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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Burnley F.C. Seasons
Burnley Football Club, an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, was founded on 18 May 1882 as Burnley Rovers. The suffix "Rovers" was soon dropped, and the club was simply known as "Burnley Football Club" at the time of its first recorded match on 10 August 1882. For the first six years of its existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an ad hoc basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at local and national level. The club won its first trophy in 1883: the Dr Dean's Cup, a knockout competition between amateur clubs in the local area. Burnley turned professional at the end of 1883, first entered the FA Cup in the 1885–86 season, and were one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888. The team have played in the top four tiers of English football from 1888 to the present day.

Burnley have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973. They have been runners-up in the First Division twice, in 1919–20 and 1961–62, and FA Cup runners-up twice, in 1946–47 and 1961–62. Burnley were the second, and are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.

As of the end of the 2023–24 season, the team have spent 60 seasons in the top division of English football, 47 in the second, 11 in the third, and 7 in the fourth. The table details their achievements in domestic and international competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season.

Key

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 Football League are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, top scorer and average league attendance
Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Top scorer(s) Avg. attend.
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Player(s) Goals
1882–85
Burnley played only friendly matches or in local cup competitions.
1885–86 — — — — — — — — — R1 — — — n/a — —
1886–87 — — — — — — — — — R1 — — — Walter Place 2 —
1887–88 — — — — — — — — — R2 — — — Bill McFettridge 2 —
1888–89 FL 22 7 3 12 42 62 17 9th R2 — — — Pat Gallocher 9 4,200
1889–90 FL 22 4 5 13 36 65 13 11th R1 — — — Robert Haresnape 6 5,400
1890–91 FL 22 9 3 10 52 63 21 8th R2 — — — Claude Lambie 17 7,580
1891–92 FL 26 11 4 11 49 45 26 7th R2 — — — Tom Nicol 18 6,125
1892–93 Div 1 30 13 4 13 51 44 30 6th R2 — — —
8 6,805
1893–94 Div 1 30 15 4 11 61 51 34 5th R1 — — — Peter Turnbull 15 6,300
1894–95 Div 1 30 11 4 15 44 56 26 9th R1 — — — Tom Nicol 11 6,235
1895–96 Div 1 30 10 7 13 48 44 27 10th R2 — — — Hugh Robertson 12 5,875
1896–97 Div 1 ↓ 30 6 7 17 43 61 19 16th R1 — — — Billy Bowes 11 5,250
1897–98 Div 2 ↑ 30 20 8 2 80 24 48 1st QF — — — Jimmy Ross 24 4,125
1898–99 Div 1 34 15 9 10 45 47 39 3rd R1 — — — Wilf Toman 12 6,355
1899–1900 Div 1 ↓ 34 11 5 18 34 54 27 17th R1 — — — Edgar Chadwick 10 5,880
1900–01 Div 2 34 20 4 10 53 29 44 3rd R2 — — — Bill Jenkinson 11 3,275
1901–02 Div 2 34 10 10 14 41 45 30 9th R1 — — — Cornelius Hogan 12 2,225
