List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. squad in 1909

This is a list of seasons played by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in English football, from the year they first began competitive play, in 1894 in the FA Cup, to the present day. It details the club's record in first class competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Records of exhibitions and minor competitions such as the London Senior Cup are not included.

The club has won the Southern League once, the London League once, the Western League once, the League Championship twice, the FA Cup eight times, the League Cup four times, the Charity Shield four times outright and three times shared, the Southern Charity Cup twice outright and once shared, the London Professional Football Charity Fund match eleven times outright and twice shared, the London FA Charity Cup twice, the European Cup Winners' Cup once, the UEFA Cup twice, and the Anglo-Italian League Cup-Winners' Cup once.

Graph of Tottenham Hotspur league positions

Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the top flight of the English league system. From 1993, this player was awarded the Premier League Golden Boot.

Seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe / Other Top goalscorer(s)[a][1]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1894–95 — Q4 Donald Goodall 4
1895–96 R1 Harry Pryor 4
1896–97 SL[b] 20 9 4 7 43 29 22 4th Q3 United League[c] 8th Bob Clements 22
Wellingborough
Charity Cup 		RU
1897–98 22 12 4 6 52 31 28 3rd R1 United League 2nd Bill Joyce 36
1898–99 24 10 4 10 40 36 24 7th R3 United League 3rd John Cameron 34
Thames & Medway[d] 4th
1899–1900 28 20 4 4 67 26 44 W R1 Southern District
Combination[e] 		2nd Tom Pratt 32
1900–01 28 16 4 8 55 33 36 5th W Western League 3 Sandy Brown 33
1901–02 30 18 6 6 61 22 42 2nd R1 Western League 2nd Sandy Brown 34
London League 2nd
Southern Charity Cup[f] W
1902–03 30 14 7 9 47 31 35 4th QF Western League 4th David Copeland 13
London League W
Southern Charity Cup R1
1903–04 34 16 11 7 54 37 43 2nd QF Western League W Jack Jones 26
London League 2nd
Southern Charity Cup R1
1904–05 34 15 8 11 53 34 38 5th R2 Western League 8th Vivian Woodward 14
Southern Charity Cup Shared
1905–06 34 16 7 11 46 29 39 5th R3 Western League 4th Peter Kyle 18
Southern Charity Cup SF
1906–07 38 17 9 12 63 45 43 6th R3 Western League 4th James Reid 21
Southern Charity Cup W
1907–08 38 17 7 14 59 48 41 7th R1 Western League 3rd Jimmy Pass 11
Southern Charity Cup R1
1908–09 Div 2 38 20 11 7 67 32 51 2nd R3 Charity Cup[g] SF Billy Minter 20
Charity Fund[h] Shared
1909–10 Div 1 38 11 10 17 53 69 32 15th R3 Charity Cup RU Billy Minter 23
Charity Fund W
1910–11 38 13 6 19 52 63 32 15th R2 Charity Cup W Billy Minter 25
Charity Fund W
1911–12 38 14 9 15 53 53 37 12th R1 Charity Cup R1 Billy Minter 18
Charity Fund W
1912–13 38 12 6 20 45 72 30 17th R2 Charity Cup R2 Billy Minter 17
Charity Fund L
1913–14 38 12 10 16 50 62 34 17th R2 Charity Cup RU Jimmy Cantrell 21
Charity Fund L
1914–15 38 8 12 18 57 90 28 20th R2 Charity Cup R2 Bert Bliss 23
Charity Fund Shared
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919–20 Div 2 42 32 6 4 102 32 70 1st R4 Charity Cup R2 Bert Bliss 33
Charity Fund W
Charity Shield[i] RU
1920–21 Div 1 42 19 9 14 70 48 47 6th W Charity Cup SF Bert Bliss 23
