Scottish Championship: Teams, stadiums, format, records & more

The Scottish Championship, established in July 2013, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League.

We take a look at everything you need to know about the Scottish Championship including the teams, stadiums, records and more.

Scottish Championship: Teams

The following 10 teams are competing in the 2024/25 Scottish Championship season:

• Airdrieonians
• Ayr United
• Dunfermline
• Falkirk
• Greenock Morton
• Hamilton
• Livingston
• Partick Thistle
• Queen's Park
• Raith Rovers

Scottish Championship: Stadiums

• Airdrieonians - Excelsior Stadium
• Ayr United - Somerset Park
• Dunfermline - East End Park
• Falkirk - Falkirk Stadium
• Greenock Morton - Cappielow
• Hamilton - New Douglas Park
• Livingston - Almondvale Stadium
• Partick Thistle - Firhill Stadium
• Queen's Park - Hampden Park
• Raith Rovers - Stark's Park

Scottish Championship: Format

The Scottish Championship is a 10-team league, with each participating team playing each other on four occasions during the season - twice at home and twice away.

The team who finishes in 1st place achieves automatic promotion to the Premiership as champions, with the team finishing in 10th automatically relegated to League One.

Promotion from the Championship can also be achieved via play-offs, with the teams ranked second to fourth engaging in play-offs, with the final against the 11th-placed side in the Premiership.

The Championship team who finishes in ninth place contests a relegation play-off against a team from League One.

Scottish Championship: Records

• Most titles - 2 (Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts)
• Biggest win - Hearts 10-0 Cowdenbeath (2015)
• Most points in a season - 91 (Hearts - 2014/15)
• Fewest points in a season - 4 (Brechin City - 2017/18)
• Highest attendance - 50,349 (Rangers v Alloa Athletic - 2016)
• All-time top goalscorer: Stephen Dobbie (69)