2024–25 Scottish Championship Explained

Pixels:250
Competition:Scottish Championship
Season:2024–25
Matches:11
Total Goals:23
League Topscorer:Anton Dowds
3 goals
Biggest Home Win:Ayr United 5–0 Airdrieonians (9 August 2024)
Biggest Away Win:Hamilton Academical 0–2 Ayr United (3 August 2024)
Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Falkirk (10 August 2024)
Highest Scoring:Ayr United 5–0 Airdrieonians (9 August 2024)
Ayr United 3–2 Hamilton Academical (17 August 2024)
Longest Wins:Ayr United
3 games
Longest Unbeaten:Ayr United
3 games
Longest Winless:Hamilton Academical
3 games
Longest Losses:Dunfermline Athletic
2 games
Highest Attendance:7,595
Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Falkirk (10 August 2024)
Lowest Attendance:881
Queen's Park 1–1 Livingston (9 August 2024)
Attendance:35,313
Average Attendance:3,210
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:17 August 2024

The 2024–25 Scottish Championship (known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the twelfth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 2 August 2024.[1]

Ten teams contest the league: Airdrieonians, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premiership

From Championship

Relegated to League One

Promoted to the Premiership

Stadia and locations

AirdrieoniansAyr UnitedDunfermline AthleticFalkirk
Excelsior StadiumSomerset ParkEast End ParkFalkirk Stadium
Capacity: 10,101[2] Capacity: 10,185[3] Capacity: 11,480[4] Capacity: 7,937[5]
Greenock MortonHamilton Academical
CappielowNew Douglas Park
Capacity: 11,589[6] Capacity: 6,018[7]
LivingstonPartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Rovers
Almondvale StadiumFirhill StadiumHampden ParkStark's Park
Capacity: 9,713[8] Capacity: 10,887[9] Capacity: 51,866[10] Capacity: 8,867[11]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AirdrieoniansJomaHolemasters
Ayr UnitedO'NeillsJewson (Home)
MKM Building Supplies (Away)
Dunfermline AthleticErreàSRJ Windows
FalkirkO'NeillsCrunchy Carrots
Greenock MortonJomaDalrada Technology
Hamilton AcademicalKurtNone
LivingstonJomaLivi Self Storage
Partick ThistleO'NeillsClydebuilt Home Improvements
Queen's ParkAdidasCity Facilities Management
Raith RoversColin Cameron
John Potter (co interim managers)
JomaDean Park Hotel

Managerial changes

League table

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.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Anton DowdsAyr United3
2 Jay Henderson2
George Oakley
416 players1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key dates for Season 2024/25 . SPFL . 22 January 2024 . 17 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Airdrieonians Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  3. Web site: Ayr United Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League. 11 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Falkirk Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  6. Web site: Greenock Morton Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League. 11 November 2013. 19 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230419012922/https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton. dead.
  7. Web site: Hamilton Academical Football Club . Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016083122/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hamilton/ . 16 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Livingston Football Club . Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013 . 16 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916133229/https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/livingston . live .
  9. Web site: Partick Thistle Football Club . Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013 . 6 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506192335/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/partick/ . dead .
  10. Web site: Queen's Park Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  11. Web site: Raith Rovers Football Club . Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121447/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ . 22 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  12. Web site: Murray sacked by Raith Rovers after opening-day loss . BBC Sport . 4 August 2024 . 4 August 2024.