List of Exeter City F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Exeter City Football Club in English football, from 1908 to the present day.

Key

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Seasons

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List of Exeter City seasons starting since their moving to Southern Football League in 1908.

Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer FA Cup FL Cup FL Trophy
FA Trophy
Average home
attendance[1][a]
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
1908–09 Southern Football League
Division One
40 18 6 16 56 65 -9 42 6th of 21 R2 3–1–1
1909–10 42 14 6 22 60 69 -9 34 18th of 22 QR5 0–2–1
1910–11 38 14 9 15 51 53 -2 37 13th of 20 R1 1–0–1
1911–12 38 11 11 16 48 62 -14 33 15th of 20
1912–13 38 18 8 12 48 44 +4 44 7th of 20
1913–14 38 10 16 12 39 38 +1 36 12th of 20 R2 1–0–1
1914–15 38 15 8 15 50 41 +9 38 11th of 20 R1 0–0–1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20 Southern Football League
Division One
42 17 9 16 57 51 +6 43 10th of 22 QR6 0–0–1
Football League Third Division created. The club were invited to join.
1920–21 Football League
Third Division
3 42 10 15 17 39 54 -15 35 19th of 22 R1 0–0–1 7,050
1921–22 Football League
Third Division South
3 42 11 12 19 38 59 -21 34 21st of 22 QR5 0–1–1 5,810
1922–23 42 13 7 22 47 84 -37 33 20th of 22 QR5 0–0–1 5,935
1923–24 42 15 7 20 37 52 -15 37 16th of 22 R2 4–2–1 5,680
1924–25 42 19 9 14 59 48 +11 47 7th of 22 R1 2–2–1 6,630
1925–26 42 15 5 22 72 70 +2 35 20th of 22 R1 0–0–1 6,334
1926–27 42 15 10 17 76 73 +3 40 12th of 22 R3 2–0–1 7,201
1927–28 42 17 12 13 70 60 +10 46 8th of 22 R4 3–2–1 6,876
1928–29 42 9 11 22 67 88 -21 29 21st of 22 R3 2–1–1 5,743
1929–30 42 12 11 19 67 73 -6 35 16th of 22 R1 0–0–1 6,592
1930–31 42 17 8 17 84 90 -6 42 13th of 22 QF 5–2–1 4,950
1931–32 42 20 7 15 77 62 +15 47 7th of 22 R3 0–0–1 6,257
1932–33 42 24 10 8 88 48 +40 58 2nd of 22 R1 0–1–1 7,665
1933–34 42 16 11 15 68 57 +11 43 9th of 22 R1 0–0–1 5,916
1934–35 42 16 9 17 70 75 -5 41 11th of 22 R2 1–1–1 5,009
1935–36 42 8 11 23 59 93 -34 27 22nd of 22 R1 0–0–1 5,214
1936–37 42 10 12 20 59 88 -29 32 21st of 22 R5 4–0–1 5,423
1937–38 42 13 12 17 57 70 -13 38 17th of 22 R2 1–0–1 6,245
1938–39 42 13 14 15 65 82 -17 40 14th of 22 R1 0–0–1 6,055
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1946–47 Football League
Third Division South
3 42 15 9 18 60 69 -9 39 15th of 22 R1 0–0–1 8,888
1947–48 42 15 11 16 55 63 -8 41 11th of 22 R1 0–1–1 9,900
1948–49 42 15 10 17 63 76 -13 40 12th of 22 R3 2–0–1 10,143
1949–50 42 14 11 17 63 75 -12 39 16th of 22 R4 3–0–1 10,117
1950–51 46 18 6 22 62 85 -23 42 14th of 24 R4 3–2–1 9,772
1951–52 46 13 9 24 65 86 -21 35 23rd of 24 R2 1–0–1 8,321
1952–53 46 13 14 19 61 71 -10 40 17th of 24 R1 0–0–1 10,339
1953–54 46 20 8 18 68 58 +10 48 9th of 24 R1 0–1–1 9,334
1954–55 46 11 15 20 47 73 -26 37 22nd of 24 R1 0–0–1 8,045
1955–56 46 15 10 21 58 77 -19 40 16th of 24 R3 2–1–1 8,168
1956–57 46 12 13 21 61 79 -18 37 21st of 24 R1 0–0–1 6,765
1957–58 46 11 9 26 57 99 -42 31 24th of 24 R1 0–0–1 7,784
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club has not qualified to join Third Division.
1958–59 Football League
Fourth Division
4 46 23 11 12 87 61 +26 57 5th of 24 R1 0–0–1 9,374
1959–60 46 19 11 16 80 70 +10 49 9th of 24 R3 2–0–1 7,421
1960–61 46 14 10 22 66 94 -28 38 21st of 24 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-1-1 4,961
1961–62 44 13 11 20 62 77 -15 37 18th of 23 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-0-1 4,344
