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2024–25 Scottish Championship

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Scottish Championship
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 2 May 2025
Matches played43
Goals scored91 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorerAnton Dowds
5 goals
Biggest home winAyr United 5–0 Airdrieonians (9 August 2024)
Biggest away winHamilton Academical 0–2 Ayr United (3 August 2024)
Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Falkirk (10 August 2024)
Airdrieonians 0–2 Queen's Park (24 August 2024)
Airdrieonians 0–2 Falkirk (14 September 2024)
Hamilton Academical 1–3 Falkirk (18 October 2024)
Highest scoringRaith Rovers 3–3 Hamilton Academical (21 September 2024)
Longest winning runFalkirk
5 games
Longest unbeaten runAyr United
Livingston
8 games
Longest winless runAirdrieonians
7 games
Longest losing runAirdrieonians
Dunfermline Athletic
Raith Rovers
3 games
Highest attendance7,595
Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Falkirk (10 August 2024)
Lowest attendance881
Queen's Park 1–1 Livingston (9 August 2024)
Total attendance137,343
Average attendance3,194
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 18 October 2024.

The 2024–25 Scottish Championship (known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the twelfth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 2 August 2024.[1]

Ten teams contest the league: Airdrieonians, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.

Teams

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The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

Stadia and locations

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Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk
Excelsior Stadium Somerset Park East End Park Falkirk Stadium
Capacity: 10,101[2] Capacity: 10,185[3] Capacity: 11,480[4] Capacity: 7,937[5]
Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical
Cappielow New Douglas Park
Capacity: 11,589[6] Capacity: 6,018[7]
Livingston Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers
Almondvale Stadium Firhill Stadium Hampden Park Stark's Park
Capacity: 9,713[8] Capacity: 10,887[9] Capacity: 51,866[10] Capacity: 8,867[11]
Championship football clubs in Glasgow
Championship football clubs in Lanarkshire

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians Scotland Rhys McCabe Scotland Adam Frizzell Joma Holemasters
Ayr United Scotland Scott Brown England Ben Dempsey O'Neills Jewson (Home)
MKM Building Supplies (Away)
Dunfermline Athletic Northern Ireland James McPake Scotland Kyle Benedictus Erreà SRJ Windows
Falkirk Scotland John McGlynn Scotland Coll Donaldson O'Neills Crunchy Carrots
Greenock Morton Scotland Dougie Imrie Scotland Grant Gillespie Joma Dalrada Technology
Hamilton Academical Scotland John Rankin Scotland Scott Martin Kurt None
Livingston Scotland David Martindale Scotland Jamie Brandon Joma Livi Self Storage
Partick Thistle Scotland Kris Doolan Scotland Brian Graham O'Neills Clydebuilt Home Improvements
Queen's Park Scotland Callum Davidson Scotland Dom Thomas Adidas City Facilities Management
Raith Rovers Scotland Neill Collins Scotland Scott Brown Joma Dean Park Hotel

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Raith Rovers Scotland Ian Murray Sacked 4 August 2024[12] 8th Scotland Neill Collins 3 September 2024

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Falkirk 10 7 2 1 17 7 +10 23 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Ayr United 9 5 3 1 16 7 +9 18 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Livingston 8 4 4 0 10 3 +7 16 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen's Park 8 4 2 2 9 8 +1 14
5 Partick Thistle 9 2 4 3 7 6 +1 10
6 Greenock Morton 8 2 3 3 7 6 +1 9
7 Hamilton Academical 10 2 3 5 10 17 −7 9
8 Raith Rovers 8 2 1 5 5 11 −6 7
9 Dunfermline Athletic 8 1 2 5 5 10 −5 5 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Airdrieonians 8 1 2 5 5 16 −11 5 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2024. Source: [13]
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).[14]

Results

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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)

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Home \ Away AIR AYR DNF FAL GMO HAM LIV PAR QPA RAI
Airdrieonians 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0
Ayr United 5–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0
Falkirk 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Greenock Morton 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–0
Hamilton Academical 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0
Livingston 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0
Partick Thistle 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0
Queen's Park 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Raith Rovers 1–0 3–3 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2024. Source: [15]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

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Home \ Away AIR AYR DNF FAL GMO HAM LIV PAR QPA RAI
Airdrieonians
Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic
Falkirk
Greenock Morton
Hamilton Academical
Livingston
Partick Thistle
Queen's Park
Raith Rovers
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [15]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Anton Dowds Ayr United 5
2 Scotland Oli Shaw Hamilton Academical 4
3 Scotland Jay Henderson Ayr United 3
Scotland Ethan Ross Falkirk
Scotland Brad Spencer Falkirk
Scotland Scott Pittman Livingston
Scotland Zak Rudden Queen's Park
8 Scotland Aaron Reid Airdrieonians 2
England George Oakley Ayr United
Scotland Ewan Otoo Dunfermline Athletic
Scotland Sean Mackie Falkirk
Scotland Calvin Miller Falkirk
Scotland Dylan Tait Falkirk
Scotland Stephen Kelly Livingston
Scotland Robbie Muirhead Livingston
Scotland Aidan Fitzpatrick Partick Thistle
Scotland Harry Milne Partick Thistle
Scotland Dom Thomas Queen's Park
England Jack Turner Queen's Park
Scotland Dylan Easton Raith Rovers

Awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland John McGlynn Falkirk Scotland Anton Dowds Ayr United
September Scotland Callum Davidson Queen's Park Scotland Cammy Kerr Queen's Park

References

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  1. ^ "Key dates for Season 2024/25". SPFL. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Partick Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Queen's Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Murray sacked by Raith Rovers after opening-day loss". BBC Sport. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  14. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  15. ^ a b "William Hill Championship League Results". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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