2021–22 Scottish Championship

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Ladbrokes Championship 2021–22
Season information
Dates	31 July 2021 – 29 April 2022
Winners	Kilmarnock
Promoted	Kilmarnock
Relegated	Dunfermline Athletic Queen of the South
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	432
Average	(2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael McKenna (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Greenock Morton 5–0 Dunfermline (8 January 2022)
Biggest away win	Hamilton Academical 1–6 Partick Thistle (15 October 2021) Greenock Morton 1–6 Inverness CT (11 December 2021)
Highest scoring	Raith Rovers 4–4 Hamilton Academical (31 July 2021)
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The 2021–22 Scottish Championship (known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.

Ten teams contested the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

• Partick Thistle

Relegated from the Premiership

• Hamilton Academical
• Kilmarnock

From Championship

Relegated to League One

• Alloa Athletic

Promoted to the Premiership

• Heart of Midlothian
• Dundee

Stadia and locations

Arbroath	Ayr United	Dunfermline Athletic	Greenock Morton
Gayfield Park	Somerset Park	East End Park	Cappielow
Capacity: 6,600	Capacity: 10,185	Capacity: 11,480	Capacity: 11,589
Hamilton Academical			Inverness Caledonian Thistle
New Douglas Park			Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 6,018			Capacity: 7,750
Kilmarnock	Partick Thistle	Queen of the South	Raith Rovers
Rugby Park	Firhill Stadium	Palmerston Park	Stark's Park
Capacity: 17,889	Capacity: 10,102	Capacity: 8,690	Capacity: 8,867

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Arbroath	Campbell, DickDick Campbell	Hamilton, ColinColin Hamilton	Macron	Megatech
Ayr United	Hopkin, DavidDavid Hopkin	McGinty, SeanSean McGinty	Hummel	Bitcoin BCH
Dunfermline Athletic	Grant, PeterPeter Grant	TBC	Joma	SRJ Windows
Greenock Morton	Gus MacPherson	Jacobs, KyleKyle Jacobs	est 1874	McGill's
Hamilton Academical	Rice, BrianBrian Rice	Easton, BrianBrian Easton	Adidas	Cullen
Inverness CT	Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds	Welsh, SeanSean Welsh	Puma	ILI Group
Kilmarnock	Wright, TommyTommy Wright	Stokes, ChrisChris Stokes	Hummel	Brownings The Bakers
Partick Thistle	McCall, IanIan McCall	Docherty, RossRoss Docherty	O'Neills	Just Employment Law
Queen of the South	Johnston, AllanAllan Johnston	Gibson, WillieWillie Gibson	Macron
Raith Rovers	McGlynn, JohnJohn McGlynn	Benedictus, KyleKyle Benedictus	Joma	valmcdermid.com(Home) TAG (Away)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Neil McCann	End of interim spell	1 May 2021	Pre-season	Billy Dodds	1 June 2021
Dunfermline Athletic	Stevie Crawford	Resigned	18 May 2021		Peter Grant	28 May 2021
Hamilton Academical	Brian Rice		11 August 2021	5th	Stuart Taylor	20 August 2021
Ayr United	David Hopkin		9 September 2021	9th	Jim Duffy	9 September 2021
Dunfermline Athletic	Peter Grant	Sacked	31 October 2021	10th	John Hughes	12 November 2021
Greenock Morton	Gus MacPherson		4 December 2021	8th	Dougie Imrie	21 December 2021
Kilmarnock	Tommy Wright		18 December 2021	5th	Derek McInnes	4 January 2022
Ayr United	Jim Duffy		20 December 2021	8th	Lee Bullen	7 January 2022
Queen of the South	Allan Johnston		13 February 2022	10th	Willie Gibson	13 February 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kilmarnock  (C) (P)	36	20	7	9	50	27	+23	67	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Arbroath	36	17	14	5	54	28	+26	65	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	16	11	9	53	34	+19	59	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Partick Thistle	36	14	10	12	46	40	+6	52
5	Raith Rovers	36	12	14	10	44	44	0	50
6	Hamilton Academical	36	10	12	14	38	53	−15	42
7	Greenock Morton	36	9	13	14	36	47	−11	40
8	Ayr United	36	9	12	15	39	52	−13	39
9	Dunfermline Athletic  (R)	36	7	14	15	36	53	−17	35	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Queen of the South  (R)	36	8	9	19	36	54	−18	33	Relegation to League One

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

Championship play-offs

The semi-finals will be contested by the teams placed second to fourth in Scottish League One, as well as the team placed ninth in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.

Semi-finals

First leg

4 May 2022	Queen's Park	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
19:45		Report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 1,403 Referee: Colin Steven

3 May 2022	Montrose	1–0	Airdrieonians	Montrose
19:45	Johnston  8'	Report		Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Graham Grainger

Second leg

7 May 2022	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Queen's Park	Dunfermline
15:00		Report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Craig Napier

7 May 2022	Airdrieonians	6–4 (6–5 agg.)	Montrose	Airdrie
15:00		Report		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Alan Newlands

Final

First leg

12 May 2022	Queen's Park	1–1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
19:30	Murray  64'		McCabe  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 1,899 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Second leg

15 May 2022	Airdrieonians	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Queen's Park	Airdrie
13:10	McCabe  13'		Smith  17' Murray  112' (pen.)	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Steven McLean

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 29 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael McKenna	Arbroath	15
2	Oli Shaw	Kilmarnock	14
3	Brian Graham	Partick Thistle	13
4	Tomi Adeloye	Ayr United	11
5	Shane Sutherland	Inverness CT	10

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Billy Dodds	Inverness CT	Michael McKenna	Arbroath
September	Dick Campbell	Arbroath	Joel Nouble	Arbroath
October	John McGlynn	Raith Rovers	Oli Shaw	Kilmarnock
November	Ian McCall	Partick Thistle	Ethan Ross	Raith Rovers
December	Dick Campbell	Arbroath	Anton Dowds	Arbroath
January	Dougie Imrie	Greenock Morton	Gavin Reilly	Greenock Morton
February	Dougie Imrie	Greenock Morton	Kyle Lafferty	Kilmarnock
March	Derek McInnes	Kilmarnock	Kyle Lafferty	Kilmarnock

External links

• Official website