2016–17 Scottish Championship

Ladbrokes Championship

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2016.

The 2016–17 Scottish Championship (referred to as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football.

Ten teams will contest the league. As of 2 May 2016, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Queen of the South and St Mirren are the only teams to have confirmed their places in the league.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To Championship

Promoted from Scottish League One

Dunfermline Athletic

Relegated from Scottish Premiership

Dundee United

From Championship

Promoted to Scottish Premiership

Rangers

Relegated to Scottish League One

Alloa Athletic

Stadia and locations

Dumbarton	Dundee United	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock Morton
Dumbarton Football Stadium	Tannadice Park	East End Park	Cappielow Park
Capacity: 2,020^[1]	Capacity: 14,229^[2]	Capacity: 11,480^[3]	Capacity: 11,589^[4]

Queen of the South	Dumbarton Dundee Utd Dunfermline Athletic Morton Queen of the South St Mirren		St Mirren
Palmerston Park			St Mirren Park
Capacity: 8,690^[5]			Capacity: 8,023^[6]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dumbarton	Stephen Aitken	Joma	Baxter Ramsay
Dundee United	Vacant	Nike	McEwan Fraser Legal
Dunfermline Athletic	Allan Johnston	Joma	SRJ Windows
Greenock Morton	Jim Duffy	Nike	Millions Sweets
Queen of the South	James Fowler	Macron	Palmerston Cafe
St Mirren	Alex Rae	Carbrini	JD Sports

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dundee United	name !Mixu Paatelainen	Sacked	4 May 2016^[7]	Pre-season

League table

Pos	Team	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dumbarton	Promotion to Scottish Premiership
2	Dundee United	Qualification to Premiership play-offs semi-final
3	Dunfermline Athletic	Qualification to Premiership play-offs quarter-final
4	Greenock Morton	Qualification to Premiership play-offs quarter-final
5	Queen of the South
6	St Mirren
7
8
9		Qualification to Championship play-offs
10		Relegation to Scottish League One

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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 36 games.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Dumbarton !DUM	Dundee United !DUN	Dunfermline Athletic !DNF	Greenock Morton !GMO	Queen of the South !QOS	St Mirren !STM
Dumbarton !Dumbarton
Dundee United !Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton
Queen of the South !Queen of the South
St Mirren !St Mirren

Source: Scottish Championship
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	Dumbarton !DUM	Dundee United !DUN	Dunfermline Athletic !DNF	Greenock Morton !GMO	Queen of the South !QOS	St Mirren !STM
Dumbarton !Dumbarton
Dundee United !Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton
Queen of the South !Queen of the South
St Mirren !St Mirren

Source: Scottish Championship
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Dundee United: Mixu Paatelainen leaves as manager". BBC Sport. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

Scottish Professional Football League

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2015–16 Premiership teams	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

2015–16 Championship teams	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St Mirren

2015–16 League One teams	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

2015–16 League Two teams	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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2016–17 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

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European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Queen of the South St Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Stenhousemuir

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

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