The Scottish Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Scottish Challenge Cup, is a knockout football cup competition organised by the Scottish Football League. Entry is open to the 30 member clubs of the Scottish Football League and from 2011 the two highest ranked clubs of the Highland Football League are invited to compete. In June 2011 the cup was named the Ramsdens Cup for sponsorship reasons.
The competition was first held during the 1990–91 season with the winners being Dundee.
The current holders of the trophy are Falkirk, who defeated Hamilton Academical 1–0 in the 2012 final.
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