List of Swansea City A.F.C. seasons

The Swansea Town team during its first season, 1912–13

This is a list of seasons played by Swansea City Association Football Club in English and European football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1912, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with top scorers. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Swansea have won the League Cup once, the Football League Trophy twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. They have also qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 7 times and the UEFA Europa League once. In 2011, Swansea became the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town,^[1] and were elected to The Football League for the 1920–21 season.^[2] The club changed their name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea's new status as a city.^[3]

In 1981 Swansea won promotion to the top tier of English football, achieving a club record highest league finish of sixth position after having led the table for a brief period, but a decline then set in the season after and were relegated, before in 2003 the club narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. In 2000, Swansea won the fourth tier of the English league, during a time this league was known as the Third Division, due to the 1992 formation of the Premier League. They went back into the fourth tier the following season, until a promotion from the newly named League Two followed, achieving a league finish of third place in the 2004–05 season. Three years later, their 2007–08 season in League One, ended in a first-place finish and promotion in the process to The Championship.

After a few near-misses reaching the play-offs, which included a last day of the season miss for a play-off berth, due to a 0-0 draw with Doncaster Rovers during the close of the 2009–10 season, Swansea later finished 3rd the following season. The "Swans" were promoted to the Premier League in 2011 after winning the play-off final at Wembley Stadium against Reading, thanks to a 4-2 victory and in the process became the first Welsh team in that league since its formation in 1992. This was the second time the Swans had made it to the top flight of English football, and having completed seven seasons in the Premier League they have spent a total of nine seasons in the top flight, a far cry from their close rivals Cardiff City who up until the 2017-18 season had completed 16 seasons in the top flight.

In Swansea's centenary year, the club won their first major English trophy beating Bradford City in the 2013 Football League Cup Final.^[4]

Key

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
	Play-offs
	Promoted
	Relegated
♦	Top scorer in division

