List of Queens Park Rangers F.C. seasons explained

Queens Park Rangers Football Club, also known as QPR, is an English association football club based in White City, London. The club originated from a merger between St Jude's and Christchurch Rangers in 1886, both of whom were founded in 1882. Initially an amateur side who played in the West London League and the second division of the London League,[1] QPR joined the Southern Football League when they turned professional in 1898. After they won the league during the 1907–08 season, they participated in the first Charity Shield match and lost to Manchester United in a replay.[2]

They joined the Football League Third Division in 1920, and in 1967 became the first Third Division side to win the League Cup.[2] They have won four divisional titles in the English football league system, two in the second tier and two in the third. Their best placed finish in the system was as runners-up in the Football League First Division in the 1975–76 season, while their best achievement in the FA Cup was also as runners-up, in the 1981–82 competition.As of the end of the 2023–24 season, the team have spent 23 seasons in the top tier of the English football league system, 35 in the second and 40 in the third tier. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first professional season in the Southern Football League in the 1899–1900 season to the end of the most recently completed season. It includes the tournaments that QPR participated in during the First and Second World Wars, which are not counted against players' official statistics as they were unofficial and considered to be friendlies.

Key

Key to league record:

Key to colours and symbols:

style=background:gold1st or W Winners
style=background:silver2nd or F Runners-up
style=background:greenF* Finalist, but match never completed
style=background:#cfcPromoted
style=background:MistyRoseRelegated
style=background:yellowTop league scorer in QPR's division

Key to divisions and tournaments:

Key to rounds:

Details for abandoned competitions: the 1938–39 Third Division South Cup and the 1939–40 Football League are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

Seasonwidth=15% scope=colDivision[3] scope=colPldscope=colWscope=colDscope=colLscope=colGFscope=colGAscope=colPtsscope=colPos[4] FA Cup[5] League Cup[6] [7] scope=colCompetitionscope=colResultscope=colPlayer(s)scope=colGoals
LeagueOtherTop scorer(s)
scope=row1890–91

West London Observer Cup[8]


London Senior Cup


West London Challenge Cup[9]

SF


R2


SF

scope=row1891–92West London Observer Cup[10] R2
scope=row1892–93West London[11] 16West London Observer Cupstyle=background:goldW
scope=row1893–94West London Observer Cupstyle=background:greenF*
scope=row1894–95

FA Amateur Cup[12]


Middlesex Challenge Cup[13]

QR3


R1

scope=row1895–96FA Amateur Cup[14] QR3
scope=row1896–97London 2[15] 1610153114213rd
scope=row1897–98London 2[16] Withdrew

London Senior Cup[17]


London Charity Cup[18]

R4

SF

scope=row1898–99West London[19] [20] 12102022222style=background:goldLondon Charity Cup[21] R1
scope=row1899–1900Southern 128122142621
scope=row1900–01Southern 1

Western 1A

28


16

11


7


4

13


5


39


25

26


18


4th

12
scope=row1901–02Southern 1

Western 1A

30


16


5


1

15


10


17


43

23


11

12th


8th

12
scope=row1902–03Southern 1

Western 1A

30


16

11


6


2

13


8


18


43

28


14


7th

10
scope=row1903–04Southern 1

Western 1A

34


16

15


5

11


5


6


15


21


15


6th

20
scope=row1904–05Southern 1

Western 1A

34


20

14


6


3

12


11


27


45

36


15


11th

SP Floodlit CupR220
scope=row1905–06Southern 1

Western 1A

34


20

12


11


4

15


5


33


27

31


26

13th


1st

SP Floodlit CupR115
scope=row1906–07Southern 1

Western 1A

38


10


5


1


4


17


11

32


11


2nd

SP Floodlit CupSF
scope=row1907–08

Southern 1


Western 1A

38


12

21


5


1


6


20


23

51


11


5th

FA Charity Shieldstyle=background:silverF


Arthur Walker

16
scope=row1908–09

Southern 1


Western 1A

40


12

12


6

12


1

16


5


28


24

36


13

15th


2nd

London Challenge CupR110
scope=row1909–10Southern 14219131051London Challenge CupSF27
scope=row1910–11Southern 13813141140

London Challenge Cup


SP Floodlit Cup

R1


SF

18
scope=row1911–12Southern 138211153style=background:gold

FA Charity Shield


London Challenge Cup


SP Floodlit Cup

F


R1


R2


Edward Revill

16
scope=row1912–13Southern 13818101046

London Challenge Cup


SP Floodlit Cup

R2


W

18
scope=row1913–14Southern 138161341

London Challenge Cup


SP Floodlit Cup

R1


R2

20
scope=row1914–15Southern 1381312133812th

London Challenge Cup


SP Floodlit Cup

R2


R1

17
scope=row1915–16[22]

London Com (Prin)


London Com (Supp)

