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List of Derby County F.C. seasons

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This article chronicles the seasons of Derby County Football Club from their formation in 1884 to the present day.

Chart of Derby County League Performances

Details of Derby County's final league position is given (from the 1888–99 season, when The Football League was founded), along with which round they made it to in both the FA Cup, the EFL Cup (which began in the 1960–61 season) and any European competitions that Derby had qualified for.

Seasons[edit]

Overall[edit]

  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 65
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 54
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 6
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Season League FA Cup EFL Cup[a] Europe / Other Top goalscorer(s)[b]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1884–85[1] There was no League football until 1888. R1 N/A
1885–86[1] R3
1886–87[1] R2
1887–88[1] R4
1888–89[2] FL 22 7 2 13 41 61 16 10th R2 Scotland Alex Higgins 12
1889–90[3] 22 9 3 10 43 55 21 7th R1 Scotland Alex Higgins 14
1890–91[4] 22 7 1 14 47 81 15 11th R2 England John Goodall 14
1891–92[5] 26 10 4 12 46 52 24 10th R1 England John Goodall 15
1892–93[6] Div 1[c] 30 9 9 12 52 64 27 13th R1 England John Goodall 14
1893–94[7] 30 16 4 10 73 62 36 3rd QF Scotland Johnny McMillan 21
1894–95[8] 30 7 9 14 45 68 23 15th R1 England Steve Bloomer 11
1895–96[9] 30 17 7 6 68 35 41 2nd SF England Steve Bloomer 27
1896–97[10] 30 16 4 10 70 50 36 3rd SF England Steve Bloomer 31
1897–98[11] 30 11 6 13 57 61 28 10th R/U England Steve Bloomer 20
1898–99[12] 34 12 11 11 62 57 35 9th R/U England Steve Bloomer 30
1899–1900[13] 34 14 8 12 45 43 36 6th R1 England Steve Bloomer 19
1900–01[14] 34 12 7 15 55 42 31 12th QF England Steve Bloomer 24
1901–02[15] 34 13 9 12 39 41 35 6th SF England Steve Bloomer 18
1902–03[16] 34 16 3 15 50 47 35 9th R/U England Steve Bloomer 13
1903–04[17] 34 9 10 15 58 60 35 14th SF England Steve Bloomer 25
1904–05[18] 34 12 8 14 37 48 32 11th R1 England Steve Bloomer 13
1905–06[19] 38 14 7 17 39 58 35 15th R2 England Steve Bloomer 12
1906–07[20] 38 9 9 20 41 59 27 19th R3 Scotland Jimmy Long 9
1907–08[21] Div 2 38 21 4 13 77 45 46 6th R1 England Alf Bentley 28
1908–09[22] 38 16 11 11 55 41 43 5th SF England Alf Bentley 32
1909–10[23] 38 22 9 7 72 47 53 4th R2 England Alf Bentley 31
1910–11[24] 38 17 8 13 73 52 42 6th QF England Steve Bloomer 24
1911–12[25] 38 23 8 7 74 28 54 1st R2 England Steve Bloomer 19
1912–13[26] Div 1 38 17 8 13 69 66 42 7th R1 England Harry Leonard 15
1913–14[27] 38 8 11 19 55 71 27 20th R2 England Horace Barnes 25
1914–15[28] Div 2 38 23 7 8 71 33 53 1st R1 England Jimmy Moore 22
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I
1919–20[29] Div 1 42 13 12 17 47 57 38 18th R1 England Noah Burton 13
1920–21[30] 42 5 16 21 32 58 26 21st R2 Scotland Bill Paterson 8
1921–22[31] Div 2 42 15 9 18 60 64 39 12th R1 England Jimmy Moore 17
1922–23[32] 42 14 11 17 46 50 29 14th SF England Jimmy Moore 17
1923–24[33] 42 21 9 12 75 54 51 3rd R3 England Harry Storer 27
1924–25[34] 42 22 11 9 71 36 55 3rd R1 England Albert Fairclough 22
1925–26[35] 42 25 7 10 77 42 57 2nd R4 England Harry Bedford 28
1926–27[36] Div 1 42 17 7 18 86 73 41 12th R4 England Harry Bedford 26
1927–28[37] 42 17 10 15 96 83 44 4th R4 England Harry Bedford 28
