2013–14 Scottish League Cup

2013–14 Scottish League Cup
	Aberdeen celebrate winning the cup final
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Dates	3 August 2013 – 16 March 2014
Teams	42
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runner-up	Inverness CT
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The 2013–14 Scottish League Cup was the 68th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition.

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 in order to avoid congestion of fixtures.

First round: All 30 sides from the previous season's Scottish Football League enter including Partick Thistle.^[1]
Second round: The 15 winners of the first round are joined by last season's seven lowest placed teams in the SPL not in European competition, including relegated Dundee.^[1]
Third round: The 11 winners of the second round are joined by the four SPL sides participating in European competition (Celtic, Motherwell, St Johnstone & Hibernian) and the highest placed SPL finisher not in European competition (Inverness Caledonian Thistle).^[1]
Quarter-finals: The 8 winners of the third round play.^[1]
Semi-finals: The 4 winners of the quarter-finals play.^[1]
Final: The 2 winners of the semi-finals play.^[1]

Schedule

First round: Saturday 3 & Tuesday 6 August 2013^[2]
Second round: Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 August 2013^[2]
Third round: Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 September 2013^[2]
Quarter-finals: Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 October 2013^[2]
Semi-finals: Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 February 2014^[2]
Final: Sunday 16 March 2014^[2]

Fixtures & Results

First round

The first round draw was conducted at Hampden Park on Friday 12 July 2013 at 2:30pm.^[2]

3 August 2013	Falkirk	3–0	Clyde	Recreation Park
15:00	Alston 73' Roberts 79' Grant 81'	BBC Sport		Referee: Brian Colvin

3 August 2013	East Fife	2–6 (a.e.t.)	Greenock Morton	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Buchanan 85', 90+1' Johnstone 102'	BBC Sport	McLaughlin 55' Habai 81' McNeil 93' Campbell 99', 119' Imrie 104'	Referee: Craig Charleston

3 August 2013	Arbroath	0–1	Montrose	Gayfield Park
15:00		BBC Sport	Watson 58' McCord 76'	Referee: Alan Muir

3 August 2013	Berwick Rangers	0–5	Cowdenbeath	Shielfield Park
15:00		BBC Sport	Hemmings 36', 38', 88' Miller 49' Stewart 73'	Attendance: 465 Referee: Crawford Allan

3 August 2013	Forfar Athletic	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rangers	Station Park
15:00	Swankie 9', 115'	BBC Sport	Aird 84'	Attendance: 4,079 Referee: Calum Murray

3 August 2013	Stranraer	4–3	Brechin City	Stair Park
15:00	Borris 10' Robertson 24' Aitken 33' (pen.) McKenna 48'	BBC Sport	Donnelly 55', 83' Barr 86'	Attendance: 291 Referee: Kevin Graham

3 August 2013	Stirling Albion	0–3	Hamilton Academical	Forthbank Stadium
15:00		BBC Sport	Keatings 32', 64' Smith 41' (o.g.)	Attendance: 556 Referee: John McKendrick

3 August 2013	Dumbarton	1–0	Albion Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Gilhaney 42'	BBC Sport		Referee: Barry Cook

3 August 2013	East Stirlingshire	0–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Ochilview Park
15:00	Turner 61'	BBC Sport	Wallace 10' (pen.) Dargo 88'	Attendance: 1,043 Referee: Mat Northcroft

3 August 2013	Queen of the South	3–0	Annan Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 59', 67', 69'	BBC Sport	Watson 58'	Attendance: 1,588 Referee: Paul Robertson

3 August 2013	Peterhead	0–2	Alloa Athletic	Balmoor Stadium
15:00		BBC Sport	McCord 52' Andy Kirk 83'	Attendance: 429 Referee: David Somers

3 August 2013	Raith Rovers	6–0	Queen's Park	Stark's Park
15:00	Smith 15' Cardle 34' Elliot 57', 67' Spence 70' Vaughan 86'	BBC Sport	Capuano 62'	Attendance: 1,219 Referee: Stephen Finnie

3 August 2013	Elgin City	1–3	Livingston	Borough Briggs
15:00	Crighton 45+2'	BBC Sport	Scott 15' Fordyce 39' McNulty 62'	Attendance: 563 Referee: Don Robertson

3 August 2013	Airdrieonians	4–3	Stenhousemuir	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Sinclair 33' O'Neil 39' Blockley 44' O'Byrne 45+2' Coult 77'	BBC Sport	Dickson 16' Smith 24' Malone 38' McMillan 88'	Attendance: 647 Referee: Andrew Dallas

6 August 2013	Partick Thistle	2–1	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium
19:45	O'Donnell 13' Balatoni 83'	BBC Sport	Shankland 89'	Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Iain Brines

Second round

The second round draw was conducted at Hampden Park on Wednesday 7 August 2013 at 2:30pm.^[3]

27 August 2013	Greenock Morton	4–0	Montrose	Cappielow Park
19:30	Cham 50' Fitzpatrick 69' Hands 90' Fulton 90'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 918 Referee: Andrew Dallas

27 August 2013	Stranraer	3–2	Ross County	Stair Park
19:30	Winter 65' Aitken 71' (pen.) Grehan 82'	BBC Sport	Brittain 45' (pen.) Mustafi 79'	Attendance: 215 Referee: Stephen Finnie

27 August 2013	Dundee	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Forfar Athletic	Dens Park
19:45	McAlister 51' MacDonald 120'	BBC Sport	Campbell 43'	Attendance: 2027 Referee: Barry Cook

27 August 2013	Kilmarnock	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
19:45		BBC Sport	Antoine-Curier 42'	Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Calum Murray

