2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish Challenge Cup 2019–20
Region	Scotland England Wales Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Dates	6 August 2019 - 29 March 2020
Number of teams	58
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The 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup known as the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is the 29th season of the competition. The total number of participating clubs is 58. The competition began on 6 August 2019 with the First Round and will end on 28 or 29 March 2020 with the final at a yet to be chosen neutral venue.

Thirty teams from the Scottish Championship, Scottish League One and Scottish League Two compete, along with four teams from the Highland Football League and four from the Lowland Football League. In addition to this, Under-21 teams of the clubs competing in the Scottish Premiership are represented. This season there will be again two clubs from Northern Ireland's NIFL Premiership, two clubs from the Welsh Premier League, two clubs from the League of Ireland and for the second time two entrants from the English National League (fifth tier) entered into the competition.

Ross County are the defending champions after they beat Connah's Quay 3–1 in the 2019 final.

Format

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	6–7 August 2019	12	58 → 46	4 teams from 2018–19 Scottish League Two (7th–10th) 4 teams from 2018–19 Lowland Football League (1st–4th) 4 teams from 2018–19 Highland Football League (1st–4th) 12 U21 teams from 2019–20 Scottish Premiership
Second Round	13–14 August 2019	14	46 → 32	Teams from 2018–19 Scottish League One 6 teams from 2018–19 Scottish League Two (1st–6th)
Third Round	7–8 September 2019	16	32 → 16	Teams from 2019–20 Scottish Championship 2 teams from 2018–19 NIFL Premiership (2nd and 3rd) 2 teams from 2018–19 Welsh Premier League (1st and 2nd) 2 teams from 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division (4th and 6th) 2 teams from 2018–19 National League (2nd and 4th)
Fourth round	12–13 October 2019	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	16–17 November 2019	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	15–16 February 2020	2	4 → 2
Final	28 or 29 March 2020	1	2 → 1

First round

The first round featured 4 clubs from the 2018-19 Scottish Highland Football League (Cove Rangers, Brora Rangers, Fraserburgh, Formartine United), 4 clubs from the 2018-19 Scottish Lowland Football League (East Kilbride, BSC Glasgow, Kelty Hearts, Spartans), 4 clubs from 2018-19 Ladbrokes League Two (Queen's Park, Elgin City, Albion Rovers, Berwick Rangers) and the 12 Under 21 teams of the 2019-20 Scottish Premiership.

The draw was made on 26 June 2019 at 12:30 in the Tunnock's factory in Uddingston and was broadcast live on the SPFL YouTube Channel. The draw was regionalised and all non-Under 21 teams were seeded. The matches were played on 6 and 7 August 2019.

North Section

Draw

Teams in bold advanced to the second round.

Seeded Teams	Unseeded Teams
Elgin City Albion Rovers Cove Rangers Brora Rangers Fraserburgh Formartine United	Aberdeen U21s Heart of Midlothian U21s Hibernian U21s Livingston U21s Ross County U21s St Johnstone U21s

Matches

6 August 2019	Fraserburgh	2–3	Ross County U21s	Fraserburgh, Scotland
19:30	Beagrie  24' Barbour  90+2'		Murray  25' Gallagher  54' Keillor-Dunn  67'	Stadium: Bellslea Park Attendance: 225 Referee: Dan McFarlane

6 August 2019	Hibernian U21s	3–4	Elgin City	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45	Porteous  4' Gullan  33' Shaw  79' (pen.)		Hester  8', 39' Sutherland  36' Cooper  90+2'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 424 Referee: Calum Scott

6 August 2019	Brora Rangers	6–0	Aberdeen U21s	Brora, Scotland
19:45	Nicolson  11' Davidson  46' Wagenaar  64' Gillespie  71' Macleod  75' Williamson  90+1'			Stadium: Dudgeon Park Attendance: 150 Referee: Harry Bruce

6 August 2019	Livingston U21s	1–3	Formartine United	Livingston, Scotland
19:45	Henderson  90+4' (pen.)		McGowan  9' Gethins  19' Wood  84'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Jordan Curran

6 August 2019	Albion Rovers	1–4	Heart of Midlothian U21s	Coatbridge, Scotland
19:45	Osadolor  34'		Petkov  24' Keena  29', 78' Henderson  75'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 207 Referee: Alan Muir

6 August 2019	St Johnstone U21s	1–4	Cove Rangers	Perth, Scotland
19:45	Northcott  2'		Brown  27' Park  79' Megginson  81' Scott  88'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 175 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

South Section

Draw

Teams in bold advanced to the second round.

