List of Watford F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Watford Football Club in English and European football, from 1898 (when West Herts and Watford St Mary's merged) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions and where known the top scorer in league games.

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or reorganisation

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Top scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	#
1898–99	South 2L	22	14	2	6	62	35	30	3rd	—	—
1899–00	South 2	20	14	2	4	57	25	30	1st	—	—
1900–01	South 1	28	6	4	18	24	52	16	14th	—	—
1901–02	South 1	30	9	4	17	36	60	22	13th	—	—
1902–03	South 1	30	6	4	20	35	87	16	15th	—	—
1903–04	South 2	20	18	2	0	70	15	38	1st	—	—
1904–05	South 1	34	14	3	17	41	44	31	13th	QR6	—
1905–06	South 1	34	8	10	16	38	57	26	14th	R2	—
1906–07	South 1	38	13	16	9	46	43	42	9th	R1	—
1907–08	South 1	38	12	10	16	47	59	34	14th	R1	—
1908–09	South 1	40	14	9	17	51	64	37	14th	R1	—
1909–10	South 1	42	10	13	19	51	76	33	19th	R1	—
1910–11	South 1	38	13	9	16	49	65	35	14th	R1	—
1911–12	South 1	38	13	10	15	56	58	36	9th	R1	—
1912–13	South 1	38	12	10	16	43	50	34	14th	QR5	—
1913–14	South 1	38	10	9	19	50	56	29	18th	QR5	—
1914–15	South 1	38	22	8	8	68	46	52	1st	QR6	—
1919–20	South 1	42	26	6	10	69	42	58	2nd	QR6	—
1920–21	Div 3 South	42	20	8	14	59	44	48	6th	R2	—
1921–22	Div 3 South	42	13	18	11	54	48	44	7th	R2	—
1922–23	Div 3 South	42	17	10	15	57	54	44	10th	R1	—
1923–24	Div 3 South	42	9	15	18	45	54	33	20th	R3	—
1924–25	Div 3 South	42	17	9	16	38	47	43	11th	R1	—
1925–26	Div 3 South	42	15	9	18	73	89	39	15th	R2	—
1926–27	Div 3 South	42	12	8	22	57	87	32	21st	R2	—
1927–28	Div 3 South	42	14	10	18	68	78	38	15th	R1	—
1928–29	Div 3 South	42	19	10	13	79	74	48	8th	R4	—
1929–30	Div 3 South	42	15	8	19	60	73	38	15th	R2	—
1930–31	Div 3 South	42	14	7	21	72	75	35	18th	R5	—
1931–32	Div 3 South	42	19	8	15	81	79	46	11th	QF	—
1932–33	Div 3 South	42	16	12	14	66	63	44	11th	R3	—
1933–34	Div 3 South	42	15	7	20	71	63	37	15th	R1	—
1934–35	Div 3 South	42	19	9	14	76	49	47	6th	R2	—
1935–36	Div 3 South	42	20	9	13	80	54	49	5th	R4	—
1936–37	Div 3 South	42	19	11	12	85	60	49	4th	R1	—
1937–38	Div 3 South	42	21	11	10	73	43	53	4th	R3	—
1938–39	Div 3 South	42	17	12	13	62	51	46	4th	R3	—
1939–40	Div 3 South	3	0	2	1	4	5	2	—	—	—	Abandoned due to outbreak of World War II
1944–45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R4	—
1946–47	Div 3 South	42	17	4	20	61	76	39	16th	R2	—
1947–48	Div 3 South	42	14	10	18	57	79	38	15th	R1	—
1948–49	Div 3 South	42	10	15	17	41	54	34	17th	R1	—
1949–50	Div 3 South	42	16	13	13	45	35	45	6th	R4	—
1950–51	Div 3 South	46	9	11	26	54	88	29	23rd	R1	—
1951–52	Div 3 South	46	13	10	23	57	81	36	21st	R2	—
1952–53	Div 3 South	46	15	17	14	62	63	47	10th	R2	—
1953–54	Div 3 South	46	21	10	15	85	69	52	4th	R1	—
1954–55	Div 3 South	46	18	14	14	71	62	50	7th	R3	—
1955–56	Div 3 South	46	13	11	22	52	85	37	21st	R2	—
1956–57	Div 3 South	46	18	10	18	72	75	46	11th	R2	—
1957–58	Div 3 South	46	13	16	17	59	77	42	16th	R1	—
1958–59	Division 4	46	16	10	20	81	79	42	15th	R2	—
