List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. seasons

League Positions 1902–2018

This is a list of seasons played by Doncaster Rovers Football Club in English football, from 1891 to the present day.

Key

Key to league record Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer [1]		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy FA Trophy		Average home attendance [2] [a]
												Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1891–92	Midland League		20	8	5	7	30	36	-6	22	6th of 11	William 'Mickey' Bennett Charles Waddington	5
1892–93			24	11	4	9	47	44	+3	26	5th of 13	Billy Smith	12
1893–94			20	5	4	11	27	48	-21	14	7th of 11	Alex Lee	6
1894–95			26	6	6	14	35	70	-35	18	12th of 14	A Mackie	7
1895–96			28	10	6	12	44	56	-12	26	10th of 15	Bullock W Fellows	8
1896–97			28	17	5	6	77	40	+37	39	1st of 15	Goodison	18
1897–98			22	5	6	11	33	35	-2	16	10th of 12	Arnold Oxspring	7
1898–99			26	14	5	7	56	47	+9	33	1st of 14	'Dutch' Gladwin	13
1899–1900			24	9	6	9	51	42	+9	24	7th of 13	Arnold Oxspring	11
1900–01			26	17	2	7	87	2	+55	36	2nd of 14	Len Goodson Tommy Vail	20
The club elected to the Football League.
1901–02	Football League Second Division	2	34	13	8	13	49	58	-9	34	7th of 18	Jack Price	13							4,000
1902–03			34	9	7	18	35	72	-37	25	16th of 18	Billy Langham	8							5,800
The club voted out of the Football League.
1903–04	Midland League		34	13	5	16	58	55	+3	31	11th of 18	Joe Moran	12
The club elected to the Football League.
1904–05	Football League Second Division	2	34	3	2	29	23	81	-58	8	18th of 18	James Carnegie George McGhee Bob Norris Bert Shinner	3							3,000
The club voted out of the Football League.
1905–06	Midland League		34	10	6	18	47	78	-31	26	14th of 18
1906–07			38	10	7	21	52	82	-30	27	17th of 20
1907–08			38	14	4	20	48	65	-17	32	15th of 20
1908–09			38	18	3	17	50	58	-8	39	11th of 20
1909–10			42	14	11	17	51	66	-15	39	14th of 22
1910–11			38	23	4	11	106	63	+43	50	3rd of 20
1911–12			36	21	6	9	79	42	+37	48	3rd of 19
1912–13			38	21	7	10	67	43	+24	49	4th of 20
1913–14			34	12	2	20	30	51	-21	26	16th of 18
1914–15			38	14	3	21	58	82	-24	31	15th of 20
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1920–21	Midland League		38	11	10	17	38	54	-16	32	16th of 20
1921–22			42	17	6	19	52	66	-14	40	13th of 22
1922–23			42	26	9	7	72	28	+44	61	2nd of 22
The club elected to the Football League.
1923–24	Football League Third Division North	3	42	15	12	15	59	53	+6	42	9th of 22									7,285
1924–25			42	14	10	18	54	65	-11	38	18th of 22			R1	2-0-1					5,380
1925–26			42	16	11	15	80	72	+8	43	10th of 22			R2	1-0-1					5,190
1926–27			42	18	11	13	81	65	+16	47	8th of 22			R2	1-0-1					5,334
1927–28			42	23	7	12	80	44	+36	53	4th of 22			R1	0-0-1					7,574
1928–29			42	20	10	12	76	66	+10	50	5th of 22			R1	0-0-1					6,733
1929–30			42	15	9	18	62	69	-7	39	14th of 22			R4	3-2-1					4,652
1930–31			42	13	11	18	65	65	0	37	15th of 22			R2	1-0-1					4,176
1931–32			40	16	4	20	59	80	-21	36	15th of 21			R2	1-3-1					3,903
1932–33			42	17	14	11	77	79	-2	48	6th of 22			R3	2-0-1					5,262
1933–34			42	22	9	11	83	61	+22	53	5th of 22			R1	0-0-1					6,000
1934–35			42	26	5	11	87	44	+43	57	1st of 22 Promoted			R1	0-0-1					10,761
1935–36	Football League Second Division	2	42	14	9	19	51	71	-20	37	18th of 22			R3	0-0-1					14,122
1936–37			42	7	10	25	30	84	-54	24	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					11,697
1937–38	Football League Third Division North	3	42	21	19	9	74	49	+25	54	2nd of 22			R3	2-0-1					12,373
1938–39			42	21	14	7	87	47	+40	56	2nd of 22			R4	3-1-1					11,587
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1946–47	Football League Third Division North	3	42	33	6	3	123	40	+83	72	1st of 22 Promoted			R3	2-1-1					15,339
1947–48	Football League Second Division	2	42	9	11	22	40	66	-26	29	21st of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					22,317
1948–49	Football League Third Division North	3	42	20	10	12	53	40	+13	50	3rd of 22			R1	0-0-1					13,842
1949–50			42	19	17	6	66	38	+28	55	1st of 22 Promoted			R4	3-0-1					18,252
1950–51	Football League Second Division	2	42	15	13	14	64	68	-4	43	11th of 22			R3	0-0-1					22,838
1951–52			42	13	12	17	55	60	-5	38	16th of 22			R5	2-0-1					21,078
1952–53			42	12	16	14	58	64	-6	40	13th of 22			R3	0-0-1					15,862
1953–54			42	16	9	17	59	63	-4	41	12th of 22			R5	2-0-1					16,983
1954–55			42	14	7	21	58	95	-37	35	18th of 22			R5	2-4-1					12,385
1955–56			42	12	11	19	69	96	-27	35	17th of 22			R5	2-1-1					12,414
