2014–15 Scottish Championship


The 2014–15 Scottish Championship is the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football.
Heart of Midlothian won the title on 22 March 2015 and secured their return to the Scottish Premiership with a record seven matches remaining, after Rangers defeated city rivals Hibernian 2–0. This marked the first time since the 1984-85 season that a side in the same division as an Old Firm club won a league title in Scotland.

Teams

Rangers were promoted as 2013–14 Scottish [League One] champions, whilst Heart of Midlothian were relegated from the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership. Hibernian finished 11th in the Premiership and were eventually relegated after a play-off against Hamilton Academical, losing a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw on aggregate over two legs.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Heart of Midlothiansortname|Gary|Locke|dab=Scottish footballer

League table


Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games.

Championship play-offs

The second bottom team in the Championship enters into a 4 team playoff with the teams from 2nd to 4th from League One

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Alloa win 2-1 on aggregate
''Forfar win 4-1 on aggregate''

Final

The two semi-final winners enter a two-legged play-off, the winner of which is awarded a place in the 2015–16 Scottish Championship.

Second leg

''Alloa win 4-3 on aggregate''