List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. seasons

Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club founded in 1884, and based in Birkenhead, Wirral. Originally known as Belmont Football Club, they adopted their current name in 1885. They were a founder member of Division Three North in 1921, and were a member of The Football League until 2015, when they were relegated to the National League, the fifth tier of English football. They returned to the Football League in 2018 after defeating Boreham Wood 2-1 in the National League play-off final.

Key

Key to league record

Year shown in bold when linked to club season article
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

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
1891–92														QR1	0-0-1
1892–93	Lancashire Combination		20	4	1	15	30	81	-51	9	11th of 11			QR1	0-0-1
1893–94	Lancashire Combination		16	6	2	8	29	53	-24	14	4th of 9			QR2	0-0-1
1894–95	Club left the Lancashire Combination after the 1894–95 season and didn't participate in other league competitions for three seasons.													PR	0-0-1
1895–96														PR	0-0-1
1896–97														QR2	1-0-1
1897–98	The Combination		24	9	3	12	35	45	-10	19	12th of 13
1898–99	The Combination		28	15	4	9	54	33	+21	34	3rd of 15
1899–1900	Club left The Combination after 1898–99 season and didn't participate in other league competitions for one season.													QR1	0-0-1
1900–01	The Combination		22	6	5	11	32	37	-5	17	8th of 12			QR1	0-0-1
1901–02			26	8	7	11	46	49	-3	23	10th of 14
1902–03			26	4	5	17	30	64	-34	13	13th of 14
1903–04			24	14	1	9	54	42	+12	29	4th of 13			QR3	1-1-1
1904–05			26	10	7	9	41	37	+4	27	6th of 14			QR2	0-0-1
1905–06			28	13	8	7	40	36	+4	32	5th of 15			QR1	0-1-1
1906–07			26	10	5	11	35	39	-4	25	8th of 14			QR1	0-0-1
1907–08			26	20	4	2	83	21	+62	44	1st of 14			QR2	2-0-1
1908–09			30	15	5	10	86	48	+38	35	3rd of 16
1909–10			30	18	2	10	92	50	+42	38	4th of 16			QR3	3-0-1
Joined the Lancashire Combination.
1910–11	Lancashire Combination Division Two		38	14	6	18	60	69	-9	34	13th of 20			PR	0-0-1
1911–12	Lancashire Combination Division Two		30	18	6	6	83	41	+42	42	3rd of 16 Promoted
1912–13	Lancashire Combination Division One		34	16	6	12	92	58	+34	38	6th of 18			QR1	1-0-1
1913–14			34	25	4	5	85	32	+53	54	1st of 18			QR1	1-0-1
1914–15			32	19	3	10	84	52	+32	41	3rd of 17			QR3	3-2-1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I. Joined newly created the Cheshire County League, but resigned during the season to join the Central League.
1919–20	Central League		42	23	5	14	103	61	+42	51	4th of 22			QR1	0-0-1
1920–21	Central League		42	21	7	14	87	63	+24	49	7th of 22			QR5	1-0-1
Football League Third Division North created. The club were invited to join.
1921–22	Football League Third Division North	3	38	9	11	18	51	61	-10	29	18th of 20	Frederick Groves	7	QR4	0-1-1					6,525
1922–23			38	12	8	18	49	59	-10	32	16th of 20			QR4	0-0-1					5,655
1923–24			42	13	15	14	51	60	-9	41	12th of 22			QR6	2-1-1					7,280
1924–25			42	14	4	24	59	78	-19	32	21st of 22			QR4	1-2-1					5,475
1925–26			42	19	6	17	73	83	-10	44	7th of 22			R1	0-1-1					6,653
1926–27			42	19	8	15	85	67	+18	46	9th of 22			R1	0-1-1					6,668
1927–28			42	22	9	11	105	72	+33	53	5th of 22			R3	2-0-1					5,893
1928–29			42	22	3	17	79	77	+2	47	7th of 22			R2	1-0-1					5,125
1929–30			42	16	9	17	83	86	-3	41	12th of 22			R1	0-1-1					4,632
1930–31			42	24	6	12	111	74	+37	54	4th of 22			R1	0-1-1					7,358
1931–32			40	19	11	10	107	58	+49	50	4th of 21			R3	2-1-1					5,856
1932–33			42	17	8	17	70	66	+4	42	11th of 22			R4	3-2-1					4,200
