List of Canterbury Bankstown FC seasons

Canterbury Bankstown FC is an Australian association football club based in Bankstown, Sydney. The club was formed in 1886 originally as Canterbury FC.^[1] 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.

Key

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[a] 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 season

Season	League										State Cup[b]	Australia Cup[c]	Other	Top scorer
	Div (#)	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Finals				Player(s)	Goals
1957	NSW Div. 1 (1)	20	14	4	2	76	30	30	1st	RU	W	Not Held	SFAMP
1958	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	14	3	5	66	31	31	2nd	W	W	Not Held	WAMP
1959	NSW Div. 1 (1)	26	13	10	3	56	45	29	5th	–	3rd	Not Held
1960	NSW Div. 1 (1)	26	18	2	6	79	48	38	3rd	W	RU	Not Held
1961	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	13	5	4	51	27	31	2nd	RU	RU	Not Held
1962	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	4	5	13	44	55	13	11th	–	RU	DNQ
1963	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	7	6	9	37	45	20	7th	–	SF	DNQ
1964	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	3	1	18	26	79	7	12th ↓	–	3R	DNQ
1965	NSW Div. 2 (2)	22	14	7	1	61	22	35	3rd	PF	3R	DNQ
1966	NSW Div. 2 (2)	16	14	1	3	53	28	29	2nd	RU	QF	DNQ	?AMP
1967	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	9	4	9	37	45	22	6th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1968	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	6	5	11	31	54	17	9th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1969	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	8	6	8	24	33	22	5th	–	Not Held	Not Held
1970	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	4	8	10	23	39	16	10th	–	Not Held	Not Held
1971	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	2	5	15	23	54	5	12th ↓	—	4R	Not Held
1972	NSW Div. 2 (2)	22	13	4	5	55	22	30	2nd	N/A	?DNP	Not Held	?AMP
1973	NSW Div. 2 (2)	22	16	3	3	61	22	35	1st ↑	N/A	Not Held	Not Held
1974	NSW Div. 1 (1)	22	4	6	12	25	56	14	12th ↓	–	7R	Not Held	?AMP
1975	NSW Div. 2 (2)	22	7	5	10	42	37	19	7th	–	7R	Not Held
1976	NSW Div. 2 (2)	22	12	4	6	55	35	28	4th ↑	N/A	7R	Not Held
1977[d]	NSW Div. 1 (2)	22	6	2	14	28	46	14	11th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1978	NSW Div. 1 (2)	26	11	3	12	33	38	25	8th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1979	NSW State (2)	26	8	8	10	33	35	24	8th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1980	NSW State (2)	26	13	5	8	38	33	31	4th	PF	Not Held	DNQ
1981	NSW State (2)	30	6	8	12	34	50	20	9th	–	Not Held	1R
1982	NSW State (2)	30	11	6	9	42	43	28	7th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1983	NSW Div. 1 (2)	24	7	4	13	36	46	18	9th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1984	NSW Div. 1 (2)	22	6	6	10	20	41	18	8th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1985	NSW Div. 1 (2)	22	14	5	3	49	24	33	1st ↑	PF	Not Held	DNQ
1986	NSL/NC[e] (1)	22	2	7	13	17	41	11	11th	–	Not Held	1R
1987	NSW Div. 1 (2)	26	5	6	15	26	64	16	13th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1988	NSW Div. 1 (2)	26	7	6	13	34	55	20	12th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1989	NSW Div. 1 (2)	22	10	4	8	33	27	24	5th	–	Not Held	DNQ
