List of Falkirk F.C. seasons

This is a list of Falkirk Football Club seasons from 1878–79 to the present day. The list details Falkirk's record in major league and cup competitions, and the club's top league goal scorer of each season where available. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in Falkirk's division that season. Records of minor competitions such as the Stirlingshire Cup are not included.

The club has been runner-up of the Scottish Football League twice and won the second tier of Scottish football on eight occasions. The club has reached the final of the Scottish Cup five times, winning two, as well as winning the Scottish Challenge Cup a record four times. Falkirk has competed in a European club competition once; in 2009–10, Falkirk qualified for the inaugural season of the Europa League as runners-up of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup. Falkirk lost to FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein in the second qualifying round 2–1 on aggregate after extra time.

Seasons

Season	League									Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Europe	Top league goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Goals
1878–79										R2	[note 1]	[note 2]	[note 3]
1879–80										R2
1880–81										R3
1881–82										R5
1882–83										R3
1883–84										R3
1884–85										R3
1885–86										R2
1886–87										R3
1887–88										R3
1888–89										R4
1889–90										R3
1890–91										R2
Falkirk did not compete in any major national tournaments between 1891 and 1896
1896–97										R2
1897–98										–
1898–99										–
1899–1900										R1
1900–01										–
1901–02										QF
1902–03	SSD	22	8	7	7	39	37	23	7th[1]	–
1903–04	SSD	22	11	4	7	50	34	26	4th[2]	–
1904–05	SSD	22	12	4	6	32	25	28	2nd[3]	–
1905–06	SFD	30	9	5	16	52	68	23	13th[4]	R1
1906–07	SFD	34	17	7	10	73	58	41	5th[5]	R1
1907–08	SFD	34	22	7	5	103	42	51	2nd[6]	R1				Jock Simpson	33[7]
1908–09	SFD	34	13	7	14	58	56	33	9th[8]	SF
1909–10	SFD	34	22	8	4	71	28	52	2nd[9]	R2				Jock Simpson	24
1910–11	SFD	34	17	10	7	65	42	44	3rd[10]	R2
1911–12	SFD	34	15	6	13	46	43	36	7th[11]	R2
1912–13	SFD	34	14	12	8	56	38	40	5th[12]	Winners
1913–14	SFD	34	20	9	9	69	51	49	5th[13]	R1
1914–15	SFD	38	16	7	15	48	48	39	6th[14]	–
1915–16	SFD	38	12	9	17	45	61	33	12th[15]	–
1916–17	SFD	38	12	10	16	58	57	34	12th[16]	–
1917–18	SFD	34	9	9	16	38	58	27	13th[17]	–
1918–19	SFD	34	6	8	20	46	73	20	16th[18]	–
1919–20	SFD	42	10	11	21	45	74	31	20th[19]	R2
1920–21	SFD	42	11	12	19	54	72	34	18th[20]	R1
1921–22	SFD	42	16	17	9	48	38	49	5th[21]	R2
1922–23	SFD	38	14	17	7	44	32	45	4th[22]	R3
1923–24	SFD	38	13	6	19	46	53	32	15th[23]	SF
1924–25	SFD	38	12	8	18	44	54	32	16th[24]	R3
1925–26	SFD	38	14	14	10	61	57	42	8th[25]	R3
1926–27	SFD	38	16	10	12	77	60	42	6th[26]	SF
1927–28	SFD	38	16	5	17	76	69	37	10th[27]	R3
1928–29	SFD	38	14	8	16	68	86	36	11th[28]	R3				Evelyn Morrison	43[7]
1929–30	SFD	38	16	9	13	62	64	41	7th[29]	QF
1930–31	SFD	38	14	4	20	77	87	32	14th[30]	R3
1931–32	SFD	38	11	5	22	70	76	27	18th[31]	R1
1932–33	SFD	38	15	6	17	70	70	36	11th[32]	R2
1933–34	SFD	38	16	6	16	73	68	38	10th[33]	R3
1934–35	SFD	38	9	6	23	58	82	24	20th[34]	R1
1935–36	SSD	34	28	3	3	132	34	59	1st[35]	SF
1936–37	SFD	38	19	6	13	98	66	44	7th[36]	R2
1937–38	SFD	38	19	9	10	82	52	47	4th[37]	QF
1938–39	SFD	38	19	7	12	73	63	45	5th[38]	R3
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1946–47	SFD	30	8	10	12	62	61	26	11th[39]	R3	R1			John Wardlaw	9[40]
