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2012–13 Scottish League Cup

Field	Value
title	Scottish Communities League Cup
year	2012–13
imagesize	300px
country	Scotland
dates	4 August 2012 – 17 March 2013
num_teams	42
champions	St Mirren
runner-up	Heart of Midlothian
prevseason	[2011–12](2011-12-scottish-league-cup)
nextseason	[2013–14](2013-14-scottish-league-cup)

| runner-up = Heart of Midlothian The 2012–13 Scottish League Cup was the 67th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup for sponsorship reasons, after the Scottish Government continued their 1.7 million sponsorship for a second season.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn).

Fixtures are played to a finish, with extra time and then penalties used in the event of draws. The competition is open to all clubs in the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round in order to avoid congestion of fixtures.

First round: 28 of the 30 sides from the previous season's Scottish Football League enter, except Ross County and Dunfermline. After Rangers were placed into the Third Division, they entered at this round.
Second round: The 15 winners of the first round are joined by 6 of the 7 of last season's SPL sides not in Europe, plus newly promoted Ross County.
Third round: The 11 winners of the second round are joined by the five SPL sides participating in European competition.
Quarter-finals: The 8 winners of the third round play.
Semi-finals: The 4 winners of the quarter-finals play.
Final: The 2 winners of the semi-finals play.

Schedule

Round 1: Saturday 4 August
Round 2: Tuesday 28/Wednesday 29 August
Round 3: Tuesday 25/Wednesday 26 September
Quarter-Finals: Tuesday 30/Wednesday 31 October
Semi-Finals: Saturday 26/Sunday 27 January 2013
Final: Sunday 17 March 2013

Fixtures and results

First round

The first round draw was conducted on 20 July 2012 at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir by the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond. Rangers were entered into the draw pending an application for membership of the Scottish Football Association, which is needed to participate.

MacDonald McLaughlin Baird Irvine Conroy Higgins Clark Lyle Grehan McNulty Russell McCann Hill Clarke Addison Smith Kean Watson Moffat Tiffoney Sinclair Shankland Cook Lister Lawless Taylor MacKinnon Holmes Sheerin Currie Davidson McSorley Ferry Ashe Weatherson Stirling Wallace Tidser Shiels Wallace

Second round

The Second round draw was conducted on 9 August 2012.

Vernon Wallace Gemmell Barr Easton Gilhaney Graham Hill Reilly Thompson McGowan McLean Teale Burns Little

Third round

The third round draw took place on 3 September 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 25 or Wednesday 26 September 2012.

Žaliūkas Davidson Craig Rodgers Hodge Gemmell McMillan Kean Smith Shinnie Morrison Doran Shinnie Draper Roberts Shiels

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw took place on 4 October 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 30 or Wednesday 31 October 2012.

Magennis McLean McGinn Hayes Smith Teale Goodwin McAusland Hooper Mulgrew Mackay-Steven Rankin Gunning McLean Armstrong Dillon Sutton Webster Driver R. McGowan Robinson Žaliūkas Warren G Shinnie

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place on 8 November 2012. The first match was played on Saturday 26 and the second was played on Sunday 27 January 2013.

Andrew Shinnie Billy McKay Owain Tudur Jones Philip Roberts Michael Ngoo Andy Webster Arvydas Novikovas Mehdi Taouil McGowan Thompson Mulgrew

Final

Main article: 2013 Scottish League Cup Final

Thompson Newton

References

(21 March 2011). "Scottish Communities League Cup". [[Scottish Football League]].
(20 July 2012). "Scottish Government to continue Cup sponsorship". [[Scottish Football League]].
(19 July 2012). "Scottish League Cup draw includes Rangers". BBC.
"Key dates". [[Scottish Premier League]].
(20 July 2012). "SCLC First Round Dates announced". [[Scottish Football League]].
(20 July 2012). "Rangers draw East Fife in first round of Scottish Communities League Cup". [[Scottish Television.
(9 August 2012). "League Cup second round draw pits Falkirk against Division Three Rangers". STV Group.
(3 September 2012). "Motherwell drawn to face Rangers in League Cup". BBC Sport.
(4 October 2012). "Rangers to host Inverness in Scottish League Cup last eight". BBC Sport.
(8 November 2012). "Scottish Communities League Cup: St Mirren face Celtic in semi". BBC Sport.

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