2008–09 in Scottish reserve and youth football

The 2008–09 season was a season of reserve and youth football in Scotland. The season commenced in August 2008.

Scottish Premier Reserve League

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Celtic (C) 22 16 4 2 49 17+32 52
2 Heart of Midlothian 22 12 7 3 44 22+22 43
3 Rangers 22 12 6 4 39 21+18 42
4 St Mirren 22 10 3 9 29 31−2 33
5 Aberdeen 22 9 4 9 23 30−7 31
6 Motherwell 22 8 6 8 36 30+6 30
7 Kilmarnock 22 8 4 10 24 29−5 28
8 Hibernian 22 8 4 10 24 29−5 28
9 Dundee United 22 8 3 11 25 30−5 27
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 22 5 5 12 28 40−12 20
11 Falkirk 22 5 5 12 18 36−18 20
12 Hamilton Academical 22 4 3 15 24 47−23 15

Source: Scottish Premier Reserve League – Historical tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish Premier under-19 League

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Hibernian (C) 22 14 6 2 44 17+27 48
2 Heart of Midlothian 22 14 2 6 52 24+28 44
3 Rangers 22 13 4 5 35 17+18 43
4 Motherwell 22 11 4 7 40 20+20 37
5 Falkirk 22 11 3 8 25 24+1 36
6 Celtic 22 9 7 6 24 21+3 34
7 Aberdeen 22 9 6 7 32 24+8 33
8 Kilmarnock 22 7 3 12 24 38−14 24
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 22 7 3 12 29 46−17 24
10 St Mirren 22 5 7 10 20 35−15 22
11 Dundee United 22 4 5 13 17 32−15 17
12 Hamilton Academical 22 2 2 18 13 57−44 8

Source: Scottish Premier under-19 League – Historical tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Youth Cup competitions

Scottish Youth Cup

Final

29 April 2009
Rangers under-19s 1 – 2
(a.e.t.) 		Hibernian under-19s
Campbell  48' Report Byrne  32'  120'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 4,205
Referee: E. Norris

East of Scotland shield

20 May 2009
Heart of Midlothian under-19s 1 – 1
(7 – 8 pen.) 		Hibernian under-19s
Robinson  90+' Report Byrne  73'
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 598
Referee: P Reid

National teams

Scotland Under-21 team

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
20 August Sūduva stadium, Marijampole (A)  Lithuania 3–0 ECQ(6) Scott Arfield, Ross McCormack, Kevin McDonald BBC Sport
4 September Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (H)  Slovenia 3–1 ECQ(6) Steven Fletcher (2), Garry Kenneth BBC Sport
9 September Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg (A)  Denmark 0–1 ECQ(6) BBC Sport
18 November New Douglas Park, Hamilton (H)  Northern Ireland 1–3 Friendly Jamie Murphy BBC Sport
28 March Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium, Elbasani (A)  Albania 0–1 ECQ(10) Chris Maguire BBC Sport
1 April Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (H)  Albania 5–2 ECQ(10) David Goodwillie, Chris Maguire, Andrew Shinnie,
Jamie Murphy, Stephen McGinn		 BBC Sport

Scotland Under-19 team

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
20 October Tiszaújváros Stadion, Tiszaújváros (N) Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1–1 ECQ(1) Alex McDonald UEFA
22 October Tiszaújváros Stadion, Tiszaújváros (N) San Marino San Marino 8–0 ECQ(1) Stephen Stirling (3, 2 pens.), Alex McDonald (2),
Johnny Russell (2), Leigh Griffiths		 UEFA
25 October Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza (A) Hungary Hungary 1–0 ECQ(1) Stephen Stirling UEFA

Scotland Under-17 team

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
26 September Stade du Hameau, Pau (N) San Marino San Marino 3–0 ECQ(11) Ryan Jack, Gordon Dick, James Keatings UEFA
28 September Saint Pée, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, (N) Slovakia Slovakia 3–1 ECQ(11) Gordon Dick (2), Ryan Jack UEFA
1 October Stade du Hameau, Pau (A) France France 2–3 ECQ(11) Gordon Dick, Callum McRobbie (pen.) UEFA

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Scotland's score is shown first.
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