List of Wrexham A.F.C. seasons

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 Wrexham side that won the first Welsh Cup in 1878

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,^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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,^[4] before being relegated to the Conference National in 2008.

Wrexham's highest position in the Football League was 15th in the old Second Division (now EFL Championship) in 1978–79. Their lowest position in the League was 24th in the Football League Fourth Division in 1965–66 (at a time where 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

Wrexham's performance in the English football league system

Season	League										FA Cup	League Cup	Welsh Cup[5]	FA Trophy	EFL Trophy	Other / Europe[6]
	Lvl	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
1877–78	N/A												W
1878–79													RU
1879–80													2R
1880–81													2R
1881–82													3R
1882–83													W
1883–84											2R		4R
1884–85											2R		1R
1885–86											1R		1R
1886–87											1R		3R
1887–88													2R
1888–89											1R		1R
1889–90													RU
1890–91	Combination		16	4	4	8	25	47	10[a]	8th			RU
1891–92			22	9	2	11	45	65	20	6th			SF
1892–93			22	9	1	12	41	66	19	8th			W
1893–94			18	5	6	7	36	46	16	8th			SF
1894–95	Welsh Senior League		16	13	2	1	77	20	28	1st			RU
1895–96			12	9	3	1	39	13	19	1st			RU
1896–97	Combination		18	7	2	9	41	40	16	6th			W
1897–98			24	10	6	8	45	44	26	4th			RU
1898–99			28	15	3	10	55	48	33	5th			RU
1899–1900			16	11	1	4	58	25	23	2nd			3R
1900–01			22	16	3	3	62	20	35	1st
1901–02			26	17	7	2	80	21	41	1st			RU
1902–03			26	19	5	2	80	23	43	1st			W
1903–04			24	12	4	8	53	34	28	5th			3R
1904–05			26	21	1	4	70	16	43	1st			W
1905–06	Birmingham & District League		34	17	5	12	72	55	39	6th			SF
1906–07			34	14	6	14	68	76	34	10th	4QR		SF
1907–08			34	14	9	11	51	56	37	6th			4R
1908–09			34	14	3	17	60	76	31	11th	1R		W
1909–10			34	13	7	14	61	62	33	10th			W
1910–11			34	17	7	10	74	52	41	4th			W
1911–12			34	15	10	9	62	52	40	6th			4R
1912–13			34	16	4	14	58	48	36	6th			3R
1913–14			34	15	8	11	46	47	38	7th			W
1914–15			34	16	8	10	63	49	40	6th			W
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20	Birmingham & District League		34	17	5	12	73	45	39	3rd			RU
1920–21			34	22	5	7	77	32	49	3rd			W
1921–22	3	Third Division North	38	14	9	15	51	56	37	12th	6QR		SF
1922–23			38	14	10	14	38	48	38	10th	1R		7R
1923–24			42	10	18	14	37	44	38	16th	6QR		W
1924–25			42	15	8	19	53	61	38	13th	5QR		W
1925–26			42	11	10	21	63	92	32	19th	1R		6R
1926–27			42	14	10	18	65	73	38	13th	2R		SF
1927–28			42	18	6	18	64	67	42	11th	4R		6R
1928–29			42	21	10	11	91	69	52	3rd	1R		5R
1929–30			42	13	8	21	67	88	34	17th	4R		SF
1930–31			42	21	12	9	94	62	54	3rd	3R		W
1931–32			40	18	7	15	64	69	43	10th	1R		RU
1932–33			42	24	9	9	106	51	57	2nd	2R		RU
1933–34			42	23	5	14	102	73	51	6th	1R		6R
1934–35			42	16	11	15	76	69	43	11th	2R		7R
1935–36			42	15	7	20	66	75	37	18th	1R		6R