1962–63 46 16 10 20 57 77 -20 42 17th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 4,414
1963–64 46 20 18 8 62 37 +25 58 4th of 24
Promoted
R2 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 7,291
1964–65 Football League
Third Division
3 46 12 17 17 51 52 -1 41 17th of 24 R2 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 6,460
1965–66 46 12 11 23 53 79 -26 35 22nd of 24
Relegated
R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 5,590
1966–67 Football League
Fourth Division
4 46 14 15 17 50 60 -10 43 14th of 24 R1 0-1-1 R3 2-1-1 3,990
1967–68 46 11 16 19 45 65 -20 38 20th of 24 R2 1-2-1 R1 0-1-1 3,855
1968–69 46 16 11 19 66 65 +1 43 17th of 24 R3 2-1-1 R3 2-2-1 5,371
1969–70 46 14 11 21 57 59 -2 39 18th of 24 R2 1-2-1 R1 0-1-1 4,918
1970–71 46 17 14 15 67 68 -1 48 9th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-1-1 4,687
1971–72 46 16 11 19 61 68 -7 43 15th of 24 R2 1-2-1 R1 0-0-1 3,857
1972–73 46 18 14 14 57 51 +6 50 8th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 4,966
1973–74 45 18 8 19 58 55 +3 44 10th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R4 3-1-1 4,193
1974–75 46 19 11 16 60 63 -3 49 9th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 3,430
1975–76 46 18 14 14 56 47 +9 50 7th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-2-1 3,265
1976–77 46 25 12 9 70 46 +24 62 2nd of 24
Promoted
R1 0-1-1 R2 2-0-1 4,616
1977–78 Football League
Third Division
3 46 15 14 17 49 59 -10 44 17th of 24 R3 2-2-1 R2 1-2-1 4,880
1978–79 46 17 15 14 61 56 +5 49 9th of 24 R2 1-0-1 R4 3-1-1 4,412
1979–80 46 19 10 17 60 68 -8 48 8th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R4 4-0-2 4,579
1980–81 46 16 13 17 62 66 -4 45 11th of 24 QF 5-2-1 R1 0-2-0 4,555
1981–82 46 16 9 21 71 84 -13 57 18th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-3 3,862
1982–83 46 14 12 20 81 104 -23 54 19th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-2 3,244
1983–84 46 6 15 25 50 84 -34 33 24th of 24
Relegated
R1 0-1-1 R1 0-0-2 AQF 1-0-2 3,377
1984–85 Football League
Fourth Division
4 46 13 14 19 57 79 -22 53 18th of 24 R1 0-1-1 R1 1-0-1 R1 0-1-1 2,351
1985–86 46 13 15 18 47 59 -12 54 21st of 24 R3 2-0-1 R2 1-0-3 G 0-1-1 1,973
1986–87 46 11 23 12 53 49 +4 56 14th of 24 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-2-1 2,657
1987–88 46 11 13 22 53 68 -15 46 22nd of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-1-1 G 0-0-2 2,465
1988–89 46 18 6 22 65 68 -3 60 13th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-2 R1 0-1-1 2,667
1989–90 46 28 5 13 83 48 +35 89 1st of 24
Promoted
R3 2-3-1 R4 3-2-2 AQF 2-0-2 4,859
1990–91 Football League
Third Division
3 46 16 9 21 58 52 +6 57 16th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-1-1 AQF 2-1-1 4,285
1991–92 46 14 11 21 57 80 -23 53 20th of 24 R3 1-3-1 R1 0-0-2 AQF 2-0-2 3,645
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93 Football League
Second Division
3 46 11 17 18 54 69 -15 50 19th of 24 R2 1-0-1 R2 1-2-1 AF 3-3-1 3,268
1993–94 46 11 12 23 52 83 -31 45 22nd of 24
Relegated
R3 1-2-1 R2 1-1-2 R2 1-0-2 3,349
1994–95 Football League
Third Division
4 46 8 10 24 36 70 -34 34 22nd of 22 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-1-1 AQF 2-1-1 2,482
1995–96 46 13 18 15 46 53 -7 57 14th of 24 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-2-0 G 0-1-1 3,442
1996–97 46 12 12 22 48 73 -25 48 22nd of 24 Darran Rowbotham 9 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-2 AQF 0-1-1 3,014
