2015–16 Scottish Cup

2015–16 William Hill Scottish Cup
Country  Scotland
Teams 92
Champions Hibernian
Runners-up Rangers
Matches played 112
Goals scored 393 (3.51 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Peter Weatherson
(5 goals)[1]
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Scottish Cup was the 131st season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the fifth season of a five-year partnership. The final was contested between second-tier clubs (Hibernian and Rangers) for the first time ever with no Premiership clubs reaching the final.

The defending champions were Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who defeated Falkirk in the 2015 final, but were eventually knocked out in the Quarter Final after a replay by eventual champions, Hibernian.[2][3]

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in Ireland and the UK by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015–16 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.[4]

RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubsNew Entries
Preliminary Round 115 August 2015592 → 8710
Preliminary Round 25 September 2015587 → 825
First Round26 September 20151882 → 6431
Second Round24 October 20151664 → 4814
Third Round28 November 20151648 → 3216
Fourth Round9 January 20161632 → 1616
Fifth Round6 February 2016816 → 8None
Quarter-Finals5 March 201648 → 4None
Semi-Finals16 & 17 April 201624 → 2None
Final21 May 201612 → 1None

Preliminary rounds

Preliminary round 1

The preliminary round 1 took place on Saturday August 15, 2015. The round had 15 clubs which included 5 matches and 5 byes to the Second Preliminary Round. The teams competing in this round were made up of teams from the Scottish Highland Football League, Scottish Lowland Football League, ESL, SSL, Scottish Junior FA and the Scottish Amateur FA. It was the first time that the winners of the Scottish Amateur Cup had participated in the Scottish Cup.[5]

Draw

Hawick Royal Albert, Kelty Hearts, Auchinleck Talbot, Hermes and Lothian Thistle HV all received byes to the Preliminary Round 2.

Matches

Preliminary round 2

The preliminary round 2 took place on Saturday September 5, 2015. The round had 10 clubs which included 5 matches. The teams competing in this round were made up of 5 winners from Round 1 and the 5 Byes from Round one.

Matches

Replay

First round

Draw

There were 18 ties taking place in Round 1 of the Scottish Cup.[6] The draw took place on Tuesday, 28 August 2015.[7]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

Highland Football League Lowland Football League Other

East of Scotland League teams

SJFA teams

SAFA teams

Matches

Replays

Second round

Draw

There were 16 ties taking place in Round 2 of the Scottish Cup.[8] The draw took place on Thursday, 1 October 2015. [9]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Scottish League Two Highland Football League Lowland Football League Other

East of Scotland League teams

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Third round

Draw

There were 16 ties taking place in Round 3 of the Scottish Cup.[10] The draw took place on Thursday, 29 October 2015 and was conducted by former Scotland manager Alex McLeish, who won the Scottish Cup both as a player and a manager. [11]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Highland Football League Lowland Football League Other

East of Scotland League teams

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Fourth round

Draw

There were 16 ties taking place in Round 4 of the Scottish Cup.[12] The draw took place on Tuesday, 1 December 2015.

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Other

Highland Football League

Lowland Football League

East of Scotland League

SJFA East Region Super League

Matches

Replays

Fifth round

Draw

There were 8 ties taking place in Round 5 of the Scottish Cup.[13] The draw took place on Monday, 11 January 2016.

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League Two Other

Lowland Football League

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Quarter-finals

Draw

There were 4 ties taking place in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.[14] The draw took place on Monday, 8 February 2016 and was conducted by Scottish Cup winner and former Celtic midfielder Ľubomír Moravčík.[14] The draw, broadcast live on Sky Sports News, has become infamous since it had to be aborted due to one ball breaking open in the pot. After a delay, the draw was completed successfully at the second attempt.

All matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 5 March 2016.

Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship

Matches

Replays

Semi-finals

Draw

The draw took place on Sunday, 6 March 2016 at 4:45pm live on Sky Sports News HQ. Both matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 16 April 2016.

Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship

Matches

Final

Rangers 2–3 Hibernian
Miller  27'
Halliday  64'
BBC Report Stokes  3', 80'
Gray  90+2'
Attendance: 50,701
Referee: Steven McLean

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 17 April 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Peter Weatherson Annan Athletic 5
2 Scotland Leigh Griffiths Celtic 4
Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes Hibernian
Scotland Ruari MacLennan Linlithgow Rose
England Martyn Waghorn Rangers
Scotland Brian Graham Ross County
7 9 players 3
  • NB: Scorers include only those goals from players which were scored from the Second round onwards

References

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  8. "BBC Sport - Scottish Cup second round: League Two sides drawn together". BBC. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  9. "Scottish Football Association". Scottishfa.co.uk. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  10. "BBC Sport - Scottish Cup: Dumbarton and Alloa meet after third-round draw". BBC. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
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  12. "Scottish Football Association". Scottishfa.co.uk. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  13. "Brian Laudrup, Gary Anderson to make fifth round draw". Scottishfa.co.uk. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  14. 1 2 "Scottish Cup quarter-finals: Celtic face Morton after draw malfunction". BBC Sport. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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