SFA North and South Region Challenge Cups

The North and South Region Challenge Cups are regional senior non-league competitions run by the Scottish Football Association. The southern tournament is open to full member non-league clubs in the south of the country, while similar stipulations applied to its northern counterpart.

History

The Challenge Cup competitions replaced the Scottish Qualifying Cup North and South competitions in 2007, after the SFA decided to allow full member clubs at non-league level direct entry to the Scottish Cup proper, and as a consequence the Qualifying Cups were scrapped. To compensate clubs for the demise of the tournaments, two new ones were put in their place.^[1]

North

SFA North Region Challenge Cup

Founded	2007
Abolished	2009
Most successful club(s)	Huntly, Inverurie Locos (1 title each)

The North competition was scrapped in 2009.

Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref
2007–08	Huntly	1–0	Deveronvale	[1][2]
2008–09	Inverurie Locos	3–1	Cove Rangers	[1][2]

South

SFA South Region Challenge Cup

Founded	2007
Number of teams	163
Current champions	East Kilbride (5th title)
Most successful club(s)	East Kilbride (5 titles)
Website	southchallengecup.co.uk
2024–25 South Challenge Cup

The South Challenge Cup features 163 senior non-league clubs from the Lowland Football League (16), East of Scotland Football League (57), South of Scotland Football League (11), and West of Scotland Football League (79).

The reserve teams of Stirling University and Stranraer, as well as Celtic B and Hearts B, do not take part. It is an unseeded straight knock-out tournament, without replays. It is currently an all-in draw from the start, having previously seen the opening rounds regionalised at times during the competition's history.

The competition is named the CarMatKings South Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons in 2024–25.

Finals

• (aet) = Result after extra time.
• Bold = Winning team were also champions of their league

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Ref
2007–08	Annan Athletic	3–2	Edinburgh City	Netherdale, Galashiels	[1][3][4]
2008–09	The Spartans	6–0	Edinburgh University	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh	[5]
2009–10	The Spartans (2)	3–1	Gretna 2008	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh	[6][7]
2010–11	The Spartans (3)	3–0	Edinburgh City		[8]
2011–12	Stirling University	4–2	Duns	Netherdale, Galashiels	[9][10][11]
2012–13	Whitehill Welfare	3–1	Dalbeattie Star	Galabank, Annan	[12][13]
2013–14	East Kilbride	2–0	Dalbeattie Star	Palmerston Park, Dumfries	[14][15]
2014–15	BSC Glasgow	2–0	Civil Service Strollers	Ferguson Park, Rosewell	[16][17]
2015–16	Whitehill Welfare (2)	2–2 aet 3–2 pen.	Edinburgh City	East Peffermill, Edinburgh	[18][19][20]
2016–17	East Kilbride (2)	4–2	Cumbernauld Colts	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk	[21]
2017–18	Civil Service Strollers	2–1 aet	BSC Glasgow	Olivebank Stadium, Musselburgh	[22]
2018–19	East Kilbride (3)	2–1	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Meggetland Stadium, Edinburgh	[23]
2019–20	Dunipace	3–1	Broomhill	Prestonfield, Linlithgow	[24]
2020–21	Competition postponed at the third round stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later cancelled.
2021–22	Auchinleck Talbot	3–1	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
2022–23	The Spartans (4)	2–1	Drumchapel United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
2023–24	East Kilbride (4)	2–0	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy		[25]
2024–25	East Kilbride (5)	2–0	Auchinleck Talbot

Performance by club

As of after 2024–25

Club	Wins	Last win	Runners-up	Last final lost
East Kilbride	5	2025	—	—
The Spartans	4	2023	—	—
Whitehill Welfare	2	2016	—	—
BSC Glasgow / Broomhill	1	2015	2	2020
Civil Service Strollers	1	2018	1	2015
Annan Athletic	1	2008	—	—
Stirling University	1	2012	—	—
Dunipace	1	2020	—	—
Auchinleck Talbot	1	2022	1	2025
Edinburgh City	—	—	3	2016
Dalbeattie Star	—	—	2	2014
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	—	—	2	2022
Edinburgh University	—	—	1	2009
Gretna 2008	—	—	1	2010
Duns	—	—	1	2012
Cumbernauld Colts	—	—	1	2017
Drumchapel United	—	—	1	2023
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	—	—	1	2024