2015–16 Scottish Youth Cup
| Country | Scotland | ||
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| Teams | 54 | ||
| Champions | Motherwell | ||
| Runners-up | Hearts | ||
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The 2015–16 Scottish Youth Cup is the 33rd 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 1996 are eligible to play.
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2014–15 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-eight clubs enter the first round and are initially divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.
The draw for the first and second rounds took place on 15 August 2015.
Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:
Two ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
One tie were drawn in this group with all the following club receiving a bye to the second round.
The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
The third round draw was announced on 22 September 2015.
The fourth round draw was announced on 4 November 2015.
The quarter-finals draw was announced on 16 December 2015.
The ties for the semi finals were played on 6 and 8 March 2016.
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