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2022–23 Scottish Championship

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The 2022–23 Scottish Championship (known as cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football.

Scottish Championship
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 5 May 2023
ChampionsDundee
PromotedDundee
RelegatedHamilton Academical (via play-offs)
Cove Rangers
Matches played180
Goals scored504 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerDipo Akinyemi
20 goals
Biggest home winDundee 7–0 Hamilton Academical (1 April 2023)
Biggest away winCove Rangers 0–6 Queen's Park (7 January 2023)
Highest scoringHamilton Academical 4–4 Cove Rangers (29 October 2022)
Queen's Park 3–5 Dundee (5 May 2023)
Longest winning runInverness Caledonian Thistle
Queen's Park
6 games
Longest unbeaten runDundee
Greenock Morton
10 games
Longest winless runCove Rangers
10 games
Longest losing runHamilton Academical
7 games
Highest attendance6,862
Dundee 0–0 Cove Rangers (28 April 2023)
Lowest attendance471
Queen's Park 2–1 Cove Rangers (27 August 2022)
Queen's Park 1–2 Greenock Morton (4 October 2022)
Total attendance397,031
Average attendance2,205
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2023.

Ten teams contested the league: Arbroath, Ayr United, Cove Rangers, Dundee, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

Stadia and locations

ArbroathAyr UnitedCove RangersDundee
Gayfield ParkSomerset ParkBalmoral StadiumDens Park
Capacity: 6,600[1]Capacity: 10,185[2]Capacity: 3,023[3]Capacity: 11,775[4]
Greenock Morton
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Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish Championship
Hamilton Academical
CappielowNew Douglas Park
Capacity: 11,589[5]Capacity: 6,018[6]
Inverness Caledonian ThistlePartick ThistleQueen's ParkRaith Rovers
Caledonian StadiumFirhill StadiumOchilview Park[7]Stark's Park
Capacity: 7,512[8]Capacity: 10,102[9]Capacity: 3,746[10]Capacity: 8,867[11]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Arbroath Dick Campbell Thomas O'BrienMacronMegatech
Ayr United Lee Bullen Sean McGintyHummelJewson (Home)
Lindsay Mortgage Services (Away)
Cove Rangers Paul Hartley Mitch MegginsonAdidasACE Group
Dundee Gary Bowyer Ryan SweeneyMacronCrown Engineering Services
Greenock Morton Dougie Imrie Grant GillespieJomaMcGill's
Hamilton Academical John Rankin Brian EastonAdidasActive Access
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Billy Dodds Sean WelshPumaILI Group
Partick Thistle Kris Doolan Ross DochertyO'NeillsJust Employment Law
Queen's Park Owen Coyle Lee KildayMacronScotts
Raith Rovers Ian Murray Scott BrownJomaDean Park Hotel (Home)
Fife Letting Service (Away)

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Raith Rovers John McGlynnEnd of contract3 May 2022[12]Pre-season Ian Murray24 May 2022[13]
Dundee Mark McGhee15 May 2022[14] Gary Bowyer8 June 2022[15]
Queen's Park John PotterEnd of interim spell15 May 2022[16] Owen Coyle1 June 2022[17]
Cove Rangers Paul HartleySigned by Hartlepool United3 June 2022[18] Jim McIntyre15 June 2022[19]
Hamilton Academical Stuart TaylorMutual consent23 June 2022[20] John Rankin28 June 2022[21]
Cove Rangers Jim McIntyreSacked3 January 2023[22]8th Paul Hartley5 January 2023[23]
Partick Thistle Ian McCall12 February 2023[24]5th Kris Doolan12 February 2023[24]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Dundee (C, P)36171276640+2663Promotion to the Premiership
2Ayr United361610106143+1858Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3Queen's Park36177126352+1158Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4Partick Thistle36169116545+2057
5Greenock Morton36151295343+1057
6Inverness Caledonian Thistle361510115247+555
7Raith Rovers361110154649−343
8Arbroath36616142947−1834
9Hamilton Academical (R)36710193163−3231Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10Cove Rangers (R)36710193875−3731Relegation to League One
Source: [25]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[26]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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.

