List of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. seasons

Chart of Huddersfield Town League Performances

This is a list of all the seasons played by Huddersfield Town Association Football Club in English football from 1908, when the club was formed.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europe/Other		Top goalscorer(s) [lower-alpha 1]
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos					Player(s)	Goals
1908–09	NEL	34	10	4	20	47	78	24	16th	— [lower-alpha 2]				Harry Wallace	7
1909–10	MFL	42	22	6	14	92	76	50	5th	4QR				Jack Foster	25
1910–11	Div 2	38	13	8	17	57	58	34	13th	4QR				James Richardson	15
1911–12		38	13	6	19	50	64	32	17th	R1				James Macauley	12
1912–13		38	17	9	12	66	40	43	5th	R2				Frank Mann	16
1913–14		38	13	8	17	47	53	34	13th	R2					10
1914–15		38	17	8	13	61	42	42	8th	R1				Ralph Shields	16
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919–20	Div 2	42	28	8	6	97	38	64	2nd	R/U				Sammy Taylor	41
1920–21	Div 1	42	15	9	18	42	49	39	17th	R3				Jack Swann	8
1921–22		42	15	9	18	53	54	39	14th	W		Charity Shield	W	Ernie Islip Clem Stephenson	15
1922–23		42	21	11	10	60	32	53	3rd	R3				Charlie Wilson	16
1923–24		42	23	11	8	60	33	57	1st	R3					20
1924–25		42	21	16	5	69	28	58	1st	R1		Charity Shield	— [lower-alpha 3]		24
1925–26		42	23	11	8	92	60	57	1st	R4			— [lower-alpha 4]	George Brown	35
1926–27		42	17	17	8	76	60	51	2nd	R3			— [lower-alpha 5]		28
1927–28		42	22	7	13	91	68	51	2nd	R/U					35
1928–29		42	14	11	17	70	61	39	16th	SF					23
1929–30		42	17	9	16	63	69	43	10th	R/U				Alex Jackson	17
1930–31		42	18	12	12	81	65	48	5th	R3				Joe Robson	18
1931–32		42	19	10	13	80	63	48	4th	QF				Dave Mangnall	42
1932–33		42	18	11	13	66	53	47	6th	R4				George McLean	11
1933–34		42	23	10	9	90	61	56	2nd	R4					20
1934–35		42	14	10	18	76	71	38	16th	R3				Alf Lythgoe	23
1935–36		42	18	12	12	59	56	48	3rd	R4					15
1936–37		42	12	15	15	62	64	39	15th	R3				Jimmy Richardson	11
1937–38		42	17	5	20	55	68	39	15th	R/U				Bobby Barclay	14
1938–39		42	12	11	19	58	64	35	19th	SF				Billy Price	24
1939–40 [lower-alpha 6]		3	1	0	2	2	3	2	17th [lower-alpha 6]	—					1
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46	n/a [lower-alpha 7]									R3				Billy Price	1
1946–47	Div 1	42	13	7	22	53	79	33	20th	R3				Jimmy Glazzard	11
1947–48		42	12	12	18	51	60	36	19th	R3				Peter Doherty	13
1948–49		42	12	10	20	40	69	34	20th	R4					14
1949–50		42	14	9	19	52	73	37	15th	R3				Vic Metcalfe Jeff Taylor	11
1950–51		42	15	6	21	64	92	36	19th	R5				Harold Hassall	18
1951–52		42	10	8	24	49	82	28	21st	R3				Jimmy Glazzard	10
1952–53	Div 2	42	24	10	8	84	33	58	2nd	R4					31
1953–54	Div 1	42	20	11	11	76	61	51	3rd	R3					29
1954–55		42	14	13	15	63	68	41	12th	QF					32
1955–56		42	14	7	21	54	83	35	21st	R3					11
1956–57	Div 2	42	18	6	18	68	74	42	12th	R5				Dave Hickson	22
1957–58		42	14	16	12	63	66	44	9th	R3				Les Massie	13
1958–59		42	16	8	18	62	55	40	14th	R3					15
1959–60		42	19	9	14	73	52	47	6th	R4					22
1960–61		42	13	9	20	62	71	35	20th	R4	R2			Derek Stokes	18
1961–62		42	16	12	14	67	59	44	7th	R4	R2				14
1962–63		42	17	14	11	63	50	48	6th	R3	R2				18
1963–64		42	15	10	17	57	64	40	12th	R5	R3				16
1964–65		42	17	10	15	53	51	44	8th	R4	R2			Les Massie	11
1965–66		42	19	13	10	62	36	51	4th	R5	R3			Allan Gilliver	18
1966–67		42	20	9	13	58	46	49	6th	R3	R2			Tony Leighton	20
1967–68		42	13	12	17	46	61	38	14th	R3	SF			Colin Dobson	14
1968–69		42	17	12	13	53	46	46	6th	R4	R2				11
