2013–14 Scottish Championship

March 2026 Scottish Championship.svg 250 Scottish Championship 2013–14 Dundee DundeeHamilton Academical Greenock Morton 170 476 Rory Loy (20 goals) Hamilton Academical 10–2 Greenock Morton(3 May 2014) Greenock Morton 1–5 Livingston(23 November 2013)Alloa Athletic 1–5 Dumbarton(18 January 2014) Hamilton Academical 10–2 Greenock Morton(3 May 2014) 10,718Dundee 2–1 Dumbarton(3 May 2014) 318Cowdenbeath 3–0 Greenock Morton(25 March 2014) 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 Scottish Championship 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22864944 SFL clubs vote in favour of merger with SPL BBC 12 June 2013 18 June 2013 Dundee won the title. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/dundee-win-scottish-championship-title-1-3397803 Dundee win Scottish Championship May 2014 Scotsman 21 May 2014 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 3,100http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/alloa-athletic/ Alloa Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Central Park 4,309http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/cowdenbeath/ Cowdenbeath Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Dumbarton Dumbarton Dumbarton Football Stadium 2,020http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dumbarton/ Dumbarton Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Dundee Dundee Dens Park 11,506http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee/ Dundee Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Falkirk Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 8,750http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/falkirk/ Falkirk Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Greenock Morton Greenock Cappielow Park 11,589http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton/ Greenock Morton Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 19 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419012922/https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton dead Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 6,078http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hamilton/ Hamilton Academical Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131016083122/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hamilton/ 2013-10-16 dead Livingston Livingston Almondvale Stadium 9,865http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/livingston/ Livingstone Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Queen of the South Dumfries Palmerston Park 7,620http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/queen-of-the-south/ Queen of the South Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013Raith RoversKirkcaldyStark's Park 8,473http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ Raith Rovers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121447/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ 2013-10-22 dead Personnel and kits Scotland South 350 right Location of teams in 2013–14 Scottish Championship Scotland South 6 56.116320 -3.795195 Alloa Athletic left Scotland South 6 56.474699 -2.973672 Dundee left Scotland South 6 56.018151 -3.756666 Falkirk left Scotland South 6 55.941522 -4.727515 Morton left Scotland South 6 55.7821 -4.058207 HamiltonAcademical bottom Scotland South 6 55.875985 -3.482695 Livingston right Scotland South 6 55.069767 -3.624944 Queen of the South left Scotland South 6 56.118300 -3.138820 Raith Rovers right Scotland South 6 56.055169 -3.345083 Scotland South 6 55.95266 -4.566593 Scotland South TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.90 -4.57 Dumbarton right Scotland South TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.99 -3.34 Cowdenbeath right Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAlloa AthleticSCO Barry Smith Pendle Marshall ConstructionCowdenbeathNIR Jimmy Nicholl Uhlsport Subsea Pressure ControlsDumbartonSCO Ian Murray 1872 (Club own brand) Bet ButlerDundeeSCO Paul Hartley Puma Kilmac EnergyFalkirkSCO Gary Holt Puma Central DemolitionGreenock MortonNIR Kenny Shiels Puma Millions ChewsHamilton AcademicalSCO Alex Neil Nike M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)LivingstonSCO John McGlynn Adidas Energy Assets GroupQueen of the SouthSCO Jim McIntyreJomaSouthwest Mechanical ServicesRaith RoversSCO 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27248544 Championship: Hamilton & Falkirk hope for Dundee slip-up BBC News BBC 1 May 2014 2 May 2014 main WDL PQR DND Dundee HAM Hamilton Academical FAL Falkirk QOS Queen of the South DUM Dumbarton LIV Livingston RAI Raith Rovers ALO Alloa Athletic COW Cowdenbeath GMO Greenock Morton 21 6 9 54 26 C,P 19 10 7 68 41 O,P 19 9 8 59 33 16 7 13 53 39 15 6 15 65 64 13 7 16 51 56 11 9 16 48 61 11 7 18 34 51 11 7 18 50 72 O 6 8 22 32 71 R green1 Promotion to the Premiership PSP yellow1 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final QPPOSF yellow2 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final QPPOQF QPPOQF red2 Qualification for the Championship play-offs SCPO red1 Relegation to League One RSL1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 5 complete Soccerway Season statistics Top scorers RankScorerTeamGoalshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-championship/top-scorers Scottish Championship Top Scorers BBC 15 April 20141SCO Rory LoyFalkirk202ENG Kane HemmingsCowdenbeath183SCO Peter MacDonaldDundee17SCO Marc McNultyLivingston175FRA Anthony AndreuHamilton Academical146SCO James KeatingsHamilton Academical13SCO Iain RussellQueen of the South138FRA Mickaël Antoine-CurierHamilton Academical12SCO Gavin ReillyQueen of the South1210SCO Greg StewartCowdenbeath11 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 main FBR grey 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 complete Second half of season main FBR grey 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 complete Championship play-offs Semi-finals First leg 7 May 2014 1–2 19:45 Report Ayr United Cowdenbeath Pope 79 G. Stewart 15 37 Somerset Park, Ayr 1,495 Don Robertson 7 May 2014 2–1 19:45 Report Stranraer Dunfermline Athletic Grehan 12Bell 88 El Bakhtaoui 41 Stair Park, Stranraer 867 Bobby Madden Second leg 10 May 2014 3–1 15:00 Report Cowdenbeath Ayr United G. Stewart 1 30O'Brien 52 Donald 35 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 933 John Beaton Cowdenbeath won 5–2 on aggregate. 10 May 2014 3–0 yes 15:00 Report Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer Geggan 59 98El Bakhtaoui 103 East End Park, Dunfermline 4,525 Crawford Allan Dunfermline Athletic won 4–2 on aggregate. Final First leg 14 May 2014 1–1 19:45 Report Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic O'Brien 83 Geggan 77 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 3,379 Stephen Finnie Second leg 18 May 2014 0–3 16:05 Report Dunfermline Athletic Cowdenbeath Hemmings 1O'Brien 67G. Stewart 77 East End Park, Dunfermline 8,288 Steven McLean Cowdenbeath won 4–1 on aggregate. References Category:Scottish Championship seasons Category:2013–14 Scottish Professional Football League ScotC