Scottish Championship Predictions & Betting Tips
The Scottish Championship is the second division in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The Champions are promoted to the Scottish Premiership with the second, third and fourth placed teams entering the promotion play-offs.
Our Scottish football experts provide regular predictions and tips for matches in the Championship and live streaming guides to watch all the games online.
Scottish Championship Live Streaming
Watch the Scottish Championship online with the bet365 live streaming service. Live streaming is a convenient way to watch football anywhere you have a digital device and an internet connection.
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- Visit bet365 > live streaming > football > Scotland
- When the live streaming window opens, select the match you want to watch*
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Format
The Scottish Championship currently consists of 10 clubs that 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).
The champions are promoted to the Scottish Premiership with the clubs finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th entering the two-legged Premiership play-off.
The 3rd-placed club plays the 4th-placed club, with the winner then playing the 2nd-placed club. The winner of that game then plays against the 11th-placed Premiership club.
The bottom-ranked club in the Championship is automatically relegated with the 9th-placed club entering a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed clubs from League One.
Highlights
Watch Scottish Championship highlights at the SPFL YouTube channel.
News
Get all the latest Scottish Championship news at the official SPFL website.
History
The Scottish Championship was officially launched in 2013 but has previously gone under different names.
From 1893-1946 it was known as the Scottish Football League Division Two before being renamed to the Scottish Football League Division B until 1955. It returned as Football League Division Two between 1955 and 1975.
From 1975 until 2013 it was known as Scottish Football League First Division.
The league has a rich history in Scottish football with an number of top clubs having once plied their trade within the division.
Rangers were champions in 2015-16, four years after insolvency forced the club into the Third Division.
Winners & Runners-Up
| Season | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | tbc | tbc |
| 2023-24 | Dundee United (4) | Raith Rovers |
| 2022-23 | Dundee (6) | Ayr United |
| 2021-22 | Kilmarnock | Arbroath |
| 2020-21 | Heart of Midlothian (3) | Dundee |
| 2019-20 | Dundee United (3) | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| 2018-19 | Ross County (2) | Dundee United |
| 2017-18 | St Mirren (5) | Livingston |
| 2016-17 | Hibernian (6) | Falkirk |
| 2015-16 | Rangers | Falkirk |
| 2014-15 | Heart of Midlothian (2) | Hibernian |
| 2013-14 | Dundee (5) | Hamilton Academical |
| 2012-13 | Partick Thistle (6) | Greenock Morton |
| 2011-12 | Ross County | Dundee |
| 2010-11 | Dunfermline Athletic (4) | Raith Rovers |
| 2009-10 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2) | Dundee |
| 2008-09 | St Johnstone (7) | Partick Thistle |
| 2007-08 | Hamilton Academical (4) | Dundee |
| 2006-07 | Gretna | St Johnstone |
| 2005-06 | St Mirren (4) | St Johnstone |
| 2004-05 | Falkirk (7) | St Mirren |
| 2003-04 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Clyde |
| 2002-03 | Falkirk (6) | Clyde |
| 2001-02 | Partick Thistle (5) | Airdrieonians |
| 2000-01 | Livingston | Ayr United |
| 1999-00 | St Mirren (3) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1998-99 | Hibernian (5) | Falkirk |
| 1997-98 | Dundee (4) | Falkirk |
| 1996-97 | St Johnstone (6) | Airdrieonians |
| 1995-96 | Dunfermline Athletic (3) | Dundee United |
| 1994-95 | Raith Rovers (6) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1993-94 | Falkirk (5) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1992-93 | Raith Rovers (5) | Kilmarnock |
| 1991-92 | Dundee (3) | Partick Thistle |
| 1990-91 | Falkirk (4) | Airdrieonians |
| 1989-90 | St Johnstone (5) | Airdrieonians |
| 1988-89 | Dunfermline Athletic (2) | Falkirk |
| 1987-88 | Hamilton Academical (3) | Meadowbank Thistle |
| 1986-87 | Morton (6) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1985-86 | Hamilton Academical (2) | Falkirk |