1959–60	Division 4	46	24	9	13	92	67	57	4th	R5	—		Cliff Holton	42
1960–61	Division 3	46	20	12	14	85	72	52	4th	R3	R1		Cliff Holton	32
1961–62	Division 3	46	14	13	19	63	74	41	17th	R3	R3
1962–63	Division 3	46	17	8	21	82	85	42	17th	R4	R1
1963–64	Division 3	46	23	12	11	79	59	58	3rd	R2	R1
1964–65	Division 3	46	17	16	13	71	64	50	9th	R1	R2
1965–66	Division 3	46	17	13	16	55	51	47	12th	R2	R2
1966–67	Division 3	46	20	14	12	61	46	54	3rd	R3	R1
1967–68	Division 3	46	21	8	17	74	50	50	6th	R3	R2
1968–69	Division 3	46	27	10	9	74	34	64	1st	R4	R1
1969–70	Division 2	42	9	13	20	44	57	31	19th	SF	R2
1970–71	Division 2	42	10	13	19	38	60	33	18th	R4	R2
1971–72	Division 2	42	5	9	28	24	75	19	22th	R3	R3
1972–73	Division 3	46	12	17	17	43	48	41	19th	R3	R1
1973–74	Division 3	46	19	12	15	64	56	50	7th	R2	R1
1974–75	Division 3	46	10	17	19	52	75	37	23rd	R1	R1		Ross Jenkins	11
1975–76	Division 4	46	22	6	18	62	62	50	8th	R1	R2		Ross Jenkins	19
1976–77	Division 4	46	18	15	13	67	50	51	7th	R3	R3
1977–78	Division 4	46	30	11	5	85	38	71	1st	R3	R3		Ross Jenkins	16
1978–79	Division 3	46	24	12	10	83	52	60	2nd	R2	SF		Ross Jenkins	29
1979–80	Division 2	42	12	13	17	39	46	37	18th	QF	R1
1980–81	Division 2	42	16	11	15	50	45	43	9th	R4	QF
1981–82	Division 2	42	23	11	8	76	42	80	2nd	R5	QF		Luther Blissett	19
1982–83	Division 1	42	22	5	15	74	57	71	2nd	R5	R3		Luther Blissett	27
1983–84	Division 1	42	16	9	17	68	77	57	11th	F	R2	UEFA Cup Round 3
1984–85	Division 1	42	14	13	15	81	71	55	11th	R5	QF		Luther Blissett	21
1985–86	Division 1	42	16	11	15	69	62	59	12th	QF	R3
1986–87	Division 1	42	18	9	15	67	54	63	9th	SF	R3
1987–88	Division 1	40	7	11	22	27	51	32	20th	QF	R4
1988–89	Division 2	46	22	12	12	74	48	78	4th	R5	R2
1989–90	Division 2	46	14	15	17	58	60	57	20th	R4	R2
1990–91	Division 2	46	12	15	19	45	59	51	20th	R3	R2
1991–92	Division 2	46	18	11	17	51	48	65	10th	R3	R2
1992–93	Division 1	46	14	13	19	57	71	55	16th	R3	R4
1993–94	Division 1	46	15	9	22	66	80	54	19th	R3	R2
1994–95	Division 1	46	19	13	14	52	46	70	7th	R5	R2
1995–96	Division 1	46	10	18	18	62	70	48	23rd	R3	R3		Craig Ramage	15
1996–97	Division 2	46	16	19	11	45	38	67	13th	R4	R2		Tommy Mooney	13
1997–98	Division 2	46	24	16	6	67	41	88	1st	R3	R2		Peter Kennedy	11
1998–99	Division 1	46	21	14	11	65	56	77	5th	R3	R1		Gifton Noel-Williams	10
1999–00	Premier League	38	6	6	26	35	77	24	20th	R3	R3		Heiðar Helguson	6
2000–01	Division 1	46	20	9	17	76	67	69	9th	R3	R3		Tommy Mooney	19
2001–02	Division 1	46	16	11	19	62	56	59	14th	R3	QF		Tommy Smith	11
2002–03	Division 1	46	17	9	20	54	70	60	13th	SF	R1		Heiðar Helguson	11
2003–04	Division 1	46	15	12	19	54	68	57	16th	R3	R2		Scott Fitzgerald	10
2004–05	Championship	46	12	16	18	52	59	52	18th	R3	SF		Heiðar Helguson	20
2005–06	Championship	46	22	15	9	77	53	81	3rd	R3	R3		Marlon King	22
2006–07	Premier League	38	5	13	20	29	59	28	20th	SF	R4		Hameur Bouazza	7
2007–08	Championship	46	18	16	12	62	56	70	6th	R4	R2		Darius Henderson	12
2008–09	Championship	46	16	10	20	68	72	58	13th	R5	R5		Tommy Smith	17

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