List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

McDiarmid Park

St Johnstone Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Perth. The club was officially formed in 1884 and the team played its first game in February 1885. St Johnstone first appeared in the Scottish Cup in the 1886–87 season and they joined the Scottish Football League in 1911–12. The club has had three home grounds, the current one since 1989 is McDiarmid Park.[1]

St Johnstone have won three major honours. Their first was the Scottish Cup, winning the 2014 final with a 2–0 win against Dundee United. They then won a domestic cup double in 2021 by winning 1–0 in both the 2021 Scottish Cup Final and the 2021 Scottish League Cup Final (February). They are the third existing Scottish team (with Celtic and Rangers) to achieve that double. St Johnstone's highest placing in the league is third (three times, most recently in 2013). They have qualified for either the UEFA Cup or the Europa League in eight seasons; these include four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2016.

St Johnstone have spent 52 seasons to 2022–23 in the top tier of the Scottish football league system, including a current run of 14 seasons (four in the Scottish Premier League and ten since 2013 in the Scottish Premiership) since their most recent promotion in 2008–09. They have spent 44 seasons in the second tier and four in the third. The table summarises their seasons from 1886–87 in Scottish and European football. It highlights the club's achievements in senior first team competitions and names, where known, the top goalscorer(s) in each season. Some seasons to 1921–22 and the wartime seasons 1915–19 and 1939–45, in which the club did not compete in top-level football (e.g., Scottish Football League, Scottish Cup), are excluded.

Key

Seasons

The table is correct to the end of the 2021–22 season.

Seasons in which the team were promoted have the league position in green. Seasons in which the team were relegated have the league position in red.[a][b]

