2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage

Football tournament season

2016–17 Scottish League Cup (group stage)
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Dates	15 July 2016 – 31 July 2016
Teams	40
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	244 (3.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Brian Graham Greg Stewart (6 goals)
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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. 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.

Teams

Teams in Bold qualified for the second round

Seeding

North

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

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

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PET	EFI	DND	FOR	DUM
1	Peterhead (Q)	4	2	1	0	1	8	6	+2	8	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	2–1	2–0	—
2	East Fife	4	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	8		2–1	—	p1–1	—	—
3	Dundee	4	2	0	1	1	15	5	+10	7		—	—	—	7–0	6–2
4	Forfar Athletic	4	1	1	0	2	4	11	−7	5		—	2–0	—	—	p2–2
5	Dumbarton	4	0	0	2	2	7	13	−6	2		3–3p	0–2	—	—	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

East Fife	1–1	Dundee
Smith 78'	SPFL Report	Hemmings 36'
Penalties
Mercer McManus Duggan Lamont Robinson	4–2	Hemmings Loy Vincent Williams

Bayview Stadium, MethilAttendance: 1,407Referee: Barry Cook 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Forfar Athletic	2–2	Dumbarton
Peters 36' O'Brien 62'	SPFL Report	Gallagher 54' Fleming 69' (pen.)
Penalties
Cox Milne Lister Munro Swankie	5–3	Thomson Gallagher Fleming Stevenson

Station Park, ForfarAttendance: 426Referee: David Lowe 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Dumbarton	0–2	East Fife
	SPFL Report	Smith 19' McManus 39'

Dumbarton Football Stadium, DumbartonAttendance: 452Referee: Craig Charleston 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)20:00

Peterhead	2–0	Forfar Athletic
Munro 20' (o.g.) McAllister 34' (pen.)	SPFL Report

Balmoor Stadium, PeterheadAttendance: 508Referee: Gavin Ross 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Dundee	6–2	Dumbarton
Stewart 16', 74', 80' Hemmings 48', 85' O'Dea 73'	SPFL Report	Wright 26' Buchanan 33'

Dens Park, DundeeAttendance: 2,319Referee: Kevin Clancy 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

East Fife	2–1	Peterhead
Page 38' McManus 50' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Brown 26'

Bayview Stadium, MethilAttendance: 532Referee: Kevin Graham 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Forfar Athletic	2–0	East Fife
Lister 20' Munro 50'	SPFL Report

Station Park, ForfarAttendance: 565Referee: Mat Northcroft 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)20:00

Peterhead	2–1	Dundee
McAllister 62', 88' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Stewart 90'

Balmoor Stadium, PeterheadAttendance: 998Referee: Nick Walsh 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Dumbarton	3–3	Peterhead
Thomson 21' D. Smith 36' Stevenson 48' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Dzierzawski 16' McIntosh 57' McAllister 69' (pen.)
Penalties
Thomson McCallum D. Smith Todd Stevenson Docherty Buchanan Kassaraté Stirling Pettigrew	5–6	McAllister Stevenson Strachan Brown Kelleher Dzierzawski Blockley G. Smith Noble Riley

Dumbarton Stadium, DumbartonAttendance: 305Referee: Alan Muir 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Dundee	7–0	Forfar Athletic
McGowan 18' Duffy 34' Stewart 39', 64' Etxabeguren 55' Loy 72' Teijsse 88'	SPFL Report

Dens Park, DundeeAttendance: 2,219Referee: Willie Collum

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STJ	FAL	STI	BRE	ELG
1	St Johnstone (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	11	2	+9	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	3–0	4–0	—	—
2	Falkirk	4	2	0	0	2	5	4	+1	6		—	—	—	2–0	3–0
3	Stirling Albion	4	2	0	0	2	6	7	−1	6		—	1–0	—	—	4–1
4	Brechin City	4	1	1	0	2	5	8	−3	5		p1–1	—	2–1	—	—
5	Elgin City	4	1	0	0	3	6	12	−6	3		1–3	—	—	4–2	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Elgin City	1–3	St Johnstone
Duff 48'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Swanson 16' Cummins 71' MacLean 79'

Borough Briggs, ElginAttendance: 1,046Referee: Alan Muir 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Stirling Albion	1–0	Falkirk
Smith 41'	BBC Report SPFL Report

Forthbank Stadium, StirlingAttendance: 1,315Referee: Colin Steven 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Brechin City	2–1	Stirling Albion
Love 14' Trouten 87'	SPFL Report	Henderson 38' (pen.)

