2026–27 Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship

Season	2026–27
Dates	1 August 2026 – 30 April 2027
Matches	58
Goals	116 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robbie Muirhead (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Raith Rovers 4–0 Arbroath (12 September 2026)
Biggest away win	Greenock Morton 1–4 Livingston (11 September 2026)
Highest scoring	Greenock Morton 1–4 Livingston (11 September 2026)
Longest winning run	Stenhousemuir (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Dunfermline Athletic Stenhousemuir (8 games)
Longest winless run	Greenock Morton (9 games)
Longest losing run	Greenock Morton (5 games)
Highest attendance	7,281 Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers 28 August 2026
Lowest attendance	618 Stenhousemuir v Arbroath 19 September 2026
Total attendance	142,141
Average attendance	2,451
← 2025–26 2027–28 → All statistics correct as of 24 October 2026.

The 2026–27 Scottish Championship (known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season started on 1 August 2026 and will end on 30 April 2027.

Ten teams are contesting the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers and Stenhousemuir.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2025–26 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

• Inverness Caledonian Thistle
• Stenhousemuir

Relegated from the Premiership

• Livingston

From Championship

Relegated to League One

• Airdrieonians
• Ross County

Promoted to the Premiership

• St Johnstone

Stadia and locations

Arbroath	Ayr United	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock Morton
Gayfield Park	Somerset Park	East End Park	Cappielow
Capacity: 6,056	Capacity: 10,185	Capacity: 11,480	Capacity: 11,589
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glasgow Arbroath Ayr United Dunfermline Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Location of teams in 2026–27 Scottish Championship		Livingston
Caledonian Stadium			Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 7,512			Capacity: 9,713
Partick Thistle	Queen's Park	Raith Rovers	Stenhousemuir
Firhill Stadium	Lesser Hampden	Stark's Park	Ochilview Park
Capacity: 10,887	Capacity: 990	Capacity: 8,867	Capacity: 3,746

Partick Thistle

Queen's Park

Championship football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arbroath	David Gold Colin Hamilton	Thomas O'Brien	Macron	Megatech
Ayr United	Gary Naysmith	Reece Lyon	O'Neills	Jewson
Dunfermline Athletic	Neil Lennon	Charlie Gilmour	Erreà	Gamdom
Greenock Morton	Vacant	Grant Gillespie	Joma	Dalrada Technology (Home) Forrest Precision Engineering (Away)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scott Kellacher	Danny Devine	Macron	BetGoodwin
Livingston	David Martindale Frankie McAvoy (interim)	Ryan McGowan	Joma	Livi Self Storage
Partick Thistle	Mark Wilson	Lee Ashcroft	Macron	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)
Stenhousemuir	Marvin Bartley	Ross Meechan	Uhlsport	Jewson

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Livingston	Marvin Bartley	Resigned	7 May 2026	Pre-season	Glenn Whelan	30 May 2026
Ayr United	John Rankin	End of interim spell	5 May 2026		Gary Naysmith	16 May 2026
Stenhousemuir	Gary Naysmith	Signed by Ayr United	16 May 2026		Marvin Bartley	9 Jun 2026
Livingston	Glenn Whelan	Sacked	6 September 2026	5th
Greenock Morton	Ian Murray	Sacked	1 October 2026	10th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Partick Thistle	12	7	4	1	15	4	+11	25	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Stenhousemuir	11	7	2	2	13	8	+5	23	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Raith Rovers	12	6	3	3	16	9	+7	21	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	12	5	4	3	16	11	+5	19
5	Dunfermline Athletic	11	4	6	1	9	6	+3	18
6	Livingston	12	5	2	5	15	11	+4	17
7	Ayr United	11	3	3	5	10	12	−2	12
8	Arbroath	12	3	2	7	7	18	−11	11
9	Greenock Morton	11	2	1	8	9	18	−9	7	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Queen's Park	12	2	1	9	6	19	−13	7	Relegation to League One

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2026. Source:
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).

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	ICT	LIV	PAR	QPA	RAI	STE
Arbroath	—	7 Nov	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	11 Dec	2–1	31 Oct	21 Nov
Ayr United	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	12 Dec	0–1	31 Oct	14 Nov	0–1
Dunfermline Athletic	14 Nov	1–1	—	21 Nov	31 Oct	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	12 Dec
Greenock Morton	1–2	TBC	0–1	—	5 Dec	1–4	0–1	2–0	1–2	7 Nov
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	20 Nov	0–0	2–0	—	7 Nov	1–1	12 Dec	0–2	2–0
Livingston	1–0	1–2	2–0	14 Nov	2–2	—	1–2	2–0	4 Dec	0–1
Partick Thistle	3–0	1–0	5 Dec	31 Oct	14 Nov	2–0	—	0–0	0–0	3–0
Queen's Park	5 Dec	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	21 Nov	7 Nov	—	1–2	0–2
Raith Rovers	4–0	2–0	6 Nov	12 Dec	0–2	0–2	21 Nov	2–0	—	1–1
Stenhousemuir	1–0	5 Dec	27 Oct	2–0	3–1	30 Oct	1–0	14 Nov	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2026. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away	ARB	AYR	DNF	GMO	ICT	LIV	PAR	QPA	RAI	STE
Arbroath	—	27 Mar	23 Jan	6 Mar	23 Dec	30 Jan	30 Apr	20 Feb	13 Mar	10 Apr
Ayr United	9 Jan	—	10 Apr	23 Dec	13 Feb	30 Apr	6 Mar	20 Mar	3 Apr	20 Feb
Dunfermline Athletic	17 Apr	30 Jan	—	3 Apr	13 Mar	6 Mar	20 Feb	9 Jan	26 Dec	30 Apr
Greenock Morton	19 Dec	13 Mar	13 Feb	—	24 Apr	2 Jan	23 Jan	17 Apr	27 Feb	27 Mar
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	20 Mar	17 Apr	2 Jan	20 Feb	—	27 Mar	30 Jan	30 Apr	9 Jan	6 Mar
Livingston	3 Apr	27 Feb	19 Dec	20 Mar	23 Jan	—	17 Apr	13 Feb	24 Apr	26 Dec
Partick Thistle	27 Feb	19 Dec	24 Apr	10 Apr	3 Apr	9 Jan	—	26 Dec	13 Feb	20 Mar
Queen's Park	24 Apr	2 Jan	27 Mar	30 Jan	27 Feb	10 Apr	13 Mar	—	18 Dec	23 Jan
Raith Rovers	2 Jan	23 Jan	20 Mar	30 Apr	10 Apr	20 Feb	27 Mar	6 Mar	—	30 Jan
Stenhousemuir	13 Feb	24 Apr	27 Feb	9 Jan	19 Dec	13 Mar	2 Jan	3 Apr	17 Apr	—

First match(es) will be played: 18 December 2026. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 24 October 2026

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robbie Muirhead	Livingston	7
2	Josh Cooper	Dunfermline Athletic	4
	Alfie Bavidge	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	Jai Rowe	Raith Rovers
5	Owen Stirton	Ayr United	3
	Euan Henderson	Partick Thistle
	Anton Dowds	Raith Rovers
	George Oakley	Raith Rovers
	Lewis O'Donnell	Stenhousemuir

Source:

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Marvin Bartley	Stenhousemuir	Lewis O'Donnell	Stenhousemuir
September			Robbie Muirhead	Livingston
October
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December
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