2015–16 Scottish League Cup

August 2020 May 2015 Scottish League Cup 2015–16 Scotland 30 July 2015 – 13 March 2016 42 Ross County Hibernian 41 141 Liam BoyceFaissal El BakhtaouiJason Cummings(4 goals each)http://www.espnfc.com/scottish-communities-league-cup/50/statistics/scorers 2015–16 Scottish League Cup scorers ESPN 25 August 2015 2014–15 2016–17 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34527126 Scottish League Cup: Energy firm Utilita agree sponsorship deal BBC Sport 14 October 2015 14 October 2015 Ross County defeated Hibernian 2–1 in the final on 13 March. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/13/hibernian-ross-county-scottish-league-cup-final-match-report Alex Schalk hands Ross County fairytale finish over Hibernian 13 March 2016 The Guardian 15 March 2016 This was Ross County's second major trophy final ever, having previously lost the 2010 Scottish Cup Final, and their first major Scottish honour. Despite losing this final, Hibs would recover from the blow and end up winning the Scottish Cup two months later, ending a 114-year drought. This edition of the tournament also marked the first time in the competition's history in which there were six different champions in the most recent six editions, with Celtic, Aberdeen, St. Mirren, Kilmarnock and Rangers having been the five previous champions. 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 (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 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. 18em Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Inverness CT Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren Scottish Championship teams There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish Championship. 18em Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers Scottish League One teams There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish League One. 18em Airdrieonians Ayr United Brechin City Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Scottish League Two teams There are 10 teams from the 2014–15 Scottish League Two. 18em Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park First round 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.http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-r1-draw-details/ League Cup R1 Draw details - Scottish Professional Football League spfl.co.uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150704081210/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-r1-draw-details/ 2015-07-04 Draw and Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Scottish 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. AirdrieoniansScottish 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 eeeeee 30 July 2015 19:45 Heart of Midlothian 4–2 BBC Sport Report Arbroath McGhee 57Sow 60 61 pen.Wilson 90 o.g. Gold 40Grehan 85 Tynecastle Stadium Edinburgh 6,240 Alan Muir 31 July 2015 19:45 Falkirk 5–0 BBC Sport Report East Stirlingshire Muirhead 17Baird 57Vidler 68 o.g.McHugh 70Alston 78 Broadwood Stadium Cumbernauld 881 Salmond eeeeee 1 August 2015 15:00 Berwick Rangers 3–2 y BBC Sport Report Alloa Athletic Lavery 56Morris 77Banjo 97 Flannigan 6 21 Shielfield Park Berwick-upon-Tweed 405 Charleston 1 August 2015 15:00 Stirling Albion 0–1 BBC Sport Report Airdrieonians Morton 41 Forthbank Stadium Stirling 799 Roncone eeeeee 1 August 2015 15:00 Raith Rovers 3–0 BBC Sport Report Albion Rovers Vaughan 16 pen.Benedictus 38McKeown 54 Stark's Park Kirkcaldy 1,163 Walsh 1 August 2015 15:00 Annan Athletic 3–4 y BBC Sport Report Queen of the South Osadolor 59Weatherson 63 72Black 2 93Omar 0 118 Conroy 42Lyle 65 100Hilson 90 Galabank Annan 1,359 Graham eeeeee 1 August 2015 15:00 Livingston 1–0 y BBC Sport Report Clyde White 110 Almondvale Stadium Livingston 664 John McKendrick 1 August 2015 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic 5–1 BBC Sport Report Cowdenbeath El Bakhtaoui 49 90Byrne 56 78Wallace 