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2017 Scottish Challenge Cup final
	Official match day programme
Event	2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup
Date	25 March 2017
Venue	Fir Park, Motherwell
Referee	Nick Walsh
Attendance	8,089
Weather	Sunny
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The 2017 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Irn-Bru Cup final for sponsorship reasons, is a football match that took place on 25 March 2017 at Fir Park, between Dundee United and St Mirren.^[1] It was the 26th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League and the fourth since the Scottish Professional Football League was formed. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final. The match was won by Dundee United 2–1, marking their first win in the tournament since its inception and their first silverware since the 2009–10 Scottish Cup.^[2]^[3]

Route to the final

The competition is a knock-out tournament and was contested by 52 teams from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016-17.^[4] Those participating were the 30 clubs that played in the 2016–17 Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League along with the top four teams from the 2015–16 Highland and Lowland Leagues (East Stirlingshire, who were relegated from the SPFL, took the place of the Lowland League champions Edinburgh City, who promoted in their place). The top two teams from the 2015–16 Welsh Premier League and 2015–16 NIFL Premiership and the U20s squads of the teams competing in the 2016–17 Premiership were also invited to compete.^[4] For the first three rounds, the draw was divided into two geographical regions – north and south. These draws were seeded to avoid U20s teams and Highland and Lowland League sides from being drawn against each other.^[5] From round four onwards, the draw was regionalised to keep Welsh and Northern Irish teams apart.

As both clubs play in the Championship, they received a bye to the third round.

Dundee United

Round	Opposition	Score
Third round	Peterhead (h)	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Fourth round	Stranraer (a)	1–0
Quarter-final	Dunfermline Athletic (a)	1–0
Semi-final	Queen of the South (a)	3–2

St Mirren

Round	Opposition	Score
Third round	Albion Rovers (a)	4–3 (a.e.t.)
Fourth round	Hibernian (a)	2–1
Quarter-final	Ayr United (h)	2–1
Semi-final	The New Saints (h)	4–1

Match details

25 March 2017

12:30

Final

Dundee United	2–1	St Mirren
Andreu 37' Mikkelsen 75'	SPFL report	Loy 38'

Fir Park, Motherwell

Attendance: 8,089

Referee: Nick Walsh

Dundee United

St Mirren


Dundee United:
GK	1	Cammy Bell (c)
RB	8	Stewart Murdoch
CB	14	William Edjenguélé
CB	4	Mark Durnan
LB	24	Jamie Robson
CM	16	Charlie Telfer
CM	14	Willo Flood
RW	22	Ali Coote 89'
AM	19	Tony Andreu
LW	23	Nick van der Velden 58'
CF	9	Simon Murray 80'
Substitutes:
GK	21	Luis Zwick
DF	3	Paul Dixon
DF	5	Coll Donaldson 89'
DF	6	Lewis Toshney
DF	20	Frank van der Struijk
MF	11	Alex Nicholls 80'
FW	18	Thomas Mikkelsen 58'
Manager:
Ray McKinnon


St Mirren:
GK	21	Billy O'Brien
RB	3	Gary Irvine
CB	6	Gary MacKenzie
CB	15	Jack Baird
LB	44	Adam Eckersley
RM	42	Kyle Magennis 84'
CM	10	Stevie Mallan
CM	22	Stephen McGinn (c)
LM	17	Lewis Morgan
CF	16	Rory Loy
CF	9	John Sutton
Substitutes:
GK	1	Jamie Langfield
DF	2	Stelios Demetriou
DF	4	Andy Webster
MF	23	Pål Fjelde
MF	35	Darren Whyte
MF	36	Connor O'Keefe 84'
FW	50	Ryan Watters
Manager:
Jack Ross