1933–34			42	20	7	15	84	63	+21	47	7th of 22			R4	3-1-1					4,926
1934–35			42	20	11	11	74	55	+19	51	6th of 22			R2	1-0-1					7,362
1935–36			42	22	11	9	93	58	+35	55	3rd of 22	Bunny Bell	36	R4	3-1-1					8,872
1936–37			42	12	9	21	71	88	-17	33	19th of 22			R1	0-0-1					5,999
1937–38			42	23	10	9	81	41	+40	56	1st of 22 Promoted			R3	2-0-1					9,584
1938–39	Football League Second Division	2	42	6	5	31	39	99	-60	17	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					9,938
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46														R2	2-1-1
1946–47	Football League Third Division North	3	42	17	7	18	66	77	-11	41	10th of 22			R1	0-0-1					8,076
1947–48			42	16	4	22	54	72	-18	36	18th of 22			R2	1-0-1					8,862
1948–49			42	13	15	14	46	57	-11	41	11th of 22			R1	0-0-1					8,298
1949–50			42	19	11	12	51	48	+3	49	5th of 22			R2	1-0-1					9,026
1950–51			46	24	11	11	83	62	+21	59	4th of 24			R2	1-0-1					9,869
1951–52			46	21	6	19	76	71	+5	48	11th of 24			R4	3-2-1					7,568
1952–53			46	21	5	20	65	63	+2	47	13th of 24			R3	2-1-1					7,798
1953–54			46	18	7	21	59	70	-11	43	14th of 24			R3	2-2-1					6,212
1954–55			46	13	11	22	55	70	-15	37	19th of 24			R1	0-1-1					5,374
1955–56			46	16	9	21	59	84	-25	41	16th of 24			R2	1-0-1					6,500
1956–57			46	7	13	26	51	91	-40	27	23rd of 24			R1	0-0-1					6,061
1957–58			46	18	10	18	82	76	+6	46	11th of 24			R3	2-0-1					10,373
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club qualified to join Third Division.
1958–59	Football League Third Division	3	46	21	8	17	82	67	+15	50	7th of 24			R2	1-0-1					11,815
1959–60			46	14	13	19	72	75	-3	41	20th of 24			R1	0-0-1					9,965
1960–61			46	15	8	23	79	115	-36	38	21st of 24 Relegated			R2	1-1-1	R4	2-0-1			9,460
1961–62	Football League Fourth Division	4	44	20	4	20	70	81	-11	44	15th of 23			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			8,079
1962–63			46	20	10	16	81	67	+14	50	8th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1			7,614
1963–64			46	20	11	15	85	73	+12	51	7th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1			7,072
1964–65			46	27	6	13	99	56	+43	60	5th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1			11,656
1965–66			46	24	8	14	93	66	+27	56	5th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			8,031
1966–67			46	22	14	10	66	43	+23	58	4th of 24 Promoted	George Yardley	15	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-1			7,839
1967–68	Football League Third Division	3	46	14	12	20	62	74	-12	40	19th of 24			R5	4-1-1	R2	1-0-1			7,403
1968–69			46	19	10	17	70	68	+2	48	7th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-3-1			6,040
1969–70			46	14	16	16	56	72	-16	44	16th of 24			R4	3-2-1	R3	2-0-1			4,394
1970–71			46	10	22	14	45	55	-10	42	18th of 24			R1	0-2-1	R2	1-2-1			3,949
1971–72			46	10	16	20	50	71	-21	36	20th of 24			R4	3-3-1	R2	1-1-1			4,355
1972–73			46	15	16	15	56	52	+4	46	10th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1			5,615
1973–74			46	15	15	16	50	44	+6	45	16th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R3	2-2-1			4,215
1974–75			46	14	9	23	55	57	-2	37	22nd of 24 Relegated			R3	2-1-1	R2	1-1-1			2,803
1975–76	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	24	10	12	89	55	34	58	4th of 24 Promoted	Ronnie Moore	34	R1	0-0-1	R1	1-0-2			3,880
1976–77	Football League Third Division	3	46	13	17	16	51	53	-2	43	14th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-2			3,251
1977–78			46	16	15	15	57	52	+5	47	12th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1			3,926
1978–79			46	6	16	24	45	78	-33	28	23rd of 24 Relegated			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1			2,179
