List of Swansea City A.F.C. seasons
Introduction The Swansea Town team during its first season, 1912–13This is a list of seasons played by Swansea City Association Football Club in English and European football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1912, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with top scorers. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.Swansea have won the League Cup once, the Football League Trophy twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. They have also qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 7 times and the UEFA Europa League once. In 2011, Swansea became the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League.
History The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town, and were elected to The Football League for the 1920–21 season. The club changed their name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea's new status as a city.Swansea City Seasons from 1920 until 2023In 1981 Swansea won promotion to the top tier of English football, achieving a club record highest league finish of sixth position after having led the table for a brief period, but a decline then set in the season after and were relegated, before in 2003 the club narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. In 2000, Swansea won the fourth tier of the English league, during a time this league was known as the Third Division, due to the 1992 formation of the Premier League. They went back into the fourth tier the following season, until a promotion from the newly named League Two followed, achieving a league finish of third place in the 2004–05 season. Three years later, their 2007–08 season in League One, ended in a first-place finish and promotion in the process to The Championship.After a few near-misses reaching the play-offs, which included a last day of the season miss for a play-off berth, due to a 0–0 draw with Doncaster Rovers during the close of the 2009–10 season, Swansea later finished 3rd the following season. The "Swans" were promoted to the Premier League in 2011 after winning the play-off final at Wembley Stadium against Reading, thanks to a 4–2 victory and in the process became the first Welsh team in that league since its formation in 1992.This was the second time the Swans had made it to the top flight of English football, and having completed seven seasons in the Premier League they have spent a total of nine seasons in the top flight.In Swansea's centenary year, the club won their first major English trophy beating Bradford City in the 2013 Football League Cup Final.
Key * Pld = Matches played* W = Matches won* D = Matches drawn* L = Matches lost* GF = Goals for* GA = Goals against* Pts = Points* Pos = Final position* Prem = Premier League* Champ = EFL Championship* League 1 = EFL League One* League 2 = EFL League Two* Div 1 = Football League First Division* Div 2 = Football League Second Division* Div 3 = Football League Third Division* Div 3 (S) = Football League Third Division South* Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division* South 1 – Southern League First Division* South 2 – Southern League Second Division* F = Final* SF = Semi-finals* QF = Quarter-finals* QR1 = First qualifying round* QR2 = Second qualifying round* QR3 = Third qualifying round* QR4 = Fourth qualifying round* QR5 = Fifth qualifying round* QR6 = Sixth qualifying round* PR = Preliminary round* R1 = Round 1* R2 = Round 2* R3 = Round 3* R4 = Round 4* R5 = Round 5* R6 = Round 6* R7 = Round 7* R8 = Round 8* R32 = Round of 321st or WWinners2nd or RURunners-up Play-offs  Promoted  Relegated ♦ Top scorer in division
Seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFA CupLeagueCupLeagueTrophy WelshCupFAWCupCompetitionResultPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueEuropeTop goalscorer(s)1912–132412292331      191913–143020662544      221914–152416482133     151915–19                  1919–2042161115534543     111920–21421815564551     241921–2242131514504741     151922–23422211784553     301923–24422212604852     181924–25422311682957     28 ♦1925–2642191112775749     351926–2742161115687243     281927–2842181212687243     271928–2942131019627536     131929–30421419566137     131930–3142121020517434     201931–32421619737539     40 ♦1932–33421919505442     201933–3442101517516035     111934–35421420566736     141935–36421518677639     141936–37421520506537     101937–3842131217457338     1938–3942111219508334     151939–4011      1939–45                  1945–46         R3       1946–47421124558329      Norman Lockhart111947–4842181212705248      Sammy McCrory151948–494227873462       Frank Scrine261949–50421716534943      151950–51421622547736       101951–5242121218727636       211952–5342151215788142       201953–54421321588234       191954–55421716868343       221955–56422016838146      Harry Griffiths221956–57421916909045      221957–58421122729931       141958–59421617798141       151959–6042151017828440       231960–6142181113777347     221961–6242121218618336      251962–63421518517239      171963–64421221637433      Jim McLaughlin131964–6542111021628432      221965–6646151120819641     261966–6746121519858939      141967–6846161020637742      211968–6946191116585449     141969–70462118664560       241970–7146151615595646      281971–7246171019465944      101972–73461423517337      111973–7446161119454643      1974–75461525467336      1975–7646161515665747      211976–77462513926858       261977–7846231013874756        33 ♦1978–7946241210836160        241979–80421716485343       Alan Waddle131980–8142181410644450       181981–82422115585169      201982–8342101121516941      341983–844227368529       1984–8546121123538047       141985–8646111025438743       Alan Waddle1986–8746171118566162       211987–8846201016625670        151988–8946151615515361      141989–9046141220456354       101990–91461324497248      241991–9246141418556556       121992–9346201313654773       151993–9446161218565860      171994–9546191413574571       171995–9646111421437947       171996–97462117625871       131997–9846131122496250       161998–9946191413564871       201999–2000462413513085        112000–01461325477337      142001–0246131221537751      112002–0346121321486549      152003–0446151417586159      212004–05462414624380       232005–0646181711785571     222006–0746201214695372      202007–08462711824292       29 ♦2008–0946162010635068       242009–1046171811403769       2010–11462414694280        272011–1238121115445147       142012–1338111314475146       222013–143811918545442       252014–15Prem38168144649568thR4R492015–16Prem3812111542524712thR3R3122016–17Prem381252145704115thR3R3152017–18Prem388921285633QFR4112018–19Champ4618111765626510thQFR2242019–20Champ46181612625370R3R3182020–21Champ46231112563980R5R1172021–22Champ4616131758686115thR3R3232022–23Champ4618121668646610thR3R120
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References ;General***;Bibliography**;Specific
External links * The full history of Swansea City Football Club – 1912 to 2011 at swanseacity.net* A century of Swansea City at espnfc.com