2022–23 Scottish Challenge Cup

2022–23 Scottish Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Dates	9 August 2022 – 26 March 2023
Teams	53
Defending champions	Raith Rovers
Final positions
Champions	Hamilton Academical
Runner-up	Raith Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	157 (3.02 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alex Lowry; Steven Warnock (4 goals)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →; All statistics correct as of 26 March 2023.

The 2022–23 Scottish Challenge Cup known as the SPFL Trust Trophy due to sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 31st season of the competition. The total number of participating clubs was 53, up from 50, with the return of clubs from Wales and Northern Ireland. The competition began on 9 August 2022 with the first round and ended on 26 March 2023 with the final at Falkirk Stadium.

Thirty teams from the Championship, League One and League Two competed, along with four teams from the Highland Football League and four from the Lowland Football League. In addition to this, Under-21 teams from 11 of the 12 clubs competing in the Scottish Premiership were represented. This season also saw the return of guest clubs, with two sides each coming from Northern Ireland's NIFL Premiership and Wales' Cymru Premier.^[2]

Format

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round^[3]	9–10 August 2022	11	53 → 42	3 teams from 2021–22 Scottish League Two (8th-10th) 4 teams from 2021–22 Lowland Football League (1st–4th) 4 teams from 2021–22 Highland Football League (1st–4th) 11 U21 teams from 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
Second Round^[3]	23–24 August 2022	10	42 → 32	2 teams from 2021–22 Scottish League One (9th-10th) 7 teams from 2021–22 Scottish League Two (1st–7th)
Third Round^[3]	24–25 September 2022	16	32 → 16	Teams from 2021–22 Scottish Championship 8 teams from 2021–22 Scottish League One (1st–8th) 2 teams from 2021–22 NIFL Premiership (1st and 2nd) 2 teams from 2021–22 Cymru Premier (1st and 4th)
Fourth Round^[3]	8–10 December 2022	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals^[3]	10–24 January 2023	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals^[3]	7–8 February 2023	2	4 → 2
Final^[3]	25–26 March 2023	1	2 → 1

First round

The first round featured 3 clubs from 2021–22 Scottish League Two, 4 clubs from the 2021–22 Scottish Highland Football League, 4 clubs from the 2021–22 Scottish Lowland Football League and 11 of the 12 under-21 teams of the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership, with Ross County not entering an under-21 team.^[4]

The draw was made on 4 July 2022 at 13:00 and broadcast live on the SPFL YouTube Channel. The draw was regionalised and all non-Under 21 teams were seeded. The matches were played on 9 and 10 August 2022.^[2]

North Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the first round.

Teams in bold advanced to the second round.

Seeded Teams	Unseeded Teams
Elgin City Fraserburgh Buckie Thistle Brechin City Brora Rangers	Aberdeen B Dundee United B Heart of Midlothian B Hibernian B St Johnstone B

Matches

9 August 2022	Brora Rangers	2–0	Aberdeen B	Brora
19:30	J. MacRae 73' A. MacRae 79'	^[5]		Stadium: Dudgeon Park Attendance: 149 Referee: Ross Hardie

9 August 2022	Fraserburgh	0–3 (awarded)	St Johnstone B	Fraserburgh
19:45		^[6]	Pert 34' Steven 70'	Stadium: Bellslea Park Attendance: 261 Referee: Alex Shepherd

9 August 2022	Elgin City	1–0	Dundee United B	Elgin
19:45	Hester 61'	^[7]		Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 486 Referee: Steven Kirkland

10 August 2022	Hibernian B	1–1 (1–4 p)	Brechin City	Newtongrange
19:45	Laidlaw 84'	^[8]	Northcott 71'	Stadium: New Victoria Park Attendance: 266 Referee: Jordan Curran
	Penalties
	O'Connor Hamilton Laidlaw		Bain Loudon Davidson Inglis

10 August 2022	Heart of Midlothian B	2–3	Buckie Thistle	Rosewell
20:00	C.Smith 35' McGill 70'	^[9]	Murray 50' Ramsay 73' Pugh 75'	Stadium: Ferguson Park Attendance: 313 Referee: George Calder

South Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the first round.

Teams in bold advanced to the second round.

Seeded Teams	Unseeded Teams
Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath Bonnyrigg Rose East Kilbride The Spartans East Stirlingshire	Celtic B Kilmarnock B Livingston B Motherwell B Rangers B St Mirren B

Matches

9 August 2022	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	0–0 (1–3 p)	Livingston B	Bonnyrigg
19:45		^[10]		Stadium: New Dundas Park Attendance: 613 Referee: Greg Soutar
	Penalties
	Martyniuk Currie Turner Doan		Binnie Bitsindou McFarlane-Letham Aitken

9 August 2022	Motherwell B	1–2	East Kilbride	East Kilbride
19:45	Hunter 83' (pen.)	^[11]	Victoria 1' Hughes 90'	Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 240 Referee: Colin Whyte

9 August 2022	Albion Rovers	2–3	Celtic B	Coatbridge
19:45	Fagan 2' Corr 28' (o.g.)	^[12]	Vata 32' Lawal 39' Moffat 50'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 542 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

9 August 2022	Kilmarnock B	3–0	Cowdenbeath	Kilmarnock
19:45	Wales 19' Warnock 20' Sotona 54'	^[13]		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 192 Referee: Stewart Luke

9 August 2022	St Mirren B	0–0 (2–4 p)	East Stirlingshire	Paisley
19:45		^[14]		Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 257 Referee: Chris Fordyce
	Penalties
	Taylor Gallagher Henderson Olusanya		Barr Greene Hodge Wilson

10 August 2022	Spartans	0–1	Rangers B	Edinburgh
19:45		^[15]	Lowry 77'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 331 Referee: Barry Cook

Note

^
A: St Johnstone B were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Fraserburgh, who fielded 3 ineligible players. The match had originally finished 2–0 to St Johnstone B.^[16]

Second round

The second round featured the 11 winners from the previous round, along with 2 clubs from 2021–22 Scottish League One and 7 clubs from 2021–22 Scottish League Two.

