2021–22 Scottish Championship

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Scottish Championship
Season2021–22
Dates31 July 2021 – 29 April 2022
Matches played111
Goals scored269 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael McKenna
(12 goals)
Biggest home winGreenock Morton 5–0 Dunfermline Athletic
(8 January 2022)
Biggest away winHamilton Academical 1–6 Partick Thistle
(15 October 2021)
Greenock Morton 1–6 Inverness CT
(11 December 2021)
Highest scoringRaith Rovers 4–4 Hamilton Academical
(31 July 2021)
Longest winning runInverness CT
5 games
Longest unbeaten runRaith Rovers
13 games
Longest winless runDunfermline Athletic
13 games
Longest losing runGreenock Morton
4 games
Highest attendance6,052
Ayr United 0–1 Kilmarnock (26 October 2021)
Lowest attendance197
Queen of the South 0–3 Hamilton Academical (2 January 2022)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 29 January 2022.

The 2021–22 Scottish Championship (known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.

Ten teams contest the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.

Teams[]

The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.

To Championship[]

Promoted from League One

  • Partick Thistle

Relegated from the Premiership

  • Hamilton Academical
  • Kilmarnock

From Championship[]

Relegated to League One

Promoted to the Premiership

  • Heart of Midlothian
  • Dundee

Stadia and locations[]

Arbroath Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton
Gayfield Park Somerset Park East End Park Cappielow
Capacity: 6,600[1] Capacity: 10,185[2] Capacity: 11,480[3] Capacity: 11,589[4]
Gayfield Park - geograph-744246.jpg SomersetPark.JPG East End Park - geograph.org.uk - 309654.jpg Cappielow.JPG
Hamilton Academical
2021–22 Scottish Championship is located in Scotland
Arbroath
Arbroath
Ayr United
Ayr United
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Morton
Morton
Hamilton
Hamilton
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle
Queen of the South
Queen of the South
Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers
Location of teams in 2021–22 Scottish Championship
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
New Douglas Park Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 6,018[5] Capacity: 7,750[6]
New Douglas Park - 1.jpg Caledonianstadium.jpg
Kilmarnock Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Rugby Park Firhill Stadium Palmerston Park Stark's Park
Capacity: 17,889[7] Capacity: 10,102[8] Capacity: 8,690[9] Capacity: 8,867[10]
Rugby Park.jpg JHS@Firhill.jpg Palmerston Park main stand.JPG San Starko.JPG

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Arbroath Scotland Dick Campbell Scotland Colin Hamilton Macron Megatech[11]
Ayr United Scotland Lee Bullen Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty Hummel[12] Bitcoin BCH[13]
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland John Hughes Scotland Graham Dorrans Joma[14] SRJ Windows[14]
Greenock Morton Scotland Dougie Imrie South Africa Kyle Jacobs est 1874 McGill's
Hamilton Academical Scotland Stuart Taylor Scotland Brian Easton Adidas Cullen[15]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Billy Dodds Scotland Sean Welsh Puma[16] ILI Group[16]
Kilmarnock Scotland Derek McInnes England Chris Stokes Hummel[17] Brownings The Bakers[18]
Partick Thistle Scotland Ian McCall Scotland Ross Docherty O'Neills Just Employment Law[19]
Queen of the South Scotland Allan Johnston Scotland Willie Gibson Macron[20] Rosefield Salvage[21]
Raith Rovers Scotland John McGlynn Scotland Kyle Benedictus Joma[22] valmcdermid.com[22](Home)
TAG (Away)

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Neil McCann End of interim spell 1 May 2021 Pre-season Scotland Billy Dodds 1 June 2021
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Stevie Crawford Resigned 18 May 2021 Scotland Peter Grant 28 May 2021
Hamilton Academical Scotland Brian Rice 11 August 2021 5th Scotland Stuart Taylor 20 August 2021
Ayr United Scotland David Hopkin 9 September 2021 9th Scotland Jim Duffy 9 September 2021
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Peter Grant Sacked 31 October 2021 10th Scotland John Hughes 12 November 2021
Greenock Morton Scotland Gus MacPherson 4 December 2021 8th Scotland Dougie Imrie 21 December 2021
Kilmarnock Northern Ireland Tommy Wright 18 December 2021 5th Scotland Derek McInnes 4 January 2022
Ayr United Scotland Jim Duffy 20 December 2021 8th Scotland Lee Bullen 7 January 2022

