St Johnstone Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Perth. The club was officially formed in 1884 and the team played its first game in February 1885. St Johnstone first appeared in the Scottish Cup in the 1886–87 season and they joined the Scottish Football League in 1911–12. The club has had three home grounds, the current one since 1989 is McDiarmid Park.

St Johnstone have won three major honours. Their first was the Scottish Cup, winning the 2014 final with a 2–0 win against Dundee United. They then won a domestic cup double in 2021 by winning 1–0 in both the 2021 Scottish Cup final and the 2020–21 Scottish League League Cup. They are the fourth existing Scottish team (with Aberdeen , Celtic and Rangers) to achieve that double. St Johnstone's highest placing in the league is third (three times, most recently in 2013). They have qualified for either the UEFA Cup or the Europa League in eight seasons; these include four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2016.

St Johnstone have spent 54 seasons to 2024–25 in the top tier of the Scottish football league system, including a run of 16 seasons (four in the Scottish Premier League and twelve since 2013 in the Scottish Premiership) since their most recent promotion in 2008–09. They have spent 44 seasons in the second tier and four in the third. The table summarises their seasons from 1886–87 in Scottish and European football. It highlights the club's achievements in senior first team competitions and names, where known, the top goalscorer(s) in each season. Some seasons to 1921–22 and the wartime seasons 1915–19 and 1939–45, in which the club did not compete in top-level football (e.g., Scottish Football League, Scottish Cup), are excluded.

Key

D1 = Scottish Football League First Division (first tier to 1975) PD = Scottish Football League Premier Division (first tier from 1975 to 1998) PL = Scottish Premier League (first tier from 1998 to 2013) SP = Scottish Premiership (first tier from 2013) D2 = Scottish Football League Second Division (second tier to 1975) FD = Scottish Football League First Division (second tier from 1975 to 2013) SD = Scottish Football League Second Division (third tier from 1975 to 2013) DB = Southern League B Division P = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Grp = Group stage PO = Play-offs 1QR = 1st qualifying round 2QR = 2nd qualifying round 3QR = 3rd qualifying round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up

Seasons The table is correct to the end of the 2025–26 season.

Seasons in which the team were promoted have the league position in green. Seasons in which the team were relegated have the league position in red.

