List of Canterbury Bankstown FC seasons explained

Canterbury Bankstown FC is an Australian association football club based in Bankstown, Sydney. The club was formed in 1886 originally as Canterbury FC.^[1] They became an inaugural member of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs when it broke away from the New South Wales Soccer Football Association and played in its first league season in 1957. The club won the inaugural Federation Cup and were premiers of the regular season, losing the grand final to Auburn. The club predominantly played in the top tier of soccer in Australia until the formation of the National Soccer League in 1977 where it would play in NSW First Division instead.

The club would play at national level on one occasion in 1986.

In total, Canterbury Bankstown have won two NSW Tier 1 premierships (1957 and 1985) and two championships (1958 and 1960). It has also won two Waratah Cups in 1957 and 1958) as well as two other lower division honours.

Key

Key to league competitions:

• NSL = National Soccer League — National Tier 1
• NSW Div. 1 = NSW First Division — National Tier 1 (defacto) or NSW Tier 1
• NSW State / NSWPL / NPL NSW = National Premier Leagues NSW — NSW Tier 1
• NSW Div. 2 / NSWSL / NPL NSW 2 / NSW League 1 = NSW League One — NSW Tier 2
• NSW League 2 = NSW League Two — NSW Tier 3

^P Draws went to penalty shoot-outs during the 1990–1995 seasons (2 points for win, 1 point for loss).

¹ Stage 1 of 1996 NSW Super League

² Stage 1 of 1996 NSW Super League

Key to position colours and symbols:

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third
♦	Top scorer in division

Key to cup competitions:

• AMP = Ampol Cup
• NPLF = National Premier Leagues Finals

Key to cup and finals results:

• 1R, 2R, 3R...7R = 1st Round, 2nd Round, 3rd Round...7th Round
• GS = Group Stage
• EF = Elimination Final
• PF = Preliminary Final
• PO = Playoff Final
• R32 = Round of 32
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarterfinals
• SF = Semifinals
• RU = Runners-Up
• W = Winners
• Unk = Result unknown

