List of 1. FC Nürnberg seasons

1. FC Nürnberg is a German football club based in Nuremberg, Bavaria. The club is the country's second most successful side, having been crowned German champions nine times,^[1] and won more national championship titles than any other club before the inception of the Bundesliga.^{[citation needed]}

Nürnberg were founding members of the Bundesliga, and won the league once in 1968.^[1] The club has also won the DFB-Pokal four times.

Nürnberg have struggled to emulate the success of their earlier years, and have been relegated from the Bundesliga on eight occasions - more times than any other German club.^{[citation needed]}

Key

Key to league record: 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: NH = Not held QR = Qualification round GS = Group stage R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2

R3 = Round 3 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Top scorer in division

First Tier

Second Tier

Third Tier

Early years (until 1933)

Season	League										South German Championship	German Championship	Other
	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
1904–05 Autumn	Nürnberg-Fürther Fußball-Bund	–	5	5	0	0	38	0	10	1st	–	–	–
1904–05 Spring	Nürnberg-Fürther Fußball-Bund	–	4	4	0	0	31	5	8	1st	–	–	–
1905–06	A-Klasse Nordbayern	1								1st[A]	–	–	–
1906–07	A-Klasse Mittelfranken	1	16	16	0	0	58	10	32	1st[B]	RU	–	–
1907–08	A-Klasse Mittelfranken	1	6	5	1	0	37	6	11	1st[C]	2nd	–	–
1908–09	A-Klasse Ostkreis Gr. Mittelfranken	1	8	7	1	0	68	8	15	1st[D]	2nd	–	–
1909–10	A-Klasse Ostkreis Gr. Nord	1	10	10	0	0	73	8	20	1st[E]	–	–	–
1910–11	Ostkreisliga	1	18	15	0	3	90	25	30	2nd	–	–	–
1911–12	Ostkreisliga	1	20	12	2	6	55	35	26	4th	–	–	–
1912–13	Ostkreisliga	1	14	8	2	4	48	17	18	3rd	–	–	–
1913–14	Ostkreisliga	1	14	7	2	5	38	23	16	2nd	–	–	–
1914–15	Ostkreisliga	1	The season was abandoned due to World War I
1915–16	Gau Mittelfranken	1	17	17	0	0	147	7	34	1st	W	NH	–
1916–17	Gau Mittelfranken	1	12				71	9	22	1st[F]	–		–
1917–18	Gau Mittelfranken	1								1st	W		–
1918–19	Gau Mittelfranken	1								1st	NH		Süddeutscher Pokal	W
1919–20	Kreisliga Nordbayern	1	18	18	0	0	115	6	36	1st	W	W	–
1920–21	Kreisliga Nordbayern	1	18	17	1	0	85	8	35	1st	W	W	–
1921–22	Kreisliga Nordbayern Gr.I	1	14	12	2	0	81	8	26	1st[G]	–	RU[H]	–
1922–23	Kreisliga Nordbayern	1	14	10	2	2	39	12	22	2nd	–	–	–
1923–24	Bezirksliga Bayern	1	14				27	8	20	1st	W	W	Süddeutscher Pokal	W
1924–25	Bezirksliga Bayern	1	14				44	13	24	1st	RU	W	–
1925–26	Bezirksliga Bayern	1	14				34	18	18	2nd	–	–	–
1926–27	Bezirksliga Bayern	1	18				64	17	33	1st	W	W	–
1927–28	Bezirksliga Bayern Gr. Nordbayern	1	16				58	10	27	2nd	–	–	–
1928–29	Bezirksliga Bayern Gr. Nordbayern	1	14				51	15	24	1st[I]	W	SF	–
1929–30	Bezirksliga Bayern Gr. Nordbayern	1	14				33	14	22	2nd[J]	–	SF	–
1930–31	Bezirksliga Bayern Gr. Nordbayern	1	14	9	2	3	50	14	20	2nd	–	–	–
1931–32	Bezirksliga Bayern Gr. Nordbayern	1	18	15	0	3	56	17	30	1st	3rd	SF	–
1932–33	Bezirksliga Bayern Gr. Nordbayern	1	18	17	1	0	68	19	35	1st	GS	–	–

Gauliga era (1933–1945)

