The 2008–09 Scottish Second Division was the fifteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.
Promotion and relegation from 2007–08
First & Second Divisions
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
- Stirling Albion
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
- Ross County
- Airdrie United (losing play-off finalists, promoted due to Gretna's demotion to Third Division)
Second & Third Divisions
Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
- Berwick Rangers
- Cowdenbeath (via play-offs)
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
- East Fife
- Arbroath (via play-offs)
- Stranraer (losing play-off finalists, promoted due to Gretna's demotion to Third Division)
League table
Results
Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season
Second half of season
Top scorers
Source: The League Insider
Attendances
Source:The League Insider
Managerial changes
Monthly awards
Second Division play-offs
Semi-finals
The ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.
First legs
Second legs
Final
The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 16 April 2008. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.
First leg
Second leg
References
