List of Crystal Palace F.C. seasons

Crystal Palace's team during its first season, 1905–06.

This is a list of Crystal Palace F.C. seasons in English and European football, from their first official season in 1905–06 up to the 2023–24 season. It details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions, European competitions and the top scorers for each season. The list of top scorers also chronicles how the club's scoring records have progressed throughout its history.

Key

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Seasons

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List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer(s)
Season League FA
Cup 		EFL
Cup[a] 		Europe / Other Top scorer(s)[b]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Competition Result Player(s) Goals
1905–06 SL Div 2 ↑ 24 19 4 1 66 14 42 1st R1 Archie Needham 21
1906–07 SL Div 1 38 8 9 21 46 66 25 19th R4 Horace Astley 12
1907–08 SL Div 1 38 17 10 11 54 51 44 4th R3 George Woodger 15
1908–09 SL Div 1 40 12 12 16 62 62 36 16th R2 James Bauchop 20
1909–10 SL Div 1 42 20 6 16 69 50 46 7th R1 George Payne 23
1910–11 SL Div 1 38 17 13 8 55 48 47 4th R1 Charlie Woodhouse 15
1911–12 SL Div 1 38 15 10 13 70 46 40 7th R2 Ted Smith 20
1912–13 SL Div 1 38 17 11 10 55 36 45 5th R3 London Challenge Cup[c] W Ted Smith 27
1913–14 SL Div 1 38 17 16 5 60 32 50 2nd R2 London Challenge Cup W Ted Smith 27
1914–15 SL Div 1 38 13 8 17 47 61 34 15th R1 Ted Smith 20
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20 SL Div 1 42 20 6 16 69 50 46 3rd R1 Ted Smith 19
1920–21 Div 3 ↑[d] 42 24 11 7 70 34 59 1st R2 London Challenge Cup W John Conner 28
1921–22 Div 2 42 13 13 16 45 51 39 14th R2 John Conner 10
1922–23 Div 2 42 13 11 18 54 62 37 16th R1 George Whitworth 17
1923–24 Div 2 42 13 13 16 53 65 39 15th R3 George Whitworth 17
1924–25 Div 2 ↓ 42 12 10 20 38 54 34 21st R2 George Whitworth 14
1925–26 Div 3S 42 19 3 20 75 79 41 13th R5 Percy Cherrett 33
1926–27 Div 3S 42 18 9 15 84 81 45 6th R1 Percy Cherrett 32
1927–28 Div 3S 42 18 12 12 79 72 48 5th R2 George Clarke 22
1928–29 Div 3S 42 23 8 11 81 67 54 2nd R5 Harry Havelock 24
1929–30 Div 3S 42 17 12 13 81 74 46 9th R3 Peter Simpson 37
1930–31 Div 3S 42 22 7 13 107 71 51 2nd R4 Peter Simpson 54[e]
1931–32 Div 3S 42 20 11 11 74 63 51 4th R2 Peter Simpson 24
1932–33 Div 3S 42 19 8 15 78 64 46 5th R1 Peter Simpson 15
1933–34 Div 3S 42 16 9 17 71 67 41 12th R4 Third Division South Cup[f] R1 Peter Simpson 21
1934–35 Div 3S 42 19 10 13 86 64 48 5th R1 Third Division South Cup R3 Albert Dawes 19
1935–36 Div 3S 42 22 5 15 96 74 49 6th R2 Third Division South Cup SF Albert Dawes 39
1936–37 Div 3S 42 13 12 17 62 61 38 14th R1 Third Division South Cup R2 Jack Blackman 12
