# 2017–18 Scottish Youth Cup

The 2017–18 Scottish Youth Cup was the 35th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association for its full and associate member clubs. The tournament was for the under-20 age group, to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition. Players born after 1 January 1998 were eligible to play.

## Calendar

| Round | Fixtures | Clubs |
| First Round | 11 | 59 → 48 |
| Second Round | 16 | 48 → 32 |
| Third Round | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Fourth Round | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Format

The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2016–17 competition received a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The first two rounds were divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.

## First round
### Central Group

Four ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
* Alloa Athletic
* Berwick Rangers
* BSC Glasgow
* Burntisland Shipyard
* Cumbernauld Colts
* Edinburgh City
* Edusport Academy
* Hamilton Academical
* Heriot Watt University
* Livingston
* Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
* Queen's Park
* St Mirren
* Stirling Albion
* Tynecastle
* University of Stirling
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Albion Rovers | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 pens.) | Clyde |
| Cowdenbeath | 2 – 3 | Whitehill Welfare |
| Dundee | 1 – 2 | Raith Rovers |
| East Kilbride | 4 – 1 | Airdrieonians |

### North Group

Five ties were drawn in this group, with the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
* Clachnacuddin
* Forfar Athletic
* Fraserburgh
* Montrose
* Turriff United
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Deveronvale | 2 – 1 | Formartine United |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 6 – 1 | Banks O'Dee |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 pens.) | Nairn County |
| Lossiemouth | 0 – 2 | Keith |
| Ross County | 10 – 0 | Elgin City |

### South Group

Two ties were drawn in this group, and no clubs received a bye.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Bonnyton Thistle | 0 – 1 | Selkirk |
| Stranraer | 4 – 2 | Mid-Annandale |

## Second round
### Central Group

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Albion Rovers | 0 – 1 | Alloa Athletic |
| Berwick Rangers | 1 – 2 | University of Stirling |
| Burntisland Shipyard | 3 – 2 | Livingston |
| Edinburgh City | 0 – 1 | Raith Rovers |
| Edusport Academy | 1 – 0 | BSC Glasgow |
| Hamilton Academical | 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Queen's Park |
| Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale | 0 – 4 | Stirling Albion |
| St Mirren | 4 – 0 | Heriot Watt University |
| Tynecastle | 1 – 4 | Cumbernauld Colts |
| Whitehill Welfare | 0 – 4 | East Kilbride |

### North Group

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Deveronvale | 0 – 12 | Ross County |
| Forfar Athletic | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Inverness CT |
| Fraserburgh | 3 – 0 | Clachnacuddin |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 3 – 0 | Montrose |
| Turriff United | 8 – 0 | Lossiemouth |

### South Group

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Stranraer | 2 – 0 | Selkirk |

## Third round

The draw for the third round was made on 10 October 2017. The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage, by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
* Aberdeen
* Ayr United
* Celtic
* Dundee United
* Dunfermline Athletic
* Falkirk
* Greenock Morton
* Heart of Midlothian
* Hibernian
* Kilmarnock
* Motherwell
* Partick Thistle
* Queen of the South
* Rangers
* St Johnstone
* Spartans
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Stirling Albion | 4 − 2 | Cumbernauld Colts |
| Hibernian | 2 − 1 | East Kilbride |
| Spartans | 0 – 3 | Kilmarnock |
| St Johnstone | 2 − 1 | Dundee United |
| Heart of Midlothian | 5 − 1 | Ayr United |
| Hamilton Academical | 4 − 2 | Falkirk |
| Inverness CT | 2 − 0 | University of Stirling |
| Motherwell | 9 − 0 | Burntisland Shipyard |
| Edusport Academy | 0 − 6 | Aberdeen |
| Ross County | 2 − 0 | Fraserburgh |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 1 − 3 | Raith Rovers |
| Greenock Morton | 3 − 0 | Turriff United |
| Alloa Athletic | 0 − 8 | Celtic |
| Rangers | 5 − 2 | Partick Thistle |
| Dunfermline Athletic | w/o | St Mirren |
| Queen of the South | 0 − 1 | Stranraer |

## Fourth round

The fourth round draw was announced on 7 November 2017.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Stranraer | 0 − 11 | Motherwell |
| Stirling Albion | 3 − 4 | Ross County |
| St Johnstone | 2 − 1 | Rangers |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 − 2 | Hibernian |
| Kilmarnock | 3 − 1 | Heart of Midlothian |
| Hamilton Academical | 2 − 4 | Aberdeen |
| Greenock Morton | 3 − 1 | St Mirren |
| Celtic | 5 − 0 | Raith Rovers |

## Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw was announced on 19 December 2017.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Motherwell | 2 − 3 | Kilmarnock |
| Aberdeen | 2 − 1 | Ross County |
| Celtic | 3 − 0 | St Johnstone |
| Hibernian | 3 − 1 | Greenock Morton |

## Semi-finals

The semi-final ties were played on 5 and 12 April 2018.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Kilmarnock | 0 – 3 | Aberdeen |
| Hibernian | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pens.) | Celtic |