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Ladbrokes Championship

Season	2018–19
Dates	4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019
Champions	Ross County
Promoted	Ross County
Relegated	Falkirk
Matches played	180
Goals scored	439 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lawrence Shankland (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Queen of the South 5–0 Ayr United (1 September 2018) Ross County 5–0 Greenock Morton (27 October 2018)
Biggest away win	Dundee United 0–5 Ayr United (30 November 2018)
Highest scoring	9 matches: 6 goals
Longest winning run	6 matches: Ross County
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches: Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Longest winless run	9 matches: Partick Thistle
Longest losing run	7 matches: Partick Thistle Queen of the South
Highest attendance	6,532 Dundee United 2–3 Dunfermline Athletic (4 August 2018)
Lowest attendance	592 Alloa Athletic 0–1 Ross County (1 December 2018)
Total attendance	561,688
Average attendance	3,120 (239)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 4 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018, with the league starting on 4 August 2018.

Ten teams contested the league: Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Ross County.

Ross County won the league following a 4–0 win over Queen of the South on 26 April 2019 to return to the Premiership after only one season's absence.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:

To Championship

Ayr United secured promotion to the Championship on 28 April 2018 after a 2–0 victory over Albion Rovers. Ross County were relegated to the Championship on 12 May 2018 after a 1–1 draw with St Johnstone. Alloa Athletic won promotion following a 2–1 aggregate victory in the play-off final. Partick Thistle were also relegated to the Championship following a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Livingston in the play-off final.

From Championship

Brechin City were relegated to League One on 24 March 2018 after a 2–0 defeat to Greenock Morton. St Mirren secured promotion to the Premiership on 14 April 2018 after a goalless draw with Livingston, who were also promoted after winning the Premiership play-off final. Dumbarton were relegated after losing the Championship play-off final.

Stadia and locations

Alloa Athletic	Ayr United	Dundee United	Dunfermline Athletic
Recreation Park	Somerset Park	Tannadice Park	East End Park
Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 10,185	Capacity: 14,223	Capacity: 11,480
Falkirk	Alloa AthleticAyr UnitedDundee UtdDunfermline AthleticFalkirkMortonInverness CTQueen of the SouthRoss CountyPartick Thistle		Greenock Morton
Falkirk Stadium			Cappielow Park
Capacity: 7,937			Capacity: 11,589
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Partick Thistle	Queen of the South	Ross County
Caledonian Stadium	Firhill Stadium	Palmerston Park	Victoria Park
Capacity: 7,750	Capacity: 10,102	Capacity: 8,690	Capacity: 6,541

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Jim Goodwin	Andy Graham	Pendle	The Energy Check
Ayr United	Ian McCall	Ross Docherty	Adidas	Bitcoin BCH
Dundee United	Robbie Neilson	Fraser Fyvie	Nike	Utilita
Dunfermline Athletic	Stevie Crawford	Lee Ashcroft	Joma	SRJ Windows
Falkirk	Ray McKinnon	Jordan McGhee	Puma	Central Demolition
Greenock Morton	David Hopkin	Jim McAlister	Vision Outsourcing	Millions
Inverness CT	John Robertson	Carl Tremarco	Erreà	McEwan Fraser Legal
Partick Thistle	Gary Caldwell	Stuart Bannigan	Joma	Just Employment Law
Queen of the South	Allan Johnston	Stephen Dobbie	Macron	Border Finance Ltd
Ross County	Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell	Marcus Fraser	Macron	McEwan Fraser Legal

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Greenock Morton	Jim Duffy	Mutual consent	29 April 2018	Pre-season	Ray McKinnon	30 May 2018
Falkirk	Paul Hartley	Mutual consent	27 August 2018	10th	Ray McKinnon	31 August 2018
Greenock Morton	Ray McKinnon	Signed by Falkirk	31 August 2018	2nd	Jonatan Johansson	6 September 2018
Dundee United	Csaba László	Mutual consent	30 September 2018	4th	Robbie Neilson	8 October 2018
Partick Thistle	Alan Archibald	Sacked	6 October 2018	8th	Gary Caldwell	15 October 2018
Dunfermline Athletic	Allan Johnston	Resigned	9 January 2019	7th	Stevie Crawford	10 January 2019
Greenock Morton	Jonatan Johansson	Resigned	4 May 2019	5th	David Hopkin	15 May 2019
Queen of the South	Gary Naysmith	Sacked	4 May 2019	9th	Allan Johnston	5 May 2019

League summary

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Source: BBC Sport
Updated: 4 May 2019

Results

Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.

First half of season (Matches 1-18)

Second half of season (Matches 19-36)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lawrence Shankland	Ayr United	24
2	Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	21
3	Billy Mckay	Ross County	17
4	Pavol Šafranko	Dundee United	12
	Zak Rudden	Falkirk
6	Alan Trouten	Alloa Athletic	10

Source:

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	Falkirk	0–3 (A)	25 August 2018
Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	Ayr United	5–0 (H)	1 September 2018
Billy Mckay	Ross County	Dundee United	1–5 (A)	29 September 2018
Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	Alloa Athletic	3–3 (H)	6 October 2018
Billy Mckay	Ross County	Greenock Morton	5–0 (H)	27 October 2018
Lawrence Shankland	Ayr United	Dundee United	0–5 (A)	30 November 2018
Billy Mckay	Ross County	Ayr United	3–2 (H)	26 February 2019
Brian Graham	Ross County	Ayr United	1–3 (A)	19 April 2019

Note

Player scored four goals; (H) = Home, (A) = Away

Attendances

Updated to games played on 4 May 2019
Source:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref.
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Ian McCall	Ayr United	Lawrence Shankland	Ayr United
September	Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South
October	Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	Billy Mckay	Ross County
November	Robbie Neilson	Dundee United	Fraser Aird	Dundee United
December	Jim Goodwin	Alloa Athletic	Dario Zanatta	Alloa Athletic
January	Gary Naysmith	Queen of the South	Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South
February	Stevie Crawford	Dunfermline Athletic	Billy Mckay	Ross County
March	John Robertson	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Aaron Doran	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
April	Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	Brian Graham	Ross County

Championship play-offs

The second bottom team (Queen of the South) entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2018–19 Scottish League One (Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers and Montrose). Queen of the South secured their place in the Championship after defeating Raith 3–1 on aggregate in the final.

Semi-final

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

15 May 2019	Raith Rovers	1–3	Queen of the South	Kirkcaldy
19:45	McKay 86'	Report	Dykes 17' Murray 22' Murray 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 2,471 Referee: David Munro

Second leg

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