| 1984-85 | Motherwell (4) | Clydebank |
| 1983-84 | Morton (5) | Dumbarton |
| 1982-83 | St Johnstone (4) | Heart of Midlothian |
| 1981-82 | Motherwell (3) | Kilmarnock |
| 1980-81 | Hibernian (4) | Dundee |
| 1979-80 | Heart of Midlothian | Airdrieonians |
| 1978-79 | Dundee (2) | Kilmarnock |
| 1977-78 | Morton (4) | Heart of Midlothian |
| 1976-77 | St Mirren (2) | Clydebank |
| 1975-76 | Partick Thistle (4) | Kilmarnock |
| 1974-75 | Falkirk (3) | Queen of the South |
| 1973-74 | Airdrieonians (3) | Kilmarnock |
| 1972-73 | Clyde (5) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1971-72 | Dumbarton (2) | Arbroath |
| 1970-71 | Partick Thistle (3) | East Fife |
| 1969-70 | Falkirk (2) | Cowdenbeath |
| 1968-69 | Motherwell (2) | Ayr United |
| 1967-68 | St Mirren | Arbroath |
| 1966-67 | Morton (3) | Raith Rovers |
| 1965-66 | Ayr United (6) | Airdrieonians |
| 1964-65 | Stirling Albion (4) | Hamilton Academical |
| 1963-64 | Morton (2) | Clyde |
| 1962-63 | St Johnstone (3) | East Stirlingshire |
| 1961-62 | Clyde (4) | Queen of the South |
| 1960-61 | Stirling Albion (3) | Falkirk |
| 1959-60 | St Johnstone (2) | Dundee United |
| 1958-59 | Ayr United (5) | Arbroath |
| 1957-58 | Stirling Albion (2) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1956-57 | Clyde (3) | Third Lanark |
| 1955-56 | Queen's Park (2) | Ayr United |
| 1954-55 | Airdrieonians (2) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1953-54 | Motherwell | Kilmarnock |
| 1952-53 | Stirling Albion | Hamilton Academical |
| 1951-52 | Clyde (2) | Falkirk |
| 1950-51 | Queen of the South | Stirling Albion |
| 1949-50 | Morton | Airdrieonians |
| 1948-49 | Raith Rovers (4) | Stirling Albion |
| 1947-48 | East Fife | Albion Rovers |
| 1946-47 | Dundee | Airdrieonians |
| 1938-39 | Cowdenbeath (3) | Alloa Athletic |
| 1937-38 | Raith Rovers (3) | Albion Rovers |
| 1936-37 | Ayr United (4) | Morton |
| 1935-36 | Falkirk | St Mirren |
| 1934-35 | Third Lanark (2) | Arbroath |
| 1933-34 | Albion Rovers | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1932-33 | Hibernian (3) | Queen of the South |
| 1931-32 | East Stirlingshire | St Johnstone |
| 1930-31 | Third Lanark | Dundee United |
| 1929-30 | Leith Athletic (3) | East Fife |
| 1928-29 | Dundee United (2) | Morton |
| 1927-28 | Ayr United (3) | Third Lanark |
| 1926-27 | Bo'ness | Raith Rovers |
| 1925-26 | Dunfermline Athletic | Clyde |
| 1924-25 | Dundee United | Clydebank |
| 1923-24 | St Johnstone | Cowdenbeath |
| 1922-23 | Queen's Park | Clydebank |
| 1921-22 | Alloa Athletic | Cowdenbeath |
| 1914-15 | Cowdenbeath (2) | Leith Athletic |
| 1913-14 | Cowdenbeath | Albion Rovers |
| 1912-13 | Ayr United (2) | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1911-12 | Ayr United | Abercorn |
| 1910-11 | Dumbarton | Ayr United |
| 1909-10 | Leith Athletic (2) and Baith Rovers (2) | St Bernard's |
| 1908-09 | Abercorn (2) | Raith Rovers and |
| 1907-08 | Raith Rovers | Dumbarton and |
| 1906-07 | St Bernard's (2) | Vale of Leven and |
| 1905-06 | Leith Athletic | Clyde |
| 1904-05 | Clyde | Falkirk |
| 1903-04 | Hamilton Academical | Clyde |
| 1902-03 | Airdrieonians | Motherwell |
| 1901-02 | Port Glasgow Athletic | Partick Thistle |
| 1900-01 | St Bernard's | Airdrieonians |
| 1899-00 | Partick Thistle (2) | Morton |
| 1898-99 | Kilmarnock (2) | Leith Athletic |
| 1897-98 | Kilmarnock | Port Glasgow Athletic |
| 1896-97 | Partick Thistle | Leith Athletic |
| 1895-96 | Abercorn | Leith Athletic |
| 1894-95 | Hibernian (2) | Motherwell |
| 1893-94 | Hibernian | Cowlairs |
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Scottish Championship FAQs
Where can I watch Scottish Championship Live Streams?
Check our live streaming calendar to see where to watch Scottish Championship live streams.
Who has won the most Scottish Championship titles?
Falkirk and St Johnstone have won seven Scottish Championship titles each.
Who are the Scottish Championship champions?
Dundee United are the Scottish Championship champions after winning the 2023-24 title, finishing six points ahead of Raith Rovers.
How many teams are in Scottish Championship?
There are currently 10 teams in Scottish Championship.
What teams are playing in the Scottish Championship?
The 10 teams playing in the 2024-25 Scottish Championship are Airdrieonians, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.
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