2019–20 Scottish Championship
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 3 August 2019 – 15 April 2020 |
Champions | Dundee United |
Promoted | Dundee United |
Relegated | Partick Thistle |
Matches played | 137 |
Goals scored | 364 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Lawrence Shankland (24 goals)[1][2] |
Biggest home win | Dundee United 6–0 Greenock Morton (28 September 2019)[2] |
Biggest away win | Queen of the South 0–4 Greenock Morton (29 February 2020)[2] |
Highest scoring | Dundee United 6–2 Dundee (30 August 2019)[2] Greenock Morton 4–4 Alloa Athletic (22 February 2020)[2] |
Longest winning run | 9 matches:[2] Dundee United |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches:[2] Dundee United |
Longest winless run | 10 matches:[2] Queen of the South |
Longest losing run | 5 matches:[2] Dunfermline Athletic |
Highest attendance | 14,108 Dundee United 6–2 Dundee (30 August 2019)[2] |
Lowest attendance | 661 Alloa Athletic 0–1 Arbroath (24 August 2019)[2] |
Total attendance | 414,131[2] |
Average attendance | 3,022[2](![]() |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 1 May 2020. |
The 2019–20 Scottish Championship (known as Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second-tier of Scottish football. Ten teams contested the league: Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle and Queen of the South.
The season began on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020.[3] On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[4] On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019–20 season by utilising a points per game ratio to determine the final standings.[5] The plan was approved on 15 April 2020, declaring that the season was over, as Dundee United were declared title winners with Partick Thistle relegated to League One.[6] Partick Thistle joined Heart of Midlothian F.C. (which had been relegated from the Scottish Premiership under similar circumstances) in suing the Scottish Professional Football League on the grounds that their relegation was unfair; Partick was two points behind the second-to-last-place team but had played one less game. Ultimately, the lawsuit failed and Partick and Hearts were indeed relegated.[7]
Teams
[edit]The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season:
To Championship
Arbroath secured promotion to the Championship on 13 April 2019.[8] Dundee were relegated from the Premiership on 4 May 2019.[9]
From Championship
Ross County secured promotion to the Premiership on 26 April 2019. Falkirk were relegated to League One on 3 May 2019.
Stadia and locations
[edit]Alloa Athletic | Arbroath | Ayr United | Dundee |
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Recreation Park | Gayfield Park | Somerset Park | Dens Park |
Capacity: 3,100[10] | Capacity: 6,600[11] | Capacity: 10,185[12] | Capacity: 11,775[13] |
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Dundee United | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
Tannadice Park | East End Park | ||
Capacity: 14,223[14] | Capacity: 11,480[15] | ||
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Greenock Morton | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Partick Thistle | Queen of the South |
Cappielow | Caledonian Stadium | Firhill Stadium | Palmerston Park |
Capacity: 11,589[16] | Capacity: 7,750[17] | Capacity: 10,102[18] | Capacity: 8,690[19] |
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Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Alloa Athletic | ![]() |
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Pendle | Northern Gas and Power |
Arbroath | ![]() |
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Pendle[22] | Megatech[22] |
Ayr United | ![]() |
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Adidas[24] | Bitcoin BCH[25] |
Dundee | ![]() |
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Macron[26] | Switch Gas & Electric[27] |
Dundee United | ![]() |
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Macron[28] | Utilita[28] |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
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Joma[30] | SRJ Windows[30] |
Greenock Morton | ![]() |
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est 1874 | Millions[32] |
Inverness CT | ![]() |
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Erreà[34] | McEwan Fraser Legal[34] |
Partick Thistle | ![]() |
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Joma[35] | Just Employment Law[36] |
Queen of the South | ![]() |
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Macron[38] | BB Body Repairers |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Alloa Athletic | ![]() |
Signed by St Mirren | 29 June 2019 | Pre-season | ![]() |
10 July 2019 |
Partick Thistle | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 September 2019 | 9th | ![]() |
23 September 2019 |
Ayr United | ![]() |
Signed by Partick Thistle | 23 September 2019 | 2nd | ![]() |
23 September 2019 |
Ayr United | ![]() |
End of interim | 22 October 2019 | 2nd | ![]() |
22 October 2019 |
League summary
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Dundee United (C) | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 59 | 2.11 | Promotion to the Premiership |
2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 45 | 1.67 | |
3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 41 | 1.52 | |
4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 40 | 1.48 | |
5 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 36 | 1.38 | |
6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 37 | 1.32 | |
7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 36 | 1.29 | |
8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 31 | 1.11 | |
9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 | 1.00 | |
10 | Partick Thistle (R) | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 26 | 0.96 | Relegation to League One |
- ^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[39]
Results
[edit]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.
First half of season (Matches 1–18)
[edit]Second half of season (Matches 19–36)
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Source:[40]
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Score | Date | Ref |
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Dundee United | Inverness CT | 4–1 (H) | 3 August 2019 | [41] |
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Greenock Morton | Alloa Athletic | 4–1 (H) | 10 August 2019 | [42] |
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Dundee United | Greenock Morton | 6–0 (H) | 28 September 2019 | [43] |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Partick Thistle | 5–1 (H) | 30 November 2019 | [44] |
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Dundee United | Partick Thistle | 4–1 (A) | 11 January 2020 | [45] |
Note
4 Player scored four goals
Attendances
[edit]Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Alloa Athletic | 16,216 | 1,827 | 661 | 1,158 | −1.7% |
2 | Arbroath[a] | 19,006 | 4,052 | 801 | 1,462 | +53.9% |
3 | Ayr United | 24,891 | 3,167 | 777 | 1,777 | −17.6% |
4 | Dundee[b] | 68,603 | 11,233 | 4,228 | 5,277 | −12.4% |
5 | Dundee United | 118,950 | 14,108 | 6,929 | 8,496 | +67.3% |
6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 62,275 | 6,480 | 3,397 | 4,151 | −17.1% |
7 | Greenock Morton | 22,499 | 2,742 | 1,120 | 1,607 | −17.3% |
8 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27,518 | 2,902 | 1,760 | 2,116 | −17.0% |
9 | Partick Thistle | 35,084 | 4,101 | 1,714 | 2,698 | −11.3% |
10 | Queen of the South | 19,549 | 2,041 | 1,094 | 1,396 | −15.6% |
League total | 414,131 | 14,108 | 661 | 3,022 | −3.1% |
Source: [46]
- ^ Club was playing in League One during the previous season.
- ^ Club was playing in Premiership during the previous season.
Awards
[edit]Monthly awards
[edit]Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Dundee United | |
September | ![]() |
Ayr United Partick Thistle |
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Ayr United | |
October | ![]() |
Dundee | ![]() |
Dundee | |
November | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | |
December | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Dundee United | |
January | ![]() |
Alloa Athletic | ![]() |
Alloa Athletic | |
February | ![]() |
Greenock Morton | ![]() |
Greenock Morton |
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