List of Palermo FC seasons

Graph of Palermo season-by-season placements from 1929–30 to 2009–10

This is a record of all seasons played by Palermo FC since 1929, including their seasonal performances in all major football competitions when notable.

Key

• UC = UEFA Cup.
• CI = Coppa Italia.
• CIC = Coppa Italia Serie C.
• CID = Coppa Italia Serie D.

Promoted

Relegated

Seasons

Season	Div	Pos	League record							Other competitions	Other	Top scorer(s) [1]
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts			Player(s)	Goals
1929–30	Prima Divisione	1st	28	20	2	6	59	17	42			Carlo Radice	15
1930–31	Serie B	3rd	34	18	8	8	54	31	44			Carlo Radice	16
1931–32	Serie B	1st	34	21	8	5	80	35	50			Carlo Radice	27
1932–33	Serie A	12th	34	11	7	16	28	58	29			Giovanni Chiecchi	8
1933–34	Serie A	12th	34	10	9	15	39	51	29			Aldo Borel	12
1934–35	Serie A	7th	30	9	11	10	27	34	29			Coriolano Palumbo	5
1935–36	Serie A	15th	30	10	3	17	24	50	23			Coriolano Palumbo	5
1936–37	Serie B	7th	30	9	12	9	43	32	30			Oliviero Icardi	18
1937–38	Serie B	7th	32	15	5	12	46	43	35			Umberto Di Falco Balilla Lombardi	12
1938–39	Serie B	7th	34	13	10	11	35	34	36			Romolo Celant	9
1939–40	Serie B	7th	34	11	7	16	36	69	29		[2]	Romolo Celant	9
1940–41	Club cancelled, did not play in any league
1941–42
1942–43	Serie B	18th	23	6	5	12	19	30	17		[3]	?	?
1943–44	Leagues suspended due to World War II
1944–45
1945–46	Serie A	8th	20	6	5	9	16	23	17		[4]	Luigi Perugini	5
1946–47	Serie B/C	8th	32	10	9	12	35	35	31		[5]	Balilla Lombardi	9
1947–48	Serie B/C	1st	34	19	8	7	66	30	46		[5]	Aurelio Pavesi	23
1948–49	Serie A	11th	38	14	8	16	57	58	36			Aurelio Pavesi	13
1949–50	Serie A	14th	38	13	7	18	47	64	33			Dante Di Maso Čestmír Vycpálek	10
1950–51	Serie A	10th	38	14	6	18	59	67	34			Dante Di Maso	15
1951–52	Serie A	11th	38	11	14	13	43	51	36			Helge Bronée	11
1952–53	Serie A	16th	34	10	10	14	43	56	30			Lorenzo Bettini Enrique Martegani	8
1953–54	Serie A	17th	34	9	8	17	37	59	26			Enrique Martegani	10
1954–55	Serie B	13th	34	10	10	14	38	43	30			Franco Maselli Angelo Turconi	6
1955–56	Serie B	2nd	34	17	13	4	41	34	47			Franco Maselli	7
1956–57	Serie A	18th	34	7	8	19	32	66	22			Santiago Vernazza	11
1957–58	Serie B	6th	34	12	13	9	36	35	37			Santiago Vernazza	12
1958–59	Serie B	2nd	38	11	13	7	52	28	49			Santiago Vernazza	19
1959–60	Serie A	16th	34	6	15	13	27	40	27			Santiago Vernazza	9
1960–61	Serie B	3rd	38	13	20	5	46	27	46			Eugenio Fantini	14
1961–62	Serie A	8th	34	13	9	12	30	35	35			José Fernando Puglia	10
1962–63	Serie A	18th	34	5	10	19	18	54	20			Rune Börjesson	7
1963–64	Serie B	12th	38	9	17	12	25	28	35			Santino Maestri	10
1964–65	Serie B	11th	38	12	12	14	43	43	36			Giorgio Tinazzi	11
