# 2017–18 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Raith Rovers' first 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 and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Raith were led by manager Barry Smith for the 2017–18 season for his 1st season at the club.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUN | DND | RAI | COW | BUC |
| 1 | Dundee United (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — |
| 2 | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | 1–1p | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | — | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 1–6 | — | — |

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

    Last updated 5 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League 1 | League 1 | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | AUS | Rory Brian | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | AUS | Aaron Lennox | 19 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 21 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 36 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin McHattie | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David McKay | 22 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Euan Murray | 45 | 3 | 35+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jason Thomson | 47 | 7 | 38+0 | 7 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Watson | 7 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Barr | 39 | 7 | 27+7 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Berry | 9 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Callachan | 9 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Willis Furtado | 18 | 3 | 12+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Regan Hendry | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Herron | 22 | 3 | 14+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 44 | 1 | 26+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Robertson | 39 | 1 | 30+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | CAN | Dario Zanatta | 26 | 6 | 17+9 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Buchanan | 41 | 14 | 31+3 | 10 | 4+0 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jonny Court | 21 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | GHA | Yaw Osei | 13 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jack Smith | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Greig Spence | 41 | 13 | 20+12 | 11 | 4+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 45 | 23 | 37+0 | 15 | 4+0 | 4 | 4+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Squad numbers are not compulsory in Scottish League One.

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated May 2018
| Position | Name | League 1 | League 1 | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Graeme Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Iain Davidson | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| DF | Euan Murray | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Jason Thomson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin McHattie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Jamie Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Bobby Barr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Willis Furtado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Regan Hendry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | John Herron | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Matthews | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Dario Zanatta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Greig Spence | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Lewis Vaughan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Jonny Court | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ayr United (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 92 | 42 | +50 | 76 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 75 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Alloa Athletic (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Stranraer | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 53 | |

### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 5 May 2018
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Barry Smith | 5 August 2017 | Present | 47 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 057.45 |