# 2023–24 Scottish Championship

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.
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.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Airdrieonians | Arbroath | Ayr United | Dundee United |
| Excelsior Stadium | Gayfield Park | Somerset Park | Tannadice Park |
| Capacity: 10,101 | Capacity: 6,600 | Capacity: 10,185 | Capacity: 14,223 |
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| Capacity: 11,480 | GlasgowAirdrieArbroathAyr UnitedDundee UnitedDunfermlineMortonInverness Caledonian ThistleRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's Parkclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2023–24 Scottish Championship | GlasgowAirdrieArbroathAyr UnitedDundee UnitedDunfermlineMortonInverness Caledonian ThistleRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's Parkclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2023–24 Scottish Championship | Capacity: 11,589 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Partick Thistle | Queen's Park | Raith Rovers |
| Caledonian Stadium | Firhill Stadium | Hampden Park | Stark's Park |
| Capacity: 7,512 | Capacity: 10,887 | Capacity: 51,866 | Capacity: 8,867 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Airdrieonians | Rhys McCabe | Adam Frizzell | Joma | Holemasters |
| Arbroath | Jim McIntyre | Thomas O'Brien | Macron | Megatech |
| Ayr United | Scott Brown | Sean McGinty | O'Neills | Jewson (Home) Lindsay Mortgage Services (Away) |
| Dundee United | Jim Goodwin | Ross Docherty | Erreà | Bartercard |
| Dunfermline Athletic | James McPake | Kyle Benedictus | Erreà | SRJ Windows |
| Greenock Morton | Dougie Imrie | Grant Gillespie | Joma | Dalrada Technology (Home) Erskine (Away) Team Talk (3rd) |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Duncan Ferguson | Billy Mckay | Puma | ILI Group |
| Partick Thistle | Kris Doolan | Brian Graham | O'Neills | Clydebuilt Home Improvements |
| Queen's Park | Callum Davidson | Jack Thomson | Adidas | City Facilities Management |
| Raith Rovers | Ian Murray | Scott Brown | Joma | Dean Park Hotel (Home) Fife Letting Service (Away) |

### Managerial changes

| 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 | Pre-season | Robin Veldman | 17 June 2023 |
| 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 | Sacked | 15 January 2024 | 9th | Scott Brown | 23 January 2024 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundee United (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 75 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 69 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 52 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 45 | |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 43 | |
| 9 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Arbroath (R) | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 35 | 89 | −54 | 23 | Relegation to League One |

## 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.

### First half of season (Matches 1–18)

| Home \ Away | AIR | ARB | AYR | DUN | DNF | GMO | ICT | PAR | QPA | RAI |
| Airdrieonians | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Arbroath | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Ayr United | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Dundee United | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Greenock Morton | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Queen's Park | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | — |

### Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

| Home \ Away | AIR | ARB | AYR | DUN | DNF | GMO | ICT | PAR | QPA | RAI |
| Airdrieonians | — | 5–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Arbroath | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 |
| Ayr United | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Dundee United | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Greenock Morton | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

| 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 |
| 5 | Tony Watt | Dundee United | 13 |

## Awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| 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 | Jim Goodwin | Dundee United | Kai Fotheringham | Dundee United |
| November | Duncan Ferguson | Inverness CT | David Wotherspoon | Inverness CT |
| December | Ian Murray | Raith Rovers | Lewis Vaughan | Raith Rovers |
| January | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | George Oakley | Greenock Morton |
| February | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | 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.

## Championship play-offs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Montrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | Montrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | Hamilton Academical | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Alloa Athletic | 2 | 2 | 4 | Hamilton Academical | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |

### Final
#### First leg
#### Second leg
## Attendances

Dundee United drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Scottish Championship.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Dundee United | 18 | 8,408 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 18 | 5,444 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 18 | 4,191 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 18 | 3,517 |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 18 | 2,289 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 18 | 2,114 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 18 | 2,061 |
| 8 | Arbroath FC | 18 | 1,972 |
| 9 | Airdieonians FC | 18 | 1,934 |
| 10 | Queen's Park FC | 18 | 1,839 |