2025–26 Scottish Championship

2025–26 Scottish Championship

The 2025–26 Scottish Championship (known as the William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 1 August 2025.

Ten teams contest the league: Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers, Ross County and St Johnstone.

Teams

2025–26 Scottish Championship

The following teams changed division after the 2024–25 season.

Stadia and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Airdrieonians</th><th>Arbroath</th><th>Ayr United</th><th>Dunfermline Athletic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Excelsior Stadium</td><td>Gayfield Park</td><td>Somerset Park</td><td>East End Park</td></tr><tr><td>Capacity: 10,101</td><td>Capacity: 6,056</td><td>Capacity: 10,185</td><td>Capacity: 11,480</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock Morton</td><td>GlasgowAirdrieoniansArbroathAyr UnitedDunfermlineMortonRaith RoversRoss CountySt JohnstoneGlasgow teams: Partick Thistle Queen's Park Location of teams in 2025–26 Scottish Championship</td><td>Partick Thistle</td></tr><tr><td>Cappielow</td><td>Firhill Stadium</td></tr><tr><td>Capacity: 11,589</td><td>Capacity: 10,887</td></tr><tr><td>Queen's Park</td><td>Raith Rovers</td><td>Ross County</td><td>St Johnstone</td></tr><tr><td>Lesser Hampden</td><td>Stark's Park</td><td>Victoria Park</td><td>McDiarmid Park</td></tr><tr><td>Capacity: 990</td><td>Capacity: 8,867</td><td>Capacity: 6,541</td><td>Capacity: 10,696</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Airdrieonians</td><td>Aaron Taylor-Sinclair</td><td>Aidan Wilson</td><td>Joma</td><td>Holemasters</td></tr><tr><td>Arbroath</td><td>David Gold Colin Hamilton</td><td>Thomas O'Brien</td><td>Macron</td><td>Megatech</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr United</td><td>John Rankin (interim)</td><td>Ben Dempsey</td><td>O'Neills</td><td>Jewson</td></tr><tr><td>Dunfermline Athletic</td><td>Neil Lennon</td><td>Kyle Benedictus</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Gamdom</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock Morton</td><td>Ian Murray</td><td>Grant Gillespie</td><td>Joma</td><td>Dalrada Technology</td></tr><tr><td>Partick Thistle</td><td>Mark Wilson</td><td>Lee Ashcroft</td><td>O'Neills</td><td>WrightKerr All Trades Limited</td></tr><tr><td>Queen's Park</td><td>Sean Crighton</td><td>Euan Murray</td><td>Adidas</td><td>City Facilities Management</td></tr><tr><td>Raith Rovers</td><td>Dougie Imrie</td><td>Scott Brown</td><td>Joma</td><td>Audio Emotion (Home) Sephra (Away)</td></tr><tr><td>Ross County</td><td>Stuart Kettlewell</td><td>Declan Gallagher</td><td>Macron</td><td>Ross-shire Engineering</td></tr><tr><td>St Johnstone</td><td>Simo Valakari</td><td>Jason Holt</td><td>Macron</td><td>MandM</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Partick Thistle</td><td>Brian Graham (interim)</td><td>End of interim spell</td><td>30 May 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Mark Wilson</td><td>30 May 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Airdrieonians</td><td>Rhys McCabe</td><td>Resigned</td><td>15 August 2025</td><td>9th</td><td>Danny Lennon</td><td>27 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Ross County</td><td>Don Cowie</td><td>Sacked</td><td>24 August 2025</td><td>10th</td><td>Tony Docherty</td><td>3 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Airdrieonians</td><td>Danny Lennon</td><td>22 October 2025</td><td>10th</td><td>Aaron Taylor-Sinclair</td><td>24 October 2025 (interim) & 1 January 2026 (permanent)</td></tr><tr><td>Raith Rovers</td><td>Barry Robson</td><td>11 November 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>Dougie Imrie</td><td>25 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock Morton</td><td>Dougie Imrie</td><td>Signed by Raith Rovers</td><td>25 November 2025</td><td>7th</td><td>Ian Murray</td><td>2 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Ross County</td><td>Tony Docherty</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>14 December 2025</td><td>10th</td><td>Stuart Kettlewell</td><td>30 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr United</td><td>Scott Brown</td><td>30 March 2026</td><td>8th</td><td>John Rankin (interim)</td><td>31 March 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

League table

2025–26 Scottish Championship

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Promotion, qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>St Johnstone</td><td>31</td><td>17</td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td>54</td><td>23</td><td>+31</td><td>62</td><td>Promotion to the Premiership</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Partick Thistle</td><td>31</td><td>16</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>47</td><td>32</td><td>+15</td><td>59</td><td>Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Arbroath</td><td>31</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>39</td><td>35</td><td>+4</td><td>47</td><td>Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Dunfermline Athletic</td><td>29</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>42</td><td>34</td><td>+8</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Raith Rovers</td><td>31</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>34</td><td>34</td><td>0</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Greenock Morton</td><td>31</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>32</td><td>41</td><td>−9</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Queen's Park</td><td>31</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>33</td><td>43</td><td>−10</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Ayr United</td><td>30</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>34</td><td>38</td><td>−4</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ross County</td><td>31</td><td>6</td><td>10</td><td>15</td><td>28</td><td>48</td><td>−20</td><td>28</td><td>Qualification for the Championship play-offs</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Airdrieonians</td><td>30</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>24</td><td>39</td><td>−15</td><td>27</td><td>Relegation to League One</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

2025–26 Scottish Championship

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Josh McPake</td><td>St Johnstone</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Andrew Tod</td><td>Dunfermline Athletic</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Findlay Marshall</td><td>Arbroath</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Josh Fowler</td><td>Queen's Park St Johnstone</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Euan Henderson</td><td>Airdrieonians</td><td>9</td></tr></tbody></table>

Awards

2025–26 Scottish Championship

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month
Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Simo Valakari	St Johnstone	Josh McPake	St Johnstone
September
October	Mark Wilson	Partick Thistle	Findlay Marshall	Arbroath
November	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Partick Thistle
December	David Gold Colin Hamilton	Arbroath	Josh McPake	St Johnstone
January	Mark Wilson	Partick Thistle	Tony Watt	Partick Thistle
February	Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	Jamie Gullan	St Johnstone
March
April