Country | Scotland |
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Teams | 157 |
Matches played | 150 |
Goals scored | 659 (4.39 per match) |
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All statistics correct as of 27 January 2018.
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The 2017–18 Scottish Junior Cup is the 132nd season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). The competition is sponsored by ETHX Energy and is known as The ETHX Energy Scottish Junior Cup. The winner of this competition is eligible to enter the following seasons Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.
The provisional dates for each round of the 2017–18 tournament are as follows:
Drawn matches are replayed and replays that end in a draw proceed direct to a penalty shootout, there is no extra time. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs with the winner on aggregate progressing to the final. If the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second leg, the match will also proceed direct to a penalty shootout.
The four junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, are not included in the draw for the first round:
The first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 22 August 2017 and was made by SJFA president Felix McKenna and Linlithgow Rose club president Les Donaldson.
The second round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 4 October 2017 at 2pm.