Raith Rovers
2022–23 season
ChairmanSteven MacDonald
ManagerIan Murray
StadiumStark's Park
Championship7th
Scottish CupQuarter-Final
League CupGroup Stage
Challenge CupRunners-Up
Top goalscorerLeague: Aidan Connolly (10 goals)
All: Aidan Connolly (15 goals)
Highest home attendance4,436
Lowest home attendance833
Average home league attendance1,982

The 2022–23 season is Raith Rovers' third season back in the second tier of Scottish football after being promoted from Scottish League One at the end of the 2019–20 season.[1] Raith Rovers will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup & the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

Raith will be led by manager Ian Murray. The 2022–23 season is his first season at the club.[2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

25 June 2022 Grant Thomson Testimonial Dunbar United 1–7 Raith Rovers New Countess Park
15:00 Redpath 84' Raith Report Gullan 13', 16'
Easton 26'
Connolly 30'
Ross 64'
Mitchell 76'
Trialist 88'		 Attendance: 472
29 June 2022 Friendly Raith Rovers 1–2 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:45 Gullan 69' (pen.) Raith Report Paton 46' (pen.)
Connelly 70'		 Attendance: 811
Referee: Gavin Duncan
2 July 2022 Friendly Kelty Hearts 1–1 Raith Rovers New Central Park
15:00 Agyeman 55' Raith Report Gullan 34' Attendance: 893
Referee: Stewart Luke
9 July 2022 Friendly Raith Rovers 4–0 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
12:00 Ross 2'
Gullan 8', 12'
Zanatta 17'		 Raith Report
8 December 2022 Friendly Hibernian 1–0 Raith Rovers Easter Road
12:00 Campbell 5'

