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List of Burnley F.C. seasons

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List of Burnley F.C. seasons
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1888–89]] to the present

Burnley Football Club, an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, was founded on 18 May 1882 as Burnley Rovers. The suffix "Rovers" was soon dropped, and the club was simply known as "Burnley Football Club" at the time of its first recorded match on 10 August 1882. For the first six years of its existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an ad hoc basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at local and national level. The club won its first trophy in 1883: the Dr Dean's Cup, a knockout competition between amateur clubs in the local area. Burnley turned professional at the end of 1883, first entered the FA Cup in the 1885–86 season, and were one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888. The team have played in the top four tiers of English football from 1888 to the present day.

Burnley have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973. They have been runners-up in the First Division twice, in 1919–20 and 1961–62, and FA Cup runners-up twice, in 1946–47 and 1961–62. Burnley were the second, and are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.

As of the end of the 2024–25 season, the team have spent 60 seasons in the top division of English football, 48 in the second, 11 in the third, and 7 in the fourth. The table details their achievements in domestic and international competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season.

Key

Key to league record:

  • Pld – Matches played
  • W – Matches won
  • D – Matches drawn
  • L – Matches lost
  • GF – Goals for
  • GA – Goals against
  • Pts – Points
  • Pos – Final position

Key to colours and symbols:

♦Top league scorer in Burnley's division

Key to divisions:

  • FL – Football League
  • Div 1 – Football League First Division
  • Div 2 – Football League Second Division
  • Div 3 – Football League Third Division
  • Div 4 – Football League Fourth Division
  • Prem – Premier League
  • Champ – EFL Championship

Key to rounds:

  • DNE – Did not enter
  • QR4 – Fourth qualifying round
  • IntR – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper)
  • PO – Play-off round
  • Group – Group stage
  • Group(N) – Group stage Northern section
  • R1 – First round, etc.
  • R1(N) – First round Northern section, etc.
  • QF – Quarter-final
  • QF(N) – Quarter-final Northern section
  • SF – Semi-final
  • SF(N) – Semi-final Northern section
  • P3rd – Third place
  • F – Finalists
  • F(N) – Finalists Northern section
  • W – Winners