1928–29[38] 42 18 10 14 86 71 46 6th R4 England Harry Bedford 30
1929–30[39] 42 21 8 13 90 82 50 2nd R4 England Harry Bedford 31
1930–31[40] 42 18 10 14 94 79 46 6th R3 England Jack Bowers 39
1931–32[41] 42 14 10 18 71 75 38 15th R5 England Jack Bowers 26
1932–33[42] 42 15 14 13 76 69 44 7th SF England Jack Bowers 43
1933–34[43] 42 17 11 14 68 54 45 4th R5 England Jack Bowers 37
1934–35[44] 42 18 9 15 81 66 45 6th R5 Scotland Hughie Gallacher 24
1935–36[45] 42 18 12 12 61 52 48 2nd QF Scotland Hughie Gallacher 16
1936–37[46] 42 21 7 14 96 90 49 4th R5 Wales Dai Astley 29
1937–38[47] 42 15 10 17 66 87 40 13th R3 Wales Dai Astley 17
1938–39[48] 42 19 8 15 66 55 46 6th R3 England Ronnie Dix
Scotland Dave McCulloch 		16
1939–40 Abandoned due to World War II
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1946 due to the World War II
1945–46[49] Suspended due to World War II W England Raich Carter 12
1946–47[50] Div 1 42 18 5 19 73 79 41 14th R5 England Raich Carter 21
1947–48[51] 42 19 12 11 77 57 50 4th SF England Reg Harrison 18
1948–49[52] 42 22 9 11 74 55 53 3rd QF Scotland Billy Steel 15
1949–50[53] 42 17 10 15 69 61 44 11th QF England Jackie Stamps 29
1950–51[54] 42 16 8 18 81 75 42 11th R4 England Jack Lee 29
1951–52[55] 42 15 7 20 63 80 37 17th R3 England Johnny Morris
England Jack Parry 		11
1952–53[56] 42 11 10 21 59 74 32 22nd R3 England Jack Lee 17
1953–54[57] Div 2 42 12 11 19 64 82 35 18th R3 Scotland Hugh McLaren 11
1954–55[58] 42 7 9 26 53 82 23 22nd R2 Scotland Jimmy Dunn
England Tommy Powell
England Jesse Pye 		8
1955–56[59] Div 3 (N) 46 28 7 11 110 55 63 2nd R2 England Jack Parry 27
1956–57[60] 46 26 11 9 111 53 63 1st R2 England Ray Straw 37
1957–58[61] Div 2 42 14 8 20 60 81 36 16th R3 Republic of Ireland Reg Ryan 14
1958–59[62] 42 20 8 14 74 71 48 7th R3 England Jack Parry 16
1959–60[63] 42 14 7 21 61 77 35 18th R3 England Peter Thompson 12
1960–61[64] 42 15 10 17 80 80 40 12th R3 R3 England Bill Curry 20
1961–62[65] 42 14 11 17 68 75 39 16th R4 R3 England Bill Curry 25
1962–63[66] 42 12 12 18 61 72 36 18th R4 R3 England Bill Curry
England Barry Hutchinson 		22
1963–64[67] 42 14 11 17 56 67 39 13th R3 R2 Wales Alan Durban 11
1964–65[68] 42 16 11 15 84 79 43 9th R3 R2 Wales Alan Durban
England Eddie Thomas 		22
1965–66[69] 42 16 11 15 71 68 43 8th R3 R3 Wales Alan Durban
England Eddie Thomas 		17
1966–67[70] 42 12 12 18 68 72 36 17th R3 R2 England Kevin Hector 16
1967–68[71] 42 13 10 19 71 78 36 18th R3 SF England Kevin Hector 24
1968–69[72] 42 26 11 5 65 32 63 1st R3 QF England Kevin Hector 20
1969–70[73] Div 1 42 22 9 11 64 37 53 4th R5 QF England Kevin Hector
Scotland John O'Hare 		16
1970–71[74] 42 16 10 16 56 54 42 9th R5 R4 Fairs Cup Ban[d] Scotland John O'Hare 15
1971–72[75] 42 24 10 8 69 33 58 1st R5 R2 England Alan Hinton 20
1972–73[76] 42 19 8 15 56 54 46 7th QF R3 European Cup SF England Kevin Hector 23
1973–74[77] 42 17 14 11 52 42 48 3rd R4 R2 England Kevin Hector 19
1974–75[78] 42 21 11 10 67 49 53 1st R5 R3 UEFA Cup R3 England Kevin Hector 21
1975–76[79] 42 21 11 10 75 58 53 4th SF R3 Charity Shield W England Charlie George 24
European Cup R2
1976–77[80] 42 9 19 14 50 55 37 15th QF QF UEFA Cup R2 England Charlie George 16
1977–78[81] 42 14 13 15 54 59 41 12th R5 R3 Republic of Ireland Gerry Daly 12
1978–79[82] 42 10 11 21 44 71 31 19th R3 R3 Republic of Ireland Gerry Daly 13
1979–80[83] 42 11 8 23 47 67 30 21st R3 R2 England Alan Biley 9
1980–81[84] Div 2 42 15 15 12 57 52 45 6th R3 R2 England David Swindlehurst 11
