2023–24 Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship

Season	2023–24
Dates	4 August 2023 – 3 May 2024
Champions	Dundee United
Promoted	Dundee United
Relegated	Arbroath
Matches played	175
Goals scored	481 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Graham 20 goals
Biggest home win	Dundee United 6–0 Arbroath (27 October 2023) Queen's Park 6–0 Arbroath (27 February 2024)
Biggest away win	Partick Thistle 0–5 Dundee United (21 October 2023) Dunfermline Athletic 0–5 Greenock Morton (3 February 2024) Queen's Park 0–5 Dundee United (6 April 2024) Arbroath 0–5 Queen's Park (27 April 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 9 games
Highest attendance	10,336 Dundee United 2–0 Raith Rovers (30 March 2024)
Lowest attendance	916 Queen's Park 2–1 Arbroath (12 August 2023)
Total attendance	584,667
Average attendance	3,340
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2024.

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.

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

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	Capacity: 6,600	Capacity: 10,185	Capacity: 14,223
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			Capacity: 11,589
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Partick Thistle	Queen's Park	Raith Rovers
Caledonian Stadium	Firhill Stadium	Hampden Park	Stark's Park
Capacity: 7,512	Capacity: 10,887	Capacity: 51,866	Capacity: 8,867

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	Pre-season	Robin Veldman	17 June 2023
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		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 (C, P)	35	21	9	5	69	22	+47	72	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers (Q)	35	19	9	7	53	42	+11	66	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Partick Thistle (Q)	35	14	13	8	62	50	+12	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Airdrieonians (Q)	35	15	7	13	44	42	+2	52
5	Greenock Morton	35	12	9	14	42	43	−1	45
6	Dunfermline Athletic	35	11	11	13	40	45	−5	44
7	Ayr United	35	12	7	16	50	58	−8	43
8	Queen's Park	35	10	10	15	48	56	−8	40
9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	35	9	12	14	38	39	−1	39	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Arbroath (R)	35	6	5	24	35	84	−49	23	Relegation to League One

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source:
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).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

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	0–1	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	—

Source:
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	—	5–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Arbroath	1–2	—	0–0	0–3	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–5	3–2
Ayr United	2–1	5–0	—	1–2		1–1	1–3	4–3	1–2	1–2
Dundee United	0–2	4–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–3	1–1		3–1	2–0
Dunfermline Athletic	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	—	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2
Greenock Morton	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–4	0–1	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		—	3–3	0–1	0–1
Partick Thistle	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	—	3–2	0–1
Queen's Park		6–0	1–2	0–5	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	—	0–0
Raith Rovers	1–3		2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 27 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brian Graham	Partick Thistle	20
2	Louis Moult	Dundee United	17
3	Ruari Paton	Queen's Park	16
4	Lewis Vaughan	Raith Rovers	13
5	Anton Dowds	Ayr United	12
	Tony Watt	Dundee United
	Robbie Muirhead	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			Dom Thomas	Queen's Park
March	James McPake	Dunfermline Athletic	Louis Moult	Dundee United
April

External links

• Official website