List of Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. seasons

For details of the current season, see 2025–26 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season.

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.

Seasons

Season	League	Tier	League									Scottish Cup [1]	League Cup [2]	Challenge Cup [a] [3]	Europe	Top league goalscorer [4]		Average attendance
			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		UEL 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/101	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	2,277
2023–24	Championship		36	10	12	14	41	40	+1	42	9th/10 ↓	R5	GRP	R3		Billy Mckay	8	2,289
2024–25	League One	3	36	16	10	10	45	38	+7	41*	7th/10	R3	GRP	R4		Keith Bray	10	1,694
2025–26			36							**	/10
Total (after season 2024–25)			1,122	448	304	370	1,642	1,434	+237	1,631

Key

Winners

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Abandoned

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goal difference Pts = Points P = Final position

NE = Not Eligible NH = Not Held DNP = Did Not Participate 1Q = First Qualifying Round 2Q = Second Qualifying Round 3Q = Third Qualifying Round POR = Play-Off Round GRP = Group Stage

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals F = Final

Premiership = Scottish Premiership Championship = Scottish Championship League One = Scottish League One SPL = Scottish Premier League SFL 1 = Scottish First Division SFL 2 = Scottish Second Division SFL 3 = Scottish Third Division 1 = Decided on a Points Per Game system, finished on 1.67 PPG * = After 15 point deduction due to entering administration ** = After 5 point deduction for prior season's administration

Footnotes

1. Scottish Premiership clubs are not eligible.

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