1936–37			42	16	12	14	71	57	44	8th	3R		6R
1937–38			42	16	11	15	58	63	43	10th	2R		6R
1938–39			42	17	7	18	66	79	41	14th	1R		6R
1939–40	N/A[b]												4R
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46	N/A[c]										3R
1946–47	3	Third Division North	42	17	12	13	65	51	46	7th	2R		SF
1947–48			42	21	8	13	74	54	50	3rd	2R		7R
1948–49			42	17	9	16	56	62	43	9th	1R		7R
1949–50			42	10	12	20	39	54	32	20th	2R		RU
1950–51			46	15	12	19	55	71	42	14th	2R		SF
1951–52			46	15	9	22	63	73	39	18th	2R		SF
1952–53			46	24	8	14	86	66	56	3rd	3R		5R
1953–54			46	21	9	16	81	68	51	8th	3R		7R
1954–55			46	13	12	21	65	77	38	18th	2R		SF
1955–56			46	16	10	20	66	73	42	14th	1R		6R
1956–57			46	19	10	17	97	74	48	12th	4R		W
1957–58			46	17	12	17	61	63	46	12th	1R		W
1958–59	3	Third Division	46	14	14	18	63	77	42	18th	1R		SF
1959–60			46	14	8	24	68	101	36	23rd	3R		W
1960–61	4	Fourth Division	46	17	8	21	62	56	42	16th	1R	QF	SF
1961–62			44	22	9	13	96	56	53	3rd	3R	1R	RU
1962–63	3	Third Division	46	20	9	17	84	83	49	9th	3R	1R	6R
1963–64			46	13	6	27	75	107	32	23rd	2R	3R	SF
1964–65	4	Fourth Division	46	17	9	20	84	92	43	14th	2R	1R	RU
1965–66			46	13	9	24	72	104	35	24th	2R	2R	5R
1966–67			46	16	20	10	76	62	52	7th	2R	1R	RU
1967–68			46	20	13	13	72	53	53	8th	1R	1R	6R
1968–69			46	18	14	14	61	52	50	9th	2R	2R	6R
1969–70			46	26	9	11	84	49	61	2nd	4R	3R	6R
1970–71	3	Third Division	46	18	13	15	72	65	49	9th	1R	1R	RU
1971–72			46	16	8	22	59	63	40	16th	3R	1R	W
1972–73			46	14	17	15	55	54	45	12th	2R	2R	4R			Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1973–74			46	22	12	12	63	43	56	4th	QF	2R	SF
1974–75			46	15	15	16	65	55	45	13th	1R	1R	W
1975–76			46	20	12	14	66	55	52	6th	1R	2R	5R			Cup Winners' Cup	QF
1976–77			46	24	10	12	80	54	58	5th	4R	4R	SF
1977–78			46	23	15	8	78	45	61	1st	QF	QF	W
1978–79	2	Second Division	42	12	14	16	45	42	38	15th	4R	2R	RU			Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1979–80			42	16	6	20	40	49	38	16th	5R	2R	5R			Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1980–81			42	12	14	16	43	45	38	16th	5R	1R	SF
1981–82			42	11	11	20	40	56	44[d]	21st	4R	3R	5R
1982–83	3	Third Division	46	12	15	19	56	76	51	22nd	2R	1R	RU
1983–84	4	Fourth Division	46	11	15	20	59	74	48	20th	1R	1R	RU		QF
1984–85			46	15	9	22	67	70	54	15th	1R	1R	5R		1R	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1985–86			46	17	9	20	68	80	60	13th	2R	2R	W		QR
1986–87			46	15	20	11	70	51	65	9th	3R	2R	SF		SF	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1987–88			46	20	6	20	69	58	66	11th	2R	1R	RU		QR
1988–89			46	19	14	13	77	63	71	7th[e]	1R	1R	5R		QF
1989–90			46	13	12	21	51	67	51	21st	1R	1R	RU		QR
1990–91			46	10	10	26	48	74	40	24th	1R	2R	RU		1R	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1991–92			42	14	9	19	52	73	51	14th	4R	1R	5R		SF
1992–93[f]	4	Third Division	42	23	11	8	75	52	80	2nd	1R	1R	SF		2R
1993–94	3	Second Division	46	17	11	18	66	77	62	12th	1R	2R	4R		2R
1994–95			46	16	15	15	65	64	63	13th	4R	2R	W		QF
1995–96			46	18	16	12	76	55	70	8th	3R	1R			2R	Cup Winners' Cup	QR