1937–38 Div 3S 42 18 12 12 67 47 48 7th R3 Third Division South Cup R2 Jack Blackman 17
1938–39 Div 3S 42 20 12 10 71 52 52 2nd R1 Third Division South Cup SF Albert Dawes 14
1939–40[g] Div 3S 3 2 1 0 8 9 5 2nd Ernest Waldron 5
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46 There was no league football in 1945–46. R3[h]
1946–47 Div 3S 42 13 11 18 49 62 37 18th R3 Bill Naylor 11
1947–48 Div 3S 42 13 13 16 49 49 39 13th R3 Fred Kurz 18
1948–49 Div 3S 42 8 11 23 38 76 27 22nd[i] R1 Fred Kurz 12
1949–50 Div 3S 42 15 14 13 55 54 44 7th R1 Ronnie Rooke 21
1950–51 Div 3S 46 8 11 27 33 84 27 24th[i] R1 Noel Kelly
Ronnie Rooke 		5
1951–52 Div 3S 46 15 9 22 61 80 39 19th R1 Cam Burgess 21
1952–53 Div 3S 46 15 13 18 66 82 43 13th R2 Cam Burgess 19
1953–54 Div 3S 46 14 12 20 60 86 40 22nd R1 Bob Thomas 20
1954–55 Div 3S 46 11 16 19 52 80 38 20th R2 Jimmy Belcher 12
1955–56 Div 3S 46 12 10 24 54 83 34 23rd[i] R1 Mike Deakin 8
1956–57 Div 3S 46 11 18 17 62 75 40 20th R3 Mike Deakin 16
1957–58 Div 3S 46 15 13 18 70 72 43 14th R3 George Cooper 17
1958–59 Div 4[j] 46 20 12 14 90 71 52 7th R3 Mike Deakin 27
1959–60 Div 4 46 19 12 15 84 64 50 8th R3 Johnny Byrne 19
1960–61 Div 4 ↑ 46 29 6 11 110 69 64 2nd R2 R1 Johnny Byrne 31
1961–62 Div 3 46 14 14 18 83 80 42 15th R3 R1 Andy Smillie 19
1962–63 Div 3 46 17 13 16 68 58 47 11th R2 R2 Peter Burridge 15
1963–64 Div 3 ↑ 46 23 14 9 73 51 60 2nd R2 R2 Cliff Holton 23
1964–65 Div 2 42 16 13 13 55 51 45 7th QF R4 Cliff Holton 17
1965–66 Div 2 42 14 13 15 47 52 41 11th R3 R2 Brian Whitehouse 7
1966–67 Div 2 42 19 10 13 61 55 48 7th R3 R2 Bobby Woodruff 18
1967–68 Div 2 42 14 11 17 56 56 39 11th R3 R2 Bobby Woodruff 18
1968–69 Div 2 ↑ 42 22 12 8 70 47 56 2nd R3 QF Cliff Jackson 17
1969–70 Div 1 42 6 15 21 34 68 27 20th R5 R4 Cliff Jackson 11
1970–71 Div 1 42 12 11 19 39 57 35 18th R3 QF Anglo-Italian Cup GS Alan Birchenall 14
1971–72 Div 1 42 8 13 21 39 65 29 20th R3 R3 Bobby Tambling 11
1972–73 Div 1 ↓ 42 9 12 21 41 58 30 21st R4 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup SF Don Rogers 15
1973–74 Div 2 ↓ 42 11 12 19 43 56 34 20th R3 R2 Don Rogers 15
1974–75 Div 3 46 18 15 13 66 57 51 5th R2 R2 Alan Whittle 16
1975–76 Div 3 46 18 17 11 61 46 53 5th SF R2 Dave Swindlehurst 19
1976–77 Div 3 ↑ 46 23 13 10 68 40 59 3rd R3 R2 Rachid Harkouk
Dave Swindlehurst 		13
1977–78 Div 2 42 13 15 14 50 47 41 9th R3 R2 Rachid Harkouk
Dave Swindlehurst 		12
1978–79 Div 2 ↑ 42 19 19 4 51 24 57 1st R5 R3 Dave Swindlehurst 15
1979–80 Div 1 42 12 16 14 41 50 40 13th R3 R3 Mike Flanagan
Ian Walsh 		9
1980–81 Div 1 ↓ 42 6 7 29 47 83 19 22nd R3 R3 Clive Allen 11
1981–82 Div 2 42 13 9 20 34 45 48[k] 15th QF R4 Kevin Mabbutt 8
1982–83 Div 2 42 12 12 18 43 52 48 15th R5 R3 Football League Group Cup[l] GS Kevin Mabbutt 12
