List of Wrexham A.F.C. seasons explained

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 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

Season	League										FA Cup	League Cup	Welsh Cup^[5]	FA Trophy	EFL Trophy	Other / Europe^[6]
Season	Lvl	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos		League Cup	Welsh Cup^[5]	FA Trophy	EFL Trophy
1877–78	N/A			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1878–79			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1879–80			align=center	2R
1880–81			align=center	2R
1881–82			align=center	3R
1882–83			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1890–91	Combination	16	4	4	8	25	47	10	8th			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1891–92	22	9	2	11	45	65	20	6th			SF
1892–93	22	9	1	12	41	66	19	8th			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1895–96	12	9	3	1	39	13	19	1st			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1896–97	Combination	18	7	2	9	41	40	16	6th			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1897–98	24	10	6	8	45	44	26	4th			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1898–99	28	15	3	10	55	48	33	5th			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1902–03	26	19	5	2	80	23	43	1st			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1903–04	24	12	4	8	53	34	28	5th			3R
1904–05	26	21	1	4	70	16	43	1st			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1909–10	34	13	7	14	61	62	33	10th			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1910–11	34	17	7	10	74	52	41	4th			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1914–15	34	16	8	10	63	49	40	6th			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1920–21	34	22	5	7	77	32	49	3rd			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1924–25			42	15	8	19	53	61	38	13th	5QR		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1931–32			40	18	7	15	64	69	43	10th	1R		align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1932–33			42	24	9	9	106	51	57	2nd	2R		align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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												4R
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46	N/A										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		align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1957–58			46	17	12	17	61	63	46	12th	1R		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1958–59	3	Third Division	46	14	14	18	63	77	42	18th	1R		SF
1959–60	3	Third Division	46	14	8	24	68	101	36	23rd	3R		align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1960–61	4	Fourth Division	46	17	8	21	62	56	42	16th	1R	QF	SF
1961–62	4	Fourth Division	44	22	9	13	96	56	53	3rd	3R	1R	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1962–63	3	Third Division	46	20	9	17	84	83	49	9th	3R	1R	6R
1963–64	3	Third Division	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	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1967–68			46	20	13	13	72	53	53	8th	1R	1R	6R
1968–69			46	18	14	14	61	52	450	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	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1971–72			46	16	8	22	59	63	40	16th	3R	1R	align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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	align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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	align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
1978–79	2	Second Division	42	12	14	16	45	42	38	15th	4R	2R	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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	21st	4R	3R	5R
1982–83	3	Third Division	46	12	15	19	56	76	51	22nd	2R	1R	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
1983–84	4	Fourth Division	46	11	15	20	59	74	48	20th	1R	1R	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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	align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU		QR
1988–89			46	19	14	13	77	63	71	7th	1R	1R	5R		QF
1989–90			46	13	12	21	51	67	51	21st	1R	1R	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU		QR
1990–91			46	10	10	26	48	74	40	24th	1R	2R	align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU		1R	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1991–92			42	14	9	19	52	73	51	14th	4R	1R	5R		SF
1992–93	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	align=center bgcolor="Gold"	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	3	League One	46	13	14	19	62	80	43	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	4QR			2R
2011–12			46	30	8	8	85	33	98	2nd	3R		3R	1R
2012–13			46	22	14	10	74	45	80	5th	1R			align=center bgcolor="Gold"	W
2013–14			46	16	11	19	61	61	59	17th	2R			2R
2014–15			46	17	15	14	56	52	66	11th	3R			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	RU
2015–16	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	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	1R			align=center bgcolor="Silver"	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								TBD	TBD	1R			TBD
Season	Lvl	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup	Welsh Cup	FA Trophy	EFL Trophy	Other / Europe

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	bgcolor=PaleGreen	Promoted	bgcolor=Red	Relegated

References

Web site: Wrexham F.C. . Football Club History Database . 9 September 2010.
Web site: FA Cup seasons . Soccerbase . 9 September 2010.
Web site: Football League Cup seasons . Soccerbase . 9 September 2010 . 28 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528144007/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd . dead .

Notes and References

Web site: Wrexham 1-0 Druids . Welsh Football Data Archive . 9 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170112020204/http://wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=1 . 12 January 2017 . dead .
News: UEFA rejects Welsh club' bid . . 10 October 2001 . 9 September 2010.
Web site: England - The Combination . . 9 September 2010.
Web site: The history of Wales' oldest team . Wrexham F.C. . 19 July 2009 . 9 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090824184610/http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10311~1062217%2C00.html . 24 August 2009 .
Web site: Welsh Cup - year-by-year . Welsh Football Data Archive . 9 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100206203739/http://www.wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup_year_index.php . 6 February 2010 . dead .
Web site: Welsh clubs in Europe . Welsh Football Data Archive . 9 September 2010.