Glebe Park, BrechinAttendance: 362Referee: Graham Beaton 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Falkirk	3–0	Elgin City
Vaulks 28' Miller 36' McHugh 88'	SPFL Report

Falkirk Stadium, FalkirkAttendance: 1,278Referee: Kevin Graham 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Elgin City	4–2	Brechin City
Gunn 11', 45+2' (pen.) Moore 61' McHardy 66'	SPFL Report	Dyer 30' Trouten 68' (pen.)

Borough Briggs, ElginAttendance: 506Referee: Craig Naiper 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

St Johnstone	3–0	Falkirk
Swanson 25' (pen.), 38' (pen.) MacLean 68'	SPFL Report

McDiarmid Park, PerthAttendance: 2,725Referee: Bobby Madden 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Brechin City	1–1	St Johnstone
Jackson 35'	SPFL Report	Kane 86'
Penalties
Hill Dyer Graham Trouten Love	4–2	Swanson Kane Cummins Coulson

Glebe Park, BrechinAttendance: 912Referee: John McKendrick 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Stirling Albion	4–1	Elgin City
Ferns 11' Henderson 48', 71', 74' (pen.)	SPFL Report	McLeod 12'

Forthbank Stadium, StirlingAttendance: 522Referee: Scott Millar 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Falkirk	2–0	Brechin City
Gasparotto 50' Austin 53'	SPFL Report

Falkirk Stadium, FalkirkAttendance: 1,073Referee: Steven McLean 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

St Johnstone	4–0	Stirling Albion
Anderson 4' MacLean 33' Craig 43' Wotherspoon 90+2'	SPFL Report

McDiarmid Park, PerthAttendance: 2,858Referee: Barry Cook

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ICT	DUN	DNF	COW	ARB
1	Inverness CT (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	15	3	+12	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	1–1p	—	—	7–0
2	Dundee United (Q)	4	2	2	0	0	10	3	+7	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	2–0	6–1	—
3	Dunfermline Athletic	4	2	0	0	2	7	7	0	6		1–5	—	—	—	3–0
4	Cowdenbeath	4	1	0	0	3	4	11	−7	3		1–2	—	0–3	—	—
5	Arbroath	4	0	0	1	3	1	13	−12	1		—	1–1p	—	0–2	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)19:45

Arbroath	1–1	Dundee United
Hamilton 90+2'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Anier 85'
Penalties
Doris Whatley Callaghan Hamilton	3–5	Telfer Donaldson Dixon Souttar Fraser

Gayfield Park, ArbroathAttendance: 3,124Referee: Don Robertson 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Cowdenbeath	1–2	Inverness CT
Brett 23'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Draper 13' Warren 74'

Central Park, CowdenbeathAttendance: 487Referee: Stephen Finnie 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Dundee United	6–1	Cowdenbeath
Murray 4', 32', 72' Toshney 9' Smith 21' Anier 88'	SPFL Report	Turner 25'

Tannadice Park, DundeeAttendance: 3,360Referee: Crawford Allan 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Arbroath
Moffat 44', 66' Geggan 62'	SPFL Report

East End Park, DunfermlineAttendance: 1,974Referee: David Munro 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Cowdenbeath	0–3	Dunfermline Athletic
	SPFL Report	Geggan 57', 85' Ashcroft 68'

Central Park, CowdenbeathAttendance: 1,481Referee: Colin Steven 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Inverness CT	1–1	Dundee United
Boden 35'	SPFL Report	Murdoch 45'
Penalties
Tremarco Tansey Draper	1–4	Obadeyi Donaldson Murdoch Murray

Caledonian Stadium, InvernessAttendance: 1,839Referee: Euan Anderson 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Dunfermline Athletic	1–5	Inverness CT
Geggan 28'	SPFL Report	Vigurs 16', 42', 66' King 54' Tremarco 89'

East End Park, DunfermlineAttendance: 2,580Referee: Crawford Allan 27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)19:45

Arbroath	0–2	Cowdenbeath
	SPFL Report	Johnston 14' Todorov 42'

Gayfield Park, ArbroathAttendance: 421Referee: Mike Roncone 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Inverness CT	7–0	Arbroath
King 10' Boden 18', 25', 71' Tremarco 37', 87' Vigurs 46'	SPFL Report

Caledonian Stadium, InvernessAttendance: 1,316Referee: Greg Aitken 31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)15:00

Dundee United	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic
Murray 49' Fraser 83'	SPFL Report