1983–84 Div 2 42 12 11 19 42 52 47 18th R4 R1 Tony Evans 7
1984–85 Div 2 42 12 12 18 46 65 48 15th R3 R2 Trevor Aylott 9
1985–86 Div 2 42 19 9 14 57 52 66 5th R3 R2 Full Members' Cup[m] R1 Phil Barber
Andy Gray 		11
1986–87 Div 2 42 19 5 18 51 53 62 6th R4 R3 Full Members' Cup R1 Ian Wright 11
1987–88 Div 2 44 22 9 13 86 59 75 6th R3 R3 Full Members' Cup R1 Mark Bright 25
1988–89 Div 2 ↑ 46 23 12 11 71 49 81 3rd[n] R3 R3 Full Members' Cup SF Ian Wright 33
1989–90 Div 1 38 13 9 16 42 66 48 15th RU R3 Full Members' Cup RU/S Mark Bright 17
1990–91 Div 1 38 20 9 9 50 41 69 3rd R3 R4 Full Members' Cup W Ian Wright 25
1991–92 Div 1 42 14 15 13 53 61 57 10th R3 QF Full Members' Cup SF/S Mark Bright 22
1992–93 Prem[o] ↓ 42 11 16 15 48 61 49[p] 20th R3 SF Chris Armstrong 15
1993–94 Div 1 ↑ 46 27 9 10 73 46 90 1st R3 R3 Chris Armstrong 25
1994–95 Prem ↓ 42 11 12 19 34 49 45 19th[q] SF SF Chris Armstrong 18
1995–96 Div 1 46 20 15 11 67 48 75 3rd[r] R3 R3 Dougie Freedman 20
1996–97 Div 1 ↑ 46 19 14 13 78 48 71 6th[s] R3 R3 Bruce Dyer 18
1997–98 Prem ↓ 38 8 9 21 37 71 33 20th R5 R2 Bruce Dyer 8
1998–99 Div 1 46 14 16 16 58 71 58 14th R3 R2 UEFA Intertoto Cup R3 Clinton Morrison 13
1999–2000 Div 1 46 13 15 18 57 67 54 15th R3 R2 Clinton Morrison 15
2000–01 Div 1 46 12 13 21 57 70 49 21st R3 SF Clinton Morrison 19
2001–02 Div 1 46 20 6 20 70 62 66 10th R3 R3 Clinton Morrison 24
2002–03 Div 1 46 14 17 15 59 52 59 14th R5 QF Andrew Johnson 17
2003–04 Div 1 ↑ 46 21 10 15 72 61 73 6th[t] R3 R4 Andrew Johnson 32
2004–05 Prem ↓ 38 7 12 19 41 62 33 18th R3 R4 Andrew Johnson 21
2005–06 Champ[u] 46 21 12 13 67 48 75 6th[v] R4 R4 Andrew Johnson 17
2006–07 Champ 46 18 11 17 59 51 65 12th R4 R1 Clinton Morrison 12
2007–08 Champ 46 18 17 11 58 42 71 5th[w] R3 R1 Clinton Morrison 16
2008–09 Champ 46 15 12 19 52 55 56[x] 15th R4 R2 Shefki Kuqi 10
2009–10 Champ 46 14 17 15 50 53 49[y] 21st R5 R2 Darren Ambrose 20
2010–11 Champ 46 12 12 22 44 69 48 20th R3 R2 James Vaughan 9
2011–12 Champ 46 13 17 16 46 51 56 17th R3 SF Darren Ambrose 10
2012–13 Champ ↑ 46 19 15 12 73 62 72 5th[z] R3 R2 Glenn Murray 31
2013–14 Prem 38 13 6 19 33 48 45 11th R4 R2 Dwight Gayle 8
2014–15 Prem 38 13 9 16 47 51 48 10th R5 R3 Dwight Gayle 10
2015–16 Prem 38 11 9 18 39 51 42 15th RU R4 Dwight Gayle 7
2016–17 Prem 38 12 5 21 50 63 41 14th R4 R3 Christian Benteke 15
2017–18 Prem 38 11 11 16 45 55 44 11th R3 R4 Luka Milivojević 10
2018–19 Prem 38 14 7 17 51 53 49 12th QF R4 Luka Milivojević 12
2019–20 Prem 38 11 10 17 31 50 43 14th R3 R2 Jordan Ayew 9
2020–21 Prem 38 12 8 18 41 66 44 14th R3 R2 Wilfried Zaha 11
2021–22 Prem 38 11 15 12 50 46 48 12th SF R2 Wilfried Zaha 15
2022–23 Prem 38 11 12 15 40 49 45 11th R3 R3 Eberechi Eze 10
2023–24 Prem 38 13 10 15 57 58 49 10th R3 R3 Jean-Philippe Mateta 19