1981–82[85] 42 12 12 18 53 68 48[e] 16th R3 R2 Northern Ireland Kevin Wilson 9
1982–83[86] 42 10 19 13 49 58 49 13th R5 R3 England David Swindlehurst 11
1983–84[87] 42 11 9 22 36 72 42 20th QF R2 England Bobby Davison 18
1984–85[88] Div 3[f] 46 19 13 14 65 54 70 7th[g] R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1 England Bobby Davison 26
1985–86[89] 46 23 15 8 80 41 84 3rd R5 R3 Associate Members' Cup PR England Bobby Davison 23
1986–87[90] Div 2 42 25 9 8 64 38 84 1st R3 R3 England Bobby Davison 22
1987–88[91] Div 1 40 10 13 17 35 45 43 15th R3 R2 All English Clubs banned from
European competition due
to the Heysel Stadium disaster.[h] 		England Phil Gee
England John Gregory 		6
1988–89[92] 38 17 7 14 40 38 58 5th R4 R3 Wales Dean Saunders 15
1989–90[93] 38 13 7 18 43 40 46 16th R3 QF Wales Dean Saunders 21
1990–91[94] 38 5 9 24 37 75 24 20th R3 R4 Wales Dean Saunders 21
1991–92[95] Div 2 46 23 9 14 65 51 78 3rd R4 R3 League play-offs SF England Paul Williams 16
1992–93[96] Div 1[i] 46 19 9 18 65 57 66 8th QF R3 Anglo-Italian Cup R/U England Paul Kitson 24
1993–94[97] 46 20 11 15 73 68 71 6th R3 R3 Anglo-Italian Cup DNQ England Tommy Johnson 19
League play-offs R/U
1994–95[98] 46 18 12 16 66 51 66 9th R3 R4 Anglo-Italian Cup GS England Marco Gabbiadini 13
1995–96[99] 46 21 16 9 71 51 79 2nd R3 R3 England Dean Sturridge 20
1996–97[100] Prem 38 11 13 14 45 58 46 12th QF R2 England Dean Sturridge 14
1997–98[101] 38 16 7 15 52 49 55 9th R4 R4 Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 17
1998–99[102] 38 13 13 12 40 45 52 8th QF R3 Jamaica Deon Burton 12
1999–2000[103] 38 9 11 18 44 57 38 16th R3 R3 Republic of Ireland Rory Delap 8
2000–01[104] 38 10 12 16 37 59 42 17th R4 R4 England Malcolm Christie 12
2001–02 38 8 6 24 33 63 30 19th R3 R3 Italy Fabrizio Ravanelli 11
2002–03 Div 1 46 15 7 24 55 74 52 18th R3 R2 England Malcolm Christie
England Lee Morris 		9
2003–04 46 13 13 20 53 67 52 20th R3 R1 England Ian Taylor 12
2004–05 Champ[j] 46 22 10 14 71 60 76 4th R4 R1 League play-offs SF Poland Grzegorz Rasiak 17
2005–06 46 10 20 16 53 67 50 20th R4 R1 Spain Iñigo Idiakez 11
2006–07 46 25 9 12 62 46 84 3rd[k] R5 R2 League play-offs W Scotland Steve Howard 19
2007–08 Prem 38 1 8 29 20 89 11 20th R4 R2 Scotland Kenny Miller 6
2008–09 Champ 46 14 12 20 55 67 54 18th R5 SF England Rob Hulse 18
2009–10 46 15 11 20 53 63 56 14th R5 R1 England Rob Hulse 12
2010–11 46 13 10 23 58 71 49 19th R3 R1 Scotland Kris Commons 13
2011–12 46 18 10 18 50 58 64 12th R4 R1 England Steve Davies
Jamaica Theo Robinson 		12
2012–13 46 16 13 17 65 62 61 10th R4 R1 Northern Ireland Jamie Ward 12
2013–14 46 25 10 11 84 52 85 3rd R3 R3 League play-offs R/U Scotland Chris Martin 25
2014–15 46 21 14 11 85 56 77 8th R5 R5 Scotland Chris Martin 21
2015–16 46 21 15 10 66 43 78 5th R4 R1 League play-offs SF Scotland Chris Martin 15
2016–17 46 18 13 15 54 50 67 9th R4 R3 England Tom Ince 15
2017–18 46 20 15 11 69 48 75 6th R3 R2 League play-offs SF Czech Republic Matěj Vydra 22
2018–19 46 20 14 12 69 54 74 6th R5 R4 League play-offs R/U Wales Harry Wilson 18
2019–20 46 17 13 16 62 64 64 10th R5 R2 Scotland Chris Martin
England Martyn Waghorn 		12
2020–21 46 11 11 24 36 58 44 21st R3 R2 Turkey Colin Kazim-Richards 8
2021–22 46 14 13 19 45 53 34[l] 23rd R3 R2 Wales Tom Lawrence 11
2022–23 L1 46 21 13 12 67 46 76 7th[g] R4 R3 EFL Trophy GS Republic of Ireland David McGoldrick 25
2023–24 46 28 8 10 78 37 92 2nd R1 R1 EFL Trophy R2 Republic of Ireland James Collins 19

