# 2022–23 Scottish Championship

The 2022–23 Scottish Championship (known as cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football.
Ten teams contested the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Cove Rangers, Dundee, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Arbroath | Ayr United | Cove Rangers | Dundee |
| Gayfield Park | Somerset Park | Balmoral Stadium | Dens Park |
| Capacity: 6,600 | Capacity: 10,185 | Capacity: 3,023 | Capacity: 11,775 |
| Greenock Morton | ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundeeMortonHamiltonInverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Roversclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship | ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundeeMortonHamiltonInverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Roversclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship | Hamilton Academical |
| Cappielow | ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundeeMortonHamiltonInverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Roversclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship | ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundeeMortonHamiltonInverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Roversclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship | New Douglas Park |
| Capacity: 11,589 | ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundeeMortonHamiltonInverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Roversclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship | ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundeeMortonHamiltonInverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Roversclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship | Capacity: 6,018 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Partick Thistle | Queen's Park | Raith Rovers |
| Caledonian Stadium | Firhill Stadium | Ochilview Park | Stark's Park |
| Capacity: 7,512 | Capacity: 10,102 | Capacity: 3,746 | Capacity: 8,867 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Arbroath | Dick Campbell | Thomas O'Brien | Macron | Megatech |
| Ayr United | Lee Bullen | Sean McGinty | Hummel | Jewson (Home) Lindsay Mortgage Services (Away) |
| Cove Rangers | Paul Hartley | Mitch Megginson | Adidas | ACE Group |
| Dundee | Gary Bowyer | Ryan Sweeney | Macron | Crown Engineering Services |
| Greenock Morton | Dougie Imrie | Grant Gillespie | Joma | McGill's |
| Hamilton Academical | John Rankin | Brian Easton | Adidas | Active Access |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Billy Dodds | Sean Welsh | Puma | ILI Group |
| Partick Thistle | Kris Doolan | Ross Docherty | O'Neills | Just Employment Law |
| Queen's Park | Owen Coyle | Lee Kilday | Macron | Scotts |
| 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 |
| Raith Rovers | John McGlynn | End of contract | 3 May 2022 | Pre-season | Ian Murray | 24 May 2022 |
| Dundee | Mark McGhee | End of contract | 15 May 2022 | Pre-season | Gary Bowyer | 8 June 2022 |
| Queen's Park | John Potter | End of interim spell | 15 May 2022 | Pre-season | Owen Coyle | 1 June 2022 |
| Cove Rangers | Paul Hartley | Signed by Hartlepool United | 3 June 2022 | Pre-season | Jim McIntyre | 15 June 2022 |
| Hamilton Academical | Stuart Taylor | Mutual consent | 23 June 2022 | Pre-season | John Rankin | 28 June 2022 |
| Cove Rangers | Jim McIntyre | Sacked | 3 January 2023 | 8th | Paul Hartley | 5 January 2023 |
| Partick Thistle | Ian McCall | Sacked | 12 February 2023 | 5th | Kris Doolan | 12 February 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundee (C, P) | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 63 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Ayr United | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 58 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 57 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 57 | |
| 6 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 55 | |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Arbroath | 36 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 34 | |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Cove Rangers (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 31 | 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 | ARB | AYR | COV | DND | GMO | HAM | ICT | PAR | QPA | RAI |
| Arbroath | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Ayr United | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Cove Rangers | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Dundee | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Greenock Morton | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Queen's Park | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–5 | — |

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

| Home \ Away | ARB | AYR | COV | DND | GMO | HAM | ICT | PAR | QPA | RAI |
| Arbroath | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Ayr United | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Cove Rangers | 1–1 | 0–5 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 2–2 |
| Dundee | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Greenock Morton | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Queen's Park | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dipo Akinyemi | Ayr United | 20 |
| 2 | Simon Murray | Queen's Park | 15 |
| 3 | Billy Mckay | Inverness CT | 13 |
| 3 | Brian Graham | Partick Thistle | 13 |
| 5 | Zach Robinson | Dundee | 12 |

## Awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| August | Lee Bullen | Ayr United | Dipo Akinyemi | Ayr United |
| September/October | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | Robbie Muirhead | Greenock Morton |
| November | Gary Bowyer | Dundee | Paul McMullan | Dundee |
| December | Owen Coyle | Queen's Park | Grant Savoury | Queen's Park |
| January | Billy Dodds | Inverness CT | Billy Mckay | Inverness CT |
| February | Dougie Imrie | Greenock Morton | Connor Shields | Queen's Park |
| March | Gary Bowyer | Dundee | Dipo Akinyemi | Ayr United |
| April | Billy Dodds | Inverness CT | Kyle Turner | Partick Thistle |
The SPFL Championship manager of the year was Gary Bowyer of Dundee.
The SPFL Championship player of the year was Dipo Akinyemi of Ayr United.

## Championship play-offs

The semi-finals were contested by the teams placed second to fourth in League One, as well as the team placed ninth in the Championship. The winners advanced to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.

### Qualified teams

| Team | Rank |
| Hamilton Academical | 1 |
| Falkirk | 2 |
| Airdrieonians | 3 |
| Alloa Athletic | 4 |