2016–17 Scottish Championship

The 2016–17 Scottish Championship (referred to as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.

Ten teams will contest the league. Ayr United, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hibernian, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers and St Mirren.

Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To Championship
Promoted from Scottish League One
 * Dunfermline Athletic
 * Ayr United

Relegated from Scottish Premiership
 * Dundee United

From Championship
Relegated to Scottish League One
 * Alloa Athletic
 * Livingston

Promoted to Scottish Premiership
 * Rangers

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.

Championship play-offs
The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League One.