This is a list of seasons played by Wrexham Association Football Club from the 1877–78 season, when the club began playing in competitive fixtures following the founding of the Welsh Cup, to the most recent current season.

The club was formed in 1864 by members of the Wrexham Cricket Club, who wanted a sporting activity for the winter months, which makes them (after Sheffield, Cray, Hallam, Notts County, and Stoke City) the sixth oldest football team, third oldest professional club and the oldest in Wales. Their first game was played on 22 October 1864 at the Denbigh County Cricket Ground (The Racecourse) against the Prince of Wales Fire Brigade.

In 1878, they won the inaugural Welsh Cup, beating Druids 1–0, and the club went on to win the competition a further 23 times, still the most wins by any team, until they were barred entry during the 1990s, along with other Welsh clubs playing in the English football league system. Through winning the Welsh Cup, Wrexham also qualified several times for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, reaching the quarter-finals during the 1975–76 campaign.

In 1890, the club were founding members of the second incarnation of The Combination. Apart from a brief two-year spell in the Welsh Senior League between 1894 and 1896, Wrexham spent the following fifteen seasons in The Combination, winning the competition on four occasions, before moving into the Birmingham & District League in 1905. Two years after the end of the First World War, Wrexham joined The Football League, where they spent eighty consecutive seasons, before being relegated to the Conference National in 2008.

Wrexham's highest position in the English Football League has been seventh in the EFL Championship in 2025–26, narrowly missing the promotion play-off spots.. Their lowest position in the League was 24th in the Football League Fourth Division in 1965–66 (at a time when League membership maintenance was by election) and in 1990–91 (when the League decided to suspend relegation due to expansion of the First Division to 22 clubs). The feat was repeated for a third time in Football League Two in 2007–08 and this time they were relegated to Conference National. Their lowest position in the Conference, and thus overall, was 19th in the 2019–20 season.

