Football tournament season
2017โ18 Scottish League Cup (group stage) Tournament details Country Scotland Dates 14 July 2017 โ 30 July 2017 Teams 40 Tournament statistics Matches played 64 Goals scored 267 (4.17 per match) Top goal scorer(s) Simon Murrary Alan Trouten (7 goals)
The 2017โ18 Scottish League Cup group stage was played from 14 July to 30 July 2017. A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2017โ18 Scottish League Cup .
Format
The group stage consisted of eight teams from the 2016โ17 Scottish Premiership , ten teams from each of the 2016โ17 Scottish Championship , 2016โ17 Scottish League One and 2016โ17 Scottish League Two , as well as the winners of the 2016โ17 Highland Football League and 2016โ17 Lowland Football League . The 40 teams were divided into two sections: North and South; with each section containing four top seeded teams, four second seeded teams and 12 unseeded teams. Each section was drawn into four groups with each group being made up of 1 top seed, 1 second seed and 3 unseeded sides. Seedings for the draw were confirmed on 31 May 2017, two days before the draw.
The draw for the group stages took place on Friday 2 June 2017 at 6:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport 2 .
Teams
North
Seeding
Teams in Bold qualified for the second round
South
Seeding
Teams in Bold qualified for the second round
North
Group A
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 2,044
Referee: David Lowe
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3โ0 Brechin City
Report
Attendance: 1,419
Referee: Barry Cook
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 526
Referee: Craig Napier
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 591
Referee: Mike Roncone
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Attendance: 441
Referee: Gavin Ross
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0โ2 Falkirk
Report
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
15:00
Falkirk 4โ0 Forfar Athletic
Report
Attendance: 2,187
Referee: Kevin Graham
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
15:00
Stirling Albion 2โ0 Brechin City
Report
Attendance: 430
Referee: Alan Newlands
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Brechin City 0โ3 Falkirk
Report
Attendance: 712
Referee: Euan Anderson
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Forfar Athletic 1โ2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scott 49'
Report
Attendance: 517
Referee: Gavin Duncan
Group B
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Dunfermline Athletic 6โ0 Elgin City
Report
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: David Munro
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 454
Referee: Graham Beaton
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Gavin Ross
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 1,303
Referee: Steven Kirkland
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Attendance: 1,878
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Heart of Midlothian 3โ0 East Fife
Report
Attendance: 6,265
Referee: Nick Walsh
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 331
Referee: Scott Millar
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
20:00
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Mat Northcroft
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Elgin City 0โ3 Peterhead
Report
Attendance: 673
Referee: Colin Steven
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Attendance: 8,404
Referee: Craig Thomson
Group C
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Cowdenbeath 4โ2 Buckie Thistle
Syme 25' , 62'
Muirhead 44'
Connolly 88'
Report
Dorrat 5'
Copeland 52'
Attendance: 308
Referee: Scott Millar
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Dundee United 2โ0 Raith Rovers
Report
Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Steven McLean
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 2,962
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 July 2017 (2017-07-19 )
20:00
Buckie Thistle 0โ3 Dundee United
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Graham Beaton
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Dundee 2โ0 Buckie Thistle
Report
Attendance: 2,774
Referee: Craig Charleston
23 July 2017 (2017-07-23 )
15:00
Dundee United 4โ1 Cowdenbeath
Report
Muirhead 76'
Attendance: 3,253
Referee: Alan Newlands
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
20:00
Buckie Thistle 1โ6 Raith Rovers
McLeod 27'
Report
Attendance: 620
Referee: Ryan Milne
26 July 2017 (2017-07-26 )
19:45
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Euan Anderson
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Raith Rovers 2โ0 Cowdenbeath
Report
Attendance: 1,480
Referee: Kevin Graham
30 July 2017 (2017-07-30 )
15:00
Attendance: 10,460
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Group D
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 5,226
Referee: Andrew Dallas
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Ross County 2โ0 Alloa Athletic
Report
Attendance: 1,108
Referee: John McKendrick
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 311
Referee: Grant Irvine
