Season 2015–16 Europa League Hibernian Champion Rangers F.C. Goals scored 483 | Promoted Rangers Dates 7 Aug 2015 – 15 May 2016 Location Scotland, United Kingdom Matches played 180 | |
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Top goalscorer Martyn Waghorn
(20 goals) Biggest home win Queen of the South 6–0 Dumbarton
(19 March 2016) Biggest away win Dumbarton 0–6 Rangers
(2 January 2016) Relegated Alloa Athletic F.C., Livingston F.C. People also search for 2016–17 Scottish Championship | ||
The 2015–16 Scottish Championship (referred to as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football.
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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.
Managerial changes
a.^ Initially interim, made permanent 5 January 2016
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 36 games.
Top scorers
As of matches played on 1 May 2016Attendances
Updated to games played on 1 May 2016
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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.
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.