2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage

The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage was played from 15 July to 31 July 2016. A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the 8 groups, as well as the 4 best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup.

Format

The group stage is made up of 9 teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, 9 from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship, 10 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, 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. Each section comprises 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 27 May 2016 at 7:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport Europe.

Teams

Teams in Bold qualified for the second round

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	17. Dunfermline Athletic 18. Alloa Athletic 19. Peterhead 20. Brechin City 21. East Fife 22. Cowdenbeath 23. Forfar Athletic 24. Elgin City 25. Stirling Albion 26. Arbroath 27. Montrose 28. Cove Rangers

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	29. Ayr United 30. Livingston 31. Stranraer 32. Airdrieonians 33. Albion Rovers 34. Stenhousemuir 35. Queen's Park 36. Clyde 37. Annan Athletic 38. Berwick Rangers 39. Edinburgh City 40. East Stirlingshire

North section

Group A

Group A consists of two seeded teams: Dundee and Dumbarton; and three unseeded teams: Peterhead, Forfar Athletic and East Fife.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PET	EFI	DND	FOR	DUM
1	Peterhead (Q)	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	8	Second Round		—	—	2–1	2–0	—
2	East Fife (X)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	8	Best Runners-up		2–1	—	1–1 (4–2p)	—	—
3	Dundee	4	2	1	1	15	5	+10	7			—	—	—	7–0	6–2
4	Forfar Athletic	4	1	1	2	4	11	−7	5			—	2–0	—	—	2–2 (5–3p)
5	Dumbarton	4	0	2	2	7	13	−6	2			3–3 (5–6p)	0–2	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

East Fife v Dundee

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	East Fife	1–1 (4–2 p)	Dundee	Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00	Smith 78' Robinson  85'	SPFL Report	Hemmings 36' Holt  77'	Attendance: 1,407 Referee: Barry Cook
	Penalties
	Mercer McManus Duggan Lamont Robinson		Hemmings Loy Vincent Williams

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Forfar Athletic	2–2 (5–3 p)	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
15:00	Peters 36' O'Brien 62' Bain  82'  90+3'	SPFL Report	Gallagher 54' Fleming 69' (pen.)	Attendance: 426 Referee: David Lowe
	Penalties
	Cox Milne Lister Munro Swankie		Thomson Gallagher Fleming Stevenson

Dumbarton v East Fife

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Dumbarton	0–2	East Fife	Dumbarton Stadium, Dumbarton
19:45	Gallagher  56' Fleming  76' Thomson  80'	SPFL Report	Smith 19' McManus 39' Robinson  48' Naysmith  76'	Attendance: 452 Referee: Craig Charleston

Peterhead v Forfar Athletic

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Peterhead	2–0	Forfar Athletic	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
20:00	Munro 20' (o.g.) McAllister 34' (pen.) Ferry  53'	SPFL Report	Peters  52' Munro  86' Cox  88'	Attendance: 508 Referee: Gavin Ross

Dundee v Dumbarton

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Dundee	6–2	Dumbarton	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Stewart 16', 74', 80' Hemmings 48', 85' O'Dea 73' O'Dea  56'	SPFL Report	Wright 26' Buchanan 33'	Attendance: 2,319 Referee: Kevin Clancy

East Fife v Peterhead

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	East Fife	2–1	Peterhead	Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00	Page 38' McManus 50' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Brown 26' Rumsby  44' Redman  53' Brown  60'	Attendance: 532 Referee: Kevin Graham

Forfar Athletic v East Fife

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Forfar Athletic	2–0	East Fife	Station Park, Forfar
19:45	Lister 20' Munro 50' Lister  69'	SPFL Report	Page  84'	Attendance: 565 Referee: Mat Northcroft

Peterhead v Dundee

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Peterhead	2–1	Dundee	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
20:00	McAllister 62', 88' (pen.) Dzierzawski  21' McIntosh  71' Redman  87'	SPFL Report	Stewart 90' Bain  88'	Attendance: 998 Referee: Nick Walsh

