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2020–21 Scottish Championship

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Football league season

Scottish Championship
Season	2020–21
Dates	16 October 2020 – 30 April 2021
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Promoted	Heart of Midlothian Dundee
Relegated	Alloa Athletic
Matches	135
Goals	380 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Liam Boyce (14 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Heart of Midlothian 6–0 Alloa Athletic (9 April 2021)
Biggest away win	Raith Rovers 0–4 Heart of Midlothian (26 January 2021)
Highest scoring	Heart of Midlothian 6–2Dundee (16 October 2020) Heart of Midlothian 5–3Ayr United (26 December 2020)
←2019–20 2021–22 →

The2020–21 Scottish Championship was the eighth season of theScottish Championship, the second tier ofScottish football.

Ten teams contested the league:Alloa Athletic,Arbroath,Ayr United,Dundee,Dunfermline Athletic,Greenock Morton,Heart of Midlothian,Inverness Caledonian Thistle,Queen of the South andRaith Rovers.

In June 2020, eight of the ten clubs voted in favour of shortening the season from the usual 36 games to 27 (playing each other three instead of four times), with the season starting on 16 October 2020.^[2] This was done to reduce costs in light of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[2]

Alloa Athletic	Arbroath	Ayr United	Dundee
Recreation Park	Gayfield Park	Somerset Park	Dens Park
Capacity:3,100^[4]	Capacity:6,600^[5]	Capacity:10,185^[6]	Capacity:11,775^[7]

Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers class=notpageimage\| Location of teams in2020–21 Scottish Championship		Greenock Morton
East End Park			Cappielow
Capacity:11,480^[8]			Capacity:11,589^[9]

Heart of Midlothian	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Queen of the South	Raith Rovers
Tynecastle Park	Caledonian Stadium	Palmerston Park	Stark's Park
Capacity:19,852^[10]	Capacity:7,750^[11]	Capacity:8,690^[12]	Capacity:8,867^[13]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Peter Grant	Andy Graham^[14]	Pendle	Northern Gas and Power
Arbroath	Dick Campbell	Mark Whatley^[15]	Pendle^[16]	Megatech^[16]
Ayr United	David Hopkin	Jack Baird	Hummel^[17]	Bitcoin BCH^[18]
Dundee	James McPake	Charlie Adam	Macron^[19]	Crown Engineering Services^[20]
Dunfermline Athletic	Stevie Crawford	Euan Murray^[21]	Joma^[22]	SRJ Windows^[22]
Greenock Morton	Gus MacPherson	Sean McGinty	est 1874	Millions^[23]
Heart of Midlothian	Robbie Neilson	Steven Naismith	Umbro	Save the Children
Inverness CT	Neil McCann (interim)	Sean Welsh	Puma^[24]	ILI Group^[24]
Queen of the South	Allan Johnston	Stephen Dobbie^[25]	Macron^[26]	BP's Taxis
Raith Rovers	John McGlynn	Kyle Benedictus	Joma^[27]	valmcdermid.com^[27](Home) TAG (Away)

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Heart of Midlothian	Daniel Stendel	End of contract	21 June 2020^[28]	Pre-season	Robbie Neilson	21 June 2020^[28]
Greenock Morton	David Hopkin	Resigned	10 December 2020^[29]	7th	Anton McElhone (interim)	10 December 2020^[29]
Inverness CT	John Robertson	Compassionate leave	22 February 2021	7th	Neil McCann (interim)	23 February 2021
Ayr United	Mark Kerr	Mutual consent	28 February 2021^[30]	9th	David Hopkin	11 March 2021^[31]
Greenock Morton	Anton McElhone	End of interim	10 March 2021^[32]	6th	Gus MacPherson	10 March 2021^[32]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian(C, P)	27	17	6	4	63	24	+39	57	Promotion to thePremiership
2	Dundee(O, P)	27	12	9	6	49	40	+9	45	Qualification for thePremiership play-off semi-final
3	Raith Rovers	27	12	7	8	45	36	+9	43	Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-final
4	Dunfermline Athletic	27	10	9	8	38	34	+4	39	Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-final
5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	27	8	12	7	36	31	+5	36
6	Queen of the South	27	9	5	13	38	51	−13	32
7	Arbroath	27	7	9	11	28	34	−6	30
8	Ayr United	27	6	11	10	31	37	−6	29
9	Greenock Morton(O)	27	6	11	10	22	33	−11	29	Qualification for theChampionship play-offs
10	Alloa Athletic(R)	27	5	7	15	30	60	−30	22	Relegation toLeague One

Home \ Away	ALL	ARB	AYR	DUN	DNF	GMO	HOM	INV	QOS	RAI
Alloa Athletic	—	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–5
Arbroath	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Ayr United	4–1	0–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–0
Dundee	3–1	1–0	1–3	—	3–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	1–1
Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	4–1
Greenock Morton	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	—	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–1
Heart of Midlothian	3–0	3–1	5–3	6–2	1–0	1–1	—	2–1	6–1	2–3
Inverness CT	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–0
Queen of the South	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	—	2–5
Raith Rovers	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–4	0–1	0–2	—

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Liam Boyce	Hearts	14
2	Declan McManus	Dunfermline Athletic	9
	Craig Wighton	Hearts & Dunfermline Athletic
	Nikolay Todorov	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	Ayo Obileye	Queen of the South
6	Jack Hamilton	Arbroath	8
	Jason Cummings	Dundee
	Osman Sow	Dundee
	Kevin O'Hara	Dunfermline Athletic
	Connor Shields	Queen of the South

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref.
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Ref.
October	Stevie Crawford	Dunfermline Athletic	Euan Murray	Dunfermline Athletic
November	Stevie Crawford	Dunfermline Athletic	Kyle Turner	Dunfermline Athletic
December	Robbie Neilson	Heart of Midlothian	Charlie Adam	Dundee
January	Allan Johnston	Queen of the South	Connor Shields	Queen of the South
February	Dick Campbell	Arbroath	Willie Gibson	Queen of the South
March	James McPake	Dundee	David Carson	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
April	Robbie Neilson	Heart of Midlothian	Jack Hamilton	Arbroath

8 May 2021	Montrose	2–1	Greenock Morton	Montrose
15:00	McLean 57' Webster 77'	Report	Oliver 5'	Stadium:Links Park Referee: Grant Irvine

8 May 2021	Cove Rangers	1–1	Airdrieonians	Aberdeen
15:00	McIntosh 66'	Report	Graham 55' (o.g.)	Stadium:Balmoral Stadium Referee: David Dickinson

11 May 2021	Greenock Morton	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3agg.)	Montrose	Greenock
19:45	Oliver 5' Salkeld 19' McGuffie 120'	Report	McLean 35'	Stadium:Cappielow Referee: Euan Anderson

11 May 2021	Airdrieonians	3–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3agg.)	Cove Rangers	Airdrie
19:45	Gallagher 19',108' J.McKay 90'	Report	Megginson 15' McAllister 90'	Stadium:Excelsior Stadium Referee: Colin Steven

18 May 2021	Airdrieonians	0–1	Greenock Morton	Airdrie
19:35		Report	Muirhead 90+4'	Stadium:Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: David Munro

21 May 2021	Greenock Morton	3–0 (4–0agg.)	Airdrieonians	Greenock
19:35	Muirhead 12',78' Oliver 44'	Report		Stadium:Cappielow Attendance: 600 Referee:Alan Muir

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Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
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Teams

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Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League summary

League table

Results

First two thirds of season (Matches 1–18)

Last third of season (Matches 19–27)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Attendances

Awards

Monthly awards

End-of-season awards

Championship play-offs

Semi-final

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

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