The 2013–14
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional association footb ...
was the 20th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second-tier of Scottish football. This was the first season of the competition being part of the newly formed
Scottish Professional Football League after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and the
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ...
.
Dundee won the title.
Teams
Queen of the South were promoted as
2012–13 Scottish Second Division champions, with
Alloa Athletic promoted after defeating
Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 on aggregate in the play-off final.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
League table
It was a close race for the championship, which offered automatic promotion to the
2014–15 Scottish Premiership.
Dundee
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went into the final day in first place, but
Hamilton Academical and
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
also had a chance of winning the championship.
Season statistics
Top scorers
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
Second half of season
Championship play-offs
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Cowdenbeath won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Dunfermline Athletic won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Final
First leg
Second leg
''Cowdenbeath won 4–1 on aggregate.''
References
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Scottish Championship seasons
2013–14 Scottish Professional Football League
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