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League										State Cup	Australia Cup	Other	Top scorer
											Player(s)	Goals
1957		20	14	4	2	76	30	30	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=#DDD	RU	bgcolor=gold	W
1958		22	14	3	5	66	31	31	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd	bgcolor=gold	W	bgcolor=gold			bgcolor=gold	W
1959	NSW Div. 1	26	13	10	3	56	45	29	5th	–	3rd
1960	NSW Div. 1	26	18	2	6	79	48	38	3rd	bgcolor=gold	W	bgcolor=#DDD
1961	NSW Div. 1	22	13	5	4	51	27	31	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd	bgcolor=#DDD	RU	bgcolor=#DDD
1962	NSW Div. 1	22	4	5	13	44	55	13	11th	–	bgcolor=#DDD		DNQ
1963	NSW Div. 1	22	7	6	9	37	45	20	7th	–		DNQ
1964	NSW Div. 1	22	3	1	18	26	79	7	bgcolor=#FCC	12th ↓	–		DNQ
1965	NSW Div. 2	22	14	7	1	61	22	35	3rd	PF
1966	NSW Div. 2	16	14	1	3	53	28	29	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd	bgcolor=#DDD	RU			?
1967	NSW Div. 1	22	9	4	9	37	45	22	6th	–
1968	NSW Div. 1	22	6	5	11	31	54	17	9th	–
1969	NSW Div. 1	22	8	6	8	24	33	22	5th	–
1970	NSW Div. 1	22	4	8	10	23	39	16	10th	–
1971	NSW Div. 1	22	2	5	15	23	54	5	bgcolor=#FCC	12th ↓
1972	NSW Div. 2	22	13	4	5	55	22	30	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd				?
1973	NSW Div. 2	22	16	3	3	61	22	35	bgcolor=gold	1st ↑
1974	NSW Div. 1	22	4	6	12	25	56	14	bgcolor=#FCC	12th ↓	–			?
1975	NSW Div. 2	22	7	5	10	42	37	19	7th	–
1976	NSW Div. 2	22	12	4	6	55	35	28	bgcolor=#CFC	4th ↑
1977	NSW Div. 1	22	6	2	14	28	46	14	11th	–
1978	NSW Div. 1	26	11	3	12	33	38	25	8th	–
1979	NSW State	26	8	8	10	33	35	24	8th	–
1980	NSW State	26	13	5	8	38	33	31	4th	PF
1981	NSW State	30	6	8	12	34	50	20	9th	–		1R
1982	NSW State	30	11	6	9	42	43	28	7th	–
1983	NSW Div. 1	24	7	4	13	36	46	18	9th	–
1984	NSW Div. 1	22	6	6	10	20	41	18	8th	–
1985	NSW Div. 1	22	14	5	3	49	24	33	bgcolor=gold	1st ↑	PF
1986	NSL/NC	22	2	7	13	17	41	11	11th	–
1987	NSW Div. 1	26	5	6	15	26	64	16	13th	–
1988	NSW Div. 1	26	7	6	13	34	55	20	12th	–
1989	NSW Div. 1	22	10	4	8	33	27	24	5th	–
1990	NSW Div. 1	16	4	7	5	18	23	15	12th	–	GS
1991	NSW Div. 1^P	22	8	7+3	4	35	19	41	6th	–	QF
1992	NSWSL^P	22	9	3+1	9	31	29	34	7th	–	?PR
1993	NSWSL^P	26	15	4+1	6	40	36	54	4th	EF	?QF/SF
1994	NSWSL^P	22	10	3+4	5	35	28	40	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd	bgcolor=#DDD	RU	?PR
1995	NSWSL^P	26	9	7+3	7	32	35	44	3rd	PF	bgcolor=#DDD	RU
1996	NSWSL	13	2	4	7	19	28	10	12th	–	QF
	NSWSL	13	5	4	4	14	15	19	6th
1997	NSWSL	20	5	8	7	26	38	23	7th	–	QF
1998	NSWSL	22	12	4	6	36	30	40	4th	EF
1999		22	10	4	8	33	36	34	8th	–
2000		26	10	3	13	36	49	33	8th	–
2000–01		18	8	4	6	34	28	28	4th	SF
2001–02		22	5	3	14	25	49	18	9th	–
2002–03		22	8	8	6	36	26	32	7th	–
2003–04		22	4	5	13	28	46	17	bgcolor=#FCC	12th ↓	–	QF
2005	NSWSL	26	14	4	8	59	46	46	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd	bgcolor=gold	W	4R
2006	NSWSL/A	22	7	5	10	40	39	26	bgcolor=#FDD	7th ↓	–	SF
2007	NSW Div. 1	26	19	4	3	69	21	61	bgcolor=gold	1st ↑	bgcolor=#DDD	RU	3R
2008		22	7	3	12	30	41	24	8th	–	3R
2009		22	8	6	8	37	37	30	6th	–	3R
2010		22	2	6	14	17	50	12	bgcolor=#FDD	12th ↓	–
2011	NSWSL	22	10	8	4	52	28	38	bgcolor=#DDD	2nd	bgcolor=#DDD	RU
2012	NSWSL	22	13	5	4	52	29	44	3rd	bgcolor=#DDD	RU
2013		22	8	9	5	42	34	33	5th	EF
2014		22	7	2	13	32	45	23	10th	–	4R
2015		22	9	4	9	32	37	31	7th		5R
2016		26	8	5	13	47	58	29	13th	–	7R
2017		26	9	6	11	40	45	33	10th		PO
2018		26	8	5	13	36	48	29	10th
2019		26	5	2	19	32	72	17	bgcolor=#FDD	14th ↓
2020		11	5	4	2	20	13	19	4th	SF	cancelled
2021		16	3	6	7	22	33	15	season cancelled
2022		22	12	2	8	48	37	38	bgcolor=#CFC	4th ↑	EF
2023		30	17	4	9	52	36	55	5th

Correct as of 16 September 2023

Source OzFootball

References

General

• Web site: CanterburyMarrickvilleDH. www.ozfootball.net. 16 September 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canterbury Bankstown Berries FC About Us. www.canterburybankstownberriesfc.com.au. 16 September 2023.