2013–14 Scottish Championship

The 2013–14 Scottish Championship was the 19th 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.[1]

Scottish Championship

Season	2013–14
Champions	Dundee
Promoted	Dundee Hamilton Academical
Relegated	Greenock Morton
Matches played	170
Goals scored	476 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rory Loy (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Hamilton Academical 10-2 Greenock Morton (3 May 2014)
Biggest away win	Greenock Morton 1–5 Livingston (23 November 2013) Alloa Athletic 1–5 Dumbarton (18 January 2014)
Highest scoring	Hamilton Academical 10-2 Greenock Morton (3 May 2014)
Highest attendance	10,718 Dundee 2-1 Dumbarton (3 May 2014)
Lowest attendance	318 Cowdenbeath 3-0 Greenock Morton (25 March 2014)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Dundee won the title.[2]

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alloa Athletic	Alloa	Recreation Park	3,100[3]
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	4,309[4]
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Dumbarton Football Stadium	2,020[5]
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park	11,506[6]
Falkirk	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	8,750[7]
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow Park	11,589[8]
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,078[9]
Livingston	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	9,865[10]
Queen of the South	Dumfries	Palmerston Park	7,620[11]
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	8,473[12]

Personnel and kits

Alloa Athletic

Dundee

Falkirk

Morton

Hamilton
Academical

Livingston

Queen of the South

Raith Rovers

Dumbarton

Cowdenbeath

Location of teams in 2013–14 Scottish Championship

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Barry Smith	Pendle	Marshall Construction
Cowdenbeath	Jimmy Nicholl	Uhlsport	Subsea Pressure Controls
Dumbarton	Ian Murray	1872 (Club own brand)	Bet Butler
Dundee	Paul Hartley	Puma	Kilmac Energy
Falkirk	Gary Holt	Puma	Central Demolition
Greenock Morton	Kenny Shiels	Puma	Millions Chews
Hamilton Academical	Alex Neil	Nike	M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)
Livingston	John McGlynn	Adidas	Energy Assets Group
Queen of the South	Jim McIntyre	Joma	Southwest Mechanical Services
Raith Rovers	Grant Murray	Puma	O'Connell's Bar & Diner (H), Livesport.co.uk (A)

League table

It was a close race for the championship, which offered automatic promotion to the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership. Dundee went into the final day in first place, but Hamilton Academical and Falkirk also had a chance of winning the championship.[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	21	6	9	54	26	+28	69	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Hamilton Academical (O, P)	36	19	10	7	68	41	+27	67	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Falkirk	36	19	9	8	59	33	+26	66	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Queen of the South	36	16	7	13	53	39	+14	55
5	Dumbarton	36	15	6	15	65	64	+1	51
6	Livingston	36	13	7	16	51	56	−5	46
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	48	61	−13	42
8	Alloa Athletic	36	11	7	18	34	51	−17	40
9	Cowdenbeath (O)	36	11	7	18	50	72	−22	40	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Greenock Morton (R)	36	6	8	22	32	71	−39	26	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Scorer Team Goals[14] 1 Rory Loy Falkirk 20 2 Kane Hemmings Cowdenbeath 18 3 Peter MacDonald Dundee 17 Marc McNulty Livingston 17 5 Anthony Andreu Hamilton Academical 14 6 James Keatings Hamilton Academical 13 Iain Russell Queen of the South 13 8 Mickaël Antoine-Curier Hamilton Academical 12 Gavin Reilly Queen of the South 12 10 Greg Stewart Cowdenbeath 11 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 Home \ Away ALO COW DUM DND FAL GMO HAM LIV QOS RAI Alloa Athletic 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 Cowdenbeath 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 5–1 2–4 2–3 0–2 3–4 Dumbarton 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–4 Dundee 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 Falkirk 0–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 3–1 Greenock Morton 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–1 Hamilton Academical 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 Livingston 3–2 5–1 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 3–3 3–0 Queen of the South 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 Raith Rovers 4–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Second half of season Home \ Away ALO COW DUM DND FAL GMO HAM LIV QOS RAI Alloa Athletic 0–1 1–5 0–3 3–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 Cowdenbeath 2–2 2–4 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 Dumbarton 4–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 0–3 3–3 Dundee 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 Falkirk 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 Greenock Morton 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 Hamilton Academical 2–1 3–4 3–3 1–1 3–1 10–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 Livingston 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 Queen of the South 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 Raith Rovers 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–4 2–1 2–4 2–4 3–2 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Championship play-offs Semi-finals First leg 7 May 2014 19:45 Ayr United 1–2 Cowdenbeath Pope  79' Report G. Stewart  15', 37' Somerset Park, Ayr Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Don Robertson 7 May 2014 19:45 Stranraer 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Grehan  12' Bell  88' Report El Bakhtaoui  41' Stair Park, Stranraer Attendance: 867 Referee: Bobby Madden Second leg 10 May 2014 15:00 Cowdenbeath 3–1 Ayr United G. Stewart  1', 30' O'Brien  52' Report Donald  35' Central Park, Cowdenbeath Attendance: 933 Referee: John Beaton Cowdenbeath won 5–2 on aggregate. 10 May 2014 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 (a.e.t.) Stranraer Geggan  59', 98' El Bakhtaoui  103' Report East End Park, Dunfermline Attendance: 4,525 Referee: Crawford Allan Dunfermline Athletic won 4–2 on aggregate. Final First leg 14 May 2014 19:45 Cowdenbeath 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic O'Brien  83' Report Geggan  77' Central Park, Cowdenbeath Attendance: 3,379 Referee: Stephen Finnie Second leg 18 May 2014 16:05 Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 Cowdenbeath Report Hemmings  1' O'Brien  67' G. Stewart  77' East End Park, Dunfermline Attendance: 8,288 Referee: Steven McLean Cowdenbeath won 4–1 on aggregate. References "SFL clubs vote in favour of merger with SPL". BBC. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013. "Dundee win Scottish Championship". Scotsman. May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014. "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. "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Livingstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Championship: Hamilton & Falkirk hope for Dundee slip-up". BBC News. BBC. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014. "Scottish Championship Top Scorers". BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2014.