Seasons

SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupWelsh CupFA TrophyEFL TrophyOther / EuropeLvlDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos1877–78 N/AW1878–79RU1879–802R1880–812R1881–823R1882–83W1883–842R4R1884–852R1R1885–861R1R1886–871R3R1887–882R1888–891R1R1889–90RU1890–91Combination164482547108thRU1891–922292114565206thSF1892–932291124166198thW1893–94185673646168thSF1894–95Welsh Senior League1613217720281stRU1895–96129313913191stRU1896–97Combination187294140166thW1897–982410684544264thRU1898–9928153105548335thRU1899–19001611145825232nd3R1900–012216336220351st1901–022617728021411stRU1902–032619528023431stW1903–042412485334285th3R1904–052621147016431stW1905–06Birmingham & District League34175127255396thSF1906–07341461468763410th4QRSF1907–0834149115156376th4R1908–09341431760763111th1RW1909–10341371461623310thW1910–1134177107452414thW1911–1234151096252406th4R1912–1334164145848366th3R1913–1434158114647387thW1914–1534168106349406thWNo competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.1919–20Birmingham & District League34175127345393rdRU1920–213422577732493rdW1921–22 3 Third Division North381491551563712th6QRSF1922–233814101438483810th1R7R1923–244210181437443816th6QRW1924–25421581953613813th5QRW1925–264211102163923219th1R6R1926–274214101865733813th2RSF1927–28421861864674211th4R6R1928–29422110119169523rd1R5R1929–30421382167883417th4RSF1930–3142211299462543rd3RW1931–32401871564694310th1RRU1932–3342249910651572nd2RRU1933–34422351410273516th1R6R1934–354216111576694311th2R7R1935–36421572066753718th1R6R1936–37421612147157448th3R6R1937–384216111558634310th2R6R1938–39421771866794114th1R6R1939–40 N/A4RNo competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.1945–46 N/A3R1946–47 3 Third Division North421712136551467th2RSF1947–4842218137454503rd2R7R1948–4942179165662439th1R7R1949–504210122039543220th2RRU1950–514615121955714214th2RSF1951–52461592263733918th2RSF1952–5346248148666563rd3R5R1953–5446219168168518th3R7R1954–554613122165773818th2RSF1955–564616102066734214th1R6R1956–574619101797744812th4RW1957–584617121761634612th1RW1958–59 3 Third Division4614141863774218th1RSF1959–604614824681013623rd3RW1960–61 4 Fourth Division461782162564216th1RQFSF1961–6244229139656533rd3R1RRU1962–63 3 Third Division46209178483499th3R1R6R1963–644613627751073223rd2R3RSF1964–65 4 Fourth Division461792084924314th2R1RRU1965–664613924721043524th2R2R5R1966–67461620107662527th2R1RRU1967–68462013137253538th1R1R6R1968–69461814146152509th2R2R6R1969–7046269118449612nd4R3R6R1970–71 3 Third Division461813157265499th1R1RRU1971–72461682259634016th3R1RW1972–734614171555544512th2R2R4RCup Winners' Cup2R1973–74462212126343564thQF2RSF1974–754615151665554513th1R1RW1975–76462012146655526th1R2R5RCup Winners' CupQF1976–77462410128054585th4R4RSF1977–7846231587845611stQFQFW1978–79 2 Second Division4212141645423815th4R2RRUCup Winners' Cup1R1979–80421662040493816th5R2R5RCup Winners' Cup1R1980–814212141643453816th5R1RSF1981–824211112040564421st4R3R5R1982–833Third Division4612151956765122nd2R1RRU1983–84 4 Fourth Division4611152059744820th1R1RRU–QF1984–85461592267705415th1R1R5R–1RCup Winners' Cup2R1985–86461792068806013th2R2RW–QR1986–87461520117051659th3R2RSF–SFCup Winners' Cup2R1987–88462062069586611th2R1RRU–QR1988–89461914137763717th1R1R5R–QF1989–904613122151675121st1R1RRU–QR1990–914610102648744024th1R2RRU–1RCup Winners' Cup2R1991–92421491952735114th4R1R5R–SF1992–934Third Division42231187552802nd1R1RSF–2R1993–94 3 Second Division4617111866776212th1R2R4R–2R1994–954616151565646313th4R2RW–QF1995–96461816127655708th3R1R––2RCup Winners' CupQR1996–97461718115450698thQF1R––2R1997–98461816125551707th3R1R––2R1998–994613141943625317th4R1R––AF1999–20004617111852616211th4R1R––1R2000–014617121765716310th1R1R––1R2001–024611102556894323rd1R1R––2R2002–034Third Division46231588450843rd1R2R––QF2003–043Second Division461792050606013th1R1R––2R2004–053League One4613141962804322nd2R2R––W2005–06 4 League Two4615141761545913th1R1R––1R2006–074613122143655119th3R2R––1R2007–084610102638704024th1R2R––1R2008–09 5 Conference National4618121664486410th4QR––4R–2009–104415131645395811th2R––1R–2010–1146221596649814th4QR––2R–2011–124630888533982nd3R–3R1R–2012–13462214107445805th1R––W–2013–144616111961615917th2R––2R–2014–154617151456526611th3R––RU–2015–16 5 National League46209177156698th4QR––2R–2016–174615131847615813th4QR––1R–2017–184617191049397010th4QR––1R–2018–1946259125839844th2R––2R–2019–203711101646494319th1R––1R–Scottish Challenge CupQF2020–21421911126443688th4QR––3R–2021–2244261089146882nd1R––RU–2022–23463493116431111st4R––4R–2023–244League Two462610108952882nd4R2R––R322024–253League One 46 27 11 8 67 34 922nd1R1R––SF2025–26 2 Championship 46 19 14 13 69 65 71 7th5R4R–––2026–27 46 –––SeasonLvlDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFA CupLeague CupWelsh CupFA TrophyEFL TrophyOther / Europe

Key

Key to league record: Lvl = Level of the division in the English football pyramid Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Key to rounds: QR = Qualifying round 1R = First round 2R = Second round 3R = Third round 4R = Fourth round 5R = Fifth Round R32 = Round of 32 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals AF = Area finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners TBD = To be determined

ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated

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