List of Galway United F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Galway United F.C. in the League of Ireland. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, along with top league scorers for each season.

Seasons

Season	League [a]									FAI Cup	League Cup	Top League Goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
1977-78	LOI [b]	30	3	10	17	16	53	16	15th	R2	GR	Paul Martin / Tom Lally	4
1978-79	LOI	30	4	5	21	41	79	13	15th	R2	R1	Des Kennedy	9
1979-80	LOI	30	11	6	13	32	47	28	11th	R2	R1	Kevin Cassidy / Tony Collins	7
1980-81	LOI	30	6	9	15	26	39	21	13th	R1	RU	Carl Humphries / Micky McLaughlin	5
1981-82	LOI	30	5	8	17	30	62	29	15th	R2	R1	Brian Duff	8
1982-83	LOI	26	6	8	12	33	44	20	11th	R1	GR	Kevin Cassidy	13
1983-84	LOI	26	6	9	11	26	33	21	12th	R2	SF	Brian Duff	9
1984-85	LOI	30	9	11	10	49	43	29	6th	RU	GR	Brian Gardner	10
1985-86	Prem	22	12	7	3	42	19	31	2nd	R4	W	Paul McGee	13
1986-87	Prem	22	8	6	8	25	25	22	6th	QF	QF	Paul McGee	6
1987-88	Prem	33	15	10	8	48	34	40	5th	R4	QF	Paul McGee	20
1988-89	Prem	33	8	9	16	34	56	25	10th	R1	GR	Paul McGee	11
1989-90	Prem	33	10	9	14	39	61	29	8th	QF	QF	Paul McGee	15
1990-91	Prem	33	9	5	19	34	61	23	8th	W	QF	Tommy Keane	8
1991-92	Prem	33	7	8	18	37	58	22	12th	R2	QF	Noel Mernagh	9
1992-93	First ↑	27	16	6	5	56	27	38	1st	R1	GR	John Brennan	14
1993-94	Prem	32	14	8	10	47	42	50	3rd	R1	R1	John Brennan	14
1994-95	Prem	33	10	9	14	39	53	39	9th	R2	GR	Ricky O'Flaherty	13
1995-96	Prem ↓	33	5	6	22	26	67	21	12th	R1	GR	John Brennan	7
1996-97	First	27	9	8	10	33	38	35	6th	R1	W	Fergal Coleman	7
1997-98	First	27	13	4	10	38	29	43	4th	R2	R2	Fergal Coleman	13
1998-99	First ↑	36	16	16	4	53	34	64	2nd	SF	SF	Billy Clery	12
1999-00	Prem	33	8	10	15	32	49	34	9th	SF	R1	Billy Clery / Eric Lavine	6
2000-01	Prem	33	10	10	13	34	47	40	9th	R1	GR	Eric Lavine	10
2001-02	Prem ↓	33	5	4	24	28	73	19	11th	R1	R1	Alan Murphy	11
2002-03	First	22	10	6	6	34	21	36	3rd	R2	- [c]	Alan Murphy	12
2003	First	33	10	13	10	48	53	43	7th	R2	GR	Alan Murphy	21
2004	First	33	14	10	9	55	49	52	5th	R2	GR	Barry Moran / Damien Dupuy	13
2005	First	36	14	11	11	46	43	53	5th	R2	R2	Barry Moran	11
2006	First ↑	36	19	12	5	57	25	69	3rd	R2	R1	Barry Moran	11
2007	Prem	33	7	13	13	28	35	35	8th	R2	R2	Derek Glynn [1]	10
2008	Prem	33	8	8	17	34	49	32	9th	SF	SF	Jay O'Shea [2]	7
2009	Prem	36	12	6	18	36	57	42	7th	R4	QF	Vinny Faherty [3]	8
2010	Prem	36	9	11	16	38	59	38	8th	QF	R1	Karl Sheppard / Anthony Flood	9
2011	Prem ↓	36	1	3	32	20	115	6	10th	R3	R1	Alan Murphy	5
2012
2013
2014	First ↑ [d]	28	13	10	5	47	23	49	3rd	R3	QF	Jake Keegan	14
2015	Prem	33	9	4	20	39	61	31	10th	R3	RU	Enda Curran	12
2016	Prem	33	10	8	15	44	54	38	9th	R2	QF	Vinny Faherty	12
2017	Prem ↓	33	7	14	12	45	50	35	10th	QF	SF	Ronan Murray	13
2018	First	27	10	7	10	41	36	37	6th	R2	R2	Conor Barry	10
2019	First	27	7	5	15	36	42	26	7th	QF	R2	Vinny Faherty	6
2020	First [e]	18	7	6	5	26	19	27	5th	R2	-	Carlton Ubaezuonu	4
2021	First	27	15	6	6	39	25	51	2nd	R1	-	Ruairí Keating	9
2022	First	32	17	9	6	56	29	60	3rd	R2	-	Stephen Walsh	16
2023	First ↑	36	30	4	2	98	18	94	1st	SF	-	David Hurley	21
2024	Prem	36	13	13	10	33	29	52	5th	R3	-	Stephen Walsh	9

1. 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 point for a draw up to and including the 1992/93 season, apart from the 1981/82 season in which 4 points were awarded for an away win, 3 points for a home win, 2 points for an away draw and 1 point for a home draw. From the 1993/94 season 3 points were awarded for a win and 1 point for a draw.
2. The League of Ireland contained only one tier until the 1984/85 season.
3. No Competition due to change in seasons
4. As Galway F.C.
5. Truncated season due to Covid-19

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

First = League of Ireland First Division Prem = League of Ireland Premier Division

F = Final RU = Runner Up SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals

GR = Regional Group Stage R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes and references

1. "Galway United Player Stats 2007 | Galway United Football Club". Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
2. "Galway United Player Stats 2008 | Galway United Football Club". Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
3. "Galway United Player Statistics | Galway United Football Club". Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2010.