List of Ebbsfleet United F.C. seasons

For the current season, see 2023–24 National League.

Ebbsfleet United Football Club is an English association football club based in Northfleet, Kent. The team compete in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system as of the 2023–24 season.

Founded in 1946 from the merger of Gravesend United and Northfleet United, they were known as Gravesend & Northfleet until changing to their current name in 2007. ^{[1] [2]} Gravesend & Northfleet started in the Southern League, which they won in the 1957–58 season. ^[2] In 1974–75, they were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division before becoming founding members of the Alliance Premier League ahead of the 1979–80 season. ^[2] They rejoined the Southern League in 1982. ^[2] Ahead of the 1997–98 season, they joined the Isthmian League. ^[2] They won the league in 2001–02 to again reach the top level of the non-League system. ^[2] After having changed their name to Ebbsfleet United in 2007, they won the FA Trophy in 2007–08. ^[2] They were relegated to the Conference South in 2010, but would return immediately, before being relegated again in 2012–13. ^[2] After two unsuccessful play-off attempts, Ebbsfleet were successful at the third, defeating Chelmsford City in the play-off final. ^[2] In their first season back in the fifth tier, Ebbsfleet reached the play-offs but were unsuccessful. ^[2] They were relegated back to the National League South in 2019–20, before returning to the re-named National League as champions in 2022–23. ^[2]

