2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup

2003–04 Challenge Cup
Country Scotland
Teams 30
Defending champions Queen of the South
Champions Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Runners-up Airdrie United
Matches played 29
Goals scored 99 (3.41 per match)

The 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup was the 13th season of the competition, competed for by all 30 members of the Scottish Football League. The defending champions were Queen of the South, who defeated Brechin City 2–0 in the 2002 final. Queen of the South were eliminated in the first round after defeat against Stranraer

The final was played on 26 October 2003, between Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Airdrie United at McDiarmid Park, Perth. Inverness Caledonian Thistle won 2–0, to claim their first 'major' cup.

Schedule

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
First roundSaturday 2 August 20031430 → 16
Second roundTuesday 12 August 2003816 → 8
Quarter-finalsTuesday 26 August 200348 → 4
Semi-finalsTue/Wed 16/17 September 200324 → 2
FinalSunday 26 October 200312 → 1

First round

Berwick Rangers and Dumbarton received random byes into the second round.

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Second round

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Quarter-finals

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0 Ross County
Hislop  49' Report
Attendance: 2,631
Referee: W Young
Forfar Athletic 0–2 Airdrie United
Byers Red card 85' Report Wilson  55'
Dunn  74'
Station Park, Forfar
Attendance: 752
Referee: J Rowbotham
Raith Rovers 3–2 St Mirren
Prest  27',  62'
Ellis  33' (o.g.)		 Report Russell  40'
O'Neill  74'
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Attendance: 1,949
Referee: D McDonald
St Johnstone 1–2 Brechin City
Forsyth  90' Report Jablonski  3'
Fotheringham  34' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,919
Referee: K Clarke

Semi-finals

Raith Rovers 0–4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Report Wilson  28',  81'
Ritchie  30',  43'
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Attendance: 2,110
Referee: K Clark
Brechin City 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Airdrie United
White  15' Report Dunn  35'
Gow  112'
Vareille Red card 45'
Glebe Park, Brechin
Attendance: 803
Referee: D McDonald

Final

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Airdrie United
Bingham  79'
Hislop  89'		 Report
Attendance: 5,428
Referee: W Young
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