# 2015–16 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Raith Rovers' seventh consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Raith were led by manager Ray McKinnon for the 2015–16 season for his 1st season at the club.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

    Last updated 7 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Premiership play-offs | Premiership play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Kevin Cuthbert | 45 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jason Thomson | 33 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SCO | Darren Petrie | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Ross Callachan | 32 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 36 | 2 | 31+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 38 | 5 | 30+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Grant Anderson | 32 | 3 | 14+12 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ryan McCord | 26 | 2 | 17+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Mark Stewart | 37 | 8 | 26+3 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 (until January 2016) | FW | SCO | Mitchel Megginson | 21 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 (from January 2016) | FW | SKN | Harry Panayiotou | 16 | 2 | 8+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 18 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 36 | 1 | 27+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Joël Thomas | 9 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 (until January 2016) | FW | IRL | Jon Daly | 19 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 (from February 2016) | FW | SCO | Ryan Hardie | 12 | 6 | 7+3 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | SCO | Ross Laidlaw | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 (from January 2016) | FW | SCO | Aidan Connolly | 17 | 5 | 13+3 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 (until January 2016) | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 21 | 1 | 7+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | David McGurn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 (from January 2016) | FW | SCO | Louis Longridge | 15 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 (until January 2016) | FW | SCO | Callum Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | David Bates | 15 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Rory McKeown | 44 | 2 | 36+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Laurie Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Elliot Ford | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Jonny Court | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Kieran Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | James Craigen | 42 | 9 | 31+3 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Sean Mackie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Scott Robertson | 21 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Scott Law | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | SCO | Craig Barr | 14 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| -- | DF | SCO | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top Goalscorer

Includes all competitive matches
| Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Total |
| 1 | | |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated May 2016
| Position | Name | Championship | Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Premiership Play-offs | Premiership Play-offs | Total | Total |
| GK | Ross Laidlaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | David McGurn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Kevin Cuthbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Scott Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Laurie Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jason Thomson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | David Bates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Craig Barr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Rory McKeown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Elliot Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Sean Mackie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| DF | Lewis Toshney | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Callachan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | Lewis Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Grant Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| MF | Ross Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Kieran Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Darren Petrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan McCord | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | James Craigen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Iain Davidson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Callum Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jonny Court | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Mitchel Megginson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Craig Wighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jon Daly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Louis Longridge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Aidan Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Harry Panayiotou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Ryan Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Joël Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 42 | |
* ↑ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 7 May 2016
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Ray McKinnon | 23 May 2015 | Present | 45 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 051.11 |

## Transfers

Players in
Player
From
Fee
Kyle Benedictus
Dundee
Free
James Craigen
Partick Thistle
Free
Mitchel Megginson
Dumbarton
Free
Darren Petrie
Dundee United
Free
Ryan McCord
Alloa Athletic
Free
Lewis Toshney
Cowdenbeath
Free
Craig Wighton
Dundee
Loan
Iain Davidson
Dundee
Free
Jon Daly
Free agent
Free
Players out
Player
To
Fee
Christian Nadé
Hamilton Academical
Free
Ryan Conroy
Queen of the South
Free
Paul Watson
Falkirk
Free
Dougie Hill
Alloa Athletic
Free
Martin Scott
Salgaocar
Free
Andrew Munro
Arbroath
Free
Liam Fox
Heart of Midlothian
Free
Calum Elliot
Retired
Kevin Moon
Free
Liam McCroary
Free :