Scottish Championship

30 July 2022 1 Cove Rangers 2–0 Raith Rovers Balmoral Stadium
15:00 Megginson 8', 50' Raith Report Attendance: 1,138
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
6 August 2022 2 Raith Rovers 0–1 Dundee Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Mulligan 13' Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Chris Graham
13 August 2022 3 Raith Rovers 2–1 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Dick 51'
Connolly 66'		 Raith Report Blues 80' Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Euan Anderson
20 August 2022 4 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Raith Rovers New Douglas Park
15:00 Raith Report Easton 2'
Gullan 74'		 Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Calum Scott
27 August 2022 5 Partick Thistle 2–1 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Tiffoney 3'
Lawless 42'		 Raith Report Ross 43' Attendance: 3,211
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
3 September 2022 6 Raith Rovers 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Allardice 61' (pen.)
McKay 90'		 Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Don Robertson
17 September 2022 8 Raith Rovers 3–2 Ayr United Stark's Park
15:00 Connell 8'
Stanton 35'
Brown 83'		 Raith Report Young 51'
Murdoch 69'		 Attendance: 2,045
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 October 2022 9 Queen's Park 1–0 Raith Rovers Ochilview Park
15:00 Eze 59' Raith Report Attendance: 862
Referee: Grant Irvine
8 October 2022 10 Raith Rovers 3–0 Cove Rangers Stark's Park
15:00 Connolly 6'
Gullan 27'
Stanton 65'		 Raith Report Attendance: 1,517
Referee: David Dickinson
15 October 2022 11 Greenock Morton 1–0 Raith Rovers Cappielow
15:00 Gillespie 90' (pen.) Raith Report Attendance: 1,534
Referee: Greg Aitken
19 October 2022 7 Arbroath 0–1 Raith Rovers Gayfield Park
19:45 Raith Report Stanton 41' Attendance: 1,663
Referee: Alan Muir
22 October 2022 12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Raith Rovers Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Deas 38' Raith Report Stanton 13' Attendance: 2,225
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
29 October 2022 13 Raith Rovers 3–0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Connolly 12', 32'
Connell 44' (pen.)		 Raith Report Attendance: 2,096
Referee: Gavin Duncan
5 November 2022 14 Raith Rovers 3–1 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 Easton 5'
Connolly 50' (pen.)
Dick 80'		 Raith Report Tiéhi 17' Attendance: 1,890
Referee: Scott Lambie
12 November 2022 15 Dundee 2–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park
15:00 Robinson 49' (pen.), 54' Raith Report Attendance: 5,022
Referee: Grant Irvine
19 November 2022 16 Raith Rovers 2–5 Queen's Park Stark's Park
15:00 Connolly 18', 82' Raith Report Murray 36', 48'
Thomas 44', 77'
Thomson 72'		 Attendance: 1,861
Referee: Don Robertson
3 December 2022 17 Ayr United 2–0 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
15:00 Mullin 31', 70' Raith Report Attendance: 2,094
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 December 2022 18 Raith Rovers 1–1 Arbroath Stark's Park
15:00 Little 6' (o.g.) Raith Report Hamilton 45' Attendance: 1,264
Referee: Calum Scott
23 December 2022 19 Raith Rovers 2–2 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
19:45 Schwake 19' (o.g.)
Connolly 21'		 Raith Report Baird 24'
Muirhead 44'		 Attendance: 1,431
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
2 January 2023 20 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Raith Rovers New Douglas Park
15:00 Raith Report Gullan 9' Attendance: 1,193
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
6 January 2023 21 Raith Rovers 1–1 Dundee Stark's Park
19:45 Connolly 38' Raith Report McGhee 78' Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Craig Napier
14 January 2023 22 Cove Rangers 2–2 Raith Rovers Balmoral Stadium
15:00 McIntosh 32' (pen.)
Neill 90'		 Raith Report Vaughan 29'
Easton 43'		 Attendance: 726
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
28 January 2023 23 Raith Rovers 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Vaughan 29'
Connolly 62'		 Raith Report Henderson 49'
McKay 83'		 Attendance: 2,025
Referee: Scott Lambie
4 February 2023 24 Arbroath 1–2 Raith Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 McKenna 20' Raith Report Brown 70'
McBride 77'		 Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Alan Newlands
17 February 2023 25 Queen's Park 1–1 Raith Rovers Ochilview Park
19:45 Shields 51' Raith Report Akio 75' Attendance: 923
Referee: Craig Napier
24 February 2023 26 Raith Rovers 0–0 Ayr United Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Attendance: 1,939
Referee: Colin Steven
4 March 2023 27 Partick Thistle 3–0 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Tiffoney 39', 63'
Graham 53'		 Raith Report Attendance: 3,302
Referee: Greg Aitken
18 March 2023 29 Raith Rovers 6–1 Cove Rangers Stark's Park
15:00 Gonçalves 4'
Vaughan 27', 70' (pen.)
Nolan 54'
Easton 57'
McGill 79'		 Raith Report Longridge 66' Attendance: 1,573
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
1 April 2023 31 Raith Rovers 2–0 Queen's Park Stark's Park
15:00 Lang 30'
Vaughan 62'		 Raith Report Attendance: 1,679
Referee: Grant Irvine
4 April 2023 28 Raith Rovers 1–2 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
19:45 Lawson 50' (o.g.) Raith Report McGowan 62'
Ashley-Seal 64'		 Attendance: 1,691
Referee: Euan Anderson
8 April 2023 32 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Raith Rovers Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Henderson 12'
Shaw 21'		 Raith Report Attendance: 2,198
Referee: Craig Napier
11 April 2023 30 Dundee 3–1 Raith Rovers Dens Park
19:45 Robinson 29', 53'
Jakubiak 75'		 Raith Report Akio 77' Attendance: 5,009
Referee: Greg Aitken
15 April 2023 33 Raith Rovers 1–1 Arbroath Stark's Park
15:00 Brown 3' Raith Report O'Brien 48' Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Iain Snedden
22 April 2023 34 Greenock Morton 1–0 Raith Rovers Cappielow
15:00 King 2' Raith Report Attendance: 1,546
Referee: Dan McFarlane
29 April 2023 35 Ayr United 1–0 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
15:00 Musonda 55' Raith Report Attendance: 2,331
Referee: David Munro
5 May 2023 36 Raith Rovers 2–2 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 Vaughan 35' (pen.)
McGill 59'		 Raith Report Brownlie 21'
Tiffoney 68'		 Attendance: 2,899
Referee: Chris Graham