22


14


2


5

11


7


14


37

19


9


13th

scope=row1916–17[23] London Com (Prin)3910202910th


Victor Hassan


Walter Lawrence

10
scope=row1917–18[24] London Com (Prin)36142030
scope=row1918–19[25] London Com (Prin)3616133918
scope=row1919–20Southern 14218101446London Challenge CupSF17
scope=row1920–21Division 342221153London Challenge CupSF19
scope=row1921–22Division 3S4218131149London Challenge CupR217
scope=row1922–23Division 3S421610164211thLondon Challenge CupR120
scope=row1923–24Division 3S4211223122ndLondon Challenge CupR114
scope=row1924–25Division 3S4214203619thLondon Challenge CupSF

Henry Johnson


Colin Myers

10
scope=row1925–26Division 3S42272122ndLondon Challenge CupR1
scope=row1926–27Division 3S4215183914thLondon Challenge CupR223
scope=row1927–28Division 3S4217164310thLondon Challenge CupR226
scope=row1928–29Division 3S42191452London Challenge CupR238
scope=row1929–30Division 3S42211251London Challenge CupR1style=background:yellow42 ♦
scope=row1930–31Division 3S4220194327
scope=row1931–32Division 3S421512154213th19
scope=row1932–33Division 3S421311183716th


George Rounce

14
scope=row1933–34Division 3S42241254Division 3S CupR331
scope=row1934–35Division 3S4216174113thDivision 3S CupR321
scope=row1935–36Division 3S42221153Division 3S CupR237
scope=row1936–37Division 3S42181545Division 3S CupR121
scope=row1937–38Division 3S42221153Division 3S CupR321
scope=row1938–39Division 3S4215141344Division 3S CupSF(S)27
scope=row1939–40Division 3S

League South 'B'


League South 'D'


18


18

0


12


10






49


38


26


28


26


23

16th


1st


2nd

Football League War CupPre40
scope=row1940–41League South

London War Cup

23


10


5


1

12


4


26


26

0.783


11

25th


3rd

Football League War CupR441
scope=row1941–42League South

London War Cup

30


6

11


2


1

16


3


8


7

25


5

10th


3rd

12
scope=row1942–43League South281838League Cup SouthSF16
scope=row1943–44League South30141240League Cup SouthGrp36
scope=row1944–45League South3010101030League Cup SouthGrp23
scope=row1945–46Division 3SN201432style=background:goldDivision 3SN CupSF23
scope=row1946–47Division 3S42231157style=background:silver17
scope=row1947–48style=background:#cfcDivision 3S 422661style=background:gold25
scope=row1948–49Division 2421411173913th
scope=row1949–50Division 2421112193420th11
scope=row1950–51Division 2421510174016th16
scope=row1951–52style=background:MistyRoseDivision 2 421112193422nd13
scope=row1952–53Division 3S461215193920th14
scope=row1953–54Division 3S461610204218th12
scope=row1954–55Division 3S461514174415th18
scope=row1955–56Division 3S461411213918thSouthern Floodlight CupR119
scope=row1956–57Division 3S461811174710thSouthern Floodlight CupR215
scope=row1957–58Division 3S461814145010thSouthern Floodlight CupR118
scope=row1958–59Division 34619194613thSouthern Floodlight CupR120
scope=row1959–60Division 34618131549Southern Floodlight CupR127
scope=row1960–61Division 3462510116037
scope=row1961–62Division 3462411115939
scope=row1962–63Division 3461711184513th26
scope=row1963–64Division 34617194515th25
scope=row1964–65Division 3461712174614th26
scope=row1965–66Division 346241357style=background:yellow33 ♦
scope=row1966–67style=background:#cfcDivision 3 46261567style=background:goldstyle=background:goldstyle=background:yellow44 ♦
scope=row1967–68style=background:#cfcDivision 2 422558style=background:silver14
scope=row1968–69style=background:MistyRoseDivision 1 4210281822nd


Mick Leach

scope=row1969–70Division 2421711144524
scope=row1970–71Division 2421611154311th23
scope=row1971–72Division 24220145420
scope=row1972–73style=background:#cfcDivision 2 42241361style=background:silverstyle=background:yellow26 ♦
scope=row1973–74Division 1421317124322
scope=row1974–75Division 1421610164211th21
scope=row1975–76Division 142241159style=background:silver13
scope=row1976–77Division 1421312173814thUEFA CupQF


Don Givens

19
scope=row1977–78Division 14215183319th
scope=row1978–79style=background:MistyRoseDivision 1 4213232520th


Paul Goddard

scope=row1979–80Division 24218131149style=background:yellow30 ♦
scope=row1980–81Division 24215131443
scope=row1981–82Division 242211569style=background:silver24
scope=row1982–83style=background:#cfcDivision 2 422685style=background:gold


Tony Sealy

16
scope=row1983–84Division 14222137316
scope=row1984–85Division 1421311185019thUEFA Cup28
scope=row1985–86Division 14215205213thstyle=background:silver18
scope=row1986–87Division 1421311185016th16
scope=row1987–88Division 14019101167Full Members' CupR110
scope=row1988–89Division 13814111353