Charity Fund W
Charity Shield W
1921–22 42 21 9 12 65 39 51 2nd SF Charity Cup SF Jimmy Seed
Charlie Wilson 		14
Charity Fund RU
1922–23 42 17 7 18 50 50 41 12th R4 Charity Cup R1 Alex Lindsay 17
Charity Fund W
1923–24 42 12 14 16 50 56 38 15th R1 Charity Cup R2 Alex Lindsay 20
Charity Fund RU
1924–25 42 15 12 15 52 43 42 12th R3 Charity Cup SF Jimmy Seed 20
Charity Fund RU
1925–26 42 15 9 18 66 79 39 15th R2 Charity Cup R1 Frank Osborne 27
Charity Fund W
1926–27 42 16 9 17 76 78 41 13th R3 Charity Cup R1 Jimmy Dimmock 21
Charity Fund W
1927–28 42 15 8 19 74 86 38 21st R6 Charity Cup R1 Taffy O'Callaghan 28
Charity Fund W
1928–29 Div 2 42 17 9 16 75 81 43 10th R3 Charity Cup W Frank Osborne 16
Charity Fund W
1929–30 42 15 9 18 59 61 39 12th[j] R3 Charity Cup R1 Ted Harper 14
Charity Fund W
1930–31 42 22 7 13 88 55 51 3rd R4 Charity Cup RU Ted Harper 36
Charity Fund Shared
1931–32 42 16 11 15 87 78 43 8th R3 George Hunt 26
1932–33 42 20 15 7 96 51 55 2nd R4 George Hunt 36
1933–34 Div 1 42 21 7 14 79 56 49 3rd R5 George Hunt 35
1934–35 42 10 10 22 54 93 30 22nd R5 Willie Evans 14
1935–36 Div 2 42 18 13 11 91 55 49 5th QF Johnny Morrison 28
1936–37 42 17 9 16 88 66 43 10th QF Johnny Morrison 35
1937–38 42 19 6 17 76 54 44 5th QF Johnny Morrison 25
1938–39 42 19 9 14 67 62 47 8th R4 Albert Hall
Johnny Morrison 		11
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to World War II
1945–46 There was no League football in 1945–46 R3
1946–47 Div 2 42 17 14 11 65 53 48 6th R3 George Foreman 14
1947–48 42 15 14 13 56 43 44 8th SF Len Duquemin 24
1948–49 42 17 16 9 72 44 50 5th R3 Les Bennett 19
1949–50 42 27 7 8 81 35 61 1st R5 Les Medley 19
1950–51 Div 1 42 25 10 7 82 44 60 1st R3 Sonny Walters 15
1951–52 42 22 9 11 76 51 53 2nd R4 Charity Shield W Les Bennett 21
1952–53 42 15 11 16 78 69 41 10th SF Len Duquemin 24
1953–54 42 16 5 21 65 76 37 16th QF George Robb
Sonny Walters 		16
1954–55 42 16 8 18 72 73 40 16th R5 Johnny Gavin 14
1955–56 42 15 7 20 61 71 37 18th SF Bobby Smith 13
1956–57 42 22 12 8 104 56 56 2nd R5 Bobby Smith
Alfie Stokes 		19
1957–58 42 21 9 12 93 77 51 3rd R4 Bobby Smith 38
1958–59 42 13 10 19 85 95 36 18th R5 Bobby Smith 35
1959–60 42 21 11 10 86 50 53 3rd R5 Bobby Smith 30
1960–61[k] 42 31 4 7 115 55 66 1st W Bobby Smith 33
1961–62 42 21 10 11 88 69 52 3rd W Charity Shield W Jimmy Greaves 30
European Cup SF
1962–63 42 23 9 10 111 62 55 2nd R3 Charity Shield W Jimmy Greaves 44
Cup Winners' Cup W
1963–64 42 22 7 13 97 81 51 4th R3 Cup Winners' Cup R2 Jimmy Greaves 36
1964–65 42 19 7 16 87 71 45 6th R5 Jimmy Greaves 35
1965–66 42 16 12 14 75 66 44 8th R5 Jimmy Greaves 16
1966–67 42 24 8 10 71 48 56 3rd W R2 Jimmy Greaves 31
1967–68 42 19 9 14 70 59 47 7th R5 Charity Shield Shared Jimmy Greaves 29
Cup Winners' Cup R2
1968–69 42 14 17 11 61 51 45 6th QF SF Jimmy Greaves 36
1969–70 42 17 9 16 54 55 43 11th R4 R2 Martin Chivers
Jimmy Greaves 		11
1970–71 42 19 14 9 54 33 52 3rd QF W Texaco Cup R2 Martin Chivers 34
1971–72 42 19 13 10 63 42 51 6th QF SF UEFA Cup W Martin Chivers 44
Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners' Cup W
1972–73 42 16 13 13 58 48 45 8th R4 W UEFA Cup SF Martin Chivers 33
1973–74 42 14 14 14 45 50 42 11th R3 R2 UEFA Cup RU Martin Chivers 23
1974–75 42 13 8 21 52 63 34 19th R3 R2 John Duncan 12
1975–76 42 14 15 13 63 63 43 9th R3 SF John Duncan 25