Tannadice Park, DundeeAttendance: 4,951Referee: John McKendrick

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ALL	RAI	ROS	COV	MON
1	Alloa Athletic (Q)	4	4	0	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	3–2	4–0	—
2	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	8		0–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	Ross County	4	2	0	1	1	11	4	+7	7		—	1–1p	—	7–0	—
4	Cove Rangers	4	1	0	0	3	4	13	−9	3		—	1–2	—	—	3–0
5	Montrose	4	0	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0		0–2	—	0–1	—	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)19:45

Cove Rangers	1–2	Raith Rovers
Stott 32'	SPFL Report	Benedictus 36' Vaughan 56'

Station Park, ForfarAttendance: 362Referee: Graham Beaton 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Montrose	0–1	Ross County
	SPFL Report	Graham 86' (pen.)

Links Park, MontroseAttendance: 557Referee: Craig Charleston 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:30

Alloa Athletic	4–0	Cove Rangers
Spence 23' Graham 51' Kirkpatrick 64' Layne 83'	SPFL Report

Recreation Park, AlloaAttendance: 213Referee: Steven Reid 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Raith Rovers	2–1	Montrose
Johnston 12' Vaughan 87' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Bolochoweckyj 58'

Stark's Park, KirkcaldyAttendance: 1,147Referee: Colin Steven 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Montrose	0–2	Alloa Athletic
	SPFL Report	Spence 33' Layne 50'

Links Park, MontroseAttendance: 358Referee: Grant Irvine 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Ross County	1–1	Raith Rovers
Graham 75' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Čikoš 18' (o.g.)
Penalties
Schalk Graham Gardyne Routis McEveley McShane	3–4	Benedictus Stewart Callachan Thomson McManus McHattie

Victoria Park, DingwallReferee: John McKendrick 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:30

Alloa Athletic	3–2	Ross County
Kirkpatrick 2' Robertson 11' Waters 72'	SPFL Report	Graham 14' Schalk 21'

Recreation Park, AlloaAttendance: 319Referee: Stephen Finnie 27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)19:45

Cove Rangers	3–0	Montrose
Walker 14' Megginson 59' Park 78'	SPFL Report

Station Park, ForfarAttendance: 189Referee: Mike Taylor 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Raith Rovers	0–1	Alloa Athletic
	SPFL Report	Spence 34'

Stark's Park, KirkcaldyAttendance: 1,674Referee: Kevin Clancy 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Ross County	7–0	Cove Rangers
Schalk 24', 49' Graham 46', 56', 89' Curran 65', 81'	SPFL Report

Victoria Park, DingwallAttendance: 722Referee: Mat Northcroft

South

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	QOS	AIR	QPA	STE
1	Partick Thistle (Q)	4	4	0	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Qualification for the Second Round	—	2–1	—	2–0	—
2	Queen of the South (Q)	4	3	0	0	1	6	2	+4	9	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	2–0	—	1–0
3	Airdrieonians	4	1	1	0	2	5	7	−2	5		0–1	—	—	—	2–1
4	Queen's Park	4	1	0	1	2	5	7	−2	4		—	0–2	p3–3	—	—
5	Stenhousemuir	4	0	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0		1–4	—	—	0–2	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)19:30

Airdrieonians	0–1	Partick Thistle
	SPFL Report	Doolan 55'

Excelsior Stadium, AirdrieAttendance: 1,632Referee: Kevin Clancy 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Queen's Park	0–2	Queen of the South
	SPFL Report	Pickard 29' Dowie 34'

Excelsior Stadium, AirdrieAttendance: 410Referee: Alan Newlands 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Queen of the South	2–0	Airdrieonians
Lyle 9', 24'	SPFL Report

Palmerston Park, DumfriesAttendance: 1,036Referee: Nick Walsh 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Stenhousemuir	0–2	Queen's Park
	SPFL Report	Burns 40' >McVey 81'

Ochilview Park, StenhousemuirAttendance: 273Referee: Craig Napier 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Airdrieonians	2–1	Stenhousemuir
Brown 13', 67'	SPFL Report	Gilhaney 56'

Excelsior Stadium, AirdrieAttendance: 532Referee: Gavin Duncan 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Partick Thistle	2–1	Queen of the South
Erskine 82' Lawless 90'	SPFL Report	Hilson 48'

Firhill Stadium, GlasgowAttendance: 2,358Referee: Alan Muir 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:30