74 pen. Hughes 58Andrews 0 72 East End Park Dunfermline 2,756 Salmond eeeeee 1 August 2015 15:00 Hibernian 3–0 BBC Sport Report Montrose Martin 33Allan 71Cummings 82 Easter Road Edinburgh 5,933 Beaton 1 August 2015 15:00 East Fife 1–1 y 4–3 BBC Sport Report Dumbarton Austin 48 Cawley 65 Bayview Stadium Methil 461 Kirkland * Mullen Naysmith Walker Sutherland Slattery O'Kane * Taggart Gallagher Graham Craig Gibson Cawley eeeeee 1 August 2015 15:00 Greenock Morton 5–0 BBC Sport Report Elgin City McCluskey 48Johnstone 68Scullion 70 83Forbes 74 pen. Cappielow Greenock 1,052 Cook 1 August 2015 15:00 Queen's Park 0–2 BBC Sport Report Forfar Athletic Young 16Denholm 29 Hampden Park Glasgow 441 Duncan eeeeee 1 August 2015 15:00 Stranraer 2–0 BBC Sport Report Stenhousemuir Malcolm 15 90 Stair Park Stranraer 345 Robertson 1 August 2015 15:00 Ayr United 2–0 BBC Sport Report Brechin City McLauchlan 12Boyle 64 Somerset Park Ayr 976 Anderson eeeeee 2 August 2015 15:00 Rangers 3–0 BBC Sport Report Peterhead Templeton 41Miller 76Tavernier 82 Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 25,608 Aitken 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.http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-second-round-draw-29/ League Cup second-round draw - Scottish Professional Football League 3 August 2015 23 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151023052829/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-second-round-draw-29/ dead Draw and Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Scottish 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 SouthScottish 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 eeeeee 25 August 2015 19:45 Ross County 2–0 BBC Sport Report Ayr United Boyce 3Gardyne 50 Global Energy Stadium Dingwall 1,743 Charleston 25 August 2015 19:45 Forfar Athletic 1–2 y BBC Sport Report Heart of Midlothian Dunlop 84Denholm 1 90+1Nichol 0 120+1 McHattie 74Paterson 107 Station Park Forfar 1,844 Aitken eeeeee 25 August 2015 19:45 Kilmarnock 4–1 BBC Sport Report Berwick Rangers Boyd 16 pen.McKenzie 70Slater 77Higginbotham 90 Lavery 55 Rugby Park Kilmarnock McKendrick 1,484 25 August 2015 19:45 Raith Rovers 2–1 BBC Sport Report Hamilton Academical Davidson 3Benedictus 81 Nadé 66 Stark's Park Kirkcaldy Roberston 1,470 eeeeee 25 August 2015 19:45 Queen of the South 0–1 BBC Sport Report Greenock Morton Forbes 69 Palmerston Park Dumfries 1,034 Dallas 25 August 2015 19:45 Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 BBC Sport Rerport Dundee El Bakhtaoui 11 90+4Cardle 86 Hemmings 48 East End Park Dunfermline 3,806 Finnie eeeeee 25 August 2015 19:45 Partick Thistle 0–1 BBC Sport Report Falkirk Grant 32 Firhill Stadium Glasgow 2,221 Thomson 25 August 2015 19:45 East Fife 1–3 y BBC Sport Report Motherwell Austin 60 Moult 80McDonald 103Ainsworth 107 Bayview Stadium Methil 1,158 Cook eeeeee 25 August 2015 19:45 St Mirren 2–3 BBC Sport Report Livingston Gallagher 16Mallan 45 Buchanan 41Mullen 45 1 90+1Gallagher 84 St Mirren Park Paisley 1,568 Colvin 26 August 2015 19:45 Hibernian 1–0 BBC Sport Report Stranraer Rumsby 54 o.g. Easter Road Edinburgh 5,224 Clancy eeeeee 26 August 2015 19:45 Airdrieonians 0–5 BBC Sport Report Rangers Clark 5Halliday 14Waghorn 15Shiels 84Tavernier 88 Excelsior Stadium Airdrie 7,006 Anderson 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.http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-third-round-draw-details/ League Cup third-round draw details Scottish Professional Football League 24 August 2015 26 August 2015 29 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150829014517/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-third-round-draw-details dead Draw and Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Scottish Premiership: 01. Celtic 02. Aberdeen 03. Inverness Caledonian Thistle 04. St Johnstone 05. Dundee United 06. Ross County 07. Kilmarnock 08. MotherwellScottish 