Scottish League Cup

13 July 2022 Group A Raith Rovers 6–0 Peterhead Stark's Park
19:45 Easton 16', 51'
Dixon 32' (o.g.)
Dick 62'
Gullan 65'
Connolly 89'		 Raith Report Attendance: 1,031
Referee: Calum Scott
16 July 2022 Group A Raith Rovers 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Stirling Albion Stark's Park
15:00 Connolly 20' Raith Report Moore 43' Attendance: 960
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
Penalties
Gullan soccer ball with check mark
Dick soccer ball with check mark
Mahady soccer ball with check mark
Coulson soccer ball with red X
Easton soccer ball with check mark
Brown soccer ball with red X		 Thomson soccer ball with red X
Cummins soccer ball with check mark
Clarke soccer ball with check mark
Burns soccer ball with check mark
Moore soccer ball with check mark
Banner soccer ball with check mark
19 July 2022 Group A Dumbarton 0–0
(2–3 p)		 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Raith Report Attendance: 276
Referee: Graham Grainger
Penalties
Buchanan soccer ball with red X
Byrne soccer ball with red X
McKee soccer ball with check mark
Love soccer ball with check mark
Carswell soccer ball with red X		 Gullan soccer ball with red X
Berra soccer ball with check mark
Millen soccer ball with check mark
Dick soccer ball with red X
Easton soccer ball with check mark
24 July 2022 Group A Aberdeen 3–0 Raith Rovers Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Miovski 6' (pen.)
McCrorie 39'
Hayes 46'		 Raith Report Attendance: 8,785
Referee: David Munro

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 September 2022 Round 3 Cove Rangers 0–1 Raith Rovers Balmoral Stadium
15:00 Raith Report McBride 11' Attendance: 405
Referee: Gavin Duncan
10 December 2022 Round 4 Raith Rovers 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Vaughan 61' Raith Report King 49' Attendance: 833
Referee: Mike Roncone
Penalties
Gullan soccer ball with check mark
Connell soccer ball with check mark
Connolly soccer ball with check mark
Millen soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Kabia
soccer ball with red X King
soccer ball with check mark McGrattan
soccer ball with red X Grimshaw
11 January 2023 Quarter-Final Queen's Park 0–1 Raith Rovers Ochilview Park
19:45 Raith Report Frederiksen 80' Attendance: 636
Referee: Chris Graham
8 February 2023 Semi-Final Dundee 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Raith Rovers Dens Park
19:45 Cameron 5', 28' Raith Report Akio 77'
Stanton 82'		 Attendance: 2,948
Referee: Colin Steven
Penalties
McGhee soccer ball with check mark
Williamson soccer ball with check mark
Tolaj soccer ball with check mark
Maguire soccer ball with red X
Robinson soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Spencer
soccer ball with check mark Akio
soccer ball with red X Connolly
soccer ball with check mark Millen
soccer ball with check mark Easton
26 March 2023 Final Raith Rovers 0–1 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
16:15 Raith Report Tumilty 30' Attendance: 5,566
Referee: Colin Steven

Scottish Cup

26 November 2022 Round 3 Raith Rovers 3–0 Auchinleck Talbot Stark's Park
15:00 Connolly 63', 73', 86' Raith Report Attendance: 1,697
Referee: David Dickinson
24 January 2023 Round 4 Linlithgow Rose 0–2 Raith Rovers Prestonfield
19:45 Raith Report Gullan 55', 88' Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Graham Grainger
11 February 2023 Round 5 Raith Rovers 3–1 Motherwell Stark's Park
15:00 Gullan 17' (pen.)
Stanton 39'
Gonçalves 85'		 Raith Report Van Veen 51' Attendance: 4,436
Referee: Nick Walsh
12 March 2023 Quarter-Final Rangers 3–0 Raith Rovers Ibrox Stadium
13:00 Goldson 42'
Nolan 58' (o.g.)
Arfield 87'		 Raith Report Attendance: 41,168
Referee: John Beaton

