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Scottish Championship

Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Country	Scotland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	10
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Scottish Premiership
Relegation to	Scottish League One
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Cup
League cup(s)	Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup
Current champions	Dundee United (2nd title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian (2 titles)
TV partners	BBC Scotland BBC ALBA
Website	spfl.co.uk
Current: 2024–25 Scottish Championship

The Scottish Championship, known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Championship was established in July 2013, after the Scottish Professional Football League was formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League.

Format

Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned league champion. If points are equal, the goal difference determines the winner. If this still does not result in a winner, the tied teams must take part in a playoff game at a neutral venue to determine the final placings.

Promotion and relegation

The champions are directly promoted to the Scottish Premiership, swapping places with the bottom club of the Premiership. The clubs finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th then enter the two-legged Premiership play-off. The 3rd-placed club plays the 4th-placed club, with the winner then playing the 2nd-placed club. The winner of that game then plays against the 11th-placed Premiership club. If the Championship play-off winner prevails, the club is promoted and the Premiership club is relegated; otherwise, the Premiership club remains in its league while the Championship club is not promoted.

For promotion and relegation, the Championship play-off system closely mirrors its Premiership counterpart—the bottom-ranked club in the Championship is automatically relegated while the 9th-placed club undergoes a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed clubs from League One.

Teams

Listed below are all the teams competing in the 2024–25 Scottish Championship season, with details of the first season they entered the second tier; the first season of their current spell in the second tier; and the last time they won the second tier.

as Meadowbank Thistle

Stadiums

Airdrieonians	Ayr United	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk	Greenock Morton
Excelsior Stadium	Somerset Park	East End Park	Falkirk Stadium	Cappielow Park
Capacity: 10,101	Capacity: 10,185	Capacity: 11,480	Capacity: 7,937	Capacity: 11,589

Hamilton Academical	Livingston	Partick Thistle	Queen's Park	Raith Rovers
New Douglas Park	Almondvale Stadium	Firhill Stadium	Hampden Park	Stark's Park
Capacity: 6,018	Capacity: 8,716	Capacity: 10,102	Capacity: 51,866	Capacity: 8,867

Statistics

Championships

Records and awards

Biggest home win

Heart of Midlothian 10–0 Cowdenbeath, 28 February 2015

Biggest away win

Dumbarton 0–6 Rangers, 2 January 2016;

Most points in a season

91; Heart of Midlothian, 2014–15

Fewest points in a season

4; Brechin City, 2017–18

Fewest goals scored in a season

20; Brechin City, 2017–18

Most goals scored in a season

96; Heart of Midlothian, 2014–15

Most goals conceded in a season

90; Brechin City, 2017–18

Fewest goals conceded in a season

23; Dundee United, 2023–24

Highest attendance

50,349; Rangers 1–1 Alloa Athletic, 23 April 2016

Lowest attendance

318; Cowdenbeath 3–0 Greenock Morton, 25 March 2014

Top goalscorers

As of 29 September 2023

Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in the Scottish Championship.

Notes

1. ^ The Scottish Championship has only existed since 2013. For a complete record of clubs that have won the Scottish second tier, see List of winners of the Scottish Championship and predecessors.
2. Dundee United conceded 22 goals in the curtailed 2019–20 season (28 games).
3. Clubs only include those where players scored goals in the Scottish Championship.

1. The 2019–20 Scottish Championship was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. The season was subsequently curtailed on 15 April 2020 and a points per game average was used to calculate a final table.

References

1. "WILLIAM HILL AND SPFL AGREE LANDMARK TITLE SPONSORSHIP DEAL". spfl.co.uk. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
2. "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
3. ^ "The Rules and Regulations of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
4. "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
5. "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
6. "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
7. "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
8. "Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
9. "Lesser Hampden Update". Queen's Park FC. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
10. "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
11. "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
12. "Partick Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
13. "Queen's Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
14. "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
15. "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
16. "Heart of Midlothian F.C. 10–0 Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
17. "Dumbarton 0–6 Rangers". BBC Sport. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
18. Sutherland, Jonathan (28 April 2018). "Brechin City: Scottish Championship side go entire league season without victory". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
19. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2013–14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
20. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2014–15". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
21. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2015–16". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
22. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2016–17". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
23. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2017–18". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
24. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2018–19". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
25. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2019–20". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
26. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2020–21". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
27. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2021–22". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
28. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2022–23". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
29. "Scottish Championship Statistics 2023–24". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

External links

• Official website

• Scottish Championship
• 2013 establishments in Scotland
• Football leagues in Scotland
• Professional sports leagues in Scotland
• Scottish Professional Football League
• Second level football leagues in Europe
• Sports leagues established in 2013