Dumbarton v Peterhead

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Dumbarton	3–3 (5–6 p)	Peterhead	Dumbarton Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Thomson 21' D Smith 36' Stevenson 48' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Dzierzawski 16' McIntosh 57' McAllister 69' (pen.) Ross  34'	Attendance: 305 Referee: Alan Muir
	Penalties
	Thomson McCallum D Smith Todd Stevenson Docherty Buchanan Kassaraté Stirling Pettigrew		McAllister Stevenson Strachan Brown Kelleher Dzierzawski Blockley G Smith Noble Riley

Dundee v Forfar Athletic

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Dundee	7–0	Forfar Athletic	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	McGowan 18' Duffy 34' Stewart 39', 64' Etxabeguren 55' Loy 72' Teijsse 88'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Willie Collum

Group B

Group B consists of two seeded teams: St Johnstone and Falkirk; and three unseeded teams: Brechin City, Stirling Albion and Elgin City.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STJ	FAL	STI	BRE	ELG
1	St Johnstone (Q)	4	3	1	0	11	2	+9	10	Second Round		—	3–0	4–0	—	—
2	Falkirk (X)	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6	Best Runners-up		—	—	—	2–0	3–0
3	Stirling Albion	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6			—	1–0	—	—	4–1
4	Brechin City	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	5			1–1 (4–2p)	—	2–1	—	—
5	Elgin City	4	1	0	3	6	12	−6	3			1–3	—	—	4–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Elgin City v St Johnstone

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Elgin City	1–3	St Johnstone	Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00	Duff 48' MacLeod  43'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Swanson 16' Cummins 71' MacLean 79'	Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Alan Muir

Stirling Albion v Falkirk

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Stirling Albion	1–0	Falkirk	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
15:00	Smith 41' Hodge  19' Henderson  73'	BBC Report SPFL Report	McHugh  80'	Attendance: 1,315 Referee: Colin Steven

Brechin City v Stirling Albion

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Brechin City	2–1	Stirling Albion	Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45	Love 14' Trouten 87' Smith  21'	SPFL Report	Henderson 38' (pen.) Ferns  58' McCue  79'	Attendance: 362 Referee: Graham Beaton

Falkirk v Elgin City

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Falkirk	3–0	Elgin City	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45	Vaulks 28' Miller 36' McHugh 88'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 1,278 Referee: Kevin Graham

Elgin City v Brechin City

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Elgin City	4–2	Brechin City	Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00	Gunn 11', 45+2' (pen.) Moore 61' McHardy 66' Cameron  68'	SPFL Report	Dyer 30' Trouten 68' (pen.) G Smith  45+1' C O'Neil  45+2' E Smith  58' Love  59' Dale  63'	Attendance: 506 Referee: Craig Naiper

St Johnstone v Falkirk

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	St Johnstone	3–0	Falkirk	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Swanson 25' (pen.), 38' (pen.) MacLean 68' Craig 16'	SPFL Report	Watson  24'	Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Bobby Madden

Brechin City v St Johnstone

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Brechin City	1–1 (4–2 p)	St Johnstone	Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45	Jackson 35' Graham  73'	SPFL Report	Kane 86'	Attendance: 912 Referee: John McKendrick
	Penalties
	Hill Dyer Graham Trouten Love		Swanson Kane Cummins Coulson

Stirling Albion v Elgin City

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Stirling Albion	4–1	Elgin City	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
19:45	Ferns 11' Henderson 48', 71', 74' (pen.)	SPFL Report	McLeod 12' Stuart  65'	Attendance: 522 Referee: Scott Millar

Falkirk v Brechin City

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Falkirk	2–0	Brechin City	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Gasparotto 50' Austin 53' Rankin  61' Sibbald  84'	SPFL Report	C O'Neil  52' Graham  62' Dale  78' Trouten  84'	Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Steven McLean

St Johnstone v Stirling Albion

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	St Johnstone	4–0	Stirling Albion	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Anderson 4' MacLean 33' Craig 43' Wotherspoon 90+2'	SPFL Report	Ferns  56' McKenzie  90+3'	Attendance: 2,858 Referee: Barry Cook

Group C

Group C consists of two seeded teams: Inverness CT and Dundee United; and three unseeded teams: Dunfermline Athletic, Arbroath and Cowdenbeath.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ICT	DUN	DNF	COW	ARB
1	Inverness CT (Q)	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	10	Second Round		—	1–1 (1–4 p)	—	—	7–0
2	Dundee United (X)	4	2	2	0	10	3	+7	10	Best Runners-up		—	—	2–0	6–1	—
3	Dunfermline Athletic	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6			1–5	—	—	—	3–0
4	Cowdenbeath	4	1	0	3	4	11	−7	3			1–2	—	0–3	—	—
5	Arbroath	4	0	1	3	1	13	−12	1			—	1–1 (3–5 p)	—	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Arbroath v Dundee United

