# 2019–20 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Raith Rovers' third season in the third tier of Scottish football since being relegated from the Scottish Championship via the play-offs at the end of the 2016–17 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Fife Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Raith were led by manager John McGlynn for the 2019–20 season for his 2nd season at the club.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Fife Cup

* Note: The Challenge Cup final was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus situation and Raith Rovers & Inverness CT declared joint winners.
* Note: The Fife Cup was declared abandoned on 22 March 2020 & league matches were declared over on 15 April 2020.

## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 7 March 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League 1 | League 1 | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Robbie Thomson | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | David McGurn | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ross Munro | 22 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 36 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 33 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David McKay | 21 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Watson | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kieran MacDonald | 39 | 3 | 28+0 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Miller | 26 | 5 | 19+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Fernandy Mendy | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Anderson | 12 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 29 | 4 | 18+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Regan Hendry | 31 | 4 | 22+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 21 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dylan Tait | 20 | 3 | 9+4 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Anderson | 31 | 4 | 14+7 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Brad Spencer | 34 | 3 | 23+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel Armstrong | 18 | 3 | 6+8 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 3 | 2 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jack Smith | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kieron Bowie | 35 | 9 | 19+6 | 4 | 4+0 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | FW | POR | João Victoria | 12 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Allan | 22 | 6 | 10+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jamie Gullan | 18 | 7 | 14+4 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Baird | 25 | 5 | 13+6 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Steven MacLean | 7 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Squad numbers are not compulsory in Scottish League One.

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated March 2020
| Position | Name | League 1 | League 1 | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | Iain Davidson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| DF | David McKay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Jamie Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Fernandy Mendy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Kieran MacDonald | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Matthews | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| MF | Regan Hendry | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Tony Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Dylan Tait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Grant Anderson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Brad Spencer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Kieron Bowie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Jamie Gullan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Steven MacLean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Raith Rovers (C) | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 53 | 1.89 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Falkirk | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 52 | 1.86 | |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 48 | 1.71 | |
| 4 | Montrose | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 47 | 1.68 | |
| 5 | East Fife | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 45 | 1.61 | |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DND | ICT | PET | COV | RAI |
| 1 | Dundee | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 1–0 | p0–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | | — | — | — | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | | — | p0–0 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | | 0–0p | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | — | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 7 March 2020
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| John McGlynn | 25 September 2018 | | 44 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 061.36 |