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, and league top scorer
Season League record Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Top league scorer(s)
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1886–87[c] – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1887–88 – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1888–89 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1889–90 – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1890–91 – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1895–96 – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1900–01 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1902–03 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1903–04 – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1904–05 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1906–07 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1907–08 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1908–09 – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1911–12 D2[d] 22 10 4 8 29 27 24 5th R1 – –
1912–13 D2 26 7 7 12 29 38 21 11th R3 – –
1913–14 D2 22 9 5 8 48 38 23 5th – – –
1914–15 D2 26 10 6 10 56 53 26 8th – – –
1919–20[e] – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1921–22 D2 38 12 11 15 41 52 35 13th R1 – –
1922–23 D2 38 19 12 7 60 39 48 3rd R1 – –
1923–24 D2 38 22 12 4 79 33 56 1st R2 – –
1924–25[f] D1[g] 38 12 11 15 57 72 35 11th R1 – –
1925–26 D1 38 9 10 19 43 78 28 18th R3 – –
1926–27 D1 38 13 9 16 55 69 35 14th R1 – –
1927–28 D1 38 14 8 16 66 67 36 11th R1 – –
1928–29 D1 38 14 10 14 57 70 38 9th R2 – –
1929–30 D1 38 6 7 25 48 96 19 20th R2 – –
1930–31 D2 38 19 6 13 76 61 44 5th R2 – –
1931–32 D2 38 24 7 7 102 52 55 2nd R2 – –
1932–33 D1 38 17 10 11 70 55 44 5th R3 – –
1933–34 D1 38 17 6 15 74 53 40 9th SF – –
1934–35 D1 38 18 10 10 66 46 46 5th R4 – –
1935–36 D1 38 15 7 16 70 81 37 7th R3 – –
1936–37 D1 38 14 8 16 74 68 36 12th R2 – –
1937–38 D1 38 16 7 15 78 81 39 8th R2 – –
1938–39 D1 38 17 6 15 85 82 40 8th R1 – –
1945–46 DB[h] 26 12 6 8 66 60 30 6th – – –
1946–47 DB 26 9 4 13 45 47 22 9th R1 Grp –
1947–48 DB 30 11 5 14 69 63 27 9th R2 Grp –
1948–49 DB 30 14 4 12 58 51 32 6th R1 Grp –
1949–50 DB 30 15 6 9 64 56 36 4th R2 Grp –
1950–51 DB 30 14 5 11 68 53 33 5th R2 Grp –
1951–52 DB 30 9 7 14 62 68 25 11th R2 QF –
1952–53 DB 30 8 6 16 41 63 22 14th R2 QF –
1953–54 DB 30 14 3 13 80 71 31 6th R1 Grp –
1954–55 DB 30 15 2 13 60 51 32 7th R6 QF –
1955–56 D2 36 21 7 8 86 45 49 3rd R5 QF –
1956–57 D2 36 14 6 16 79 80 34 12th R5 Grp –
1957–58 D2 36 12 9 15 67 85 33 11th R2 Grp –
1958–59 D2 36 15 10 11 54 44 40 6th R3 Grp –
1959–60 D2 36 24 5 7 87 47 53 1st R1 Grp –
1960–61 D1 34 10 9 15 47 63 29 15th R1 Grp – Matthew McVitie 08
1961–62 D1 34 9 7 18 35 61 25 17th R2 SF – Alex Ferguson 05
1962–63 D2 36 25 5 6 83 37 55 1st R2 SF –
1963–64 D1 34 11 6 17 54 70 28 13th R2 PO –
1964–65 D1 34 9 11 14 57 62 29 13th R2 Grp –
1965–66 D1 34 9 8 17 58 81 26 14th R3 Grp –
1966–67 D1 34 10 5 19 53 73 25 15th R2 Grp –
1967–68 D1 34 10 7 17 43 52 27 14th SF SF –
1968–69 D1 34 16 5 13 66 59 37 6th R3 Grp –
1969–70 D1 34 11 9 14 50 62 31 13th R1 RU – Henry Hall 15
1970–71 D1 34 19 6 9 59 44 44 3rd R3 Grp –
1971–72 D1 34 12 8 14 52 58 32 8th R3 QF 3QR
1972–73 D1 34 10 9 15 52 67 29 11th R3 QF –
1973–74 D1 34 9 10 15 41 60 28 12th R4 R2 –
1974–75 D1 34 11 12 11 41 44 34 10th[i] R4 Grp –
1975–76 PD[j] 36 3 5 28 29 79 11 10th R3 Grp – Jim O'Rourke 08
1976–77 FD[k] 39 8 13 18 42 64 29 11th R3 Grp – Iain Anderson 08
1977–78 FD 39 15 6 18 52 64 36 8th R4 R2 – Derek O'Connor 19
1978–79 FD 39 10 11 18 57 66 31 12th R3 R1 – John Brogan 14
1979–80 FD 39 12 10 17 57 74 34 11th R3 R3 – John Brogan 22
1980–81 FD 39 20 11 8 64 45 51 3rd R4 R1 – Ally McCoist 22
1981–82 FD 39 17 8 14 69 60 42 5th R4 Grp – Jim Morton 17
1982–83 FD 39 25 5 9 59 37 55 1st R4 Grp – John Brogan 26
1983–84 PD 36 10 3 23 36 81 23 9th R3 Grp – John Brogan 09
1984–85 FD 39 10 5 24 51 78 25 14th R3 QF – Joe Reid 09
1985–86 SD[l] 39 18 6 15 63 55 42 6th R3 R3 – Willie Brown 11
1986–87 SD 39 16 13 10 59 49 45 5th R3 R4 – Willie Brown 25
1987–88 SD 39 25 9 5 74 24 59 2nd R3 R3 – Willie Watters 19
1988–89 FD 39 14 12 13 51 42 40 6th SF R2 – Steve Maskrey 12
1989–90[m] FD 39 25 8 6 81 39 58 1st R3 R2 – Roddy Grant 19
1990–91 PD 36 11 9 16 41 54 31 7th SF R2 – Harry Curran 09
1991–92 PD 44 13 10 21 52 73 36 8th R5 R3 – Paul Wright 18
1992–93 PD 44 10 20 14 52 66 40 6th R5 SF – Paul Wright 14
1993–94 PD 44 10 20 14 35 47 40 10th R5 R3 – Paul Wright 07
1994–95 FD 36 14 14 8 59 39 56 5th R3 QF – George O'Boyle 19
1995–96 FD 36 19 8 9 60 36 65 4th R5 R2 – George O'Boyle 21
1996–97 FD 36 24 8 4 74 23 80 1st R3 R3 – Roddy Grant 19
1997–98 PD 36 13 9 14 38 42 48 5th R5 R3 – George O'Boyle 10
1998–99 PL[n] 36 15 12 9 39 38 57 3rd SF RU – Gary Bollan
Roddy Grant
Miguel Simão 		4
1999–2000 PL 36 10 12 14 36 44 42 5th R3 R3 1QR Nathan Lowndes 10
2000–01 PL 38 9 13 16 40 56 40 10th R3 R3 – Keigan Parker 10
2001–02 PL 38 5 6 27 24 62 21 12th R3 R3 – Paul Hartley 04
2002–03 FD 36 20 7 9 49 29 67 3rd R4 R3 – Chris Hay 09
2003–04 FD 36 15 12 9 59 45 57 3rd R3 QF – Mixu Paatelainen 11
2004–05 FD 36 12 10 14 38 39 46 8th R3 R1 – Peter MacDonald 11
2005–06 FD 36 18 12 6 59 34 66 2nd R3 R2 – Jason Scotland 15
2006–07 FD 36 19 8 9 65 42 65 2nd SF SF – Jason Scotland 18
2007–08
 FD 36 15 13 8 60 45 58 3rd SF R2 – Andy Jackson 14
2008–09
 FD 36 17 14 5 55 35 65 1st R4 R2 – Steve Milne 14
2009–10
 PL 38 12 11 15 57 61 47 8th R5 SF – Liam Craig 08
2010–11 PL 38 11 11 16 23 43 44 8th SF R3 – Liam Craig 06
2011–12 PL 38 14 8 16 43 50 50 6th R3 R2 – Francisco Sandaza 14
2012–13 PL 38 14 14 10 45 44 56 3rd R5 QF 2QR Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Nigel Hasselbaink
Rowan Vine 		07
2013–14 SP[o] 38 15 8 15 48 42 53 6th W SF 3QR Stevie May 20
2014–15 SP 38 16 9 13 34 34 57 4th R5 QF 3QR Brian Graham
Michael O'Halloran 		09
2015–16 SP 38 16 8 14 58 55 56 4th R4 SF 1QR Steven MacLean 14
2016–17 SP 38 17 7 14 50 46 58 4th R5 QF – Danny Swanson 10
2017–18 SP 38 12 10 16 42 53 46 8th R5 R2 1QR Steven MacLean 9
2018–19 SP 38 15 7 16 38 48 52 7th R5 QF – Matty Kennedy 6
2019–20 SP 30 8 12 9 28 46 45 6th QF Grp – Callum Hendry 7
2020–21 SP 38 11 12 15 36 46 45 5th W W – Stevie May 9
2021–22 SP 38 8 11 19 24 51 35 11th R4 SF 3QR Callum Hendry 9
2022–23 SP 38 12 7 19 41 59 43 9th R4 Grp – Stevie May 10