1956–57			42	15	10	17	77	77	0	40	14th of 22			R3	0-1-1					12,375
1957–58			42	8	11	23	56	88	-32	27	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					11,129
1958–59	Football League Third Division	3	46	14	5	27	50	90	-40	33	22nd of 24 Relegated			R3	2-0-1					6,665
1959–60	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	16	10	20	59	76	-7	42	17th of 24			R3	2-2-1					5,247
1960–61			46	19	7	20	76	78	-2	45	11th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R3	1-0-1			4,754
1961–62			44	11	7	26	60	85	-25	29	21st of 23			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			4,471
1962–63			46	14	14	18	64	77	-13	42	16th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-1			6,303
1963–64			46	15	12	19	70	75	-5	42	14th of 24			R3	2-2-1	R1	0-1-1			6,355
1964–65			46	20	11	15	84	72	+12	51	9th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R3	2-0-1			8,135
1965–66			46	24	11	11	85	54	+31	59	1st of 24 Promoted			R1	0-1-1	R2	1-1-1			10,398
1966–67	Football League Third Division	3	46	12	8	26	58	117	-59	32	23rd of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R3	2-3-1			7,906
1967–68	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	18	15	13	66	56	+10	51	10th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1			7,852
1969–68			46	21	17	8	65	38	+27	59	1st of 24 Promoted			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1			10,212
1969–70	Football League Third Division	3	46	17	12	17	52	54	-2	46	11th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R2	1-0-1			8,564
1970–71			46	13	9	24	45	66	-21	35	23rd of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1			4,473
1971–72	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	16	14	16	56	63	-7	46	12th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			4,126
1972–73			46	15	12	19	59	58	-9	42	17th of 24			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1			2,259
1973–74			46	12	11	23	47	80	-33	35	22nd of 24			R3	2-1-1	R2	1-0-1			2,395
1974–75			46	14	12	20	65	79	-14	40	17th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1			2,975
1975–76			46	19	11	16	75	69	+6	49	10th of 24			R1	0-0-1	QF	4-2-1			6,056
1976–77			46	21	9	16	74	65	+6	51	8th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R2	0-3-1			4,631
1977–78			46	14	17	15	52	65	-13	45	12th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2			3,228
1978–79			46	13	11	22	50	73	-23	37	22nd of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	1-0-2			2,978
1979–80			46	15	14	17	62	63	-1	44	12th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	2-1-1			4,315
1980–81			46	22	12	12	59	49	+10	56	3rd of 24 Promoted			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1			5,412
1981–82	Football League Third Division	3	46	13	17	16	55	68	-13	56	19th of 24			R4	3-0-1	R2	1-2-1			5,232
1982–83			46	9	11	26	57	97	-40	38	23rd of 24 Relegated			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1			3,517
1983–84	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	24	13	9	82	54	+28	85	2nd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-2	AQF	2-0-1	3,747
1984–85	Football League Third Division	3	46	17	8	21	72	74	-2	59	14th of 24			R4	3-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	0-1-1	4,147
1985–86			46	16	16	14	45	52	-7	64	11th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1	G	1-0-2	2,822
1986–87			46	14	15	17	56	62	-6	57	13th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-1-1	2,402
1987–88			46	8	9	29	40	84	-44	33	24th of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-3	G	0-0-2	1,893
1988–89	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	13	10	23	49	78	-29	49	23rd of 24			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-1-1	2,163
1989–90			46	14	9	23	53	60	-7	51	20th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	AF	4-2-1	2,710
1990–91			46	17	14	15	56	46	+10	65	11th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	1-2-0	2,836
1991–92			42	9	8	25	40	65	-25	35	21st of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-2	G	0-1-1	2,052
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Football League Third Division	4	42	11	14	17	42	57	-15	47	16th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-2	2,417
1993–94			42	14	10	18	44	57	-13	52	15th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-0-2	2,485
1994–95			42	17	10	15	58	43	+15	61	9th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	2-0-1	2,591