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup[A]	League Cup	League Trophy	Welsh Cup	FAW Cup	Competition	Result	Name	Goals
	League														Europe		Top goalscorer[B]
1912–13	South 2	24	12	7	5	29	23	31	3rd	& —	& —	& —	W	& —	& —	& —	Billy Ball	19
1913–14	South 2	30	20	4	6	66	25	44	4th	R2	& —	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Billy Ball	22
1914–15	South 2	24	16	1	7	48	21	33	4th[C]	R2	& —	& —	RU		& —	& —	Ivor Brown	15
1915–19[D]	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	é —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1919–20	South 1	42	16	11	15	53	45	43	9th[E]	QR6	& —	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	William Brown	11
1920–21	Div 3	42	18	15	9	56	45	51	5th	R2	& —	& —	R3	& —	& —	& —	J Edmondson	24
1921–22	Div 3 (S)[F]	42	13	15	14	50	47	41	10th	R3	& —	& —	R4	& —	& —	& —	J Edmondson	15
1922–23	Div 3 (S)	42	22	9	11	78	45	53	3rd	QR5	& —	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Jack Smith	30
1923–24	Div 3 (S)	42	22	8	12	60	48	52	3rd	R2	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Harry Deacon	18
1924–25	Div 3 (S)	42	23	11	8	68	29	57	1st	R2	& —	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Jack Fowler	28 ♦
1925–26	Div 2	42	19	11	12	77	57	49	5th	SF	& —	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	Jack Fowler	35
1926–27	Div 2	42	16	11	15	68	72	43	12th	R6	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Leonard Thompson	28
1927–28	Div 2	42	18	12	12	68	72	43	6th	R3	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Wilf Lewis	27
1928–29	Div 2	42	13	10	19	62	75	36	19th	R4	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Harry Deacon	13
1929–30	Div 2	42	14	9	19	56	61	37	15th	R3	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Ronnie Williams	13
1930–31	Div 2	42	12	10	20	51	74	34	20th	R3	& —	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Ronnie Williams	20
1931–32	Div 2	42	16	7	19	73	75	39	15th	R3	& —	& —	W	& —	& —	& —	Cyril Pearce	40 ♦
1932–33	Div 2	42	19	4	19	50	54	42	10th	R3	& —	& —	R8	& —	& —	& —	Tudor Martin	20
1933–34	Div 2	42	10	15	17	51	60	35	19th	R5	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	SH Lowry	11
1934–35	Div 2	42	14	7	20	56	67	36	17th	R4	& —	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Tudor Martin	14
1935–36	Div 2	42	15	9	18	67	76	39	13th	R3	& —	& —	R7	& —	& —	& —	Jimmy Brain	14
1936–37	Div 2	42	15	7	20	50	65	37	16th	R5	& —	& —	R7	& —	& —	& —	Jimmy Brain	10
1937–38	Div 2	42	13	12	17	45	73	38	18th	R3	& —	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	I Lewis	9
1938–39	Div 2	42	11	12	19	50	83	34	19th	R3	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Tommy Bamford	15
1939–40	Div 2	3	1	0	2	5	11	2	15th	& —	& —	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	Tommy Bamford	4
1939–45[G]	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	é —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1945–46	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	é —	R3[H]	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Trevor Ford	3[I]
1946–47	Div 2	42	11	7	24	55	83	29	21st	R4	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Norman Lockhart	11
1947–48	Div 3 (S)	42	18	12	12	70	52	48	5th	R3	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Fred Rawcliffe Sammy McCrory	15
1948–49	Div 3 (S)	42	27	8	7	87	34	62	1st	R2	& —	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	Stan Richards Frank Scrine	26
1949–50	Div 2	42	17	9	16	53	49	43	8th	R4	& —	& —	W	& —	& —	& —	Frank Scrine	15
1950–51	Div 2	42	16	4	22	54	77	36	18th	R3	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	S Howarth	10
1951–52	Div 2	42	12	12	18	72	76	36	19th	R5	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Ronnie Turnbull	21
1952–53	Div 2	42	15	12	15	78	81	42	11th	R3	& —	& —	R7	& —	& —	& —	Terry Medwin	20
1953–54	Div 2	42	13	8	21	58	82	34	20th	R4	& —	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Ivor Allchurch	19
1954–55	Div 2	42	17	9	16	86	83	43	10th	R5	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Harry Griffiths	22
1955–56	Div 2	42	20	6	16	83	81	46	10th	R3	& —	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	Terry Medwin Harry Griffiths	22
1956–57	Div 2	42	19	7	16	90	90	45	10th	R3	& —	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	Des Palmer	22
1957–58	Div 2	42	11	9	22	72	99	31	19th	R3	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Ivor Allchurch	14
1958–59	Div 2	42	16	9	17	79	81	41	11th	R3	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Mel Charles	15
1959–60	Div 2	42	15	10	17	82	84	40	12th	R4	& —	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Colin Webster	23
1960–61	Div 2	42	18	11	13	77	73	47	7th	R5	R2	& —	W	& —	& —	& —	Colin Webster	22
1961–62	Div 2	42	12	12	18	61	83	36	20th	R3	R2	& —	SF	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Brayley Reynolds	25
1962–63	Div 2	42	15	9	18	51	72	39	15th	R4	R2	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Eddie Thomas	17
1963–64	Div 2	42	12	9	21	63	74	33	19th	SF	R3	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Brayley Reynolds Jim McLaughlin	13
1964–65	Div 2	42	11	10	21	62	84	32	22nd	R5	R4	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Keith Todd	22
1965–66	Div 3	46	15	11	20	81	96	41	17th	R1	R2	& —	W	& —	& —	& —	Jim McLaughlin	26
1966–67	Div 3	46	12	15	19	85	89	39	21st	R2	R3	& —	R5	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Ivor Allchurch	14
