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List Of York City F.C. Seasons
York City Football Club, a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1922. They were elected to play in the Midland League for the 1922–23 season. After seven seasons in the Midland League, York were elected to play in the Football League in 1929 and were placed in the Third Division North. The team reached the semi-final of the 1954–55 FA Cup, and were defeated by eventual winners Newcastle United in a replay, which is the furthest the club have reached in the competition. York played in the Third Division North until the 1958–59 season, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on league reorganisation. They won the first promotion in their history this season, after finishing third in the Fourth Division.

York were promoted to the Second Division in 1974 and the 1974–75 season saw them achieve their highest league placing after finishing in 15th place. Two successive relegations and a finish of 22nd in the Fourth Division saw the club apply for re-election to the Football League at the end of the 1977–78 season. York won their first and only title after finishing first in the Fourth Division in the 1983–84 season with 101 points, becoming the first team to reach a three-figure points total in a Football League season. The club's first play-off success came in the 1992–93 season, against Crewe Alexandra in the final. After a 1–1 extra-time draw, York won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out at Wembley Stadium to earn promotion to the Second Division. The following season saw York compete in the Second Division play-off semi-final, where they were beaten 1–0 on aggregate by Stockport County.

York were relegated to the Conference National after finishing bottom of the Third Division in the 2003–04 season, ending 75 years of Football League membership. The team reached the 2009 FA Trophy final in 2008–09, which was played at the new Wembley Stadium, where York were beaten 2–0 by Stevenage Borough. The 2011–12 season concluded with two victories at Wembley; after Newport County were defeated 2–0 in the 2012 FA Trophy final, York's Football League status was restored with a 2–1 victory over Luton Town in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final. The club endured successive relegations from League Two to the National League North in the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, but finished the latter with a 3–2 win over Macclesfield Town at Wembley in the 2017 FA Trophy final. York spent five years in the National League North, being promoted to the National League via the play-offs in the 2021–22 season.

As at the end of 2023–24, the club's first team had spent 2 seasons in the second tier of English football, 38 in the third, 32 in the fourth, and 22 in non-League football. 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 in 1922–23.