1979–80	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	14	13	19	50	56	-6	41	15th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R2	2-1-1			2,246
1980–81			46	13	10	23	59	73	-24	36	21st of 24			R2	1-1-1	R2	1-0-3			1,901
1981–82			46	14	18	14	51	56	-5	60	11th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R4	4-1-1			1,735
1982–83			46	13	11	22	49	71	-22	50	19th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R2	0-2-2			1,921
1983–84			46	17	15	14	53	53	0	66	10th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	AF	3-1-1	2,138
1984–85			46	24	3	19	83	66	+17	75	6th of 24	John Clayton	31	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	AQF	1-1-2	1,595
1985–86			46	15	9	22	74	73	+1	54	19th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R1	0-1-1	AQF	2-0-1	1,566
1986–87			46	11	17	18	54	72	-18	50	20th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-0-2	2,126
1987–88			46	19	9	18	61	53	+8	64	14th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	1-0-1	G	0-1-1	3,322
1988–89			46	21	17	8	62	43	+19	80	2nd of 24 Promoted			R3	2-2-1	R4	3-2-1	R1	1-1-1	5,331
1989–90	Football League Third Division	3	46	23	11	12	86	49	+37	80	4th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R4	5-1-1	W	7-1-0	7,449
1989–90			Lost in the play-off final.											R1	0-0-1	R4	5-1-1	W	7-1-0	7,449
1990–91			46	23	9	14	64	46	+18	78	5th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	F	5-0-3	6,740
1990–91			Promoted after winning the play-offs.											R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	F	5-0-3	6,740
1991–92	Football League Second Division	2	46	14	19	13	56	56	0	61	14th of 24	John Aldridge	22	R3	2-1-1	R3	3-1-1			8,845
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Football League First Division	2	46	23	10	13	72	56	+16	79	4th of 24			R4	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1			8,071
1992–93			Lost in the play-off semifinal.											R4	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1			8,071
1993–94			46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72	5th of 24			R3	0-0-1	SF	5-2-1			8,099
1993–94			Lost in the play-off semifinal.											R3	0-0-1	SF	5-2-1			8,099
1994–95			46	22	10	14	67	58	+9	76	5th of 24	John Aldridge	24	R4	1-1-1	R3	1-2-1			8,906
1994–95			Lost in the play-off semifinal.											R4	1-1-1	R3	1-2-1			8,906
1995–96			46	14	17	15	64	60	+4	59	13th of 24	John Aldridge	27	R3	0-0-1	R3	2-1-1			7,861
1996–97			46	17	14	15	63	56	+7	65	11th of 24	John Aldridge	18	R3	0-0-1	R2	1-2-1			8,127
1997–98			46	14	14	18	54	57	-3	56	14th of 24	David Kelly	11	R5	2-0-1	R3	2-1-2			7,999
1998–99			46	12	20	14	63	63	+2	56	15th of 24	Kenny Irons	15	R3	0-0-1	R3	3-0-2			6,930
1999–2000			46	15	12	19	57	68	-11	57	13th of 24	Wayne Allison	16	QF	3-0-1	F	7-0-3			7,273
2000–01			46	9	11	26	46	77	-31	38	24th of 24 Relegated	Jason Koumas	10	QF	3-1-1	R4	4-2-0			9,049
2001–02	Football League Second Division	3	46	16	15	15	63	60	+3	63	12th of 24	Stuart Barlow	14	R5	4-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	0-0-1	8,577
2002–03			46	23	11	12	66	57	+9	80	7th of 24	Simon Haworth	20	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	AQF	2-0-1	7,869
2003–04			46	17	16	13	59	56	+3	67	8th of 24	Eugène Dadi	16	QF	5-2-1	R2	1-1-0	R1	0-0-1	7,606
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Football League One	3	46	22	13	11	73	55	+18	79	3rd of 24	Iain Hume	15	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	ASF	2-1-0	9,044
2004–05			Lost in the play-off semifinal.											R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	ASF	2-1-0	9,044
