2023–24 Scottish Championship

The 2023–24 Scottish Championship (known as cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the eleventh season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 4 August 2023.^[1]

Scottish Championship

Season	2023–24
Dates	4 August 2023 – 3 May 2024
Matches played	111
Goals scored	314 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ruari Paton Lewis Vaughan 11 goals
Biggest home win	Dundee United 6–0 Arbroath (27 October 2023)
Biggest away win	Partick Thistle 0–5 Dundee United (21 October 2023) Dunfermline Athletic 0–5 Greenock Morton (3 February 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 7 games
Highest attendance	10,334 Dundee United 0–1 Raith Rovers (16 December 2023)
Lowest attendance	916 Queen's Park 2–1 Arbroath (12 August 2023)
Total attendance	367,432
Average attendance	3,310
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 10 February 2024.

Ten teams contest the league: Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

To Championship Promoted from League One Airdrieonians Dunfermline Athletic^[2] Relegated from the Premiership Dundee United

From Championship Relegated to League One Cove Rangers Hamilton Academical Promoted to the Premiership Dundee

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians	Arbroath	Ayr United	Dundee United
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	Glasgow   Airdrie   Arbroath   Ayr United   Dundee United   Dunfermline   Morton   Inverness Caledonian Thistle   Raith Rovers   Glasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's Park class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2023–24 Scottish Championship		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]

 

 

Partick Thistle

 

Queen's Park

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Championship football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
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

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	Sacked	15 January 2024	9th	Scott Brown	23 January 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United	22	14	6	2	45	11	+34	48	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers	22	13	5	4	40	31	+9	44	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Partick Thistle	22	10	7	5	43	34	+9	37	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Greenock Morton	22	9	5	8	32	27	+5	32
5	Airdrieonians	21	8	4	9	20	24	−4	28
6	Queen's Park	23	7	5	11	31	41	−10	26
7	Ayr United	23	7	5	11	30	41	−11	26
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	23	6	6	11	26	28	−2	24
9	Dunfermline Athletic	22	6	6	10	24	32	−8	24	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Arbroath	22	5	3	14	23	45	−22	18	Relegation to League One

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2024. Source: ^[15]
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]

Results

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)

Home \ Away	AIR	ARB	AYR	DUN	DNF	GMO	ICT	PAR	QPA	RAI
Airdrieonians	—	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Arbroath	4–0	—	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–2
Ayr United	1–0	2–0	—	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–2
Dundee United	2–0	6–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–1
Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1
Greenock Morton	0–1	0–3	3–1		1–2	—	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–2	1–2
Partick Thistle	2–1	0–3	2–2	0–5	3–0	2–1	1–1	—	3–1	2–2
Queen's Park	1–2	2–1	2–5	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	2–2	—	2–3
Raith Rovers	1–1	2–2	4–4	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–3	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2024. Source: ^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away	AIR	ARB	AYR	DUN	DNF	GMO	ICT	PAR	QPA	RAI
Airdrieonians	—						2–0	1–1		1–0
Arbroath		—	0–0	0–3
Ayr United			—	1–2			1–3
Dundee United				—	0–0	2–3
Dunfermline Athletic					—	0–5				1–2
Greenock Morton		3–0	3–0			—		1–1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle				0–1			—		0–1
Partick Thistle		4–0						—	3–2
Queen's Park			1–2		2–1				—
Raith Rovers							2–3		1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2024. Source: ^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 10 February 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ruari Paton	Queen's Park	11
	Lewis Vaughan	Raith Rovers
3	Brian Graham	Partick Thistle	10
4	Louis Moult	Dundee United	9
	Robbie Muirhead	Greenock Morton
6	Kai Fotheringham	Dundee United	8
	Tony Watt	Dundee United
8	Logan Chalmers	Ayr United	7
	George Oakley	Greenock Morton

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	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
March
April

References

1. "Key dates for Season 2023/24". SPFL. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. Lindsay, Clive (17 April 2023). "What now for Dunfermline Athletic after promotion?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
3. "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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9. "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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13. "Owen Coyle: Queen's Park manager steps down". BBC Sport. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
14. "Robin Veldman: Queen's Park appoint former Anderlecht assistant as head coach". BBC Sport. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
15. "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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External links

• Official website