List of Cove Rangers F.C. seasons

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Cove Rangers Football Club, a senior association football club based in Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland, was founded in 1922. Cove originally played in the Aberdeen Juvenile League before becoming original member of the Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association in 1947. In 1985 the club became a junior team, and then successfully applied to join the senior Highland Football League in 1986, [1] the joint-highest tier of non-league football in Scotland, along with the Lowland Football League, and joint-fifth tier overall in the Scottish football league system. They spent 33 consecutive seasons in the Highland League, winning the competition seven times.

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The 2014–15 season saw the introduction of a play-off competition where the champions of the Highland and Lowland Leagues would play each other and the winner plays the club that finished in last place of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, for a chance to take their place for the following season. [2] If the League Two club wins they retain their league status. All play-off matches are two-legged ties. Cove Rangers first entered the play-offs when they won the 2015–16 Highland Football League, they lost to the Lowland League champions Edinburgh City 4–1 on aggregate in the semi-final. [3] Their next chance at promotion was in the 2017–18 season, they beat The Spartans in the semi-final but lost 3–1 on aggregate to League Two side Cowdenbeath. [4] They won the play-offs in their third attempt after winning the 2018–19 Highland Football League, they beat East Kilbride in the semi-final and Berwick Rangers in the final with a 7–0 aggregate win, earning promotion to the 2019–20 Scottish League Two. [5]

The club's first season in a professional league was a successful one, they played 28 games, won 22, drew two and lost four. The season was suspended on the 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and curtailed on the 15 April with the points per game earned by each team to date used to determine the final standings, which resulted in the club finishing in first place, therefore winning the League Two title and earning a second consecutive promotion to League One. [6]

Cove qualified to enter the Scottish Cup nine times before becoming full members of the Scottish Football Association and qualifying automatically each season from 2007–08. [1] Their best run in the cup was reaching the fifth round in the 2017–18 season. After their promotion to League Two in 2019 the club was eligible to participate in the League Cup and Challenge Cup, being eliminated in the group stage and third round respectively.

As at the end of 2020–21, the club's first team had spent 2 seasons in the SPFL and 33 in non-League football (North Junior League and Highland League). The table details their achievements in first-team competitions for each completed season since their first appearance in the Junior League in 1985–86. This list does not include their seasons in local amateur leagues before 1985.

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Seasons

SeasonLeague record Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
1947–48Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—N/A [a] N/A [b]
1948–49Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1949–50Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1950–51Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1951–52Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1952–53Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1953–54Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1954–55Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1955–56Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1956–57Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1957–58Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1958–59Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1959–60Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1960–61Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1961–62Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1962–63Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1963–64Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1964–65Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1965–66Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1966–67Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1967–68Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1968–69Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1969–70Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1970–71Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1971–72Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1972–73Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1973–74Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1974–75Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1975–76Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1976–77Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1977–78Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1978–79Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1979–80Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1980–81Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1981–82Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1982–83Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1983–84Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One—
1984–85Aberdeenshire Amateur League Division One1st—
1985–86North Junior League East Two27196210931441st—
1986–87Highland League3417611795857 8th —
1987–88Highland League34141010675452 10th —
1988–89Highland League342167713869 2nd —
1989–90Highland League341789725959 6th R1
1990–91Highland League342329955271 3rd R3
1991–92Highland League341897623563 4th —
1992–93Highland League342347783773 2nd R3
1993–94Highland League3420410894664 4th R2
1994–95Highland League301839693857 2nd R3
1995–96Highland League302055743565 2nd —
1996–97Highland League3015510844750 7th —
1997–98Highland League3019471003961 4th —
1998–99Highland League301659884853 7th —
1999–2000Highland League3012612815442 8th —
2000–01Highland League262033743263 1st R2
2001–02Highland League281279726043 6th —
2002–03Highland League281477694649 4th R2
2003–04Highland League287615456127 10th —
2004–05Highland League281648594452 6th R2
2005–06Highland League2812610554642 8th R2
2006–07Highland League281369523645 6th —
2007–08Highland League281972853364 1st R4
2008–09Highland League282242962670 1st R3
2009–10Highland League342365974275 2nd R3
2010–11Highland League3422571004371 3rd R3
2011–12Highland League342374923376 2nd R2
2012–13Highland League3425541012680 1st R3
2013–14Highland League3416711916255 7th R2
2014–15Highland League3422751034073 3rd R2
2015–16Highland League342923982889 1st [c] R4
2016–17Highland League3425721093082 2nd R2 Group [d] R2 [e]
2017–18Highland League3429321272290 1st [f] R5 N/A [g] R3 [e]
2018–19Highland League ↑3430311001293 1st [h] R2 Group [i] R1 [e]
2019–20SPFL League Two ↑282224763468 1st [j] R2 Group R3
2020–21SPFL League One221066281836 3rd [k] R3 Group Not held [7]
2021–22SPFL League One ↑3623103733241 1st R4 Group SF
2022–23SPFL Championship ↓3671019387531 10th R4 Group R3
2023–24SPFL League One3614715586349 5th R5 Group R3

Notes

  1. ↑ As not a member of Scottish League, Cove Rangers were not eligible to participate in the League Cup or Challenge Cup.
  2. ↑ As not a member of Scottish League, Cove Rangers were not eligible to participate in the League Cup or Challenge Cup.
  3. ↑ Lost in the League Two play-off semi-final to Edinburgh City, 4–1 on aggregate.
  4. ↑ Cove qualify for the Scottish League Cup as 2015–16 Highland League champions.
  5. 1 2 3 Cove qualify for the Scottish Challenge Cup as one of the Highland League's top 4 teams from the previous season.
  6. ↑ Beat The Spartans 5–2 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 3–2 on aggregate to Cowdenbeath in the League Two play-off final.
  7. ↑ As members of the Highland Football League, Cove Rangers were not eligible to participate in the League Cup or Challenge Cup.
  8. ↑ Promoted to Scottish League Two via the play-offs, beating East Kilbride 5–1 on aggregate in the semi-final and Berwick Rangers 7–0 on aggregate in the final.
  9. ↑ Cove qualify for the Scottish League Cup as 2017–18 Highland League champions.
  10. ↑ The 2019–20 Scottish League Two was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions, promotions and relegations decided on a points-per-game basis.
  11. ↑ Lost in the Championship play-off semi-final to Airdrieonians, 4–3 on aggregate.

References

  1. 1 2 "Cove Rangers". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Rules and Regulations of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Edinburgh City 1 - 1 Cove Rangers: City win Pyramid play-off". The Scotsman . 30 April 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Crawford, Kenny (12 May 2018). "Cowdenbeath 3-2 Cove Rangers". BBC Sport . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Berwick Rangers 0-3 Cove Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Durent, Jamie (16 April 2020). "How Cove Rangers went from SPFL new boys to League 2 champions". Evening Express . Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Scottish Challenge Cup cancelled for season 2020-21". BBC Sport. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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