Key[edit]

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The EFL Cup was founded in 1961.
  2. ^ Goals in all competitions (English Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, EFL Trophy, Charity Shield and European) are counted.
  3. ^ At the beginning of the 1892–93 season, the Football League expanded to include a second division; the existing division (which Derby were playing in) was renamed the First Division.
  4. ^ Derby qualified for the Fairs Cup, but were banned from competing due to financial irregularities.
  5. ^ At the beginning of the 1981–82 season, the Football League changed the points system from two to three points for a win.
  6. ^ At the beginning of the 1958–59 season, the Football League's Third Division (North) and Third Division (South) were replaced by a national Third Division and a national Fourth Division; therefore, Derby competed in the national Third Division upon relegation in 1984.
  7. ^ a b Lowest League finish.
  8. ^ Had English clubs not been banned from competing in European competition, Derby would have taken part in the UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season.
  9. ^ At the beginning of the 1992–93 season, the clubs in the Football League First Division broke away to form the FA Premier League; as a result, the Football League's three remaining divisions were renamed: the Second Division (which Derby were playing in) became the First Division, the Third Division became the Second Division and the Fourth Division became the Third Division.
  10. ^ At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, the Football League renamed its divisions: the First Division (which Derby were playing in) became The Championship, the Second Division became League One and the Third Division became League Two.
  11. ^ Promoted via the play-offs.
  12. ^ Derby were deducted 21 points, 12 for entering administration & 9 for breaking EFL accountancy rules.

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