List of Norwich City F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Norwich City F.C. in English and European football, from 1902 (the year of the club's foundation) to the most recent completed season.

The club has won the Football League Cup twice and various divisional championships. This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Professional era

Season	League record1									FA Cup	League Cup2	Charity Shield	Europe	Top goalscorer3
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Goals
1905–06	SL	34	13	10	11	46	38	36	7th	R2				David Ross	21
1906–07	SL	38	15	12	11	57	48	42	8th	R2				David Ross	26
1907–08	SL	38	12	9	17	46	49	33	16th	R2				James Bauchop	12
1908–09	SL	40	12	11	17	59	75	35	19th	R3				John Smith	23
1909–10	SL	42	13	9	20	59	78	35	17th	R1				William Rayner	13
1910–11	SL	38	15	8	15	46	48	38	10th	R2				William Ingham	15
1911–12	SL	38	10	14	14	40	60	34	12th	R1				Dick Birchall	8
1911–12	SL	38	10	9	19	39	50	29	18th	R2				Harry Woods	9
1912–13	SL	38	9	17	12	49	51	35	14th	R1				Arthur Wolstenholme	15
1914–15	SL	38	11	14	13	53	56	36	13th	R3				Cecil Potter Danny Wilson	13
1919–20	Div 3	42	15	11	16	64	57	41	12th	R1				John Doran	18
1920–21	Div 3	42	10	16	16	44	53	36	16th	R1				George Travers	14
1921–22	Div 3(S)	42	12	13	17	50	62	37	15th	R5				Sam Austin	12
1922–23	Div 3(S)	42	13	10	19	51	71	36	18th	R4				Bob Dennison	15
1923–24	Div 3(S)	42	16	8	18	60	59	40	11th	R3				James Jackson	15
1924–25	Div 3(S)	42	14	13	15	53	51	41	12th	R4				James Jackson	14
1925–26	Div 3(S)	42	15	9	18	58	73	39	16th	R1				James Jackson	21
1926–27	Div 3(S)	42	12	11	19	59	71	35	16th	R4				Reg Cropper	15
1927–28	Div 3(S)	42	10	16	16	66	70	36	17th	R3				Percy Verco	32
1928–29	Div 3(S)	42	14	6	22	69	81	34	17th	R3				Frank McKenna	18
1929–30	Div 3(S)	42	18	10	10	88	77	46	8th	R2				Thomas Hunt	25
1930–31	Div 3(S)	42	10	8	24	47	76	28	22nd	R2				Thomas Williams	12
1931–32	Div 3(S)	42	17	12	13	76	67	46	10th	R2				Cecil Blakemore	16
1932–33	Div 3(S)	42	22	13	7	88	55	57	3rd	R1				Oliver Brown Ken Burditt	19
1933–34	Div 3(S)	42	25	11	6	88	49	61	1st	R1				Jack Vinall Billy Warnes	24
1934–35	Div 2	42	14	11	17	71	61	39	14th	R5				Jack Vinall	19
1935–36	Div 2	42	17	9	16	72	65	43	11th	R3				Jack Vinall	24
1936–37	Div 2	42	14	8	20	63	71	36	17th	R4				Frank Manders	17
1937–38	Div 2	42	14	11	17	56	75	39	14th	R3				Tim Coleman	16
1938–39	Div 2	42	13	5	24	50	91	31	21st	R3				Frank Manders	8
1939–40	Div 3(S)	n/a4
Norwich played no league football between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1945–46	n/a5									R3
1946–47	Div 3(S)	42	10	8	24	64	100	28	21st	R2				Les Eyre	18
1947–48	Div 3(S)	42	13	8	21	61	76	34	21st	R2				Les Eyre	16
1948–49	Div 3(S)	42	16	12	14	67	49	44	10th	R2				Ron Ashman	13