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)	Arbroath	1–1 (3–5 p)	Dundee United	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45	Hamilton 90+2' McCord  34'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Anier 85'	Attendance: 3,124 Referee: Don Robertson
	Penalties
	Doris Whatley Callaghan Hamilton		Telfer Donaldson Dixon Souttar Fraser

Cowdenbeath v Inverness CT

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Cowdenbeath	1–2	Inverness CT	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Brett 23' Brett  53' Rutherford  63' Turner  69'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Draper 13' Warren 74' Warren  68'	Attendance: 487 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Dundee United v Cowdenbeath

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Dundee United	6–1	Cowdenbeath	Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45	Murray 4', 32', 72' Toshney 9' Smith 21' Anier 88'	SPFL Report	Turner 25' Rutherford  77'	Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Crawford Allan

Dunfermline Athletic v Arbroath

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Arbroath	East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45	Moffat 44', 66' Geggan 62' Geggan  74'	SPFL Report	Scott  63' Little  86' Doris  90'	Attendance: 1,974 Referee: David Munro

Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Cowdenbeath	0–3	Dunfermline Athletic	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Turner  64' Sives  88'	SPFL Report	Geggan 57', 85' Ashcroft 68'	Attendance: 1,481 Referee: Colin Steven

Inverness CT v Dundee United

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Inverness CT	1–1 (1–4 p)	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Boden 35' Draper  37'	SPFL Report	Murdoch 45' van der Velden  49' Durnan  79' Obadeyi  81'	Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Euan Anderson
	Penalties
	Tremarco Tansey Draper		Obadeyi Donaldson Murdoch Murray

Dunfermline Athletic v Inverness CT

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Dunfermline Athletic	1–5	Inverness CT	East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45	Geggan 28' Geggan  24' Cardle  61'	SPFL Report	Vigurs 16', 42', 66' King 54' Tremarco 89'	Attendance: 2,580 Referee: Crawford Allan

Arbroath v Cowdenbeath

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	Arbroath	0–2	Cowdenbeath	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45	Doris 55' McCord  77'	SPFL Report	Johnston 14' Todorov 42' McLauchlan  36' Mullen  45+2'	Attendance: 421 Referee: Mike Roncone

Inverness CT v Arbroath

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Inverness CT	7–0	Arbroath	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	King 10' Boden 18', 25', 71' Tremarco 37', 87' Vigurs 46'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Greg Aitken

Dundee United v Dunfermline Athletic

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)	Dundee United	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Murray 49' Fraser 83' van der Velden  45+1' Robson  63'	SPFL Report	Higginbotham  44' Richards-Everton  82'	Attendance: 4,951 Referee: John McKendrick

Group D

Group D consists of two seeded teams: Ross County and Raith Rovers; and three unseeded teams: Alloa Athletic, Cove Rangers and Montrose.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALL	RAI	ROSS	COVE	MON
1	Alloa Athletic (Q)	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Second Round		—	—	3–2	4–0	—
2	Raith Rovers (X)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	8	Best Runners-up		0–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	Ross County	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	7			—	1–1 (3–4 p)	—	7–0	—
4	Cove Rangers	4	1	0	3	4	13	−9	3			—	1–2	—	—	3–0
5	Montrose	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0			0–2	—	0–1	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Cove Rangers v Raith Rovers

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)	Cove Rangers	1–2	Raith Rovers	Station Park, Forfar
19:45	Stott 32' Burnett  75' Kelly  90+2'	SPFL Report	Benedictus 36' Vaughan 56' Matthews  49' McHattie  78' Osei-Opoku  90+2'	Attendance: 362 Referee: Graham Beaton

Montrose v Ross County

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Montrose	0–1	Ross County	Links Park, Montrose
15:00		SPFL Report	Graham 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 557 Referee: Craig Charleston

Alloa Athletic v Cove Rangers

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Alloa Athletic	4–0	Cove Rangers	Recreation Park, Alloa
19:30	Spence 23' Graham 51' Kirkpatrick 64' Layne 83'	SPFL Report	Duff  86'	Attendance: 213 Referee: Steven Reid

