Bristol City season by season

Every Bristol City season on record, from 1898–99 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

118seasons
5,490matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1898–99		1	0	0	1	2	4
1899–00		2	1	0	1	3	6
1901–02	Second Division	34	17	6	11	52	35	6	Bertie Banks (9)
1902–03	Second Division	36	18	8	10	64	39	4	Dick Wombwell (11)
1903–04	Second Division	35	18	6	11	74	44	4	Alf Dean (14)
1904–05	Second Division	38	20	6	12	67	46	4	Sam Gilligan (14)
1905–06	Second Division	39	30	6	3	84	30	1
1906–07	First Division	40	21	8	11	71	50	2	William Maxwell (17)
1907–08	First Division	40	12	13	15	59	63	10	Sam Gilligan (16)
1908–09	First Division	48	18	16	14	57	64	8	Sam Gilligan (9)
1909–10	First Division	41	13	9	19	50	65	16	Jack Cowell (20)
1910–11	First Division	39	11	5	23	43	69	19	Ginger Owers (16)
1911–12	Second Division	39	14	6	19	41	61	13	Jock Butler (11)
1912–13	Second Division	39	9	15	15	46	75	16	Ginger Owers (13)
1913–14	Second Division	40	16	10	14	54	54	8	Billy Brown (10)
1914–15	Second Division	40	16	7	17	64	60	13	Billy Brown (13)
1919–20	Second Division	47	17	17	13	54	47	8	Tommy Howarth (14)
1920–21	Second Division	43	19	13	11	49	31	3
1921–22	Second Division	44	12	10	22	38	61	22	Albert Fairclough (12)
1922–23	Third Division South	44	25	11	8	71	44	1	Albert Fairclough (19)
1923–24	Second Division	46	9	16	21	36	69	22	Albert Fairclough (8)
1924–25	Third Division South	44	23	9	12	61	42	3	Tot Walsh (20)
1925–26	Third Division South	43	21	9	13	73	55	4	Tot Walsh (25)
1926–27	Third Division South	45	28	9	8	107	57	1	Tot Walsh (32)
1927–28	Second Division	43	15	9	19	77	81	12	Albert Keating (16)
1928–29	Second Division	43	13	10	20	58	74	20
1929–30	Second Division	43	13	9	21	62	88	20	Bertie Williams (16)
1930–31	Second Division	43	15	8	20	55	86	16	Sid Elliott (15)
1931–32	Second Division	45	7	12	26	45	84	22	Charlie Sargeant (10)
1932–33	Third Division South	45	13	14	18	91	95	15	Ted Bowen (28)
1933–34	Third Division South	46	12	14	20	68	89	19	Joe Riley (13)
1934–35	Third Division South	51	19	13	19	63	78	15	Ted Harston (15)
1935–36	Third Division South	43	15	10	18	48	60	13	Dick Armstrong (11)
1936–37	Third Division South	43	15	6	22	58	73	16	Jack Haycox (17)
1937–38	Third Division South	45	22	14	9	72	43	2	Alf Rowles (18)
1938–39	Third Division South	43	16	12	15	62	65	8	Lew Booth (15)
1945–46		8	5	2	1	20	13
1946–47	Third Division South	44	21	11	12	104	61	3	Don Clark
1947–48	Third Division South	45	19	8	18	86	68	7	Len Townsend
1948–49	Third Division South	45	13	14	18	49	66	16	Len Townsend (14)
1949–50	Third Division South	43	15	10	18	60	62	15	Arnold Rodgers (18)
1950–51	Third Division South	51	24	11	16	73	63	10	Arnold Rodgers (20)
1951–52	Third Division South	48	16	12	20	61	72	15
1952–53	Third Division South	47	22	15	10	95	63	5	Arnold Rodgers (26)
1953–54	Third Division South	49	27	6	16	95	70	3	John Atyeo (22)
1954–55	Third Division South	47	30	10	7	102	49	1	John Atyeo (28)
1955–56	Second Division	43	19	7	17	81	67	11	John Atyeo (30)
1956–57	Second Division	45	18	9	18	81	83	13	John Atyeo (23)
1957–58	Second Division	46	15	10	21	73	96	17	John Atyeo (23)
1958–59	Second Division	45	18	8	19	77	72	10	John Atyeo (26)
1959–60	Second Division	43	11	5	27	62	100	22
1960–61	Third Division	54	21	12	21	93	78	14	John Atyeo (19)
1961–62	Third Division	52	25	10	17	109	84	6	John Atyeo (26)
