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.

### Key

|align=center style="background-color:#cef2e0"|*|Match went to extra time|
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|align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"||Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after extra time|
|align=center style="background-color:#fff4a7"||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

|scope=col|Season|scope=col|Winner|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Runner-up|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Attendance|scope=col|Notes|
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|1990–91|Dundee|style="background:#cef2e0;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span>3–2 *|Ayr United|Fir Park|align=center|11,506|||||||
|1991–92|Hamilton Academical|align=center|1–0|Ayr United|Fir Park|align=center|9,663|||||||
|1992–93|Hamilton Academical (2)|align=center|3–2|Morton|Love Street|align=center|7,391|||||||
|1993–94|style="background:#fff4a7;"|Falkirk|align=center|3–0|St Mirren|Fir Park|align=center|13,763||||||
|1994–95|Airdrieonians (1878)|style="background:#cef2e0;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span> 3–2 *|Dundee|McDiarmid Park|align=center|8,844|||||||
|1995–96|_Stenhousemuir_|style="background:#cedff2;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span> 0–0 †|Dundee United|McDiarmid Park|align=center|7,856|||||||
|1996–97|_Stranraer_|align=center|1–0|St Johnstone|Broadwood Stadium|align=center|5,222|||||||
|1997–98|Falkirk (2)|align=center|1–0|_Queen of the South_|Fir Park|align=center|9,735|||||||
|1998–99|colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|_Competition suspended due to lack of sponsorship_||||||||||||
|1999–2000|_Alloa Athletic_|style="background:#cedff2;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span> 4–4 †|Inverness Caledonian Thistle|Excelsior Stadium|align=center|4,043|||||||
|2000–01|Airdrieonians (1878) (2)|style="background:#cedff2;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span> 2–2 †|Livingston|Broadwood Stadium|align=center|5,623|||||||
|2001–02|Airdrieonians (1878) (3)|align=center|2–1|_Alloa Athletic_|Broadwood Stadium|align=center|4,548|||||||
|2002–03|Queen of the South|align=center|2–0|_Brechin City_|Broadwood Stadium|align=center|6,428|||||||
|2003–04|style="background:#fff4a7;"|Inverness Caledonian Thistle|align=center|2–0|_Airdrie United_|McDiarmid Park|align=center|5,428||||||
|2004–05|style="background:#fff4a7;"|Falkirk (3)|align=center|2–1|Ross County|McDiarmid Park|align=center|7,471||||||
|2005–06|style="background:#fff4a7;"|St Mirren|align=center|2–1|Hamilton Academical|Excelsior Stadium|align=center|9,613||||||
|2006–07|Ross County|style="background:#cedff2;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span> 1–1 †|Clyde|McDiarmid Park|align=center|4,062|||||||
|2007–08|St Johnstone|align=center|3–2|Dunfermline Athletic|Dens Park|align=center|6,446|||||||
|2008–09|Airdrie United|style="background:#cedff2;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span> 2–2 †|Ross County|McDiarmid Park|align=center|4,091|||||||
|2009–10|Dundee (2)|align=center|3–2|Inverness Caledonian Thistle|McDiarmid Park|align=center|8,031|||||||
||Ross County (2)|align=center||Queen of the South|McDiarmid Park|align=center|5,124|||||||
||Falkirk (4)|align=center||Hamilton Academical|Almondvale Stadium|align=center|5,210|||||||
||_Queen of the South_ (2)|style="background:#cedff2;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span>  †|Partick Thistle|Almondvale Stadium|align=center|9,452|||||||
||Raith Rovers|style="background:#cef2e0;" align=center|<span style="visibility:hidden;color: transparent"> †</span>  *|Rangers|Easter Road|align=center|19,983|||||||
||Livingston|align=center||Alloa Athletic|McDiarmid Park|align=center|2,869|||||||
||style="background:#fff4a7;"|Rangers|align=center||_Peterhead_|Hampden Park|align=center|48,133||||||
||Dundee United|align=center||St Mirren|Fir Park|align=center|8,089|||||||
||Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2)|align=center||Dumbarton|McDiarmid Park|align=center|4,602|||||||
||style="background:#fff4a7;"|Ross County (3)|align=center||Connah's Quay Nomads|Caledonian Stadium|align=center|3,057||||||
||colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|match not played; trophy shared by Inverness Caledonian Thistle (3) and Raith Rovers (2)||||||||||||
|2020–21|colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|_Tournament cancelled_||||||||||||
||Raith Rovers (3)|align=center||Queen of the South|Excelsior Stadium|align=center|4,452|||||||
||Hamilton Academical (3)|align=center||Raith Rovers|Falkirk Stadium|align=center|5,566|||||||
||Airdrieonians (2)|align=center||The New Saints|Falkirk Stadium|align=center|3,191|||||||
||Livingston (2)|align=center||Queen's Park|Falkirk Stadium|align=center|4,079|||||||

### Performance by club

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## Sponsorship

|Period|Sponsor|Name|
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|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|

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (football tournament)

- **name**: Scottish Challenge Cup
- **logo**:
- **founded**: 1990
- **current champions**: Livingston F.C., Livingston (2 titles)
- **most successful club**: Falkirk F.C., Falkirk (4 titles)
- **broadcasters**: BBC Alba