Scottish Championship
Scottish Championship | |
Association | Scottish Football Association |
First edition | 2013 |
hierarchy | 2nd league |
Teams | 10 |
master | Ross County (1) |
Record champions | all previous masters |
Current season | 2019/20 |
Website | spfl.co.uk |
^ Premiership (I) ↓ League One (III)
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The Scottish Championship has been the second highest football league in Scotland since 2013 . and a division of the Scottish Professional Football League. She succeeded the Scottish Football League First Division .
Clubs of the Scottish Championship 2019/20 |
Clubs of the Scottish Championship 2019/20
The following ten teams will play in the Scottish Championship in the 2019/20 season :
- FC Arbroath
- Alloa Athletic
- Ayr United
- Dundee FC
- Dundee United
- Dunfermline Athletic
- Greenock Morton
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle
- Queen of the South
- Partick Thistle
Stages
Alloa Athletic | FC Arbroath | Ayr United | Dundee FC | Dundee United |
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Indodrill Stadium | Gayfield Park | Somerset Park | Dens Park | Tannadice Park |
Seats: 3,100 | Seats: 6,600 | Places: 10,185 | Seats: 11,504 | Places: 14,223 |
Dunfermline Athletic | Greenock Morton | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Partick Thistle | Queen of the South |
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East End Park | Cappielow Park | Caledonian Stadium | Firhill Stadium | Palmerston Park |
Places: 11,480 | Places: 11,589 | Places: 7,750 | Places: 10,102 | Seats: 8,690 |
Champion of the Championship
- 2013/14 - Dundee FC
- 2014/15 - Heart of Midlothian
- 2015/16 - Glasgow Rangers
- 2016/17 - Hibernian Edinburgh
- 2017/18 - FC St. Mirren
- 2018/19 - Ross County
- 2019/20 - Dundee United
Promotion / relegation
The first place goes straight to the Premiership . Participants in the relegation from the championship are the teams in second, third and fourth place in the table. In addition, there is the eleventh-placed team from the Premiership. The winner of each round will be determined in two games, with the teams that were third and fourth at the end of the championship season meeting each other in the first round. After that, the winner of this game plays in the second round against the second-placed team from the championship. The last round will be played between the 11th place from the Premiership and the winner of the second round. The winner of the third round receives a place for the new season in the Premiership.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled BBC Sport (English)