Seasons

Season [2]	∆	League	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	Pos	P/R	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Kent Senior Cup	Notes
1946–47	5	South	32	17	4	11	82	58	38	24	6/17		1R			First season after GUFC and NUFC merged
1947–48	5	South	34	11	6	17	52	81	28	−29	13/18		2Q		RU
1948–49	5	South	42	20	9	13	60	46	49	14	7/22		3Q		Winner
1949–50	5	South	46	16	9	21	88	81	41	7	15/24		1R
1950–51	5	South	44	12	14	18	65	83	38	−18	18/23		1Q
1951–52	5	South	42	12	7	23	68	88	31	−20	21/22		1Q
1952–53	5	South	42	19	7	16	83	76	45	7	9/22		4Q		Winner
1953–54	5	South	42	16	8	18	76	77	40	−1	15/22		Pre
1954–55	5	South	42	9	9	24	62	98	27	−36	22/22		1Q
1955–56	5	South	42	17	8	17	79	75	42	4	12/22		1Q
1956–57	5	South	42	21	11	10	74	58	53	16	5/22		2Q
1957–58	5	South	42	27	5	10	109	71	59	38	1/22		4Q			Southern League champions
1958–59	5	South-SE	32	21	2	9	79	54	44	25	2/17		4Q
1959–60	5	South-P	42	14	8	20	71	87	36	−16	17/22		4Q
1960–61	5	South-P	42	15	7	20	75	101	37	−26	18/22		1Q
1961–62	5	South-P	42	17	4	21	59	92	38	−33	14/22		1Q
1962–63	5	South-P	40	10	3	27	62	91	23	−29	20/21	R	4R			Best FA Cup run
1963–64	6	South-1	42	7	9	26	43	96	23	−53	20/22		2R
1964–65	6	South-1	42	9	7	26	57	101	25	−44	21/22		1R
1965–66	6	South-1	46	16	9	21	84	86	41	−2	17/24		1R
1966–67	6	South-1	46	11	9	26	63	106	31	−43	21/24		4Q
1967–68	6	South-1	42	6	7	29	28	112	19	−84	22/22		1Q
1968–69	6	South-1	42	8	9	25	51	79	25	−28	21/22		1Q
1969–70	6	South-1	42	13	11	18	62	71	37	−9	16/22		1Q	2R
1970–71	6	South-1	38	19	10	9	74	42	48	32	3/20	P	2Q	3Q
1971–72	5	South-P	42	5	6	31	30	110	16	−80	22/22	R	1Q	3Q
1972–73	6	South-1S	42	22	7	13	81	55	51	26	6/22		1Q	1R
1973–74	6	South-1S	38	13	13	12	58	52	39	6	10/20		2Q	3Q
1974–75	6	South-1S	38	24	12	2	70	30	60	40	1/20	P	1Q	3Q		Southern League First Division South Champions
1975–76	5	South-P	42	16	18	8	49	47	50	2	6/22		1Q	3Q
1976–77	5	South-P	42	13	13	16	38	43	39	−5	11/22		1Q	1Q	RU
1977–78	5	South-P	42	19	11	12	57	42	49	15	5/22		2Q	2R
1978–79	5	South-P	42	15	12	15	56	55	42	1	12/22		1R	3Q
1979–80	5	APL	38	17	10	11	49	44	44	5	5/20		1R	2Q		Alliance Premier League founder club. Highest ranked position in English league system (97th)
1980–81	5	APL	38	13	8	17	48	55	34	−7	15/20		1R	1R	Winner
1981–82	5	APL	42	10	10	22	51	69	40	−18	20/22	R	4Q	3Q
1982–83	6	South-P	38	14	12	12	49	50	54	−1	10/20		4Q	3Q
1983–84	6	South-P	38	18	9	11	50	38	63	12	4/20		3Q	2Q
1984–85	6	South-P	38	12	12	14	46	46	48	0	13/20		2Q	3Q
1985–86	6	South-P	38	9	9	20	29	55	36	−26	20/20	R	3Q	1Q
1986–87	7	South-S	38	18	7	13	67	46	61	21	6/20		1Q	1Q		Lowest ranked position in English league system (142nd)
1987–88	7	South-S	40	20	12	8	60	32	72	28	4/21		3Q	2Q
1988–89	7	South-S	42	27	6	9	70	40	87	30	2/22	P	1Q	3R
1989–90	6	South-P	42	18	12	12	44	50	66	−6	7/22		3Q	1R
1990–91	6	South-P	42	9	7	26	46	91	34	−45	21/22		1Q	1R	RU
1991–92	6	South-P	42	8	9	25	39	87	33	−48	22/22	R	4Q	3Q
1992–93	7	South-S	42	25	4	13	99	63	79	36	4/22		1Q	2Q
1993–94	7	South-S	42	27	11	4	87	24	92	63	1/22	P	1R	2Q		Southern League Southern Division champions.
1994–95	6	South-P	42	13	13	16	38	55	52	−17	14/22		3Q	2Q
1995–96	6	South-P	42	15	10	17	60	62	55	−2	11/22		3R	2Q
1996–97	6	South-P	42	16	7	19	63	73	55	−10	14/22		1Q	1Q
1997–98	6	Isth-P	42	15	8	19	65	67	53	−2	13/22		1Q	2Q		Switched to Isthmian League
1998–99	6	Isth-P	42	18	6	18	54	53	60	1	10/22		3Q	2R
1999–2000	6	Isth-P	42	15	10	17	66	67	55	−1	11/22		2Q	3R	Winner
2000–01	6	Isth-P	42	22	5	15	63	46	71	17	6/22		1R	1R	Winner
2001–02	6	Isth-P	42	31	6	5	90	33	99	57	1/22	P	1R	5R	Winner	Isthmian League Premier Division champions
2002–03	5	Conf	42	12	12	18	62	73	48	−11	17/22		4Q	3R
2003–04	5	Conf	42	14	15	13	69	66	57	3	11/22		2R	3R
2004–05	5	Conf-Nat	42	13	11	18	58	64	50	−6	14/22		4Q	QF
2005–06	5	Conf-Nat	42	13	10	19	45	57	49	−12	16/22		4Q	2R	RU
2006–07	5	Conf-Nat	46	21	11	14	63	56	74	7	7/24		4Q	QF
2007–08	5	Conf-Nat	46	19	12	15	65	61	69	4	11/24		4Q	Champion	Winner	Renamed as Ebbsfleet United
2008–09	5	Conf-Nat	46	16	10	20	52	60	58	−8	14/24		1R	SF		MyFootballClub takeover
2009–10	5	Conf-Nat	44	12	8	24	50	82	44	−32	22/23	R	4Q	1R
2010–11	6	Conf-Sth	42	22	12	8	75	51	78	24	3/22	P	1R	2R		Promoted via play-offs
2011–12	5	Conf-Nat	46	14	12	20	69	84	54	−15	14/24		4Q	3R
2012–13	5	Conf-Nat	46	8	15	23	55	89	39	−34	23/24	R	1R	1R
2013–14	6	Conf-Sth	42	21	11	10	67	40	74	27	4/22		4Q	3R	Winner	Lost promotion final
2014–15	6	Conf-Sth	40	17	9	14	60	41	60	19	8/22		3Q	QF	2R
2015–16	6	Conf-Sth	42	24	12	6	60	41	73	36	2/22		2Q	1R	SF	Lost promotion final
2016–17	6	Conf-Sth	42	29	9	4	96	30	96	66	2/22	P	4Q	2R	2R	Won promotion final
2017–18	5	Nat-L	46	19	17	10	64	50	74	14	6/24		1R	2R	2R	Playoffs
2018–19	5	Nat-L	46	18	13	15	64	50	67	14	8/24		1R	1R	QF
2019–20	5	Nat-L	39	10	12	17	47	68	42	-21	22/24	R	1R	3R	2R	Finished 21st, relegated in 22nd place on points per game
2020–21	6	Nat-L Sth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11/21		TBC	TBC	TBC
2021–22	6	Nat-L Sth	40	24	4	12	78	53	76	25	3/21		1R	2R	QF	Lost promotion final
2022–23	6	Nat-L Sth	46	32	7	7	110	47	103	63	1/24	P	2R	2R
2023–24	5	Nat-L	46	14	12	20	59	74	54	-15	19/24		4Q	3R

References

1. "Gravesend & Northfleet". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
2. "Football Club History Database - Ebbsfleet United". www.fchd.info. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2023.