Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship
Founded2013 (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 championsSt. Johnstone (1st title)
(2025–26)
Most championshipsDundee
Dundee United
Heart of Midlothian
(2 titles)
TV partnersBBC Scotland
BBC ALBA
Websitespfl.co.uk
Current: 2026–27 Scottish Championship

The Scottish Championship, 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.[1] The Scottish Championship was previously known as the Scottish Football League First Division.

Clubs

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League clubs

Winners

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
2025–26 St. Johnstone Partick Thistle Arbroath Dunfermline Athletic

Notes

  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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. BBC.

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