2005–06			46	13	15	18	50	52	-2	54	18th of 24	Chris Greenacre	15	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AQF	2-1-0	7,211
2006–07			46	18	13	15	58	53	+5	67	9th of 24	Chris Greenacre	17	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	6,930
2007–08			46	18	11	17	52	47	+5	65	11th of 24	Chris Greenacre	11	R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	6,504
2008–09			46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74	7th of 24	Antony Kay	11	R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1	ASF	3-0-1	5,820
2009–10			46	14	9	23	45	72	-27	51	19th of 24	Ian Thomas-Moore	13	R3	2-2-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-0-1	5,671
2010–11			46	15	11	20	53	60	-7	56	17th of 24	Enoch Showunmi	11	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	ASF	1-2-1	5,467
2011–12			46	14	14	18	49	53	-4	56	12th of 24	Jake Cassidy Joss Labadie Lucas Akins	5	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AQF	1-1-1	5,130
2012–13			46	19	10	17	58	48	+10	67	11th of 24	Jake Cassidy	11	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	6,196
2013–14			46	12	11	23	52	79	-27	47	21st of 24 Relegated	Ryan Lowe	19	R2	1-0-1	R3	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	5,113
2014–15	Football League Two	4	46	9	12	25	45	67	-22	39	24th of 24 Relegated	Max Power	7	R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	ASF	1-2-0	5,192
2015–16	National League	5	46	22	12	12	61	44	+17	78	6th of 24	James Norwood	19	QR4	0-1-1			R1	0-0-1	5,214
2016–17			46	29	8	9	79	39	+40	95	2nd of 24	Andy Cook	23	QR4	0-0-1			SF	4-2-1	5,173
2016–17			Lost in the play-off final.											QR4	0-0-1			SF	4-2-1	5,173
2017–18			46	24	10	12	78	46	+32	82	2nd of 24	Andy Cook	26	R1	1-1-1			R1	0-0-1	5,136
2017–18			Promoted after winning the play-offs.											R1	1-1-1			R1	0-0-1	5,136
2018–19	EFL League Two	4	46	20	13	13	63	50	+13	73	6th of 24	James Norwood	29	R3	2-2-1	R1	0-0-1	GS	0-0-3	6,541
2018–19	EFL League Two	4	Promoted after winning the play-offs.											R3	2-2-1	R1	0-0-1	GS	0-0-3	6,541
2019–20	EFL League One	3	34	8	8	18	36	60	-24	32	21st of 23 Demoted	Morgan Ferrier	5	R4	3-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-2	6,799
2019–20	EFL League One	3	Demoted by PPG due to curtailment from COVID-19 pandemic.											R4	3-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-2	6,799
2020–21	EFL League Two	4	46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73	7th of 24	James Vaughan	18	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-0	F	5-2-1	1,749
2020–21			Lost in play-off semifinal											R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-0	F	5-2-1	1,749
2021–22			46	21	12	13	53	40	+13	75	9th of 24	Kane Hemmings	8	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-0	R2	3-0-1	6,723
2022–23			46	15	13	18	45	48	-3	58	12th of 24	Josh Hawkes	11	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-1	R2	1-2-1	6,142
2023–24			46	17	6	23	67	70	-3	57	16th of 24	Connor Jennings Rob Apter	12	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-1	GS	0-1-2	6,302

Average home attendance = for league games only
Majority of League games played behind closed doors. Restricted attendances for 2 home league games due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2000 Walsall (h), 1498 Bradford (h)

References

"Tranmere FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
"English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

External links

Tranmere Rovers at the Football Club History Database

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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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