List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons

For statistics on the current season, see 2010–11 Cardiff City F.C. season.

This article lists the seasons played by Cardiff City Football Club from 1910, when they joined the Southern Football League to the most recent completed season. The list details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Cardiff City football club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C. by members of Riverside cricket club. The club's first year was made up of friendlies against local sides before they were admitted to the Cardiff and District League in 1900 and later the South Wales Amateur League in 1907. Three years later, in 1910, the club moved into the English football league system for the first time by joining Division Two of the Southern Football League.^[1]

1 Seasons
2 Key
3 Notes
4 References

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Welsh Cup	League Trophy^{[N 1]}	Top scorer^{[N 2]}^{[N 3]}
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Welsh Cup	League Trophy^{[N 1]}	Top scorer^{[N 2]}^{[N 3]}
1910–11	Southern League Division 2	22	12	4	6	48	29	28	4th				2R		Unknown
1911–12	Southern League Division 2	26	15	4	7	55	26	34	3rd				W		Unknown
1912–13	Southern League Division 2	24	18	5	1	54	14	41	1st	5QR			SF		Unknown
1913–14	Southern League Division 1	38	13	12	13	46	42	38	10th				3R		George West
1914–15	Southern League Division 1	38	21	7	10	72	38	48	3rd	1R			3R		George West
No competitive football was played between 1915 to 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20	Southern League Division 1	42	18	17	7	70	43	53	4th	3R			W		Arthur Cashmore	14
1920–21	Div 2	42	24	10	8	59	32	58	2nd	SF					Jimmy Gill	20
1921–22	Div 1	42	19	10	13	61	53	48	4th	QF			W		Len Davies	30
1922–23	Div 1	42	18	7	17	73	59	43	9th	3R			W		Len Davies	28
1923–24	Div 1	42	22	13	7	61	34	57	2nd	QF			5R		Len Davies	24
1924–25	Div 1	42	16	11	15	56	51	43	11th	RU			5R		Len Davies	22
1925–26	Div 1	42	16	7	19	61	76	39	16th	4R			5R		Hughie Ferguson	21
1926–27	Div 1	42	16	9	17	55	65	41	14th	W			W		Hughie Ferguson	31
1927–28	Div 1	42	17	10	15	70	80	44	6th	5R			W		Hughie Ferguson	25
1928–29	Div 1	42	8	13	21	43	59	29	22nd	3R			RU		Hughie Ferguson	15
1929–30	Div 2	42	18	8	16	61	59	44	8th	4R			W		Len Davies	15
1930–31	Div 2	42	8	9	25	47	87	25	22nd	3R			SF		Walter Robbins	12
1931–32	Div 3 South	42	19	8	15	87	73	46	9th	1R			6R		Jimmy McCambridge	28
1932–33	Div 3 South	42	12	7	23	69	99	31	19th	1R			SF		Jimmy McCambridge	18
1933–34	Div 3 South	42	9	6	27	57	105	24	22nd	1R			6R		Jim Henderson & Eli Postin	13
1934–35	Div 3 South	42	13	9	20	62	82	35	19th	1R			7R		Reg Keating	19
1935–36	Div 3 South	42	13	10	19	60	73	36	20th	1R			7R		Reg Keating	11
1936–37	Div 3 South	42	14	7	21	54	87	35	18th	3R			6R		George Walton	9
1937–38	Div 3 South	42	15	12	15	67	54	42	10th	3R			6R		Jimmy Collins	28
1938–39	Div 3 South	42	15	11	16	61	65	41	13th	4R			RU		Jimmy Collins	21
No competitive football was played between 1939 to 1945 due to the Second World War.
1946–47	Div 3 South	42	30	6	6	93	30	66	1st	3R			5R		Stan Richards	30
1947–48	Div 2	42	18	11	13	61	58	47	5th	3R			5R		Billy Rees	12
1948–49	Div 2	42	19	13	10	62	47	51	4th	5R			SF		Ernie Stevenson	14
1949–50	Div 2	42	16	10	16	41	44	42	10th	5R			7R		Elfed Evans	12
1950–51	Div 2	42	17	16	9	53	45	50	3rd	3R			RU		Wilf Grant	18
1951–52	Div 2	42	20	11	11	72	54	51	2nd	3R			6R		Wilf Grant	27
1952–53	Div 1	42	14	12	16	54	46	40	12th	3R			SF		Ken Chisholm	15
1953–54	Div 1	42	18	8	16	51	71	44	10th	4R			SF		Wilf Grant	15
1954–55	Div 1	42	13	11	18	62	76	37	20th	3R			SF		Trevor Ford	24
1955–56	Div 1	42	15	9	18	55	69	39	17th	4R			W		Gerry Hitchens	28
1956–57	Div 1	42	10	9	23	53	88	29	21st	4R			6R		Gerry Hitchens	25
