Английская Википедия:2023–24 Scottish Challenge Cup

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Шаблон:Infobox football tournament season The 2023–24 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the SPFL Trust Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the competition. The total number of participating clubs is 53, including clubs from Wales and Northern Ireland. The competition began on 1 August 2023 with the first round and the final is scheduled for the weekend of 23/24 March 2024.

Thirty teams from the Championship, League One and 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 from 11 of the 12 clubs competing in the Scottish Premiership are represented. This season also includes guest clubs, with two sides each coming from Northern Ireland's NIFL Premiership and Wales' Cymru Premier.

Format

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	1–2 August 2023	11	53 → 42	3 teams from 2022–23 Scottish League Two (8th–10th) 4 teams from 2022–23 Lowland Football League (1st–4th) 4 teams from 2022–23 Highland Football League (1st–4th) 11 U21 teams from 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
Second Round	15–16 August 2023	10	42 → 32	2 teams from 2022–23 Scottish League One (9th–10th) 7 teams from 2022–23 Scottish League Two (1st–7th)
Third Round	9–10 September 2023	16	32 → 16	Teams from 2022–23 Scottish Championship (2nd–10th) 8 teams from 2022–23 Scottish League One (1st–8th) 2 teams from 2022–23 NIFL Premiership (4th and 6th) 2 teams from 2022–23 Cymru Premier (1st and 5th)
Fourth Round	14–15 October 2023	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	18–19 November 2023	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	3–4 February 2024	2	4 → 2
Final	23–24 March 2023	1	2 → 1

First round

The first round featured 3 clubs from 2022–23 Scottish League Two, 4 clubs from the 2022–23 Scottish Highland Football League, 4 clubs from the 2022–23 Scottish Lowland Football League and 11 of the 12 under-21 teams of the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership, with Ross County not entering an under-21 team.

The draw was made on 4 July 2023 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 1 and 2 August 2023.

North Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the first round.

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

South Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the first round.

Seeded Teams	Unseeded Teams
Bonnyrigg Rose Albion Rovers The Spartans University of Stirling Tranent East Kilbride	Celtic B Kilmarnock B Livingston B Motherwell B Rangers B St Mirren B

Second round

The second round featured the 11 winners from the previous round, along with 2 clubs from 2022–23 Scottish League One and 7 clubs from 2022–23 Scottish League Two.

The draw for the second round was also made on 4 July 2023 at 13:00 on the live broadcast from the SPFL YouTube Channel. The draw was regionalised, but not seeded. The matches were played on 15 and 16 August 2023.

North Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the second round.

Peterhead East Fife Forfar Athletic

South Section

Draw

Teams that entered the competition in the second round.

Clyde Stirling Albion Dumbarton Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third round

The third round featured the 10 winners from the previous round, along with the bottom club from 2022–23 Scottish Premiership, 2nd-10th from 2022–23 Scottish Championship, 8 clubs from 2022–23 Scottish League One, 2 clubs from 2022–23 NIFL Premiership and 2 clubs from 2022–23 Cymru Premier.

Draw

The draw was made on 17 August 2023 at 13:00 live on the SPFL YouTube Channel.

Teams that entered the competition in the third round.

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

Fourth round

The draw was made on 14 September 2023 at 13:00 live on the SPFL YouTube Channel.

No new teams enter in this round.

Teams in Italics were unknown at the time of the draw.

Championship	League One	League Two	Lowland League	Premiership B teams	Teams from other countries
Airdrieonians Arbroath Dundee United Greenock Morton Queen's Park Raith Rovers	Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South	East Fife Peterhead	East Kilbride	Rangers B	Cymru Premier The New Saints

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final and semi-final draws were made on 19 October 2023 at 13:00 live on the SPFL YouTube Channel.

Teams in Italics were unknown at the time of the quarter-final draw.

Championship	League One	Teams from other countries
Airdrieonians Arbroath Dundee United Greenock Morton Raith Rovers	Falkirk Hamilton Academical	Cymru Premier The New Saints

External links

• Шаблон:Official website