This is a list of seasons played by Reading F.C. in the English Football League. The team, established in 1871, competes in EFL League One, the third football league in England. Established in 1871, the club first entered the FA Cup in 1878–79 but did not play league football until the 1920–21 season.

The club has competed in all four tiers of the English Football League and has won the Championship twice, the Football League Second Division three times, the Football League Third Division once, reached the FA Cup semi-finals twice, reached the EFL Cup quarter-finals twice, won the London War Cup, won the Full Members Cup, won the Football League Third Division South Cup and won the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup five times.

Key

Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Premier League = Premier League Championship = EFL Championship Division 1 = Football League First Division Division 2 = Football League Second Division Division 3 = Football League Third Division Division 3 South = Football League Third Division South Division 4 = Football League Fourth Division Southern 1 = Southern Football League Division 1 Southern 2 = Southern Football League Division 2 Western Pro = Western Football League Professional Section Western 1 (A/B) = Western Football League Division One (Section A/B) United = United League

Group = Group stage QR1/2/3 = First/Second/Third qualifying round etc. RInt = Intermediate round R1/2/3 = First/Second/Third round etc. QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals F = Final W = Winners

Champions Runners-up Promoted Play-Offs Relegated

Seasons Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other seasons accessed via dropdown menu. EFL Trophy Other Top scorer(s) Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Player(s) Goals1877–78 R2 – – 1878–79 R2 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup W 1879–80 R1 1880–81 R2 1881–82 R4 1882–83 R2 1883–84 R3 1884–85 R2 1885–86 R1 1886–87 R1 1887–88 R1 1888–89 QR1 1889–90 QR2 1890–91 QR1 1891–92 QR2 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup W 1892–93 QR3 1893–94 R1 FA Amateur Cup R2 1894–95 Southern 1 16 6 2 8 33 38 14 5th QR3 FA Amateur Cup QF 1895–96 Southern 1 18 11 1 6 45 38 23 4th QR3 1896–97 Southern 1 20 8 3 9 31 49 19 7th QR4 1897–98 Southern 1 Western Pro 22 14 8 7 7 2 7 5 39 28 31 25 23 16 5th 3rd QR3 1898–99 Southern 1 United League 24 20 9 8 8 5 7 7 31 36 24 25 26 21 5th 6th QR5 1899–1900 Southern 1 28 15 2 11 41 28 32 4th R1 1900–01 Southern 1 Western 1 28 16 8 5 8 5 12 6 24 24 25 29 24 15 9th 6th R3 1901–02 Southern 1 Western 1 30 16 16 7 7 3 7 6 57 29 24 22 39 17 5th 3rd R2 1902–03 Southern 1 Western 1 30 16 19 7 7 0 4 9 72 20 30 21 45 14 2nd 6th R1 1903–04 Southern 1 Western 1 34 16 14 4 13 4 7 8 48 16 35 26 41 12 6th 7th R1 1904–05 Southern 1 Western 1 34 20 18 6 7 3 9 11 57 27 38 37 43 15 2nd 9th R1 1905–06 Southern 1 Western 1 34 20 12 6 9 6 13 8 53 28 46 38 33 18 10th 9th R2 1906–07 Southern 1 Western 1A 38 10 14 4 6 1 18 5 57 12 47 18 34 9 12th 4th R1 1907–08 Southern 1 Western 1B 38 12 15 4 6 3 17 5 55 20 50 25 36 11 12th 5th R1 1908–09 Southern 1 Western 1A 40 12 11 4 18 2 11 6 60 19 57 21 40 10 8th 6th R1 1909–10 Southern 1 42 7 10 25 38 73 24 22nd R1 1910–11 Southern 2 22 16 3 3 55 11 35 1st QR4 1911–12 Southern 1 38 11 14 13 43 69 36 11th R3 1912–13 Southern 1 38 17 8 13 59 55 42 8th R3 1913–14 Southern 1 38 17 10 11 43 36 44 4th R1 1914–15 Southern 1 38 21 7 10 68 43 49 2nd R1 1915–19 The Southern League and FA Cup were suspended until the First World War ended in November 1918. 