1969–70		42	24	12	6	68	37	60	1st	R3	R2			Frank Worthington	19
1970–71	Div 1	42	11	14	17	40	49	36	15th	R4	R2				12
1971–72		42	6	13	23	27	59	25	22nd	QF	R2			Jimmy Lawson	12
1972–73	Div 2	46	8	17	21	36	56	33	21st	R3	R2			Alan Gowling	17
1973–74	Div 3	46	17	13	16	56	55	47	10th	R2	R1				25
1974–75		46	11	10	25	47	76	32	24th	R1	R2				19
1975–76	Div 4	46	21	14	11	56	41	56	5th	R4	R2			Terry Gray	19
1976–77		46	19	12	15	60	49	50	9th	R1	R3			Kevin Johnson	13
1977–78		46	15	15	16	63	55	45	11th [lower-alpha 8]	R1	R2			Mick Butler	19
1978–79		46	18	11	17	57	53	47	9th	R1	R1			Ian Robins	16
1979–80		46	27	12	7	101	48	66	1st	R1	R2				27
1980–81	Div 3	46	21	14	11	71	40	56	4th	R3	R1			Steve Kindon	19
1981–82		46	15	12	15	64	59	57 [lower-alpha 9]	17th	R4	R2			Peter Fletcher	14
1982–83		46	23	13	10	84	49	82	3rd	R3	R4			Mark Lillis	20
1983–84	Div 2	42	14	15	13	56	49	57	12th	R4	R3				14
1984–85		42	15	12	15	52	64	55	13th	R4	R2			Mark Lillis Dale Tempest	16
1985–86		42	14	10	18	51	67	52	16th	R3	R2			Dale Tempest	13
1986–87		42	13	12	17	54	61	51	17th	R3	R2	Full Members' Cup	R1	Duncan Shearer	25
1987–88		44	6	10	28	41	100	28	23rd	R3	R1		R1		16
1988–89	Div 3	46	17	9	20	63	73	60	14th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	NQF	Craig Maskell	33
1989–90		46	17	14	15	61	62	65	8th	R4	R2		R1		20
1990–91		46	18	13	15	57	51	67	11th	R2	R1		PR	Kieran O'Regan Iwan Roberts	14
1991–92		46	22	12	12	59	38	78	3rd	R3	R3		NSF	Iwan Roberts	35
1992–93	Div 2 [lower-alpha 10]	46	17	9	20	54	61	60	15th	R4	R2		NSF		15
1993–94		46	17	14	15	58	61	65	11th	R2	R2		R/U	Phil Starbuck	16
1994–95 [lower-alpha 11]		46	22	15	9	79	49	81	5th [lower-alpha 12]	R2	R2		NQF	Andy Booth	30
1995–96	Div 1	46	17	12	17	61	58	63	8th	R5	R2				21
1996–97		46	13	15	18	48	61	54	20th	R3	R3			Andy Payton	19
1997–98		46	14	11	21	50	72	53	16th	R4	R2			Marcus Stewart	16
1998–99		46	15	16	15	62	71	61	10th	R5	R2				26
1999–2000		46	21	11	14	62	49	74	8th	R3	R4			Clyde Wijnhard	16
2000–01		46	11	15	20	48	57	48	22nd	R3	R1			Delroy Facey Kevin Gallen	10
2001–02	Div 2	46	21	15	10	65	47	78	6th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	NF	Leon Knight	17
2002–03		46	11	12	23	39	61	45	22nd	R1	R2		R1	Martin Smith	17
2003–04	Div 3	46	23	12	11	68	52	81	4th [lower-alpha 13]	R1	R3		R2	Jon Stead	18
2004–05	Lge 1 [lower-alpha 14]	46	20	10	16	74	65	70	9th	R1	R1		R2	Paweł Abbott	27
2005–06		46	19	16	11	72	59	73	4th	R3	R2		R1	Andy Booth Gary Taylor-Fletcher	15
2006–07		46	14	17	15	60	69	59	15th	R1	R1		R1	Luke Beckett	15
2007–08		46	20	6	20	50	62	66	10th	R5	R1		R1		12
2008–09		46	18	14	14	62	65	68	9th	R1	R2		R2	Gary Roberts	11
2009–10		46	23	11	12	82	56	80	6th	R3	R2		R2	Jordan Rhodes	23
2010–11		46	25	12	9	77	48	87	3rd	R4	R2		NF		22
2011–12		46	21	18	7	79	47	81	4th [lower-alpha 15]	R1	R2		R2		40
2012–13	Champ	46	15	13	18	53	73	58	19th	R5	R1			James Vaughan	14
2013–14		46	14	11	21	58	65	53	17th	R4	R3				12
2014–15		46	13	16	17	58	75	55	16th	R3	R2			Nahki Wells	14
2015–16		46	13	12	21	59	70	51	19th	R3	R1				18
2016–17		46	25	6	15	56	58	81	5th [lower-alpha 16]	R5	R1			Elias Kachunga	13
2017–18	Prem	38	9	10	19	28	58	37	16th	R5	R3			Steve Mounié	9
2018–19		38	3	7	28	22	76	16	20th	R3	R2			Karlan Grant	4
2019–20	Champ	46	13	12	21	52	70	51	18th	R3	R1				19
2020–21		46	12	13	21	50	71	49	20th	R3	R1			Josh Koroma	8
2021–22		46	23	13	10	64	47	82	3rd	R5	R2			Danny Ward	14
2022–23		46	14	11	21	47	62	53	18th	R3	R1			Jordan Rhodes	6
2023–24		46	9	18	19	48	77	45	23rd	R3	R1			Michał Helik	9

