List of Livingston F.C. seasons

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This is a list of seasons played by Livingston F.C. in Scottish and European football. The club was first formed in Edinburgh as Ferranti Thistle in the 1940s, becoming Meadowbank Thistle and joining the Scottish Football League in 1974. The club relocated to Livingston in 1995, changing their name again and taking up residence in a new stadium in the West Lothian town.

Contents

Seasons

As Ferranti Thistle / Meadowbank Thistle

SeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTop scorer
DivisionPosition
1971–72 Playing in the East of Scotland Football League. Had never entered the Scottish Cup.
1972–73 East of Scotland League [1] 6th Second round N/A Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) winnersUnknownUnknown
1973–74 [lower-alpha 1] East of Scotland League 5th Third round N/A N/AUnknownUnknown
1974–75 [lower-alpha 2] Division Two 18th [lower-alpha 3] Did not enter Group stage N/AUnknownUnknown
1975–76 Second Division 14th Second round Group stage Spring Cup
Group stage 		UnknownUnknown
1976–77 Second Division 11th Second round Group stage N/AUnknownUnknown
1977–78 Second Division 13th Fourth round Second round N/AUnknownUnknown
1978–79 Second Division 14th Fourth round Second round N/AUnknownUnknown
1979–80 Second Division 12th Third round Second round N/AUnknownUnknown
1980–81 Second Division 13th First round Second round N/AUnknownUnknown
1981–82 Second Division 12th Fourth round Group stage N/AUnknownUnknown
1982–83 Second Division 2nd First round Group stage N/AUnknownUnknown
1983–84 First Division 11th Third round Group stage N/AUnknownUnknown
1984–85 First Division 13th Fourth round Semi-final N/AUnknownUnknown
1985–86 Second Division 3rd Second round Second round N/AUnknownUnknown
1986–87 Second Division 1st Fourth round First round N/AUnknownUnknown
1987–88 First Division 2nd Third round Third round N/AUnknownUnknown
1988–89 First Division 10th Fourth round Third round N/AUnknownUnknown
1989–90 First Division 7th Third round Second round N/AUnknownUnknown
1990–91 First Division 11th Fourth round Second round Challenge Cup
First round 		UnknownUnknown
1991–92 First Division 10th Fourth round Second round Challenge Cup
First round 		UnknownUnknown
1992–93 First Division 11th Third round Second round Challenge Cup
Semi-final 		UnknownUnknown
1993–94 Second Division 4th [lower-alpha 4] Second round Second round Challenge Cup
Semi-final 		UnknownUnknown
1994–95 [lower-alpha 5] Second Division 9th Fourth round Second round Challenge Cup
First round 		UnknownUnknown
  1. ↑ Last season as Ferranti Thistle, playing home matches at City Park, Edinburgh.
  2. ↑ First season as Meadowbank Thistle, playing home games at Meadowbank Stadium.
  3. ↑ The teams placed 1st–6th were added to the new First Division (below a new Premier Division) with the remaining clubs making up the new Second Division.
  4. ↑ The teams placed 7th–14th were relegated to a new Third Division.
  5. ↑ Last season as Meadowbank Thistle, playing home games at Meadowbank Stadium.

As Livingston

SeasonLeague Scottish
Cup 		League
Cup 		Challenge
Cup [lower-alpha 1] 		EuropeTop league goalscorer(s)
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals
1995–96 [lower-alpha 2] SFL 3 3621965124721st [2] R2 R3 R1 DNQ
1996–97 SFL 2 36181085638643rd [3] R2 R1 R1 DNQ
1997–98 SFL 2 36161195640593rd [4] R3 R2 R2 DNQ
1998–99 SFL 2 36221136435771st [5] R4 R3 N/A [lower-alpha 3] DNQ Bingham 11
1999–00 SFL 1 36197106045644th [6] R4 R2 QF DNQ Bingham 15
2000–01 SFL 1 3623767231761st [7] SF R3 Runners-up [8] DNQ Wilson 13
2001–02 SPL 381610125047583rd [9] R4 QF N/ADNQ Wilson 8
2002–03 SPL 3898214862359th [10] R3 QF N/A UEFA Cup R1 [11] Andrews
Wilson 		4
2003–04 SPL 381013154857439th [12] SF Winners [13] N/ADNQ Makel 8
2004–05 SPL 38982134613510th [14] QF QF N/ADNQ Easton 3
2005–06 SPL 38462825791812th [15] R3 SF N/ADNQ Brittain
Snodgrass 		4
2006–07 SFL 1 361112134146456th [16] R4 R3 R1 DNQ Craig 7
2007–08 SFL 1 36109175566397th [17] R5 R2 R1 DNQ Dorrans 11
2008–09 SFL 1 36138155658477th [18] [lower-alpha 4] R3 R3 QF DNQ Griffiths 18
2009–10 SFL 3 [lower-alpha 4] 3624666325781st [19] R4 R1 R1 DNQ Halliday 14
2010–11 SFL 2 3625747933821st R3 R1 R1 DNQ Russell 22
2011–12 SFL 1 36139145654485th R4 R2 SF DNQ Boulding
McNulty 		11
2012–13 SFL 1 361410125856524th R4 R3 R1 DNQ Russell 15
2013–14 Championship [lower-alpha 5] 36137165156466th R4 R3 R1 DNQ McNulty 17
2014–15 Championship 3688204153278th R4 R3 Winners DNQ White 11
2015–16 Championship 3687213751319th R4 R3 R3 DNQ Buchanan 11
2016–17 League One 3626378032811st [20] [21] R4 R1 QF DNQ Buchanan 22
2017–18 Championship 36171185637622nd [lower-alpha 6] R4 QF R2 DNQ Hardie 8
2018–19 Premiership 381111164244449th R4 R2 N/ADNQ Hardie
Halkett 		7
2019–20 Premiership [lower-alpha 7] 30109114139395th R5 QF N/ADNQ Dykes 9
2020–21 Premiership 38129174254456th R4 Runners-Up N/ADNQ Pittman 7
2021–22 Premiership 381310154146497th R5 R2 N/ADNQ Anderson 13
2022–23 Premiership 38137183660468th R5 R2 N/ADNQ Nouble 7
  1. ↑ The Scottish Challenge Cup is only open to clubs below the top tier.
  2. ↑ First season as Livingston, playing home games at Almondvale Stadium.
  3. ↑ No Challenge Cup competition was held in 1998–99 due to a lack of sponsor.
  4. 1 2 Livingston were relegated to the Third Division for breaking rules on insolvency.
  5. ↑ The second tier was re-named from the Scottish Football League First Division to the SPFL Championship in 2013.
  6. ↑ Promoted in play-offs.
  7. ↑ The 2019–20 Scottish Premiership was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. The season was subsequently curtailed on 18 May 2020 and a points-per-game average was used to calculate a final table. [22]

League performance summary

The Scottish Football League was founded in 1890 and, other than during seven years of hiatus during World War II, [lower-alpha 1] the national top division has been played every season since. [lower-alpha 2] The following is a summary of Livingston's divisional status since 1953 when they joined the East of Scotland League as Ferranti Thistle:

  1. ↑ The incomplete 1939–40 edition has not been counted in the totals.
  2. ↑ The top tier became the Scottish Premier League in 1998, and all four divisions became the Scottish Professional Football League in 2013.
  3. ↑ Has existed between 1890–1939, and since 1946.
  4. ↑ Has existed between 1893–1915, 1921–1939 and since 1946.
  5. ↑ Has existed between 1923–1926, 1946–1949, and since 1976.
  6. ↑ Has existed since 1994.

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