Player statistics

Squad

[3]Last updated 5 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipLeague CupScottish CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie MacDonald 1204+003+004+001+00
3 DF Scotland SCO Liam Dick 45333+024+014+004+00
4 DF Scotland SCO Ross Millen 43033+004+003+003+00
5 - left on 26/07/22 DF Scotland SCO Christophe Berra 400+004+000+000+00
5 - joined on 28/07/22 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ryan Nolan 34122+310+005+003+10
6 MF Scotland SCO Brad Spencer 33021+400+005+003+00
7 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Connolly 461533+0104+024+131+30
8 MF Scotland SCO Ross Matthews 600+500+000+000+10
9 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Gullan 26715+334+012+032+00
10 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 26715+560+002+102+11
11 - joined on 02/09/22 FW Scotland SCO Connor McBride 2425+1210+002+202+11
11 - left on 24/08/22 FW Canada CAN Dario Zanatta 500+203+000+000+00
12 DF Scotland SCO Tom Lang 20114+010+003+002+10
13 GK Scotland SCO Andrew McNeil 402+000+000+002+00
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Connor O'Riordan 21018+000+001+002+00
15 DF Malawi MWI Kieran Ngwenya 30018+700+002+201+00
16 MF Scotland SCO Sam Stanton 42629+343+004+122+00
17 GK Scotland SCO Robbie Thomson 501+101+001+001+00
18 - left on 26/01/23 FW Scotland SCO Kyle Connell 2329+1120+000+101+10
18 - joined on 28/01/23 FW South Sudan SSD William Akio 1538+620+001+010+00
19 FW Scotland SCO Luke Mahady 100+000+100+000+00
20 MF Scotland SCO Scott Brown 47335+034+004+004+00
22 MF Scotland SCO Ethan Ross 29113+714+000+201+20
23 MF Scotland SCO Dylan Easton 44626+643+124+102+10
24 - left on 30/09/22 FW Scotland SCO David Goodwillie 000+000+000+000+00
24 - joined on 20/01/23 MF Scotland SCO Scott McGill 1127+420+000+000+00
25 MF Scotland SCO Aaron Arnott 300+101+100+000+00
26 FW Scotland SCO Kieran Mitchell 1000+301+300+101+10
27 MF Scotland SCO Quinn Coulson 1100+600+400+001+00
28 GK Scotland SCO Kyle Bow 000+000+000+000+00
29 DF Scotland SCO Greig Young 600+400+100+100+00
30 DF Scotland SCO Adam Masson 802+100+103+001+00
47 - left on 31/1/23 FW Faroe Islands FRO John Frederiksen 1112+700+000+101+01
77 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Esmaël Gonçalves 722+210+001+111+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2023
Number Position Nation Name Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1GKScotlandJamie MacDonald 1000000010
3DFScotlandLiam Dick 80102000110
4DFScotlandRoss Millen 7010001090
5 - left on 26/07/22DFScotlandChristophe Berra 0000000000
5 - joined on 28/07/22DFRepublic of IrelandRyan Nolan 4000101060
6MFScotlandBrad Spencer 70002020110
7MFScotlandAidan Connolly 5000100060
8MFScotlandRoss Matthews 0000000000
9FWScotlandJamie Gullan 1000000010
10FWScotlandLewis Vaughan 1100101031
11 - joined on 02/09/22FWScotlandConnor McBride 0000001010
11 - left on 24/08/22FWCanadaDario Zanatta 0010000010
12DFScotlandTom Lang 2100201051
13GKScotlandAndrew McNeil 0000000000
14DFRepublic of IrelandConnor O'Riordan 3000001040
15DFMalawiKieran Ngwenya 1000000010
16MFScotlandSam Stanton 4010000050
17GKScotlandRobbie Thomson 0000100010
18 - left on 26/01/13FWScotlandKyle Connell 3000000030
18 - joined on 28/01/13FWSouth SudanWilliam Akio 0000000000
19FWScotlandLuke Mahady 0000000000
20MFScotlandScott Brown 80102000110
22MFScotlandEthan Ross 0000000000
23MFScotlandDylan Easton 7000200090
24 - left on 30/09/22FWScotlandDavid Goodwillie 1000000010
24 - joined on 20/01/23MFScotlandScott McGill 4000000040
25MFScotlandAaron Arnott 0000000000
26FWScotlandKieran Mitchell 0000000000
27MFScotlandQuinn Coulson 0010001020
28GKScotlandKyle Bow 0000000000
29DFScotlandGreig Young 1000000010
30DFScotlandAdam Masson 1000001020
47FWFaroe IslandsJohn Frederiksen 1000000010
77FWGuinea-BissauEsmaël Gonçalves 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Greenock Morton 36 15 12 9 53 43 +10 57
6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 15 10 11 52 47 +5 55
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46 49 −3 43
8 Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29 47 −18 34
9 Hamilton Academical (R) 36 7 10 19 31 63 −32 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[5]
(R) Relegated

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ABE STI RAI DUM PET
1 Aberdeen 4 4 0 0 0 12 0 +12 12 Qualification for the second round — — 3–0 2–0 —
2 Stirling Albion 4 2 1 0 1 6 7 −1 8 0–5 — — — 3–0
3 Raith Rovers 4 1 1 1 1 7 4 +3 6 — 1–1p — — 6–0
4 Dumbarton 4 1 0 1 2 3 4 −1 4 — 1–2 0–0p — —
5 Peterhead 4 0 0 0 4 0 13 −13 0 0–2 — — 0–2 —
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]

Management statistics

Last updated on 5 May 2023
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Ian Murray 24 May 2022 49 20 10 19 040.82

Notes

  1. ↑ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. ↑ "ARBITRATION PANEL HANDS DOWN UNANIMOUS JUDGEMENT". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ian Murray New First-Team Manager". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 24 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.