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2015–16 Scottish Championship

The 2015–16 Scottish Championship (referred to as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football.

Rangers won the league title and promotion after a 1–0 win against Dumbarton on 5 April 2016,[3] while Alloa Athletic were relegated after a 0–0 draw against Livingston on 2 April 2016.[4]

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

a.^ Initially interim, made permanent 5 January 2016

League table

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

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.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 1 May 2016[27][1]

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016
Source: [2][30]

Championship play-offs

Livingston, the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2015–16 Scottish League One; Ayr United, Peterhead, and Stranraer.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

The winners of the semi-finals, Ayr United and Stranraer, competed against one another over two legs, with the winner, Ayr, replacing Livingston and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish Championship.

First leg

Second leg

References

  1. ^ a b "2015–16 Scottish Championship scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "2015–16 Scottish Championship performance". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Rangers 1-0 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. 5 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Livingston 0-0 Alloa Athletic". BBC Sport. 2 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 4 November 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ^ a b c "St Mirren: Ian Murray leaves Dumbarton to be Buddies boss". BBC Sport. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Dumbarton: Stranraer's Stephen Aitken makes managerial switch". BBC Sport. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  17. ^ a b "Raith Rovers: Brechin's Ray McKinnon in Kirkcaldy switch". BBC Sport. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Rangers: Mark Warburton - 'no short-term fixes' for new manager". BBC Sport. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  19. ^ "Danny Lennon resigns as Alloa Athletic manager". BBC Sport. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Alloa Athletic name Jack Ross as their new manager". BBC Sport. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  21. ^ "St Mirren: Ian Murray resigns after six months as manager". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  22. ^ "St Mirren: Alex Rae succeeds Ian Murray as manager". BBC Sport. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  23. ^ "Livingston sack manager Mark Burchill". BBC Sport. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  24. ^ "Interim role for Hopkin at Livingston". SPFL. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  25. ^ "David Hopkin appointed Livingston head coach until end of season". BBC Sport. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  26. ^ a b "Queen of the South part with manager James Fowler". BBC Sport. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  27. ^ "Scottish Championship Top Scorers". BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  28. ^ a b "2015–16 Scottish Championship statistics – Player Discipline". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  29. ^ a b "2015–16 Scottish League One statistics – Club Discipline". ESPN. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  30. ^ "2014–15 Scottish Championship performance". ESPN. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  31. ^ a b c d "Play-off fixtures for next week". SPFL.
  32. ^ a b "Championship play-off final on BBC ALBA". spfl.co.uk. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.