Raith Rovers v Montrose

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Raith Rovers	2–1	Montrose	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45	Johnston 12' Vaughan 87' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Bolochoweckyj 58' Bolochoweckyj  45+2' Masson  86' Watson  87' Templeman  88'	Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Colin Steven

Montrose v Alloa Athletic

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Montrose	0–2	Alloa Athletic	Links Park, Montrose
15:00		SPFL Report	Spence 33' Layne 50' Robertson  76'	Attendance: 358 Referee: Grant Irvine

Ross County v Raith Rovers

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Ross County	1–1 (3–4 p)	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Graham 75' (pen.) McShane  21' Gardyne  57' McEveley  78' Foster  86'	SPFL Report	Čikoš 18' (o.g.)	Referee: John McKendrick
	Penalties
	Schalk Graham Gardyne Routis McEveley McShane		Benedictus Stewart Callachan Thomson McManus McHattie

Alloa Athletic v Ross County

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Alloa Athletic	3–2	Ross County	Recreation Park, Alloa
19:30	Kirkpatrick 2' Robertson 11' Waters 72' Goodwin  3' Marr  65'	SPFL Report	Graham 14' Schalk 21' Foster  43' Graham  90+3'	Attendance: 319 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Cove Rangers v Montrose

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	Cove Rangers	3–0	Montrose	Station Park, Forfar
19:45	Walker 14' Megginson 59' Park 78' Watson  72' Milne  75'	SPFL Report	Anderson  71'	Attendance: 189 Referee: Mike Taylor

Raith Rovers v Alloa Athletic

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Raith Rovers	0–1	Alloa Athletic	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00	Davidson  45'	SPFL Report	Spence 34' Spence  60' Flannigan  70' Holmes  79'	Attendance: 1,674 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Ross County v Cove Rangers

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Ross County	7–0	Cove Rangers	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Schalk 24', 49' Graham 46', 56', 89' Curran 65', 81' Quinn  36' Boyce  62'	SPFL Report	Megginson  35'	Attendance: 722 Referee: Mat Northcroft

South section

Group E

Group E consists of two seeded teams: Partick Thistle and Queen of the South; and three unseeded teams: Stenhousemuir, Queen's Park and Airdrieonians.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	QOS	AIR	QPA	STE
1	Partick Thistle (Q)	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Second Round		—	2–1	—	2–0	—
2	Queen of the South (X)	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9	Best Runners-up		—	—	2–0	—	1–0
3	Airdrieonians	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	5			0–1	—	—	—	2–1
4	Queen's Park	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4			—	0–2	3–3 (7–8 p)	—	—
5	Stenhousemuir	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0			1–4	—	—	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Airdrieonians v Partick Thistle

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)	Airdrieonians	0–1	Partick Thistle	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
19:30		SPFL Report	Doolan 55' Edwards  80' Devine  90+3'	Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Queen's Park v Queen of the South

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Queen's Park	0–2	Queen of the South	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00	Wharton  60' Miller 70'	SPFL Report	Pickard 29' Dowie 34' Pickard  55' Hamill  56' Tapping  66' Anderson  85'	Attendance: 410 Referee: Alan Newlands

Queen of the South v Airdrieonians

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Queen of the South	2–0	Airdrieonians	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
19:45	Lyle 9', 24' Pickard  45+1'	SPFL Report	Russell  45+1'	Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Nick Walsh

Stenhousemuir v Queen's Park

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Stenhousemuir	0–2	Queen's Park	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:45	McMenamin  45+1'	SPFL Report	Burns 40' McVey 81' Gibson  61' Brady  87'	Attendance: 273 Referee: Craig Napier

Airdrieonians v Stenhousemuir

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Airdrieonians	2–1	Stenhousemuir	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00	Brown 13', 67' McIntosh  22' MacDonald  54' Stewart  59'	SPFL Report	Gilhaney 56' McCroary  34' Cook  62'	Attendance: 532 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Partick Thistle v Queen of the South

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Partick Thistle	2–1	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Erskine 82' Lawless 90'	SPFL Report	Hilson 48' Tapping  58'	Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Alan Muir