Footnotes

  1. ^ Goal tallies are listed if known and are for the league competitions only. Divisions are not sorted alphabetically, but based on their placing in the Scottish football league system at that time.
  2. ^ In league matches, a win was worth 2 points until the 1993–94 season, after which it has been 3 points for a win.
  3. ^ St Johnstone's home ground from 1885 to 1924 was the Recreation Grounds, Perth.[2]
  4. ^ St Johnstone joined Division Two of the Scottish Football League in 1911–12 after Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. declined to apply for re-election.
  5. ^ Division Two was not played in 1919–20 and the club competed in the Scottish Cup only at top-level.
  6. ^ St Johnstone's home ground from 1924 to 1989 was Muirton Park.[3]
  7. ^ St Johnstone first qualified for Division One of the Scottish Football League in 1924–25 after winning Division Two in 1923–24. Between 1890 and 1975, the Division One was the highest tier in Scottish football.
  8. ^ In 1945–46, St Johnstone played in the Southern Football League (Scotland), a wartime regional league that defined the Scottish Football League structure when it recommenced in 1946–47. As St Johnstone were allocated to Division B of the regional league, the club having been inactive during the war, the team was effectively relegated to the lower tier between 1938–39 and 1946–47.
  9. ^ The top-ten placed teams in 1974–75 formed the new Scottish Football League Premier Division (PD) for next season.
  10. ^ The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League, replacing the old Division One.
  11. ^ The new Scottish Football League First Division (FD) was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.
  12. ^ The Scottish Football League Second Division (SD) was the third tier of the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.
  13. ^ St Johnstone's home ground since 1989 is McDiarmid Park which currently has an all-seated capacity of 10,696.[1]
  14. ^ The Scottish Premier Division was renamed the Scottish Premier League (PL) in 1998–99.
  15. ^ The Scottish Premier League was renamed the Scottish Premiership (SP) in 2013–14.

References

General
  • "Soccerbase.com". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  • "St Johnstone history". Statto.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "McDiarmid Park". St Johnstone FC. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ "History – Recreation Ground". St Johnstone FC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "History – Muirton Park". St Johnstone FC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

Further reading

  • Bannerman, Gordon (1991). Saints Alive! St Johnstone Football Club Five Years on a High. Sportsprint Publishing, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85976-346-3.
  • Blair, Alastair (2003). St Johnstone FC (Images of Sport). Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2183-2.
  • Blair, A; Doyle, B (2015). Manifest Destiny: The History of St Johnstone F.C. Tempus Publishing Limited.
  • Blair, A; Doyle, B (1997). Bristling with Possibilities: The History of St Johnstone F.C. Tempus Publishing Limited.
  • Slater, Jim (1992). Who's Who of St Johnstone 1946 to 1992. St Johnstone FC.