Key

Details of abandoned competitions 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) Average attendance
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Player(s) Goals
1922–23 NLMidland 42 11 12 19 56 70 34 19th DNE — — — Charles Elliott 16 —
1923–24 NLMidland 42 10 13 19 48 71 33 19th QR1 — — — Arthur Charlesworth 12 —
1924–25 NLMidland 28 10 10 8 39 36 30 6th QR1 — — — James Miller 20 —
1925–26 NLMidland 40 14 7 19 74 94 35 16th QR3 — — — R. Holland 17 —
1926–27 NLMidland 38 16 13 9 96 68 45 6th R2 — — — Charlie Flood 19 —
1927–28 NLMidland 44 22 7 15 97 73 51 7th QR4 — — — John Hammerton 21 —
1928–29 NLMidland 50 22 13 15 99106 99 57 9th R1 — — — Jimmy Cowie 56 —
1929–30 Division 3N 42 15 16 11 77 64 46 6th R3 — — — Billy Bottrill
Tom Fenoughty		 20 5,279
1930–31 Division 3N 42 18 6 18 85 82 42 12th R3 — — — Tom Fenoughty 17 3,906
1931–32 Division 3N 40 18 7 15 76 81 43 9th R1 — — — Reg Baines 29 4,330
1932–33 Division 3N 42 13 6 23 72 92 32 20th R1 — — — Reg Baines 29 4,370
1933–34 Division 3N 42 15 8 19 71 74 38 12th R1 — Football League Third Division North Cup R3 Maurice Dando 29 4,361
1934–35 Division 3N 42 15 6 21 76 82 36 15th R3 — Football League Third Division North Cup R2 Maurice Dando 23 3,902
1935–36 Division 3N 42 13 12 17 62 95 38 16th R1 — Football League Third Division North Cup R1 Fred Speed 14 3,721
1936–37 Division 3N 42 16 11 15 79 70 43 12th R4 — Football League Third Division North Cup R3 Albert Thompson 29 5,257
1937–38 Division 3N 42 16 10 16 70 68 42 11th R6 — Football League Third Division North Cup R1 Reg Baines 28 5,957
1938–39 Division 3N 42 12 8 22 64 92 32 20th R3 — — — Bob Mortimer 22 5,544
1939–40 Division 3N 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 20th — — — — Billy Allen 2 6,000
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 — — — — — — — — — R4 — — — Ian Winters 4 —
1946–47 Division 3N 42 14 9 19 67 81 37 15th R1 — — — Alf Patrick 17 6,900
1947–48 Division 3N 42 13 14 15 65 60 40 13th R1 — — — Alf Patrick 19 9,006
1948–49 Division 3N 42 15 9 18 74 74 39 14th R2 — — — Alf Patrick 27 10,412
1949–50 Division 3N 42 9 13 20 52 70 31 22nd R1 — — — Alf Patrick 14 8,016
1950–51 Division 3N 46 12 15 19 66 77 39 17th R3 — — — Matt Patrick 14 7,478
1951–52 Division 3N 46 18 13 15 73 52 49 10th R1 — — — Billy Fenton 31 7,968
1952–53 Division 3N 46 20 13 13 60 45 53 4th R1 — — — Billy Fenton 25 8,654
1953–54 Division 3N 46 12 13 21 64 86 37 22nd R1 — — — Dave Dunmore 21 5,636
1954–55 Division 3N 46 24 10 12 92 63 58 4th SF — — — Arthur Bottom 39 ♦ 9,630
1955–56 Division 3N 46 19 9 18 85 72 47 11th R4 — — — Arthur Bottom 33 10,291
1956–57 Division 3N 46 21 10 15 75 61 52 7th R2 — — — Arthur Bottom 22 9,414
1957–58 Division 3N 46 17 12 17 68 76 46 13th R4 — — — Terry Farmer
Norman Wilkinson
Peter Wragg		 12 7,270
1958–59 Division 4 ↑ 46 21 18 7 73 52 60 3rd R1 — — — Peter Wragg 14 8,124
1959–60 Division 3 ↓ 46 13 12 21 57 73 38 21st R3 — — — Johnny Edgar 17 7,507
1960–61 Division 4 46 21 9 16 80 60 51 5th R3 R1 — — Peter Wragg 22 6,900
1961–62 Division 4 44 20 10 14 84 53 50 6th R1 R5 — — Jimmy Weir 29 6,890
1962–63 Division 4 46 16 11 19 67 62 43 14th R3 R1 — — Norman Wilkinson 17 4,515
1963–64 Division 4 46 14 7 25 52 66 35 22nd R1 R2 — — Norman Wilkinson 12 3,937
1964–65 Division 4 ↑ 46 28 6 12 91 56 62 3rd R2 R1 — — Paul Aimson 30 7,185
1965–66 Division 3 ↓ 46 9 9 28 53 99106 27 24th R1 R2 — — Paul Aimson 21 5,921
1966–67 Division 4 46 12 11 23 65 69 35 22nd R2 R3 — — Tommy Spencer 23 3,776
1967–68 Division 4 46 11 14 21 65 68 36 21st R1 R1 — — Ted MacDougall 15 4,578
1968–69 Division 4 46 14 11 21 53 75 39 21st R3 R1 — — Ted MacDougall 25 3,883
1969–70 Division 4 46 16 14 16 55 62 46 13th R4 R1 — — Phil Boyer 12 3,951
1970–71 Division 4 ↑ 46 23 10 13 78 54 56 4th R4 R2 — — Paul Aimson 31 4,962
1971–72 Division 3 46 12 12 22 57 66 36 19th R2 R3 — — Paul Aimson 16 5,597
1972–73 Division 3 46 13 15 18 42 46 41 18th R3 R1 — — Eddie Rowles 9 3,792
1973–74 Division 3 ↑ 46 21 19 6 67 38 61 3rd R1 R4 — — Chris Jones 20 6,600
1974–75 Division 2 42 14 10 18 51 55 38 15th R3 R1 — — Jimmy Seal 18 8,828
1975–76 Division 2 ↓ 42 10 8 24 39 71 28 21st R4 R2 — — Micky Cave
Jimmy Seal		 8 5,189
1976–77 Division 3 ↓ 46 10 12 24 50 89 32 24th R2 R1 — — Brian Pollard 13 2,986
1977–78 Division 4 46 12 12 22 50 69 36 22nd R1 R1 — — Gordon Staniforth 13 2,139
1978–79 Division 4 46 18 11 17 51 55 47 10th R4 R1 — — Gordon Staniforth 19 2,935
1979–80 Division 4 46 14 11 21 65 82 39 17th R2 R1 — — Terry Eccles 10 2,703
