List of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, founded in 2004. The club was formed from Wimbledon F.C. after the latter had relocated to Milton Keynes.[1] The club renamed itself as the 'Milton Keynes Dons' but subsequently considers itself to be a new club founded in 2004 (the club badge includes MMIV - Roman Numerals for 2004).

The MK Dons continued in Wimbledon's league place which, after relegation in the previous season, was in the 2004–05 Football League One. After two seasons in the third tier of English football, they were relegated to the fourth tier (League Two). They were promoted in their second League Two season, as champions. Their second spell in League One lasted seven seasons, when in 2015, they finished in second place and therefore moved up to the Football League Championship. However in 2016, they were relegated back down to League One.[2]

As of the end of 2023–24, the club's first team had spent one season in the second tier of English football, fifteen seasons in the third tier and four in the fourth. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance under its present name in the Football League in 2004–05.

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Seasons

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List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, top scorer and average league attendance
Season League[3] FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Top goalscorer[a] Average
attendance
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
2004–05 League One 46 12 15 19 54 67 51 20th R3 R2 R2 Izale McLeod 18 4,896
2005–06 ↓ League One ↓ 46 12 14 20 45 66 50 22nd R3 R1 QF Izale McLeod 18 5,776
2006–07 League Two 46 25 9 12 76 58 84 4th[b] R2 R3 R2 Izale McLeod 24 5,990
2007–08 ↑ League Two ↑ 46 29 10 7 82 37 92 1st R1 R2 W Mark Wright 15 9,456
2008–09 League One 46 26 9 11 83 47 87 3rd[c] R1 R2 R2 Aaron Wilbraham 17 10,550
2009–10 League One 46 17 9 20 60 68 60 12th R3 R1 F(S) Jermaine Easter 19 10,289
2010–11 League One 46 23 8 15 67 60 77 5th[d] R1 R3 R2 Sam Baldock 13 8,512
2011–12 League One 46 22 14 10 84 47 80 5th[e] R3 R3 R1 Dean Bowditch 14 8,659
2012–13 League One 46 19 13 14 62 45 70 8th R5 R3 R1 Two players[f] 12 8,612
2013–14 League One 46 17 9 20 63 65 60 10th R3 R2 R2 Patrick Bamford 17 9,047
2014–15 ↑ League One ↑ 46 27 10 9 101 44 91 2nd R2 R4 R2 Will Grigg 22 9,452
2015–16 ↓ Championship ↓ 46 9 12 25 39 69 39 23rd R4 R3 —[g] Two players[h] 7 13,158
2016–17 League One 46 16 13 17 60 58 61 12th R3 R2 R2 Kieran Agard 14 10,307
2017–18 ↓ League One ↓ 46 11 12 23 43 69 45 23rd R4 R2 R2 Chuks Aneke 10 9,202
2018–19 ↑ League Two ↑ 46 23 10 13 71 49 79 3rd R1 R2 Group Kieran Agard 22 8,224
2019–20[i] League One 35 10 7 18 36 47 37 19th R1 R3 R3 Rhys Healey 12 9,246
2020–21 League One 46 18 11 17 64 62 65 13th R3 R1 R2 Cameron Jerome 15
2021–22 League One 46 26 11 9 78 44 89 3rd[j] R1 R1 R3 Scott Twine 20 9,314
2022–23 ↓ League One ↓ 46 11 12 23 44 66 45 21st R2 R4 R3 Mohamed Eisa 14 8,460
2023–24 League Two 46 23 9 14 83 68 78 4th[k] R1 R1 R2 Max Dean 19 6,855

Notes

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  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (Football League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy) are counted.
  2. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Shrewsbury Town, 2–1 on aggregate
  3. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Scunthorpe United, 7–6 on penalties (first leg was 1–1; the second was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time)
  4. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Peterborough United, 4–3 on aggregate
  5. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Huddersfield Town, 3–2 on aggregate
  6. ^ Dean Bowditch and Ryan Lowe were joint top scorers in the 2012–13 season
  7. ^ As members of the Football League Championship, Milton Keynes Dons were not eligible to participate in the 2015–16 Football League Trophy.
  8. ^ Josh Murphy and Nicky Maynard were joint top scorers in the 2015–16 season
  9. ^ Fixtures were suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Clubs later voted to end the season prematurely with immediate effect on 9 June 2020, with the final table decided upon by an unweighted points-per-game system resulting in the club finishing the season in 19th place.[5]
  10. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Wycombe Wanderers, 2–1 on aggregate
  11. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Crawley Town, 8–1 on aggregate

References

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  1. ^ "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". TheGuardian.com. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ "MK Dons relegated to League One with thrashing by Brentford". TheGuardian.com. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ^ "MILTON KEYNES DONS". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus: Premier League and EFL suspended in England - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland halt games". BBC. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. ^ "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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