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Revision as of 07:49, 20 July 2016

2016–17 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
Country Scotland
Dates15 July 2016 – 27 November 2016
Teams44
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)David Clarkson
(2 goals)[1]
All statistics correct as of 16 July 2016.
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The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup will be the 71st season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons.

The format for the 2016–17 competition will depart from the previously used knockout-rounds, and instead will begin with 8 groups of 5 teams, which includes all Scottish Professional Football League clubs (including East Stirlingshire, who were relegated from the league at the end of the 2015–16 season), excluding those competing in Champions League and Europa League qualifiers, as well as the top 2015–16 Highland Football League club (Cove Rangers) and the highest placed team from the 2015–16 Lowland Football League (Edinburgh City, who were promoted to the SPFL at the end of the 2015–16 season).

Schedule

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
Group stage 16 July 2016[2] 80 40 → 12
Second round 9 August 2016[3] 8 16 → 80
Quarter-finals 20 September 2016[3] 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 22 October 2016[3] 2 4 → 2
Final 27 November 2016[4] 1 2 → 1

Format

The competition will begin with eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian) qualifying rounds are given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams competing in the group phase consist of the other 9 sides competing in the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, 9 sides competing in the 2015–16 Scottish Championship, all of the sides competing in the 2015–16 Scottish League One and 2015–16 Scottish League Two, as well as the top 2015–16 Highland Football League club and the highest placed team from the 2015–16 Lowland Football League.[2]

The winners of each of the 8 groups, as well as the 4 best runners-up will progress to the second round (last 16), which will include the four UEFA qualifying clubs.[2] At this stage, the competition will revert to the traditional knock-out format.[2]

Bonus point system

In December 2015, the SPFL announced that alongside the new group stage format, a bonus point system would be introduced to provide greater excitement and increase the number of meaningful games at this stage.[2] The traditional point system of awarding 3 points and 1 point for a draw will be used, however, for each group stage match which finishes in a draw, a penalty shootout will take place, with the winner being awarded an extra point.[2]

Group stage

The group stage will be made up of 9 teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, 9 teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship, 10 sides from each of the 2015–16 Scottish League One and 2015–16 Scottish League Two, as well as the winners of the 2015–16 Highland Football League and 2015–16 Lowland Football League[2] and will see these 40 teams divided into two sections: 4 groups of 20 teams from the North section and 4 groups of 20 teams from the South sections.[5] Each section will comprise four top seeded teams, four second seeded teams and 12 unseeded teams, with each group being made up of 1 top seed, 1 second seed and 3 unseeded sides.

The draw for the group stages took place on Friday 27 May 2016 at 7:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport Europe.[6]

North section

Seeding

Top seeds Second seeds Unseeded

01. St Johnstone
02. Ross County
03. Inverness CT
04. Dundee

09. Dundee United
10. Falkirk
11. Raith Rovers
12. Dumbarton

Groups

Group A
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EFI PET FOR DND DUM
1 East Fife 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 5 Qualification to the Second Round — — 1–1
(4–2p) 		—
2 Peterhead 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — 2–0 —
3 Forfar Athletic 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2 — — — 2–2
(5–3p)
4 Dundee 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 — — —
5 Dumbarton 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1 0–2 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC
Group B
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL STJ BRE STI ELG
1 Falkirk 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Qualification to the Second Round — — — 3–0
2 St Johnstone 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — —
3 Brechin City 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3 — — 2–1 —
4 Stirling Albion 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1–0 — — —
5 Elgin City 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 — 1–3 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC
Group C
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group C
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN DNF INV ARB COW
1 Dundee United 2 1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 5 Qualification to the Second Round — — - 6–1
2 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — 3–0 —
3 Inverness CT 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3 — — —
4 Arbroath 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1 1–1
(3–5 p) 		— — —
5 Cowdenbeath 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0 — 1–2 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC
Group D
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAI ALO ROS MON COVE
1 Raith Rovers 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Qualification to the Second Round — — 2–1 —
2 Alloa Athletic 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — — 4–0
3 Ross County 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +1 3 — — —
4 Montrose 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 — 0–1 — —
5 Cove Rangers 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 1–2 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC

South section

Seeding

Top seeds Second seeds Unseeded

05. Motherwell
06. Partick Thistle
07. Hamilton Academical
08. Kilmarnock

13. Rangers
14. Greenock Morton
15. St Mirren
16. Queen of the South

Groups

Group E
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group E
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification QOS PAR QPA STE AIR
1 Queen of the South 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Qualification to the Second Round — — — 2–0
2 Partick Thistle 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — —
3 Queen's Park 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0–2 — — —
4 Stenhousemuir 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 — 0–2 — —
5 Airdrieonians 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 — 0–1 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC
Group F
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group F
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAN STR EST MOT ANN
1 Rangers 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Qualification to the Second Round — — — 2–0
2 Stranraer 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — 3–1 —
3 East Stirlingshire 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0 — — —
4 Motherwell 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 0–2 — — —
5 Annan Athletic 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 — 1–2 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC
Group G
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group G
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STM AYR EDC LIV HAM
1 St Mirren 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Qualification to the Second Round — 1–0 — —
2 Ayr United 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — — 2–1
3 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
4 Livingston 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0 2–3 — — —
5 Hamilton Academical 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC
Group H
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Group H
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GMO KIL ALB BER CLY
1 Morton 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 5 Qualification to the Second Round — — — 1–0
2 Kilmarnock 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up — — —
3 Albion Rovers 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0–0
(3–4 p) 		— — —
4 Berwick Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 — 0–0
(4–5 p) 		— —
5 Clyde 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 — 1–2 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC

Best runners-up

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stranraer 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Qualification to the Second Round
2 Alloa 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 +4 3
3 Dunfermline 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 +3 3
4 St.Johnstone 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 +2 3
5 Peterhead 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3
6 Kilmarnock 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
7 Partick Thistle 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +1 3
8 Ayr United 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2016. Source: BBC

Second round

The following teams qualified and will compete in the second round of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian entered the competition at this stage, after receiving a bye for the group stage due to their participation in UEFA club competitions.

Teams

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 16 July 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland David Clarkson St Mirren 2
2 37 players 1

References

  1. ^ a b "2016 Scottish League One scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "New League Cup format and TV deal". SPFL. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". SPFL. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. ^ "2016/17 League Cup Final in November". SPFL. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Betfred Cup draw format & numbers". SPFL. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Betfred Cup draw live on BT Sport". SPFL. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

External links

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