| Competition: | Scottish Championship |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Winners: | Kilmarnock |
| Promoted: | Kilmarnock |
| Relegated: | Dunfermline Athletic Queen of the South |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 432 |
| League Topscorer: | Michael McKenna (15 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (8 January 2022) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (15 October 2021) (11 December 2021) |
| Highest Scoring: | (31 July 2021) |
| Longest Wins: | Inverness CT 5 games |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Raith Rovers 13 games |
| Longest Winless: | Dunfermline Athletic 13 games |
| Longest Losses: | Queen of the South 6 games |
| Highest Attendance: | 11,500 Kilmarnock 2–1 Arbroath (22 April 2022) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 197 Queen of the South 0–3 Hamilton Academical (2 January 2022) |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
| Updated: | 29 April 2022 |
The 2021–22 Scottish Championship (known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.
Ten teams contested the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.
The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.
Promoted from League One
Relegated from the Premiership
Relegated to League One
Promoted to the Premiership
| Arbroath | Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | Greenock Morton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gayfield Park | Somerset Park | East End Park | Cappielow | |
| Capacity: 6,600[1] | Capacity: 10,185[2] | Capacity: 11,480[3] | Capacity: 11,589[4] | |
| Hamilton Academical | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | |||
| New Douglas Park | Caledonian Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 6,018[5] | Capacity: 7,750[6] | |||
| Kilmarnock | Partick Thistle | Queen of the South | Raith Rovers | |
| Rugby Park | Firhill Stadium | Palmerston Park | Stark's Park | |
| Capacity: 17,889[7] | Capacity: 10,102[8] | Capacity: 8,690[9] | Capacity: 8,867[10] | |
| Arbroath | Macron | Megatech[11] | |||
| Ayr United |  | Hummel[12] | Bitcoin BCH[13] | ||
| Dunfermline Athletic | Joma[14] | SRJ Windows | |||
| Greenock Morton | est 1874 | McGill's | |||
| Hamilton Academical | Adidas | Cullen[15] | |||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Puma[16] | ILI Group | |||
| Kilmarnock | Hummel[17] | Brownings The Bakers[18] | |||
| Partick Thistle | O'Neills | Just Employment Law[19] | |||
| Queen of the South | Macron[20] | Rosefield Salvage[21] | |||
| Raith Rovers | Joma[22] | valmcdermid.com(Home) TAG (Away) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Neil McCann | End of interim spell | 1 May 2021 | Pre-season | Billy Dodds | 1 June 2021 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Stevie Crawford | Resigned | 18 May 2021 | Peter Grant | 28 May 2021 | |
| Hamilton Academical | Brian Rice | 11 August 2021 | 5th | Stuart Taylor | 20 August 2021 | |
| Ayr United | David Hopkin | 9 September 2021 | 9th | Jim Duffy | 9 September 2021 | |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Peter Grant | Sacked | 31 October 2021 | 10th | John Hughes | 12 November 2021 |
| Greenock Morton | Gus MacPherson | 4 December 2021 | 8th | Dougie Imrie | 21 December 2021 | |
| Kilmarnock | Tommy Wright | 18 December 2021 | 5th | Derek McInnes | 4 January 2022 | |
| Ayr United | Jim Duffy | 20 December 2021 | 8th | 7 January 2022 | ||
| Queen of the South | Allan Johnston | 13 February 2022 | 10th | Willie Gibson | 13 February 2022 | |
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, 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 round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it is added to the standings for round 16.
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.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael McKenna | Arbroath | 15 | |
| 2 | Oli Shaw | Kilmarnock | 14 | |
| 3 | Brian Graham | Partick Thistle | 13 | |
| 4 | Tomi Adeloye | Ayr United | 11 | |
| 5 | Shane Sutherland | Inverness CT | 10 |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Billy Dodds | Inverness CT | Michael McKenna | Arbroath | |
| September | Dick Campbell | Arbroath | Joel Nouble | Arbroath | |
| October | John McGlynn | Raith Rovers | Oli Shaw | Kilmarnock | |
| November | Ian McCall | Partick Thistle | Ethan Ross | Raith Rovers | |
| December | Dick Campbell | Arbroath | Anton Dowds | Arbroath | |
| January | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | Gavin Reilly | Greenock Morton | |
| February | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | Kyle Lafferty | Kilmarnock | |
| March | Derek McInnes | Kilmarnock | Kyle Lafferty | Kilmarnock | |
| April | Derek McInnes | Kilmarnock | Logan Chalmers | Inverness CT | |
The semi-finals will be contested by the teams placed second to fourth in Scottish League One, as well as the team placed ninth in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.[23]