The 2015–16

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(referred to as the

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Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. Rangers won the league title and promotion after a 1–0 win against

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on 5 April 2016, while Alloa Athletic were relegated after a 0–0 draw against Livingston on 2 April 2016.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To Championship

Promoted from

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* Greenock Morton Relegated from

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* St Mirren

From Championship

Promoted to

* Heart of Midlothian Relegated to

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Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

a.Initially interim, made permanent 5 January 2016

League table

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 36 games.

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Discipline

Player

=Yellow cards

=Red cards

Club

=Yellow cards

=Red cards

Attendances

Championship play-offs

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; Ayr United,

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, and

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Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

The winners of the semi-finals, Ayr United and Stranraer, competed against one another over two legs, with the winner, Ayr, replacing Livingston and being promoted to the

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First leg

Second leg

References

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