This is a list of seasons played by Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club in Scottish football from their formation in 1994, following the merger of Caledonian and Inverness Thistle.
Season | League | Tier | League | Scottish Cup [1] | League Cup [2] | Challenge Cup [lower-alpha 1] [3] | Europa League | Top league goalscorer [4] | Average Attendance | |||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | ||||||||
1994–95 | SFL 3 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 45 | 6th/10 [5] | R1 | R2 | R2 | DNP | Charlie Christie Alan Hercher | 6 | 1,276 |
1995–96 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 57 | 3rd/10 [6] | QF | R1 | R1 | Iain Stewart | 24 | 1,579 | |||
1996–97 | SFL 3 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 37 | +33 | 76 | 1st/10 [7] ↑ | R3 | R1 | R2 | Iain Stewart | 27 | 2,495 | ||
1997–98 | SFL 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 49 | 5th/10 [8] | R4 | R2 | R1 | Iain Stewart | 16 | 1,762 | |
1998–99 | SFL 2 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 80 | 56 | +32 | 72 | 2nd/10 [9] ↑ | R2 | R2 | NH | Scott McLean | 19 | 2,119 | ||
1999–00 | SFL 1 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 49 | 6th/10 [10] | R4 | R3 | F | Barry Wilson | 13 | 2,282 | |
2000–01 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 54 | +17 | 54 | 4th/10 [11] | R4 | R2 | R2 | Dennis Wyness | 25 | 2,133 | |||
2001–02 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 48 | 6th/10 [12] | QF | QF | R2 | Dennis Wyness | 18 | 2,045 | |||
2002–03 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 65 | 4th/10 [13] | SF | R3 | R1 | Dennis Wyness | 19 | 2,181 | |||
2003–04 | SFL 1 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 70 | 1st/10 [14] ↑ | SF | R1 | Winners | Paul Ritchie | 14 | 2,374 | ||
2004–05 | SPL | 1 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 44 | 8th/12 [15] | R4 | R3 | NE | Barry Wilson | 10 | 4,067 | |
2005–06 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 58 | 7th/12 [16] | R4 | QF | Craig Dargo | 17 | 5,061 | ||||
2006–07 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 46 | 8th/12 [17] | QF | R3 | Craig Dargo | 10 | 4,814 | ||||
2007–08 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 43 | 9th/12 [18] | R4 | QF | Don Cowie | 9 | 4,753 | ||||
2008–09 | SPL | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 37 | 12th/12 [19] ↓ | QF | QF | Adam Rooney | 5 | 4,457 | |||
2009–10 | SFL 1 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 73 | 1st/10 [20] ↑ | R5 | R3 | F | Adam Rooney | 24 | 3,509 | |
2010–11 | SPL | 1 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 53 | 7th/12 [21] | QF | R3 | NE | Adam Rooney | 15 | 4,526 | |
2011–12 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 39 | 10th/12 [22] | R5 | R2 | Grégory Tadé | 9 | 4,023 | ||||
2012–13 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 54 | 4th/12 [23] | R5 | SF | Billy McKay | 23 | 4,038 | ||||
2013–14 | Premiership | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 | 5th/12 [24] | QF | F | Billy McKay | 18 | 3,558 | |||
2014–15 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | 3rd/12 [25] | Winners | R2 | Billy McKay | 10 | 3,733 | ||||
2015–16 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 52 | 7th/12 [26] | QF | QF | 2Q | Miles Storey | 11 | 3,754 | |||
2016–17 | Premiership | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 34 | 12th/12 [27] ↓ | R5 | R2 | R1 (U20s) | DNP | Alex Fisher | 8 | 3,946 | |
2017–18 | Championship | 2 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | 5th/10 [28] | R4 | GRP | Winners | George Oakley Iain Vigurs | 8 | 2,395 | |
2018–19 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | 3rd/10 | SF | GRP | R1 | Jordan White | 7 | 2,548 | |||
2019–20 | Championship | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 45 | 2nd/10 | QF | GRP | Shared | Jordan White | 7 | 1,962 | ||
2020–21 | Championship | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +6 | 36 | 5th/10 | R4 | GRP | NH | Nikolay Todorov | 9 | 46 | ||
2021–22 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 59 | 3rd/10 | R3 | GRP | QF | Shane Sutherland | 10 | 1,914 | |||
2022–23 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 55 | 6th/10 | F | R2 | R4 | Billy Mckay | 14 | ||||
2023–24 | /10 | |||||||||||||||||
Total (after season 2022–23) | 1,050 | 422 | 282 | 346 | 1,586 | 1,356 | +230 | 1,548 | ||||||||||
Winners | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated | Abandoned |
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