Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup
Founded1990
Current championsLivingston (2 titles)
Most successful club(s)Falkirk (4 titles)
Television broadcastersBBC Alba
2025–26 Scottish Challenge Cup

The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup, also known as the Scottish League Challenge Cup or Scottish Challenge Cup, and currently known as the KDM Evolution Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a football knock-out cup competition run by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It is the third most prestigious knockout trophy in Scotland, after the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

Finals

Key

* Match went to extra time
† Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after extra time
Winning team won the second tier of Scottish football league system
Italics Team from below the second tier of the Scottish football league system



Team from outside the Scottish football league system

Results

Season Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance Notes
1990–91 Dundee  †3–2 * Ayr United Fir Park 11,506 [1]
1991–92 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Ayr United Fir Park 9,663 [1]
1992–93 Hamilton Academical (2) 3–2 Morton Love Street 7,391 [1]
1993–94 Falkirk 3–0 St Mirren Fir Park 13,763 [1]
1994–95 Airdrieonians (1878)  † 3–2 * Dundee McDiarmid Park 8,844 [1]
1995–96 Stenhousemuir  † 0–0 † Dundee United McDiarmid Park 7,856 [1]
1996–97 Stranraer 1–0 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 5,222 [1]
1997–98 Falkirk (2) 1–0 Queen of the South Fir Park 9,735 [1]
1998–99 Competition suspended due to lack of sponsorship [1]
1999–2000 Alloa Athletic  † 4–4 † Inverness Caledonian Thistle Excelsior Stadium 4,043 [1]
2000–01 Airdrieonians (1878) (2)  † 2–2 † Livingston Broadwood Stadium 5,623 [1]
2001–02 Airdrieonians (1878) (3) 2–1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium 4,548 [1]
2002–03 Queen of the South 2–0 Brechin City Broadwood Stadium 6,428 [1]
2003–04 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park 5,428 [1]
2004–05 Falkirk (3) 2–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park 7,471 [1]
2005–06 St Mirren 2–1 Hamilton Academical Excelsior Stadium 9,613 [1]
2006–07 Ross County  † 1–1 † Clyde McDiarmid Park 4,062 [1]
2007–08 St Johnstone 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park 6,446 [1]
2008–09 Airdrie United  † 2–2 † Ross County McDiarmid Park 4,091 [1]
2009–10 Dundee (2) 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park 8,031 [1]
2010–11 Ross County (2) 2–0 Queen of the South McDiarmid Park 5,124 [1]
2011–12 Falkirk (4) 1–0 Hamilton Academical Almondvale Stadium 5,210 [1]
2012–13 Queen of the South (2)  † 1–1 † Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium 9,452 [1]
2013–14 Raith Rovers  † 1–0 * Rangers Easter Road 19,983 [1]
2014–15 Livingston 4–0 Alloa Athletic McDiarmid Park 2,869 [1]
2015–16 Rangers 4–0 Peterhead Hampden Park 48,133 [1]
2016–17 Dundee United 2–1 St Mirren Fir Park 8,089 [1]
2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2) 1–0 Dumbarton McDiarmid Park 4,602 [1]
2018–19 Ross County (3) 3–1 Connah's Quay Nomads Caledonian Stadium 3,057 [1]
2019–20 Final match not played; trophy shared by Inverness Caledonian Thistle (3) and Raith Rovers (2) [1][2]
2020–21 Tournament cancelled [1][3]
2021–22 Raith Rovers (3) 3–1 Queen of the South Excelsior Stadium 4,452 [1][4]
2022–23 Hamilton Academical (3) 1–0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium 5,566 [1][5]
2023–24 Airdrieonians (2) 2–1 The New Saints Falkirk Stadium 3,191 [1][6]
2024–25 Livingston (2) 5–0 Queen's Park Falkirk Stadium 4,079 [1][7]

Performance by club

Club Wins Last final won
Falkirk 4 2012
Hamilton Academical 3 2023
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 2020*
Ross County 3 2019
Raith Rovers 3 2022
Airdrieonians (1878) 3 2001
Queen of the South 2 2013
Dundee 2 2009
Airdrieonians 2 2024
Livingston 2 2025
St Mirren 1 2005
Alloa Athletic 1 1999
Dundee United 1 2017
Rangers 1 2016
St Johnstone 1 2007
Stranraer 1 1996
Stenhousemuir 1 1995

Sponsorship

Period Sponsor Name
1990–1995 B&Q B&Q Centenary Cup (until 1991) then B&Q Cup
1995–1998 No sponsor Scottish Challenge Cup
1999–2006 Bell's Whisky Bell's Challenge Cup (until 2002) then Bell's Cup
2006–2008 No sponsor Scottish Challenge Cup
2008–2011 MG Alba ALBA Challenge Cup
2011–2014 Ramsdens Ramsdens Cup
2014–2016 Petrofac Petrofac Training Cup
2016–2019 Irn-Bru Irn-Bru Cup
2019–2020 Tunnock's Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup
2021–2025 SPFL Trust SPFL Trust Trophy
2025– KDM Group KDM Evolution Trophy[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 "Challenge Cup Winners". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League.
  2. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Raith Rovers share last season's Scottish Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 30 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Scottish Challenge Cup cancelled for season 2020-21". BBC Sport. 2 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "SPFL Trust Trophy final: Raith Rovers 3-1 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 3 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Raith Rovers 0-1 Hamilton Academical: 10-man Accies hold on to win SPFL Trust Trophy". BBC Sport. 26 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Airdrieonians win SPFL Trust Trophy to thwart The New Saints record". BBC Sport. 24 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Livi put five past Queen's Park to win SPFL Trust Trophy". BBC Sport. 30 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "KDM Evolution Trophy". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 7 May 2025.

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