Cardiff City season by season

Every Cardiff City season on record, from 1914–15 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

103seasons
4,839matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1914–15	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	2		George West (13)
1919–20	Southern League	3	2	0	1	5	3		Arthur Cashmore (14)
1920–21	Second Division	49	28	12	9	64	35		Jimmy Gill (20)
1921–22	First Division	48	22	12	14	74	59		Len Davies (30)
1922–23	First Division	47	20	9	18	81	66		Len Davies (28)
1923–24	First Division	48	25	15	8	67	35		Len Davies (24)
1924–25	First Division	50	21	13	16	66	54	11	Len Davies (22)
1925–26	First Division	45	17	8	20	65	80	16	Hughie Ferguson (21)
1926–27	First Division	49	22	10	17	68	68	14	Hughie Ferguson (31)
1927–28	First Division	45	19	10	16	75	84		Hughie Ferguson (25)
1928–29	First Division	43	8	13	22	44	65	22	Hughie Ferguson (15)
1929–30	Second Division	44	19	8	17	64	62		Len Davies (15)
1930–31	Second Division	44	8	10	26	50	91	22	Walter Robbins (12)
1931–32	Third Division South	45	21	8	16	99	75		Jimmy McCambridge (28)
1932–33	Third Division South	44	12	8	24	71	104	19	Jimmy McCambridge (18)
1933–34	Third Division South	44	9	7	28	58	108	22	Jim Henderson Eli Postin (13)
1934–35	Third Division South	43	13	9	21	63	84	19	Reg Keating (19)
1935–36	Third Division South	43	13	10	20	60	76	20	Reg Keating (11)
1936–37	Third Division South	45	16	7	22	60	92	18	George Walton (9)
1937–38	Third Division South	46	17	13	16	72	61	10	Jimmy Collins (28)
1938–39	Third Division South	48	18	13	17	66	70	13	Jimmy Collins (21)
1945–46		2	0	1	1	1	5
1946–47	Third Division South	43	30	6	7	93	31		Stan Richards (30)
1947–48	Second Division	43	18	11	14	62	60		Billy Rees (12)
1948–49	Second Division	45	21	13	11	68	52		Ernie Stevenson (14)
1949–50	Second Division	47	18	12	17	48	50	10	Elfed Evans (12)
1950–51	Second Division	43	17	16	10	54	47		Wilf Grant (18)
1951–52	Second Division	44	20	12	12	73	56		Wilf Grant (27)
1952–53	First Division	43	14	12	17	55	49	12	Ken Chisholm (15)
1953–54	First Division	44	19	8	17	54	74	10	Wilf Grant (15)
1954–55	First Division	43	13	11	19	62	77	20	Trevor Ford (24)
1955–56	First Division	44	16	9	19	58	72	17	Gerry Hitchens (28)
1956–57	First Division	44	11	9	24	55	90	21	Gerry Hitchens (25)
1957–58	Second Division	46	16	10	20	70	81	15	Ron Hewitt (15)
1958–59	Second Division	44	19	7	18	70	68		Ron Hewitt (17)
1959–60	Second Division	43	23	12	8	90	64		Derek Tapscott (21)
1960–61	First Division	47	14	13	20	65	95	15	Derek Tapscott (30)
1961–62	First Division	47	11	15	21	55	87	21	Dai Ward (21)
1962–63	Second Division	45	19	7	19	88	77	10	Peter Hooper (24)
1963–64	Second Division	46	14	12	20	59	88	15	Mel Charles (17)
1964–65	Second Division	50	15	17	18	72	66	13	Ivor Allchurch (19)
1965–66	Second Division	54	17	11	26	92	115	20	George Johnston (23)
1966–67	Second Division	48	14	11	23	67	94	20	Bobby Brown (17)
1967–68	Second Division	54	18	15	21	78	82	13	Peter King (18)
1968–69	Second Division	47	20	9	18	70	62		John Toshack
1969–70	Second Division	50	21	15	14	78	54		Brian Clark (28)
1970–71	Second Division	53	26	15	12	82	51		Brian Clark (22)
1971–72	Second Division	54	14	19	21	73	85	19	Brian Clark (27)
