List of Leeds United F.C. seasons

For club records since its establishment in 1919 see Leeds United A.F.C. club records

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The Full League, Cup and European record of Leeds United A.F.C. sorted by decade

1920s - 1930s - World War II Leagues - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

Please Note:

All Seasons up to 2006-07 are included. Seasons to be added upon completion.
The League Cup did not start until 1960.
European Competitions:
- UC = Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup.
- EC = European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
- CWC = European Cup Winners' Cup.
CS = FA Charity/Community Shield.
YC = FA Youth Cup.
FMC = Full Members Cup (Alternative to European Competition after English clubs were banned following the Heysel Stadium disaster, took place between 1985-86 and 1991-92)
FLT = Football League Trophy (Only clubs in the two lowest divisions of The Football League take part in this competition)
Average Attendance (Av. Att.) and Top Scorer cover all competitions.
Bold indicates Competition Won.

1920s

League										F.A. Cup	Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Division 2
1920-21	14th	42	14	10	18	40	45	-5	38	Preliminary	Elected To Div 2	Robert Thompson	12	14,967
1921-22	8th	42	16	13	13	48	38	10	45	1st Round		Tommy Howarth	13	13,645
1922-23	7th	42	18	11	13	43	36	7	47	2nd Round		Percy Whipp	16	13,420
1923-24	1st	42	21	12	9	61	35	26	54	3rd Round	Promoted as Champions	Jack Swann	18	16,313
Division 1
1924-25	18th	42	11	12	19	46	59	-13	34	1st Round		Jack Swann	11	23,001
1925-26	19th	42	14	8	20	64	76	-12	36	3rd Round		Tom Jennings	26	21,382
1926-27	21st	42	11	8	23	69	88	-19	30	4th Round	Relegated	Tom Jennings	37	22,073
Division 2
1927-28	2nd	42	25	7	10	98	39	59	57	3rd Round	Promoted	Tom Jennings & John White	21	21,835
Division 1
1928-29	13th	42	16	9	17	71	84	-13	41	4th Round		Charlie Keetley	22	22,427
1929-30	5th	42	20	6	16	79	63	16	46	4th Round		Russell Wainscoat	18	20,910

1930s

League										F.A. Cup	Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Division 1
1930-31	21st	42	12	7	23	68	81	-13	31	5th Round	Relegated	Charlie Keetley	16	15,755
Division 2
1931-32	2nd	42	22	10	10	78	54	24	54	3rd Round	Promoted	Charlie Keetley	23	14,079
Division 1
1932-33	8th	42	15	14	13	59	62	-3	44	5th Round		Arthur Hydes	20	17,473
1933-34	9th	42	17	8	17	75	66	9	42	3rd Round		Arthur Hydes	16	16,052
1934-35	18th	42	13	12	17	75	92	-17	38	4th Round		Arthur Hydes	25	16,344
1935-36	11th	42	15	11	16	66	64	2	41	5th Round		George Brown	20	20,341
1936-37	19th	42	15	4	23	60	80	-20	34	3rd Round		Arthur Hydes	11	18,230
1937-38	9th	42	14	15	13	64	69	-5	43	4th Round		Gordon Hodgson	26	21,979
1938-39	13th	42	16	9	17	59	67	-8	41	4th Round		Gordon Hodgson	21	19,444
1939-40	22nd	3	0	0	3	0	3	-3	0	No Cup	League Abandoned due to WWII	N/A	N/A	15,135

World War II Leagues

Unofficial Leagues which took place during the War

Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Regional League NE Division
1939-40	5th	18	9	3	6	36	27	9	21	David Cochrane	7	3,979
North Regional League
1940-41	15th	30	13	8	9	62	54	8	34	Townsend	14	3,347
Football League (Northern Section)
1941	26th	18	7	1	10	36	46	10	15	Gerry Henry	15	2,889
1941-42	?	17	7	0	10	33	33	0	14	Gerry Henry	13	2,856
1942	43rd	18	3	4	11	28	45	-17	10	Albert Wakefield	7	3,111
1942-43	47th	16	5	1	10	32	50	-18	11	Aubrey Powell	10	2,313
1943	27th	18	6	5	7	38	50	-12	14	Gerry Henry	12	4,000
1943-44	35th	18	8	3	7	34	40	-6	19	Antonio	5	7,838
1944	22nd	18	9	2	7	53	42	11	20	Tom Hindle	11	8,307
1944-45	32nd	22	9	3	10	53	55	-2	21	Tom Hindle	15	6,958
1945-46	22nd	42	9	7	26	66	119	53	25	George Ainsley	20	12,286