1976–77 42 12 9 21 48 72 33 22nd R3 R3 Chris Jones 9
1977–78 Div 2 42 20 16 6 83 49 56 3rd R3 R3 John Duncan 20
1978–79 Div 1 42 13 15 14 48 61 41 11th QF R2 Peter Taylor 12
1979–80 42 15 10 17 52 62 40 14th QF R2 Glenn Hoddle 22
1980–81 42 14 15 13 70 68 43 10th W QF Steve Archibald 25
1981–82 42 20 11 11 67 48 71[l] 4th W RU Charity Shield Shared Garth Crooks 18
Cup Winners' Cup SF
1982–83 42 20 9 13 65 50 69 4th R5 QF Charity Shield RU Steve Archibald
Garth Crooks 		15
Cup Winners' Cup R2
1983–84 42 17 10 15 64 65 61 8th R4 R3 UEFA Cup W Steve Archibald 28
1984–85 42 23 8 11 78 51 77 3rd R4 R4 UEFA Cup QF Mark Falco 29
1985–86 42 19 8 15 74 52 65 10th R5 R4 UEFA Cup [m] Mark Falco 25
Football League Super Cup SF
1986–87 42 21 8 13 68 43 71 3rd RU SF Clive Allen 49
1987–88 40 12 11 17 38 48 47 13th R4 R3 UEFA Cup [m] Clive Allen 13
1988–89 38 15 12 11 60 46 57 6th R3 R4 Chris Waddle 14
1989–90 38 19 6 13 59 47 63 3rd R3 QF UEFA Cup [m] Gary Lineker 26
1990–91 38 11 16 11 51 50 49 10th W QF Paul Gascoigne
Gary Lineker 		19
1991–92 42 15 7 20 58 63 52 15th R3 SF Charity Shield Shared Gary Lineker 35
Cup Winners' Cup QF
1992–93 Prem 42 16 11 15 60 66 59 8th SF R3 Teddy Sheringham 28
1993–94 42 11 12 19 54 59 45 15th R4 QF Teddy Sheringham 15
1994–95 42 16 14 12 66 58 62 7th SF R3 Jürgen Klinsmann 29
1995–96 38 16 13 9 50 38 61 8th R5 R3 Intertoto Cup GS[n] Teddy Sheringham 24
1996–97 38 13 7 18 44 51 46 10th R3 R4 Teddy Sheringham 8
1997–98 38 11 11 16 44 56 44 14th R4 R3 David Ginola
Jürgen Klinsmann 		9
1998–99 38 11 14 13 47 50 47 11th SF W Steffen Iversen 13
1999–2000 38 15 8 15 57 49 53 10th R3 R4 UEFA Cup R2 Steffen Iversen 17
2000–01 38 13 10 15 47 54 49 12th SF R3 Serhii Rebrov 12
2001–02 38 14 8 16 49 53 50 9th QF RU Gustavo Poyet 14
2002–03 38 14 8 16 51 62 50 10th R3 R3 Robbie Keane
Teddy Sheringham 		13
2003–04 38 13 6 19 47 57 45 14th R4 QF Robbie Keane 16
2004–05 38 14 10 14 47 41 52 9th QF QF Jermain Defoe 22
2005–06 38 18 11 9 53 38 65 5th R3 R2 Robbie Keane 16
2006–07 38 17 9 12 57 54 60 5th QF SF UEFA Cup QF Dimitar Berbatov 23
2007–08 38 11 13 14 66 61 46 11th R4 W UEFA Cup R16 Dimitar Berbatov
Robbie Keane 		23
2008–09 38 14 9 15 45 45 51 8th R4 RU UEFA Cup R32 Darren Bent 17
2009–10 38 21 7 10 67 41 70 4th SF QF Jermain Defoe 24
2010–11 38 16 14 8 55 46 62 5th R4 R3 Champions League QF Rafael van der Vaart 15
2011–12 38 20 9 9 66 41 69 4th SF R3 Europa League GS Emmanuel Adebayor 18
2012–13 38 21 9 8 66 46 72 5th R4 R4 Europa League QF Gareth Bale 26
2013–14 38 21 6 11 55 51 69 6th R3 QF Europa League R16 Emmanuel Adebayor 14
2014–15 38 19 7 12 58 53 64 5th R4 RU Europa League R32 Harry Kane 31
2015–16 38 19 13 6 69 35 70 3rd R5 R3 Europa League R16 Harry Kane 28
2016–17 38 26 8 4 86 26 86 2nd SF R4 Champions League GS Harry Kane 35
Europa League R32
2017–18 38 23 8 7 74 36 77 3rd SF R4 Champions League R16 Harry Kane 41
2018–19 38 23 2 13 67 39 71 4th R4 SF Champions League RU Harry Kane 24
2019–20 38 16 11 11 61 47 59 6th R5 R3 Champions League R16 Harry Kane 24
2020–21 38 18 8 12 68 45 62 7th R5 RU Europa League R16 Harry Kane 33
2021–22 38 22 5 11 69 40 71 4th R5 SF Europa Conference League GS Harry Kane[o] 27
2022–23 38 18 6 14 70 63 60 8th R5 R3 Champions League R16 Harry Kane 32
2023–24 38 20 6 12 74 61 66 5th R4 R2 Son Heung-min 17

