BBC Sport Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: Clancy
26 August 2015 Airdrieonians0–5 Rangers Airdrie
19:45 BBC Sport Report Clark   5'
Halliday   14'
Waghorn   15'
Shiels   84'
Tavernier   88'		 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 7,006
Referee: Anderson

Third round edit

The third round draw took place on Thursday 27 August 2015 at 2:30pm BST at the Hampden Park Stadium. The 4 clubs that participated in the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership season and qualified for European competition entered the competition at this stage along with Dundee United, the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.[6]

Draw and Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2

Scottish Premiership:
01. Celtic
02. Aberdeen
03. Inverness Caledonian Thistle
04. St Johnstone
05. Dundee United
06. Ross County
07. Kilmarnock
08. Motherwell

Scottish Championship:
09. Heart of Midlothian
10. Hibernian
11. Rangers
12. Falkirk
13. Raith Rovers
14. Livingston

Scottish League One:
15. Greenock Morton
16. Dunfermline Athletic

Matches edit

22 September 2015 Dundee United 3–1 (a.e.t.)Dunfermline AthleticDundee
19:45 Morris   35'
Fraser   96'
Spittal   99'		 BBC Sport Report Paton   10' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 5,174
Referee: Beaton
22 September 2015 Livingston0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston
19:45 BBC Sport Report Storey   12'
Devine   43'		 Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 644
Referee: Muir
22 September 2015 Greenock Morton 3–2 (a.e.t.)MotherwellGreenock
19:45 Samuel   11', 100'
Tidser   112'		 BBC Sport Report McDonald   90+1'
Moult   116'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Aitken
22 September 2015 Rangers1–3 St Johnstone Glasgow
19:15 Tavernier   62' BBC Sport Report Davidson   19'
Lappin   29'
O'Halloran   46'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 27,094
Referee: Clancy
22 September 2015 Ross County 7–0FalkirkDingwall
19:45 Boyce   30', 35', 40'
De Vita   46'
Franks   54'
Graham   58'
Holden   81'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Finnie
23 September 2015 Celtic 2–0Raith RoversGlasgow
19:45 Commons   32'
Johansen   87'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 13,591
Referee: McKendrick
23 September 2015 Hibernian 2–0AberdeenEdinburgh
19:45 Cummings   82'
Malonga   88'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 11,092
Referee: McLean
23 September 2015 Kilmarnock2–3 Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock
19:45 Magennis   13', 80' BBC Sport Report Ozturk   74'
Juanma Delgado   90'
Nicholson   90'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,249
Referee: Thomson

Quarter-finals edit

Draw and Seeding edit

The quarter-final draw took place on Monday 28 September 2015 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park, all teams were placed in the same pot.[7]

Pot 1

Scottish Premiership:
01. Celtic
02. Inverness Caledonian Thistle
03. St Johnstone
04. Dundee United
05. Ross County
06. Heart of Midlothian

Scottish Championship:
07. Hibernian

Scottish League One:
08. Greenock Morton

Matches edit

27 October 2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1)1–2 Ross County (1) Inverness
19:05 Tansey   78' BBC Sport Report Irvine   41'
Gardyne   48'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,004
Referee: McLean
27 October 2015 Greenock Morton (3)1–3 St Johnstone (1) Greenock
19:45 Johnstone   52' BBC Sport Report MacLean   61' (pen.)
O'Halloran   63'
Kane   83'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Thomson
28 October 2015 Heart of Midlothian (1)1–2 Celtic (1) Edinburgh
19:45 Djoum   90' BBC Sport Report Griffiths   71'
Rogić   82'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 11,598
Referee: John Beaton
4 November 2015 Hibernian (2) 3–0Dundee United (1)Edinburgh
19:45 Gray   20'
Cummings   61' (pen.)
Stevenson   90'		 BBC Sport Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 11,891
Referee: Willie Collum

Semi-finals edit

Draw and seeding edit

The semi-final draw took place on Monday 9 November 2015 at 2:00pm at Hampden Park, all teams were placed in the same pot.[8]

Pot 1

Scottish Premiership:
01. Celtic
02. St Johnstone
03. Ross County

Scottish Championship:
04. Hibernian

Matches edit

30 January 2016 Hibernian (2) 2–1St Johnstone (1)Edinburgh
15:00 Cummings   29' (pen.)
McGinn   74'		 BBC Sport Report Shaughnessy   33' Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,971
Referee: McLean
31 January 2016 Ross County (1) 3–1Celtic (1)Glasgow
15:00 M. Woods   15' (pen.)
Quinn   48'
Schalk   63'		 BBC Sport Report Mackay-Steven   1'
Ambrose   13'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 22,130
Referee: Thomson

Final edit

Main article: 2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March)
Hibernian1–2Ross County
Fontaine   45' BBC Sport Report Gardyne   25'
Schalk   90'
Attendance: 38,296
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of matches played on 13 March 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Liam Boyce Ross County 4
  Jason Cummings Hibernian
  Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic
4   Michael Gardyne Ross County 3
  James Tavernier Rangers
5 18 players 2

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2015–16 Scottish League Cup scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Scottish League Cup: Energy firm Utilita agree sponsorship deal". BBC Sport. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Alex Schalk hands Ross County fairytale finish over Hibernian". The Guardian. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ^ "League Cup R1 Draw details - Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015.
  5. ^ "League Cup second-round draw - Scottish Professional Football League". Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  6. ^ "League Cup third-round draw details". Scottish Professional Football League. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ^ "League Cup quarter-final draw". Scottish Professional Football League. 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  8. ^ "League Cup semi-final draw". Scottish Professional Football League. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

External links edit

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