2025–26 Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 1 May 2026
Matches143
Goals343 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerJosh McPake
14 goals
Biggest home winRaith Rovers 6–0 Ross County (13 December 2025)
Biggest away winArbroath 0–5 Dunfermline Athletic (13 September 2025)
Highest scoringSt Johnstone 4–3 Queen's Park (15 November 2025)
Longest winning runPartick Thistle
5 games
Longest unbeaten runPartick Thistle
St Johnstone
10 games
Longest winless runAirdrieonians
11 games
Longest losing runGreenock Morton
Ross County
4 games
Highest attendance6,894
Dunfermline Athletic v St. Johnstone
(8 November 2025)
Lowest attendance718
Queen's Park v Ross County
(3 February 2026)
Total attendance405,450
Average attendance2,835
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2026.

The 2025–26 Scottish Championship (known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 1 August 2025.[1]

Ten teams contest the league: Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers, Ross County and St Johnstone.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2024–25 season.

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic
Excelsior Stadium Gayfield Park Somerset Park East End Park
Capacity: 10,101[2] Capacity: 6,056[3] Capacity: 10,185[4] Capacity: 11,480[5]
Greenock Morton
Location of teams in 2025–26 Scottish Championship
 Partick Thistle
Cappielow Firhill Stadium
Capacity: 11,589[6] Capacity: 10,887[7]
Queen's Park Raith Rovers Ross County St Johnstone
Lesser Hampden Stark's Park Victoria Park McDiarmid Park
Capacity: 990[8] Capacity: 8,867[9] Capacity: 6,541[10] Capacity: 10,696[11]
Championship football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians Aaron Taylor-Sinclair Aidan Wilson Joma Holemasters
Arbroath David Gold
Colin Hamilton 		Thomas O'Brien Macron Megatech
Ayr United Scott Brown Ben Dempsey O'Neills Jewson
Dunfermline Athletic Neil Lennon Kyle Benedictus Erreà Gamdom
Greenock Morton Ian Murray Grant Gillespie Joma Dalrada Technology
Partick Thistle Mark Wilson Lee Ashcroft O'Neills WrightKerr All Trades Limited
Queen's Park Sean Crighton Euan Murray Adidas City Facilities Management
Raith Rovers Dougie Imrie Scott Brown Joma Audio Emotion (Home)
Sephra (Away)
Ross County Stuart Kettlewell Declan Gallagher Macron Ross-shire Engineering
St Johnstone Simo Valakari Jason Holt Macron MandM

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Partick Thistle Brian Graham End of interim spell 30 May 2025[12] Pre-season Mark Wilson 30 May 2025[13]
Airdrieonians Rhys McCabe Resigned 15 August 2025[14] 9th Danny Lennon 27 August 2025[15]
Ross County Don Cowie Sacked 24 August 2025[16] 10th Tony Docherty 3 September 2025
Airdrieonians Danny Lennon Sacked 22 October 2025 10th Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 24 October 2025 (interim) & 1 January 2026 (permanent)
Raith Rovers Barry Robson Sacked 11 November 2025 6th Dougie Imrie 25 November 2025
Greenock Morton Dougie Imrie Joined Raith Rovers 25 November 2025 7th Ian Murray 2 January 2026
Ross County Tony Docherty Left by mutual consent 14 December 2025 10th Stuart Kettlewell 30 December 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone 29 17 9 3 53 22 +31 60 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Partick Thistle 28 14 10 4 42 31 +11 52 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Arbroath 29 11 11 7 37 33 +4 44 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 28 11 6 11 40 32 +8 39
5 Ayr United 28 7 14 7 34 34 0 35
6 Queen's Park 29 8 11 10 32 41 −9 35
7 Raith Rovers 28 7 9 12 28 31 −3 30
8 Greenock Morton 29 6 12 11 29 40 −11 30
9 Airdrieonians 29 6 9 14 23 36 −13 27 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Ross County 29 6 9 14 25 43 −18 27 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[18]

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 DNF GMO PAR QPA RAI ROS STJ
Airdrieonians — 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2
Arbroath 1–0 — 1–1 0–5 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 3–1
Ayr United 4–2 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–4
Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–2
Greenock Morton 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–4
Partick Thistle 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 5–0 3–2 1–0 2–1
Queen's Park 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–2
Raith Rovers 0–3 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 6–0 0–2
Ross County 1–2 1–2 3–3 3–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–0 — 0–1
St Johnstone 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 4–3 0–0 0–0 —
Source: [19]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away AIR ARB AYR DNF GMO PAR QPA RAI ROS STJ
Airdrieonians — 0–0 25 Apr 14 Apr 3–1 18 Apr 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–1
Arbroath 1–1 — 1–1 4–2 1–1 25 Apr 21 Mar 18 Apr 0–0 4 Apr
Ayr United 1–1 11 Apr — 7 Apr 21 Mar 4 Apr 1–2 2–1 0–0 1 May
Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 1 May 2–3 — 4 Apr 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 21 Apr
Greenock Morton 1 May 28 Mar 1–1 2–0 — 1–2 18 Apr 0–0 2–1 0–2
Partick Thistle 1–0 0–0 2–1 11 Apr 3–2 — 1 May 0–0 27 Mar 20 Mar
Queen's Park 1–0 2–1 1–1 25 Apr 3–2 2–2 — 14 Apr 10 Apr 1–1
Raith Rovers 21 Mar 2–3 27 Mar 1–2 11 Apr 24 Mar 4–1 — 1 May 0–0
Ross County 4 Apr 0–2 18 Apr 21 Mar 25 Apr 2–0 14 Feb 2–0 — 0–0
St Johnstone 11 Apr 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–0 2–2 28 Mar 25 Apr 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: [19]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 14 March 2026

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Josh McPake St Johnstone 14
2 Andrew Tod Dunfermline Athletic 11
Josh Fowler Queen's Park
St Johnstone
4 Findlay Marshall Arbroath 10
5 Euan Henderson Airdrieonians 9
6 Logan Chalmers Partick Thistle 8
Dylan Easton Raith Rovers
Jamie Gullan St Johnstone
9 Mark McKenzie Ayr United 7
Ben Stanway Partick Thistle
Ronan Hale Ross County

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Simo Valakari St Johnstone Josh McPake St Johnstone
September
October Mark Wilson Partick Thistle Findlay Marshall Arbroath
November Aidan Fitzpatrick Partick Thistle
December David Gold
Colin Hamilton 		Arbroath Josh McPake St Johnstone
January Mark Wilson Partick Thistle Tony Watt Partick Thistle
February Stuart Kettlewell Ross County Jamie Gullan St Johnstone
March
April


References

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  14. ^ "McCabe steps down as Airdrieonians player-boss". BBC Sport. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Danny Lennon is new Diamonds boss". Airdrieonians FC. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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