Season	League										German Championship	Tschammer- Pokal	Top goalscorer(s)
	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos			Player(s)	Goals
1933–34	Gauliga Bayern	1	22	15	4	3	61	26	34	1st	RU	NH
1934–35	Gauliga Bayern	1	20	9	7	4	43	26	25	2nd	–
1935–36	Gauliga Bayern	1	18	13	5	0	36	12	31	1st	W	W
1936–37	Gauliga Bayern	1	18	13	1	4	47	16	27	1st	RU	–
1937–38	Gauliga Bayern	1	18	11	5	2	35	16	27	1st	GS	R1
1938–39	Gauliga Bayern	1	18	9	2	7	28	33	20	5th	–	SF
1939–40	Gauliga Bayern	1	18	13	3	2	56	13	29	1st	GS	W
1940–41	Gauliga Bayern	1	22	14	3	5	52	24	31	2nd	–	RU
1941–42	Gauliga Bayern	1	22	14	1	7	64	33	29	4th	–	R3
1942–43	Gauliga Nordbayern	1	20	20	0	0	125	17	40	1st	R1	–	Max Morlock	54
1943–44	Gauliga Nordbayern	1	18	13	2	3	85	23	28	1st	SF	QF
1944–45	Gauliga Mittelfranken	1	The season was abandoned due to World War II

Oberliga era (1945–1963)

Season	League										German Championship	DFB-Pokal	Europe		Other		Top goalscorer(s)
	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos							Player(s)	Goals
1945–46	Oberliga Süd	1	30	20	5	5	86	44	45	2nd	NH	NH	NH		–		Max Morlock	24
1946–47	Oberliga Süd	1	38	28	6	4	108	31	62	1st					–		Hans Pöschl [de]	38
1947–48	Oberliga Süd	1	38	28	4	6	88	37	60	1st	W				–		Max Morlock	30
1948–49	Oberliga Süd	1	30	11	5	14	49	55	27	11th	–				–		Max Morlock	15
1949–50	Oberliga Süd	1	30	12	7	11	52	40	31	8th	–				–
1950–51	Oberliga Süd	1	34	20	7	7	93	46	47	1st	GS				–		Max Morlock	28
1951–52	Oberliga Süd	1	30	17	9	4	72	33	43	2nd	GS				–		Max Morlock	26
1952–53	Oberliga Süd	1	30	11	7	12	67	61	29	8th	–	R2			–		Max Morlock	20
1953–54	Oberliga Süd	1	30	15	8	7	71	44	38	4th	–	QF			Süddeutscher Pokal	W	Horst Schade	22
1954–55	Oberliga Süd	1	30	12	5	13	64	51	29	9th	–	R2			–		Horst Schade	18
1955–56	Oberliga Süd	1	30	12	7	11	42	41	31	7th	–	–	–		–
1956–57	Oberliga Süd	1	30	21	5	4	76	33	47	1st	GS	–	–		–		Max Schmid	18
1957–58	Oberliga Süd	1	30	19	3	8	74	45	41	2nd	GS	–	–		–		Günther Glomb Max Morlock	14
1958–59	Oberliga Süd	1	30	19	5	6	80	38	43	3rd	–	–	–		–		Max Morlock	20
1959–60	Oberliga Süd	1	30	15	4	11	73	54	34	6th	–	–	–		–		Heinz Strehl	30
1960–61	Oberliga Süd	1	30	23	2	5	96	30	48	1st	W	–	–		–		Heinz Strehl	22
1961–62	Oberliga Süd	1	30	20	3	7	70	30	43	1st	RU	W	European Cup	QF	–		Gustav Flachenecker [de]	14
1962–63	Oberliga Süd	1	30	18	5	7	87	41	41	2nd	GS	R1	Cup Winners Cup	SF	–		Kurt Haseneder [de]	24

Bundesliga era (1963–)