1940s

League										F.A. Cup	Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
World War II
1945-46	No League Played									3rd Round		George Ainsley	2	18,000
Division 1
1946-47	22nd	42	6	6	30	45	90	-45	18	3rd Round	Relegated	George Ainsley	12	26,040
Division 2
1947-48	18th	42	14	8	20	62	72	-10	36	3rd Round		Albert Wakefield	21	28,521
1948-49	15th	42	12	13	17	55	63	-8	37	3rd Round		Len Browning	14	29,402
1949-50	5th	42	17	13	12	54	45	9	47	6th Round		Frank Dudley	16	32,124

1950s

League										F.A. Cup	Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Division 2
1950-51	5th	42	20	8	14	63	55	8	48	4th Round		Len Browning	20	27,127
1951-52	6th	42	18	11	13	59	57	2	47	5th Round		Ray Iggleden	20	26,585
1952-53	10th	42	14	15	13	71	63	8	43	3rd Round		John Charles	27	20,432
1953-54	10th	42	15	13	14	89	81	8	43	3rd Round		John Charles	43	22,709
1954-55	4th	42	23	7	12	70	53	17	53	3rd Round		Harold Brook	16	21,695
1955-56	2nd	42	23	6	13	80	60	20	52	3rd Round	Promoted	John Charles	29	25,152
Division 1
1956-57	8th	42	15	14	13	72	63	9	44	3rd Round		John Charles	39	32,721
1957-58	17th	42	14	9	19	51	63	-12	37	3rd Round		Hugh Baird	20	25,168
1958-59	15th	42	15	9	18	57	74	-17	39	3rd Round		Alan Shackleton	17	25,334
1959-60	21st	42	12	10	20	65	92	-27	34	3rd Round	Relegated	John McCole	23	21,877

1960s

League										Cups			Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	F.A. Cup	League Cup	Europe
Division 2
1960-61	14th	42	14	10	18	75	83	-8	38	3rd Round	4th Round			John McCole	23	13,423
1961-62	19th	42	12	12	18	50	61	-11	36	3rd Round	4th Round			Billy Bremner & Jack Charlton	12	13,340
1962-63	5th	42	19	10	13	79	53	26	48	5th Round	3rd Round			Jim Storrie	27	20,376
1963-64	1st	42	24	15	3	71	34	37	63	4th Round	4th Round		Promoted as Champions	Albert Johanneson & Ian Lawson	15	28,723
Division 1
1964-65	2nd	42	26	9	7	83	52	31	61	Finalists	3rd Round			Jim Storrie	19	36,413
1965-66	2nd	42	23	9	10	79	38	41	55	4th Round	3rd Round	UC Semi-Final		Peter Lorimer	19	34,601
1966-67	4th	42	22	11	9	62	42	20	55	Semi-Final	4th Round	UC Finalists		Johnny Giles	18	35,914
1967-68	4th	42	22	9	11	71	41	30	53	Semi-Final	Winners	UC Winners		Peter Lorimer	30	35,027
1968-69	1st	42	27	13	2	66	26	40	67	3rd Round	4th Round	UC 4th Round	League Champions	Mick Jones	17	34,424
1969-70	2nd	42	21	15	6	84	49	35	57	Finalists	3rd Round	EC Semi-Final	CS Winners	Allan Clarke & Mick Jones	26	35,324

1970s

League										Cups			Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	F.A. Cup	League Cup	Europe
Division 1
1970-71	2nd	42	27	10	5	72	30	42	64	5th Round	2nd Round	UC Winners	UC Trophy Play-Off Runners-Up	Allan Clarke	23	37,218
1971-72	2nd	42	24	9	9	73	31	42	57	Winners	3rd Round	UC 1st Round		Peter Lorimer	29	35,023
1972-73	3rd	42	21	11	10	71	45	26	53	Finalists	4th Round	CWC Finalists		Allan Clarke	26	33,993
1973-74	1st	42	24	14	4	66	31	35	62	5th Round	2nd Round	UC 3rd Round	League Champions	Mick Jones	17	37,026
1974-75	9th	42	16	13	13	57	49	8	45	6th Round	4th Round	EC Finalists	CS Finalists	Allan Clarke	22	34,496
1975-76	5th	42	21	9	12	65	46	19	51	4th Round	3rd Round			Duncan McKenzie	17	30,804
1976-77	10th	42	15	12	15	48	51	-3	42	Semi-Final	2nd Round			Joe Jordan	12	31,176
1977-78	9th	42	18	10	14	63	53	10	46	3rd Round	Semi-Final			Ray Hankin	21	29,808
1978-79	5th	42	18	14	10	70	52	18	50	4th Round	Semi-Final			John Hawley	17	27,964
1979-80	11th	42	13	14	15	46	50	-4	40	3rd Round	2nd Round	UC 2nd Round		Kevin Hird	8	22,813