Key

Key Meaning Key Bras
Pld Matches played GS Group Stage
W Matches won IR Intermediate Round
D Matches drawn R1 Round 1
L Matches lost R2 Round 2
GF Goals for R3 Round 3
GA Goals against R4 Round 4
Pts Points R5 Round 5
Pos Final position R32 Round of 32
Prem Premier League R16 Round of 16
Div 1 Football League First Division QF Quarter-finals
Div 2 Football League Second Division SF Semi-finals
SL Southern League RU Runners-up
W Winners
Winners Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Notes

  1. ^ Goals in all first class competitions, Southern League (Football League), Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, Europe and FA Charity Shield, including related predecessors such as the Southern Charity Cup, London FA Charity Cup, and London Professional Football Charity Fund are counted.
  2. ^ Although the Southern League was not absorbed into the English Football League until 1920, it was a near-equivalent first class league parallel to it, and so is listed here in the first columns.
  3. ^ A short-lived league in the south of England
  4. ^ A short-lived London-area league
  5. ^ A parallel league featuring clubs from the Southern League plus Woolwich Arsenal from the English Football League
  6. ^ The name of this competition is given as "Southern Charity Cup" in Goodwin, though that name does not agree with the Wikipedia article on the Sheriff of London Charity Shield (predecessor to today's Charity Shield). However, they are the same competition.
  7. ^ The London FA Charity Cup: This multi-round competition is different from the Charity Shield, though it may have fed into it.
  8. ^ Single-game competition; listed in Goodwin but not Wikipedia.
  9. ^ Note that in the early years of the Charity Shield the match was played in May, at the end of the season, rather than at the beginning as it was later. The 1920 Charity Shield is thus part of the 1919–1920 season.
  10. ^ Lowest League finish.
  11. ^ First team to win The Double in the 20th century
  12. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  13. ^ a b c From 1985 to 1991 English clubs was banned from Europe after Heysel Stadium Disaster during the 1985 European Cup Final.
  14. ^ Missing three goalscorers from this tournament in June/July 1995
  15. ^ Son Heung-min was joint top Premier League goalscorer with 23 goals[2]

References

  • "Tottenham Hotspur". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  1. ^ Goodwin, Bob (2007). Tottenham Hotspur: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-567-8.
  2. ^ "Son and Salah win 2021/22 Golden Boot award". Premierleague.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.