The 2016–17 Scottish Championship (known as the

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for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016. Hibernian won the league title and promotion after a 3–0 win against Queen of the South on 15 April 2017.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To Championship

Promoted from

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From Championship

Relegated to

* Alloa Athletic * Livingston Promoted to

* Rangers

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League summary

League table

Positions by round

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

Second half of season

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

:3 league goals scored whilst on loan with St Mirren

Hat-tricks

;Notes *⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Discipline

Player

=Yellow cards

=Red cards

Club

=Yellow cards

=Red cards

Attendances

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Championship Manager of the Season

*The Championship Manager of the Season was awarded to Jim Duffy.

Championship Player of the Season

*The Championship Player of the Season was awarded to John McGinn.

PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year

The PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year was: *Goalkeeper: Cammy Bell (Dundee United) *Defence:

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(Ayr United), Darren McGregor (Hibernian), Thomas O'Ware (Greenock Morton), Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian) *Midfield: Stevie Mallan (St Mirren), John McGinn (Hibernian), Ross Forbes (Greenock Morton) *Attack: Tony Andreu (Dundee United), Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South), Jason Cummings (Hibernian)

Championship play-offs

Raith Rovers the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League One; Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians and Brechin City.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

The winners of the semi-finals will compete against one another over two legs, with the winner competing in the 2017–18 Scottish Championship.

First leg

Second leg

References

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