Queen's Park	3–3	Airdrieonians
Cummins 3' Malone 48' Burns 79'	SPFL Report	Ryan 19' Brown 20' Russell 31'
Penalties
Miller Millen Burns Woods McGeever Cummins Gibson MacPherson McVey	7–8	Fitzpatrick Russell Brown McLaughlin Higgins Schmidt Truesdale Stewart McIntosh

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 553Referee: David Munro 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)

Stenhousemuir	1–4	Partick Thistle
McCroary 73'	SPFL Report	Pogba 20' Welsh 22' (pen.) Amoo 85' Azeez 86'

Ochilview Park, StenhousemuirAttendance: 1,433Referee: Don Robertson 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Partick Thistle	2–0	Queen's Park
Erskine 6' Lindsay 78'	SPFL Report

Firhill Stadium, GlasgowAttendance: 2,250Referee: Andrew Dallas 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Queen of the South	1–0	Stenhousemuir
Hamill 78'	SPFL Report

Palmerston Park, DumfriesAttendance: 1,013Referee: Kevin Graham

Group F

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	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	3–0	2–0	—
2	Motherwell (Q)	4	3	1	9	3	+6	9	Qualification for the Second Round	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	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Annan Athletic	1–2	Stranraer
Dachnowicz 87'	SPFL Report	Nadé 59' McKeown 76'

Galabank, AnnanAttendance: 418Referee: Steven Reid 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Motherwell	0–2	Rangers
	SPFL Report	Tavernier 48' Waghorn 90+1'

Fir Park, MotherwellAttendance: 6,951Referee: Steven McLean 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Rangers	2–0	Annan Athletic
McKay 30' Waghorn 74'	SPFL Report

Ibrox Stadium, GlasgowAttendance: 31,628Referee: Euan Anderson 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Stranraer	3–1	East Stirlingshire
Malcolm 64' McKeown 90+1' Turner 90+4'	SPFL Report	Glasgow 60'

Stair Park, StranraerAttendance: 373Referee: David Lowe 22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)19:45

East Stirlingshire	0–3	Rangers
	SPFL Report	Halliday 10' (pen.) Windass 35' Dodoo 90+1'

Ochilview Park, StenhousemuirAttendance: 2,246Referee: Crawford Allan 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Annan Athletic	1–3	Motherwell
Omar 44'	SPFL Report	Johnson 16' Moult 61', 63'

Galabank, AnnanAttendance: 956Referee: Nick Walsh 25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)19:45

Rangers	3–0	Stranraer
Waghorn 5' (pen.), 16' Kranjčar 53'	SPFL Report

Ibrox Stadium, GlasgowAttendance: 29,575Referee: John Beaton 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Motherwell	3–0	East Stirlingshire
Johnson 53' McDonald 76' Cadden 87'	SPFL Report

Fir Park, MotherwellAttendance: 2,503Referee: Craig Charleston 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

East Stirlingshire	0–2	Annan Athletic
	SPFL Report	Finnie 56' Wright 90+2' (pen.)

Ochilview Park, StenhousemuirAttendance: 134Referee: Mike Roncone 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Stranraer	0–3	Motherwell
	SPFL Report	Cadden 51' Johnson 84' McDonald 86'

Stair Park, StranraerAttendance: 953Referee: Don Robertson

Group G

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	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	3–0	2–1	—
2	Ayr United (Q)	4	3	1	5	2	+3	9	Qualification for the Second Round	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	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Ayr United	2–1	Hamilton Academical
Forrest 2' (pen.) Crawford 49'	SPFL Report	Longridge 90+4'

Somerset Park, AyrAttendance: 994Referee: Willie Collum 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Livingston	2–3	St Mirren
Cadden 50' Carrick 68'	SPFL Report	Clarkson 13', 81' Morgan 74'

Almondvale Stadium, LivingstonAttendance: 894Referee: Gavin Duncan 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

St Mirren	1–0	Ayr United
Baird 90+3'	SPFL Report

St Mirren Park, PaisleyAttendance: 2,098Referee: John Beaton 20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)19:45

Edinburgh City	0–3	Livingston
	SPFL Report	J. Mullin 27' D. Mullen 45+2' Buchanan 76'

Meadowbank Stadium, EdinburghAttendance: 525Referee: Alan Newlands 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Ayr United	1–0	Edinburgh City
Gilmour 11'	SPFL Report

Somerset Park, AyrAttendance: 862Referee: Barry Cook 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Hamilton Academical	3–0	St Mirren
Crawford 13' Imrie 51' Donati 70'	SPFL Report

New Douglas Park, HamiltonAttendance: 1,379Referee: Don Robertson 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Livingston	0–2	Ayr United
	SPFL Report	Murphy 19' McGuffie 78'

Almondvale Stadium, LivingstonAttendance: 643Referee: David Lowe 27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)19:45

Edinburgh City	2–4	Hamilton Academical
Allum 17', 19'	SPFL Report	Crawford 22' D'Acol 26' McGregor 66' Imrie 71' (pen.)