1902–03 Div 2 34 6 8 20 30 77 20 18th IntR — — — Cornelius Hogan 7 1,500
1903–04 Div 2 34 15 9 10 50 55 39 5th QR4 — — — William Jackson 10 4,100
1904–05 Div 2 34 12 6 16 43 52 30 11th IntR — — — Doug MacFarlane 13 4,260
1905–06 Div 2 38 15 8 15 42 53 38 9th R1 — — — Doug MacFarlane 10 4,975
1906–07 Div 2 38 17 6 15 62 47 40 7th R1 — — — Dick Smith 16 5,275
1907–08 Div 2 38 20 6 12 67 50 46 7th R1 — — — Dick Smith 24 7,725
1908–09 Div 2 38 13 7 18 51 58 33 14th QF — — — Dick Smith 18 6,815
1909–10 Div 2 38 14 6 18 62 61 34 14th R2 — — — Benny Green 19 6,555
1910–11 Div 2 38 13 15 10 45 45 41 8th QF — — — Benny Green 14 7,700
1911–12 Div 2 38 22 8 8 77 41 52 3rd R1 — — — Bert Freeman 33 ♦ 14,000
1912–13 Div 2 ↑ 38 21 8 9 88 53 50 2nd SF — — — Bert Freeman 36 ♦ 12,970
1913–14 Div 1 38 12 12 14 61 53 36 12th W — — — Bert Freeman 19 21,820
1914–15 Div 1 38 18 7 13 61 47 43 4th R3 — — — Teddy Hodgson 20 11,415
1915–19
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 Div 1 42 21 9 12 65 59 51 2nd R2 — — — Bert Freeman 12 19,530
1920–21 Div 1 42 23 13 6 79 36 59 1st R3 — Charity Shield F Joe Anderson 31 31,535
1921–22 Div 1 42 22 5 15 72 54 49 3rd R1 — — — Joe Anderson 21 23,640
1922–23 Div 1 42 16 6 20 58 59 38 15th R1 — — — Bob Kelly 17 16,885
1923–24 Div 1 42 12 12 18 55 60 36 17th SF — — — George Beel 21 14,890
1924–25 Div 1 42 11 12 19 46 75 34 19th R1 — — — Tommy Roberts 16 15,890
1925–26 Div 1 42 13 10 19 85 108 36 20th R3 — — — Louis Page 26 17,857
1926–27 Div 1 42 19 9 14 91 80 47 5th R5 — — — George Beel 27 19,422
1927–28 Div 1 42 16 7 19 82 98 39 19th R3 — — — George Beel 35 17,408
1928–29 Div 1 42 15 8 19 81 103 38 19th R4 — — — George Beel 32 17,239
1929–30 Div 1 ↓ 42 14 8 20 79 97 36 21st R3 — — — Louis Page 15 14,726
1930–31 Div 2 42 17 11 14 81 77 45 8th R4 — — — George Beel 25 11,493
1931–32 Div 2 42 13 9 20 59 87 35 19th R3 — — — George Beel 12 8,410
1932–33 Div 2 42 11 14 17 67 79 36 19th QF — — —
16 9,401
1933–34 Div 2 42 18 6 18 60 72 42 13th R3 — — — Cecil Smith 18 11,403
1934–35 Div 2 42 16 9 17 63 73 41 12th SF — — — George Brown 24 10,825
1935–36 Div 2 42 12 13 17 50 59 37 15th R3 — — — Cecil Smith 10 10,402
1936–37 Div 2 42 16 10 16 57 61 42 13th R5 — — — Charlie Fletcher 13 12,041
1937–38 Div 2 42 17 10 15 54 54 44 6th R4 — — — Bob Brocklebank 16 13,394
1938–39 Div 2 42 15 9 18 50 56 39 14th R3 — — — Gordon Clayton 10 13,731
1939–40 Div 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 — — — — Ron Hornby 1 —
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 — — — — — — — — — R3 — — —
1 —
1946–47 Div 2 ↑ 42 22 14 6 65 29 58 2nd F — — — Harry Potts 17 25,856
1947–48 Div 1 42 20 12 10 56 43 52 3rd R3 — — — Harry Potts 14 33,621
1948–49 Div 1 42 12 14 16 43 50 38 15th R5 — — — Jackie Chew 11 30,290
1949–50 Div 1 42 16 13 13 40 40 45 10th R5 — — — Harry Potts 12 27,631
1950–51 Div 1 42 14 14 14 48 43 42 10th R3 — — — Bill Holden 12 28,296
1951–52 Div 1 42 15 10 17 56 63 40 14th QF — — — Billy Morris 19 26,624
1952–53 Div 1 42 18 12 12 67 52 48 6th R5 — — — Bill Holden 22 28,480