1980s

League										Cups		Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	F.A. Cup	League Cup
Division 1
1980-81	9th	42	17	10	15	39	47	-8	44	3rd Round	2nd Round		Carl Harris	10	21,105
1981-82	20th	42	10	12	20	39	61	-22	42	4th Round	2nd Round	Relegated (3 point rule introduced)	Arthur Graham & Frank Worthington	9	21,889
Division 2
1982-83	8th	42	13	21	8	51	46	5	60	4th Round	3rd Round		Aiden Butterworth	13	17,025
1983-84	10th	42	16	12	14	55	46	9	60	3rd Round	3rd Round		Tommy Wright	11	15,173
1984-85	7th	42	19	12	11	66	43	23	69	3rd Round	3rd Round		Tommy Wright	15	15,504
1985-86	14th	42	15	8	19	56	72	-16	53	3rd Round	3rd Round	FMC Group Stage	Ian Baird	12	12,715
1986-87	4th	42	19	11	12	58	44	14	68	Semi-Final	2nd Round	Play-Off Final FMC 1st Round	Ian Baird	19	18,362
1987-88	7th	44	19	12	13	61	51	10	69	3rd Round	3rd Round	FMC 2nd Round	John Sheridan	14	19,493
1988-89	10th	46	17	16	13	59	50	9	67	4th Round	3rd Round	FMC 2nd Round	Bobby Davison	17	20,505
1989-90	1st	46	24	13	9	79	52	27	85	3rd Round	2nd Round	Promoted As Champions FMC 4th Round	Gordon Strachan	18	26,865

1990s

League										Cups			Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	F.A. Cup	League Cup	Europe
Division 1
1990-91	4th	38	19	7	12	65	47	18	64	4th Round	Semi-Final		FMC Northern Final	Lee Chapman	31	25,779
1991-92	1st	42	21	16	4	74	37	37	82	3rd Round	5th Round		League Champions FMC 2nd Round	Lee Chapman	20	27,668
Premier League													League Re-structured
1992-93	17th	42	12	15	15	57	62	-5	51	4th Round	3rd Round	EC 2nd Round	CS Winners & YC Winners	Lee Chapman	17	27,585
1993-94	5th	42	18	16	8	65	39	26	70	4th Round	2nd Round			Rod Wallace	17	33,327
1994-95	5th	42	20	13	9	59	38	21	73	5th Round	2nd Round			Tony Yeboah	13	30,959
1995-96	13th	38	12	7	19	40	57	-17	43	6th Round	Finalists	UC 2nd Round		Tony Yeboah	19	30,273
1996-97	11th	38	11	13	14	28	38	-10	46	5th Round	3rd Round		YC Winners	Rod Wallace	8	30,348
1997-98	5th	38	17	8	13	57	46	11	59	6th Round	4th Round			Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	22	32,303
1998-99	4th	38	18	13	7	62	34	28	67	5th Round	4th Round	UC 2nd Round		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	20	36,028
1999-00	3rd	38	21	6	11	58	43	15	69	5th Round	4th Round	UC Semi-Final		Michael Bridges	21	37,579

2000s

League										Cups			Notes	Top Scorer	Goals	Av. Att.
Season	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	F.A. Cup	League Cup	Europe
Premier League
2000-01	4th	38	20	8	10	64	43	21	68	4th Round	3rd Round	EC Semi-Final		Mark Viduka	22	37,866
2001-02	5th	38	18	12	8	53	37	16	66	3rd Round	4th Round	UC 4th Round		Mark Viduka	16	39,460
2002-03	15th	38	14	5	19	58	57	1	47	6th Round	3rd Round	UC 3rd Round		Mark Viduka	22	37,768
2003-04	19th	38	8	9	21	40	79	-39	33	3rd Round	3rd Round		Relegated	Mark Viduka	12	36,119
Championship
2004-05	14th	46	14	18	14	49	52	-3	60	3rd Round	3rd Round			David Healy & Brian Deane	7	28,814
2005-06	5th	46	21	15	10	57	38	19	78	3rd Round	3rd Round		Play-Off Final	David Healy & Rob Hulse	14	22,294
2006-07	24th	46	13	7	26	46	72	-26	36	3rd Round	3rd Round		Relegated 10 Point Deduction^[1]	David Healy	10	20,184
League One
2007-08										1st Round	2nd Round		FLT Northern QF 15 Point Deduction^[2]

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^ Imposed due to not following Football League rules on exiting administration. A Company Voluntary Agreement was not used.

[1] Imposed by Football League due to rules on clubs entering Administration

[2] Imposed due to not following Football League rules on exiting administration. A Company Voluntary Agreement was not used.

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