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 eeeeee 22 September 2015 19:45 Dundee United 3–1 yes BBC Sport Report Dunfermline Athletic Morris 35Fraser 96Spittal 99 Paton 10 Tannadice Park Dundee 5,174 Beaton 22 September 2015 19:45 Livingston 0–2 BBC Sport Report Inverness Caledonian Thistle Storey 12Devine 43 Tony Macaroni Arena Livingston 644 Muir eeeeee 22 September 2015 19:45 Greenock Morton 3–2 yes BBC Sport Report Motherwell Samuel 11 100Tidser 112 McDonald 90+1Moult 116 Cappielow Greenock 2,539 Aitken 22 September 2015 19:15 Rangers 1–3 BBC Sport Report St Johnstone Tavernier 62 Davidson 19Lappin 29O'Halloran 46 Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 27,094 Clancy eeeeee 22 September 2015 19:45 Ross County 7–0 BBC Sport Report Falkirk Boyce 30 35 40De Vita 46Franks 54Graham 58Holden 81 Global Energy Stadium Dingwall 1,341 Finnie 23 September 2015 19:45 Celtic 2–0 BBC Sport Report Raith Rovers Commons 32Johansen 87 Celtic Park Glasgow 13,591 McKendrick eeeeee 23 September 2015 19:45 Hibernian 2–0 BBC Sport Report Aberdeen Cummings 82Malonga 88 Easter Road Edinburgh 11,092 McLean 23 September 2015 19:45 Kilmarnock 2–3 BBC Sport Report Heart of Midlothian Magennis 13 80 Ozturk 74Juanma Delgado 90Nicholson 90 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 3,249 Thomson 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.http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-quarter-final-draw-today/ League Cup quarter-final draw Scottish Professional Football League 28 September 2015 28 September 2015 29 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929104959/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-quarter-final-draw-today/ dead Pot 1Scottish 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 eeeeee 27 October 2015 19:05 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1) 1–2 BBC Sport Report Ross County (1) Tansey 78 Irvine 41Gardyne 48 Caledonian Stadium Inverness 3,004 McLean 27 October 2015 19:45 Greenock Morton (3) 1–3 BBC Sport Report St Johnstone (1) Johnstone 52 MacLean 61 pen.O'Halloran 63Kane 83 Cappielow Greenock 2,433 Thomson eeeeee 28 October 2015 19:45 Heart of Midlothian (1) 1–2 BBC Sport Report Celtic (1) Djoum 90 Griffiths 71Rogić 82 Tynecastle Stadium Edinburgh 11,598 John Beaton 4 November 2015 19:45 Hibernian (2) 3–0 BBC Sport Report Dundee United (1) Gray 20Cummings 61 pen.Stevenson 90 Easter Road Edinburgh 11,891 Willie Collum 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.http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-semi-final-draw-today/ League Cup semi-final draw Scottish Professional Football League 9 November 2015 9 November 2015 10 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151110195627/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/league-cup-semi-final-draw-today/ dead Pot 1Scottish Premiership: 01. Celtic 02. St Johnstone 03. Ross County Scottish Championship: 04. Hibernian Matches eeeeee 30 January 2016 15:00 Hibernian (2) 2–1 BBC Sport Report St Johnstone (1) Cummings 29 pen.McGinn 74 Shaughnessy 33 Tynecastle Stadium Edinburgh 16,971 McLean 31 January 2016 15:00 Ross County (1) 3–1 BBC Sport Report Celtic (1) M. Woods 15 pen.Quinn 48Schalk 63 Mackay-Steven 1Ambrose 0 13 Hampden Park Glasgow 22,130 Thomson Final 2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March) 13 March 2016 15:00 Hibernian 1–2 BBC Sport Report Ross County Fontaine 45 Gardyne 25Schalk 90 Hampden Park Glasgow 38,296 Kevin Clancy Statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 13 March 2016 RankPlayerClubGoals1 NIR Liam Boyce Ross County4AUS Jason Cummings HibernianMAR Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic4 SCO Michael Gardyne Ross County3ENG James Tavernier Rangers 5 18 players2 References 30em External links Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website Category:Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup Cup