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Football league season
Ladbrokes Championship
Season2015–16
ChampionsRangers
PromotedRangers
RelegatedAlloa Athletic
Livingston
Europa LeagueHibernian
Matches played180
Goals scored483 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerMartyn Waghorn
(20 goals)
Biggest home winQueen of the——South 6–0 Dumbarton
(19 March 2016)
Biggest away winDumbarton 0–6 Rangers
(2 January 2016)
Highest scoringRaith Rovers 4–3 St Mirren
(5 March 2016)
Rangers 4–3 Queen of the South
(26 March 2016)
Longest winning run11 matches:
Rangers
Longest unbeaten run14 matches:
Hibernian
Longest winless run12 matches:
Alloa Athletic
Longest losing run7 matches:
Alloa Athletic
Highest attendance50,349
Rangers 1–1 Alloa Athletic
(23 April 2016)
Lowest attendance468
Dumbarton 3–1 Alloa Athletic
(8 March 2016)
Total attendance1,331,484
Average attendance7,397
Scottish Championship (referred——to as the Ladbrokes 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 Dumbarton 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.

Stadia and locations※

Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton
Recreation Park Dumbarton Football Stadium Falkirk Stadium Cappielow Park
Capacity: 3,100 Capacity: 2,020 Capacity: 8,750 Capacity: 11,589
Hibernian
Livingston
Easter Road Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 20,421 Capacity: 9,865
Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St Mirren
Palmerston Park Stark's Park Ibrox Stadium St Mirren Park
Capacity: 8,690 Capacity: 8,867 Capacity: 50,817 Capacity: 8,023

Personnel and kits※

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic Scotland Jack Ross Pendle Marshall Construction
Dumbarton Scotland Stephen Aitken Joma Baxter Ramsay
Falkirk Scotland Peter Houston Puma Central Demolition
Greenock Morton Scotland Jim Duffy Nike Millions Sweets
Hibernian England Alan Stubbs Nike Marathonbet
Livingston Scotland David Hopkin Joma Energy Assets
Queen of the South England Gavin Skelton (Caretaker) Joma Palmerston Cafe
Raith Rovers Scotland Ray McKinnon Puma valmcdermid.com (Home shirt)
D&G Autocare (Away shirt)
Rangers England Mark Warburton Puma 32Red
St Mirren Scotland Alex Rae Carbrini JD Sports

Managerial changes※

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dumbarton Scotland Ian Murray Signed by, St Mirren 22 May 2015 Pre-season Scotland Stevie Aitken 27 May 2015
St Mirren Scotland Gary Teale Sacked 22 May 2015 Scotland Ian Murray 22 May 2015
Raith Rovers Scotland Laurie Ellis (interim) End of interim 23 May 2015 Scotland Ray McKinnon 23 May 2015
Rangers Scotland Stuart McCall (interim) End of interim 15 June 2015 England Mark Warburton 15 June 2015
Alloa Athletic Scotland Danny Lennon Resigned 7 December 2015 10th Scotland Jack Ross 15 December 2015
St Mirren Scotland Ian Murray Resigned 12 December 2015 8th Scotland Alex Rae 18 December 2015
Livingston Scotland Mark Burchill Sacked 21 December 2015 9th Scotland David Hopkin 23 December 2015
Queen of the South Scotland James Fowler Sacked 19 April 2016 7th England Gavin Skelton (interim) 19 April 2016

a.^ Initially interim, made permanent 5 January 2016

League table※

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification/relegation
1 Rangers (C, P) 36 25 6 5 88 34 +54 81 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Falkirk 36 19 13 4 61 34 +27 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 59 34 +25 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
4 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
9 Livingston (R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

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 total of 36 games.

Season statistics※

Scoring※

Top scorers※

As of matches played on 1 May 2016
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Martyn Waghorn Rangers 20
2 Australia Jason Cummings Hibernian 18
3 Scotland John Baird Falkirk 17
4 Scotland Denny Johnstone Greenock Morton 14
Scotland Kenny Miller Rangers
6 Scotland Derek Lyle Queen of the South 13
7 Scotland Liam Buchanan Livingston 11
Scotland Iain Russell Queen of the South
Scotland Stevie Mallan St Mirren

Discipline※

Player※

Club※

Attendances※

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Alloa Athletic 20,182 3,100 492 1,121 −21.2%
2 Dumbarton 18,739 1,978 468 1,041 −2.9%
3 Falkirk 84,052 7,804 3,550 4,669 −1.2%
4 Greenock Morton 49,153 7,392 1,175 2,730 +59.1%
5 Hibernian 168,105 14,412 6,686 9,339 −8.1%
6 Livingston 31,766 6,505 787 1,764 −27.3%
7 Queen of the South 38,072 5,858 1,047 2,115 −23.4%
8 Raith Rovers 41,698 6,943 1,064 2,316 −10.9%
9 Rangers 815,841 50,349 37,182 45,324 +38.2%
10 St Mirren 63,876 5,933 2,321 3,548 −8.3%
League total 1,331,484 50,349 468 7,397 −2.6%

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016
Source:

Championship play-offs※

Livingston, the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2015–16 Scottish League One; Ayr United, Peterhead, and Stranraer.

Semi-finals※

First leg※

Peterhead v Ayr United
3 May 2016 Peterhead 1–4 Ayr United Balmoor, Peterhead
20:00 McIntosh 35' BBC Report Donald 18'
Preston 41', 59'
Crawford 74'		 Attendance: 807
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Stranraer v Livingston
4 May 2016 Stranraer 5–2 Livingston Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45 McGuigan 14', 70'
Stirling 17'
Gibson 40', 81'		 BBC Report White 10'
Buchanan 68'		 Attendance: 589
Referee: John Beaton

Second leg※

Ayr United v Peterhead
7 May 2016 Ayr United 2–1
(6–2 agg.)		 Peterhead Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Crawford 26'
Devlin 57'		 BBC Report Donald 31' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,848
Referee: Crawford Allan
Livingston v Stranraer
7 May 2016 Livingston 4–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–8 agg.)		 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 18'
White 45+2'
Mullen 89'
Halkett 90+4'		 BBC Report Cairney 62'
Dick 109'
Longworth 120'		 Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Craig Thomson

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 2016–17 Scottish Championship.

First leg※

Stranraer v Ayr United
11 May 2016 Stranraer 1–1 Ayr United Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45 McGuigan 54' BBC Report Docherty 90+5' Attendance: 1,652
Referee: Bobby Madden

Second leg※

Ayr United v Stranraer
15 May 2016 Ayr United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(3–1 p)		 Stranraer Somerset Park, Ayr
14:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,581
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Penalties
Preston soccer ball with check mark
Trouten soccer ball with check mark
Docherty soccer ball with red X
Graham soccer ball with check mark		 Cairney soccer ball with red X
Longworth soccer ball with red X
Barron soccer ball with red X
Gibson soccer ball with check mark

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