1957–58	Div 2	42	14	9	19	63	77	37	15th	5R			5R		Ron Hewitt	15
1958–59	Div 2	42	18	7	17	65	65	43	9th	4R			W		Ron Hewitt	17
1959–60	Div 2	42	23	12	7	90	62	57	2nd	3R			RU		Derek Tapscott	21
1960–61	Div 1	42	13	11	18	60	85	37	15th	3R	2R		SF		Derek Tapscott	30
1961–62	Div 1	42	9	14	19	50	81	32	21st	3R	3R		SF		Dai Ward	21
1962–63	Div 2	42	18	7	17	83	73	43	10th	3R	2R		6R		Peter Hooper	24
1963–64	Div 2	42	14	10	18	56	81	38	15th	3R	2R		RU		Mel Charles	17
1964–65	Div 2	42	13	14	15	64	57	40	13th	3R	2R	QF	W		Ivor Allchurch	19
1965–66	Div 2	42	12	10	20	71	91	34	20th	4R	SF	1R	5R		George Johnston	23
1966–67	Div 2	42	12	9	21	61	87	33	20th	3R	2R		W		Bobby Brown	17
1967–68	Div 2	42	13	12	17	60	66	38	13th	3R	2R	SF	W		Peter King	18
1968–69	Div 2	42	20	7	15	67	54	47	5th	3R	2R	1R	W		John Toshack	31
1969–70	Div 2	42	18	13	11	61	41	49	7th	3R	2R	2R	W		Brian Clark	28
1970–71	Div 2	42	20	13	9	64	41	53	3rd	4R	2R	QF	W		Brian Clark	22
1971–72	Div 2	42	10	14	18	56	69	34	19th	5R	2R	1R	RU		Brian Clark	27
1972–73	Div 2	42	11	11	20	43	58	33	20th	4R	1R		W		Andrew McCulloch	19
1973–74	Div 2	42	10	16	16	49	62	36	17th	3R	2R	1R	W		Andrew McCulloch	14
1974–75	Div 2	42	9	14	19	36	62	32	21st	3R	1R	1R	RU		Gil Reece	10
1975–76	Div 3	46	22	13	11	69	48	57	2nd	4R	1R		W		Tony Evans	29
1976–77	Div 2	42	12	10	20	56	67	34	18th	5R	2R	1R	W		Tony Evans	24
1977–78	Div 2	42	13	12	17	51	71	38	19th	3R	2R	1R	SF		John Buchanan	14
1978–79	Div 2	42	16	10	16	56	70	42	9th	3R	1R		5R		John Buchanan	18
1979–80	Div 2	42	16	8	18	41	48	40	15th	3R	2R		4R		Ray Bishop & Gary Stevens	11
1980–81	Div 2	42	12	12	18	44	60	36	19th	3R	3R		4R		Peter Kitchen	19
1981–82	Div 2	42	12	8	22	45	61	44	20th	3R	1R		RU		Gary Stevens	18
1982–83	Div 3	46	25	11	10	76	50	86	2nd	2R	2R		3R		Jeff Hemmerman	26
1983–84	Div 2	42	15	6	21	53	66	51	15th	3R	2R		5R		Gordon Owen	18
1984–85	Div 2	42	9	8	25	47	79	35	21st	3R	2R		4R		Nigel Vaughan	17
1985–86	Div 3	46	12	9	25	53	83	45	22nd	1R	1R		SF	GS	Nigel Vaughan	17
1986–87	Div 4	46	15	16	15	48	50	61	13th	4R	4R		4R	GS	Paul Wimbleton	11
1987–88	Div 4	46	24	13	9	66	41	85	2nd	1R	1R		W	1R	Jimmy Gilligan	25
1988–89	Div 3	46	14	15	17	44	56	57	16th	3R	2R	2R	5R	1R	Jimmy Gilligan	23
1989–90	Div 3	46	12	14	20	57	70	50	21st	3R	1R		SF	GS	Chris Pike	23
1990–91	Div 4	46	15	15	16	43	54	60	13th	1R	2R		3R	GS	Chris Pike	16
1991–92	Div 4	42	17	15	10	66	53	66	9th	1R	1R		W	1R	Carl Dale & Chris Pike	28
1992–93	Div 3	42	25	8	9	77	47	83	1st	1R	1R	1R	W	1R	Phil Stant	18
1993–94	Div 2	46	13	15	18	66	79	54	19th	5R	1R	1R	RU	2R	Phil Stant	22
1994–95	Div 2	46	9	11	26	46	74	38	22nd	1R	1R		RU	2R	Phil Stant	15
1995–96	Div 3	46	11	12	23	41	64	45	22nd	2R	2R			1R	Carl Dale	30
1996–97	Div 3	46	20	9	17	56	54	69	7th	2R	1R			2R	Steve White	14
1997–98	Div 3	46	9	23	14	48	52	50	21st	4R	1R			1R	Andy Saville	14
1998–99	Div 3	46	22	14	10	60	39	80	3rd	4R	1R			1R	Kevin Nugent	22
1999–00	Div 2	46	9	17	20	45	67	44	21st	3R	2R			1R	Jason Bowen & Kevin Nugent	17
2000–01	Div 3	46	23	13	10	95	58	82	2nd	3R	1R			1R	Robert Earnshaw	25
2001–02	Div 2	46	23	14	9	75	50	83	4th	4R	1R			2R	Graham Kavanagh	16
2002–03	Div 2	46	23	12	11	68	43	81	6th	3R	2R			3R	Robert Earnshaw	35
2003–04	Div 1	46	17	14	15	68	58	65	13th	3R	2R				Robert Earnshaw	26
2004–05	Championship	46	13	15	18	48	51	54	16th	3R	4R				Peter Thorne	14
2005–06	Championship	46	16	12	18	58	59	60	11th	3R	3R				Cameron Jerome	20
2006–07	Championship	46	17	13	16	57	53	64	13th	3R	1R				Michael Chopra	22
2007–08	Championship	46	16	16	14	59	55	64	12th	RU	4R				Joe Ledley & Paul Parry	11
2008–09	Championship	46	26	17	10	65	53	74	7th	4R	3R				Ross McCormack	23
2009–10	Championship	46	22	10	14	73	54	76	4th	5R	3R				Peter Whittingham	26
2010-11	Championship	46	23	11	12	76	54	80	4th	3R	2R				Jay Bothroyd	20
2011-12	Championship	23	10	9	4	37	36	39	4th	3R	SF				Peter Whittingham	8

