2016–17 Scottish Championship
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The 2016–17 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[5]
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Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Hibernian |
Promoted | Hibernian |
Relegated | Ayr United Raith Rovers |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 469 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jason Cummings Stephen Dobbie (19 goals)[1][2] |
Biggest home win | St Mirren 5–0 Raith Rovers[3] (29 April 2017) |
Biggest away win | Queen of the South 0–5 Greenock Morton[3] (15 October 2016) |
Highest scoring | Ayr United 4–4 Dumbarton[3] (24 December 2016) St Mirren 6–2 Ayr United[3] (1 April 2017) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches:[3] Dundee United Hibernian Queen of the South |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches:[3] Dundee United |
Longest winless run | 15 matches:[3] Ayr United Raith Rovers |
Longest losing run | 7 matches:[3] Queen of the South |
Highest attendance | 19,764[3] Hibernian 1–1 St Mirren (6 May 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 600[3] Dumbarton 0–0 Raith Rovers (19 November 2016) |
Total attendance | 808,085[3] |
Average attendance | 4,489[3] (2,908[4]) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017. |
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Hibernian won the league title and promotion after a 3–0 win against Queen of the South on 15 April 2017.[6]