1965–66	Serie B	15th	38	9	16	13	34	34	34			Gaetano Troja	12
1966–67	Serie B	9th	38	12	14	12	34	26	38			Silvino Bercellino	13
1967–68	Serie B	1st	40	18	16	6	40	23	52			Silvino Bercellino Gilberto Perucconi	9
1968–69	Serie A	11th	30	7	11	12	21	32	25			Sergio Pellizzaro	10
1969–70	Serie A	15th	30	5	10	15	23	45	20			Sergio Pellizzaro Gaetano Troja	6
1970–71	Serie B	13th	38	8	21	9	33	33	37			Silvino Bercellino Sergio Pellizzaro Gaetano Troja	7
1971–72	Serie B	3rd	38	17	14	7	35	22	48			Enzo Ferrari	12
1972–73	Serie A	15th	30	3	11	16	13	41	17			Arturo Ballabio	3
1973–74	Serie B	7th	38	9	21	8	35	42	39	CI: runners-up		Giacomo La Rosa	15
1974–75	Serie B	5th	38	13	17	8	31	25	43			Giorgio Barbana	7
1975–76	Serie B	11th	38	11	6	11	34	35	38			Guido Magherini	11
1976–77	Serie B	13th	38	8	17	13	29	41	33			Sergio Magistrelli	7
1977–78	Serie B	6th	38	12	16	10	42	36	40			Vito Chimenti	16
1978–79	Serie B	7th	38	11	19	9	38	34	41	CI: runners-up		Vito Chimenti	13
1979–80	Serie B	10th	38	12	14	12	29	35	38			Fausto Silipo	6
1980–81	Serie B	14th	38	9	21	8	35	33	34		[6]	Egidio Calloni	11
1981–82	Serie B	6th	38	15	12	11	52	42	42			Gianni De Rosa	19
1982–83	Serie B	15th	38	11	12	15	36	46	34			Gianni De Rosa	10
1983–84	Serie B	17th	38	9	16	13	30	32	34			Massimo De Stefanis	11
1984–85	Serie C1/B	2nd	38	16	13	5	41	24	45			Gabriele Messina	15
1985–86	Serie B	16th	38	7	20	11	27	35	34			Orazio Sorbello	9
1986–87	Club cancelled, did not play in any league
1987–88	Serie C2/D	1st	34	19	11	4	57	21	49	CIC: runners-up		Claudio Casale	13
1988–89	Serie C1/B	3rd	34	11	18	5	31	19	40			Gaetano Auteri	11
1989–90	Serie C1/B	5th	34	14	15	5	34	19	43	CIC: runners-up		Gaetano Musella	11
1990–91	Serie C1/B	2nd	34	15	13	6	40	24	43	CIC: runners-up		Giorgio Lunerti	11
1991–92	Serie B	17th	38	11	13	14	41	43	35			Antonio Rizzolo	11
1992–93	Serie C1/B	1st	34	16	14	4	46	25	46	CIC: winners		Luca Cecconi	14
1993–94	Serie B	14th	38	12	12	14	32	38	36			Antonio Soda	8
1994–95	Serie B	12th	38	10	14	14	33	35	44			Salvatore Campilongo Pietro Maiellaro	9
1995–96	Serie B	7th	38	12	16	10	36	35	52	CI: quarter-finals		Gaetano Vasari	10
1996–97	Serie B	19th	38	6	17	15	40	55	35			Giampaolo Saurini	17
1997–98	Serie C1/B	14th	34	8	13	13	32	37	37		[7]	Lorenzo Scarafoni	7
1998–99	Serie C1/B	2nd	34	15	11	8	36	30	56		[8]	Andrea D'Amblè Luca Puccinelli	5
1999–2000	Serie C1/B	6th	34	13	13	8	30	23	52			Luca Lugnan	6
2000–01	Serie C1/B	1st	34	18	10	6	47	31	64			Massimiliano Cappioli	15
2001–02	Serie B	11th	38	12	12	14	47	54	48			Christian La Grotteria Stefano Guidoni	11
2002–03	Serie B	6th	38	15	13	10	45	42	58			Filippo Maniero	13
2003–04	Serie B	1st	46	22	17	7	75	39	83			Luca Toni	30
