2022–23 Scottish Championship

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Scottish Championship
Season 2022–23
Champions Dundee
Promoted Dundee
Relegated Hamilton Academical (via play-offs)
Cove Rangers
Matches played 180
Goals scored 504 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Dipo Akinyemi
20 goals
Biggest home win Dundee 7–0 Hamilton Academical (1 April 2023)
Biggest away win Cove Rangers 0–6 Queen's Park (7 January 2023)
Highest scoring Hamilton Academical 4–4 Cove Rangers (29 October 2022)
Queen's Park 3–5 Dundee (5 May 2023)
Longest winning run Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Queen's Park
6 games
Longest unbeaten run Dundee
Greenock Morton
10 games
Longest winless run Cove Rangers
10 games
Longest losing run Hamilton Academical
7 games
Highest attendance 6,862
Dundee 0–0 Cove Rangers (28 April 2023)
Lowest attendance 471
Queen's Park 2–1 Cove Rangers (27 August 2022)
Queen's Park 1–2 Greenock Morton (4 October 2022)
Total attendance 397,031
Average attendance 2,205
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2023.

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[1] Capacity: 10,185[2] Capacity: 3,023[3] Capacity: 11,775[4]
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Greenock Morton
Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship
 Hamilton Academical
Cappielow New Douglas Park
Capacity: 11,589[5] Capacity: 6,018[6]
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers
Caledonian Stadium Firhill Stadium Ochilview Park[7] Stark's Park
Capacity: 7,512[8] Capacity: 10,102[9] Capacity: 3,746[10] Capacity: 8,867[11]
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Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arbroath Scotland Dick Campbell Scotland Thomas O'Brien Macron Megatech
Ayr United Scotland Lee Bullen Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty Hummel Jewson (Home)
Lindsay Mortgage Services (Away)
Cove Rangers Scotland Paul Hartley Scotland Mitch Megginson Adidas ACE Group
Dundee England Gary Bowyer Republic of Ireland Ryan Sweeney Macron Crown Engineering Services
Greenock Morton Scotland Dougie Imrie Scotland Grant Gillespie Joma McGill's
Hamilton Academical Scotland John Rankin Scotland Brian Easton Adidas Active Access
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Billy Dodds Scotland Sean Welsh Puma ILI Group
Partick Thistle Scotland Kris Doolan Scotland Ross Docherty O'Neills Just Employment Law
Queen's Park Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Scotland Lee Kilday Macron Scotts
Raith Rovers Scotland Ian Murray Scotland 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 Scotland John McGlynn End of contract 3 May 2022[12] Pre-season Scotland Ian Murray 24 May 2022[13]
Dundee Scotland Mark McGhee 15 May 2022[14] England Gary Bowyer 8 June 2022[15]
Queen's Park Scotland John Potter End of interim spell 15 May 2022[16] Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 1 June 2022[17]
Cove Rangers Scotland Paul Hartley Signed by Hartlepool United 3 June 2022[18] Scotland Jim McIntyre 15 June 2022[19]
Hamilton Academical Scotland Stuart Taylor Mutual consent 23 June 2022[20] Scotland John Rankin 28 June 2022[21]
Cove Rangers Scotland Jim McIntyre Sacked 3 January 2023[22] 8th Scotland Paul Hartley 5 January 2023[23]
Partick Thistle Scotland Ian McCall 12 February 2023[24] 5th Scotland Kris Doolan 12 February 2023[24]

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
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
Source: [25]
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).[26]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

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 —
Source: [27]

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 —
Source: [27]

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

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

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Lee Bullen Ayr United England Dipo Akinyemi Ayr United
September/October Scotland Dougie Imrie Greenock Morton Scotland Robbie Muirhead Greenock Morton
November England Gary Bowyer Dundee Scotland Paul McMullan Dundee
December Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle Queen's Park Scotland Grant Savoury Queen's Park
January Scotland Billy Dodds Inverness CT Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Inverness CT
February Scotland Dougie Imrie Greenock Morton Scotland Connor Shields Queen's Park
March England Gary Bowyer Dundee England Dipo Akinyemi Ayr United
April Scotland Billy Dodds Inverness CT Scotland 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.[28]

Qualified teams

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

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

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