2025–26 Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 1 May 2026
Matches94
Goals236 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerJosh McPake
13 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 runRoss County
4 games
Highest attendance6,894
Dunfermline Athletic v St Johnstone
(8 November 2025)
Lowest attendance836
Queen's Park v Arbroath
(9 August 2025)
Total attendance271,909
Average attendance2,892
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

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 (interim) 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 Billy Davies (interim) 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 John Robertson (interim) 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 (interim) 24 October 2025
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 Billy Davies (interim) 25 November 2025
Ross County Tony Docherty Left by mutual consent 14 December 2025 10th John Robertson (interim) 17 December 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone 19 12 5 2 42 17 +25 41 Promotion to the Scottish Premiership
2 Partick Thistle 19 10 6 3 28 19 +9 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Arbroath 19 9 5 5 26 23 +3 32 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Ayr United 19 6 9 4 25 22 +3 27
5 Raith Rovers 19 6 6 7 20 18 +2 24
6 Dunfermline Athletic 19 6 5 8 26 21 +5 23
7 Greenock Morton 19 4 9 6 17 24 −7 21
8 Queen's Park 18 3 8 7 18 27 −9 17
9 Airdrieonians 19 4 5 10 16 29 −13 17 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Ross County 18 2 6 10 18 36 −18 12 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. 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 3 Feb 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. 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 — 14 Mar 25 Apr 28 Mar 28 Feb 18 Apr 0–3 3 Jan 24 Jan 14 Feb
Arbroath 27 Dec — 14 Feb 21 Feb 23 Jan 25 Apr 21 Mar 18 Apr 7 Mar 4 Apr
Ayr United 10 Jan 11 Apr — 7 Mar 21 Mar 4 Apr 3 Jan 31 Jan 21 Feb 1 May
Dunfermline Athletic 31 Jan 1 May 2–3 — 4 Apr 14 Feb 28 Feb 14 Mar 3 Jan 18 Apr
Greenock Morton 1 May 28 Mar 27 Dec 10 Jan — 14 Mar 18 Apr 14 Feb 31 Jan 7 Mar
Partick Thistle 21 Feb 28 Feb 24 Jan 11 Apr 3 Jan — 1 May 0–0 28 Mar 21 Mar
Queen's Park 7 Mar 31 Jan 14 Mar 25 Apr 21 Feb 27 Dec — 4 Apr 11 Apr 10 Jan
Raith Rovers 21 Mar 10 Jan 28 Mar 27 Dec 11 Apr 7 Mar 24 Jan — 1 May 21 Feb
Ross County 4 Apr 0–2 18 Apr 21 Mar 25 Apr 9 Jan 14 Feb 28 Feb — 27 Dec
St Johnstone 11 Apr 3 Jan 28 Feb 24 Jan 5–0 30 Jan 28 Mar 25 Apr 14 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [19]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 20 December 2025

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Josh McPake St Johnstone 13
2 Josh Fowler Queen's Park 10
3 Euan Henderson Airdrieonians 8
Findlay Marshall Arbroath
Andrew Tod Dunfermline Athletic
Jamie Gullan St Johnstone
7 Mark McKenzie Ayr United 7
Dylan Easton Raith Rovers
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
January
February
March
April


References

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  12. ^ "Partick Thistle name Wilson as new manager". BBC Sport. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Partick Thistle name Wilson as new manager". BBC Sport. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  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.
  16. ^ "Cowie agrees Ross County exit in club's 'best interest'". BBC Sport. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
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