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.
Ross County defeated Hibernian 2-1 in the final on 13 March.

Format

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.
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

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

Scottish Premiership teams

There are 12 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership.
There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish Championship.
There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish League One.
There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish League Two.
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.

Draw and Seeding

Pot 1Pot 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

Second round

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.

Draw and Seeding

Matches

Third round

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.

Draw and Seeding

Matches

Quarter-Finals

Draw and Seeding

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.
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

Semi-Finals

Draw and seeding

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.
Pot 1

Scottish Premiership:

01. Celtic

02. St Johnstone

03. Ross County
Scottish Championship:

04. Hibernian

Matches

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers