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


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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.