2023–24 Scottish Championship
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 4 August 2023 – 3 May 2024 |
Champions | Dundee United |
Promoted | Dundee United |
Relegated | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (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 Caledonian Thistle, 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 |
From Championship[edit]Relegated to League One Promoted to the Premiership
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Stadia and locations
[edit]Airdrieonians | Arbroath | Ayr United | Dundee United |
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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 | 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] |
Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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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 Caledonian Thistle | 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 Caledonian Thistle | 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 | 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 | |
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 Caledonian Thistle (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 |
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]Second half of season (Matches 19–36)
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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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 |
Tony Watt | Dundee United |
Awards
[edit]Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | Robin Veldman | Queen's Park | Ruari Paton | Queen's Park |
September | Jim Goodwin | Dundee United | Jermaine Hylton | Arbroath |
October | 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 | 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 Goodwin of Dundee United.
The SPFL Championship player of the year was Louis Moult of Dundee 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
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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.
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- ^ Hamilton claim play-off glory to replace Inverness in Championship, STV News, 18 May 2024