1995–96			46	16	11	19	49	60	-11	59	13th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-2-0	R2	0-2-1	2,090
1996–97			46	14	10	22	52	66	-14	52	19th of 24	Colin Cramb	18	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	2,088
1997–98			46	4	8	34	30	113	-83	20	24th of 24 Relegated	Prince Moncrieffe	8	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	0-0-1	1,715
1998–99	Football Conference	5	42	12	12	18	51	55	-4	48	16th of 24			R2	3-1-1			R2	0-0-1	3,380
1999–2000			42	15	9	18	46	48	-2	54	12th of 24	Dino Maamria	7	R1	1-0-1			R4	2-1-1	2,909
2000–01			42	15	13	14	47	43	+4	58	9th of 24	Jamie Paterson	9	QR4	0-1-1			R2 (FLT) R3 (FAT)	1-0-1 0-0-1	2,281
2001–02			42	18	13	11	68	46	+22	67	4th of 24	Jamie Paterson	14	R1	1-0-1			R1 (FLT) R4 (FAT)	0-0-1 1-1-1	2,409
2002–03			42	22	12	8	73	47	+26	78	3rd of 24	Paul Barnes	25	R1	1-0-1			AQF (FLT) R3 (FAT)	2-0-1 0-0-1	3,540
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2003–04	Football League Third Division	4	46	27	11	8	79	37	+42	92	1st of 24 Promoted	Gregg Blundell	18	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	6,939
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Football League One	3	46	16	18	12	65	60	+5	66	10th of 24	Michael McIndoe	10	R2	1-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-1-0	6,886
2005–06			46	20	9	17	55	51	+4	69	8th of 24	Michael McIndoe	8	R3	2-0-1	QF	3-2-0	R2	1-0-1	6,139
2006–07			46	16	15	15	52	47	+5	63	11th of 24	Paul Heffernan	11	R3	2-1-1	R3	1-2-0	W	6-1-0	7,746
2007–08			46	23	11	12	65	41	+24	80	3rd of 24	James Hayter Paul Heffernan Jason Price	7	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	AQF	2-1-0	7,978
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2008–09	Football League Championship	2	46	17	7	22	42	53	-11	58	14th of 24	Paul Heffernan	10	R4	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1			11,964
2009–10			46	15	15	16	59	58	+1	60	12th of 24	Billy Sharp	15	R4	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1			10,992
2010–11			46	11	15	20	55	81	-26	48	21st of 24	Billy Sharp	15	R3	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1			10,258
2011–12			46	8	12	26	43	80	-37	36	24th of 24 Relegated	Billy Sharp	10	R3	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			9,341
2012–13	Football League One	3	46	25	9	12	62	44	+18	84	1st of 24 Promoted	Billy Paynter	13	R2	1-0-1	R3	1-1-1	AQF	1-1-0	7,239
2013–14	Football League Championship	2	46	11	11	24	39	70	-31	44	22nd of 24 Relegated	Chris Brown	9	R3	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			9,041
2014–15	Football League One	3	46	16	13	17	58	62	-4	61	13th of 24	Nathan Tyson	12	R3	2-1-1	R3	2-0-1	AQF	1-0-1	6,807
2015–16			46	11	13	22	48	64	-16	46	21st of 24 Relegated	Andy Williams	12	R3	2-0-1	R2	0-1-1	R2	0-1-1	6,553
2016–17	Football League Two	4	46	25	10	11	85	55	+30	85	3rd of 24 Promoted	John Marquis	26	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-3-0	6,021
2017–18	Football League One	3	46	13	17	16	52	52	0	56	15th of 24	John Marquis	14	R3	2-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-3-0	8,213
2018–19			46	20	13	13	76	58	+18	73	6th of 24	John Marquis	21	R5	4-1-1	R2	1-0-1	G	1-0-2	8,098
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2019–20			34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54	9th of 24	Kieran Sadlier	11	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-3	8,252
			Final league positions decided by Points-Per-Game after league was postponed due to COVID-19
2020–21			46	19	7	20	63	67	-4	64	14th of 24	Fejiri Okenabirhie	11	R4	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-1-2	– [b]
2021–22			46	10	8	28	37	82	-45	38	22nd of 24 Relegated	Tommy Rowe	7	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-1-1	R2	2-0-2	6,906
2022–23	Football League Two	4	46	16	7	23	46	65	-13	55	18th of 24	George Miller	11	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	GS	1-1-1	6,500
2023–24			46	21	8	17	73	68	+5	71	5th of 24	Joe Ironside	20	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-0-1	QF	3-2-1	7,090
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2024-25			46	24	12	10	73	50	+23	84	1st of 24 Promoted	Luke Molyneux	16	R4	2-1-1	R2	1-0-1	R32	2-1-1	8,014

Notes

1. Average home attendance = for league games only
2. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

• Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). Yore Publications. ISBN   978 0 9569848 3 8.

1. "Doncaster FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
2. "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.