1919–20 Southern 1 42 16 13 13 51 43 45 7th R1 – – 1920–21 Division 3 42 12 7 23 42 59 31 20th R1 1921–22 Division 3 South 42 14 10 18 40 47 38 13th R1 1922–23 Division 3 South 42 10 14 18 36 55 34 19th QR5 1923–24 Division 3 South 42 13 9 20 51 57 35 18th QR5 1924–25 Division 3 South 42 14 10 18 37 38 38 14th QR6 1925–26 Division 3 South 42 23 11 8 77 52 57 1st R3 1926–27 Division 2 42 16 8 18 64 72 40 14th SF 1927–28 Division 2 42 11 13 18 53 75 35 18th R4 1928–29 Division 2 42 15 9 18 63 86 39 15th R5 1929–30 Division 2 42 12 11 19 54 67 35 19th R3 1930–31 Division 2 42 12 6 24 72 96 30 21st R3 1931–32 Division 3 South 42 23 9 10 97 67 55 2nd R1 1932–33 Division 3 South 42 19 13 10 103 71 51 4th R3 1933–34 Division 3 South 42 21 12 9 82 50 54 3rd R3 Third Division South Cup R2 1934–35 Division 3 South 42 21 11 10 89 65 53 2nd R5 Third Division South Cup R1 1935–36 Division 3 South 42 26 2 14 87 62 54 3rd R3 Third Division South Cup R3 1936–37 Division 3 South 42 19 11 12 76 60 49 5th R3 Third Division South Cup R2 1937–38 Division 3 South 42 20 11 11 71 63 51 6th R1 Third Division South Cup W 1938–39 Division 3 South 42 16 14 12 69 59 46 5th R1 Third Division South Cup R3 1939–40 Division 3 South 3 2 1 0 8 2 5 1st – – 1940–45 The Football league and FA Cup were suspended until the Second World War ended in September 1945. 1945–46 – R1The FA Cup was contested during 1945–46 though the Football League did not resume until the following season. – – Third Division South Cup Group 1946–47 Division 3 South 42 16 11 15 83 74 43 9th R3 – 1947–48 Division 3 South 42 15 11 16 56 58 41 10th R3 – 1948–49 Division 3 South 42 25 5 12 77 50 55 2nd R2 – 1949–50 Division 3 South 42 17 8 17 70 64 42 10th R3 – 1950–51 Division 3 South 46 21 15 10 88 53 57 3rd R3 – 1951–52 Division 3 South 46 29 3 14 112 60 61 2nd R3 – 1952–53 Division 3 South 46 19 8 19 69 64 46 11th R1 – 1953–54 Division 3 South 46 20 9 17 86 73 49 8th R1 – 1954–55 Division 3 South 46 13 15 18 65 73 41 18th R3 – 1955–56 Division 3 South 46 15 9 22 70 79 39 17th R2 Southern Floodlit Cup SF 1956–57 Division 3 South 46 18 9 19 80 81 45 13th R3 Southern Floodlit Cup F 1957–58 Division 3 South 46 21 13 12 79 51 55 5th R3 Southern Floodlit Cup F 1958–59 Division 3 46 21 8 17 78 63 50 6th R1 Southern Floodlit Cup R1 1959–60 Division 3 46 18 10 18 84 77 46 11th R3 Southern Floodlit Cup R2 1960–61 Division 3 46 14 12 20 72 83 40 18th R3 R2 – 1961–62 Division 3 46 22 9 15 77 66 53 7th R1 R2 – 1962–63 Division 3 46 16 8 22 74 78 40 20th R1 R2 – 1963–64 Division 3 46 21 10 15 79 62 52 6th R2 R1 – 1964–65 Division 3 46 16 14 16 70 70 46 13th R4 R4 – 1965–66 Division 3 46 19 13 14 70 63 51 8th R3 R4 – 1966–67 Division 3 46 22 9 15 76 57 53 4th R2 R2 – 1967–68 Division 3 46 21 9 16 70 60 51 5th R3 R3 – 1968–69 Division 3 46 15 13 18 67 66 43 14th R3 R1 – 1969–70 Division 3 46 21 11 14 87 77 53 8th R1 R1 – 1970–71 Division 3 46 14 11 21 48 85 39 21st R3 R1 – Gordon Cumming 15 1971–72 Division 4 46 17 8 21 56 76 42 16th R4 R1 – Gordon Cumming 19 1972–73 Division 4 46 17 18 11 51 38 52 7th R4 R1 – Les Chappell 17 1973–74 Division 4 46 16 19 11 58 37 51 6th R2 R2 – Les Chappell 28 1974–75 Division 4 46 21 10 15 63 47 52 7th R1 R3 – Robin Friday 20 1975–76 Division 4 46 24 12 10 70 51 60 3rd R1 R1 – Robin Friday 22 1976–77 Division 3 46 13 9 24 49 73 35 21st R3 R1 – John Murray 19 1977–78 Division 4 46 18 14 14 55 52 50 8th R2 R1 – Pat Earles 18 1978–79 Division 4 46 26 13 7 76 35 65 1st R3 R4 – Pat Earles 19 1979–80 Division 3 46 16 16 14 66 65 48 7th R4 R2 – Pat Earles Mike Kearney 16 1980–81 Division 3 46 18 10 18 62 62 46 10th R1 R2 – Kerry Dixon 13 