2014–15 Scottish League Cup

Country

Scotland

Dates

2 August 2014 - 15 March 2015

Teams

Champions

Celtic

Runners-up

Dundee United

Matches played

Goals scored

112 (2.73 per match)

Top goal scorer(s)

John Guidetti & Adam Rooney (4 goals)^[1]

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The 2014–15 Scottish League Cup was the 69th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as The Scottish League Cup presented by QTS for sponsorship reasons.^[2]

Celtic won the cup after a 2–0 win against Dundee United in the final.^[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. Celtic, Motherwell, Aberdeen and St Johnstone are the teams that will enter the third round.

Fixtures and results

First round

The first round draw took place on Thursday 10 July 2014 at 2pm BST at the Bet Butler Stadium.^[4]^[5] The 30 clubs that participated in the Championship, League One and League Two in the 2013–14 season entered the competition at this stage. The 12 clubs that participated in the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership received a bye.

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

5–0

0–1

5–1

2–1

1–3

4–2 (a.e.t.)

0–0 (a.e.t.)
3–4 (pen.)

2–1

0–4

4–0

1–2

1–0

1–3

1–0

1–2

Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup/
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

The second round draw took place on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 6:30pm BST at Murrayfield Stadium.^[6] The 8 clubs that participated in the Scottish Premiership in the 2013–14 season but didn't qualify for Europe entered the competition at this stage except Dundee United the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

0–1

1–2

3–2

0–0 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (pen.)

4–1

1–2

4–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Third round

The third round draw took place on Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 1pm BST at Pittodrie Stadium.^[7] The 4 clubs that participated in the Scottish Premiership in the 2013–14 season and qualified for European competition entered the competition at this stage along with Dundee United the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

1–3

0–2

0–1

4–0

1–0 (a.e.t.)

3–0

1–0

0–0 (a.e.t.)
6-5 (pen.)

Motherwell

Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-Final

The quarter-final draw took place on Wednesday 24 September 2014 at Tannadice Park following the 3rd round matches.^[8]

28 October 2014	Rangers	1–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:15	Macleod 86'	BBC Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 13,023 Referee: Steven McLean

29 October 2014	Hibernian	3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Dundee United	Edinburgh
19:45	Malonga 16' Cummings 57' Kennedy 78'	BBC Report	Erskine 12' Connolly 19' Dow 61'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 8,689 Referee: John Beaton

29 October 2014	Aberdeen	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Aberdeen
19:45	Rooney 24'	BBC Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 9,311 Referee: Bobby Madden

29 October 2014	Celtic	6–0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
19:45	Guidetti 31', 52', 56' (pen.) Izaguirre 48' Griffiths 62', 68'	BBC Report	Bannigan 44'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,805 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Semi-Final

The semi-final draw took place on Saturday 1 November at 5:05pm live on BBC One Scotland.^[9]

31 January 2015	Aberdeen	1–2	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00	Daniels 49'	BBC Report	Morris 60' Çiftçi 84'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 29,608 Referee: Steven McLean

1 February 2015	Celtic	2–0	Rangers	Glasgow
13:30	Griffiths 10' Commons 31'	BBC Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,925 Referee: Craig Thomson

Final

Main article: 2015 Scottish League Cup Final

Dundee United v Celtic

15 March 2015
15:00

Dundee United	0–2	Celtic
Dillon 56'	BBC Report	Commons 28' Forrest 79'

Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,259
Referee: Bobby Madden

References

↑ "2014–15 Scottish League Cup scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
↑ "Scottish League Cup finds sponsor for final stages". BBC Sport. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
↑ "Ronny Deila targets trophy treble after Celtic lift Scottish League Cup". Daily Telegraph. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
↑ League Cup 1st-round draw, SPFL
↑ League Cup draw on Thursday, SPFL
↑ League Cup 2nd round draw, SPFL
↑ League Cup 3rd round draw, SPFL
↑ League Cup quarter-final draw, SPFL
↑ League Cup semi-final draw, SPFL

External links

Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website

Scottish League Cup

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland League Lowland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

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Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone St. Mirren

Championship	Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers

League One	Airdrieonians Ayr United Brechin City Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park

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