# 2021–22 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Raith Rovers' second season back in the second tier of Scottish football after being promoted from Scottish League One at the end of the 2019–20 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup & the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Raith were led by manager John McGlynn. The 2021–22 season was his fourth season at the club.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Challenge Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 29 April 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie MacDonald | 48 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Reghan Tumilty | 48 | 2 | 33+2 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Liam Dick | 40 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Frankie Musonda | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra | 38 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 41 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Aidan Connolly | 46 | 10 | 26+6 | 8 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 41 | 3 | 27+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 9 - signed on 06/01/22 | FW | SCO | Jamie Gullan | 11 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 - on loan to Montrose from 22/09/21 to 15/03/21 then left | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 5 | 4 | 1+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Dario Zanatta | 44 | 10 | 23+8 | 8 | 6+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Tom Lang | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SCO | Brad Spencer | 26 | 3 | 17+2 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | David McKay | 12 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Dylan Tait | 29 | 2 | 19+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 21 | 1 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | SCO | Robbie Thomson | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRL | Ethon Varian | 43 | 3 | 21+11 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Luke Mahady | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Ben Williamson | 17 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 - left on 02/02/22 | FW | SCO | Kai Fotheringham | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 - joined on 12/02/22 | DF | SCO | Sean Mackie | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ethan Ross | 31 | 7 | 19+6 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Blaise Riley-Snow | 16 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | David Goodwillie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Aaron Arnott | 20 | 1 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Kieran Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Quinn Coulson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SCO | Kyle Bow | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Greig Young | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Adam Masson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SCO | Lewis Budinauckas | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SVN | Matej Poplatnik | 44 | 11 | 14+17 | 7 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 3+2 | 3 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated April 2022
| Number | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Jamie MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Reghan Tumilty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Liam Dick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Frankie Musonda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Christophe Berra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Kyle Benedictus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Aidan Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ross Matthews | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 - signed on 06/01/22 | FW | Jamie Gullan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 - on loan to Montrose from 22/09/21 to 15/03/21 then left | FW | James Keatings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Lewis Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Dario Zanatta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Tom Lang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Brad Spencer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Dylan Tait | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sam Stanton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Robbie Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Ethon Varian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Luke Mahady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ben Williamson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 - left on 02/02/22 | FW | Kai Fotheringham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 - joined on 12/02/22 | DF | Sean Mackie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ethan Ross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Blaise Riley-Snow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | David Goodwillie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Aaron Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Kieran Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Quinn Coulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Kyle Bow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Greig Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Adam Masson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Lewis Budinauckas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Matej Poplatnik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 52 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 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 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAI | LIV | COW | ALO | BRE |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | — | p0–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Livingston | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Qualification for the second round | p0–0 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 29 April 2022
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| John McGlynn | 25 September 2018 | | 50 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 046.00 |