List of Derby County F.C. seasons

This article chronicles the seasons of Derby County Football Club from their formation in 1884 to the present day.

Details of Derby County's final league position is given (from the 1888-1899 season, when The Football League was founded), along with which round they made it to in both the FA Cup, the League Cup (which began in the 1960-1961 season) and any European competitions that Derby had qualified for.

Seasons

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Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Europe / Other		Top goalscorer(s)[1]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Goals
1884–85	There was no League football until 1888.									R1
1885–86										R3
1886–87										R2
1887–88										R4
1888–89	FL	22	7	2	13	41	61	16	10th	R2
1889–90		22	9	3	10	43	55	21	7th	R1
1890–91		22	7	1	14	47	81	15	11th	R2
1891–92		26	10	4	12	46	52	24	10th	R1
1892–93	Div 11	30	9	9	12	52	64	27	13th	R1
1893–94		30	16	4	10	73	62	36	3rd	QF
1894–95		30	7	9	14	45	68	23	15th	R1
1895–96		30	17	7	6	68	35	41	2nd	SF
1896–97		30	16	4	10	70	50	36	3rd	SF
1897–98		30	11	6	13	57	61	28	10th	R/U
1898–99		34	12	11	11	62	57	35	9th	R/U
1899–1900		34	14	8	12	45	43	36	6th	R1
1900–01		34	12	7	15	55	42	31	12th	QF
1901–02		34	13	9	12	39	41	35	6th	SF
1902–03		34	16	3	15	50	47	35	9th	R/U
1903–04		34	9	10	15	58	60	35	14th	SF
1904–05		34	12	8	14	37	48	32	11th	R1
1905–06		38	14	7	17	39	58	35	15th	R2
1906–07		38	9	9	20	41	59	27	19th	R3
1907–08	Div 2	38	21	4	13	77	45	46	6th	R1
1908–09		38	16	11	11	55	41	43	5th	SF
1909–10		38	22	9	7	72	47	53	4th	R2
1910–11		38	17	8	13	73	52	42	6th	QF
1911–12		38	23	8	7	74	28	54	1st	R2
1912–13	Div 1	38	17	8	13	69	66	42	7th	R1
1913–14		38	8	11	19	55	71	27	20th	R2
1914–15	Div 2	38	23	7	8	71	33	53	1st	R1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I
1919–20	Div 1	42	13	12	17	47	57	38	18th	R1
1920–21		42	5	16	21	32	58	26	20th	R2
1921–22	Div 2	42	15	9	18	60	64	39	12th	R1
1922–23		42	14	11	17	46	50	29	14th	R5
1923–24		42	21	9	12	75	54	51	3rd	R3
1924–25		42	22	11	9	71	36	55	3rd	R1
1925–26		42	25	7	10	77	42	57	2nd	R4
1926–27	Div 1	42	17	7	18	86	73	41	12th	R4
1927–28		42	17	10	15	96	83	44	4th	R4
1928–29		42	18	10	14	86	71	46	6th	R4
1929–30		42	21	8	13	90	82	50	2nd	R4
1930–31		42	18	10	14	94	79	46	6th	R3
1931–32		42	14	10	18	71	75	38	15th	R5
1932–33		42	15	14	13	76	69	44	7th	SF
1933–34		42	17	11	14	68	54	45	4th	R5
1934–35		42	18	9	15	81	66	45	6th	R5
1935–36		42	18	12	12	61	52	48	2nd	QF
1936–37		42	21	7	14	96	90	49	4th	R5
1937–38		42	15	10	17	66	87	40	13th	R3
1938–39		42	19	8	15	66	55	46	6th	R3
1939–40		Abandoned due to World War II
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1946 due to the World War III
1945–46	Suspended due to World War II									W
1946–47	Div 1	42	18	5	19	73	79	41	14th	R5
1947–48		42	19	12	11	77	57	50	4th	SF
1948–49		42	22	9	11	74	55	53	3rd	QF
1949–50		42	17	10	15	69	61	44	11th	QF
1950–51		42	16	8	18	81	75	42	11th	R4
1951–52		42	15	7	20	63	80	37	17th	R3
1952–53		42	11	10	21	59	74	32	22nd	R3
1953–54	Div 2	42	12	11	19	64	82	35	18th	R3
1954–55		42	7	9	26	53	82	23	22nd	R2
1955–56	Div 3 (N)	46	28	7	11	110	55	63	2nd	R2
1956–57		46	26	11	9	111	53	63	1st	R2
1957–58	Div 2	42	14	8	20	60	81	36	16th	R3
1958–59		42	20	8	14	74	71	48	7th	R3
1959–60		42	14	7	21	61	77	35	18th	R3
1960–61		42	15	10	17	80	80	40	12th	R3	R3
1961–62		42	14	11	17	68	75	39	16th	R4	R3
1962–63		42	12	12	18	61	72	36	18th	R4	R3
1963–64		42	14	11	17	56	67	39	13th	R3	R2
1964–65		42	16	11	15	84	79	43	9th	R3	R2
1965–66		42	16	11	15	71	68	43	8th	R3	R3
1966–67		42	12	12	18	68	72	36	17th	R3	R2
1967–68		42	13	10	19	71	78	36	18th	R3	SF
1968–69		42	26	11	5	65	32	63	1st	R3	QF
1969–70	Div 1	42	22	9	11	64	37	53	4th	R5	QF
1970–71		42	16	10	16	56	54	42	9th	R5	R4	Fairs Cup	Ban2
1971–72		42	24	10	8	69	33	58	1st	R5	R2
1972–73		42	19	8	15	56	54	46	7th	QF	R3	European Cup	SF
1973–74		42	17	14	11	52	42	48	3rd	R4	R2
1974–75		42	21	11	10	67	49	53	1st	R5	R3	UEFA Cup	R3
1975–76		42	21	11	10	75	58	53	4th	SF	R3	Charity Shield	W
												European Cup	R2
1976–77		42	9	19	14	50	55	37	15th	QF	QF	UEFA Cup	R2
1977–78		42	14	13	15	54	59	41	12th	R5	R3
1978–79		42	10	11	21	44	71	31	19th	R3	R3
1979–80		42	11	8	23	47	67	30	22nd	R3	R2
1980–81	Div 2	42	15	15	12	57	52	45	6th	R3	R2
1981–82		42	12	12	18	53	68	483	16th	R3	R2
1982–83		42	10	19	13	49	58	49	13th	R5	R3
1983–84		42	11	9	22	36	72	42	20th	Q4	R2
1984–85	Div 34	46	19	13	14	65	54	70	7th	R1	R2
1985–86		46	23	15	8	80	41	84	3rd	R5	R3	All English Clubs banned from European competition due to the Heysel Stadium disaster.5
1986–87	Div 2	42	25	9	8	64	38	84	1st	R3	R3
1987–88	Div 1	40	10	13	17	35	45	43	15th	R3	R2
1988–89		38	17	7	14	40	38	58	5th	R4	R3
1989–90		38	13	7	18	43	40	46	16th	R3	QF
1990–91		38	5	9	24	37	75	24	20th	R3	R4
1991–92	Div 2	46	23	9	14	65	51	78	3rd	R4	R3
1992–93	Div 16	46	19	9	18	65	57	66	8th	QF	R3	Anglo-Italian Cup	R/U
1993–94		46	20	11	15	73	68	71	6th	R3	R3		DNQ
1994–95		46	18	12	16	66	51	66	9th	R3	R4		GS
1995–96		46	21	16	9	71	51	79	2nd	R3	R3
1996–97	Prem	38	11	13	14	45	58	46	12th	QF	R2			Dean Sturridge	14
1997–98		38	16	7	15	52	49	55	9th	R4	R4			Paulo Wanchope	17
1998–99		38	13	13	12	40	45	52	8th	QF	R3			Deon Burton	12
1999–2000		38	9	11	18	44	57	38	16th	R3	R3			Rory Delap	8
2000–01		38	10	12	16	37	59	42	17th	R4	R4			Malcolm Christie	12
2001–02		38	8	6	24	33	63	30	19th	R3	R3			Fabrizio Ravanelli	11
2002–03	Div 1	46	15	7	24	55	74	52	18th	R3	R2			Malcolm Christie Lee Morris	9
2003–04		46	13	13	20	53	67	52	20th	R3	R1			Ian Taylor	12
2004–05	Champ7	46	22	10	14	71	60	76	4th	R4	R1			Grzegorz Rasiak	17
2005–06		46	10	20	16	53	67	50	20th	R4	R1			Iñigo Idiakez	11
2006–07		46	25	9	12	62	46	84	3rd	R5	R2			Steve Howard	19
2007–08	Prem8	38	1	8	29	20	89	11	20th	R4	R2			Kenny Miller	6
2008–09	Champ	46	14	12	20	55	67	54	18th	R5	SF			Rob Hulse	18
2009–10		46	15	11	20	53	63	53	14th	R5	R1			Rob Hulse	12
2010–11		46	13	10	23	58	71	49	19th	R3	R1			Kris Commons	13

