List of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons

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Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, founded in 2004. The club was formed from Wimbledon F.C. after the latter had relocated to Milton Keynes. [1] The club renamed itself as the 'Milton Keynes Dons' but subsequently considers itself to be a new club founded in 2004 (the club badge includes MMIV - Roman Numerals for 2004).

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The MK Dons continued in Wimbledon's league place which, after relegation in the previous season, was in the 2004–05 Football League One. After two seasons in the third tier of English football, they were relegated to the fourth tier (League Two). They were promoted in their second League Two season, as champions. Their second spell in League One lasted seven seasons, when in 2015, they finished in second place and therefore moved up to the Football League Championship. However in 2016, they were relegated back down to League One. [2]

As of the end of 2021–22, the club's first team had spent one season in the second tier of English football, fourteen seasons in the third tier and three in the fourth. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance under its present name in the Football League in 2004–05.

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List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, top scorer and average league attendance
SeasonLeague [3] FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Top goalscorer [lower-alpha 1] Average
attendance
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals
2004–05 League One46121519546751 20th R3 R2 R2 Izale McLeod 184,896
2005–06 ↓ League One ↓46121420456650 22nd R3 R1 QF Izale McLeod 185,776
2006–07 League Two4625912765884 4th [lower-alpha 2] R2 R3 R2 Izale McLeod 245,990
2007–08 ↑ League Two ↑4629107823792 1st R1 R2 W Mark Wright 159,456
2008–09 League One4626911834787 3rd [lower-alpha 3] R1 R2 R2 Aaron Wilbraham 1710,550
2009–10 League One4617920606860 12th R3 R1 F(S) Jermaine Easter 1910,289
2010–11 League One4623815676077 5th [lower-alpha 4] R1 R3 R2 Sam Baldock 138,512
2011–12 League One46221410844780 5th [lower-alpha 5] R3 R3 R1 Dean Bowditch 148,659
2012–13 League One46191314624570 8th R5 R3 R1 Two players [lower-alpha 6] 128,612
2013–14 League One4617920636560 10th R3 R2 R2 Patrick Bamford 179,047
2014–15 ↑ League One ↑46271091014491 2nd R2 R4 R2 Will Grigg 229,452
2015–16 ↓ Championship ↓4691225396939 23rd R4 R3 — [lower-alpha 7] Two players [lower-alpha 8] 713,158
2016–17 League One46161317605861 12th R3 R2 R2 Kieran Agard 1410,307
2017–18 ↓ League One ↓46111223436945 23rd R4 R2 R2 Chuks Aneke 109,202
2018–19 ↑ League Two ↑46231013714979 3rd R1 R2 Group Kieran Agard 228,224
2019–20 [lower-alpha 9] League One3510718364737 19th R1 R3 R3 Rhys Healey 129,246
2020–21 League One46181117646265 13th R3 R1 R2 Cameron Jerome 15
2021–22 League One4626119784489 3rd [lower-alpha 10] R1 R1 R3 Scott Twine 209,314
2022–23 ↓ League One ↓46111223446645 21st R2 R4 R3 Mohamed Eisa 14

Notes

  1. ↑ Goals in all competitions (Football League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy) are counted.
  2. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Shrewsbury Town, 2–1 on aggregate
  3. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Scunthorpe United, 7–6 on penalties (first leg was 1–1; the second was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time)
  4. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Peterborough United, 4–3 on aggregate
  5. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Huddersfield Town, 3–2 on aggregate
  6. ↑ Dean Bowditch and Ryan Lowe were joint top scorers in the 2012–13 season
  7. ↑ As members of the Football League Championship, Milton Keynes Dons were not eligible to participate in the 2015–16 Football League Trophy.
  8. ↑ Josh Murphy and Nicky Maynard were joint top scorers in the 2015–16 season
  9. ↑ Fixtures were suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Clubs later voted to end the season prematurely with immediate effect on 9 June 2020, with the final table decided upon by an unweighted points-per-game system resulting in the club finishing the season in 19th place. [5]
  10. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Wycombe Wanderers, 2–1 on aggregate

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References

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  2. ↑ "MK Dons relegated to League One with thrashing by Brentford". TheGuardian.com. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "MILTON KEYNES DONS". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Coronavirus: Premier League and EFL suspended in England - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland halt games". BBC. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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