Season	League										DFB-Pokal	Europe		Other		Top goalscorer(s)
	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos						Player(s)	Goals
1963–64	Bundesliga	1	30	11	7	12	45	56	29	9th	R1	–		–		Heinz Strehl	16
1964–65	Bundesliga	1	30	11	10	9	44	38	32	6th	SF	–		–		Heinz Strehl	15
1965–66	Bundesliga	1	34	14	11	9	54	43	39	6th	SF	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	–		Franz Brungs	13
1966–67	Bundesliga	1	34	12	10	12	43	50	34	10th	QR	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	–		Franz Brungs	12
1967–68	Bundesliga	1	34	19	9	6	71	37	47	1st	QF	–		–		Franz Brungs	25
1968–69	Bundesliga	1	34	9	11	14	45	55	29	17th	SF	Intertoto Cup	W	–		Hans Küppers	10
												European Cup	R1
1969–70	Regionalliga Süd	2	38	24	9	5	64	29	57	3rd	SF	–		–		Dieter Nüssing	14
1970–71	Regionalliga Süd	2	36	23	9	4	81	39	55	1st[K]	–	–		–		Manfred Drexler	16
1971–72	Regionalliga Süd	2	36	12	10	14	49	62	34	9th	–	–		–		August Starek	13
1972–73	Regionalliga Süd	2	34	17	7	10	61	52	41	5th	–	–		–		Miodrag Petrović	16
1973–74	Regionalliga Süd	2	34	18	8	8	63	42	44	2nd[L]	R2	–		–		Dieter Nüssing	15
1974–75	2. Bundesliga Süd	2	38	17	8	13	70	52	42	6th	R2	–		–		Hans Walitza	21
1975–76	2. Bundesliga Süd	2	38	24	6	8	78	42	54	2nd[M]	R3	–		–		Dieter Nüssing Hans Walitza	21
1976–77	2. Bundesliga Süd	2	38	18	13	7	77	51	49	5th	QF	–		–		Hans Walitza	21
1977–78	2. Bundesliga Süd	2	38	22	9	7	75	46	53	2nd[N]	R1	–		–		Horst Weyerich [de]	14
1978–79	Bundesliga	1	34	8	8	18	36	67	24	17th	SF	–		–		Detlef Szymanek [de] Horst Weyerich [de]	5
1979–80	2. Bundesliga Süd	2	40	26	9	5	88	38	61	1st	R3	–		–		Herbert Heidenreich	13
1980–81	Bundesliga	1	34	11	6	17	47	57	28	14th	R3	–		–		Georg Volkert	10
1981–82	Bundesliga	1	34	11	6	17	53	72	28	13th	RU	–		–		Werner Heck [de]	14
1982–83	Bundesliga	1	34	11	6	17	44	70	28	14th	R2	–		–		Werner Heck [de]	11
1983–84	Bundesliga	1	34	6	2	26	38	85	14	18th	R1	–		–		Manfred Burgsmüller	12
1984–85	2. Bundesliga	2	38	23	4	11	71	45	50	1st	R2	Intertoto Cup	GS	–		Dieter Eckstein	12
1985–86	Bundesliga	1	34	12	5	17	51	54	29	12th	R2	–		–		Dieter Eckstein	12
1986–87	Bundesliga	1	34	12	11	11	62	62	35	9th	R2	–		–		Jörn Andersen	14
1987–88	Bundesliga	1	34	13	11	10	44	40	37	5th	R3	–		–		Dieter Eckstein	15
1988–89	Bundesliga	1	34	8	10	16	36	54	26	14th	R2	UEFA Cup	R1	–		Martin Wagner	7
1989–90	Bundesliga	1	34	11	11	12	42	46	33	8th	R2	–		–		Reiner Wirsching [de]	7
1990–91	Bundesliga	1	34	10	9	15	40	54	29	15th	R2	–		–		Jörg Dittwar Marc Oechler	7
1991–92	Bundesliga	1	38	18	7	13	54	51	43	7th	R2	–		–		Dieter Eckstein	12
1992–93	Bundesliga	1	34	10	8	16	30	47	28	13th	QF	–		–		Dieter Eckstein	10
1993–94	Bundesliga	1	34	10	8	16	41	55	28	16th	R2	–		–		Sergio Zárate	13
1994–95	2. Bundesliga	2	34	8	14	12	38	47	30	15th	R1	–		–		Arnar Gunnlaugsson	8
1995–96	2. Bundesliga	2	34	9	12	13	33	40	33[O]	17th	QF	–		–		Joe-Max Moore	8
1996–97	Regionalliga Süd	3	34	25	5	4	75	26	80	1st	R2	–		Mittelfranken Cup	RU	Markus Kurth	16
1997–98	2. Bundesliga	2	34	17	8	9	52	35	59	3rd	R1	–		–		Michael Wiesinger	11
1998–99	Bundesliga	1	34	7	16	11	40	50	37	16th	R2	–		–		Saša Ćirić	13
1999–2000	2. Bundesliga	2	34	15	10	9	54	46	55	4th	R1	–		–		Dimtcho Beliakov	14
2000–01	2. Bundesliga	2	34	20	5	9	58	35	65	1st	R3	–		–		Martin Driller	11
2001–02	Bundesliga	1	34	10	4	20	34	57	34	15th	R1	–		–		Cacau	6
2002–03	Bundesliga	1	34	8	6	20	33	60	30	17th	R3	–		–		Saša Ćirić	12
2003–04	2. Bundesliga	2	34	18	7	9	68	45	61	1st	R2	–		–		Marek Mintál	18
2004–05	Bundesliga	1	34	10	8	16	55	63	38	14th	R2	–		–		Marek Mintál	24
2005–06	Bundesliga	1	34	12	8	14	49	51	44	8th	R3	–		–		Róbert Vittek	16
2006–07	Bundesliga	1	34	11	15	8	43	32	48	6th	W	–		–		Ivan Saenko	9
2007–08	Bundesliga	1	34	7	10	17	35	51	31	16th	R2	UEFA Cup	R32	DFL-Ligapokal	SF	Zvjezdan Misimović	10
2008–09	2. Bundesliga	2	34	16	12	6	51	29	60	3rd[P]	R2	–		–		Marek Mintál	16
2009–10	Bundesliga	1	34	8	7	19	32	58	31	16th[Q]	R2	–		–		Albert Bunjaku	12
2010–11	Bundesliga	1	34	13	8	13	45	47	47	6th	QF	–		–		Christian Eigler	8
2011–12	Bundesliga	1	34	12	6	16	38	49	42	10th	R3	–		–		Tomáš Pekhart Daniel Didavi	9
2012–13	Bundesliga	1	34	11	11	12	39	47	44	10th	R1	–		–		Per Nilsson	6
2013–14	Bundesliga	1	34	5	11	18	37	70	26	17th	R1	–		–		Josip Drmić	17
2014–15	2. Bundesliga	2	34	13	6	15	42	47	45	9th	R1	–		–		Jakub Sylvestr	9
2015–16	2. Bundesliga	2	34	19	8	7	68	41	65	3rd[R]	R3	–		–		Niclas Füllkrug	14
2016–17	2. Bundesliga	2	34	12	6	16	46	52	42	12th	R2	–		–		Guido Burgstaller	14
2017–18	2. Bundesliga	2	34	17	9	8	61	39	60	2nd	R16	–		–		Hanno Behrens	15
2018–19	Bundesliga	1	34	3	10	21	26	68	19	18th	R16	–		–		Mikael Ishak	6
2019–20	2. Bundesliga	2	34	8	13	13	45	58	37	16th[S]	R2	–		–		Robin Hack	10
2020–21	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	11	12	46	51	44	11th	R1	–		–		Manuel Schäffler	10
2021–22	2. Bundesliga	2	34	14	9	11	49	49	51	8th	R2	–		–		Nikola Dovedan	7
2022–23	2. Bundesliga	2	34	10	9	15	32	49	49	14th	QF	–		–		Kwadwo Duah	11
2024–25	2. Bundesliga	2	34	14	6	14	60	57	48	10th	R2	–		–		Stefanos Tzimas	12

