List of York City F.C. seasons

York City captain Chris Smith lifting the FA Trophy after the 2–0 win over Newport County at Wembley Stadium in the 2012 FA Trophy Final

York City Football Club, a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1922. They were elected to play in the Midland League for the 1922–23 season.^[1] After seven seasons in the Midland League, they were elected to play in the Football League in 1929 and were placed in the Third Division North.^[2] The team reached the semi-final of the 1954–55 FA Cup, and were defeated by eventual winners Newcastle United in a replay, which is the furthest the club have reached in this competition.^[3] York played in the Third Division North until 1958–59, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on League reorganisation.^[4] They won the first promotion in their history this season, after finishing third in the Fourth Division.^[5]

York were promoted to the Second Division in 1974 and 1974–75 saw them achieve their highest league placing after finishing in 15th in the Second Division.^[3] Two successive relegations and a finish of 22nd in the Fourth Division saw the club apply for re-election to the Football League at the end of 1977–78.^[3] The club won its first and only title after finishing first in the Fourth Division in 1983–84 with 101 points,^[3] becoming the first team to reach 100 points in a Football League season.^[6] York's first play-off success came in 1992–93, when they beat Crewe Alexandra 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw after extra time at Wembley Stadium to win promotion to the Second Division.^[7] The following season saw York compete in the Second Division play-off semi-final, where they were beaten 1–0 on aggregate by Stockport County.^[8]

York were relegated to the Conference National after finishing bottom of the Third Division in 2003–04, ending 75 years of League membership.^[9] The play-off semi-final was reached in 2006–07, when York were beaten 2–1 on aggregate by Morecambe.^[10] The team reached the 2009 FA Trophy Final in 2008–09, which was played at the new Wembley Stadium, where York were beaten 2–0 by Stevenage Borough.^[11] The next season saw York reach the 2010 Conference Premier play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, where they were beaten 3–1 by Oxford United.^[12] The 2011–12 season concluded with two victories at Wembley Stadium; after Newport County were defeated 2–0 in the 2012 FA Trophy Final,^[13] York's Football League status was restored with a 2–1 victory over Luton Town in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final.^[14] However, the club was relegated to the National League four years later,^[15] after finishing bottom of League Two in 2015–16.^[16] York were relegated to the National League North for the first time a year later,^[17] but finished 2016–17 with a 3–2 win over Macclesfield Town at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 FA Trophy Final.^[18]

As at the end of 2017–18, the club's first team had spent two seasons in the second tier of English football, 38 in the third, 32 in the fourth and 17 in non-League football.^[3] The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance in the Midland League in 1922–23.

Key

Key to league record: P – Matches played W – Matches won D – Matches drawn L – Matches lost F – Goals for A – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position Key to colours and symbols: 1st or W Winners 2nd or F Runners-up Promoted Relegated ♦ Top league scorer in York's division

Key to divisions: Midland – Midland League Division 2 – Football League Second Division Division 3 – Football League Third Division Division 3N – Football League Third Division North Division 4 – Football League Fourth Division Conference – Conference Premier League 2 – Football League Two National – National League National N – National League North

Key to rounds: Group(N) – Group stage Northern section QR1 – First qualifying round, etc. R1 – First round, etc. R1(N) – First round Northern section, etc. QF(N) – Quarter-final Northern section SF – Semi-final SF(N) – Semi-final Northern section RU – Runners-up W – Winners DNE – Did not enter

Details of abandoned competitions are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, top scorer and average league attendance

