2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup

The 2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup was the 31st 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 1994 were eligible to play.

Rangers won the cup, defeating Heart of Midlothian after a penalty shootout in the final.

Format
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2012–13 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining twenty 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.

First round
The draw for the first and second rounds took place in July 2013.

Central Group
One tie was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:


 * Alloa Athletic
 * Arbroath
 * Clyde
 * Dumbarton
 * Dundee
 * East Fife
 * Forfar Athletic
 * Greenock Morton
 * Heart of Midlothian
 * Motherwell
 * Queen's Park
 * Raith Rovers
 * St Johnstone
 * Spartans
 * Stenhousemuir
 * Stirling Albion

North Group
No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
 * Clachnacuddin
 * Cove Rangers
 * Formartine United
 * Fraserburgh
 * Keith
 * Lossiemouth
 * Ross County

South Group
No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.
 * Annan Athletic
 * Hawick Royal Albert
 * Queen of the South

Central Group
The following clubs received byes to the third round.
 * Dumbarton
 * Greenock Morton
 * St Johnstone

North Group
Formartine United received a bye to the third round.

South Group
Queen of the South received a bye to the third round.

Third round
The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:


 * Aberdeen
 * Ayr United
 * Celtic
 * Cowdenbeath
 * Dundee United
 * Dunfermline Athletic
 * Falkirk
 * Hamilton Academical
 * Hibernian
 * Inverness Caledonian Thistle
 * Kilmarnock
 * Livingston
 * Montrose
 * Partick Thistle
 * Rangers
 * St Mirren

The third round draw was announced on 24 September 2013.

Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round took place in October 2013 with ties played on 24 November and 1 December 2013

Quarter-finals
The ties for the quarter-finals were played on 23 February and 2 March 2014.

Semi-finals
The ties for the semi-finals were played on 12 and 13 April 2014.