2023–24 Scottish Championship

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

Scottish Championship
Season2023–24
Dates4 August 2023 – 3 May 2024
Matches played45
Goals scored133 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerLouis Moult
6 goals
Biggest home winDundee United 6–0 Arbroath (27 October 2023)
Biggest away winPartick Thistle 0–5 Dundee United (21 October 2023)
Highest scoringQueen's Park 2–5 Ayr United (22 September 2023)
Longest winning runArbroath
Raith Rovers
4 games
Longest unbeaten runDundee United
10 games
Longest winless runQueen's Park
8 games
Longest losing runQueen's Park
5 games
Highest attendance8,892
Dundee United 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic (12 August 2023)
Lowest attendance916
Queen's Park 2–1 Arbroath (12 August 2023)
Total attendance155,341
Average attendance3,452
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2023.

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

Teams

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

Stadia and locations
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
Location of teams in 2023–24 Scottish Championship
 Greenock Morton
East End Park Cappielow
Capacity: 11,480[7] Capacity: 11,589[8]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 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]
Championship football clubs in Glasgow

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

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Queen's Park Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Resigned 15 May 2023[13] Pre-season Netherlands Robin Veldman 17 June 2023[14]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Billy Dodds Sacked 17 September 2023 10th Scotland Duncan Ferguson 26 September 2023

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee United 10 7 3 0 28 4 +24 24 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Raith Rovers 8 5 2 1 13 9 +4 17 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Partick Thistle 10 4 3 3 19 16 +3 15 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Airdrieonians 9 4 1 4 9 13 −4 13
5 Arbroath 9 4 0 5 15 17 −2 12
6 Ayr United 9 4 0 5 12 17 −5 12
7 Queen's Park 11 3 3 5 14 22 −8 12
8 Dunfermline Athletic 8 3 2 3 9 9 0 11
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 8 1 2 5 6 10 −4 5 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Greenock Morton 8 1 2 5 8 16 −8 5 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. 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]

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)
Home \ Away AIR ARB AYR DUN DNF GMO ICT PAR QPA RAI
Airdrieonians — 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Arbroath 4–0 — 2–1 0–4 2–3 0–1
Ayr United — 0–3 1–0 0–4 1–2
Dundee United 2–0 6–0 — 1–1 1–1 4–1
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 0–1 — 3–1 0–1
Greenock Morton 0–1 0–3 3–1 — 1–4
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–2
Partick Thistle 0–3 0–5 3–0 — 3–1 2–2
Queen's Park 2–1 2–5 0–2 0–0 2–2 —
Raith Rovers 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)
Home \ Away AIR ARB AYR DUN DNF GMO ICT PAR QPA RAI
Airdrieonians —
Arbroath —
Ayr United —
Dundee United —
Dunfermline Athletic —
Greenock Morton —
Inverness Caledonian Thistle —
Partick Thistle —
Queen's Park —
Raith Rovers —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 27 October 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Louis Moult Dundee United 6
2 Scotland Kevin Holt Dundee United 5
Scotland Brian Graham Partick Thistle
Republic of Ireland Ruari Paton Queen's Park
5 Scotland Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians 4
England Jermaine Hylton Arbroath
Scotland Logan Chalmers Ayr United
Ghana Mathew Anim Cudjoe Dundee United
Scotland Robbie Muirhead Greenock Morton
Scotland Steven Lawless Partick Thistle
Scotland Lewis Vaughan Raith Rovers

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Netherlands Robin Veldman Queen's Park Republic of Ireland Ruari Paton Queen's Park
September Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Dundee United England Jermaine Hylton Arbroath
October
November
December
January
February
March
April

References
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  2. Lindsay, Clive (17 April 2023). "What now for Dunfermline Athletic after promotion?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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  10. "Partick Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  12. "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. "Owen Coyle: Queen's Park manager steps down". BBC Sport. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  14. "Robin Veldman: Queen's Park appoint former Anderlecht assistant as head coach". BBC Sport. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  15. "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  16. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  17. "cinch Championship League Results". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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