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(Top) 1 Teams 1.1 To Championship 1.2 From Championship 1.3 Stadia and locations 1.4 Personnel and kits 1.5 Managerial changes 2 League table 3 Results 3.1 First half of season (Matches 1–18) 3.2 Second half of season (Matches 19–36) 4 Season statistics 4.1 Scoring 4.1.1 Top scorers 5 Awards 6 Championship play-offs 6.1 Bracket 6.2 Semi-finals 6.2.1 First leg 6.2.2 Second leg 6.3 Final 6.3.1 First leg 6.3.2 Second leg 7 References 8 External links

2023–24 Scottish Championship

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Scottish Championship
Season	2023–24
Dates	4 August 2023 – 3 May 2024
Champions	Dundee United
Promoted	Dundee United
Relegated	Inverness CT (via play-offs) Arbroath
Matches played	180
Goals scored	503 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Graham 20 goals
Biggest home win	Dundee United 6–0 Arbroath (27 October 2023) Queen's Park 6–0 Arbroath (27 February 2024)
Biggest away win	Partick Thistle 0–5 Dundee United (21 October 2023) Dunfermline Athletic 0–5 Greenock Morton (3 February 2024) Queen's Park 0–5 Dundee United (6 April 2024) Arbroath 0–5 Queen's Park (27 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Raith Rovers 4–4 Ayr United (22 December 2023)
Longest winning run	Raith Rovers 5 games
Longest unbeaten run	Dundee United 14 games
Longest winless run	Queen's Park 15 games
Longest losing run	Arbroath 10 games
Highest attendance	11,802 Dundee United 4–1 Partick Thistle (3 May 2024)
Lowest attendance	916 Queen's Park 2–1 Arbroath (12 August 2023)
Total attendance	607,497
Average attendance	3,374
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 3 May 2024.

The 2023–24 Scottish Championship (known as cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 4 August 2023.^[1]

Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.

Teams[edit]

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

To Championship[edit]

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premiership

Dundee United

From Championship[edit]

Relegated to League One

Promoted to the Premiership

Dundee

Stadia and locations[edit]

Airdrieonians	Arbroath	Ayr United	Dundee United
Excelsior Stadium	Gayfield Park	Somerset Park	Tannadice Park
Capacity: 10,101^[3]	Capacity: 6,600^[4]	Capacity: 10,185^[5]	Capacity: 14,223^[6]

Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow Airdrie Arbroath Ayr United Dundee United Dunfermline Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Raith Rovers Glasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's Park class=notpageimage\| Location of teams in 2023–24 Scottish Championship		Greenock Morton
East End Park			Cappielow
Capacity: 11,480^[7]			Capacity: 11,589^[8]

Inverness CT	Partick Thistle	Queen's Park	Raith Rovers
Caledonian Stadium	Firhill Stadium	Hampden Park	Stark's Park
Capacity: 7,512^[9]	Capacity: 10,887^[10]	Capacity: 51,866^[11]	Capacity: 8,867^[12]

Partick Thistle

Queen's Park

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Championship football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians	Rhys McCabe	Adam Frizzell	Joma	Holemasters
Arbroath	Jim McIntyre	Thomas O'Brien	Macron	Megatech
Ayr United	Scott Brown	Sean McGinty	O'Neills	Jewson (Home) Lindsay Mortgage Services (Away)
Dundee United	Jim Goodwin	Ross Docherty	Erreà	Bartercard
Dunfermline Athletic	James McPake	Kyle Benedictus	Erreà	SRJ Windows
Greenock Morton	Dougie Imrie	Grant Gillespie	Joma	Dalrada Technology (Home) Erskine (Away) Team Talk (3rd)
Inverness CT	Duncan Ferguson	Billy Mckay	Puma	ILI Group
Partick Thistle	Kris Doolan	Brian Graham	O'Neills	Clydebuilt Home Improvements
Queen's Park	Callum Davidson	Jack Thomson	Adidas	City Facilities Management
Raith Rovers	Ian Murray	Scott Brown	Joma	Dean Park Hotel (Home) Fife Letting Service (Away)

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Queen's Park	Owen Coyle	Resigned	15 May 2023^[13]	Pre-season	Robin Veldman	17 June 2023^[14]
Inverness CT	Billy Dodds	Sacked	17 September 2023	10th	Duncan Ferguson	26 September 2023
Arbroath	Dick Campbell	Resigned	25 November 2023	9th	Jim McIntyre	4 December 2023
Queen's Park	Robin Veldman	Sacked	9 December 2023	8th	Callum Davidson	9 January 2024
Ayr United	Lee Bullen	Sacked	15 January 2024	9th	Scott Brown	23 January 2024

