List of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. seasons

Chart of Huddersfield Town League Performances

This is a list of all the seasons played by Huddersfield Town Association Football Club in English football from 1908, when the club was formed.

Seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe/Other Top goalscorer(s)[a]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1908–09 NEL 34 10 4 20 47 78 24 16th —[b] Harry Wallace 7
1909–10 MFL 42 22 6 14 92 76 50 5th 4QR Jack Foster 25
1910–11 Div 2 38 13 8 17 57 58 34 13th 4QR James Richardson 15
1911–12 38 13 6 19 50 64 32 17th R1 James Macauley 12
1912–13 38 17 9 12 66 40 43 5th R2 Frank Mann 16
1913–14 38 13 8 17 47 53 34 13th R2 10
1914–15 38 17 8 13 61 42 42 8th R1 Ralph Shields 16
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919–20 Div 2 42 28 8 6 97 38 64 2nd R/U Sammy Taylor 41
1920–21 Div 1 42 15 9 18 42 49 39 17th R3 Jack Swann 8
1921–22 42 15 9 18 53 54 39 14th W Charity Shield W Ernie Islip
Clem Stephenson 		15
1922–23 42 21 11 10 60 32 53 3rd R3 Charlie Wilson 16
1923–24 42 23 11 8 60 33 57 1st R3 20
1924–25 42 21 16 5 69 28 58 1st R1 Charity Shield —[c] 24
1925–26 42 23 11 8 92 60 57 1st R4 —[d] George Brown 35
1926–27 42 17 17 8 76 60 51 2nd R3 —[e] 28
1927–28 42 22 7 13 91 68 51 2nd R/U 35
1928–29 42 14 11 17 70 61 39 16th SF 23
1929–30 42 17 9 16 63 69 43 10th R/U Alex Jackson 17
1930–31 42 18 12 12 81 65 48 5th R3 Joe Robson 18
1931–32 42 19 10 13 80 63 48 4th QF Dave Mangnall 42
1932–33 42 18 11 13 66 53 47 6th R4 George McLean 11
1933–34 42 23 10 9 90 61 56 2nd R4 20
1934–35 42 14 10 18 76 71 38 16th R3 Alf Lythgoe 23
1935–36 42 18 12 12 59 56 48 3rd R4 15
1936–37 42 12 15 15 62 64 39 15th R3 Jimmy Richardson 11
1937–38 42 17 5 20 55 68 39 15th R/U Bobby Barclay 14
1938–39 42 12 11 19 58 64 35 19th SF Billy Price 24
1939–40[f] 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 17th[f] — 1
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46 n/a[g] R3 Billy Price 1
1946–47 Div 1 42 13 7 22 53 79 33 20th R3 Jimmy Glazzard 11
1947–48 42 12 12 18 51 60 36 19th R3 Peter Doherty 13
1948–49 42 12 10 20 40 69 34 20th R4 14
1949–50 42 14 9 19 52 73 37 15th R3 Vic Metcalfe
Jeff Taylor 		11
1950–51 42 15 6 21 64 92 36 19th R5 Harold Hassall 18
1951–52 42 10 8 24 49 82 28 21st R3 Jimmy Glazzard 10
1952–53 Div 2 42 24 10 8 84 33 58 2nd R4 31
1953–54 Div 1 42 20 11 11 76 61 51 3rd R3 29
1954–55 42 14 13 15 63 68 41 12th QF 32
1955–56 42 14 7 21 54 83 35 21st R3 11
1956–57 Div 2 42 18 6 18 68 74 42 12th R5 Dave Hickson 22
1957–58 42 14 16 12 63 66 44 9th R3 Les Massie 13
1958–59 42 16 8 18 62 55 40 14th R3 15
1959–60 42 19 9 14 73 52 47 6th R4 22
1960–61 42 13 9 20 62 71 35 20th R4 R2 Derek Stokes 18
1961–62 42 16 12 14 67 59 44 7th R4 R2 14
1962–63 42 17 14 11 63 50 48 6th R3 R2 18
1963–64 42 15 10 17 57 64 40 12th R5 R3 16
1964–65 42 17 10 15 53 51 44 8th R4 R2 Les Massie 11
1965–66 42 19 13 10 62 36 51 4th R5 R3 Allan Gilliver 18
1966–67 42 20 9 13 58 46 49 6th R3 R2 Tony Leighton 20
1967–68 42 13 12 17 46 61 38 14th R3 SF Colin Dobson 14
1968–69 42 17 12 13 53 46 46 6th R4 R2 11
1969–70 42 24 12 6 68 37 60 1st R3 R2 Frank Worthington 19
1970–71 Div 1 42 11 14 17 40 49 36 15th R4 R2 12
1971–72 42 6 13 23 27 59 25 22nd QF R2 Jimmy Lawson 12
1972–73 Div 2 46 8 17 21 36 56 33 21st R3 R2 Alan Gowling 17
1973–74 Div 3 46 17 13 16 56 55 47 10th R2 R1 25
1974–75 46 11 10 25 47 76 32 24th R1 R2 19
1975–76 Div 4 46 21 14 11 56 41 56 5th R4 R2 Terry Gray 19
1976–77 46 19 12 15 60 49 50 9th R1 R3 Kevin Johnson 13
1977–78 46 15 15 16 63 55 45 11th[h] R1 R2 Mick Butler 19
1978–79 46 18 11 17 57 53 47 9th R1 R1 Ian Robins 16
1979–80 46 27 12 7 101 48 66 1st R1 R2 27
1980–81 Div 3 46 21 14 11 71 40 56 4th R3 R1 Steve Kindon 19
1981–82 46 15 12 15 64 59 57[i] 17th R4 R2 Peter Fletcher 14
1982–83 46 23 13 10 84 49 82 3rd R3 R4 Mark Lillis 20
1983–84 Div 2 42 14 15 13 56 49 57 12th R4 R3 14
1984–85 42 15 12 15 52 64 55 13th R4 R2 Mark Lillis
Dale Tempest 		16
1985–86 42 14 10 18 51 67 52 16th R3 R2 Dale Tempest 13
1986–87 42 13 12 17 54 61 51 17th R3 R2 Full Members' Cup R1 Duncan Shearer 25
1987–88 44 6 10 28 41 100 28 23rd R3 R1 R1 16
1988–89 Div 3 46 17 9 20 63 73 60 14th R3 R1 Football League Trophy NQF Craig Maskell 33
1989–90 46 17 14 15 61 62 65 8th R4 R2 R1 20
1990–91 46 18 13 15 57 51 67 11th R2 R1 PR Kieran O'Regan
Iwan Roberts 		14
1991–92 46 22 12 12 59 38 78 3rd R3 R3 NSF Iwan Roberts 35
1992–93 Div 2[j] 46 17 9 20 54 61 60 15th R4 R2 NSF 15
1993–94 46 17 14 15 58 61 65 11th R2 R2 R/U Phil Starbuck 16
1994–95[k] 46 22 15 9 79 49 81 5th[l] R2 R2 NQF Andy Booth 30
1995–96 Div 1 46 17 12 17 61 58 63 8th R5 R2 21
1996–97 46 13 15 18 48 61 54 20th R3 R3 Andy Payton 19
1997–98 46 14 11 21 50 72 53 16th R4 R2 Marcus Stewart 16
1998–99 46 15 16 15 62 71 61 10th R5 R2 26
1999–2000 46 21 11 14 62 49 74 8th R3 R4 Clyde Wijnhard 16
2000–01 46 11 15 20 48 57 48 22nd R3 R1 Delroy Facey
Kevin Gallen 		10
2001–02 Div 2 46 21 15 10 65 47 78 6th R2 R1 Football League Trophy NF Leon Knight 17
2002–03 46 11 12 23 39 61 45 22nd R1 R2 R1 Martin Smith 17
2003–04 Div 3 46 23 12 11 68 52 81 4th[m] R1 R3 R2 Jon Stead 18
2004–05 Lge 1[n] 46 20 10 16 74 65 70 9th R1 R1 R2 Paweł Abbott 27
2005–06 46 19 16 11 72 59 73 4th R3 R2 R1 Andy Booth
Gary Taylor-Fletcher 		15
2006–07 46 14 17 15 60 69 59 15th R1 R1 R1 Luke Beckett 15
2007–08 46 20 6 20 50 62 66 10th R5 R1 R1 12
2008–09 46 18 14 14 62 65 68 9th R1 R2 R2 Gary Roberts 11
2009–10 46 23 11 12 82 56 80 6th R3 R2 R2 Jordan Rhodes 23
2010–11 46 25 12 9 77 48 87 3rd R4 R2 NF 22
2011–12 46 21 18 7 79 47 81 4th[o] R1 R2 R2 40
2012–13 Champ 46 15 13 18 53 73 58 19th R5 R1 James Vaughan 14
2013–14 46 14 11 21 58 65 53 17th R4 R3 12
2014–15 46 13 16 17 58 75 55 16th R3 R2 Nahki Wells 14
2015–16 46 13 12 21 59 70 51 19th R3 R1 18
2016–17 46 25 6 15 56 58 81 5th[p] R5 R1 Elias Kachunga 13
2017–18 Prem 38 9 10 19 28 58 37 16th R5 R3 Steve Mounié 9
2018–19 38 3 7 28 22 76 16 20th R3 R2 Karlan Grant 4
2019–20 Champ 46 13 12 21 52 70 51 18th R3 R1 19
2020–21 46 12 13 21 50 71 49 20th R3 R1 Josh Koroma 8
2021–22 46 23 13 10 64 47 82 3rd R5 R2 Danny Ward 14
2022–23 46 14 11 21 47 62 53 18th R3 R1 Jordan Rhodes 6
2023–24 46 9 18 19 48 77 45 23rd R3 R1 Michał Helik 9

