2013–14 Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship
Season	2013–14
Champions	Dundee
Promoted	Dundee; Hamilton Academical
Relegated	Greenock Morton
Matches played	170
Goals scored	476 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rory Loy (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Hamilton Academical 10-2 Greenock Morton; (3 May 2014)
Biggest away win	Greenock Morton 1–5 Livingston; (23 November 2013); Alloa Athletic 1–5 Dumbarton; (18 January 2014)
Highest scoring	Hamilton Academical 10-2 Greenock Morton; (3 May 2014)
Highest attendance	10,718; Dundee 2-1 Dumbarton; (3 May 2014)
Lowest attendance	318; Cowdenbeath 3-0 Greenock Morton; (25 March 2014)
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The 2013–14 Scottish Championship was the 19th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second-tier of Scottish football. This was the first season of the competition being part of the newly formed Scottish Professional Football League after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.^[1]

Dundee won the title.^[2]

Teams[]

Queen of the South were promoted as 2012–13 Scottish Second Division champions, with Alloa Athletic promoted after defeating Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 on aggregate in the play-off final.

Stadia and locations[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alloa Athletic	Alloa	Recreation Park	3,100^[3]
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	4,309^[4]
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Dumbarton Football Stadium	2,020^[5]
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park	11,506^[6]
Falkirk	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	8,750^[7]
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow Park	11,589^[8]
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,078^[9]
Livingston	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	9,865^[10]
Queen of the South	Dumfries	Palmerston Park	7,620^[11]
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	8,473^[12]

Personnel and kits[]

Alloa Athletic

Dundee

Falkirk

Morton

Hamilton
Academical

Livingston

Queen of the South

Raith Rovers

Dumbarton

Cowdenbeath

Location of teams in 2013–14 Scottish Championship

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Barry Smith	Pendle	Marshall Construction
Cowdenbeath	Jimmy Nicholl	Uhlsport	Subsea Pressure Controls
Dumbarton	Ian Murray	1872 (Club own brand)	Bet Butler
Dundee	Paul Hartley	Puma	Kilmac Energy
Falkirk	Gary Holt	Puma	Central Demolition
Greenock Morton	Kenny Shiels	Puma	Millions Chews
Hamilton Academical	Alex Neil	Nike	M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)
Livingston	John McGlynn	Adidas	Energy Assets Group
Queen of the South	Jim McIntyre	Joma	Southwest Mechanical Services
Raith Rovers	Grant Murray	Puma	O'Connell's Bar & Diner (H), Livesport.co.uk (A)

League table[]

It was a close race for the championship, which offered automatic promotion to the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership. Dundee went into the final day in first place, but Hamilton Academical and Falkirk also had a chance of winning the championship.^[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	21	6	9	54	26	+28	69	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Hamilton Academical (O, P)	36	19	10	7	68	41	+27	67	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Falkirk	36	19	9	8	59	33	+26	66	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Queen of the South	36	16	7	13	53	39	+14	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Dumbarton	36	15	6	15	65	64	+1	51
6	Livingston	36	13	7	16	51	56	−5	46
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	48	61	−13	42
8	Alloa Athletic	36	11	7	18	34	51	−17	40
9	Cowdenbeath (O)	36	11	7	18	50	72	−22	40	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Greenock Morton (R)	36	6	8	22	32	71	−39	26	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals^[14]
1	Rory Loy	Falkirk	20
2	Kane Hemmings	Cowdenbeath	18
3	Peter MacDonald	Dundee	17
3	Marc McNulty	Livingston	17
5	Anthony Andreu	Hamilton Academical	14
6	James Keatings	Hamilton Academical	13
6	Iain Russell	Queen of the South	13
8	Mickaël Antoine-Curier	Hamilton Academical	12
8	Gavin Reilly	Queen of the South	12
10	Greg Stewart	Cowdenbeath	11

Results[]

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season[]

Home \ Away	ALO	COW	DUM	DND	FAL	GMO	HAM	LIV	QOS	RAI
Alloa Athletic		3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0
Cowdenbeath	0–2		3–2	0–2	1–0	5–1	2–4	2–3	0–2	3–4
Dumbarton	1–1	0–0		1–4	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–4
Dundee	1–0	1–2	3–0		1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0
Falkirk	0–0	4–0	1–2	3–1		3–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	3–1
Greenock Morton	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–2		1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1
Hamilton Academical	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–3	2–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–1
Livingston	3–2	5–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	2–2	0–0		3–3	3–0
Queen of the South	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2		0–1
Raith Rovers	4–2	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season[]

Home \ Away	ALO	COW	DUM	DND	FAL	GMO	HAM	LIV	QOS	RAI
Alloa Athletic		0–1	1–5	0–3	3–0	2–0	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–1
Cowdenbeath	2–2		2–4	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0
Dumbarton	4–1	5–1		0–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	0–3	3–3
Dundee	1–1	4–0	2–1		0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Falkirk	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Greenock Morton	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		3–4	2–0	1–1	0–0
Hamilton Academical	2–1	3–4	3–3	1–1	3–1	10–2		2–0	3–1	3–2
Livingston	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–2	2–0
Queen of the South	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0		1–0
Raith Rovers	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–4	2–1	2–4	2–4	3–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs[]

Semi-finals[]

First leg[]

7 May 2014

19:45

Ayr United	1–2	Cowdenbeath
Pope 79'	Report	G. Stewart 15', 37'

Somerset Park, Ayr

Attendance: 1,495

Referee: Don Robertson

7 May 2014

19:45

Stranraer	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic
Grehan 12' Bell 88'	Report	El Bakhtaoui 41'

Stair Park, Stranraer

Attendance: 867

Referee: Bobby Madden

Second leg[]

10 May 2014

15:00

Cowdenbeath	3–1	Ayr United
G. Stewart 1', 30' O'Brien 52'	Report	Donald 35'

Central Park, Cowdenbeath

Attendance: 933

Referee: John Beaton

Cowdenbeath won 5–2 on aggregate.

10 May 2014

15:00

Dunfermline Athletic	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Stranraer
Geggan 59', 98' El Bakhtaoui 103'	Report

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 4,525

Referee: Crawford Allan

Dunfermline Athletic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final[]

First leg[]

14 May 2014

19:45

Cowdenbeath	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic
O'Brien 83'	Report	Geggan 77'

Central Park, Cowdenbeath

Attendance: 3,379

Referee: Stephen Finnie

Second leg[]

18 May 2014

16:05

Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	Cowdenbeath
	Report	Hemmings 1' O'Brien 67' G. Stewart 77'

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 8,288

Referee: Steven McLean

Cowdenbeath won 4–1 on aggregate.

References[]

^ "SFL clubs vote in favour of merger with SPL". BBC. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^ "Dundee win Scottish Championship". Scotsman. May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Livingstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Championship: Hamilton & Falkirk hope for Dundee slip-up". BBC News. BBC. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "Scottish Championship Top Scorers". BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

[1] "SFL clubs vote in favour of merger with SPL". BBC. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

[2] "Dundee win Scottish Championship". Scotsman. May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[3] "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[4] "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[5] "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[6] "Dundee 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] "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[10] "Livingstone 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] "Championship: Hamilton & Falkirk hope for Dundee slip-up". BBC News. BBC. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

[stats-14] "Scottish Championship Top Scorers". BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

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