The 2020–21 Scottish Championship was the eighth season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football.

Ten teams contested the league: Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.

In June 2020, eight of the ten clubs voted in favour of shortening the season from the usual 36 games to 27 (playing each other three instead of four times), with the season starting on 16 October 2020.^[2] This was done to reduce costs in light of the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.^[3]

Stadia and locations

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Alloa Athletic	Arbroath	Ayr United	Dundee
Recreation Park	Gayfield Park	Somerset Park	Dens Park
Capacity: 3,100[4]	Capacity: 6,600[5]	Capacity: 10,185[6]	Capacity: 11,775[7]
Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Location of teams in 2020–21 Scottish Championship		Greenock Morton
East End Park			Cappielow
Capacity: 11,480[8]			Capacity: 11,589[9]
Heart of Midlothian	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Queen of the South	Raith Rovers
Tynecastle Park	Caledonian Stadium	Palmerston Park	Stark's Park
Capacity: 19,852[10]	Capacity: 7,750[11]	Capacity: 8,690[12]	Capacity: 8,867[13]

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Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Peter Grant	Andy Graham[14]	Pendle	Northern Gas and Power
Arbroath	Dick Campbell	Mark Whatley[15]	Pendle[16]	Megatech[16]
Ayr United	David Hopkin	Jack Baird	Hummel[17]	Bitcoin BCH[18]
Dundee	James McPake	Charlie Adam	Macron[19]	Crown Engineering Services[20]
Dunfermline Athletic	Stevie Crawford	Euan Murray[21]	Joma[22]	SRJ Windows[22]
Greenock Morton	Gus MacPherson	Sean McGinty	est 1874	Millions[23]
Heart of Midlothian	Robbie Neilson	Steven Naismith	Umbro	Save the Children
Inverness CT	Neil McCann (interim)	Sean Welsh	Puma[24]	ILI Group[24]
Queen of the South	Allan Johnston	Stephen Dobbie[25]	Macron[26]	BP's Taxis
Raith Rovers	John McGlynn	Kyle Benedictus	Joma[27]	valmcdermid.com[27](Home) TAG (Away)

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Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Heart of Midlothian	Daniel Stendel	End of contract	21 June 2020[28]	Pre-season	Robbie Neilson	21 June 2020[29]
Greenock Morton	David Hopkin	Resigned	10 December 2020[30]	7th	Anton McElhone (interim)	10 December 2020[30]
Inverness CT	John Robertson	Compassionate leave	22 February 2021	7th	Neil McCann (interim)	23 February 2021
Ayr United	Mark Kerr	Mutual consent	28 February 2021[31]	9th	David Hopkin	11 March 2021[32]
Greenock Morton	Anton McElhone	End of interim	10 March 2021[33]	6th	Gus MacPherson	10 March 2021[33]

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Teams play each other three times, twice in the first two thirds of the season (home and away) and once in the last third of the season, making a total of 135 games, with each team playing 27.

The second bottom team (Greenock Morton) entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2020–21 Scottish League One. Cove Rangers and Airdrieonians have also secured playoff spots.

Semi-final

First leg

Montrose v Greenock Morton

8 May 2021	Montrose	2–1	Greenock Morton	Montrose
15:00	McLean 57' Webster 77'	Report	Oliver 5'	Stadium: Links Park Referee: Grant Irvine

Cove Rangers v Airdrieonians

8 May 2021	Cove Rangers	1–1	Airdrieonians	Aberdeen
15:00	McIntosh 66'	Report	Graham 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium Referee: David Dickinson

Second leg

Greenock Morton v Montrose

11 May 2021	Greenock Morton	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	Montrose	Greenock
19:45	Oliver 5' Salkeld 19' McGuffie 120'	Report	McLean 35'	Stadium: Cappielow Referee: Euan Anderson

Airdrieonians v Cove Rangers

11 May 2021	Airdrieonians	3–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	Cove Rangers	Airdrie
19:45	Gallagher 19', 108' J.McKay 90'	Report	Megginson 15' McAllister 90'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Colin Steven

Final

First leg

Airdrieonians v Greenock Morton

18 May 2021	Airdrieonians	0–1	Greenock Morton	Airdrie
19:35		Report	Muirhead 90+4'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: David Munro

Second leg

Greenock Morton v Airdrieonians

21 May 2021	Greenock Morton	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Airdrieonians	Greenock
19:35	Muirhead 12', 78' Oliver 44'	Report		Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 600 Referee: Alan Muir