cinch Championship
FM23 Release
95 / 200Reputation
36League games
10Clubs
£45,938,765Total squad value
Competition
- Code
- SC
- Nation
- Scotland
- Confederation
- Europe
- Type
- Standard division
- Level
- 1
- Reputation
- 95 / 200
- Status
- Active
- Season
- — – —
- Colours
#94EEFF#392083- Short name
- cinch Championship
- Parent competition
- —
- Crowd tendencies
- 12
Format
Partial export
- Teams
- 10
- League games
- 36
- Promoted in
- —
- Relegated
- —
- Champions League
- —
- Europa League
- —
- Conference League
- —
- Play-offs
- —
- Maximum games
- 36
- Joined since 2021–22
- Cove Rangers from cinch League 1, Dundee from cinch Premiership, Queen's Park from cinch League 1
- Left since 2021–22
- Dunfermline Athletic now in cinch League 1, Kilmarnock now in cinch Premiership, Queen Of The South now in cinch League 1
Squad rules
Partial export
- Registered squad
- —
- Home-grown
- —
- Club-trained
- —
- Foreign players
- —
- Under-21
- —
- Loans
- —
Most titles
116 recorded titlesFMDB calculation
Season table
In the export
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen Of The South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | -18 | 33 |
Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.
2021–22 — full season table. Showing 10 of 10 recorded rows. Points are shown as stored.
League strength
FMDB calculation
Columns
| Arbroath | 4400 | 83 | 88 | 101 | 27.9 | £4,504,250 | £6,025 | £600,000 | 6600 | 1462 |
| Ayr United | 4650 | 74 | 85 | 102 | 22.3 | £2,962,650 | £15,875 | £25,000 | 10185 | — |
| Cove Rangers | 4000 | 80 | 83 | 93 | 27.5 | £3,149,125 | £9,731 | £20,200 | 2602 | — |
| Dundee | 5250 | 79 | 95 | 114 | 23.2 | £6,863,825 | £25,150 | £2 | 11850 | 6458 |
| Greenock Morton | 4650 | 81 | 85 | 107 | 23.6 | £3,898,000 | £10,340 | £50,000 | 11589 | 1607 |
| Hamilton Academical | 4600 | 68 | 88 | 106 | 20.8 | £4,582,900 | £15,350 | £1,000,000 | 6018 | 2565 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 5000 | 75 | 94 | 111 | 22.3 | £5,884,840 | £24,648 | £83,008 | 7750 | — |
| Partick Thistle | 4750 | 81 | 95 | 108 | 24.5 | £5,592,700 | £15,849 | £50,000 | 10102 | 2699 |
| Queen's Park | 4000 | 65 | 82 | 107 | 20.8 | £3,421,225 | £19,654 | £1,000,000 | 2000 | 583 |
| Raith Rovers | 4650 | 86 | 93 | 108 | 23.8 | £5,079,250 | £11,142 | £70,000 | 8867 | 1839 |
Best in the league
FMDB calculation
| # | Player | Club | Pos | CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Allardice | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | DMC | 105 |
| 2 | Robert Deas | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | DC | 105 |
| 3 | Thomas O'Brien | Arbroath | DC | 104 |
| 4 | Lewis Vaughan | Raith Rovers | FC | 104 |
| 5 | Ryan Joseph Sweeney | Dundee | DC | 102 |
| 6 | Paul McMullan | Dundee | AMR | 101 |
| 7 | Harry Milne | Partick Thistle | DL | 101 |
| 8 | John Johannesen Frederiksen | Raith Rovers | FC | 100 |
| 9 | Liam David Grimshaw | Greenock Morton | DR | 100 |
| 10 | Mark Ridgers | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | GK | 100 |
Under-21s at 1 July 2022, the start of the 2022–23 season, ranked on recorded potential. Players without a full birth date, and coded potential bands, which cannot be ranked, are left out.
| # | Player | Club | Age | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — |
Squad value per club is in the league strength table above, summed from player.estimated_value over each club's whole squad. The competition total is the Total squad value figure in the header.
Roll of honour
Placings point at teams, not clubs
Across versions
Recorded
| Version | Reputation |
|---|---|
| CM0102 Release | 8 |
| CM0203 Release | 8 |
| CM0304 Release | 8 |
| CM0304 Update | 8 |
| FM05 Release | 80 |
| FM05 Update | 80 |
| FM06 Release | 80 |
| FM07 Release | 80 |
| FM07 Update | 80 |
| FM08 Release | 80 |
| FM09 Release | 80 |
| FM09 Update | 80 |
| FM10 Release | 80 |
| FM10 Update | 80 |
| FM11 Release | 80 |
| FM11 Update | 80 |
| FM12 Release | 80 |
| FM12 Update | 80 |
| FM13 Release | 80 |
| FM13 Update | 80 |
| FM14 Release | 80 |
| FM14 Update | 85 |
| FM15 Release | 85 |
| FM15 Update | 85 |
| FM16 Release | 85 |
| FM16 Update | 85 |
| FM17 Release | 82 |
| FM17 Update | 82 |
| FM18 Release | 81 |
| FM18 Update | 81 |
| FM19 Release | 82 |
| FM19 Update | 82 |
| FM20 Release | 85 |
| FM20 Update | 85 |
| FM21 Release | 85 |
| FM21 Update | 90 |
| FM22 Release | 93 |
| FM23 Release | 95 |
| FM24 Release | 94 |
| FM26 Release | 94 |
| FM26 Update | 94 |
| Version | Name as recorded |
|---|---|
| CM0102 Release | Scottish First Division |
| CM0203 Release | Scottish First Division |
| CM0304 Release | Scottish First Division |
| CM0304 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM05 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM05 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM06 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM07 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM07 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM08 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM09 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM09 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM10 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM10 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM11 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM11 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM12 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM12 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM13 Release | Scottish First Division |
| FM13 Update | Scottish First Division |
| FM14 Release | Scottish Championship |
| FM14 Update | Scottish Championship |
| FM15 Release | Scottish Championship |
| FM15 Update | Scottish Championship |
| FM16 Release | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM16 Update | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM17 Release | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM17 Update | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM18 Release | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM18 Update | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM19 Release | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM19 Update | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM20 Release | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM20 Update | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM21 Release | Ladbrokes Championship |
| FM21 Update | Scottish Championship |
| FM22 Release | cinch Championship |
| FM23 Release | cinch Championship |
| FM24 Release | cinch Championship |
| FM26 Release | William Hill Championship |
| FM26 Update | William Hill Championship |
Recorded competition names are shown for each version where the identity resolves.
