Scottish Championship 2019/20
| Scottish Championship 2019/20 | |
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| master | Dundee United |
| Climbers | Dundee United |
| Relegated | Partick Thistle |
| Teams | 10 |
| Games | 180 + 6 relegation games (of which 137 played) |
| Gates | 364 (ø 2.66 per game) |
| spectator | 414.131 (ø 3023 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Lawrence Shankland (Dundee United) |
| ← Championship 2018/19 | |
| ↑ Premiership 2019/20 | |
The Scottish Championship was played for the seventh time in 2019/20 as the second highest division of men's football in Scotland . It was also the 114th edition of a second division football within the Scottish Football League . The league was officially played as the Ladbrokes Scottish Championship . The league followed the first-class Premiership and was above League One and Two as one of the four professional leagues within the Scottish Football League. The season was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. The season started on August 3, 2019 and was originally supposed to end on May 2, 2020.
In the 2019/20 season, ten clubs were to compete against each other on a total of 36 match days. Each team should play twice at home and twice against every other team. Relegated from last year's Premiership came FC Dundee in the Championship, as newly promoted from League One to the FC Arbroath .
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the season was canceled prematurely in April 2020.
Dundee United was declared champions and promoted to the first division. The promotion and relegation relegation was canceled. The last-placed Partick Thistle was declared relegated.
societies
| society | city | Stadion | capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic | Alloa | Recreation Park | 3,100 |
| FC Arbroath | Arbroath | Gayfield Park | 6,600 |
| Ayr United | Ayr | Somerset Park | 10.185 |
| Dundee FC | Dundee | Dens Park | 11,506 |
| Dundee United | Dundee | Tannadice Park | 14,229 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Dunfermline | East End Park | 11,480 |
| Greenock Morton | Greenock | Cappielow Park | 11,589 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Inverness | Caledonian Stadium | 7,750 |
| Queen of the South | Dumfries | Palmerston Park | 8,690 |
| Partick Thistle | Glasgow | Firhill Stadium | 10.102 |
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | Dundee United | 28 | 18th | 5 | 5 | 52:22 | +30 | 59 |
| 2. | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | 14th | 3 | 10 | 39:32 | +7 | 45 |
| 3. | Dundee FC (A) | 27 | 11 | 8th | 8th | 32:31 | +1 | 41 |
| 4th | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4th | 11 | 38:35 | +3 | 40 |
| 5. | FC Arbroath (N) | 26th | 10 | 6th | 10 | 24:26 | −2 | 36 |
| 6th | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7th | 11 | 41:36 | +5 | 37 |
| 7th | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6th | 12 | 45:52 | −7 | 36 |
| 8th. | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7th | 10 | 11 | 33:43 | −10 | 31 |
| 9. | Queen of the South | 28 | 7th | 7th | 14th | 28:40 | −12 | 28 |
| 10. | Partick Thistle | 27 | 6th | 8th | 13 | 32:47 | −15 | 26th |
| Stand: Final stand | ||||||||
| At the end of the 2019/20 season: | |
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| At the end of the 2018/19 season: | |
| (A) | Relegated from the Scottish Premiership 2018/19 |
| (N) | Promoted from the Scottish League One 2018/19 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ SPFL announces Ladbrokes as title sponsor. spfl.co.uk, May 13, 2015, accessed May 21, 2019 .