1947–48	SFD	30	10	10	10	55	48	30	7th[41]	R2	Runners-up			Archie Aikman	20[7][42]
1948–49	SFD	30	12	8	10	70	54	32	5th[43]	R1	R1			Archie Aikman	21[44]
1949–50	SFD	30	7	10	13	48	72	24	14th[45]	R2	R1			Jimmy Inglis	12[46]
1950–51	SFD	30	7	4	19	35	81	18	16th[47]	R1	R1			Angus Plumb	8[48]
1951–52	SSD	30	18	7	5	80	34	43	2nd[49]	QF	QF			Angus Plumb	25[50]
1952–53	SFD	30	11	4	15	53	63	26	13th[51]	R3	R1			Jimmy Delaney	13[52]
1953–54	SFD	30	9	7	14	47	61	25	13th[53]	R2	R1			Alex McCrae Angus Plumb	11[54]
1954–55	SFD	30	8	8	14	42	54	24	12th[55]	QF	R1			John Davidson	12[56]
1955–56	SFD	34	11	6	17	58	75	28	14th[57]	R5	R1			Alex McCrae	11[58]
1956–57	SFD	34	10	8	16	51	70	28	14th[59]	Winners	R1			George Merchant	14[60]
1957–58	SFD	34	11	9	14	64	82	31	10th[61]	QF	R1			John McCole	14[62]
1958–59	SFD	34	10	7	17	58	79	27	17th[63]	R2	R1			Doug Moran	16[64]
1959–60	SSD	36	15	9	12	77	43	39	8th[65]	R2	QF			Doug Moran	17[66]
1960–61	SSD	36	24	6	6	100	40	54	2nd[67]	R1	R1			Doug Moran	30[68]
1961–62	SFD	34	11	4	19	45	68	26	14th[69]	R1	R1			Alex Duchart	9[70]
1962–63	SFD	34	12	3	19	54	69	27	13th[71]	R1	R1			Hugh Maxwell	12[72]
1963–64	SFD	34	11	6	17	54	84	28	14th[73]	QF	R1			Hugh Maxwell	17[74]
1964–65	SFD	34	7	7	20	43	85	21	16th[75]	R1	R1			Hugh Maxwell Sammy Wilson	7[76]
1965–66	SFD	34	15	1	18	48	72	31	10th[77]	R1	R1			Johnny Graham	17[78]
1966–67	SFD	34	11	4	19	33	70	26	14th[79]	R2	R1			Johnny Graham	12[80]
1967–68	SFD	34	7	12	15	36	50	26	15th[81]	R1	R1			Johnny Graham	13[82]
1968–69	SFD	34	5	8	21	33	69	18	17th[83]	R1	R1			Johnny Graham	7[84]
1969–70	SSD	36	25	6	5	94	34	56	1st[85]	QF	QF			Tom Young	19[86]
1970–71	SFD	34	13	9	12	46	53	35	7th[87]	R3	QF			Alex Ferguson	14[88]
1971–72	SFD	34	10	7	17	44	60	27	14th[89]	R3	SF			Alex Ferguson	9[90]
1972–73	SFD	34	7	12	15	38	56	26	14th[91]	R4	R2			Jim Scott	7[92]
1973–74	SFD	34	4	14	16	33	58	22	18th[93]	R3	R1			Kirkie Lawson	8[94]
1974–75	SSD	38	26	2	10	76	29	54	1st[95]	R4	SF			John Whiteford	24[96]
1975–76	SFL 1	26	10	5	11	38	35	25	8th[97]	R4	R1			John Whiteford	17[7][98]
1976–77	SFL 1	39	6	8	25	36	85	20	14th[99]	R3	QF			Donald Ford	5[100]
1977–78	SFL 2	39	15	14	10	51	46	44	5th[101]	R1	R2			Ally McRoberts	13[102]
1978–79	SFL 2	39	19	12	8	66	37	50	3rd[103]	R3	R3			Ally McRoberts	12[104]
1979–80	SFL 2	39	19	12	8	65	35	50	1st[105]	R1	R2			Paul Leetion	13[106]
1980–81	SFL 1	39	13	8	18	39	52	34	9th[107]	R4	R1			Brian Brown Colin Spence	5[108]
1981–82	SFL 1	39	11	14	14	49	52	36	9th[109]	R3	R1			Willie Herd	10[110]
1982–83	SFL 1	39	15	6	18	45	55	36	8th[111]	R3	R1			Peter Houston	8[112]
1983–84	SFL 1	39	16	6	17	46	54	38	7th[113]	R3	PR			Kevin McAllister	11[114]
1984–85	SFL 1	39	19	7	13	65	54	45	3rd[115]	R4	R2			Gerry McCoy	23[116]
1985–86	SFL 1	39	17	11	11	57	39	45	2nd[117]	R4	R2			Jimmy Gilmour	15[118]
1986–87	SPD	44	8	10	26	31	70	26	10th[119]	R3	R2			Ken Eadie	6[118]
1987–88	SPD	44	10	11	23	41	75	31	10th[120]	R3	R2			Crawford Baptie	9[118]
1988–89	SFL 1	39	22	8	9	71	37	52	2nd[121]	R3	R3			Alex Rae	12[118]
1989–90	SFL 1	39	14	15	10	74	64	22	4th[122]	R3	R3			Derek McWilliams	17[118]
1990–91	SFL 1	39	21	12	6	70	35	54	1st[123]	R4	R2	R1		Simon Stainrod	17[124]
1991–92	SPD	44	12	11	21	54	73	35	9th[125]	QF	R3			Eddie May Kevin McAllister	9[118]
1992–93	SPD	44	11	7	26	60	86	29	11th[126]	QF	QF			Richard Cadette	8[118]
1993–94	SFL 1	44	26	14	4	81	32	66	1st[127]	R3	QF	Winners		Richard Cadette	18[118]
