# 2016–17 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Raith Rovers' eighth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football having been promoted from the then 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 Gary Locke for the 2016–17 season for his 1st season at the club.
On 7 February 2017 Locke parted company with the club.
3 days later, John Hughes was appointed the new manager.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Fife Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 13 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Championship play-offs | Championship play-offs | 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 | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Kevin Cuthbert | 23 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jason Thomson | 30 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kevin McHattie | 34 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Ross Callachan | 38 | 3 | 31+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jean-Yves Mvoto | 41 | 4 | 34+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 39 | 1 | 30+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Johnston | 34 | 2 | 20+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Robertson | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Mark Stewart | 36 | 6 | 12+17 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 17 | 2 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Bobby Barr | 36 | 2 | 23+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 32 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 35 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GHA | Yaw Osei | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Joel Coustrain | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | AUS | Aaron Lennox | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Scott Roberts | 19 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Rudi Skácel | 29 | 0 | 10+14 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 41 | 9 | 28+6 | 5 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | NIR | Jordan Thompson | 32 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 (until January 2017) | DF | SCO | David Bates | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 (from April 2017) | MF | SCO | Danny Handling | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | NIR | Conor Brennan | 11 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 (until December 2016) | MF | SCO | Robbie Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 (from January 2017) | DF | SCO | David Syme | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Liam Smith | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Jonny Court | 6 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | James Berry | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Ryan Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | DEN | Andreas Thorsen | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Kyle Bell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | SVK | Pavol Penksa | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | SCO | Ryan Hardie | 22 | 8 | 11+7 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 55 | DF | SCO | Craig Barr | 18 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | SCO | Ryan Stevenson | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | SCO | Craig Easton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated May 2017
| Position | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship Play-offs | Championship Play-offs | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Kevin Cuthbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Aaron Lennox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Conor Brennan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Pavol Penksa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Jason Thomson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | David Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Craig Barr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Kevin McHattie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Jean-Yves Mvoto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Liam Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | David Syme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Callachan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Matthews | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Iain Davidson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Bobby Barr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | James Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Chris Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Joel Coustrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Rudi Skácel | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Andreas Thorsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jordan Thompson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Craig Easton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Robbie Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Kyle Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Danny Handling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Lewis Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jonny Court | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Yaw Osei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Declan McManus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| FW | Ryan Hardie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 43 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 39 | |
| 9 | Raith Rovers (R) | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Ayr United (R) | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 33 | Relegation to League One |

### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 13 May 2017
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Gary Locke | 20 May 2016 | 7 February 2017 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 030.00 |
| John Hughes | 10 February 2017 | Present | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 026.67 |