Scottish Championship

This article describes the Scottish Championship , the 2nd division in Scottish football. For the national snooker championship see Scottish Professional 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)

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 .

Ayr Alloa Arbroath YOU FCD Dunfermline Greenock Inverness Glasgow Dumfries

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
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
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

• official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled BBC Sport (English)