Meadowbank Stadium, EdinburghAttendance: 459Referee: Colin Steven 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Hamilton Academical	2–1	Livingston
D'Acol 22' Longridge 55'	SPFL Report	Matthews 41' (o.g.)

New Douglas Park, HamiltonAttendance: 764Referee: Euan Anderson 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

St Mirren	3–0	Edinburgh City
Shankland 12' Walsh 30' Baird 33'	SPFL Report

St Mirren Park, PaisleyAttendance: 1,800Referee: Steven Kirkland

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GMO	KIL	CLY	ALB	BER
1	Morton (Q)	4	3	1	0	0	5	0	+5	11	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	1–0	—	2–0
2	Kilmarnock	4	2	0	1	1	5	5	0	7		0–2	—	—	0–0p	—
3	Clyde	4	1	1	0	2	4	5	−1	5		—	1–2	—	—	p1–1
4	Albion Rovers	4	0	2	1	1	1	2	−1	5		0–0p	—	1–2	—	—
5	Berwick Rangers	4	0	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2		—	2–3	—	0–0p	—

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Albion Rovers	0–0	Morton
	BBC Report SPFL Report
Penalties
Reid Dunlop McBride Willis Fisher	3–4	Tidser Tiffoney O'Ware Forbes Kilday

Cliftonhill, CoatbridgeAttendance: 431Referee: Craig Napier 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)15:00

Clyde	1–2	Kilmarnock
Watson 87'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Coulibaly 69' Boyle 76'

Broadwood Stadium, CumbernauldAttendance: 1,303Referee: John Beaton 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Berwick Rangers	0–0	Albion Rovers
	SPFL Report
Penalties
McKenna Martin Fairbairn Sheerin Bauld Thomson	4–5	Ferry Dunlop Willis Stewart Davidson Turnbull

Shielfield Park, Berwick, EnglandAttendance: 323Referee: Grant Irvine 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)19:45

Morton	1–0	Clyde
O'Ware 77'	SPFL Report

Cappielow, GreenockAttendance: 931Referee: John McKendrick 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Clyde	1–1	Berwick Rangers
MacDonald 49'	SPFL Report	Sheerin 64'
Penalties
McLaughin MacDonald Gormley Easton Linton Lowdon	6–5	McKenna Martin Fairbairn Sheerin A Walker Beveridge

Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)15:00

Kilmarnock	0–2	Morton
	SPFL Report	Oliver 7' Quitongo 67'

Rugby Park, KilmarnockAttendance: 3,020Referee: Steven McLean 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Albion Rovers	1–2	Clyde
Davidson 59'	SPFL Report	McNeil 73' Easton 90+1' (pen.)

Cliftonhill, CoatbridgeAttendance: 377Referee: Gavin Ross 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)19:45

Berwick Rangers	2–3	Kilmarnock
Fairbairn 11' Mackie 56'	SPFL Report	Coulibaly 65', 70' McKenzie 85'

Shielfield Park, Berwick, EnglandAttendance: 609Referee: Gavin Duncan 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Kilmarnock	0–0	Albion Rovers
	SPFL Report
Penalties
Smith Dicker Magennis Bojaj	3–5	Stewart M Dunlop Willis Turnbull McBride

Rugby Park, KilmarnockAttendance: 2,219Referee: Alan Newlands 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)15:00

Morton	2–0	Berwick Rangers
Lindsay 2' Quitongo 16'	SPFL Report

Cappielow, GreenockAttendance: 1,044Referee: 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
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Notes
Rangers	Group F winner	25 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Peterhead	Group A winner	30 July 2016
St Johnstone	Group B winner	30 July 2016
Alloa Athletic	Group D winner	30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Partick Thistle	Group E winner	30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Hamilton Academical	Group G winner	30 July 2016
Morton	Group H winner	30 July 2016	Seeded for the Second Round draw
Inverness CT	Group C winner	30 July 2016
Motherwell	Best runner-up	30 July 2016
Queen of the South	Best runner-up	30 July 2016
Ayr United	Best runner-up	30 July 2016
Dundee United	Best runner-up	31 July 2016

Top goalscorers

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. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
"Betfred Cup Format 2016/17". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

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Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website

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