2015–16 Scottish League Cup

2015–16 Scottish League Cup
Country	Scotland
Dates	30 July 2015 - 13 March 2016
Teams	42
Champions	Ross County
Runners-up	Hibernian
Matches played	41
Goals scored	141 (3.44 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Liam Boyce; Faissal El Bakhtaoui; Jason Cummings; (4 goals)
← 2014–15	2016–17 →
	All statistics correct as of 13 March 2016.

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]

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

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.

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.^[4]

Draw and Seeding

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

30 July 2015	Heart of Midlothian	4–2	Arbroath	Edinburgh
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	5–0	East Stirlingshire	Cumbernauld
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 Athletic	Berwick-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 Albion	0–1	Airdrieonians	Stirling
15:00		BBC Sport Report	Morton 41'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 799 Referee: Roncone

1 August 2015	Raith Rovers	3–0	Albion Rovers	Kirkcaldy
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 Athletic	3–4 (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.)	Clyde	Livingston
15:00	White 110'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 664 Referee: John McKendrick

1 August 2015	Dunfermline Athletic	5–1	Cowdenbeath	Dunfermline
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	3–0	Montrose	Edinburgh
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)	Dumbarton	Methil
15:00	Austin 48'	BBC Sport Report	Cawley 65'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Kirkland
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1 August 2015	Greenock Morton	5–0	Elgin City	Greenock
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 Park	0–2	Forfar Athletic	Glasgow
15:00		BBC Sport Report	Young 16' Denholm 29'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 441 Referee: Duncan

1 August 2015	Stranraer	2–0	Stenhousemuir	Stranraer
15:00	Malcolm 15', 90'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 345 Referee: Robertson

1 August 2015	Ayr United	2–0	Brechin City	Ayr
15:00	McLauchlan 12' Boyle 64'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 976 Referee: Anderson

2 August 2015	Rangers	3–0	Peterhead	Glasgow
15:00	Templeton 41' Miller 76' Tavernier 82'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 25,608 Referee: 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.^[5]

Draw and Seeding

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

25 August 2015	Ross County	2–0	Ayr United	Dingwall
19:45	Boyce 3' Gardyne 50'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 1,743 Referee: Charleston

25 August 2015	Forfar Athletic	1–2 (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	4–1	Berwick Rangers	Kilmarnock
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	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Kirkcaldy
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 South	0–1	Greenock Morton	Dumfries
19:45		BBC Sport Report	Forbes 69'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,034 Referee: Dallas

25 August 2015	Dunfermline Athletic	3–1	Dundee	Dunfermline
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 Thistle	0–1	Falkirk	Glasgow
19:45		BBC Sport Report	Grant 32'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Thomson

25 August 2015	East Fife	1–3 (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 Mirren	2–3	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	1–0	Stranraer	Edinburgh
19:45	Rumsby 54' (o.g.)	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 5,224 Referee: Clancy

26 August 2015	Airdrieonians	0–5	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

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

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

22 September 2015	Dundee United	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee
19:45	Morris 35' Fraser 96' Spittal 99'	BBC Sport Report	Paton 10'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 5,174 Referee: Beaton

22 September 2015	Livingston	0–2	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.)	Motherwell	Greenock
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	Rangers	1–3	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	7–0	Falkirk	Dingwall
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	2–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
19:45	Commons 32' Johansen 87'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,591 Referee: McKendrick

23 September 2015	Hibernian	2–0	Aberdeen	Edinburgh
19:45	Cummings 82' Malonga 88'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 11,092 Referee: McLean

23 September 2015	Kilmarnock	2–3	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

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.^[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

27 October 2015	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Ross County	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	1–3	St Johnstone	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	1–2	Celtic	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	3–0	Dundee United	Edinburgh
19:45	Gray 20' Cummings 61' (pen.) Stevenson 90'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 11,891 Referee: 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.^[8]

Pot 1
Scottish Premiership: 01. ~~Celtic~~ 02. ~~St Johnstone~~ 03. Ross County Scottish Championship: 04. Hibernian

Matches

30 January 2016	Hibernian	2–1	St Johnstone	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	3–1	Celtic	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

Hibernian v Ross County

13 March 2016
15:00

Hibernian	1 – 2	Ross County
Fontaine 45'	BBC Sport Report	Gardyne 25' Schalk 90'

Hampden Park
Attendance: 38,296
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

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
4	James Tavernier	Rangers	3
5	18 players		2

References

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External links

Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website

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2015–16 Scottish League Cup

Contents

Format

Qualified Teams

Scottish Premiership Teams

Scottish Championship Teams

Scottish League One Teams

Scottish League Two Teams

First Round

Draw and Seeding

Matches

Second Round

Draw and Seeding

Matches

Third Round

Draw and Seeding

Matches

Quarter-Finals

Draw and Seeding

Matches

Semi-Finals

Draw and seeding

Matches

Final

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

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