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Montrose 0โ6 Ross County
Report
Attendance: 421
Referee: Alan Newlands
21 July 2017 (2017-07-21 )
19:45
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Steven McLean
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Attendance: 817
Referee: David Lowe
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 4,856
Referee: Stephen Finnie
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 257
Referee: Graeme Beaton
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Alloa Athletic 0โ3 Hibernian
Report
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Attendance: 702
Referee: Steven Kirkland
South
Group E
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
14 July 2017 (2017-07-14 )
19:45
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Clyde 2โ1 Annan Athletic
Report
Swinglehurst 90+1'
Attendance: 415
Referee: Duncan Williams
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 615
Referee: Barry Cook
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
15:00
Kilmarnock 4โ2 Clyde
Report
Ramsay 10'
Nicholl 11'
Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Craig Charleston
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Attendance: 743
Referee: Nick Walsh
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Clyde 2โ1 Dumbarton
Miller 57'
Wright 67'
Report
Barr 33'
Attendance: 416
Referee: John McKendrick
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 1,501
Referee: Colin Steven
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 366
Referee: Craig Charleston
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Attendance: 659
Referee: Steven Reid
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Kilmarnock 3โ0 Dumbarton
Report
Group F
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Berwick Rangers 0โ1 Greenock Morton
Report
Fleming 33' (o.g. )
Attendance: 701
Referee: Grant Irvine
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Don Robertson
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 247
Referee: Stephen Brown
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Greenock Morton 2โ2 Queen's Park
Wharton 70'
Orr 81'
Report
Penalties
4โ2
Attendance: 1,220
Referee: Colin Stephen
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Motherwell 4โ0 Greenock Morton
Report
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Queen's Park 3โ0 Edinburgh City
Report
Attendance: 404
Referee: Kevin Graham
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Berwick Rangers 2โ3 Queen's Park
Report
Attendance: 305
Referee: Gavin Ross
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 970
Referee: Gavin Duncan
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Greenock Morton 5โ0 Edinburgh City
Report
Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Mike Roncone
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Attendance: 2,524
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Group G
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
14:00
East Kilbride 1โ3 Hamilton Academical
Winter 69' (pen. )
Report
Attendance: 531
Referee: Craig Napier
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 384
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 244
Referee: David Munro
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: David Lowe
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
East Kilbride 2โ5 Albion Rovers
Winter 67'
McMullin 68' (o.g. )
Report
Attendance: 261
Referee: Steven Reid
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:30
Stenhousemuir 1โ2 East Kilbride
Longworth 50'
Report
Winter 46' , 63'
Attendance: 201
Referee: David Dickinson
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Attendance: 497
Referee: Barry Cook
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Hamilton Academical 3โ0 Stenhousemuir
Report
Attendance: 657
Referee: Steven McLean
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Scott Millar
Group H
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Kevin Clancy
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 849
Referee: Colin Steven
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 490
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18 )
19:45
Attendance: 2,104
Referee: Alan Muir
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Livingston 2โ0 Airdrieonians
Report
Attendance: 617
Referee: Mike Roncone
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22 )
15:00
Partick Thistle 5โ0 St Mirren
Report
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Airdrieonians 1โ2 Partick Thistle
Cairns 55'
Report
Attendance: 1,255
Referee: Don Robertson
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25 )
19:45
Stranraer 2โ4 Livingston
Report
Attendance: 341
Referee: John McKendrick
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29 )
15:00
St Mirren 5โ0 Airdrieonians
Report
Attendance: 1,557
Referee: Craig Napier
Best runners-up
Source: Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Qualified teams
Top goalscorers
There were 267 goals scored in 80 matches in the group stage, for an average of 3.34 goals per match.
As of matches played on 30 July 2017
References
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