This is a list of seasons played by Swansea City Association Football Club in English and European football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1912, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with top scorers. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Swansea have won the League Cup once, the Football League Trophy twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. They have also qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 7 times and the UEFA Europa League once. In 2011, Swansea became the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League.

History

The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town,Jenkins (2012), p. 8. and were elected to The Football League for the 1920–21 season. The club changed their name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea's new status as a city.

In 1981 Swansea won promotion to the top tier of English football, achieving a club record highest league finish of sixth position after having led the table for a brief period, but a decline then set in the season after and were relegated, before in 2003 the club narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. In 2000, Swansea won the fourth tier of the English league, during a time this league was known as the Third Division, due to the 1992 formation of the Premier League. They went back into the fourth tier the following season, until a promotion from the newly named League Two followed, achieving a league finish of third place in the 2004–05 season. Three years later, their 2007–08 season in League One, ended in a first-place finish and promotion in the process to The Championship.

After a few near-misses reaching the play-offs, which included a last day of the season miss for a play-off berth, due to a 0–0 draw with Doncaster Rovers during the close of the 2009–10 season, Swansea later finished 3rd the following season. The "Swans" were promoted to the Premier League in 2011 after winning the play-off final at Wembley Stadium against Reading, thanks to a 4–2 victory and in the process became the first Welsh team in that league since its formation in 1992. This was the second time the Swans had made it to the top flight of English football, and having completed seven seasons in the Premier League they have spent a total of nine seasons in the top flight.

In Swansea's centenary year, the club won their first major English trophy beating Bradford City in the 2013 Football League Cup Final.

Key

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

Prem = Premier League Champ = EFL Championship League 1 = EFL League One League 2 = EFL League Two Div 1 = Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Div 3 = Football League Third Division Div 3 (S) = Football League Third Division South Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division South 1 – Southern League First Division South 2 – Southern League Second Division

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals QR1 = First qualifying round QR2 = Second qualifying round QR3 = Third qualifying round QR4 = Fourth qualifying round QR5 = Fifth qualifying round QR6 = Sixth qualifying round

PR = Preliminary round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 R7 = Round 7 R8 = Round 8 R32 = Round of 32

1st or WWinners2nd or RURunners-up Play-offs Promoted Relegated ♦ Top scorer in division

Seasons SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFA CupLeagueCupLeagueTrophy WelshCupFAWCupCompetitionResultPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueEuropeTop goalscorer(s)1912–132412292331 191913–143020662544 221914–15 2416482133 151915–19 1919–20 42161115534543 111920–21421815564551 241921–2242131514504741 151922–23422211784553 301923–24422212604852 181924–25 4223116829571st 28 ♦1925–2642191112775749 351926–2742161115687243 281927–2842181212687243 271928–2942131019627536 131929–30421419566137 131930–3142121020517434 201931–32421619737539 40 ♦1932–33421919505442 201933–3442101517516035 111934–35421420566736 141935–36421518677639 141936–37421520506537 101937–3842131217457338 1938–3942111219508334 151939–4011 1939–45 1945–46 R3 1946–47 421124558329 Norman Lockhart111947–4842181212705248 Sammy McCrory151948–49 42278734621st Frank Scrine261949–50421716534943 151950–51421622547736 101951–5242121218727636 211952–5342151215788142 201953–54421321588234 191954–55421716868343 221955–56422016838146 Harry Griffiths221956–57421916909045 221957–58421122729931 141958–59421617798141 151959–6042151017828440 231960–6142181113777347 221961–6242121218618336 251962–63421518517239 171963–64421221637433 Jim McLaughlin131964–65 42111021628432 221965–6646151120819641 261966–67 46121519858939 141967–6846161020637742 211968–6946191116585449 141969–70 462118664560 241970–7146151615595646 281971–7246171019465944 101972–73 461423517337 111973–7446161119454643 1974–75461525467336 1975–7646161515665747 211976–77462513926858 261977–78 46231013874756 33 ♦1978–79 46241210836160 241979–80421716485343 Alan Waddle131980–81 42181410644450 181981–82422115585169 201982–83 42101121516941 341983–84 4227368529 1984–8546121123538047 141985–86 46111025438743 Alan Waddle1986–8746171118566162 211987–88 46201016625670 151988–8946151615515361 141989–9046141220456354 101990–91461324497248 241991–9246141418556556 121992–9346201313654773 151993–9446161218565860 171994–9546191413574571 171995–96 46111421437947 171996–97462117625871 131997–9846131122496250 161998–9946191413564871 201999–2000 4624135130851st 112000–01 461325477337 142001–0246131221537751 112002–0346121321486549 152003–0446151417586159 212004–05 462414624380 232005–0646181711785571 222006–0746201214695372 202007–08 4627118242921st 29 ♦2008–0946162010635068 242009–1046171811403769 2010–11 462414694280 272011–1238121115445147 142012–1338111314475146 222013–143811918545442 252014–15Prem38168144649568thR4R4102015–16Prem3812111542524712thR3R3122016–17Prem381252145704115thR3R3152017–18Prem 388921285633QFR4112018–19Champ4618111765626510thQFR2242019–20Champ46181612625370R3R3182020–21Champ46231112563980R5R1172021–22Champ4616131758686115thR3R3232022–23Champ4618121668646610thR3R1202023–24Champ4615121959655714thR4R292024–25Champ4617101951566111thR3R2112025–26Champ4618101857596411thR3R425 ♦

Footnotes

References General

Bibliography

Specific

External links The full history of Swansea City Football Club – 1912 to 2011 at swanseacity.net A century of Swansea City at espnfc.com