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 Football League are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTop scorer(s)Avg.{{efnLeague matches only (including Football League and Premier League, but excluding test matches and play-offs). Sourced from Simpson (2007), The Clarets Chronicles up to and including the 2006–07 season, and from European Football Statistics and ESPN thereafter.}} attend.DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosCompetitionResultPlayer(s)Goals1882–851885–861886–871887–881888–891889–901890–911891–921892–931893–941894–951895–961896–971897–981898–991899–19001900–011901–021902–031903–041904–051905–061906–071907–081908–091909–101910–111911–121912–131913–141914–151915–191919–201920–211921–221922–231923–241924–251925–261926–271927–281928–291929–301930–311931–321932–331933–341934–351935–361936–371937–381938–391939–401939–451945–461946–471947–481948–491949–501950–511951–521952–531953–541954–551955–561956–571957–581958–591959–601960–611961–621962–631963–641964–651965–661966–671967–681968–691969–701970–711971–721972–731973–741974–751975–761976–771977–781978–791979–801980–811981–821982–831983–841984–851985–861986–871987–881988–891989–901990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25
Burnley played only friendly matches or in local cup competitions.
—————————R1—n/a——
—————————R1—2—
—————————R2—2—
FL2273124262179thR2—94,200
FL22451336651311thR1—65,400
FL2293105263218thR2—177,580
FL26114114945267thR2—186,125
Div 130134135144306thR2—86,805
Div 130154116151345thR1—156,300
Div 130114154456269thR1—116,235
Div 1301071348442710thR2—125,875
Div 130671743611916thR1—125,250
Div 23020828024481stQF—254,125
Div 134159104547393rdR1—126,355
Div 1341151834542717thR1—105,880
Div 234204105329443rdR2—113,275
Div 2341010144145309thR1—122,225
Div 234682030772018thIntR—71,500
Div 234159105055395thQR4—104,100
Div 2341261643523011thIntR—134,260
Div 238158154253389thR1—104,975
Div 238176156247407thR1—165,275
Div 238206126750467thR1—247,725
Div 2381371851583314thQF—186,815
Div 2381461862613414thR2—196,555
Div 2381315104545418thQF—147,700
Div 23822887741523rdR1—33 ♦14,000
Div 23821898853502ndSF—36 ♦12,970
Div 13812121461533612thW—1921,820
Div 138187136147434thR3—2011,415
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
Div 142219126559512ndR2—1219,530
Div 142231367936591stR3Charity ShieldF3131,535
Div 142225157254493rdR1—2123,640
Div 1421662058593815thR1—1716,885
Div 14212121855603617thSF—2114,890
Div 14211121946753419thR1—1615,890
Div 142131019851083620thR3—2617,857
Div 142199149180475thR5—2719,422
Div 1421671982983919thR3—3517,408
Div 14215819811033819thR4—3217,239
Div 1421482079973621stR3—1514,726
Div 2421711148177458thR4—2511,493
Div 2421392059873519thR3—128,410
Div 24211141767793619thQF—169,401
Div 2421861860724213thR3—1811,403
Div 2421691763734112thSF—2410,825
Div 24212131750593715thR3—1010,402
Div 24216101657614213thR5—1312,041
Div 2421710155454446thR4—1613,394
Div 2421591850563914thR3—1013,731
Div 2201131—1—
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
—————————R3—1—
Div 242221466529582ndF—1725,856
Div 1422012105643523rdR3—1433,621
Div 14212141643503815thR5—1130,290
Div 14216131340404510thR5—1227,631
Div 14214141448434210thR3—1228,296
Div 14215101756634014thQF—1926,624
Div 1421812126752486thR5—2228,480
Div 142214177867467thR4—2028,151
Div 1421791651484310thR3—1425,094
Div 142188166454447thR4—2723,397
Div 1421810145650467thQF—1622,493
Div 142215168074476thR4—1922,251
Div 1421910138170487thQF—2923,733
Div 142247118561551stQF—2426,978
Div 1422271310277514thSFSF3723,827
Div 14221111010167532ndFDNE—2627,125
Div 1422210107857543rdR4DNE—2025,180
Div 1421710157164449thQFDNE—1419,755
Div 14216101670704212thR5DNE—2515,739
Div 142247117947553rdR4QF—37 ♦19,968
Div 1421591866763914thR3R3Inter-Cities Fairs CupQF2420,508
Div 14214101864713814thR3QF—1717,435
Div 1421591855823914thR4SF—2116,073
Div 14212151556613914thR4R4—1816,452
Div 1427132229632721stR3R2Texaco CupR1516,156
Div 242206167055467thR3R3—1912,893
Div 242241447235621stR3R2Watney CupSF1514,083
Div 1421614125653466thP3rdR32120,670
Div 14217111468674510thR3R4—1719,641
Div 1429102343662821stR3QF—1718,120
Div 24211141746643616thR4R2Anglo-Scottish CupGroup1512,173
Div 24215101756644011thR4R3Anglo-Scottish CupGroup1311,581
Div 24214121651624013thR5R3Anglo-Scottish CupW1610,748
Div 2426152139732721stR4R2Anglo-Scottish CupGroup78,118
Div 3461814146048508thR2R2Anglo-Scottish CupGroup176,469
Div 346211786645801stR4R1Football League Group CupSF196,936
Div 2421282256664421stQFSF—199,085
Div 34616141676616212thR3R1Associate Members' CupSF(N)216,625
Div 34611132260734621stR3R2Associate Members' CupQF(N)224,177
Div 44616111960655914thR3R1Associate Members' CupGroup(N)213,204
Div 44612132153744922ndR1R1Associate Members' CupR1(N)123,342
Div 4462071957626710thR1R2Associate Members' CupF196,282
Div 44614131952615516thR1R2Associate Members' CupR1(N)187,062
Div 44614141845555616thR3R1Associate Members' CupGroup(N)106,222
Div 4462310137051796thR3R2Associate Members' CupSF(N)207,882
Div 44225897943831stR3R1Associate Members' CupF(N)2810,519
Div 24615161557596113thR3R1Football League TrophyQF(N)2310,537
Div 2462110157958736thR3R2Football League TrophyGroup(N)2811,317
Div 14611132249744622ndR4R2—1012,063
Div 24614131956685517thR1R2Football League TrophyQF(N)269,064
Div 2461911167155689thR3R2Football League TrophyR2(N)2510,053
Div 24613132055655220thR1R2Football League TrophyF(N)2010,481
Div 24613161754735515thR1R1Football League TrophyR1(N)2310,604
Div 246251386947882ndR4R1Football League TrophyR1(N)27 ♦12,937
Div 146219165054727thR3R2—1516,234
Div 1462112137062757thR4R1—1615,948
Div 14615102165895516thQFR4—1713,977
Div 14613141960775319thR5R3—2212,541
Champ4615151638396013thR5R4—1312,640
Champ4614122046545417thR3R3—1412,462
Champ4615121952495715thR3R1—1411,956
Champ4616141660676213thR3R3—1312,365
Champ462113127260765thR5SF—1913,082
Prem38862442823018thR4R3—1220,654
Champ461814146561688thR5R4—1514,931
Champ4617111862615813thR3R4—2114,048
Champ4616131762606111thR3R3—2812,928
Champ46261557237932ndR3R4—2613,719
Prem387121928533319thR3R2—1119,131
Champ46261557235931stR4R1—23 ♦16,823
Prem381172039554016thR5R2—1220,558
Prem381412123639547thR3R3—1120,688
Prem381172045684015thR4R3UEFA Europa LeaguePO1320,534
Prem381591443505410thR4R2—1420,260
Prem381091933553917thR5R4—123,387
Prem387141734533518thR3R4—919,399
Champ462914387351011stQFR4—1919,953
Prem38592441782419thR3R4—721,152
Champ462816269161002ndR5R2—1819,876

Notes

References

Specific General

References

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