Full Members Cup


Merc CC Trophy

SF


R1

15
scope=row1989–90Division 1381311145011th
scope=row1990–91Division 1381210164612thFull Members CupR219
scope=row1991–92Division 1421218125411thFull Members CupQF11
scope=row1992–93421712136324
scope=row1993–94421612146018
scope=row1994–954217166026
scope=row1995–96style=background:MistyRose38233319th12
scope=row1996–97461812166618
scope=row1997–98461019174921st11
scope=row1998–99461211234720th
scope=row1999–00461618126610th


Stuart Wardley

14
scope=row2000–01style=background:MistyRose 4619204023rd12
scope=row2001–024619141371Football League TrophyR121
scope=row2002–034624111183Football League TrophyR1


Kevin Gallen

14
scope=row2003–04style=background:#cfc46221783style=background:silverFootball League TrophySF(S)17
scope=row2004–05461711186211th18
scope=row2005–064612142050


Marc Nygaard

scope=row2006–07461411215318th14
scope=row2007–08461416165814th10
scope=row2008–09461516256111th12
scope=row2009–10461415175713th13
scope=row2010–11style=background:#cfc46241688style=background:gold19
scope=row2011–1238102143663717th
scope=row2012–13style=background:MistyRose382130602520th
scope=row2013–14style=background:#cfc462311126044804th18
scope=row2014–15style=background:MistyRose3862442733020th18
scope=row2015–164614181454546012th

Tjaronn Chery

scope=row2016–17461582352665318th10
scope=row2017–184615112058705616th11
scope=row2018–19461492353715119th9
scope=row2019–204616102067765813th
15
scope=row2020–21461911165755689th12
2021–22Championship461991860596611thR4R410
2022–23Championship4613112244715020thR3R18
2023–24Championship4615112047585618thR3R17

General sources:[26] [27]

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: West London Sayings and Doings. West London Observer. 1938. XXXVI. 27 August 1892. 6.
  2. Web site: A Potted History of QPR (1882–2011) . Queens Park Rangers F.C . 19 August 2011 . 3 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110917014851/http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/History . 17 September 2011 .
  3. Divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system at the time.
  4. In seasons when the club played in more than one league, the column is sorted by the league with the most games, with the exception of the 1939–40 season.
  5. Web site: The FA Cup Archive . The Football Association (The FA) . 12 February 2012 . 2 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120202070506/http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/more/pastresults . live . Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
  6. Web site: League Tables . The Football League . 4 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111225040106/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~20097,00.html . 25 December 2011 . Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
  7. Web site: The Carling Cup . Carling . 4 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110225151347/http://www.carling.com/carlingcup/ . 25 February 2011 . dead . Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
  8. News: Football Notes. West London Observer. 1859. 14 February 1891. XXXVI. 7.
  9. News: West London Observer Football Challenge Cup. West London Observer. 1866. 4 April 1891. XXXVI. 7.
  10. News: The London Challenge Cup. 33471. 12. The Times. 2 November 1891.
  11. News: Sports and Pastimes. Willesden Chronicle. 819. 10 March 1893. 6.
  12. News: The Football Association Amateur Cup. The Standard. 22276. 7. 23 November 1895.
  13. News: Middlesex Challenge Cup. The Times. 34485. 10. 28 January 1895.
  14. News: The Amateur Cup. The Times. 34743. 11. 25 November 1895.
  15. News: London League. Bromley & District Times. 819. 7 May 1897. 3.
  16. News: Results at a Glance. Bromley & District Times. 866. 1 April 1898. 3.
  17. News: London Senior Cup. West London Observer. 2262. 7 January 1898. XLII. 2.
  18. News: Other Matches. 35415. 11. The Times. 17 January 1898.
  19. News: West London Football League and Alliance. West London Observer. 2278. XLIII. 20 May 1898. 5.
  20. News: West London League – Div. I.. West London League. 2324. 28 April 1899. 2. XLIII.
  21. News: The Association Cup. 35679. 13. The Times. 21 November 1898.
  22. Web site: England 1915/16 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 15 February 2003 . Peter . Kungler . 14 January 2012 . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230414115446/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng16.html . live .
  23. Web site: England 1916/17 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 15 February 2003 . Peter . Kungler . 14 January 2012 . 25 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325171127/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng17.html . live .
  24. Web site: England 1917/18 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . Peter . Kungler . 23 January 2005 . 14 January 2012 . 25 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325171702/https://rsssf.org/tablese/eng18.html . live .
  25. Web site: England 1918/19 . 15 February 2003 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . Peter . Kungler . 14 January 2012 . 12 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230412163731/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng19.html . live .
  26. Web site: Queens Park Rangers. Football Club History Database. 6 April 2018. 27 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034823/http://www.fchd.info/QUEENSPR.HTM. live.
  27. Web site: QPR Squad details. Soccerbase. Centurycomm. 6 April 2018. 4 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104045320/http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2093&teamTabs=stats. live. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.