1972–73	Second Division	50	13	15	22	55	70	20	Andrew McCulloch (19)
1973–74	Second Division	50	12	19	19	61	76	17	Andrew McCulloch (14)
1974–75	Second Division	46	9	16	21	39	69	21	Gil Reece (10)
1975–76	Third Division	53	26	14	13	81	55		Tony Evans (29)
1976–77	Second Division	54	17	11	26	71	88	18	Tony Evans (24)
1977–78	Second Division	51	15	13	23	58	86	19	John Buchanan (14)
1978–79	Second Division	47	17	11	19	61	79		John Buchanan (18)
1979–80	Second Division	48	17	11	20	44	53	15	Ray Bishop Gary Stevens (11)
1980–81	Second Division	50	15	15	20	56	72	19	Peter Kitchen (19)
1981–82	Second Division	47	14	9	24	52	70	20	Gary Stevens (18)
1982–83	Third Division	55	29	12	14	90	65		Jeff Hemmerman (26)
1983–84	Second Division	47	17	7	23	58	75	15	Gordon Owen (18)
1984–85	Second Division	50	13	8	29	56	88	21	Nigel Vaughan (17)
1985–86	Third Division	49	13	9	27	57	89	22	Nigel Vaughan (17)
1986–87	Fourth Division	58	21	19	18	67	64	13	Paul Wimbleton (11)
1987–88	Fourth Division	49	24	14	11	70	47		Jimmy Gilligan (25)
1988–89	Third Division	57	18	16	23	60	73	16	Jimmy Gilligan (23)
1989–90	Third Division	53	15	16	22	57	77	21	Chris Pike (23)
1990–91	Fourth Division	52	16	18	18	49	60	13	Chris Pike (16)
1991–92	Fourth Division	45	18	15	12	71	61		Carl Dale Chris Pike (28)
1992–93		45	26	8	11	81	55		Phil Stant (18)
1993–94		55	17	18	20	78	89	19	Phil Stant (22)
1994–95		49	10	11	28	49	79	22	Phil Stant (15)
1995–96		52	14	12	26	48	72	22	Carl Dale (30)
1996–97		52	22	9	21	61	62		Steve White (14)
1997–98		54	12	27	15	60	62	21	Andy Saville (14)
1998–99		53	25	15	13	75	50		Kevin Nugent (22)
1999–00		55	12	20	23	55	77	21	Jason Bowen Kevin Nugent (17)
2000–01		52	25	15	12	106	65		Robert Earnshaw (25)
2001–02		53	27	14	12	87	60		Graham Kavanagh (16)
2002–03		55	27	15	13	82	52		Robert Earnshaw
2003–04		49	18	14	17	74	63	13	Robert Earnshaw (26)
2004–05	Championship	52	14	18	20	58	61	16	Peter Thorne (14)
2005–06	Championship	50	18	12	20	63	63	11	Cameron Jerome (20)
2006–07	Championship	49	17	14	18	57	59	13	Michael Chopra (22)
2007–08	Championship	56	23	17	16	75	62	12	Joe Ledley Paul Parry (11)
2008–09	Championship	52	22	18	12	71	60		Ross McCormack (23)
2009–10	Championship	56	27	11	18	91	70		Peter Whittingham
2010–11	Championship	52	23	14	15	79	63		Jay Bothroyd (20)
2011–12	Championship	57	24	20	13	84	71		Peter Whittingham (13)
2012–13	Championship	48	25	12	11	74	49		Heiðar Helguson (9)
2013–14		43	10	9	24	40	80	20	Fraizer Campbell (9)
2014–15	Championship	51	19	14	18	66	70	11	Kenwyne Jones (11)
2015–16	Championship	49	18	17	14	58	54		Anthony Pilkington (9)
2016–17	Championship	48	17	11	20	61	64		Kenneth Zohore (12)
2017–18	Championship	51	29	10	12	76	45		Junior Hoilett (11)
2018–19		40	10	4	26	35	73		Víctor Camarasa Bobby Reid (5)
2019–20	Championship	53	21	19	13	80	73		Lee Tomlin (9)
2020–21	Championship	49	19	14	16	68	53		Kieffer Moore (20)
2021–22	Championship	50	17	8	25	56	76		Aden Flint (6)
2022–23	Championship	49	13	11	25	45	68		Sory Kaba (8)
2023–24	Championship	50	20	6	24	60	82		Perry Ng Karlan Grant (6)
2024–25		51	11	18	22	57	83		Callum Robinson (12)
2025–26		56	33	10	13	105	64		Yousef Salech (14)
2026–27		5	1	3	1	9	9