2021–22 Scottish Championship

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Scottish Championship
Season 2021–22
Champions Kilmarnock
Promoted Kilmarnock
Relegated Dunfermline Athletic
Queen of the South
Matches played 180
Goals scored 432 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Michael McKenna
(15 goals)
Biggest home win Greenock Morton 5–0 Dunfermline Athletic
(8 January 2022)
Biggest away win Hamilton Academical 1–6 Partick Thistle
(15 October 2021)
Greenock Morton 1–6 Inverness CT
(11 December 2021)
Highest scoring Raith Rovers 4–4 Hamilton Academical
(31 July 2021)
Longest winning run Inverness CT
5 games
Longest unbeaten run Raith Rovers
13 games
Longest winless run Dunfermline Athletic
13 games
Longest losing run Queen of the South
6 games
Highest attendance 11,500
Kilmarnock 2–1 Arbroath (22 April 2022)
Lowest attendance 197
Queen of the South 0–3 Hamilton Academical (2 January 2022)
All statistics correct as of 29 April 2022.

The 2021–22 Scottish Championship (known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.

Ten teams contested the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premiership

From Championship

Relegated to League One

Promoted to the Premiership

Stadia and locations

Arbroath Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton
Gayfield Park Somerset Park East End Park Cappielow
Capacity: 6,600[1] Capacity: 10,185[2] Capacity: 11,480[3] Capacity: 11,589[4]
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Hamilton Academical
Location of teams in 2021–22 Scottish Championship
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
New Douglas Park Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 6,018[5] Capacity: 7,750[6]
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Kilmarnock Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Rugby Park Firhill Stadium Palmerston Park Stark's Park
Capacity: 17,889[7] Capacity: 10,102[8] Capacity: 8,690[9] Capacity: 8,867[10]
200px JHS@Firhill.jpg Palmerston Park main stand.JPG San Starko.JPG

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Arbroath Scotland Dick Campbell Scotland Thomas O'Brien Macron Megatech[11]
Ayr United Scotland Lee Bullen Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty Hummel[12] Bitcoin BCH[13]
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland John Hughes Scotland Graham Dorrans Joma[14] SRJ Windows[14]
Greenock Morton Scotland Dougie Imrie South Africa Kyle Jacobs est 1874 McGill's
Hamilton Academical Scotland Stuart Taylor Scotland Brian Easton Adidas Cullen[15]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Billy Dodds Scotland Sean Welsh Puma[16] ILI Group[16]
Kilmarnock Scotland Derek McInnes England Chris Stokes Hummel[17] Brownings The Bakers[18]
Partick Thistle Scotland Ian McCall Scotland Ross Docherty O'Neills Just Employment Law[19]
Queen of the South Scotland Willie Gibson England Josh Todd Macron[20] Rosefield Salvage[21]
Raith Rovers Scotland John McGlynn Scotland Kyle Benedictus Joma[22] valmcdermid.com[22](Home)
TAG (Away)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Neil McCann End of interim spell 1 May 2021 Pre-season Scotland Billy Dodds 1 June 2021
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Stevie Crawford Resigned 18 May 2021 Scotland Peter Grant 28 May 2021
Hamilton Academical Scotland Brian Rice 11 August 2021 5th Scotland Stuart Taylor 20 August 2021
Ayr United Scotland David Hopkin 9 September 2021 9th Scotland Jim Duffy 9 September 2021
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Peter Grant Sacked 31 October 2021 10th Scotland John Hughes 12 November 2021
Greenock Morton Scotland Gus MacPherson 4 December 2021 8th Scotland Dougie Imrie 21 December 2021
Kilmarnock Northern Ireland Tommy Wright 18 December 2021 5th Scotland Derek McInnes 4 January 2022
Ayr United Scotland Jim Duffy 20 December 2021 8th Scotland Lee Bullen 7 January 2022
Queen of the South Scotland Allan Johnston 13 February 2022 10th Scotland Willie Gibson 13 February 2022

League summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kilmarnock (C, P) 36 20 7 9 50 27 +23 67 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 +26 65 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 11 9 53 34 +19 59 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 +6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 −15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 −11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 −13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 7 14 15 36 53 −17 35 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 8 9 19 36 54 −18 33 Relegation to League One
Source: [23][24]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[25]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.


Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it is added to the standings for round 16.

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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 DNF GMO HAM ICT KIL PAR QOS RAI
Arbroath — 1–1 4–2 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0
Ayr United 2–2 — 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–4 2–1 0–2
Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 3–0 — 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 3–3 1–1
Greenock Morton 2–2 2–2 2–2 — 1–1 1–6 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–1
Hamilton Academical 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–2 1–6 1–0 0–3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 — 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0
Kilmarnock 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 — 0–1 4–0 1–3
Partick Thistle 0–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 — 3–2 1–0
Queen of the South 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 — 1–1
Raith Rovers 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–4 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 —
Source: [26]

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away ARB AYR DNF GMO HAM ICT KIL PAR QOS RAI
Arbroath — 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–3
Ayr United 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Greenock Morton 0–0 1–1 5–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2
Hamilton Academical 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–0 — 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–1
Kilmarnock 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 3–0
Partick Thistle 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–1
Queen of the South 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 — 0–1
Raith Rovers 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–3 —
Source: [26]

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 29 April 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Michael McKenna Arbroath 15
2 Scotland Oli Shaw Kilmarnock 14
3 Scotland Brian Graham Partick Thistle 13
4 England Tomi Adeloye Ayr United 11
5 Scotland Shane Sutherland Inverness CT 10

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Billy Dodds Inverness CT Scotland Michael McKenna Arbroath
September Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath England Joel Nouble Arbroath
October Scotland John McGlynn Raith Rovers Scotland Oli Shaw Kilmarnock
November Scotland Ian McCall Partick Thistle Scotland Ethan Ross Raith Rovers
December Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath Scotland Anton Dowds Arbroath
January Scotland Dougie Imrie Greenock Morton Scotland Gavin Reilly Greenock Morton
February Scotland Dougie Imrie Greenock Morton Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty Kilmarnock
March Scotland Derek McInnes Kilmarnock Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty Kilmarnock
April Scotland Derek McInnes Kilmarnock Scotland Logan Chalmers Inverness CT

Championship play-offs

The semi-finals will be contested by the teams placed second to fourth in Scottish League One, as well as the team placed ninth in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.[27]

Bracket

  Semifinals Final
                         
 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0  
 Queen's Park 0 1 1  
     Airdrieonians 1 1 2
   Queen's Park (a.e.t.) 1 2 3
 Airdrieonians (a.e.t.) 0 6 6
 Montrose 1 4 5  

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

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