2021–22 Scottish Championship

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.

Scottish Championship
Season2021–22
Dates31 July 2021 – 29 April 2022
Matches played85
Goals scored209 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael McKenna
(11 goals)
Biggest home winArbroath 4–0 Hamilton Academical
(11 September 2021)
Partick Thistle 4–0 Ayr United
(2 October 2021)
Kilmarnock 4–0 Queen of the South
(30 October 2021)
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 attendance821
Greenock Morton 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic (31 July 2021)
Total attendance181,779[Note 1]
Average attendance2,164[Note 1]
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

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

Relegated from the Premiership

From Championship

Relegated to League One

Promoted to the Premiership

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]
Hamilton Academical
Location of teams in 2021–22 Scottish Championship
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
New Douglas Park Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 6,018[5] Capacity: 7,750[6]
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]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Arbroath Dick Campbell Colin Hamilton Macron Megatech[11]
Ayr United Jim Duffy Sean McGinty Hummel[12] Bitcoin BCH[13]
Dunfermline Athletic John Hughes Graham Dorrans Joma[14] SRJ Windows[14]
Greenock Morton Vacant Kyle Jacobs est 1874 McGill's
Hamilton Academical Stuart Taylor Brian Easton Adidas Cullen[15]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Billy Dodds Sean Welsh Puma[16] ILI Group[16]
Kilmarnock Tommy Wright Chris Stokes Hummel[17] Brownings The Bakers[18]
Partick Thistle Ian McCall Ross Docherty O'Neills Just Employment Law[19]
Queen of the South Allan Johnston Willie Gibson Macron[20] Rosefield Salvage[21]
Raith Rovers John McGlynn 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 Neil McCann End of interim spell 1 May 2021 Pre-season Billy Dodds 1 June 2021
Dunfermline Athletic Stevie Crawford Resigned 18 May 2021 Peter Grant 28 May 2021
Hamilton Academical Brian Rice 11 August 2021 5th Stuart Taylor 20 August 2021
Ayr United David Hopkin 9 September 2021 9th Jim Duffy 9 September 2021
Dunfermline Athletic Peter Grant Sacked 31 October 2021 10th John Hughes 12 November 2021
Greenock Morton Gus MacPherson Sacked 4 December 2021 8th

League summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 17 10 4 3 25 12 +13 34 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Raith Rovers 17 9 6 2 27 16 +11 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Arbroath 17 8 7 2 28 13 +15 31 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Kilmarnock 17 9 2 6 20 11 +9 29
5 Partick Thistle 17 8 4 5 29 16 +13 28
6 Hamilton Academical 17 4 5 8 15 30 −15 17
7 Ayr United 17 3 6 8 16 29 −13 15
8 Dunfermline Athletic 17 2 8 7 18 28 −10 14
9 Queen of the South 17 3 5 9 16 26 −10 14 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Greenock Morton 17 2 7 8 15 28 −13 13 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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
Inverness Caledonian Thistle33211111112223311
Raith Rovers56756544234442222
Arbroath97443333553335553
Kilmarnock12132222321111134
Partick Thistle21324455445554445
Hamilton Academical45869998887777866
Ayr United108997667666666777
Dunfermline Athletic69101010101010101010101010698
Queen of the South81068577677889910109
Greenock Morton745788899999889810
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 18 Dec 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 18 Dec — 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0
Kilmarnock 0–1 2–0 18 Dec 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 18 Dec
Queen of the South 0–2 18 Dec 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 11 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 29 Dec 2 Jan 5 Feb 29 Jan 16 Apr 26 Mar
Ayr United 8 Jan — 5 Feb 15 Jan 2 Apr 9 Apr 12 Mar 29 Apr 26 Feb 26 Dec
Dunfermline Athletic 26 Dec 16 Apr — 19 Mar 15 Jan 29 Dec 26 Feb 19 Feb 29 Apr 2 Apr
Greenock Morton 26 Feb 26 Mar 8 Jan — 16 Apr 23 Apr 2 Apr 12 Mar 26 Dec 28 Jan
Hamilton Academical 9 Apr 29 Jan 12 Mar 19 Feb — 26 Feb 26 Dec 8 Jan 26 Mar 23 Apr
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 Mar 19 Feb 26 Mar 5 Feb 29 Apr — 16 Apr 26 Dec 15 Jan 8 Jan
Kilmarnock 23 Apr 2 Jan 9 Apr 29 Dec 5 Mar 29 Jan — 26 Mar 19 Mar 19 Feb
Partick Thistle 2 Apr 29 Dec 23 Apr 2 Jan 19 Mar 5 Mar 14 Jan — 5 Feb 16 Apr
Queen of the South 19 Feb 23 Apr 29 Jan 5 Mar 2 Jan 2 Apr 8 Jan 9 Apr — 12 Mar
Raith Rovers 15 Jan 5 Mar 2 Jan 9 Apr 5 Feb 19 Mar 29 Apr 26 Feb 29 Dec —
First match(es) will be played on 26 December 2021. Source: [26]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 11 December 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Michael McKenna Arbroath 11
2 Brian Graham Partick Thistle 9
3 Oli Shaw Kilmarnock 7
Dario Zanatta Raith Rovers
5 Tomi Adeloye Ayr United 6
Zak Rudden Partick Thistle
Lee Connelly Queen of the South
8 Gozie Ugwu Greenock Morton 5
Andy Ryan Hamilton Academical
Michael Gardyne Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Billy Mckay Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Notes
Notes
  1. ^
    Note 1: Does not include attendance for Partick Thistle v Arbroath (11 December) which has not yet been announced.

References
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