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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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 to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Matches

All times are BST (UTC+1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 to the phase indicated.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Notes
Rangers	Group F winner	01 !25 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Peterhead	Group A winner	02 !30 July 2016
St Johnstone	Group B winner	03 !30 July 2016
Alloa Athletic	Group D winner	04 !30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Partick Thistle	Group E winner	05 !30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Hamilton Academical	Group G winner	06 !30 July 2016
Morton	Group H winner	07 !30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Inverness CT	Group C winner	08 !30 July 2016
Motherwell	Best runner-up	09 !30 July 2016
Queen of the South	Best runner-up	10 !30 July 2016
Ayr United	Best runner-up	11 !30 July 2016
Dundee United	Best runner-up	12 !31 July 2016

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 31 July 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brian Graham	Ross County	6
1	Greg Stewart	Dundee	6
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

References

↑ "Betfred Cup draw format & numbers". SPFL. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Betfred Cup draw live on BT Sport". SPFL. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

External links

Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website

2016–17 in Scottish football

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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

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