Queen's Park v Airdrieonians

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Queen's Park	3–3 (7–8 p)	Airdrieonians	Hampden Park, Glasgow
19:30	Cummins 3' Malone 48' Burns 79' MacPherson  86'	SPFL Report	Ryan 19' Brown 20' Russell 31' Gorman  74'	Attendance: 553 Referee: David Munro
	Penalties
	Miller Millen Burns Woods McGeever Cummins Gibson MacPherson McVey		Fitzpatrick Russell Brown McLaughlin Higgins Schmidt Truesdale Stewart McIntosh

Stenhousemuir v Partick Thistle

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Stenhousemuir	1–4	Partick Thistle	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
	McCroary 73'	SPFL Report	Pogba 20' Welsh 22' (pen.) Amoo 85' Azeez 86'	Attendance: 1,433 Referee: Don Robertson

Partick Thistle v Queen's Park

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Partick Thistle	2–0	Queen's Park	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Erskine 6' Lindsay 78'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Queen of the South v Stenhousemuir

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Queen of the South	1–0	Stenhousemuir	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Hamill 78'	SPFL Report	McMenamin  42' Millar  52' Meechan  67' McCormack  73' Berry  90+1'	Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Kevin Graham

Group F

Group F consists of two seeded teams: Motherwell and Rangers; and three unseeded teams: Stranraer, East Stirlingshire and Annan Athletic.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAN	MOT	STR	ANN	EST
1	Rangers (Q)	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10	12	Second Round		—	—	3–0	2–0	—
2	Motherwell (X)	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	9	Best Runners-up		0–2	—	—	—	3–0
3	Stranraer	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	6			—	0–3	—	—	3–1
4	Annan Athletic	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3			—	1–3	1–2	—	—
5	East Stirlingshire	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0			0–3	—	—	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Annan Athletic v Stranraer

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Annan Athletic	1–2	Stranraer	Galabank, Annan
15:00	Dachnowicz 87' Cuddihy  35'	SPFL Report	Nadé 59' McKeown 76' Robertson  23'	Attendance: 418 Referee: Steven Reid

Motherwell v Rangers

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Motherwell	0–2	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00	McDonald  62' McHugh  77'	SPFL Report	Tavernier 48' Waghorn 90+1' Forrester  52' Windass  82'	Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Steven McLean

Rangers v Annan Athletic

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Rangers	2–0	Annan Athletic	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:45	McKay 30' Waghorn 74' Waghorn  90+1'	SPFL Report	Ashgar  75' Lucas  78'	Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Euan Anderson

Stranraer v East Stirlingshire

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Stranraer	3–1	East Stirlingshire	Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45	Malcolm 64' McKeown 90+1' Turner 90+4'	SPFL Report	Glasgow 60'	Attendance: 373 Referee: David Lowe

East Stirlingshire v Rangers

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)	East Stirlingshire	0–3	Rangers	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:45		SPFL Report	Halliday 10' (pen.) Windass 35' Dodoo 90+1'	Attendance: 2,246 Referee: Crawford Allan

Annan Athletic v Motherwell

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Annan Athletic	1–3	Motherwell	Galabank, Annan
15:00	Omar 44' Krissian  4' Watson  55' McKenna  66'	SPFL Report	Johnson 16' Moult 61', 63' McHugh  70'	Attendance: 956 Referee: Nick Walsh

Rangers v Stranraer

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)	Rangers	3–0	Stranraer	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:45	Waghorn 5' (pen.), 16' Kranjčar 53'	SPFL Report	Barbour  38' Gibson  73' Thomson  79'	Attendance: 29,575 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v East Stirlingshire

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Motherwell	3–0	East Stirlingshire	Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45	Johnson 53' McDonald 76' Cadden 87'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,503 Referee: Craig Charleston

East Stirlingshire v Annan Athletic

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	East Stirlingshire	0–2	Annan Athletic	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00	McGregor  59' Sludden  90+2'	SPFL Report	Finnie 56' Wright 90+2' (pen.) Finnie  54' Omar  79'	Attendance: 134 Referee: Mike Roncone

Stranraer v Motherwell

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Stranraer	0–3	Motherwell	Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00	Dick  42'	SPFL Report	Cadden 51' Johnson 84' McDonald 86'	Attendance: 953 Referee: Don Robertson