1997–98 46 15 15 16 68 63 +5 60 15th of 24 Darran Rowbotham 21 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-0-2 R2 0-0-1 3,990
1998–99 46 17 12 17 47 50 -3 63 12th of 24 Steve Flack 11 R2 1-2-1 R1 0-1-1 AQF 1-1-0 3,154
1999–2000 46 11 11 24 46 72 -26 44 21st of 24 Gary Alexander 16 R3 2-1-1 R1 0-0-2 AF 3-1-1 3,014
2000–01 46 12 14 20 40 58 -18 50 19th of 24 Steve Flack 13 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-0-1 3,692
2001–02 46 14 13 19 48 73 -25 55 16th of 24 Christian Roberts 11 R2 1-1-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 3,443
2002–03 46 11 15 20 50 64 -14 48 23rd of 24
Relegated
Steve Flack 13 R3 2-1-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 3,763
2003–04 Conference
Premier
5 42 19 12 11 71 57 +14 69 6th of 22 Sean Devine 20 QR4 0-2-0 R1 (FLT)
QF (FAT)
0-0-1
3-0-1
3,665
2004–05 42 20 11 11 71 50 +21 71 6th of 22 Steve Flack 12 R3 2-1-1 R2 (FLT)
QF (FAT)
0-1-1
3-1-1
3,389
2005–06 42 18 9 15 65 48 +17 63 7th of 24 Lee Phillips 13 QR4 0-0-1 R1 (FLT)
SF (FAT)
0-0-1
5-0-1
3,790
2006–07 46 22 12 12 67 48 +19 78 5th of 24 Billy Jones 10 R1 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 3,627
Lost in the play-off final.
2007–08 46 22 17 7 83 58 +25 83 4th of 24 Richard Logan 18 R2 2-0-1 R2 1-0-1 3,705
Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2008–09 Football
League Two
4 46 22 13 11 65 50 +15 79 2nd of 24
Promoted
Adam Stansfield 10 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 4,939
2009–10 Football
League One
3 46 11 18 17 48 60 -12 51 18th of 24 Ryan Harley 10 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-1-0 5,832
2010–11 46 20 10 16 66 71 -5 70 8th of 24 Jamie Cureton 17 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 AF 3-2-1 5,393
2011–12 46 10 12 24 46 75 -29 42 23rd of 24
Relegated
Daniel Nardiello 9 R1 0-1-1 R2 1-0-1 R2 0-1-1 4,474
2012–13 Football
League Two
4 46 18 10 18 63 62 +1 64 10th of 24 Jamie Cureton 21 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-1-0 4,142
2013–14 46 14 13 19 54 57 -3 55 16th of 24 Alan Gow 7 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 3,701
2014–15 46 17 13 16 61 65 -4 64 10th of 24 Tom Nichols 15 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1 3,873
2015–16 46 17 13 16 63 65 -2 64 14th of 24 Tom Nichols
Jayden Stockley
10 R3 2-1-1 R2 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 4,008
2016–17 46 21 8 17 75 56 -19 71 5th of 24 David Wheeler 17 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 G 1-1-1 4,166
Lost in the play-off final.
2017–18 46 24 8 14 64 54 +10 80 4th of 24 Jayden Stockley 19 R3 2-1-1 R1 0-0-1 G 0-1-2 4,037
Lost in the play-off final.
2018–19 46 19 13 14 60 49 +11 70 9th of 24 Jayden Stockley 16 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-1-1 R2 2-1-1 4,418
2019–20 37 18 11 8 53 43 +10 65 5th of 24 Ryan Bowman 14 R2 1-2-1 R1 0-0-1 SF 5-1-1 4,847
Lost in the play-off final.
2020–21 46 18 16 12 71 50 +21 70 9th of 24 Matt Jay 18 R3 2-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 3-0-1
2021–22 46 23 15 8 65 41 +24 84 2nd of 24
Promoted
Matt Jay 14 R2 1-1-1 R1 0-1-0 R2 1-1-2 5,312
2022–23 Football
League One
3 46 15 11 20 64 68 -4 56 14th of 24 Sam Nombe 15 R2 1-0-1 R2 1-1-0 GS 1-0-2 6,846
2023–24 46 17 10 19 46 61 -15 61 13th of 24 Reece Cole 7 R1 0-0-1 R4 2-1-1 GS 1-0-2 6,800
  1. ^ Average home attendance = for league games only

References

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  1. ^ "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.