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

Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goals difference
Pts = Points
Position = Position in the final league table
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round
Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
PR = Preliminary round
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners

Seasons

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
Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Average home attendance
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	Football League Third Division	3	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	Football League Third Division	3	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	Football League Second Division	3	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
2006–07			Lost in the play-off final.											R1	1-0-1			R2	1-0-1	3,627
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
2007–08			Promoted after winning the play-offs.											R2	2-0-1			R2	1-0-1	3,705
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
2016–17			Lost in the play-off final.											R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	G	1-1-1	4,166
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
2017–18			Lost in the play-off final.											R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-1-2	4,037
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
2019–20			Lost in the play-off final.											R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1	SF	5-1-1	4,847
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	Football League One	3	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

Average home attendance = for league games only

References

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

v t e Exeter City Football Club
General	History The Trust Seasons Players Managers Matches
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Rivalries	Plymouth Argyle Torquay United Yeovil Town West Country derby
Other	St James Park Exeter City Women 1914 tour of South America

v t e Lists of English men's football seasons by club
Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2024–25 season
Premier League	AFC Bournemouth Arsenal Aston Villa Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Derby County Hull City Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall
Non-League	AFC Fylde Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Town Ashford United Banbury United Barnet Bath City Bishop's Stortford Blyth Spartans Brackley Town Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Bury Cambridge City Chesham United Chester Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Corby Town Curzon Ashton Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough Eastbourne Town Ebbsfleet United FC Halifax Town F.C. United of Manchester Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Glossop North End Gloucester City Harrow Borough Hartlepool United Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers King's Lynn Town Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Town Oldham Athletic Redditch United Rochdale Scarborough Athletic Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Spennymoor Town Sutton United Swindon Supermarine Tamworth Torquay United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Welling United Weymouth Whitby Town Wingate & Finchley Woking Yeovil Town York City
Defunct clubs	Aldershot Chester City Gateshead Hereford United Hinckley United Macclesfield Town Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury City Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough
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