1962–63	Third Division	51	18	14	19	110	101	14	Brian Clark (23)
1963–64	Third Division	52	23	16	13	96	77	5	John Atyeo (21)
1964–65	Third Division	51	26	12	13	98	63	2
1965–66	Second Division	44	17	17	10	65	52	5	John Atyeo (19)
1966–67	Second Division	48	14	16	18	64	69	15	Roger Peters (9)
1967–68	Second Division	48	15	12	21	53	72	19	John Galley (26)
1968–69	Second Division	46	13	16	17	52	58	16	John Galley (18)
1969–70	Second Division	48	14	16	18	60	58	14	Gerry Sharpe (10)
1970–71	Second Division	52	14	15	23	57	73	19	John Galley (12)
1971–72	Second Division	44	18	10	16	63	54	8	John Galley (22)
1972–73	Second Division	46	18	13	15	69	56	5	Gerry Gow (12)
1973–74	Second Division	52	18	14	20	57	62	16	Keith Fear (8)
1974–75	Second Division	47	23	9	15	53	41	5
1975–76	Second Division	45	19	16	10	61	40	2	Tom Ritchie (18)
1976–77	First Division	44	11	13	20	39	53	19
1977–78	First Division	46	12	14	20	54	61	17	Tom Ritchie (11)
1978–79	First Division	45	16	10	19	51	57	13
1979–80	First Division	50	12	16	22	52	76	20	Tom Ritchie (13)
1980–81	Second Division	49	9	19	21	39	56	21	Kevin Mabbutt (9)
1981–82	Third Division	56	16	15	25	50	72	23	Mick Harford (11)
1982–83	Fourth Division	51	14	18	19	65	79	14	Glyn Riley (16)
1983–84	Fourth Division	53	26	13	14	79	51	4	Glyn Riley (16)
1984–85	Third Division	52	27	10	15	84	59	5	Alan Walsh (20)
1985–86	Third Division	51	20	15	16	77	69	9	Steve Neville (20)
1986–87	Third Division	55	24	18	13	76	48	6	Alan Walsh (16)
1987–88	Third Division	55	25	13	17	86	76	5	Alan Walsh (12)
1988–89	Third Division	61	27	13	21	75	65	11	Alan Walsh (11)
1989–90	Third Division	58	32	14	12	94	57	2	Bob Taylor
1990–91	Second Division	52	22	9	21	76	83	9	Nicky Morgan (13)
1991–92	Second Division	53	16	16	21	66	84	14	Wayne Allison (10)
1992–93		57	17	16	24	65	87	15	Andy Cole (12)
1993–94		55	20	18	17	58	60	13	Wayne Allison (15)
1994–95		51	12	13	26	45	69	23	Wayne Allison (13)
1995–96		55	17	17	21	61	75	13
1996–97		58	25	13	20	89	68	5	Shaun Goater (23)
1997–98		55	29	11	15	78	51	2	Shaun Goater (16)
1998–99		51	10	16	25	65	89	24	Ade Akinbiyi (19)
1999–00		59	21	23	15	83	70	9	Tony Thorpe (13)
2000–01		55	22	16	17	81	68	9	Tony Thorpe (19)
2001–02		55	26	11	18	80	61	7	Tony Thorpe (17)
2002–03		52	26	12	14	89	53	3	Scott Murray (19)
2003–04		57	26	17	14	73	53	3	Lee Peacock (14)
2004–05		53	21	19	13	82	63	7	Leroy Lita (24)
2005–06		49	18	11	20	70	71	9	Steve Brooker (16)
2006–07		58	30	15	13	85	55	2	Phil Jevons (11)
2007–08		52	23	14	15	63	60	4	Darren Byfield (8)
2008–09		49	16	17	16	57	57	10	Nicky Maynard (11)
2009–10		50	16	19	15	58	69	10
2010–11		48	17	10	21	64	70	15	Brett Pitman (13)
2011–12		48	12	13	23	44	70	20	Nicky Maynard (8)
2012–13		48	11	8	29	60	88	24	Steve Davies (13)
2013–14		53	17	20	16	80	74	12	Sam Baldock
2014–15		58	37	14	7	117	48	1	Aaron Wilbraham (18)
2015–16		49	13	14	22	57	77	18	Jonathan Kodjia (19)
2016–17		53	19	10	24	67	72	17	Tammy Abraham (23)
2017–18		54	22	16	16	86	70	11	Bobby Reid (19)
2018–19		50	21	13	16	62	56	8	Famara Diédhiou (13)
2019–20		49	17	14	18	64	70	12	Famara Diédhiou (12)
2020–21		52	19	6	27	57	73	19	Nahki Wells (10)
2021–22		48	15	11	22	64	80	17	Andreas Weimann (22)
2022–23		53	19	15	19	69	66	14	Nahki Wells (11)
2023–24		52	19	14	19	61	55	11	Tommy Conway (10)
2024–25		50	17	17	16	60	64	6	Anis Mehmeti (12)
2025–26		50	19	11	20	66	63	12	Scott Twine (11)
2026–27		4	1	1	2	4	6