Group G

Group G consists of two seeded teams: Hamilton Academical and St Mirren; and three unseeded teams: Edinburgh City, Livingston and Ayr United.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HAM	AYR	STM	LIV	EDI
1	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	9	Second Round		—	—	3–0	2–1	—
2	Ayr United (X)	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9	Best Runners-up		2–1	—	—	—	1–0
3	St Mirren	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	9			—	1–0	—	—	3–0
4	Livingston	4	1	0	3	6	7	−1	3			—	0–2	2–3	—	—
5	Edinburgh City	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9	0			2–4	—	—	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Ayr United v Hamilton Academical

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Ayr United	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Forrest 2' (pen.) Crawford 49' Adams  31'	SPFL Report	Longridge 90+4' MacKinnon  2' Devlin  61'	Attendance: 994 Referee: Willie Collum

Livingston v St Mirren

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Livingston	2–3	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Cadden 50' Carrick 68'	SPFL Report	Clarkson 13', 81' Morgan 74' Mallan  39'	Attendance: 894 Referee: Gavin Duncan

St Mirren v Ayr United

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	St Mirren	1–0	Ayr United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45	Baird 90+3' Mallan 74' Clarkson  75'	SPFL Report	Adams  17' Docherty  67'	Attendance: 2,098 Referee: John Beaton

Edinburgh City v Livingston

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	Edinburgh City	0–3	Livingston	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45	Guthrie  35'	SPFL Report	J Mullin 27' D Mullen 45+2' Buchanan 76'	Attendance: 525 Referee: Alan Newlands

Ayr United v Edinburgh City

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Ayr United	1–0	Edinburgh City	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Gilmour 11'	SPFL Report	Mushin  48' McFarland  57'	Attendance: 862 Referee: Barry Cook

Hamilton Academical v St Mirren

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Hamilton Academical	3–0	St Mirren	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Crawford 13' Imrie 51' Donati 70' Devlin  83'	SPFL Report	Hutton  49'	Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Don Robertson

Livingston v Ayr United

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Livingston	0–2	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Longridge  67'	SPFL Report	Murphy 19' McGuffie 78' Meggatt  9' Cairney  55' Docherty  57'	Attendance: 643 Referee: David Lowe

Edinburgh City v Hamilton Academical

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	Edinburgh City	2–4	Hamilton Academical	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45	Allum 17', 19' Gibson  53' McFarland  65'	SPFL Report	Crawford 22' D'Acol 26' McGregor 66' Imrie 71' (pen.) Crawford  59'	Attendance: 459 Referee: Colin Steven

Hamilton Academical v Livingston

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Livingston	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	D'Acol 22' Longridge 55' Sarris  37' McGregor  68'	SPFL Report	Matthews 41' (o.g.) Miller  85'	Attendance: 764 Referee: Euan Anderson

St Mirren v Edinburgh City

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	St Mirren	3–0	Edinburgh City	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Shankland 12' Walsh 30' Baird 33' Baird  79'	SPFL Report	G Donaldson 74' Gibson 79'	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Steven Kirkland

Group H

Group H consists of two seeded teams: Kilmarnock and Morton; and three unseeded teams: Clyde, Albion Rovers and Berwick Rangers.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GMO	KIL	CLY	ALB	BER
1	Morton (Q)	4	3	1	0	5	0	+5	11	Second Round		—	—	1–0	—	2–0
2	Kilmarnock (X)	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7	Best Runners-up		0–2	—	—	0–0 (3–5 p)	—
3	Clyde	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	5			—	1–2	—	—	1–1 (6–5 p)
4	Albion Rovers	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1	5			0–0 (3–4 p)	—	1–2	—	—
5	Berwick Rangers	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2			—	2–3	—	0–0 (4–5 p)	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Albion Rovers v Morton

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Albion Rovers	0–0 (3–4 p)	Morton	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00		BBC Report SPFL Report	Stevenson  35'	Attendance: 431 Referee: Craig Napier
	Penalties
	Reid Dunlop McBride Willis Fisher		Tidser Tiffoney O'Ware Forbes Kilday

Clyde v Kilmarnock

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Clyde	1–2	Kilmarnock	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00	Watson 87'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Coulibaly 69' Boyle 76' Boyle  61' McKenzie  82'	Attendance: 1,303 Referee: John Beaton

