Canterbury Bankstown FC is an Australian association football club based in Bankstown, Sydney. The club was formed in 1886 originally as Canterbury FC. They became an inaugural member of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs when it broke away from the New South Wales Soccer Football Association and played in its first league season in 1957. The club won the inaugural Federation Cup and were premiers of the regular season, losing the grand final to Auburn. The club predominantly played in the top tier of soccer in Australia until the formation of the National Soccer League in 1977 where it would play in NSW First Division instead.

The club would play at national level on one occasion in 1986.

In total, Canterbury Bankstown have won two NSW Tier 1 premierships (1957 and 1985) and two championships (1958 and 1960). It has also won two Waratah Cups in 1957 and 1958) as well as two other lower division honours.

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Key to league competitions: NSL = National Soccer League — National Tier 1 NSW Div. 1 = NSW First Division — National Tier 1 (defacto) or NSW Tier 1 NSW State / NSWPL / NPL NSW = National Premier Leagues NSW — NSW Tier 1 NSW Div. 2 / NSWSL / NPL NSW 2 / NSW League 1 = NSW League One — NSW Tier 2 NSW League 2 = NSW League Two — NSW Tier 3 P Draws went to penalty shoot-outs during the 1990–1995 seasons (2 points for win, 1 point for loss). 1 Stage 1 of 1996 NSW Super League 2 Stage 1 of 1996 NSW Super League

Key to position colours and symbols: 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third ♦ Top scorer in division

Key to cup competitions: AMP = Ampol Cup NPLF = National Premier Leagues Finals

Key to cup and finals results: 1R, 2R, 3R...7R = 1st Round, 2nd Round, 3rd Round...7th Round GS = Group Stage EF = Elimination Final PF = Preliminary Final PO = Playoff Final R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarterfinals SF = Semifinals RU = Runners-Up W = Winners Unk = Result unknown

Seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonLeagueStateCupAustraliaCupOtherTop scorerPlayer(s)Goals 1957 NSW Div. 1 20 1442 7630 301st RU W SF 1958 NSW Div. 1 22 1435 6631 312ndWW W 1959 NSW Div. 1 26 13103 5645 295th – 3rd 1960 NSW Div. 1 26 1826 7948 38 3rd W RU 1961 NSW Div. 1 22 13 5 4 51 27 31 2nd RU RU 1962 NSW Div. 1 22 4513 4455 13 11th – RU DNQ 1963 NSW Div. 1 22 769 3745 20 7th – SF DNQ 1964 NSW Div. 1 22 3118 2679 712th ↓ – 3R DNQ 1965 NSW Div. 2 22 1471 6122 353rd PF 3R DNQ 1966 NSW Div. 2 16 1413 5328 292nd RU QF DNQ ? 1967 NSW Div. 1 22 949 3745 226th – DNQ 1968 NSW Div. 1 22 6511 3154 179th – DNQ 1969 NSW Div. 1 22 868 2433 225th – 1970 NSW Div. 1 22 4810 2339 1610th – 1971 NSW Div. 1 22 2515 2354 512th ↓ 4R 1972 NSW Div. 2 22 1345 5522 302nd ?DNP ? 1973 NSW Div. 2 22 1633 6122 351st ↑ 1974 NSW Div. 1 22 4612 2556 1412th ↓– 7R ? 1975 NSW Div. 2 22 7510 4237 197th– 7R 1976 NSW Div. 2 22 1246 5535 284th ↑ 7R 1977 NSW Div. 1 22 6214 2846 14 11th– DNQ 1978 NSW Div. 1 26 11312 3338 258th– DNQ 1979 NSW State 26 8810 3335 248th – DNQ 1980 NSW State 26 1358 3833 314th PF DNQ 1981 NSW State 30 6812 3450 209th – 1R 1982 NSW State 30 1169 4243 287th – DNQ 1983 NSW Div. 1 24 7413 3646 189th – DNQ 1984 NSW Div. 1 22 6610 2041 188th– DNQ 1985 NSW Div. 1 22 1453 4924 331st ↑ PF DNQ 1986 NSL/NC 22 2713 1741 1111th – 1R 1987 NSW Div. 1 26 5615 2664 1613th – DNQ 1988 NSW Div. 1 26 7613 3455 2012th– DNQ 1989 NSW Div. 1 22 1048 3327 245th– DNQ 1990 NSW Div. 1 16 475 1823 1512th– GS DNQ 1991 NSW Div. 1P 22 87+34 3519 416th– QF DNQ 1992 NSWSLP 22 93+19 3129 347th– ?PR DNQ 1993 NSWSLP 26 154+16 4036 544thEF ?QF/SF DNQ 1994 NSWSLP 22 103+45 3528 402ndRU ?PR ? 1995 NSWSLP 26 97+37 3235 443rd PF RU DNQ 1996 NSWSL 13 247 1928 1012th–QF DNQ NSWSL 13 544 1415 19 6th 1997 NSWSL 20 587 2638 237th– QF DNQ 1998 NSWSL 22 1246 3630 404th EF 1999 NSWSL 22 1048 3336 348th– 2000 NSWSL 26 10313 3649 338th– 2000–01 NSWPL 18 846 3428 28 4th SF 2001–02 NSWPL 22 5314 2549 189th – 2002–03 NSWPL 22 886 3626 32 7th – 2003–04 NSWPL 22 4513 2846 1712th ↓ – QF 2005 NSWSL 26 1448 5946 462ndW 4R 2006 NSWSL/A 22 7510 4039 267th ↓ – SF 2007 NSW Div. 1 26 1943 6921 611st ↑RU 3R 2008 NSWPL 22 7312 3041 248th – 3R 2009 NSWPL 22 868 3737 306th – 3R 2010 NSWPL 22 2614 1750 1212th ↓ – 3R 2011 NSWSL 22 1084 5228 382ndRU 4R 2012 NSWSL 22 1354 5229 443rdRU SF 2013 NPL NSW 2 22 895 4234 335th EF 4R 2014 NPL NSW 2 22 7213 3245 2310th–4R 2015 NPL NSW 2 22 949 3237 317th 5R 2016 NPL NSW 2 26 8513 4758 2913th – 7R 2017 NPL NSW 2 26 9611 4045 3310th PO R16 2018 NPL NSW 2 26 8513 3648 2910th DNP 2019 NPL NSW 2 26 5219 3272 1714th ↓ 4R 2020 NPL NSW 3 11 542 2013 19 4th SF cancelled 2021 NPL NSW 3 16367 223315season cancelled 6R 2022 NSW League 2 221228 4837 384th ↑ EF 5R 2023 NSW League 1 30 1749 5236 55 5th 4R

Correct as of 16 September 2023

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