2017–18 Scottish Championship


The 2017–18 Scottish Championship 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.
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.
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.

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.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To Championship

Promoted from Scottish League One
Relegated from Scottish Premiership

From Championship

Relegated to Scottish League One
Promoted to Scottish Premiership

League summary

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.
Leader - Promotion to 2018–19 Scottish Premiership
Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals
Qualification to Championship play-offs
Relegation to 2018–19 Scottish League One

Team \ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Team \ Round
St Mirren254312211111212211111111111111111111
Livingston567666442323333443334432222222222222
Dundee United311444324442121122222223344334544333
Dunfermline Athletic422121133234444554443344556555433444
Inverness Caledonian Thistle81010778899877878877777677778888876555
Queen of the South143235656555556336666556665666667776
Greenock Morton735553565666665665555765433443355667
Falkirk989999988999999999999988887777788888
Dumbarton676887777788787788888899999999999999
Brechin City1098101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010

Source:

Updated: 28 April 2018

Results

Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season and twice in the second half of the season, making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef

Discipline

Player

Yellow cards
RankPlayerClubCards
1
Red cards

Club

Yellow cards
RankClubCards
1Inverness CT76
2Dunfermline Athletic72
3Brechin City69
Red cards
RankClubCards
1Inverness CT7
2Brechin City5
2Dumbarton5
2Livingston5

Championship play-offs

The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in League One.