2018–19 Scottish Championship
The 2018–19 Scottish Championship was the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018, with the league starting on 4 August 2018.
Ten teams contested the league: Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Ross County.
Ross County won the league following a 4–0 win over Queen of the South on 26 April 2019 to return to the Premiership after only one season's absence.
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:To Championship
Ayr United secured promotion to the Championship on 28 April 2018 after a 2–0 victory over Albion Rovers. Ross County were relegated to the Championship on 12 May 2018 after a 1–1 draw with St Johnstone. Alloa Athletic won promotion following a 2–1 aggregate victory in the play-off final. Partick Thistle were also relegated to the Championship following a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Livingston in the play-off final.
From Championship
Brechin City were relegated to League One on 24 March 2018 after a 2–0 defeat to Greenock Morton. St Mirren secured promotion to the Premiership on 14 April 2018 after a goalless draw with Livingston, who were also promoted after winning the Premiership play-off final. Dumbarton were relegated after losing the Championship play-off final.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League summary
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.| Leader - Promotion to 2019–20 Scottish Premiership | |
| Qualification for Premiership play-off semi-final | |
| Qualification for Premiership play-off quarter-final | |
| Qualification for Championship play-offs | |
| Relegation to 2019-20 Scottish League One |
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Team \ Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ross County | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dundee United | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ayr United | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Greenock Morton | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Partick Thistle | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Alloa Athletic | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Queen of the South | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Falkirk | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Source:
Updated: 4 May 2019
Results
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season and twice in the second half of the season, making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.First half of season (Matches 1-18)
Second half of season (Matches 19-36)
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Lawrence Shankland | Ayr United | 24 |
| 2 | Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | 21 |
| 3 |  Billy Mckay | Ross County | 17 |
| 4 |  Pavol Šafranko | Dundee United | 12 |
| 4 | Zak Rudden | Falkirk | 12 |
| 6 | Alan Trouten | Alloa Athletic | 10 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | Falkirk | 0–3 | 25 August 2018 | |
 Stephen Dobbie4 | Queen of the South | Ayr United | 5–0 | 1 September 2018 | |
| Billy Mckay | Ross County | Dundee United | 1–5 | 29 September 2018 | |
| Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | Alloa Athletic | 3–3 | 6 October 2018 | |
| Billy Mckay | Ross County | Greenock Morton | 5–0 | 27 October 2018 | |
| Lawrence Shankland4 | Ayr United | Dundee United | 0–5 | 30 November 2018 | |
| Billy Mckay | Ross County | Ayr United | 3–2 | 26 February 2019 | |
| Brian Graham | Ross County | Ayr United | 1–3 | 19 April 2019 |
Note
4 Player scored four goals; = Home, = Away