1990	NSW Div. 1 (2)	16	4	7	5	18	23	15	12th	–	GS	DNQ
1991	NSW Div. 1P (2)	22	8	7+3	4	35	19	41	6th	–	QF	DNQ
1992	NSWSLP (2)	22	9	3+1	9	31	29	34	7th	–	?PR	DNQ
1993	NSWSLP (2)	26	15	4+1	6	40	36	54	4th	EF	?QF/SF	DNQ
1994	NSWSLP (2)	22	10	3+4	5	35	28	40	2nd	RU	?PR	?
1995	NSWSLP (2)	26	9	7+3	7	32	35	44	3rd	PF	RU	DNQ
1996	NSWSL1 (2)	13	2	4	7	19	28	10	12th	–	QF	DNQ
	NSWSL2 (2)	13	5	4	4	14	15	19	6th
1997	NSWSL (2)	20	5	8	7	26	38	23	7th	–	QF	DNQ
1998	NSWSL (2)	22	12	4	6	36	30	40	4th	EF	Not Held	Not Held
1999	NSWSL (2)	22	10	4	8	33	36	34	8th	–	Not Held	Not Held
2000	NSWSL (2)	26	10	3	13	36	49	33	8th	–	Not Held	Not Held
2000–01	NSWPL (2)	18	8	4	6	34	28	28	4th	SF	Not Held	Not Held
2001–02	NSWPL (2)	22	5	3	14	25	49	18	9th	–	Not Held	Not Held
2002–03	NSWPL (2)	22	8	8	6	36	26	32	7th	–	Not Held	Not Held
2003–04	NSWPL (2)	22	4	5	13	28	46	17	12th ↓	–	QF	Not Held
2005	NSWSL (3)	26	14	4	8	59	46	46	2nd	W	4R	Not Held
2006[f]	NSWSL/A[g] (3)	22	7	5	10	40	39	26	7th ↓	–	SF	Not Held
2007	NSW Div. 1 (4)	26	19	4	3	69	21	61	1st[h] ↑	RU	3R	Not Held
2008[i]	NSWPL (2)	22	7	3	12	30	41	24	8th	–	3R	Not Held
2009	NSWPL (2)	22	8	6	8	37	37	30	6th	–	3R	Not Held
2010	NSWPL (2)	22	2	6	14	17	50	12	12th ↓	–	3R	Not Held
2011	NSWSL (3)	22	10	8	4	52	28	38	2nd	RU	4R	Not Held
2012[j]	NSWSL (3)	22	13	5	4	52	29	44	3rd	RU	SF	Not Held
2013	NPL NSW 2 (3)	22	8	9	5	42	34	33	5th	EF	4R	Not Held
2014	NPL NSW 2 (3)	22	7	2	13	32	45	23	10th	–	4R
2015	NPL NSW 2 (3)	22	9	4	9	32	37	31	7th	—	5R
2016	NPL NSW 2 (3)	26	8	5	13	47	58	29	13th	–	7R
2017	NPL NSW 2 (3)	26	9	6	11	40	45	33	10th	—	PO	R16
2018[k]	NPL NSW 2 (3)	26	8	5	13	36	48	29	10th	—	DNP
2019	NPL NSW 2 (3)	26	5	2	19	32	72	17	14th ↓	—	4R
2020	NPL NSW 3 (4)	11	5	4	2	20	13	19	4th	SF	cancelled
2021	NPL NSW 3 (4)	16	3	6	7	22	33	15	season cancelled			6R
2022	NSW League 2 (4)	22	12	2	8	48	37	38	4th ↑	EF	5R
2023	NSW League 1 (3)	30	17	4	9	52	36	55	5th	N/A	4R

Correct as of 16 September 2023

Source OzFootball

Footnotes

1. In 2007, NSW Div. 1 was a NSW Tier 3 tournament
2. Between 1972 and 1976, the State Cup was a combined tournament with teams from National Premier Leagues Northern NSW.
   With the introduction of the FFA Cup in 2014, the Waratah Cup served as preliminary rounds. Where results separate, Canterbury qualified for the latter stages of both tournaments. Note: In 2021 the entirety of FFA Cup was played, however the Waratah Cup finals rounds were cancelled.
3. FFA Cup/Australia Cup (from 2014). Includes Australia Cup (1962–1968) and NSL Cup (1977–1997)
4. Introduction of National Soccer League
5. During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – Canterbury played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.
6. Name changed to Canterbury Bankstown Berries for two seasons
7. After 15 rounds, the competition split into two conferences (A and B) to play the remaining 7 rounds, with overall top 5 making finals. Canterbury Bankstown was placed in Group A. The position place reflects that of Group A, not overall position.
8. Canterbury was promoted two divisions into NSW Premier League (the highest state league division)
9. Name changed to West Sydney Berries for four seasons
10. Name changed to Bankstown Berries for six seasons
11. Name changed to Canterbury Bankstown FC