1953–54 Div 1 42 21 4 17 78 67 46 7th R4 — — — Billy Gray 20 28,151
1954–55 Div 1 42 17 9 16 51 48 43 10th R3 — — — Bill Holden 14 25,094
1955–56 Div 1 42 18 8 16 64 54 44 7th R4 — — — Peter McKay 27 23,397
1956–57 Div 1 42 18 10 14 56 50 46 7th QF — — — Jimmy McIlroy 16 22,493
1957–58 Div 1 42 21 5 16 80 74 47 6th R4 — — — Jimmy McIlroy 19 22,251
1958–59 Div 1 42 19 10 13 81 70 48 7th QF — — — Ray Pointer 29 23,733
1959–60 Div 1 42 24 7 11 85 61 55 1st QF — — — John Connelly 24 26,978
1960–61 Div 1 42 22 7 13 102 77 51 4th SF SF
Charity Shield
European Cup
QF
Jimmy Robson 37 23,827
1961–62 Div 1 42 21 11 10 101 67 53 2nd F DNE — — Ray Pointer 26 27,125
1962–63 Div 1 42 22 10 10 78 57 54 3rd R4 DNE — — Andy Lochhead 20 25,180
1963–64 Div 1 42 17 10 15 71 64 44 9th QF DNE — — Andy Lochhead 14 19,755
1964–65 Div 1 42 16 10 16 70 70 42 12th R5 DNE — — Willie Irvine 25 15,739
1965–66 Div 1 42 24 7 11 79 47 55 3rd R4 QF — — Willie Irvine 37 ♦ 19,968
1966–67 Div 1 42 15 9 18 66 76 39 14th R3 R3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup QF Andy Lochhead 24 20,508
1967–68 Div 1 42 14 10 18 64 71 38 14th R3 QF — — Frank Casper 17 17,435
1968–69 Div 1 42 15 9 18 55 82 39 14th R4 SF — — Frank Casper 21 16,073
1969–70 Div 1 42 12 15 15 56 61 39 14th R4 R4 — — Steve Kindon 18 16,452
1970–71 Div 1 ↓ 42 7 13 22 29 63 27 21st R3 R2 Texaco Cup R1
5 16,156
1971–72 Div 2 42 20 6 16 70 55 46 7th R3 R3 — — Frank Casper 19 12,893
1972–73 Div 2 ↑ 42 24 14 4 72 35 62 1st R3 R2 Watney Cup SF Paul Fletcher 15 14,083
1973–74 Div 1 42 16 14 12 56 53 46 6th P3rd R3
Charity Shield
Texaco Cup
Paul Fletcher 21 20,670
1974–75 Div 1 42 17 11 14 68 67 45 10th R3 R4 — — Leighton James 17 19,641
1975–76 Div 1 ↓ 42 9 10 23 43 66 28 21st R3 QF — — Peter Noble 17 18,120
1976–77 Div 2 42 11 14 17 46 64 36 16th R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Peter Noble 15 12,173
1977–78 Div 2 42 15 10 17 56 64 40 11th R4 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Steve Kindon 13 11,581
1978–79 Div 2 42 14 12 16 51 62 40 13th R5 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup W Peter Noble 16 10,748
1979–80 Div 2 ↓ 42 6 15 21 39 73 27 21st R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group
7 8,118
1980–81 Div 3 46 18 14 14 60 48 50 8th R2 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Steve Taylor 17 6,469
1981–82 Div 3 ↑ 46 21 17 8 66 45 80 1st R4 R1 Football League Group Cup SF Billy Hamilton 19 6,936
1982–83 Div 2 ↓ 42 12 8 22 56 66 44 21st QF SF — — Billy Hamilton 19 9,085
1983–84 Div 3 46 16 14 16 76 61 62 12th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup SF(N) Billy Hamilton 21 6,625
1984–85 Div 3 ↓ 46 11 13 22 60 73 46 21st R3 R2 Associate Members' Cup QF(N) Kevin Hird 22 4,177
1985–86 Div 4 46 16 11 19 60 65 59 14th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup Group(N) Alan Taylor 21 3,204
1986–87 Div 4 46 12 13 21 53 74 49 22nd R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Leighton James 12 3,342
1987–88 Div 4 46 20 7 19 57 62 67 10th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup F George Oghani 19 6,282