League summary[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arbroath 22 11 8 3 35 16 +19 41 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Kilmarnock 22 12 4 6 28 15 +13 40 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 23 10 8 5 30 19 +11 38 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Raith Rovers 23 9 9 5 31 24 +7 36
5 Partick Thistle 20 9 6 5 33 19 +14 33
6 Hamilton Academical 23 6 7 10 25 38 −13 25
7 Dunfermline Athletic 23 4 10 9 22 37 −15 22
8 Ayr United 22 5 7 10 20 35 −15 22
9 Greenock Morton 22 4 9 9 26 33 −7 21 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Queen of the South 22 4 6 12 21 35 −14 18 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2022. Source: [23][24]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[25]


Positions by round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it is added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Arbroath974433335533355531111111
Kilmarnock121322223211111345434332
Inverness Caledonian Thistle332111111122233112222223
Raith Rovers567565442344422223343444
Partick Thistle213244554455544454555555
Hamilton Academical458699988877778666666666
Dunfermline Athletic6910101010101010101010101069899991097
Ayr United1089976676666667778777778
Greenock Morton74578889999988981010101010889
Queen of the South81068577677889910109788891010
Leader and promotion to the Premiership
Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
Qualification for the Championship play-offs
Relegation to League One
Source: [23]

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 HAM ICT KIL PAR QOS RAI
Arbroath — 1–1 4–2 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0
Ayr United 2–2 — 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–4 2–1 0–2
Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 3–0 — 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 3–3 1–1
Greenock Morton 2–2 2–2 2–2 — 1–1 1–6 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–1
Hamilton Academical 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–2 1–6 1–0 0–3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 — 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0
Kilmarnock 0–1 2–0 12 Feb 1–0 2–1 0–1 — 0–1 4–0 1–3
Partick Thistle 0–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 — 3–2 1–0
Queen of the South 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 — 1–1
Raith Rovers 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–4 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2021. Source: [26]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)[]

Home \ Away ARB AYR DNF GMO HAM ICT KIL PAR QOS RAI
Arbroath — 19 Mar 5 Mar 29 Apr 9 Feb 0–0 4 Feb TBC 16 Apr 26 Mar
Ayr United 1–0 — 5 Feb 0–2 2 Apr 9 Apr 11 Mar 29 Apr 26 Feb 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 16 Apr — 19 Mar 1–0 1–1 26 Feb 18 Feb 29 Apr 2 Apr
Greenock Morton 26 Feb 26 Mar 5–0 — 16 Apr 23 Apr 2 Apr 12 Mar 12 Feb 2–2
Hamilton Academical 9 Apr 1–1 12 Mar 19 Feb — 25 Feb 2–3 2–2 26 Mar 23 Apr
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 Mar 19 Feb 26 Mar 5 Feb 29 Apr — 16 Apr 9 Feb 2–2 1–1
Kilmarnock 23 Apr 9 Feb 9 Apr 1–1 5 Mar 1–0 — 26 Mar 19 Mar 19 Feb
Partick Thistle 2 Apr 1 Feb 23 Apr 22 Feb 19 Mar 5 Mar 1–1 — 5 Feb 16 Apr
Queen of the South 19 Feb 23 Apr 0–2 5 Mar 0–3 2 Apr 0–2 9 Apr — 12 Mar
Raith Rovers 1–2 5 Mar 0–0 9 Apr 5 Feb 19 Mar 29 Apr 26 Feb 1 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2022. Source: [26]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

As of 29 January 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Michael McKenna Arbroath 12
2 Scotland Oli Shaw Kilmarnock 9
Scotland Brian Graham Partick Thistle
4 Nigeria Tomi Adeloye Ayr United 7
Scotland Zak Rudden Partick Thistle
Scotland Lee Connelly Queen of the South
Canada Dario Zanatta Raith Rovers
8 Scotland Gary Oliver Greenock Morton 6
England Gozie Ugwu Greenock Morton
Scotland Andy Ryan Hamilton Academical
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Inverness CT

Awards[]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Billy Dodds Inverness CT Scotland Michael McKenna Arbroath
September Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath England Joel Nouble Arbroath
October Scotland John McGlynn Raith Rovers Scotland Oli Shaw Kilmarnock
November Scotland Ian McCall Partick Thistle Scotland Ethan Ross Raith Rovers
December Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath Scotland Anton Dowds Arbroath

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