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  1991–92 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Ayr United Fir Park 9,663  1992–93 Hamilton Academical (2) 3–2 Morton Love Street 7,391  1993–94 Falkirk  3–0 St Mirren Fir Park 13,763  1994–95 Airdrieonians (1878)  † 3–2 * Dundee McDiarmid Park 8,844  1995–96 Stenhousemuir  † 0–0 † Dundee United McDiarmid Park 7,856  1996–97 Stranraer 1–0 St Johnstone Broadwood Stadium 5,222  1997–98 Falkirk (2) 1–0 Queen of the South Fir Park 9,735  1998–99 Competition suspended due to lack of sponsorship  1999–2000 Alloa Athletic  † 4–4 † Inverness Caledonian Thistle Excelsior Stadium 4,043  2000–01 Airdrieonians (1878) (2)  † 2–2 † Livingston Broadwood Stadium 5,623  2001–02 Airdrieonians (1878) (3) 2–1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium 4,548  2002–03 Queen of the South 2–0 Brechin City Broadwood Stadium 6,428  2003–04 Inverness Caledonian Thistle  2–0 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park 5,428  2004–05 Falkirk (3)  2–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park 7,471  2005–06 St Mirren  2–1 Hamilton Academical Excelsior Stadium 9,613  2006–07 Ross County  † 1–1 † Clyde McDiarmid Park 4,062  2007–08 St Johnstone 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park 6,446  2008–09 Airdrie United  † 2–2 † Ross County McDiarmid Park 4,091  2009–10 Dundee (2) 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park 8,031   Ross County (2)  Queen of the South  McDiarmid Park 5,124   Falkirk (4)  Hamilton Academical Almondvale Stadium 5,210   Queen of the South (2)  †  † Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium 9,452   Raith Rovers  †  * Rangers Easter Road 19,983   Livingston  Alloa Athletic McDiarmid Park 2,869   Rangers   Peterhead Hampden Park 48,133   Dundee United  St Mirren  Fir Park 8,089   Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2)  Dumbarton  McDiarmid Park 4,602   Ross County (3)    Connah's Quay Nomads Caledonian Stadium 3,057    match not played; trophy shared by Inverness Caledonian Thistle (3) and Raith Rovers (2)  2020–21Tournament cancelled   Raith Rovers (3)  Queen of the South Excelsior Stadium  4,452   Hamilton Academical (3)  Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium 5,566   Airdrieonians (2)   The New Saints Falkirk Stadium 3,191   Livingston (2)  Queen's Park Falkirk Stadium 4,079 

Performance by club
 Club Wins Last final won Falkirk 4  Hamilton Academical 3  Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 * Ross County 3  Raith Rovers 3  Airdrieonians (1878) 3  Queen of the South 2  Dundee 2 Airdrieonians 2  Livingston 2 St Mirren 1  Alloa Athletic 1  Dundee United 1  Rangers 1  St Johnstone 1  Stranraer 1  Stenhousemuir 1 

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

References

Other websites
 Official website

Category:Scottish Football League