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

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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) Champions

Scottish Premier under-19 League

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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) Champions

Youth Cup competitions

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Scottish Youth Cup

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Final

Rangers under-19s1 – 2
(a.e.t.)
Hibernian under-19s
Campbell   48' Report Byrne   32'   120'
Attendance: 4,205
Referee: E. Norris

East of Scotland shield

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Heart of Midlothian under-19s1 – 1
(7 – 8 pen.)
Hibernian under-19s
Robinson   90+' Report Byrne   73'
Attendance: 598
Referee: P Reid

National teams

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Scotland Under-21 team

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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

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

Scotland Under-17 team

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

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c Scotland's score is shown first.