Leeds United A.F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Leeds United Association Football Club in English and European football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1919, following the demise of Leeds City earlier that year, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with the top scorers and the average attendances for each season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Leeds United were founded in October 1919, taking the place in the Midland League vacated by Leeds City Reserves, and were elected to The Football League for the 1920–21 season. [cite web |url=http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/seasons/192021.htm |title=Review of 1920–21 Back in the big time |work=The Mighty Mighty Whites. The definitive history of Leeds United |accessdate=2008-01-14 ] They won the Second Division title four years later to gain promotion to the top tier of English football, but had to wait almost 50 years before winning any major silverware, with success in the 1968 Football League Cup Final accompanied by success in Europe in the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The following season brought league success when Leeds won the First Division championship. Their success continued into the 1970s with victory in the 1972 FA Cup Final, another league title in the 1973–74 season and runners-up in the 1975 European Cup Final. A third league title in the 1991–92 season, and a semi-final appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2001, preceded a period of turbulence which culminated in relegation to League One in the 2006–07 season. They dropped out of the top two tiers of English football for the first time in their history in a season that saw them deducted ten points for going into administration. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/6625751.stm |title=Relegated Leeds in administration |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2007-05-04 |accessdate=2008-01-14 ]

Leeds United have won the League Championship three times, the FA Cup once, the League Cup once, the Charity Shield twice and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. All these honours were won under the management of either Don Revie or Howard Wilkinson. [cite web |url=http://www.wafll.com/leeds-managers/ |title=Leeds United Managers |work=WAFLL (a Leeds United fansite) |accessdate=2008-01-14 ] The club have also been runners-up five times in the League Championship, three times in the FA Cup, once each in the League Cup, the Charity Shield, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup, and lost the play-off to keep the Inter-City Fairs Cup trophy. [cite web
url=http://www.leedsunited.com/page/Hon/0,,10273,00.html |title=Honours |work=Official website |publisher=Leeds United A.F.C. |accessdate=2008-01-14 ]

easons

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 positionKey to divisions:
*Prem = Premier League
*Champ = Football League Championship
*Div 1 = Football League First Division
*Lge 1 = Football League One
*Div 2 = Football League Second Division
*ML = Midland League
*n/a = Not applicableKey to rounds:
*DNE = Did not enter
*PR = Preliminary round
*R1 = Round 1
*R2 = Round 2
*R3 = Round 3
*R4 = Round 4
*R5 = Round 5
*R6 = Round 6
*Grp = Group stage
*QF = Quarter-finals
*NQF = Northern Quarter-finals
*SF = Semi-finals
*NF = Northern final
*RU = Runners-up
*W = Winners

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Footnotes and references

External links

*cite web
url=http://www.fchd.info/LEEDSU.HTM |title=Leeds United |work=Football Club History Database |accessdate=2008-01-14
*cite web
url=http://www.leedsutd-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlghs.asp |title=League history |work=Leeds United Mad |publisher=Footymad.net |accessdate=2008-01-14
*cite web
url=http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/season.htm |title=Season by Season Review from 1905 |work=The Mighty Mighty Whites. The definitive history of Leeds United |accessdate=2008-01-14 (Covers periods from 1919 to 1968 and 1999 to 2007.)