# 2024–25 Scottish Championship

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.
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.

### Stadia and locations

| Airdrieonians | Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | Falkirk |
| Excelsior Stadium | Somerset Park | East End Park | Falkirk Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,101 | Capacity: 10,185 | Capacity: 11,480 | Capacity: 7,937 |
| Greenock Morton | GlasgowLanarkshireAyr UnitedDunfermlineFalkirkMortonLivingstonRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's ParkLanarkshire teams: Airdrieonians Hamilton Academicalclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish Championship | GlasgowLanarkshireAyr UnitedDunfermlineFalkirkMortonLivingstonRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's ParkLanarkshire teams: Airdrieonians Hamilton Academicalclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish Championship | Hamilton Academical |
| Cappielow | GlasgowLanarkshireAyr UnitedDunfermlineFalkirkMortonLivingstonRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's ParkLanarkshire teams: Airdrieonians Hamilton Academicalclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish Championship | GlasgowLanarkshireAyr UnitedDunfermlineFalkirkMortonLivingstonRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's ParkLanarkshire teams: Airdrieonians Hamilton Academicalclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish Championship | New Douglas Park |
| Capacity: 11,589 | GlasgowLanarkshireAyr UnitedDunfermlineFalkirkMortonLivingstonRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's ParkLanarkshire teams: Airdrieonians Hamilton Academicalclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish Championship | GlasgowLanarkshireAyr UnitedDunfermlineFalkirkMortonLivingstonRaith RoversGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's ParkLanarkshire teams: Airdrieonians Hamilton Academicalclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish Championship | Capacity: 6,018 |
| Livingston | Partick Thistle | Queen's Park | Raith Rovers |
| Almondvale Stadium | Firhill Stadium | Hampden Park | Stark's Park |
| Capacity: 9,713 | 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 |
| Ayr United | Scott Brown | Ben Dempsey | O'Neills | Jewson (Home) MKM Building Supplies (Away) |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Kevin McDonald (interim) | Kyle Benedictus | Erreà | SRJ Windows |
| Falkirk | John McGlynn | Coll Donaldson | O'Neills | Crunchy Carrots |
| Greenock Morton | Dougie Imrie | Grant Gillespie | Joma | Dalrada Technology |
| Hamilton Academical | John Rankin | Sean McGinty | Kurt | None |
| Livingston | David Martindale | Jamie Brandon | Joma | Livi Self Storage |
| Partick Thistle | Brian Graham (interim) | Brian Graham | O'Neills | Clydebuilt Home Improvements |
| Queen's Park | Steven MacLean (footballer) (interim) | Calum Ferrie | Adidas | City Facilities Management |
| Raith Rovers | Barry Robson | Scott Brown | Joma | Dean Park Hotel |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Raith Rovers | Ian Murray | Sacked | 4 August 2024 | 8th | Neill Collins | 3 September 2024 |
| Raith Rovers | Neill Collins | Signed by Sacramento Republic FC | 21 December 2024 | 6th | Barry Robson | 29 December 2024 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | James McPake | Sacked | 23 December 2024 | 9th | Michael Tidser | 17 January 2025 |
| Partick Thistle | Kris Doolan | Sacked | 18 February 2025 | 4th | Brian Graham (interim) | 18 February 2025 |
| Queen's Park | Callum Davidson | Sacked | 15 March 2025 | 7th | Steven MacLean (interim) | 16 March 2025 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Michael Tidser | Sacked | 17 March 2025 | 9th | Kevin McDonald (interim) | 17 March 2025 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Falkirk (X) | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 63 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Livingston | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Ayr United | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 37 | |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 37 | |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 33 | |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 28 | |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 27 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Airdrieonians | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 21 | 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 | AYR | DNF | FAL | GMO | HAM | LIV | PAR | QPA | RAI |
| Airdrieonians | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Ayr United | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Falkirk | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Greenock Morton | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Livingston | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

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

| Home \ Away | AIR | AYR | DNF | FAL | GMO | HAM | LIV | PAR | QPA | RAI |
| Airdrieonians | — | 2 May | 3–0 | 0–3 | 19 Apr | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5 Apr | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ayr United | 4–1 | — | 29 Mar | 11 Apr | 0–0 | 22 Mar | 1–2 | 2–1 | 26 Apr | 3–0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 26 Apr | 0–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 5 Apr | 2 Apr | 19 Apr | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Falkirk | 22 Mar | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 5 Apr | 2 May | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 19 Apr |
| Greenock Morton | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2 May | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 12 Apr | 29 Mar | 22 Mar | 25 Mar |
| Hamilton Academical | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 26 Apr | 1–2 | 19 Apr | 29 Mar |
| Livingston | 2–1 | 18 Apr | 0–0 | 25 Mar | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 2 May | 5 Apr | 0–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 26 Apr | 2–2 | 12 Apr | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 21 Mar |
| Queen's Park | 2 Apr | 2–3 | 12 Apr | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2 May |
| Raith Rovers | 12 Apr | 5 Apr | 2–0 | 0–2 | 26 Apr | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | — |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | George Oakley | Ayr United | 13 |
| 1 | Brian Graham | Partick Thistle | 13 |
| 3 | Chris Kane | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 |
| 3 | Oli Shaw | Hamilton Academical | 10 |
| 5 | Ben Wilson | Airdrieonians | 9 |
| 5 | Robbie Muirhead | Livingston | 9 |
| 5 | Dylan Easton | Raith Rovers | 9 |
| 8 | Brad Spencer | Falkirk | 8 |
| 8 | Zak Rudden | Queen's Park | 8 |

## Awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| August | John McGlynn | Falkirk | Anton Dowds | Ayr United |
| September | Callum Davidson | Queen's Park | Cammy Kerr | Queen's Park |
| October | John McGlynn | Falkirk | Ethan Ross | Falkirk |
| November | David Martindale | Livingston | Scott Robinson | Partick Thistle |
| December | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | Cameron Blues | Greenock Morton |
| January | Scott Brown | Ayr United | George Oakley | Ayr United |
| February | David Martindale | Livingston | Scott Arfield | Falkirk |