First half of season (Matches 1–18)

Home \ AwayARBAYRCOVDNDGMOHAMICTPARQPARAI
Arbroath—0–21–11–11–11–00–00–21–20–1
Ayr United0–0—2–23–11–12–20–14–25–02–0
Cove Rangers2–01–2—3–11–22–20–11–12–02–0
Dundee4–22–13–0—0–01–02–32–33–02–0
Greenock Morton1–21–21–00–0—5–04–02–13–21–0
Hamilton Academical1–02–34–40–21–1—2–11–20–20–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle1–12–24–10–10–10–1—1–01–11–1
Partick Thistle3–03–22–22–35–11–14–1—0–42–1
Queen's Park1–12–32–12–21–24–02–13–2—1–0
Raith Rovers1–13–23–00–12–13–10–23–02–5—
Source: [27]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ AwayARBAYRCOVDNDGMOHAMICTPARQPARAI
Arbroath—2–00–10–01–10–01–40–01–41–2
Ayr United2–2—3–00–21–11–01–20–10–01–0
Cove Rangers1–10–5—0–21–22–01–20–50–62–2
Dundee2–43–10–0—3–37–01–11–33–03–1
Greenock Morton1–21–32–11–0—2–01–20–02–11–0
Hamilton Academical0–00–21–11–11–0—1–22–21–40–1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle2–01–26–11–12–20–3—1–00–02–0
Partick Thistle2–01–10–10–02–10–15–1—4–03–0
Queen's Park0–12–01–03–52–21–02–12–0—1–1
Raith Rovers1–10–06–11–12–21–22–22–22–0—
Source: [27]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dipo AkinyemiAyr United20
2 Simon MurrayQueen's Park15
3 Billy MckayInverness CT13
Brian GrahamPartick Thistle
5 Zach RobinsonDundee12

Awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
August Lee BullenAyr United Dipo AkinyemiAyr United
September/October Dougie ImrieGreenock Morton Robbie MuirheadGreenock Morton
November Gary BowyerDundee Paul McMullanDundee
December Owen CoyleQueen's Park Grant SavouryQueen's Park
January Billy DoddsInverness CT Billy MckayInverness CT
February Dougie ImrieGreenock Morton Connor ShieldsQueen's Park
March Gary BowyerDundee Dipo AkinyemiAyr United
April Billy DoddsInverness CT Kyle TurnerPartick Thistle

The SPFL Championship manager of the year was Gary Bowyer of Dundee.

The SPFL Championship player of the year was Dipo Akinyemi of Ayr United.

Championship play-offs

The semi-finals were contested by the teams placed second to fourth in League One, as well as the team placed ninth in the Championship. The winners advanced to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.[28]

Qualified teams

TeamRank
Hamilton Academical1
Falkirk2
Airdrieonians3
Alloa Athletic4

Semi-finals

First leg

9 May 2023 Airdrieonians 6–2 Falkirk Airdrie
19:45Devenny 8'
McCabe 14', 90' (pen.)
Smith 16'
Taylor-Sinclair 31'
Fordyce 41'		[29]Donaldson 61'
Kennedy 68'		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Scott Lambie
9 May 2023 Alloa Athletic 1–0 Hamilton Academical Alloa
19:45Donnelly 45'[30]Stadium: Recreation Park
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Greg Aitken

Second leg

13 May 2023 Falkirk 0–1
(2–7 agg.)		 Airdrieonians Falkirk
15:00[31]
Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 May 2023 Hamilton Academical 5–2
(5–3 agg.)		 Alloa Athletic Hamilton
15:00
[32]
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,353
Referee: Chris Graham

Final

First leg

17 May 2023 Airdrieonians 1–0 Hamilton Academical Airdrie
19:35
[33]Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Second leg

20 May 2023 Hamilton Academical 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(5–6 p)		 Airdrieonians Hamilton
17:15
Report
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,429
Referee: Craig Napier
Penalties

References

External links

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