1996–97			46	17	18	11	54	50	69	8th	QF	1R			2R
1997–98			46	18	16	12	55	51	70	7th	3R	1R			2R
1998–99			46	13	14	19	43	62	53	17th	4R	1R			AF
1999–2000			46	17	11	18	52	61	62	11th	4R	1R			1R
2000–01			46	17	12	17	65	71	63	10th	1R	1R			1R
2001–02			46	11	10	25	56	89	43	23rd	1R	1R			2R
2002–03	4	Third Division	46	23	15	8	84	50	84	3rd	1R	2R			QF
2003–04	3	Second Division	46	17	9	20	50	60	60	13th	1R	1R			2R
2004–05[g]	3	League One	46	13	14	19	62	80	43[h]	22nd	2R	2R			W
2005–06	4	League Two	46	15	14	17	61	54	59	13th	1R	1R			1R
2006–07			46	13	12	21	43	65	51	19th	3R	2R			1R
2007–08			46	10	10	26	38	70	40	24th	1R	2R			1R
2008–09	5	Conference National	46	18	12	16	64	48	64	10th	4QR			4R
2009–10			44	15	13	16	45	39	58	11th	2R			1R
2010–11			46	22	15	9	66	49	81	4th[i]	4QR			2R
2011–12			46	30	8	8	85	33	98	2nd[j]	3R		3R	1R
2012–13			46	22	14	10	74	45	80	5th[k]	1R			W
2013–14			46	16	11	19	61	61	59	17th	2R			2R
2014–15			46	17	15	14	56	52	66	11th	3R			RU
2015–16[l]	5	National League	46	20	9	17	71	56	69	8th	4QR			2R
2016–17			46	15	13	18	47	61	58	13th	4QR			1R
2017–18			46	17	19	10	49	39	70	10th	4QR			1R
2018–19			46	25	9	12	58	39	84	4th[m]	2R			2R
2019–20			37	11	10	16	46	49	43	19th	1R			1R		Scottish Challenge Cup	QF
2020–21			42	19	11	12	64	43	68	8th	4QR			3R
2021–22			44	26	10	8	91	46	88	2nd[n]	1R			RU
2022–23			46	34	9	3	116	43	111	1st	4R			4R
2023–24	4	League Two	46	26	10	10	89	52	88	2nd	4R	2R			R32
2024–25	3	League One	46	27	11	8	67	34	92	2nd	1R	1R			SF
Season	Lvl	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup	Welsh Cup[5]	FA Trophy	EFL Trophy	Other / Europe[6]

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

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

1. Deducted two points.
2. The 1939–40 season was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
3. Following the end of the Second World War, competitive league football did not resume until the 1946–47 season.
4. In 1981–82 three points for a win was introduced instead of two.
5. Lost in the play-off final to Leyton Orient 2-1 on aggregate.
6. In 1992-93 the Premier League was founded, and the three remaining divisions in the Football League were renamed:

   • Level 1 - First Division became Premier League
   • Level 2 - Second Division became First Division
   • Level 3 - Third Division became Second Division
   • Level 4 - Fourth Division became Third Division
7. In 2004–05 the Football League was rebranded, and the First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Championship, League One and League Two respectively.
8. Deducted 10 points for entering administration.
9. Lost in the play-off semi-final to Luton Town 5-1 on aggregate.
10. Lost in the play-off semi-final to Luton Town 3-2 on aggregate.
11. Lost in the play-off final to Newport County 2-0.
12. In 2015–16 the Football Conference was renamed to the National League
13. Lost in the play-off quarter-final to Eastleigh 1–0 (after extra time).
14. Lost in the play-off semi-final to Grimsby Town 5–4 (after extra time).