| Pixels: | 250 |
| Competition: | Scottish Championship |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Winners: | Dundee United |
| Promoted: | Dundee United |
| Relegated: | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (via play-offs) Arbroath |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 503 |
| League Topscorer: | 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 Wins: | Raith Rovers 5 games |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Dundee United 14 games |
| Longest Winless: | Queen's Park 15 games |
| Longest Losses: | Arbroath 10 games |
| Highest Attendance: | 11,802 Dundee United 4–1 Partick Thistle (3 May 2024) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 916 Queen's Park 2–1 Arbroath (12 August 2023) |
| Attendance: | 607,497 |
| Average Attendance: | 3,374 |
| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
| Updated: | 3 May 2024 |
The 2023–24 Scottish Championship (known as cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 4 August 2023.[1]
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.
The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.
Promoted from League One
Relegated from the Premiership
Relegated to League One
Promoted to the Premiership
| 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 | 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] | |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrieonians | Joma | Holemasters | |||
| Arbroath | Macron | Megatech | |||
| Ayr United |  | O'Neills | Jewson (Home) Lindsay Mortgage Services (Away) | ||
| Dundee United | | Erreà | Bartercard | ||
| Dunfermline Athletic | Erreà | SRJ Windows | |||
| Greenock Morton | Joma | Dalrada Technology (Home) Erskine (Away) Team Talk (3rd) | |||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Puma | ILI Group | |||
| Partick Thistle | O'Neills | Clydebuilt Home Improvements | |||
| Queen's Park | Adidas | City Facilities Management | |||
| Raith Rovers | Joma | Dean Park Hotel (Home) Fife Letting Service (Away) |
| 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 | 15 January 2024 | 9th | Scott Brown | 23 January 2024 |
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 | Brian Graham | Partick Thistle | 20 |
| 2 | Louis Moult | Dundee United | 18 |
| 3 | Ruari Paton | Queen's Park | 17 |
| 4 | Lewis Vaughan | Raith Rovers | 15 |
| 5 | Anton Dowds | Ayr United | 13 |
| Tony Watt | Dundee United |
| 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 | Lewis Vaughan | Raith Rovers | ||
| January | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | Greenock Morton | ||
| February | Dom Thomas | Queen's Park | |||
| March | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Louis Moult | Dundee United | |
| April | Jim Goodwin | Dundee United | Brian Graham | Partick Thistle | |
The SPFL Championship manager of the year was Jim Goodwin of Dundee United.
The SPFL Championship player of the year was Louis Moult of Dundee United.