2015–16 Scottish Championship
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Rangers |
| Promoted | Rangers |
| Relegated |
Alloa Athletic Livingston |
| Europa League | Hibernian |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 483 (2.68 per match) |
| 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) |
| Highest scoring |
Raith Rovers 4–3 St Mirren (5 March 2016) Rangers 4–3 Queen of the South (26 March 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 11 matches: Rangers |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches: Hibernian |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches: Alloa Athletic |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches: Alloa Athletic |
| Highest attendance | 50,349 Rangers 1–1 Alloa Athletic (23 April 2016) |
| Lowest attendance | 468 Dumbarton 3–1 Alloa Athletic (8 March 2016) |
| Total attendance | 1,331,484 |
| Average attendance | 7,397 |
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← 2014–15
2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016.
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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.
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.
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
Promoted from Scottish League One
Relegated from Scottish Premiership
Promoted to Scottish Premiership
Relegated to Scottish League One
a.^ Initially interim, made permanent 5 January 2016
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.
Updated to games played on 1 May 2016
Source:
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.
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.
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