Key

Champions Runners-up Third-place Play-offs Promoted Relegated

Notes

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (Premier League/English Football League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy) are counted.
  2. ^ The team were formed too late to enter the competition.
  3. ^ Never played 1924 FA Cup Winners Newcastle United.
  4. ^ Never played 1925 FA Cup Winners Sheffield United.
  5. ^ Never played 1926 FA Cup Winners Bolton Wanderers.
  6. ^ a b The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played; Huddersfield Town were seventeenth in the table at the time.
  7. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but The Football League did not resume until the following season.
  8. ^ Lowest League finish.
  9. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  10. ^ The 1992–93 season saw the introduction of the Premier League, so Division 1 replaced Division 2, Division 2 replaced Division 3 & Division 3 replaced Division 4.
  11. ^ The 1994–95 season was Town's first season at the Kirklees Stadium.
  12. ^ Promoted by the Play-offs at Wembley Stadium, London.
  13. ^ Promoted by the Play-offs at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
  14. ^ The 2004–05 season saw the rebranding of Divisions 1–3, so Division 1 became The Championship, Division 2 became League One & Division 3 became League Two.
  15. ^ Promoted by the Play-offs at (the new) Wembley Stadium, London.
  16. ^ Promoted by the Play-offs at Wembley Stadium, London.

References

  • "Huddersfield Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 July 2020.