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United (C, P)	36	22	9	5	73	23	+50	75	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers	36	20	9	7	58	42	+16	69	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Partick Thistle	36	14	13	9	63	54	+9	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Airdrieonians	36	15	7	14	44	44	0	52	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	12	9	15	43	46	−3	45
6	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	12	13	43	48	−5	45
7	Ayr United	36	12	8	16	53	61	−8	44
8	Queen's Park	36	11	10	15	50	56	−6	43
9	Inverness CT (R)	36	10	12	14	41	40	+1	42	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Arbroath (R)	36	6	5	25	35	89	−54	23	Relegation to League One

Source: ^[15]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[16]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

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)[edit]

Home \ Away	AIR	ARB	AYR	DUN	DNF	GMO	ICT	PAR	QPA	RAI
Airdrieonians	—	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Arbroath	4–0	—	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–2
Ayr United	1–0	2–0	—	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–2
Dundee United	2–0	6–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–1
Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1
Greenock Morton	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–2	1–2
Partick Thistle	2–1	0–3	2–2	0–5	3–0	2–1	1–1	—	3–1	2–2
Queen's Park	1–2	2–1	2–5	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	2–2	—	2–3
Raith Rovers	1–1	2–2	4–4	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–3	3–2	—

Source: ^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)[edit]

Home \ Away	AIR	ARB	AYR	DUN	DNF	GMO	ICT	PAR	QPA	RAI
Airdrieonians	—	5–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Arbroath	1–2	—	0–0	0–3	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–5	3–2
Ayr United	2–1	5–0	—	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–3	4–3	1–2	1–2
Dundee United	0–2	4–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–0
Dunfermline Athletic	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	—	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2
Greenock Morton	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–4	0–1	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	—	3–3	0–1	0–1
Partick Thistle	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	—	3–2	0–1
Queen's Park	2–0	6–0	1–2	0–5	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	—	0–0
Raith Rovers	1–3	5–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–2	—

Source: ^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brian Graham	Partick Thistle	20
2	Louis Moult	Dundee United	18
3	Ruari Paton	Queen's Park	17
4	Lewis Vaughan	Raith Rovers	15
5	Anton Dowds	Ayr United	13
5	Tony Watt	Dundee United	13

Awards[edit]

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Robin Veldman	Queen's Park	Ruari Paton	Queen's Park
September	Jim Goodwin	Dundee United	Jermaine Hylton	Arbroath
October	Jim Goodwin	Dundee United	Kai Fotheringham	Dundee United
November	Duncan Ferguson	Inverness CT	David Wotherspoon	Inverness CT
December	Ian Murray	Raith Rovers	Lewis Vaughan	Raith Rovers
January	Dougie Imrie	Greenock Morton	George Oakley	Greenock Morton
February	Dougie Imrie	Greenock Morton	Dom Thomas	Queen's Park
March	James McPake	Dunfermline Athletic	Louis Moult	Dundee United
April	Jim Goodwin	Dundee United	Brian Graham	Partick Thistle

The SPFL Championship manager of the year was Jim GoodwinofDundee United.

The SPFL Championship player of the year was Louis MoultofDundee United.

Championship play-offs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals					Final

1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0	1	1

4	Montrose	0	0	0
					Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1	2	3

					Hamilton Academical	2	3	5
3	Alloa Athletic	2	2	4

2	Hamilton Academical	2	3	5

Semi-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

7 May 2024	Montrose	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Montrose
19:45				Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 1,043 Referee: Chris Graham

7 May 2024	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Alloa
19:45	Steven 47' Roberts 54'		Henderson 31' O'Hara 75'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Craig Napier

Second leg[edit]

11 May 2024	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Montrose	Inverness
15:00	McKay 59'			Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Alan Muir

11 May 2024	Hamilton Academical	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Alloa Athletic	Hamilton
15:00	Tumilty 18' L.Smith 43' Rose 77'		Coulson 7' Sammon 57'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,027 Referee: Steven Kirkland

Final[edit]

First leg[edit]

15 May 2024	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Hamilton
20:05	O'Hara 6' Owens 22'		Pepple 68'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,389 Referee: Graham Grainger

Second leg[edit]

18 May 2024	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–3 (3–5 agg.)	Hamilton Academical	Inverness
17:30	Kerr 31' Samuel 90+9'	^[18]	O'Hara 8', 41' (pen.) Smith 12'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,873 Referee: Euan Anderson

References[edit]

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^ Lindsay, Clive (17 April 2023). "What now for Dunfermline Athletic after promotion?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

^ "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Arbroath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Partick Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Queen's Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

^ "Owen Coyle: Queen's Park manager steps down". BBC Sport. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

^ "Robin Veldman: Queen's Park appoint former Anderlecht assistant as head coach". BBC Sport. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

^ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

^ ^a ^b "cinch Championship League Results". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

^ Hamilton claim play-off glory to replace Inverness in Championship, STV News, 18 May 2024

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