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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Established
1990 (36 years old)

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Current Season
2026-2027

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Sport
Soccer

Location
Scotland

Gender
Male

TV Rights
Premier Sports

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Description

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

The competition was first held during the 1990–91 season as the B&Q Centenary Cup to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was intended to be a one-off competition but was continued due to its popularity. It was originally contested by SFL (SPFL since 2013) teams below the top level of the Scottish football league system; select teams from lower levels of the league system were added in 2011–12, and guest teams from outside Scotland in 2016–17. For the 2019–20 edition there were 58 teams: 30 from the SPFL; the twelve Under-21 teams of the Scottish Premiership clubs; four each from the Highland League and Lowland League; and two guest teams from each of the NIFL Premiership, Cymru Premier, English National League, and League of Ireland Premier Division up until the 2019–20 season.

The first winner of the tournament was Dundee, who defeated Ayr United. Falkirk and Raith Rovers are the most successful teams in the tournament, with four wins each. Falkirk's most recent win came in 2012. The current holders are Raith Rovers, who defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the 2026 final.


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Teams

Aberdeen B		Airdrieonians		Alloa Athletic
Annan Athletic		Arbroath		Ayr United
Banks o' Dee		Berwick Rangers		Bonnyrigg Rose
Celtic B		Clachnacuddin		Clyde
Clydebank		Cove Rangers		Cowdenbeath
Cumbernauld Col		Dumbarton		Dundee B
Dundee United B		Dunfermline Ath		East Fife
East Kilbride		Edinburgh City		Elgin City
Forfar Athletic		Formartine Unit		Fraserburgh
Gala Fairydean		Greenock Morton		Hamilton Academic
Heart of Midlot		Hibernian B		Inverness Caled
Kelty Hearts		Kilmarnock B		Livingston
Montrose		Motherwell B		Partick Thistle
Peterhead		Queen of the So		Queen's Park
Raith Rovers		Rangers B		Ross County
St Mirren B		Stenhousemuir		Stirling Albion
Stranraer		The Spartans

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Last 5 winners
Dundee United (2016-2017)
Rangers (2015-2016)
Dundee FC (1990-1991)

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