+List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, and league top scorerSeasonLeague recordScottish CupLeague CupEuropa LeagueTop league scorer(s)DivisionNameGoals1886–87–––––––––R1––1887–88–––––––––R2––1888–89–––––––––R1––1889–90–––––––––R2––1890–91–––––––––R2––1895–96–––––––––R2––1900–01–––––––––R1––1902–03–––––––––R1––1903–04–––––––––R2––1904–05–––––––––R1––1906–07–––––––––R1––1907–08–––––––––R1––1908–09–––––––––R1––1911–12D22210482927245thR1––1912–13D226771229382111thR3––1913–14D2229584838235th–––1914–15D226106105653268th–––1919–20–––––––––R2––1921–22D23812111541523513thR1––1922–23D238191276039483rdR1––1923–24D238221247933561stR2––1924–25D13812111557723511thR1––1925–26D1389101943782818thR3––1926–27D1381391655693514thR1––1927–28D1381481666673611thR1––1928–29D1381410145770389thR2––1929–30D138672548961920thR2––1930–31D238196137661445thR2––1931–32D238247710252552ndR2––1932–33D1381710117055445thR3––1933–34D138176157453409thSF––1934–35D1381810106646465thR4––1935–36D138157167081377thR3––1936–37D1381481674683612thR2––1937–38D138167157881398thR2––1938–39D138176158582408thR1––1945–46DB2612686660306th–––1946–47DB2694134547229thR1Grp–1947–48DB30115146963279thR2Grp–1948–49DB30144125851326thR1Grp–1949–50DB3015696456364thR2Grp–1950–51DB30145116853335thR2Grp–1951–52DB30971462682511thR2QF–1952–53DB30861641632214thR2QF–1953–54DB30143138071316thR1Grp–1954–55DB30152136051327thR6QF–1955–56D23621788645493rdR5QF–1956–57D2361461679803412thR5Grp–1957–58D2361291567853311thR2Grp–1958–59D2361510115444406thR3Grp–1959–60D23624578747531stR1Grp–1960–61D1341091547632915thR1Grp–Matthew McVitie81961–62D134971835612517thR2SF–Alex Ferguson51962–63D23625568337551stR2SF–1963–64D1341161754702813thR2PO–1964–65D1349111457622913thR2Grp–1965–66D134981758812614thR3Grp–1966–67D1341051953732515thR2Grp–1967–68D1341071743522714thSFSF–1968–69D134165136659376thR3Grp–1969–70D1341191450623113thR1RU–Henry Hall151970–71D13419695944443rdR3Grp–1971–72D134128145258328thR3QF3QR1972–73D1341091552672911thR3QF–1973–74D1349101541602812thR4R2–1974–75D13411121141443410thR4Grp–1975–76PD36352829791110thR3Grp–Jim O'Rourke81976–77FD398131842642911thR3Grp–Iain Anderson81977–78FD39156185264368thR4R2–Derek O'Connor191978–79FD3910111857663112thR3R1–John Brogan141979–80FD3912101757743411thR3R3–John Brogan221980–81FD39201186445513rdR4R1–Ally McCoist221981–82FD39178146960425thR4Grp–Jim Morton171982–83FD3925595937551stR4Grp–John Brogan261983–84PD36103233681239thR3Grp–John Brogan91984–85FD391052451782514thR3QF–Joe Reid91985–86SD39186156355426thR3R3–Willie Brown111986–87SD391613105949455thR3R4–Willie Brown251987–88SD3925957424592ndR3R3–Willie Watters191988–89FD391412135142406thSFR2–Steve Maskrey121989–90FD3925868139581stR3R2–Roddy Grant191990–91PD36119164154317thSFR2–Harry Curran91991–92PD441310215273368thR5R3–Paul Wright181992–93PD441020145266406thR5SF–Paul Wright141993–94PD4410201435474010thR5R3–Paul Wright71994–95FD36141485939565thR3QF–George O'Boyle191995–96FD3619896036654thR5R2–George O'Boyle211996–97FD3624847423801stR3R3–Roddy Grant191997–98PD36139143842485thR5R3–George O'Boyle101998–99PL36151293938573rdSFRU–Gary BollanRoddy GrantMiguel Simão41999–2000PL361012143644425thR3R31QRNathan Lowndes102000–01PL389131640564010thR3R3–Keigan Parker102001–02PL38562724622112thR3R3–Paul Hartley42002–03FD3620794929673rdR4R3–Chris Hay92003–04FD36151295945573rdR3QF–Mixu Paatelainen112004–05FD361210143839468thR3R1–Peter MacDonald112005–06FD36181265934662ndR3R2–Jason Scotland152006–07FD3619896542652ndSFSF–Jason Scotland182007–08FD36151386045583rdSFR2–Andy Jackson142008–09FD36171455535651stR4R2–Steve Milne142009–10PL381211155761478thR5SF–Liam Craig82010–11PL381111162343448thSFR3–Liam Craig62011–12PL38148164350506thR3R2–Francisco Sandaza142012–13PL381414104544563rdR5QF2QRLiam CraigMurray DavidsonNigel HasselbainkRowan Vine72013–14SP38158154842536thWSF3QRStevie May202014–15SP38169133434574thR5QF3QRBrian GrahamMichael O'Halloran92015–16SP38168145855564thR4SF1QRSteven MacLean142016–17SP38177145046584thR5QF–Danny Swanson102017–18SP381210164253468thR5R21QRSteven MacLean92018–19SP38157163848527thR5QF–Matty Kennedy62019–20SP3081292846456thQFGrp–Callum Hendry72020–21SP381112153646455thWW–Stevie May92021–22SP388111924513511thR4SF3QRCallum Hendry92022–23SP38127194159439thR4Grp–Stevie May102023-24SP388111938673510thR4Grp–Nicky Clark62024-25SP38952438683212th SFR2–Makenzie Kirk82025-26SC36221136725771st R3R2–Josh McPake16

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