2016–17 Scottish Championship

Ladbrokes Championship
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Season	2016–17
	← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2016.

The 2016–17 Scottish Championship (referred to as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football.

Ten teams will contest the league. Ayr United, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hibernian, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To Championship

Promoted from Scottish League One

Relegated from Scottish Premiership

Dundee United

From Championship

Relegated to Scottish League One

Promoted to Scottish Premiership

Rangers

Stadia and locations

Ayr United	Dumbarton	Dundee United	Dunfermline Athletic
Somerset Park	Dumbarton Football Stadium	Tannadice Park	East End Park
Capacity: 10,185^[1]	Capacity: 2,020^[2]	Capacity: 14,229^[3]	Capacity: 11,480^[4]
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Falkirk	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee Utd Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren		Greenock Morton
Falkirk Stadium			Cappielow Park
Capacity: 8,750^[5]			Capacity: 11,589^[6]

Hibernian	Queen of the South	Raith Rovers	St. Mirren
Easter Road	Palmerston Park	Stark's Park	Paisley 2021 Stadium
Capacity: 20,421^[7]	Capacity: 8,690^[8]	Capacity: 8,867^[9]	Capacity: 8,023^[10]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ayr United	Ian McCall	Adidas	Bodog
Dumbarton	Stephen Aitken	Joma	Baxter Ramsay
Dundee United	Ray McKinnon	Nike	McEwan Fraser Legal
Dunfermline Athletic	Allan Johnston	Joma	SRJ Windows
Falkirk	Peter Houston	Puma	Central Demolition
Greenock Morton	Jim Duffy	Vision Outsourcing	Millions
Hibernian	TBC	Nike	Marathonbet
Queen of the South	Gavin Skelton	Macron	KBT Pharmacy
Raith Rovers	Gary Locke	Puma	valmcdermid.com (Home shirt) D&G Autocare (Away shirt)
St Mirren	Alex Rae	Carbrini	JD Sports

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dundee United	Mixu Paatelainen	Sacked	4 May 2016^[11]	Pre-season	Ray McKinnon	12 May 2016^[12]
Raith Rovers	Ray McKinnon	Resigned	11 May 2016^[13]		Gary Locke	20 May 2016^[14]
Hibernian	Alan Stubbs	Left for Rotherham United	1 June 2016^[15]		TBC

League table

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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 36 games.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	AYR	DUM	DUN	DNF	FAL	GMO	HIB	QOS	RAI	STM
Ayr United
Dumbarton
Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic
Falkirk
Greenock Morton
Hibernian
Queen of the South
Raith Rovers
St Mirren

Source: Scottish Championship
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	AYR	DUM	DUN	DNF	FAL	GMO	HIB	QOS	RAI	STM
Ayr United
Dumbarton
Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic
Falkirk
Greenock Morton
Hibernian
Queen of the South
Raith Rovers
St Mirren

Source: Scottish Championship
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League One.

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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup
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Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren
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2016–17 Scottish Championship

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Teams

To Championship

From Championship

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

First half of season

Second half of season

Championship play-offs

References

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