Key

Key to league record: P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Key to divisions: FL = Football League Div 1 = Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Div 3 (N) = Football League Third Division (North) Div 3 = Football League Third Division Prem = Premier League Champ = Football League Championship

Key to rounds: Ban = Banned DNQ = Did not Qualify for main competition GS = Group Stages R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3

R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals R/U = Runners Up W= Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

¹ At the beginning of the 1892–93 season, the Football League expanded to include a second division; the existing division (which Derby were playing in) was renamed the First Division.

² Derby qualified for the Fairs Cup, but were banned from competing due to financial irregularities.

³ At the beginning of the 1981–82 season, the Football League changed the points system from two to three points for a win.

⁴ At the beginning of the 1958–59 season, the Football League's Third Division (North) and Third Division (South) were replaced by a national Third Division and a national Fourth Division; therefore, Derby competed in the national Third Division upon relegation in 1984.

⁵ Had English clubs not been banned from competing in European competition, Derby would have taken part in the UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season.

⁶ At the beginning of the 1992–93 season, the clubs in the Football League First Division broke away to form the FA Premier League; as a result, the Football League's three remaining divisions were renamed: the Second Division (which Derby were playing in) became the First Division, the Third Division became the Second Division and the Fourth Division became the Third Division.

⁷ At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, the Football League renamed its divisions: the First Division (which Derby were playing in) became The Championship, the Second Division became League One and the Third Division became League Two.

⁸ Mid-way through the 2006–07 season, the FA Premier League was renamed to simply the Premier League.

References

1. ^ Goals in all competitions (The Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield and European) are counted.