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Scottish Championship

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Scottish Championship
Founded2013; 12 years ago (2013)
CountryScotland
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toScottish Premiership
Relegation toScottish League One
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Cup
League cup(s)Scottish League Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Current championsFalkirk (1st title)
(2024–25)
Most championshipsDundee
Dundee United
Heart of Midlothian
(2 titles)
TV partnersBBC Scotland
BBC ALBA
Websitespfl.co.uk
Current: 2025–26 Scottish Championship

The Scottish Championship, also known as the William Hill Championship,[1] is the second division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The League was established in July 2013, after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League.[2] The Scottish Championship was previously known as the Scottish Football League First Division.

Teams

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2025–26 season
Team Location Stadium Capacity Notes
Airdrieonians Airdrie Excelsior Stadium 10,101 [3]
Arbroath Arbroath Gayfield Park 6,056 [4]
Ayr United Ayr Somerset Park 10,185 [5]
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline East End Park 11,480 [6]
Greenock Morton Greenock Cappielow 11,589 [7]
Partick Thistle Glasgow Firhill Stadium 10,887 [8]
Queen's Park Glasgow Lesser Hampden 900 [9][10]
Raith Rovers Kirkcaldy Stark's Park 8,867 [11]
Ross County Dingwall Victoria Park 6,541 [12]
St. Johnstone Perth McDiarmid Park 10,696 [13]

Winners

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Season Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
2013–14 Dundee Hamilton Academical Falkirk Queen of the South
2014–15 Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers Queen of the South
2015–16 Rangers Falkirk Hibernian Raith Rovers
2016–17 Hibernian Falkirk Dundee United Greenock Morton
2017–18 St Mirren Livingston Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic
2018–19 Ross County Dundee United Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr United
2019–20[A] Dundee United Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee Ayr United
2020–21 Heart of Midlothian (2) Dundee Raith Rovers Dunfermline Athletic
2021–22 Kilmarnock Arbroath Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle
2022–23 Dundee (2) Ayr United Queen's Park Partick Thistle
2023–24 Dundee United (2) Raith Rovers Partick Thistle Airdrieonians
2024–25 Falkirk Livingston Ayr United Partick Thistle

Notes

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  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.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "WILLIAM HILL AND SPFL AGREE LANDMARK TITLE SPONSORSHIP DEAL". spfl.co.uk. 7 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  4. ↑ "Arbroath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  5. ↑ "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  6. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  7. ↑ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  8. ↑ "Partick Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  9. ↑ "Queen's Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  10. ↑ "SPFL club to LEAVE current stadium after 122 years at historic home and move to new complex". The Scottish Sun. 11 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  12. ↑ "Ross County Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  13. ↑ "St. Johnstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  14. ↑ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. BBC.

Other websites

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