Awards
8 scoped to this competitionRecorded
| Award | Type | Editions | Latest | Latest winner | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cinch Championship Manager of the Season | Best manager | 12 | 2022 | Richard Menzies CampbellArbroath | — |
| cinch Championship Player of the Season | Highest average rating | 44 | 2022 | Michael McKennaArbroath | — |
| cinch Championship Top Goalscorer | Most goals scored | 13 | 2022 | Michael McKennaArbroath | 15 |
| cinch Championship Young Player of Month | Highest average rating | 1 | 2009 | Leigh GriffithsLivingston | — |
| cinch Championship Manager of the Month | Best manager | 0 | — | — | — |
| cinch Championship Player of the Month | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
| cinch Championship Team of the Week | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
| cinch Championship Team of the Year | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
Media prediction
Recorded
| Predicted | Club | Last position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee | 12 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 4 |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 5 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 2 |
| 6 | Cove Rangers | 1 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 6 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 7 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 8 |
| 10 | Queen's Park | 4 |
Derbies in this division
0 between member clubs
| Derby | Clubs | W–D–L | National reputation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No derby in this version is between two of this competition's clubs. | |||
All-time records
FMDB calculation
Most goals and appearances in this division, summed from the playing history of every person this database records.
It counts only the people the export carries, it can include seasons the source files under this competition from before it took its current form, and some players are listed by uid because their person record is missing. The page states each of these.
Member teams
Last position is club_team.last_position as stored. The manager is the current staff_history spell at the club — the one whose end date is absent or in the future, most recent join first — never club_team.manager_index, which is a raw internal index that joins to nothing.
| Team | Membership | Last position | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbroath | Previous season | 2 | Richard Menzies Campbell |
| Ayr United | Previous season | 8 | Lee Bullen |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Previous season | 9 | James McPake |
| Greenock Morton | Previous season | 7 | Douglas Imrie |
| Hamilton Academical | Previous season | 6 | John Rankin |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Previous season | 3 | Billy Dodds |
| Kilmarnock | Previous season | 1 | Christopher Burke |
| Partick Thistle | Previous season | 4 | Ian McCall |
| Queen Of The South | Previous season | 10 | William Gibson |
| Raith Rovers | Previous season | 5 | Ian William Murray |
Data wishlist for this page
13 data pointsWhole site
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club_media_expectation, club_finance_detailMedia prediction and club balances across the division Now liveThe predicted finish of every member club and each club's authored cash balance, where the version exports them. -
player_history.division_uidAll-time goals and appearances in the division Now liveAn FMDB sum over the people this database records, on its own page. Players with no person record are listed by uid; seasons the source files under this competition before it took its current form are included and dated. -
derby, club.division_uidDerbies between member clubs Now livederby.competition_uid is empty in every export, so a derby belongs to a division when both its clubs name that division. -
comps_competition, comps_stage and stage promotion, relegation and play-off tablesFormat, promotion, relegation, play-offs and qualification Needs source dataThe comps.dbc archive tables are empty in every loaded export. The format panel shows the clubs that joined and left since the latest recorded season table as an FMDB comparison, which is not a count of promotion places. -
competition rules, nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreementRegistration size, home-grown quotas, foreign-player limits and age rules Partial exportNation foreign/non-foreign definitions and agreements are exported, but do not supply the complete competition registration rules. -
competition income and prize schedulesPrize money, television distributions and sponsor Needs source dataThe current catalog does not provide these competition-level schedules and contracts. -
competition.champions_club_uid, parent_division_uid, league_body_club_uidCurrent champions, parent division and organising body Needs source dataThe parent division is displayed. The champions and organising-body columns are empty in all 41 loaded databases. -
team_league_historyRecorded season tables Now liveSeason links are offered only where rows exist; stored points and missing results are preserved. -
club.division_uid, stadium and primary-team squadsLeague strength and leading players Now liveStrength and ability rankings use clubs naming this division, with a 100-club cap. League totals are withheld on overflow. -
person.date_of_birth, export_meta.game_start_yearBest young players in the league Now liveUnder-21s at 1 July of the exported game start year, ranked on recorded potential. Versions without a start year say so; coded potential bands are not ranked. -
award_scope, award_type, award_history_winnerTop scorer and player-of-season awards by season Now liveScoped awards are listed with their latest winner and the top scorer fills the roll of honour where exactly one most-goals award is scoped. No award type identifies a single player of the season, so that column stays empty. CSV-era exports have no award scope. -
comp_history and HonoursTitles per team over recorded history Now liveCounts use the bounded history query, not just the displayed page, and apply available edition and stage flags. Coverage is stated. -
competition across versions, export_value_scaleRecorded names and reputation across versions Now liveThese are real version records. Reputation is shown against its stated 1–200 scale where the export records one; the cross-version chart still plots raw values.