Notes

A. ^ Nürnberg qualified for the South German Championship, but chose not to participate.
B. ^ Defeated MTV München 1879 to qualify for the South German Championship.
C. ^ Defeated Bayern Munich and MTV Augsburg to qualify for the South German Championship.
D. ^ Defeated MTV München 1879 to qualify for the South German Championship.
E. ^ Failed to qualify for the South German Championship, finishing 2nd behind Bayern Munich in the group.
F. ^ Failed to qualify for the South German Championship, losing to Bayern Munich.
G. ^ Failed to qualify for the South German Championship, losing to SpVgg Fürth. However, they qualified for the German Championship as defending champions.
H. ^ The championship was awarded to Hamburg after Nürnberg were reduced to seven men in the final. HSV later declined the title.
I. ^ Defeated SpVgg Fürth in a playoff to win the league, after both sides finished level on points.
J. ^ Qualified for the German Championship as the best second or third placed side in the Bezirksliga Bayern.
K. ^ Finished 4th in the promotion play-off group.
L. ^ Finished 2nd in the promotion play-off group.
M. ^ Lost to Borussia Dortmund in the promotion play-off.
N. ^ Defeated Rot-Weiss Essen in the promotion play-off.
O. ^ Nürnberg were deducted 6 points for a breach of the licensing regulations.
P. ^ Defeated Energie Cottbus in the promotion/relegation play-off.
Q. ^ Defeated Augsburg in the promotion/relegation play-off.
R. ^ Lost to Eintracht Frankfurt in the promotion/relegation play-off.
S. ^ Defeated FC Ingolstadt in the relegation play-off.