1981–82 Division 3 46 17 11 18 67 75 62 12th R1 R1 Football League Group Cup Group Kerry Dixon Neil Webb 15 1982–83 Division 3 46 12 17 17 64 79 53 21st R1 R1 Football League Trophy SF Kerry Dixon 32 1983–84 Division 4 46 22 16 8 84 56 82 3rd R2 R1 R1 – Trevor Senior 41 1984–85 Division 3 46 19 12 15 68 62 69 9th R3 R1 R1 – Trevor Senior 27 1985–86 Division 3 46 29 7 10 67 51 94 1st R4 R1 Group – Trevor Senior 31 1986–87 Division 2 42 14 11 17 52 59 53 13th R3 R2 – Full Members' Cup R2 Trevor Senior 24 1987–88 Division 2 42 10 12 22 44 70 42 22nd R3 R4 Full Members' Cup W Colin Gordon 10 1988–89 Division 3 46 15 11 20 68 72 56 18th R4 R2 R1 – Trevor Senior 24 1989–90 Division 3 46 15 19 12 57 53 64 10th R4 R2 R1 – Trevor Senior 22 1990–91 Division 3 46 17 8 21 53 66 59 15th R1 R1 Group – Trevor Senior 15 1991–92 Division 3 46 16 13 17 59 62 61 12th R3 R1 Group – Craig Maskell 16 1992–93 Division 2 46 18 15 13 66 51 69 8th R3 R2 R2 – Jimmy Quinn 23 1993–94 Division 2 46 26 11 9 81 44 89 1st R1 R2 QF – Jimmy Quinn 40 1994–95 Division 1 46 23 10 13 58 44 79 2nd R3 R2 – Berks & Bucks Senior Cup W Stuart Lovell 14 1995–96 Division 1 46 13 17 16 54 63 56 19th R4 QF – Jimmy Quinn 17 1996–97 Division 1 46 15 12 19 58 67 57 18th R4 R1 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup F Trevor Morley 23 1997–98 Division 1 46 11 9 26 39 78 42 24th R5 QF Berks & Bucks Senior Cup F Carl Asaba 12 1998–99 Division 2 46 16 13 17 54 63 61 11th R1 R2 R1 – Martin Williams 11 1999–2000 Division 2 46 16 14 16 57 63 62 10th R3 R2 SF Berks & Bucks Senior Cup F Darren Caskey 23 2000–01 Division 2 46 25 11 10 86 52 86 3rd R2 R1 QF – Jamie Cureton 30 2001–02 Division 2 46 23 15 8 70 43 84 2nd R2 R3 QF – Nicky Forster 18 2002–03 Division 1 46 25 4 17 61 46 79 4th R3 R1 – – Nicky Forster 17 2003–04 Division 1 46 20 10 16 55 57 70 9th R3 R4 – Shaun Goater 14 2004–05 Championship 46 19 13 14 51 44 70 7th R4 R2 – Dave Kitson 19 2005–06 Championship 46 31 13 2 99 32 106 1st R4 R4 – Dave Kitson 22 2006–07 Premier League 38 16 7 15 52 47 55 8th R5 R3 – Leroy Lita 14 2007–08 Premier League 38 10 6 22 41 66 36 18th R3 R3 – Dave Kitson 10 2008–09 Championship 46 21 14 11 72 40 77 4th R3 R3 – Kevin Doyle 18 2009–10 Championship 46 17 12 17 68 63 63 9th R6 R2 – Gylfi Sigurðsson 20 2010–11 Championship 46 20 17 9 77 51 77 5th R6 R2 – Shane Long 25 2011–12 Championship 46 27 8 11 69 41 89 1st R3 R1 – Adam Le Fondre 12 2012–13 Premier League 38 6 10 22 43 73 28 19th R5 R4 – Adam Le Fondre 14 2013–14 Championship 46 19 14 13 70 56 71 7th R3 R2 – Adam Le Fondre 15 2014–15 Championship 46 13 11 22 48 69 50 19th SF R3 – Glenn Murray Simon Cox 8 2015–16 Championship 46 13 13 20 52 59 52 17th R6 R3 – Nick Blackman 11 2016–17 Championship 46 26 7 13 68 64 85 3rd R3 R4 R3 – Yann Kermorgant 19 2017–18 Championship 46 10 14 22 48 70 44 20th R4 R3 Group – Modou Barrow Jón Daði Böðvarsson 102018–19Championship4610171949664720thR3R2 – Berks & Bucks Senior Cup F Yakou Méïté132019–20Championship4615112059585614thR5R3 Berks & Bucks Senior CupSF Yakou Méïté172020–21Championship461913146254707thR3R2 – Lucas João222021–22Championship461382554874121stR3R1 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup W John Swift112022–23Championship46131122466844 22ndR4R1Berks & Bucks Senior CupSF Andy Carroll Tom Ince92023–24League One4616111968705317thR2R2R3Berks & Bucks Senior Cup W Sam Smith Harvey Knibbs162024–25League One462112136857757thR3R1R2Berks & Bucks Senior CupQF Harvey Knibbs162025–26League One4616151564606312thR1R3GroupBerks & Bucks Senior CupSF Jack Marriott17

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