Football league season
The 2014–15 Scottish Championship is the 21st 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.[4] This marked the first time since the 1984-85 season that a side in the same division as an Old Firm club won a league title in Scotland.
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
Stadia by capacity and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments.
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.
Championship 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
Second leg
Alloa win 2-1 on aggregate
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
Second leg
Alloa win 4-3 on aggregate
Top scorers
References
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- ^ a b c d "2014–15 Scottish Championship statistics". Statto. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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- ^ "Hibernian 0-2 Rangers". BBC Sport. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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- ^ "Norwich make triple appointment of Holt, Robson and Royle". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "New Falkirk boss Peter Houston sets his sights on play-offs". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Hibernian sack Terry Butcher following club's relegation". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Hibernian name Alan Stubbs as their new head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Ross County: Jim McIntyre joins from Queen of the South". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Queen of the South appoint Fowler as new manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Rangers confirm manager Ally McCoist's resignation". BBC Sport. 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Rangers: Stuart McCall appointed manager until summer". BBC Sport. 12 March 2015.
- ^ a b "John McGlynn: Livingston boss departs 'by mutual consent'". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Barry Smith resigns as manager of Alloa Athletic". BBC Sport. 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Alloa Athletic appoint Danny Lennon as new manager". BBC Sport. 7 April 2015.