Season	League[3][19]									FA Cup[20]	League Cup[21][lower-alpha 1]	Other[22][23][24]		Top scorer[lower-alpha 2]		Average[lower-alpha 3] 2010–11 to 2014–15,[34] 2015–16,[35] 2016–17,[36] and 2017–18.[37]</ref> attendance
	Division[lower-alpha 4]	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Competition	Result	Name	Goals
1922–23	NLMidland[lower-alpha 5]	42	11	12	19	56	70	34	19th	DNE[lower-alpha 6]	& —	é —	& —	Charles Elliott	16	& —
1923–24	NLMidland	42	10	13	19	48	71	33	19th	QR1	& —	é —	& —	Arthur Charlesworth	12	& —
1924–25	NLMidland[lower-alpha 7]	28	10	10	8	39	36	30	6th	QR1	& —	é —	& —	James Miller	20	& —
1925–26	NLMidland	40	14	7	19	74	94	35	16th	QR3	& —	é —	& —	R. Holland	17	& —
1926–27	NLMidland	38	16	13	9	96	68	45	6th	R2	& —	é —	& —	Charlie Flood	19	& —
1927–28	NLMidland	44	22	7	15	97	73	51	7th	QR4	& —	é —	& —	John Hammerton	21	& —
1928–29	NLMidland	50	22	13	15	99106	99	57	9th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Jimmy Cowie	56	& —
1929–30	Division 3N[lower-alpha 8]	42	15	16	11	77	64	46	6th	R3	& —	é —	& —	Billy Bottrill Tom Fenoughty	20	5,279
1930–31	Division 3N	42	18	6	18	85	82	42	12th	R3	& —	é —	& —	Tom Fenoughty	17	3,906
1931–32	Division 3N	40	18	7	15	76	81	43	9th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Reg Baines	29	4,330
1932–33	Division 3N	42	13	6	23	72	92	32	20th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Reg Baines	29	4,370
1933–34	Division 3N	42	15	8	19	71	74	38	12th	R1	& —	Football League Third Division North Cup	R3	Maurice Dando	29	4,361
1934–35	Division 3N	42	15	6	21	76	82	36	15th	R3	& —	Football League Third Division North Cup	R2	Maurice Dando	23	3,902
1935–36	Division 3N	42	13	12	17	62	95	38	16th	R1	& —	Football League Third Division North Cup	R1	Fred Speed	14	3,721
1936–37	Division 3N	42	16	11	15	79	70	43	12th	R4	& —	Football League Third Division North Cup	R3	Albert Thompson	29	5,257
1937–38	Division 3N	42	16	10	16	70	68	42	11th	R6	& —	Football League Third Division North Cup	R1	Reg Baines	28	5,957
1938–39	Division 3N	42	12	8	22	64	92	32	20th	R3	& —	é —	& —	Bob Mortimer	22	5,544
1939–40	Division 3N	3	0	1	2	3	5	1	20th[lower-alpha 9]	& —	& —	é —	& —	Billy Allen	2	& —
1939–45	é The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.[lower-alpha 10]	&	&	&	&	&	&	&	é	&	&	é	&	é	&	&
1945–46	é—	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	~—	R4[lower-alpha 11]	& —	é —	& —	Ian Winters	4	& —
1946–47	Division 3N	42	14	9	19	67	81	37	15th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Alf Patrick	17	6,900
1947–48	Division 3N	42	13	14	15	65	60	40	13th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Alf Patrick	19	9,006
1948–49	Division 3N	42	15	9	18	74	74	39	14th	R2	& —	é —	& —	Alf Patrick	27	999910,412
1949–50	Division 3N	42	9	13	20	52	70	31	22nd	R1	& —	é —	& —	Alf Patrick	14	8,016
1950–51	Division 3N	46	12	15	19	66	77	39	17th	R3	& —	é —	& —	Matt Patrick	14	7,478
1951–52	Division 3N	46	18	13	15	73	52	49	10th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Billy Fenton	31	7,968
1952–53	Division 3N	46	20	13	13	60	45	53	4th	R1	& —	é —	& —	Billy Fenton	25	8,654
1953–54	Division 3N	46	12	13	21	64	86	37	22nd	R1	& —	é —	& —	Dave Dunmore	21	5,636
1954–55	Division 3N	46	24	10	12	92	63	58	4th	SF	& —	é —	& —	Arthur Bottom[lower-alpha 12]	39 ♦	9,630