Seeded Teams	Unseeded Teams
Queen's Park Berwick Rangers East Kilbride BSC Glasgow Kelty Hearts Spartans	Celtic U21s Hamilton Academical U21s Kilmarnock U21s Motherwell U21s Rangers U21s St Mirren U21s

Matches

6 August 2019	Kelty Hearts	4–0	Kilmarnock U21s	Kelty, Scotland
19:45	Carstairs  25' Austin  36' Mutch  49' Linton  81'			Stadium: New Central Park Attendance: 509 Referee: Stewart Luke

6 August 2019	Berwick Rangers	1–2	Rangers U21s	Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
19:45	Purves  71'		Mebude  24' (pen.) McPake  31'	Stadium: Shielfield Park Attendance: 303 Referee: Colin Whyte

6 August 2019	St Mirren U21s	1–0	East Kilbride	Paisley, Scotland
19:45	Breadner  32'			Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 245 Referee: Jordan Paterson

6 August 2019	Queen's Park	2–2 (3–4 pen)	Celtic U21s	Airdrie, Scotland
19:45	Kouider-Aissa  39' Martin  72'		Aitchison  16' Okoflex  29'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 321 Referee: John McKendrick
	Penalties
	*Martin Main Moore Clark Purdue		* Henderson Robertson Welsh Miller Burt

7 August 2019	Hamilton Academical U21s	4–0	BSC Glasgow	Hamilton, Scotland
19:45	Breen  37' Winter  69' (pen.), 77' Slaven  81'			Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 164 Referee: Alastair Grieve

7 August 2019	Motherwell U21s	1–0	Spartans	Airdrie, Scotland
19:45	Semple  18'			Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 170 Referee: Ross Hardie

Second round

The draw was also made on 26 June 2019 at 12:30 in the Tunnock's factory in Uddingston and was broadcast live on the SPFL YouTube Channel. The draw was again regionalised but not seeded. The matches will be played on 13 or 14 August 2019.

North Section

Matches

13 August 2019	Heart of Midlothian U21s	v	Cowdenbeath	Linlithgow, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Prestonfield

13 August 2019	Ross County U21s	v	Raith Rovers	Dingwall, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Victoria Park

13 August 2019	Brora Rangers	v	Cove Rangers	Brora, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Dudgeon Park

13 August 2019	Peterhead	v	Formartine United	Peterhead, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Balmoor Stadium

13 August 2019	East Fife	v	Stirling Albion	Methil, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Bayview Stadium

13 August 2019	Brechin City	v	Elgin City	Brechin, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Glebe Park

13 August 2019	Montrose	v	Forfar Athletic	Montrose, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Links Park

South Section

Matches

13 August 2019	Clyde	v	Motherwell U21s	Cumbernauld, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

13 August 2019	Annan Athletic	v	Kelty Hearts	Annan, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Galabank

13 August 2019	Hamilton Academical U21s	v	Airdrieonians	Hamilton, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: New Douglas Park

13 August 2019	Dumbarton	v	St Mirren U21s	Dumbarton, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium

13 August 2019	Stenhousemuir	v	Edinburgh City	Stenhousemuir, Scotland
19:30				Stadium: Ochilview Park

13 August 2019	Falkirk	v	Celtic U21s	Falkirk, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

13 August 2019	Stranraer	v	Rangers U21s	Stranraer, Scotland
19:45				Stadium: Stair Park

Third Round

The 14 winners of the Second Round are joined by the 10 clubs from the Scottish Championship and two teams from the National League, the NIFL Premiership, the Welsh Premier League and the League of Ireland Premier Division.

A pre-draw will determine which country will be allocated to Pot A, Pot B, Pot C and Pot D to avoid 2 cross-border teams from the same country playing each other. Pot E will have the remaining 24 Scottish teams. Games will be played Saturday 7 September or Sunday 8 September 2019.

The draw will be made on 14 August 2019 at 12:30 and will be broadcast live on the SPFL YouTube Channel.

Championship	Teams from other countries	Other
Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South	National League Solihull Moors Wrexham NIFL Premiership Ballymena United Glenavon Welsh Premier League The New Saints Connah's Quay Nomads League of Ireland Premier Division Bohemians Waterford	14 Second Round winners

External links

• Scottish Challenge Cup at the Scottish Professional Football League