The draw for the second round was also made on 4 July 2022 at 13:00 on the live broadcast from the SPFL YouTube Channel. The draw was regionalised, but not seeded. The matches were played on 23 and 24 August 2022.^[2]

North Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the second round.

East Fife Forfar Athletic Kelty Hearts Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

Matches

23 August 2022	Elgin City	3–1	Stenhousemuir	Elgin
19:45	Hester 29' Dolzanski 33' Dingwall 58'	^[17]	Orr 72'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 411 Referee: Alex Shepherd

23 August 2022	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Kelty Hearts	Forfar
19:45	Moore 54'	^[18]	Munro 10' (o.g.) Hunter 86'	Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 317 Referee: George Calder

23 August 2022	East Fife	4–0	St Johnstone B	Methil
19:45	Trouten 15' (pen.) Mercer 58' Cunningham 80' Martin 85'	^[19]		Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 202 Referee: Ross Hardie

24 August 2022	Brechin City	1–1 (5–4 p)	Stirling Albion	Brechin
19:45	Scott 11'	^[20]	Carrick 59'	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 256 Referee: Daniel Graves
	Penalties
	Bain Loudon Scott Ross McGrath Patrick		H. Clark Davidson C. Clark Banner Denholm Leitch

24 August 2022	Buckie Thistle	1–1 (4–2 p)	Brora Rangers	Buckie
20:00	Peters 49'	^[21]	A. MacRae 71'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 238 Referee: Colin Whyte
	Penalties
	Urquhart Peters MacAskill Pugh		Gillespie MacLean MacDonald J. MacRae

South Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the second round.

Annan Athletic Dumbarton Edinburgh Stranraer

Matches

23 August 2022	Rangers B	7–0	Dumbarton	Dumbarton
19:45	Lowry 8', 16' (pen.), 49' McCann 34' Lovelace 42' Lyall 70' Kelly 82'	^[22]		Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 645 Referee: Iain Snedden

23 August 2022	East Kilbride	1–1 (4–5 p)	Annan Athletic	East Kilbride
19:45	Mortimer 11'	^[23]	Goss 69'	Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 172 Referee: Greg Soutar
	Penalties
	McLaughlin Elliott Mortimer Bronsky Miller		Goss Docherty Williamson McCartney Fleming

23 August 2022	Kilmarnock B	5–2	East Stirlingshire	Kilmarnock
19:45	Warnock 16' Wales 21' Stokes 38' Lesley 77' McKnight 88'	^[24]	Watson 8' Honeyman 34'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 305 Referee: Alastair Grieve

24 August 2022	Celtic B	3–0	Livingston B	Airdrie
19:45	Brooks 20' Lawal 50' Quinn 90'	^[25]		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Lloyd Wilson

24 August 2022	Edinburgh	3–2	Stranraer	Edinburgh
19:45	Handling 22', 41', 50'	^[26]	Walker 27' Watt 90'	Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium Attendance: 248 Referee: Jordan Curran

Third round

The third round featured the 10 winners from the previous round, along with all 10 clubs from 2022–23 Scottish Championship, 8 clubs from 2021–22 Scottish League One, 2 clubs from 2021–22 NIFL Premiership and 2 clubs from 2021–22 Cymru Premier.

The draw was made on 29 August 2022 at 13:00 and broadcast live on the SPFL YouTube Channel. This draw was not regionalised or seeded, but cross-border clubs were kept apart for this round. The matches were played between 22 September and 15 November 2022.^[2]

Draw

Teams that enter the competition in the third round.

Championship	League One	Teams from other countries
Arbroath Ayr United Cove Rangers Dundee Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers	Dunfermline Athletic Queen of the South Airdrieonians Montrose Alloa Athletic Falkirk Peterhead Clyde	NIFL Premiership Linfield Cliftonville Cymru Premier The New Saints Caernarfon Town

Matches

22 September 2022	Greenock Morton	1–1 (5–4 p)	Ayr United	Greenock
19:45	McGregor 12'	^[27]	Mullin 39'	Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 988 Referee: Craig Napier
	Penalties
	Gillespie Blues Muirhead Kabia Grimshaw		McGinty Murdoch Akinyemi Dempsey Houston

22 September 2022	Queen of the South	4–0	Edinburgh	Dumfries
19:45	Murray 23' McKay 54' Ruth 71' Connelly 84'	^[28]		Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 688 Referee: Chris Graham

23 September 2022	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Airdrieonians	Alloa
19:45	Sammon 81'	^[29]		Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 641 Referee: Greg Aitken

23 September 2022	Annan Athletic	1–2	Kelty Hearts	Annan
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[cnote_A] 
A: St Johnstone B were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Fraserburgh, who fielded 3 ineligible players. The match had originally finished 2–0 to St Johnstone B.^[16]

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