1955–56	Division 3N	46	19	9	18	85	72	47	11th	R4	& —	é —	& —	Arthur Bottom	33	999910,291
1956–57	Division 3N	46	21	10	15	75	61	52	7th	R2	& —	é —	& —	Arthur Bottom	22	9,414
1957–58	Division 3N	46	17	12	17	68	76	46	13th	R4	& —	é —	& —	Terry Farmer Norman Wilkinson Peter Wragg	12	7,270
1958–59	Division 4[lower-alpha 13]	46	21	18	7	73	52	60	3rd	R1	& —	é —	& —	Peter Wragg	14	8,124
1959–60	Division 3	46	13	12	21	57	73	38	21st	R3	& —	é —	& —	Johnny Edgar	17	7,507
1960–61	Division 4	46	21	9	16	80	60	51	5th	R3	R1	é —	& —	Peter Wragg	22	6,900
1961–62	Division 4	44	20	10	14	84	53	50	6th	R1	R5	é —	& —	Jimmy Weir	29	6,890
1962–63	Division 4	46	16	11	19	67	62	43	14th	R3	R1	é —	& —	Norman Wilkinson	17	4,515
1963–64	Division 4	46	14	7	25	52	66	35	22nd	R1	R2	é —	& —	Norman Wilkinson	12	3,937
1964–65	Division 4	46	28	6	12	91	56	62	3rd	R2	R1	é —	& —	Paul Aimson	30	7,185
1965–66	Division 3	46	9	9	28	53	99106	27	24th	R1	R2	é —	& —	Paul Aimson	21	5,921
1966–67	Division 4	46	12	11	23	65	69	35	22nd	R2	R3	é —	& —	Tommy Spencer	23	3,776
1967–68	Division 4	46	11	14	21	65	68	36	21st	R1	R1	é —	& —	Ted MacDougall	15	4,578
1968–69	Division 4	46	14	11	21	53	75	39	21st	R3	R1	é —	& —	Ted MacDougall	25	3,883
1969–70	Division 4	46	16	14	16	55	62	46	13th	R4	R1	é —	& —	Phil Boyer	12	3,951
1970–71	Division 4	46	23	10	13	78	54	56	4th	R4	R2	é —	& —	Paul Aimson	31	4,962
1971–72	Division 3	46	12	12	22	57	66	36	19th	R2	R3	é —	& —	Paul Aimson	16	5,597
1972–73	Division 3	46	13	15	18	42	46	41	18th	R3	R1	é —	& —	Eddie Rowles	9	3,792
1973–74	Division 3	46	21	19	6	67	38	61	3rd	R1	R4	é —	& —	Chris Jones	20	6,600
1974–75	Division 2	42	14	10	18	51	55	38	15th	R3	R1	é —	& —	Jimmy Seal	18	8,828
1975–76	Division 2	42	10	8	24	39	71	28	21st	R4	R2	é —	& —	Micky Cave Jimmy Seal	8	5,189
1976–77	Division 3	46	10	12	24	50	89	32	24th	R2	R1	é —	& —	Brian Pollard	13	2,986
1977–78	Division 4	46	12	12	22	50	69	36	22nd	R1	R1	é —	& —	Gordon Staniforth	13	2,139
1978–79	Division 4	46	18	11	17	51	55	47	10th	R4	R1	é —	& —	Gordon Staniforth	19	2,935
1979–80	Division 4	46	14	11	21	65	82	39	17th	R2	R1	é —	& —	Terry Eccles	10	2,703
1980–81	Division 4	46	12	9	25	47	66	33	24th	R1	R2	é —	& —	Ian McDonald	12	2,162
1981–82	Division 4	46	14	8	24	69	91	50[lower-alpha 14]	17th	R2	R1	é —	& —	Keith Walwyn	25	2,362
1982–83	Division 4	46	22	13	11	88	58	79	7th	R3	R1	é —	& —	Keith Walwyn	24	3,243
1983–84	Division 4	46	31	8	7	96	39	101	1st	R2	R1	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	John Byrne	28	5,008
1984–85	Division 3	46	20	9	17	70	57	69	8th	R5	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R3(N)	Keith Houchen	18	5,550
1985–86	Division 3	46	20	11	15	77	58	71	7th	R5	R2	Associate Members' Cup	Group(N)	Keith Walwyn	29	4,111
1986–87	Division 3	46	12	13	21	55	79	49	20th	R2	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	Keith Walwyn	25	3,432
1987–88	Division 3	46	8	9	29	48	91	33	23rd	R2	R2	Associate Members' Cup	Group(N)	Dale Banton	18	2,754
1988–89	Division 4	46	17	13	16	62	63	64	11th	R1	R1	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	Ian Helliwell	11	2,613
1989–90	Division 4	46	16	16	14	55	53	64	13th	R1	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	Ian Helliwell	19	2,615
1990–91	Division 4	46	11	13	22	45	57	46	21st	R2	R1	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	Ian Helliwell	10	2,511