1994–95	SPD	36	12	12	12	48	47	48	5th[128]	R3	QF			Colin McDonald	9[118]
1995–96	SPD	36	6	6	24	31	60	24	10th[129]	R3	R3			Paul McGrillen	6[118]
1996–97	SFL 1	36	15	9	12	42	39	54	5th[130]	Runners-up	R2	R2		Mark McGraw	8[118][131]
1997–98	SFL 1	36	19	8	9	56	41	65	2nd[132]	SF	R3	Winners		David Moss	12[118]
1998–99	SFL 1	36	20	6	10	60	38	66	2nd[133]	QF	R3	[note 4]		Marino Keith	17[134]
1999–2000	SFL 1[note 5]	36	20	8	8	67	40	68	3rd[135]	QF	R3	R1		Scott Crabbe	14[136]
2000–01	SFL 1	36	16	8	12	57	59	56	3rd[137]	R3	R3	R1		Gareth Hutchison	11[138]
2001–02	SFL 1[note 6]	36	10	9	17	49	73	39	9th[139]	R3	R2	R2		Lee Miller	11[140]
2002–03	SFL 1[note 7]	36	25	6	5	80	32	81	1st[141]	QF	R3	QF		Owen Coyle	20[7]
2003–04	SFL 1	36	15	10	11	43	37	55	4th[142]	R4	R3	R1		Jason Lee	8[140]
2004–05	SFL 1	36	22	9	5	66	30	75	1st[143]	R3	R3	Winners		Darryl Duffy	17[140]
2005–06	SPL	38	8	9	21	35	64	33	10th[144]	QF	R3			Darryl Duffy	9[140]
2006–07	SPL	38	15	5	18	49	47	50	7th[145]	R4	SF			Anthony Stokes	14[140]
2007–08	SPL	38	13	10	15	45	49	49	7th[146]	R4	R3			Pedro Moutinho Michael Higdon	8[140]
2008–09	SPL	38	9	11	18	37	52	38	10th[147]	Runners-up	SF			Steve Lovell	8[140]
2009–10	SPL	38	6	13	19	31	57	31	12th[148]	R4	R3		Europa League, QR2	Pedro Moutinho	6[140]
2010–11	SFL 1	36	17	7	12	57	41	58	3rd[149]	R4	QF	R1		Mark Stewart	15[140]
2011–12	SFL 1	36	13	13	10	53	48	52	3rd[150]	R5	SF	Winners		Farid El Alagui	18[151]
2012–13	SFL 1	36	15	8	13	52	48	53	3rd[152]	SF	R2	R2		Lyle Taylor	24[152]
2013–14	SC	36	19	9	13	59	33	66	3rd[152]	R4	R3	QF		Rory Loy	20
2014–15	SC	36	14	11	11	48	48	53	5th[152]	Runners-up	R3	QF		Rory Loy	9
2015–16	SC	36	19	13	4	61	34	70	2nd[152]	R4	R3	R2		John Baird	17
2016–17	SC	36	16	12	6	58	40	60	2nd[152]	R4	GS	R4		Craig Sibbald	10
2017–18	SC	36	12	11	13	45	49	47	8th	QF	R2	QF		Louis Longridge	7
2018–19	SC	36	9	11	16	37	49	38	10th	R3	GS	R2		Zak Rudden	12
2019–20	League One	28	14	10	4	54	18	52	2nd	R5	GS	R3		Declan McManus	19
2020–21	League One	22	9	5	8	29	26	32	5th	R3	R2			Callumn Morrison	7
2021–22	League One	36	12	8	16	49	55	44	6th	R3	GS	R2		Anton Dowds	8
2022–23	League One	36	19	10	7	70	39	67	2nd	SF	R2	R4		Callumn Morrison	12
2023-24	League One	36	27	9	0	96	28	90	1st	R4	GS	SF		Callumn Morrison	23
2024-25	SC	36	22	7	7	72	33	73	1st	R4	QF	R3		Calvin Miller	10

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

SFD = Scottish Division One SSD = Scottish Division Two SPD = Scottish Premier Division SPL = Scottish Premier League SFL 1 = Scottish First Division SFL 2 = Scottish Second Division

QR2 = Qualifying round 2 PR = Preliminary round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals

Footnotes

^1. The Scottish League Cup did not start until 1946–47.

^2. The Scottish Challenge Cup did not start until 1990–91.

^3. European club competitions did not start until 1955–56 and Falkirk did not qualify until 2009–10.

^4. The 1998–99 Scottish Challenge Cup was suspended due to lack of sponsorship.

^5. The Scottish Premier League was being expanded to 12 teams so Falkirk was due to play a two-legged play-off with Aberdeen. However, Falkirk's Brockville Park did not meet the SPL's new 10,000 all-seater stadium criteria so the match never happened.

^6. After finishing 9th, Falkirk was due to be relegated to the Second Division but was spared because of the demise of Airdrieonians.

^7. Brockville Park still did not meet the SPL's 10,000 all-seater stadium criteria so Falkirk was denied promotion.