27 August 2013	Airdrieonians	0–2	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
19:45		BBC Sport	Barrowman 38' Wilkie 67'	Attendance: 483 Referee: Greg Aitken

27 August 2013	Partick Thistle	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Cowdenbeath	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Elliott 92' Lawless 103' Muirhead 114' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Hemmings 93'	Attendance: 1,544 Referee: John McKendrick

27 August 2013	Queen of the South	2–1 (a.e.t.)	St Mirren	Palmerston Park
19:45	McKenna 103' Paton 115'	BBC Sport	Thompson 95'	Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Craig Charleston

27 August 2013	Aberdeen	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Alloa Athletic	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45		BBC Sport		Attendance: 4,897 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
	Penalties
	McGinn Low Pawlett Jack Vernon Reynolds		Holmes Ferns McCord Gordon Young Doyle

27 August 2013	Raith Rovers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Heart of Midlothian	Stark's Park
19:45	Fox 50'	BBC Sport	Hamill 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,668 Referee: Brian Colvin
	Penalties
	Watson Vaughan Elliot Booth Fox Thomson Cardle Callachan		Wilson Hamill McGowan Walker McHattie Holt Smith McKay

27 August 2013	Falkirk	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk Stadium
19:45	Morris 19' (o.g.) Fulton 33'	BBC Sport	Moore 28'	Attendance: 3,663 Referee: Steven McLean

28 August 2013	Dumbarton	2–3	Dundee United	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45	Smith 34' Megginson 87'	BBC Sport	Çiftçi 69', 89' Gauld 77'	Attendance: 1,045 Referee: Alan Muir

Third round

The third round draw was conducted at Easter Road Stadium on Thursday 29 August 2013 at 11:30am.^[4]

24 September 2013	Hibernian	5–3	Stranraer	Easter Road
19:45	Craig 8', 47', 61' (pen.) Zoubir 34' Rumsby 36' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Longworth 3', 48' Nelson 52' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,431 Referee: Crawford Allan

24 September 2013	Dundee	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dens Park
19:45		BBC Sport	McKay 11'	Attendance: 1,682 Referee: Stephen Finnie

24 September 2013	Celtic	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Greenock Morton	Celtic Park
19:45		BBC Sport	Imrie 97' (pen.)	Referee: Bobby Madden

24 September 2013	Hamilton Academical	0–3	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
19:45		BBC Sport	May 4', 90' Edwards 86'	Attendance: 1,059 Referee: John Beaton

25 September 2013	Falkirk	0–5	Aberdeen	Falkirk Stadium
19:15		BBC Sport	Shaughnessy 23' Smith 36' Vernon 54', 55', 75' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,838 Referee: Steven McLean

25 September 2013	Livingston	1–2	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Talbot 65' Denholm 90'	BBC Sport	McHugh 16' McFadden 73'	Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Brian Colvin

25 September 2013	Heart of Midlothian	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Queen of the South	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	McHattie 14' Hamill 51' (pen.) Wilson 93'	BBC Sport	McGuffie 20' Paton 62' Higgins 115'	Attendance: 8,381 Referee: John McKendrick
	Penalties
	McGhee Hamill McGowan B.King Carrick		Lyle Mitchell Paton Dzierzawski

25 September 2013	Dundee United	4–1	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
19:45	Goodwillie 33', 45', 90' Dow 87'	BBC Sport	Elliott 89'	Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Calum Murray

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park on Thursday 26 September 2013 at 3:00pm.^[5]

29 October 2013	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Warren 54' Draper 120'	BBC Sport	Watson 5' Çiftçi 42'	Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Kevin Clancy

30 October 2013	Hibernian	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
19:00	McPake 83'	BBC Sport	Stevenson 34'	Attendance: 16,797 Referee: Willie Collum

30 October 2013	Greenock Morton	0–1	St Johnstone	Cappielow
19:30		BBC Sport	McDonald 90'	Attendance: 2,619 Referee: John McKendrick

30 October 2013	Motherwell	0–2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
19:45		BBC Sport	Shaughnessy 13' Considine 83' Hayes 90'	Attendance: 6,995 Referee: John Beaton

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park on Thursday 31 October 2013 at 3:00pm.^[6]

1 February 2014	Aberdeen	4–0	St Johnstone	Tynecastle
15:00	Hayes 3', 79' Pawlett 32' Rooney 63'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 16,761 Referee: Bobby Madden

2 February 2014	Heart of Midlothian	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road
12:15	Hamill 68' (70)	Report	Tansey 54' Ross 90+5'	Attendance: 12,762 Referee: John Beaton
	Penalties
	McCallum Carrick Hamill Robinson		Shinnie McKay Ross Tansey Draper

Final

16 March 2014	Aberdeen	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Inverness CT	Celtic Park, Glasgow
14:30		Report		Attendance: 51,143 Referee: Steven McLean
	Penalties
	Robson Low Vernon Rooney		McKay Tansey Ross Doran

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Format". Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Scottish League Cup First Round Draw
^ "Scottish League Cup Second Round Draw". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
^ "Scottish League Cup Third Round Draw". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^ "Scottish League Cup Quarter-Final Draw". Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
^ "Scottish League Cup Semi-Final Draw". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

External links

Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website

[Format-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Format". Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

[First_Round_Draw-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Scottish League Cup First Round Draw

[Second_Round_Draw-3] "Scottish League Cup Second Round Draw". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

[Third_Round_Draw-4] "Scottish League Cup Third Round Draw". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.

[Quarter-Final_Draw-5] "Scottish League Cup Quarter-Final Draw". Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2013.

[Semi-Final_Draw-6] "Scottish League Cup Semi-Final Draw". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

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