The Inverness Cup is a football competition for teams around Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Originally, it was contested by the four Inverness based teams: Caledonian, Citadel, Clachnacuddin and Thistle, but became an invitational tournament to increase the number of clubs competing.
Interest in the tournament eventually diminished, with competition from the Highland League Cup and North of Scotland Cup, along with fixture congestion for Inverness CT, Ross County and Elgin City, who were now playing in the SPFL.
Although the competition was never formally discontinued, it hadn't been contested since 2005–06, other than a one-off revival between Clachnacuddin and Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the 2023–24 season
Winners SeasonWinner1895–96Caledonian1896–97Caledonian1897–98Clachnacuddin1898–99Caledonian1899–1900Caledonian1900–01Clachnacuddin1901–02Caledonian1902–03Inverness Citadel1903–04Clachnacuddin1904–05Clachnacuddin1905–06Inverness Thistle1906–07Clachnacuddin1907–08Caledonian1908–09Inverness Thistle1909–10Clachnacuddin1910–11Caledonian1911–12Caledonian1912–13Caledonian1913–14Caledonian1914–15No Competition1915–161916–171917–181918–191919–20Clachnacuddin1920–21Caledonian1921–22Clachnacuddin1922–23Caledonian1923–24Clachnacuddin1924–25Inverness Thistle1925–26Caledonian1926–27Inverness Thistle1927–28Inverness Thistle1928–29Clachnacuddin1929–30Clachnacuddin1930–31Ross County1931–32Inverness Citadel1932–33Inverness Thistle1933–34Inverness Thistle1934–35Inverness Thistle1935–36Inverness Thistle1936–37Clachnacuddin1937–38Elgin City1938–39Inverness Thistle1939–40No Competition1940–411941–421942–431943–441944–451945–461946–471947–481948–491949–501950–511951–52Clachnacuddin1952–53Clachnacuddin1953–54Inverness Thistle1954–55No Competition1955–561956–571957–581958–591959–60Ross County1960–61No Competition1961–621962–631963–64Caledonian1964–65Ross County1965–66No Competition1966–67Ross County1967–68No Competition1968–691969–701970–71Elgin City1971–72No Competition1972–731973–74Inverness Thistle1974–75No Competition1975–76Inverness Thistle1976–77Caledonian1977–78Nairn County1978–79Ross County1979–80Ross County1980–81Inverness Thistle1981–82Inverness Thistle1982–83Caledonian1983–84Inverness Thistle1984–85Caledonian1985–86Forres Mechanics1986–87Caledonian1987–88Inverness Thistle1988–89Caledonian1989–90Forres Mechanics1990–91Inverness Thistle1991–92Ross County1992–93Ross County1993–94Inverness Thistle1994–95Brora Rangers1995–96Inverness Caledonian Thistle1996–97Inverness Caledonian Thistle1997–98Inverness Caledonian Thistle1998–99Inverness Caledonian Thistle1999–2000Inverness Caledonian Thistle2000–01Ross County2001–02Inverness Caledonian Thistle2002–03Ross County2003–04Ross County2004–05Inverness Caledonian Thistle2005–06Forres Mechanics2006–07Competition unfinished2007–08No Competition2008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–24Inverness Caledonian Thistle2024–25No Competition2025–26
ClubWinsLast winInverness Thistle 19 1993–94Caledonian 19 1988–89Clachnacuddin 14 1952–53Ross County 11 2003–04Inverness Caledonian Thistle 8 2023–24Forres Mechanics 3 2005–06Elgin City 2 1970–71Inverness Citadel 2 1931–32Brora Rangers 1 1994–95Nairn County 1 1977–78
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