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The League Cup was founded in the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Figures include goals in the Southern, Football and Premier Leagues, FA Cup, League Cup, European competitions, play-offs and the Full Members' Cup.
  3. ^ The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. The London Challenge Cup was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded. League clubs tended to play reserve sides whilst non-league clubs fielded a full strength team. Only the instances where Palace won the cup are listed here, and appearances and goals scored do not contribute to player totals.
  4. ^ In 1921 the English Football League created the Third Division by electing all of the clubs in the Southern League Division One bar Cardiff City. Cardiff were elected to Division Two and Grimsby Town, last place in the Second Division for 1919–20, were relegated.
  5. ^ Peter Simpson's 54 goals, 46 in the League and 8 in the FA Cup, still stands as the club record.
  6. ^ The Football League Third Division South Cup ran from the 1933–34 season until 1945–46 season.
  7. ^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played.
  8. ^ All FA Cup ties in 1945–46 were played on a two legged basis.
  9. ^ a b c The club successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.
  10. ^ Crystal Palace were placed in the Fourth Division on league reorganisation.
  11. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  12. ^ The Football League Group Cup was founded in the 1981–82 season and lasted just two seasons.
  13. ^ The Full Members' Cup was founded in the 1985–86 season and lasted until the 1991–92 season.
  14. ^ Promoted via play-offs after defeating Blackburn Rovers 4–3 on aggregate after extra time in the two-leg final.
  15. ^ The 22 teams in the First Division broke away and formed a new division, the Premier League, but retained promotion from the Football League's Division One, which now consisted of teams from the Second Division.
  16. ^ The relegation with 49 points is the highest points total amassed by a team relegated from the Premier League, which initially held 22 teams. It is the joint highest total of points attained by a team relegated from the top flight division, equalling Norwich's total in 1984–85.
  17. ^ The Premier League reduced from 22 teams to 20 at the end of this season so four teams were relegated, with the club relegated after finishing fourth from bottom.
  18. ^ Lost in play-off final to Leicester.
  19. ^ Promoted via play-offs after defeating Sheffield United 1–0.
  20. ^ Promoted via play-offs after defeating West Ham 1–0.
  21. ^ The First Division had been renamed the Championship in the previous season.
  22. ^ Lost in play-off semi-final to Watford.
  23. ^ Lost in play-off semi-final to Bristol City.
  24. ^ One point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.
  25. ^ Ten points deducted for entering administration.
  26. ^ Promoted via play-offs after defeating Watford 1–0 after extra time. The club have now appeared in a record 5 play-off finals, been promoted a record 4 times via the play-offs, and have equalled the record of 7 appearances in the play-offs, held with Ipswich Town and Leicester City.

References

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Sources

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  • Soccerbase
  • Football Club History Database
  • Football Site
  • Peskett, Roy (1969). The Crystal Palace Story. Roy Peskett Limited. ISBN 9780950103907.
  • King, Ian (2012). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905-2011. Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 978-1-78091-221-9.
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