2017–18 Scottish Championship
Football league season
The 2017–18 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.[ 3]
Ten teams contested the league: Brechin City , Dumbarton , Dundee United , Dunfermline Athletic , Falkirk , Greenock Morton , Inverness CT , Livingston , Queen of the South and St Mirren .
St Mirren won the league title, and promotion to the Premiership , after a 0–0 draw with Livingston on 14 April 2018.[ 4]
Brechin City became the first team in 126 years to go through a Scottish league season without a win. Their total of 4 points was the lowest ever recorded in the Scottish second tier, the lowest in the three points for a win era and the joint-lowest in any Scottish division.[ 5]
Prize money
In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Championship winners would receive £533,000 with a total pot of £24.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.[ 6]
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.
Stadia and locations
Brechin City
Dumbarton
Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic
Glebe Park
Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tannadice Park
East End Park
Capacity: 4,083 [ 7]
Capacity: 2,020 [ 8]
Capacity: 14,223 [ 9]
Capacity: 11,480 [ 10]
Falkirk
Greenock Morton
Falkirk Stadium
Cappielow Park
Capacity: 7,937 [ 11]
Capacity: 11,589 [ 12]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Livingston
Queen of the South
St Mirren
Caledonian Stadium
Almondvale Stadium
Palmerston Park
Paisley 2021 Stadium
Capacity: 7,750 [ 13]
Capacity: 8,716 [ 14]
Capacity: 8,690 [ 15]
Capacity: 8,023 [ 16]
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League summary
League table
Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).
[ 43] (C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Positions by Round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, 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 matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Team \ Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
St Mirren
2
5
4
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Livingston
5
6
7
6
6
6
4
4
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Dundee United
3
1
1
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
5
4
4
3
3
3
Dunfermline Athletic
4
2
2
1
2
1
1
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
4
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
8
10
10
7
7
8
8
9
9
8
7
7
8
7
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
Queen of the South
1
4
3
2
3
5
6
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
3
3
6
6
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
6
Greenock Morton
7
3
5
5
5
3
5
6
5
6
6
6
6
6
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
7
6
5
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
5
5
6
6
7
Falkirk
9
8
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
Dumbarton
6
7
6
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
7
8
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
Brechin City
10
9
8
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Source:[citation needed ]
Updated: 28 April 2018
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
Second half of season
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
As of matches played on 28 April 2018
Source:[ 1] [ 44]
Hat-tricks
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Ref
Stephen Dobbie
Queen of the South
Falkirk
4–1
26 August 2017
[ 45]
Dunfermline Athletic
5–2
10 December 2017
[ 46]
Brechin City
3–1
27 January 2018
[ 47]
Brechin City
5–1
28 April 2018
[ 48]
Nicky Clark
Dunfermline Athletic
Brechin City
3–0
20 March 2018
[ 49]
Queen of the South
3–1
31 March 2018
[ 50]
Nathan Austin
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Dumbarton
5–1
14 April 2018
[ 51]
Discipline
Player
Yellow cards
As of matches played on 28 April 2018
Source:[ 44] [ 52]
Red cards
As of matches played on 28 April 2018
Source:[ 44] [ 52]
Club
Yellow cards
As of matches played on 28 April 2018
Source:[ 53]
Red cards
As of matches played on 28 April 2018
Source:[ 53]
Attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Dundee United
99,097
6,936
3,620
5,505
−16.4% †
2
Dunfermline Athletic
94,382
7,585
2,249
5,243
+18.1% †
3
Falkirk
84,175
6,094
3,864
4,676
−7.1% †
4
St Mirren
80,061
6,422
3,023
4,447
+23.6% †
5
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
41,296
3,415
1,801
2,294
−41.9% †
6
Greenock Morton
35,739
4,661
1,134
1,985
−15.9% †
7
Queen of the South
26,232
2,019
1,062
1,457
−21.5% †
8
Livingston
24,268
2,708
732
1,348
+69.3% †
9
Brechin City
16,619
2,627
445
923
+115.7% †
10
Dumbarton
15,085
1,652
392
838
−25.8% †
League total
518,654
7,585
392
2,881
−35.8% †
Updated to games played on 28 April 2018 Source: [ 2] [ 54]
Awards
Monthly awards
Championship play-offs
The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in League One .
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
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