1949–50	Div 3(S)	42	16	10	16	65	63	42	11th	R3				Noel Kinsey	17
1950–51	Div 3(S)	46	25	14	7	82	45	64	2nd	R5				Johnny Gavin	18
1951–52	Div 3(S)	46	26	9	11	89	50	61	3rd	R3				Roy Hollis	22
1952–53	Div 3(S)	46	25	10	11	99	55	60	4th	R2				Alf Ackerman	22
1953–54	Div 3(S)	46	20	11	15	73	66	51	7th	R5				Tom Johnston	16
1954–55	Div 3(S)	46	18	10	18	60	60	46	12th	R2				Bobby Brennan Fred Kearns	11
1955–56	Div 3(S)	46	19	13	14	86	82	51	7th	R3				Ralph Hunt	33
1956–57	Div 3(S)	46	8	15	23	61	94	31	24th	R1				Ralph Hunt	21
1957–58	Div 3(S)	46	19	15	12	75	70	53	8th	R3				Johnny Gavin	22
1958–59	Div 3	46	22	13	11	89	62	57	4th	SF				Terry Bly	29
1959–60	Div 3	46	24	11	11	82	54	59	2nd	R1				Terry Allcock Jimmy Hill	16
1960–61	Div 2	42	20	9	13	70	53	49	4th	R5	R4			Terry Allcock	16
1961–62	Div 2	42	14	11	17	61	70	39	17th	R5	W			Terry Allcock	21
1962–63	Div 2	42	17	8	17	80	79	42	13th	R6	QF			Terry Allcock	37
1963–64	Div 2	42	11	13	18	64	80	35	17th	R3	QF			Ron Davies	30
1964–65	Div 2	42	20	7	15	61	57	47	6th	R3	R4			Gordon Bolland	20
1965–66	Div 2	42	12	15	15	52	52	39	13th	R5	R2			Ron Davies	21
1966–67	Div 2	42	13	14	15	49	55	40	11th	R5	R2			Tommy Bryceland Laurie Sheffield	9
1967–68	Div 2	42	16	11	15	65	60	43	9th	R4	R3			Hugh Curran	18
1968–69	Div 2	42	15	10	17	53	56	40	13th	R3	R4			Hugh Curran	22
1969–70	Div 2	42	16	11	15	49	46	43	11th	R3	R2			Ken Foggo	11
1970–71	Div 2	42	15	14	13	54	52	44	10th	R3	R3			Ken Foggo	19
1971–72	Div 2	42	21	15	6	60	36	57	1st	R3	QF
1972–736	Div 1	42	11	10	21	36	63	32	22nd	R3	RU
1973–74	Div 1	42	7	15	20	37	62	29	22nd	R3	SF
1974–75	Div 2	42	20	13	9	58	37	53	3rd	R3	RU
1975–76	Div 1	42	16	10	16	58	58	42	10th	R5	R2
1976–77	Div 1	42	14	9	19	47	64	37	16th	R3	R3
1977–78	Div 1	42	11	18	13	52	66	40	13th	R3	R2			John Ryan	16
1978–79	Div 1	42	7	23	12	51	57	37	16th	R3	R4			Martin Peters	12
1979–80	Div 1	42	13	14	15	58	66	40	12th	R4	QF
1980–81	Div 1	42	13	7	22	49	73	33	20th	R4	R3			Justin Fashanu	22
1981–82	Div 2	42	22	5	15	64	50	717	3rd	R5	R3			Ross Jack	14
1982–83	Div 1	42	14	12	16	52	58	54	14th	R6	R4			John Deehan	21
1983–84	Div 1	42	12	15	15	48	49	51	14th	R5	QF			John Deehan	17
1984–85	Div 1	42	13	10	19	46	64	49	20th	R4	W			John Deehan	18
1985–86	Div 2	42	25	9	8	84	37	84	1st	R3	R4			Kevin Drinkell	23
1986–87	Div 1	42	17	17	8	53	51	68	5th	R4	R4			Kevin Drinkell	19
1987–88	Div 1	40	12	9	19	40	52	45	14th	R3	R3			Kevin Drinkell	12
1988–89	Div 1	38	16	12	10	48	46	60	4th	SF	R3			Robert Fleck	15
1989–90	Div 1	38	13	14	11	44	42	53	10th	R4	R3			Robert Fleck	12
1990–91	Div 1	38	13	6	19	41	64	45	15th	R6	R3			Robert Fleck Dale Gordon	9
1991–92	Div 1	42	11	12	19	47	63	45	18th	SF	QF			Robert Fleck	19
1992–93	Prem	42	21	9	12	61	65	72	3rd	R3	R4			Mark Robins	16