Berwick Rangers v Albion Rovers

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Berwick Rangers	0–0 (4–5 p)	Albion Rovers	Shielfield Park, Berwick, England
19:45	Notman  58'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 323 Referee: Grant Irvine
	Penalties
	McKenna Martin Fairbairn Sheerin Bauld Thomson		Ferry Dunlop Willis Stewart Davidson Turnbull

Morton v Clyde

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Morton	1–0	Clyde	Cappielow, Greenock
19:45	O'Ware 77' Lamie  57'	SPFL Report	McNeil  28'	Attendance: 931 Referee: John McKendrick

Clyde v Berwick Rangers

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Clyde	1–1 (6–5 p)	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00	MacDonald 49' McNiff  61' Easton  90+2'	SPFL Report	Sheerin 64' Fairbairn  40' Hamilton  60' McKinlay  62'
	Penalties
	McLaughin MacDonald Gormley Easton Linton Lowdon		McKenna Martin Fairbairn Sheerin A Walker Beveridge

Kilmarnock v Morton

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Kilmarnock	0–2	Morton	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Taylor  61' Addison  72'	SPFL Report	Oliver 7' Quitongo 67' Doyle  2' Tidser  51' Quitongo  65'	Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Steven McLean

Albion Rovers v Clyde

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Albion Rovers	1–2	Clyde	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
19:45	Davidson 59' R Dunlop  45' M Dunlop  50' Davidson  90+2' Ferry  90+3'	SPFL Report	McNeil 73' Easton 90+1' (pen.) Lowdon  45' Linton  71'	Attendance: 377 Referee: Gavin Ross

Berwick Rangers v Kilmarnock

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Berwick Rangers	2–3	Kilmarnock	Shielfield Park, Berwick, England
19:45	Fairbairn 11' Mackie 56' A Walker  83' McKenna  86'	SPFL Report	Coulibaly 65', 70' McKenzie 85' Dicker  63' Burn  68'	Attendance: 609 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Kilmarnock v Albion Rovers

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Kilmarnock	0–0 (3–5 p)	Albion Rovers	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Coulibaly  77'	SPFL Report	McBride  77' Turnbull  89'	Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Alan Newlands
	Penalties
	Smith Dicker Magennis Bojaj		Stewart M Dunlop Willis Turnbull McBride

Morton v Berwick Rangers

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Morton	2–0	Berwick Rangers	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	Lindsay 2' Quitongo 16'	SPFL Report	Notman  29' McKinlay  34' McKenna  41' Orru  73' Thomson  74'	Attendance: 1,044 Referee: Bobby Madden

Best runners-up

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dundee United (Q)	4	2	2	0	10	3	+7	10	Qualification to the Second Round
2	Motherwell (Q)	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	9
3	Queen of the South (Q)	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9
4	Ayr United (Q)	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9
5	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	8
6	East Fife	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	8
7	Kilmarnock	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
8	Falkirk	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Notes
Rangers	Group F winner	25 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Peterhead	Group A winner	30 July 2016
St Johnstone	Group B winner	30 July 2016
Alloa Athletic	Group D winner	30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Partick Thistle	Group E winner	30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Hamilton Academical	Group G winner	30 July 2016
Morton	Group H winner	30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Inverness CT	Group C winner	30 July 2016
Motherwell	Best runner-up	30 July 2016
Queen of the South	Best runner-up	30 July 2016
Ayr United	Best runner-up	30 July 2016
Dundee United	Best runner-up	31 July 2016

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 31 July 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brian Graham	Ross County	6
	Greg Stewart	Dundee
3	Scott Boden	Inverness CT	4
	Andy Geggan	Dunfermline Athletic
	Blair Henderson	Stirling Albion
	Rory McAllister	Peterhead
	Simon Murray	Dundee United
	Iain Vigurs	Inverness CT
	Martyn Waghorn	Rangers
10	Adam Brown	Airdrieonians	3
	Souleymane Coulibaly	Kilmarnock
	Kane Hemmings	Dundee
	Marvin Johnson	Motherwell
	Steven MacLean	St Johnstone
	Alex Schalk	Ross County
	Greig Spence	Alloa Athletic
	Danny Swanson	St Johnstone
	Carl Tremarco	Inverness CT

External links

• Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website