Key

Key to league record:

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

Key to divisions:

Div 1 = Football League First Division
Div 2 = Football League Second Division
Div 3 = Football League Third Division
Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division
Championship = Football League Championship

Key to rounds:

GS = Group Stages
QR = Qualifying round
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Notes

^ Up until the final this cup is split into Northern and Southern sections, Cardiff City only take part in the Southern Section.
^ Goals in all competitions (Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity or Community Shield, FAW Premier Cup and European Cup Winners Cup) are counted.
^ Bold names and tally indicates player was top goalscorer of the league that year.

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
"Southern league final tables". http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
"Welsh football data archive". http://www.wfda.co.uk/index.php. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
"The Football League Trophy". http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeremy.hicks/flt/. Retrieved 2011-06-08.

^ "Club history". Cardiff City F.C.. http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10335~61928,00.html. Retrieved 2010-03-10.

Cardiff City Football Club

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Players	Centurions · <100 appearances · Internationals · All players

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Songs & Celebrations	The Ayatollah · Bluebirds Flying High · Men of Harlech

Miscellaneous	Strip · Soul Crew · Head to Head record · personnel · Player of the Year

Cardiff City F.C. seasons

1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30

1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40

1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50

1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60

1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70

1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80

1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90

001990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000

2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10

2010–11 · 2011-12

List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons

Contents

Seasons

Key

Notes

References