2004–05	Serie A	6th	38	12	17	9	48	44	53			Luca Toni	20
2005–06	Serie A	5th	38	13	13	12	50	52	52	CI: semi-finals UC: round of 16	[9]	Andrea Caracciolo	9
2006–07	Serie A	5th	38	16	10	12	55	46	58	UC: group stage		Eugenio Corini	10
2007–08	Serie A	11th	38	12	11	15	47	47	47	CI: round of 16 UC: first round		Amauri	15
2008–09	Serie A	8th	38	17	6	15	57	50	57	CI: third round		Edinson Cavani Fabrizio Miccoli	14
2009–10	Serie A	5th	38	18	11	9	59	47	65	CI: fifth round		Fabrizio Miccoli	19
2010–11	Serie A	8th	38	17	5	16	58	63	56	CI: runners-up UC: first round		Javier Pastore	11
2011–12	Serie A	16th	38	11	10	17	52	62	43	CI: round of 16 UC: 3rd preliminary round		Fabrizio Miccoli	14
2012–13	Serie A	18th	38	6	14	18	34	54	32	CI: fourth round		Josip Iličić	11
2013–14	Serie B	1st	42	25	11	6	62	28	86	CI: third round		Abel Hernández	14
2014–15	Serie A	11th	38	12	13	13	53	55	49	CI: third round		Paulo Dybala	13
2015–16	Serie A	16th	38	10	9	19	38	56	39	CI: fourth round		Alberto Gilardino	11
2016–17	Serie A	19th	38	6	8	24	33	77	26	CI: fourth round		Ilija Nestorovski	11
2017–18	Serie B	4th	42	18	17	7	59	39	71	CI: third round		Ilija Nestorovski	13
2018–19	Serie B	11th [10]	36	16	15	5	57	38	43	CI: third round		Ilija Nestorovski	14
2019–20	Serie D	1st	26	20	3	3	47	16	63	CID: preliminary round		Giovanni Ricciardo	9
2020–21	Serie C	7th	36	14	11	11	44	40	53		[11]	Lorenzo Lucca	13
2021–22	Serie C	3rd	36	18	12	6	64	33	66	CIC: round of 16	[12]	Matteo Brunori	25
2022–23	Serie B	9th	38	11	16	11	48	49	49	CI: round of 64		Matteo Brunori	17
2023–24	Serie B	6th	38	15	11	12	62	53	56	CI: round of 64	[13]	Matteo Brunori	17

Notes

1. Only domestic matches
2. Club cancelled at the end of the season
3. As Juventina Palermo; the team played 23 of the scheduled 34 matches before abandoning the league at Day 29 because of World War II-related reasons, as it was not able to play any of its home matches.
4. As Serie B team included to fill the Campionato Centro Sud (Southern Round of Serie A)
5. From 1946 to 1948, the Serie B league was split in three rounds, with a total number of 60 teams in 1946–47 and 48 in 1947–48.
6. 5 points deducted
7. Relegated, then readmitted to Serie C1/B to fill a league vacancy.
8. Defeated in the promotion play-off semi-finals by Savoia.
9. Originally in 8th place; the team's position was promoted to 5th following Calciopoli.
10. Relegated due to financial irregularities.
11. Defeated in the promotion play-off first national round by Avellino.
12. Defeated Padova in the promotion play-off final.
13. Defeated in the promotion play-off semi-finals by Venezia.

References

• Pianeta Rosanero
• RSSSF: Sicilian Clubs in Serie A
• RSSSF: Sicilian Clubs in Serie B