1980–81 Division 4 46 12 9 25 47 66 33 24th R1 R2 — — Ian McDonald 12 2,162
1981–82 Division 4 46 14 8 24 69 91 50 17th R2 R1 — — Keith Walwyn 25 2,362
1982–83 Division 4 46 22 13 11 88 58 79 7th R3 R1 — — Keith Walwyn 24 3,243
1983–84 Division 4 ↑ 46 31 8 7 96 39 101 1st R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) John Byrne 28 5,008
1984–85 Division 3 46 20 9 17 70 57 69 8th R5 R2 Associate Members' Cup R3(N) Keith Houchen 18 5,550
1985–86 Division 3 46 20 11 15 77 58 71 7th R5 R2 Associate Members' Cup Group(N) Keith Walwyn 29 4,111
1986–87 Division 3 46 12 13 21 55 79 49 20th R2 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Keith Walwyn 25 3,432
1987–88 Division 3 ↓ 46 8 9 29 48 91 33 23rd R2 R2 Associate Members' Cup Group(N) Dale Banton 18 2,754
1988–89 Division 4 46 17 13 16 62 63 64 11th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Ian Helliwell 11 2,613
1989–90 Division 4 46 16 16 14 55 53 64 13th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Ian Helliwell 19 2,615
1990–91 Division 4 46 11 13 22 45 57 46 21st R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Ian Helliwell 10 2,511
1991–92 Division 4 42 8 16 18 42 58 40 19th R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup Group(N) Ian Blackstone 11 2,506
1992–93 Division 3 ↑ 42 21 12 9 72 45 75 4th R1 R1 Football League Trophy Group(N) Paul Barnes 21 3,946
1993–94 Division 2 42 21 12 13 64 40 75 5th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Paul Barnes 25 4,633
1994–95 Division 2 46 21 9 16 67 51 72 9th R1 R1 Football League Trophy Group(N) Paul Barnes 17 3,685
1995–96 Division 2 46 13 13 20 58 73 52 20th R1 R3 Football League Trophy SF(N) Paul Barnes 22 3,538
1996–97 Division 2 46 13 13 20 47 68 52 20th R3 R3 Football League Trophy R3(N) Neil Tolson 17 3,359
1997–98 Division 2 46 14 17 15 52 58 59 16th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R2(N) Rodney Rowe 16 3,850
1998–99 Division 2 ↓ 46 13 11 22 56 80 50 21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Richard Cresswell 19 3,645
1999–2000 Division 3 46 12 16 18 39 53 52 20th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Barry Conlon 11 3,048
2000–01 Division 3 46 13 13 20 42 63 52 17th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) David McNiven 10 3,026
2001–02 Division 3 46 16 9 21 54 67 57 14th R4 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Michael Proctor 14 3,144
2002–03 Division 3 46 17 15 14 52 53 66 10th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Peter Duffield 15 4,176
2003–04 Division 3 ↓ 46 10 14 22 35 66 44 24th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Lee Nogan 9 3,963
2004–05 Conference 42 11 10 21 39 66 43 17th QR4 —
Andy Bishop 12 2,333
2005–06 Conference 42 17 12 13 63 48 63 8th R1 — FA Trophy R1 Andy Bishop 25 ♦ 2,871
2006–07 Conference 46 23 11 12 65 45 80 4th R1 — FA Trophy R1 Clayton Donaldson 26 2,859
2007–08 Conference 46 17 11 18 71 74 62 14th R1 —
Onome Sodje
Martyn Woolford		 17 2,258
2008–09 Conference 46 11 19 16 47 51 52 17th QR4 —
Richard Brodie 19 2,295
2009–10 Conference 44 22 12 10 62 35 78 5th R3 — FA Trophy R4 Richard Brodie 34 ♦ 2,664
2010–11 Conference 46 19 14 13 55 50 71 8th R3 — FA Trophy R1 Michael Rankine 14 2,485
2011–12 Conference ↑ 46 23 14 9 81 45 83 4th QR4 — FA Trophy W Matty Blair 20 3,117
2012–13 League 2 46 12 19 15 50 60 55 17th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2 Ashley Chambers 10 3,879
2013–14 League 2 46 18 17 11 52 41 71 7th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2 Wes Fletcher 13 3,773
2014–15 League 2 46 11 19 16 46 51 52 18th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1 Jake Hyde 10 3,555
2015–16 League 2 ↓ 46 7 13 26 51 87 34 24th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(N) Vadaine Oliver 10 3,218
2016–17 National ↓ 46 11 17 18 55 70 50 21st QR4 — FA Trophy W Jon Parkin 16 2,570
2017–18 National N 42 16 10 16 65 62 58 11th QR3 — FA Trophy R1 Jon Parkin 25 2,755
2018–19 National N 42 16 10 16 58 63 58 12th R1 — FA Trophy R1 Jordan Burrow 19 2,501
2019–20 National N 34 19 9 6 52 28 66 2nd R1 — FA Trophy QR3 Jordan Burrow 15 2,705
2020–21 National N 13 6 4 3 22 17 22 8th QR3 — FA Trophy R2 Sean Newton 8 514
2021–22 National N ↑ 42 19 9 14 58 50 66 5th R1 — FA Trophy SF Clayton Donaldson 14 3,116
2022–23 National 46 13 12 21 55 63 51 19th R1 — FA Trophy QF Lenell John-Lewis 17 4,827
2023–24 National 46 12 17 17 55 69 53 20th R2 — FA Trophy R3 Dipo Akinyemi 15 4,854