2016–17 Scottish League Cup
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 Scotland
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| Dates | 15 July 2016 – 27 November 2016 | ||
| Teams | 44 | ||
| Champions | Celtic | ||
| Runners-up | Aberdeen | ||
| Matches played | 95 | ||
| Goals scored | 291 (3.06 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Martyn Waghorn (7 goals) |
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| All statistics correct as of 27 November 2016. | |||
The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup was the 71st season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons.
The format for the 2016–17 competition has changed from the previously used knockout-rounds. Instead, it began with eight groups of five teams which included all Scottish Professional Football League clubs (including East Stirlingshire, who were relegated from the league at the end of the 2015–16 season), excluding those competing in Champions League and Europa League qualifiers, as well as the top 2015–16 Highland Football League club (Cove Rangers) and the highest placed team from the 2015–16 Lowland Football League (Edinburgh City, who were promoted to the SPFL at the end of the 2015–16 season).
Celtic won the final 3-0 against Aberdeen on 27 November 2016.
The competition began with eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian) qualifying rounds were given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams competing in the group stage consisted of the other nine teams that competed in the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, nine from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship and all of the teams that competed in the 2015–16 Scottish League One and 2015–16 Scottish League Two, as well as the 2015–16 Highland Football League and the 2015–16 Lowland Football League champions.
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