2014–15 Scottish Championship

Scottish Championship 2014–15
Season information
Winners	Heart of Midlothian
Promoted	Heart of Midlothian
Relegated	Cowdenbeath
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	525
Average	(2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jason Cummings (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Hearts 10–0 Cowdenbeath (28 February 2015)
Biggest away win	Cowdenbeath 0–5 Queen of the South (21 January 2015)
Highest scoring	Hearts 10–0 Cowdenbeath (28 February 2015)
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The 2014–15 Scottish Championship is the 20th 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.

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.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alloa Athletic	Alloa	Recreation Park	3,100
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	4,309
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Dumbarton Football Stadium	2,020
Falkirk	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	7,937
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle Stadium	19,852
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Easter Road	20,421
Livingston	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	8,716
Queen of the South	Dumfries	Palmerston Park	8,690
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	8,867
Rangers	Glasgow	Ibrox Stadium	50,817

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Barry Smith	Pendle	Marshall Construction
Cowdenbeath	Jimmy Nicholl	Uhlsport	Subsea Pressure Controls
Dumbarton	Ian Murray	Joma	Baxter Ramsay
Falkirk	Peter Houston	Puma	Central Demolition
Heart of Midlothian	Robbie Neilson	Adidas	Foundation of Hearts (A)
Hibernian	Alan Stubbs	Nike	Marathonbet
Livingston	John McGlynn	Joma	Energy Assets
Queen of the South	James Fowler	Joma	Southwest Mechanical Services
Raith Rovers	Grant Murray	Puma	valmcdermid.com (H, front of shirt), Keytech Electronic Systems (H, back of shirt), D&G Autocare (A)
Rangers	Kenny McDowall (caretaker)	Puma	32Red

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian	36	29	4	3	96	26	+70	91	Promotion to the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
2	Hibernian	36	21	7	8	70	32	+38	70	Qualification to Scottish Premiership play-offs Semi-final
3	Rangers	36	19	10	7	69	39	+30	67	Qualification to Scottish Premiership play-offs Quarter-final
4	Queen of the South	36	17	9	10	58	41	+17	60
5	Falkirk	36	14	11	11	48	48	0	53
6	Raith Rovers	36	12	7	17	42	65	−23	43
7	Dumbarton	36	9	7	20	36	79	−43	34
8	Livingston	36	8	8	20	41	53	−12	0271
9	Alloa Athletic	36	6	9	21	34	56	−22	27	Qualification to Scottish Championship play-offs
10	Cowdenbeath	36	7	4	25	31	86	−55	25	Relegation to 2015–16 Scottish League One

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

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

First half of season Home \ Away ALO COW DUM FAL HRT HIB LIV QOS RAI RAN Alloa Athletic 2–3 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Cowdenbeath 0–3 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 Dumbarton 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–6 1–0 0–4 2–1 0–3 Falkirk 2–1 6–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 5–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 Hibernian 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 Livingston 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 0–1 0–1 Queen of the South 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 Raith Rovers 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–4 1–3 1–5 3–4 0–4 Rangers 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 4–2 6–1 Updated to games played on 27 December 2014 Source: BBC Sport 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ALO COW DUM FAL HRT HIB LIV QOS RAI RAN Alloa Athletic 3–0 3–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 Cowdenbeath 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 0–1 0–0 Dumbarton 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–5 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–2 1–3 Falkirk 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 10–0 4–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 Hibernian 4–1 5–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 Livingston 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 Queen of the South 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 Raith Rovers 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–4 3–0 1–2 Rangers 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 Updated to games played on 2 May 2015 Source: BBC Sport 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

All times British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First Leg

6 May 2015 19:45	Brechin City	0–2	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park, Brechin Attendance: 505 Referee: Brian Colvin
		Report	Chopra  56' Benedictus  90'

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6 May 2015 19:45	Forfar Athletic	3–0	Stranraer	Station Park, Forfar Attendance: 717 Referee: Stephen Finnie
	Kader  61' Swankie  87' Hay  90'	Report

Second Leg

9 May 2015 15:00	Alloa Athletic	0–1	Brechin City	Recreation Park, Alloa Attendance: 606 Referee: Crawford Allan
		Report	Trouten  80'

Alloa win 2-1 on aggregate

9 May 2015 15:00	Stranraer	1–1	Forfar Athletic	Stair Park, Stranraer Attendance: 519 Referee: Bobby Madden
	Aitken  41' (pen.)	Report	Swankie  53' (pen.)

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.

First Leg

13 May 2015 19:45	Forfar Athletic	3–1	Alloa Athletic	Station Park, Forfar Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Kevin Graham
	Kader  10' Templeman  57' Travis  90'	Report	Benedictus  82'

Second Leg

17 May 2015 17:30	Alloa Athletic	3–0	Forfar Athletic	Recreation Park, Alloa Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Willie Collum
	Chopra  45' Buchanan  67' Holmes  74' Meggatt  84'	Report

Alloa win 4-3 on aggregate

Top scorers

As of 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Jason Cummings	Hibernian	18
2	Derek Lyle	Queen of the South	15
3	Liam Buchanan	Alloa Athletic	14
4	Gavin Reilly	Queen of the South	13
	Dominique Malonga	Hibernian
6	Género Zeefuik	Heart of Midlothian	12
7	James Keatings	Heart of Midlothian	11
	Osman Sow	Heart of Midlothian
	Jamie Walker	Heart of Midlothian
	Jordan White	Livingston

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