| Pixels: | 250 |
| Competition: | Ladbrokes Championship |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Winners: | St Mirren |
| Promoted: | St Mirren Livingston |
| Relegated: | Dumbarton Brechin City |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 472 |
| League Topscorer: | Stephen Dobbie (18 goals)[1] |
| Biggest Home Win: | [2] (6 January 2018) [3] (27 March 2018) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (17 April 2018) |
| Highest Scoring: | (9 December 2017) (6 January 2018) (21 April 2018) |
| Longest Wins: | 5 matches: Inverness CT |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 11 matches: Inverness CT Livingston |
| Longest Winless: | 36 matches: Brechin City |
| Longest Losses: | 16 matches: Brechin City |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,585 (30 September 2017) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 392 (18 April 2018) |
| Attendance: | 518,654 |
| Average Attendance: | 2,881 |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Updated: | 28 April 2018 |
The 2017–18 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.[4]
Ten teams contested the league: Brechin City, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Livingston, Queen of the South and St Mirren.
St Mirren won the league title, and promotion to the Premiership, after a 0–0 draw with Livingston on 14 April 2018.[5]
Brechin City became the first team in 126 years to go through a Scottish league season without a win. Their total of 4 points was the lowest ever recorded in the Scottish second tier, the lowest in the three points for a win era and the joint-lowest in any Scottish division.[6]
In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Championship winners would receive £533,000 with a total pot of £24.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.[7]
The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.
Promoted from Scottish League One
Relegated from Scottish Premiership
Relegated to Scottish League One
Promoted to Scottish Premiership
| Brechin City | Dumbarton | Dundee United | Dunfermline Athletic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebe Park | Dumbarton Football Stadium | Tannadice Park | East End Park | |
| Capacity: 4,083[8] | Capacity: 2,020[9] | Capacity: 14,223[10] | Capacity: 11,480[11] | |
| Falkirk | Greenock Morton | |||
| Falkirk Stadium | Cappielow Park | |||
| Capacity: 7,937[12] | Capacity: 11,589[13] | |||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Livingston | Queen of the South | St Mirren | |
| Caledonian Stadium | Almondvale Stadium | Palmerston Park | Paisley 2021 Stadium | |
| Capacity: 7,750[14] | Capacity: 8,716[15] | Capacity: 8,690[16] | Capacity: 8,023[17] | |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brechin City | [18] | Pendle | Delson | ||
| Dumbarton | [19] | Joma[20] | Turnberry Homes | ||
| Dundee United |  Csaba László | [21] | Nike[22] | McEwan Fraser Legal | |
| Dunfermline Athletic |  [23] | Joma[24] | SRJ Windows | ||
| Falkirk | Puma[25] | Central Demolition | |||
| Greenock Morton | [26] | Vision Outsourcing[27] | Millions | ||
| Inverness CT | [28] | Erreà[29] | McEwan Fraser Legal | ||
| Livingston | [30] | FBT[31] | Tony Macaroni | ||
| Queen of the South | [32] | Macron[33] | J.B. Houston[34] | ||
| St Mirren | [35] | Joma[36] | Skyview Capital |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness CT | | Sacked | 29 May 2017[37] | Pre-season | 14 June 2017[38] | ||
| Falkirk | Sacked | 24 September 2017[39] | 9th | (interim) | 24 September 2017 | ||
| Falkirk | (interim) | End of interim | 4 October 2017[40] | 8th | 4 October 2017 | ||
| Dundee United | Sacked | 24 October 2017[41] | 4th | Laurie Ellis (interim) | 25 October 2017[42] | ||
| Dundee United | Laurie Ellis (interim) | End of interim | 8 November 2017[43] | 2nd | Csaba László | 8 November 2017 |
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Leader - Promotion to 2018–19 Scottish Premiership | ||
| Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals | ||
| Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals | ||
| Qualification to Championship play-offs | ||
| Relegation to 2018–19 Scottish League One |
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen of the South | Falkirk | 4–1 | [44] | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | 5–2 | [45] | ||||
| Brechin City | 3–1 | [46] | ||||
| Brechin City | 5–1 | [47] | ||||
| Dunfermline Athletic | Brechin City | 3–0 | [48] | |||
| Queen of the South | 3–1 | [49] | ||||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumbarton | 5–1 | [50] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iain Vigurs | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 14 |
| 2 | Brad McKay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 13 |
| 3 | James Dale | Brechin City | 10 |
| Gary Harkins | Greenock Morton |
| Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aron Lynas | Brechin City | 2 | |
| Craig Barr | Dumbarton | |||
| Paul McMullan | Dundee United | |||
| Iain Vigurs | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | |||
| 5 | 28 players | 1 | ||
| Rank | Club | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inverness CT | 76 | |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 72 | |
| 3 | Brechin City | 69 |
| Rank | Club | Cards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inverness CT | 7 |
| 2 | Brechin City | 5 |
| Dumbarton | ||
| Livingston |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Allan Johnston | Dunfermline Athletic | Joe Cardle | Dunfermline Athletic | [51] |
| September | David Hopkin | Livingston | Lewis Morgan | St Mirren | |
| October | John Robertson | Inverness CT | Carl Tremarco | Inverness CT | |
| November | Stephen Aitken | Dumbarton | Scott Fraser | Dundee United | |
| December | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | |
| January | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Stephen McGinn | St Mirren | |
| February | David Hopkin | Livingston | Ryan Hardie | Livingston | |
| March | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Nicky Clark | Dunfermline Athletic | |
The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in League One.