1993–94	Prem	42	12	17	13	65	61	53	12th	R4	R3	UEFA Cup	R3	Chris Sutton	25
1994–95	Prem	42	10	13	19	37	54	43	20th	R5	QF			Ashley Ward	8
1995–96	Div 1	46	14	15	17	59	55	57	16th	R3	QF			Ashley Ward	13
1996–97	Div 1	46	17	12	17	63	68	63	13th	R4	R1			Darren Eadie	17
1997–98	Div 1	46	14	13	19	52	69	55	15th	R3	R1			Craig Bellamy	13
1998–99	Div 1	46	15	17	14	62	61	62	9th	R3	R3			Iwan Roberts	23[1]
1999–2000	Div 1	46	14	15	17	45	50	57	12th	R3	R2			Iwan Roberts	19[2]
2000–01	Div 1	46	14	12	20	46	58	54	15th	R3	R3			Iwan Roberts	19[3]
2001–02	Div 1	46	22	9	15	60	51	75	6th8	R3	R1			Iwan Roberts	14[4]
2002–03	Div 1	46	19	12	15	60	49	69	8th	R5	R1			Paul McVeigh	15[5]
2003–04	Div 1	46	28	10	8	79	39	94	1st	R4	R2			Darren Huckerby	14[6]
2004–05	Prem	38	7	12	19	42	77	33	19th	R3	R3			Dean Ashton	7[7]
2005–06	Chmp	46	18	8	20	56	65	62	9th	R3	R3			Dean Ashton	11[8]
2006–07	Chmp[9]	46	16	9	21	56	71	57	16th	R5	R3			Robert Earnshaw	19[8]
2007–08	Chmp	46	12	10	24	57	70	46	17th	R3	R3			Jamie Cureton	14[8]
2008–09	Chmp	46	15	10	21	49	59	55	22nd	R3	R1			Leroy Lita	7[8]
2009–10	L1	46	29	8	9	89	47	95	1st	R2	R2			Grant Holt	30[8]
2010–11	Chmp	46	23	15	8	83	58	84	2nd	R3	R2			Grant Holt	23

¹All statistics, other than top scorers, from http://www.fchd.info/NORWICHC.HTM. Top scorers from Playfair Football Annual for relevant years, or equivalent annual publication before 1960.

²The League Cup was founded in 1961.

³Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European) are counted.

⁴The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled. At the time of the abandonment, Norwich had played three competitive matches, winning one, drawing one and losing one.

⁵The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.

⁶Texaco Cup Runners Up.

⁷The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.

⁸Lost in play-off semi-finals to Birmingham City F.C.

Key

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

SL = Southern League Div 1 = Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Div 3(S) = Football League Third Division South Prem = Premier League Chmp = Championship L1 = League One n/a = Not applicable

QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

References

Norwich City Football Club Club History  · Seasons  · Current Season  · Managers Records Records  · Hall of Fame  · Players of the Year Players Current squad  · Players  · Captains Grounds Carrow Road  · The Nest  · Newmarket Road Matches Bayern Munich  · 1962 League Cup Final  · 1973 League Cup Final  · 1975 League Cup Final  · 1985 League Cup Final  · 2002 Play-off Final Other East Anglian derby  · Pride of Anglia  · On the Ball, City

Norwich City F.C. seasons 1988–89 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