1991–92	Division 4	42	8	16	18	42	58	40	19th	R2	R1	Associate Members' Cup	Group(N)	Ian Blackstone	11	2,506
1992–93	Division 3[lower-alpha 15]	42	21	12	9	72	45	75	4th[lower-alpha 16]	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	Group(N)	Paul Barnes	21	3,946
1993–94	Division 2	42	21	12	13	64	40	75	5th[lower-alpha 17]	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Paul Barnes	25	4,633
1994–95	Division 2	46	21	9	16	67	51	72	9th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	Group(N)	Paul Barnes	17	3,685
1995–96	Division 2	46	13	13	20	58	73	52	20th	R1	R3	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Paul Barnes	22	3,538
1996–97	Division 2	46	13	13	20	47	68	52	20th	R3	R3	Football League Trophy	R3(N)	Neil Tolson	17	3,359
1997–98	Division 2	46	14	17	15	52	58	59	16th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Rodney Rowe	16	3,850
1998–99	Division 2	46	13	11	22	56	80	50	21st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Richard Cresswell	19	3,645
1999–2000	Division 3	46	12	16	18	39	53	52	20th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Barry Conlon	11	3,048
2000–01	Division 3	46	13	13	20	42	63	52	17th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	David McNiven	10	3,026
2001–02	Division 3	46	16	9	21	54	67	57	14th	R4	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Michael Proctor	14	3,144
2002–03	Division 3	46	17	15	14	52	53	66	10th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Peter Duffield	15	4,176
2003–04	Division 3	46	10	14	22	35	66	44	24th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Lee Nogan	9	3,963
2004–05	Conference	42	11	10	21	39	66	43	17th	QR4	& —	Football League Trophy FA Trophy Conference League Cup	R1(N) R3 R3(N)	Andy Bishop	12	2,333
2005–06	Conference	42	17	12	13	63	48	63	8th	R1	& —	FA Trophy	R1	Andy Bishop[lower-alpha 18]	25 ♦	2,871
2006–07	Conference	46	23	11	12	65	45	80	4th[lower-alpha 19]	R1	& —	FA Trophy	R1	Clayton Donaldson	26	2,859
2007–08	Conference	46	17	11	18	71	74	62	14th	R1	& —	FA Trophy Conference League Cup	SF R5(N)	Onome Sodje Martyn Woolford	17	2,258
2008–09	Conference	46	11	19	16	47	51	52	17th	QR4	& —	Conference League Cup FA Trophy	R4(N) RU[lower-alpha 20]	Richard Brodie	19	2,295
2009–10	Conference	44[lower-alpha 21]	22	12	10	62	35	78	5th[lower-alpha 22]	R3	& —	FA Trophy	R4	Richard Brodie[lower-alpha 23]	34 ♦	2,664
2010–11	Conference	46	19	14	13	55	50	71	8th	R3	& —	FA Trophy	R1	Michael Rankine	14	2,485
2011–12	Conference	46	23	14	9	81	45	83	4th[lower-alpha 24]	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	W[lower-alpha 25]	Matty Blair	20	3,117
2012–13	League 2	46	12	19	15	50	60	55	17th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2	Ashley Chambers	10	3,879
2013–14	League 2	46	18	17	11	52	41	71	7th[lower-alpha 26]	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2	Wes Fletcher	13	3,773
2014–15	League 2	46	11	19	16	46	51	52	18th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1	Jake Hyde	10	3,555
2015–16	League 2	46	7	13	26	51	87	34	24th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	QF(N)	Vadaine Oliver	10	3,218
2016–17	National	46	11	17	18	55	70	50	21st	QR4	—	FA Trophy	W	Jon Parkin	16	2,570
2017–18	National N	42	16	10	16	65	62	58	11th	QR3	—	FA Trophy	R1	Jon Parkin	25	2,755

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