1988–89 Div 4 46 14 13 19 52 61 55 16th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Brendan O'Connell 18 7,062
1989–90 Div 4 46 14 14 18 45 55 56 16th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup Group(N) Ron Futcher 10 6,222
1990–91 Div 4 46 23 10 13 70 51 79 6th R3 R2 Associate Members' Cup SF(N) Ron Futcher 20 7,882
1991–92 Div 4 ↑ 42 25 8 9 79 43 83 1st R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup F(N) Mike Conroy 28 10,519
1992–93 Div 2 46 15 16 15 57 59 61 13th R3 R1 Football League Trophy QF(N) Adrian Heath 23 10,537
1993–94 Div 2 ↑ 46 21 10 15 79 58 73 6th R3 R2 Football League Trophy Group(N) David Eyres 28 11,317
1994–95 Div 1 ↓ 46 11 13 22 49 74 46 22nd R4 R2 — —
10 12,063
1995–96 Div 2 46 14 13 19 56 68 55 17th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(N) Kurt Nogan 26 9,064
1996–97 Div 2 46 19 11 16 71 55 68 9th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R2(N) Paul Barnes 25 10,053
1997–98 Div 2 46 13 13 20 55 65 52 20th R1 R2 Football League Trophy F(N) Andy Cooke 20 10,481
1998–99 Div 2 46 13 16 17 54 73 55 15th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Andy Payton 23 10,604
1999–2000 Div 2 ↑ 46 25 13 8 69 47 88 2nd R4 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Andy Payton 27 ♦ 12,937
2000–01 Div 1 46 21 9 16 50 54 72 7th R3 R2 — — Andy Payton 15 16,234
2001–02 Div 1 46 21 12 13 70 62 75 7th R4 R1 — — Gareth Taylor 16 15,948
2002–03 Div 1 46 15 10 21 65 89 55 16th QF R4 — — Gareth Taylor 17 13,977
2003–04 Div 1 46 13 14 19 60 77 53 19th R5 R3 — — Robbie Blake 22 12,541
2004–05 Champ 46 15 15 16 38 39 60 13th R5 R4 — — Robbie Blake 13 12,640
2005–06 Champ 46 14 12 20 46 54 54 17th R3 R3 — — Ade Akinbiyi 14 12,462
2006–07 Champ 46 15 12 19 52 49 57 15th R3 R1 — — Andy Gray 14 11,956
2007–08 Champ 46 16 14 16 60 67 62 13th R3 R3 — — Andy Gray 13 12,365
2008–09 Champ ↑ 46 21 13 12 72 60 76 5th R5 SF — — Martin Paterson 19 13,082
2009–10 Prem ↓ 38 8 6 24 42 82 30 18th R4 R3 — — Steven Fletcher 12 20,654
2010–11 Champ 46 18 14 14 65 61 68 8th R5 R4 — —
15 14,931
2011–12 Champ 46 17 11 18 62 61 58 13th R3 R4 — — Jay Rodriguez 21 14,048
2012–13 Champ 46 16 13 17 62 60 61 11th R3 R3 — — Charlie Austin 28 12,928
2013–14 Champ ↑ 46 26 15 5 72 37 93 2nd R3 R4 — — Danny Ings 26 13,719
2014–15 Prem ↓ 38 7 12 19 28 53 33 19th R3 R2 — — Danny Ings 11 19,131
2015–16 Champ ↑ 46 26 15 5 72 35 93 1st R4 R1 — — Andre Gray 23 ♦ 16,823
2016–17 Prem 38 11 7 20 39 55 40 16th R5 R2 — — Sam Vokes 12 20,558
2017–18 Prem 38 14 12 12 36 39 54 7th R3 R3 — — Chris Wood 11 20,688
2018–19 Prem 38 11 7 20 45 68 40 15th R4 R3 UEFA Europa League PO
13 20,534
2019–20 Prem 38 15 9 14 43 50 54 10th R4 R2 — — Chris Wood 14 20,260
2020–21 Prem 38 10 9 19 33 55 39 17th R5 R4 — — Chris Wood 12 3,387
2021–22 Prem ↓ 38 7 14 17 34 53 35 18th R3 R4 — — Maxwel Cornet 9 19,399
2022–23 Champ ↑ 46 29 14 3 87 35 101 1st QF R4 — — Nathan Tella 19 19,953
2023–24 Prem ↓ 38 5 9 24 41 78 24 19th R3 R4 — — Jacob Bruun Larsen 7 21,152