1967–68	Div 4	46	16	10	20	63	77	42	15th	R4	R1	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Ivor Allchurch	21
1968–69	Div 4	46	19	11	16	58	54	49	10th	R3	R3	& —	RU	& —	& —	& —	Herbie Williams	14
1969–70	Div 4	46	21	18	7	66	45	60	3rd	R3	R2	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	Dave Gwyther	24
1970–71	Div 3	46	15	16	15	59	56	46	11th	R4	R2	& —	R6	& —	& —	& —	Dave Gwyther	28
1971–72	Div 3	46	17	10	19	46	59	44	14th	R4	R1	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Dave Gwyther	10
1972–73	Div 3	46	14	9	23	51	73	37	23rd	R1	R1	& —	R4	& —	& —	& —	Geoff Thomas	11
1973–74	Div 4	46	16	11	19	45	46	43	14th	R1	R1	& —	R4	& —	& —	& —	Tony Screen	9
1974–75	Div 4	46	15	6	25	46	73	36	22nd[J]	R1	R1	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Robbie James	9
1975–76	Div 4	46	16	15	15	66	57	47	11th	R1	R1	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Geoff Bray	21
1976–77	Div 4	46	25	8	13	92	68	58	5th	R1	R4	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Jeremy Charles	26
1977–78	Div 4	46	23	10	13	87	47	56	3rd	R3	R1	& —	R4	& —	& —	& —	Alan Curtis	33 ♦[K]
1978–79	Div 3	46	24	12	10	83	61	60	3rd	R3	R3	& —	R5	& —	& —	& —	Robbie James	24
1979–80	Div 2	42	17	9	16	48	53	43	12th	R5	R2	& —	SF	& —	& —	& —	David Giles Alan Waddle	13
1980–81	Div 2	42	18	14	10	64	44	50	3rd	R3	R2	& —	W	& —	& —	& —	Leighton James	18
1981–82[L]	Div 1	42	21	6	15	58	51	69	6th	R3	R2	& —	W	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Robbie James	20
1982–83	Div 1	42	10	11	21	51	69	41	21st	R3	R3	& —	W	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Bob Latchford	34
1983–84	Div 2	42	7	8	27	36	85	29	21st	R3	R2	& —	SF	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Ian Walsh	8
1984–85	Div 3	46	12	11	23	53	80	47	20th	R1	R1	QF	SF	& —	& —	& —	Colin Pascoe	14
1985–86	Div 3	46	11	10	25	43	87	43	24th	R2	R2	SF	R5	& —	& —	& —	Roger Gibbins Alan Waddle	7
1986–87	Div 4	46	17	11	18	56	61	62	12th	R4	R2	R1	R3	& —	& —	& —	Sean McCarthy	21
1987–88	Div 4	46	20	10	16	62	56	70	6th [M]	R2	R1	PR	R4	& —	& —	& —	Colin Pascoe	15
1988–89	Div 3	46	15	16	15	51	53	61	12th	R2	R1	PR	W	& —	& —	& —	Andy Melville	14
1989–90	Div 3	46	14	12	20	45	63	54	17th	R3	R1	PR	R3	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Paul Raynor	10
1990–91	Div 3	46	13	9	24	49	72	48	20th	R3	R1	R1	W	& —	& —	& —	Jimmy Gilligan	24
1991–92	Div 3	46	14	14	18	55	65	56	19th	R2	R2	PR	R5	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	John Williams	12
1992–93	Div 2[N]	46	20	13	13	65	47	73	5th[O]	R4	R1	SF	R3	& —	& —	& —	Andy Legg	15
1993–94	Div 2	46	16	12	18	56	58	60	13th	R1	R2	W	SF	& —	& —	& —	Jason Bowen	17
1994–95	Div 2	46	19	14	13	57	45	71	10th	R4	R2	SF	[P]	& —	& —	& —	Steve Torpey	17
1995–96	Div 2	46	11	14	21	43	79	47	22nd	R1	R1	R2	& —	& —	& —	& —	Steve Torpey	17
1996–97	Div 3	46	21	8	17	62	58	71	5th[Q]	R1	R1	R2	& —	& —	& —	& —	David Penney	13
1997–98	Div 3	46	13	11	22	49	62	50	20th	R1	R1	R2	& —	QF	& —	& —	Tony Bird	16
1998–99	Div 3	46	19	14	13	56	48	71	7th[R]	R4	R1	R2	& —	QF	& —	& —	Steve Watkin	20
1999–00	Div 3	46	24	13	9	51	30	85	1st	R2	R2	R2	& —	QF	& —	& —	Steve Watkin	11
2000–01	Div 2	46	8	13	25	47	73	37	23rd	R1	R1	QF	& —	RU	& —	& —	Giovanni Savarese	14
2001–02	Div 3	46	13	12	21	53	77	51	20th	R2	R1	R1	& —	RU	& —	& —	Steve Watkin	11
2002–03	Div 3	46	12	13	21	48	65	49	21st[S]	R1	R1	R1	& —	QF	& —	& —	James Thomas	15
2003–04	Div 3	46	15	14	17	58	61	59	10th	R5	R1	R2	& —	SF	& —	& —	Lee Trundle	21
2004–05	League 2[T]	46	24	8	14	62	43	80	3rd	R3	R1	R2	& —	W	& —	& —	Lee Trundle	23
2005–06	League 1	46	18	17	11	78	55	71	6th[U]	R1	R1	W	& —	W	& —	& —	Lee Trundle	22
2006–07	League 1	46	20	12	14	69	53	72	7th	R4	R1	R2	& —	QF	& —	& —	Lee Trundle	20
2007–08	League 1	46	27	11	8	82	42	92	1st	R3	R2	SF	& —	QF	& —	& —	Jason Scotland	29 ♦
2008–09	Champ	46	16	20	10	63	50	68	8th	R5	R4	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jason Scotland	24
2009–10	Champ	46	17	18	11	40	37	69	7th	R3	R2	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Darren Pratley	7
2010–11	Champ	46	24	8	14	69	42	80	3rd [V]	R4	R4	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Scott Sinclair	27
2011–12	Prem	38	12	11	15	44	51	47	11th	R4	R2	& —	[W]	& —	& —	& —	Danny Graham	14
2012–13	Prem	38	11	13	14	47	51	46	9th	R3	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Michu	22
2013–14	Prem	38	11	9	18	54	54	42	12th	R5	R3	& —	& —	& —	Europa League	R32	Wilfried Bony	25
2014–15	Prem	38	16	8	14	46	49	56	8th	R4	R4	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Wilfried Bony	9
2015–16	Prem	38	12	11	15	42	52	47	12th	R3	R3	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	André Ayew	12
2016–17	Prem	38	12	5	21	45	70	41	15th	R3	R3	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Fernando Llorente	15
2017-18	Prem	38	8	9	21	28	56	33	18th	R4	R4	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jordan Ayew	10

Footnotes

References

General

• Felton, Paul. "Football Statistics Archive - League Records 1888-2008". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
• Rundle, Richard. "Swansea Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
• Rundle, Richard. "Swansea City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

Bibliography

Specific

External links

• The full history of Swansea City Football Club – 1912 to 2011 at swanseacity.net
• A century of Swansea City at espnfc.com