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• 32 seasons in Level 1 of English football league system
• 42 seasons in Level 2 of English football league system
• 22 seasons in Level 3 of English football league system
• 6 seasons in Level 4 of English football league system

Key

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

NEL = North Eastern League ML = Midland 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 Lge 1 = EFL League One

4QR = 4th Qualifying Round PR = Preliminary Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals NQF = Northern Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals NSF = Northern Semi-finals NF = Northern Final R/U = Runners-up W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Third-place

Play-offs

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

1. Goals in all competitions (Premier League/English Football League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy) are counted.
2. The team were formed too late to enter the competition.
3. Never played 1924 FA Cup Winners Newcastle United.
4. Never played 1925 FA Cup Winners Sheffield United.
5. Never played 1926 FA Cup Winners Bolton Wanderers.
6. The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played; Huddersfield Town were seventeenth in the table at the time.
7. The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but The Football League did not resume until the following season.
8. Lowest League finish.
9. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
10. The 1992–93 season saw the introduction of the Premier League, so Division 1 replaced Division 2, Division 2 replaced Division 3 & Division 3 replaced Division 4.
11. The 1994–95 season was Town's first season at the Kirklees Stadium.
12. Promoted by the Play-offs at Wembley Stadium, London.
13. Promoted by the Play-offs at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
14. The 2004–05 season saw the rebranding of Divisions 1–3, so Division 1 became The Championship, Division 2 became League One & Division 3 became League Two.
15. Promoted by the Play-offs at (the new) Wembley Stadium, London.
16. Promoted by the Play-offs at Wembley Stadium, London.

References

• "Huddersfield Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 July 2020.