List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by Doncaster Rovers Football Club in English football, from 1891 to the present day.

Key

Key to league record

• 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^[1]		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy FA Trophy		Average home attendance^[2] ^[3]
		Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1891–92	Midland League		20	8	5	7	30	36	-6	22	6th of 11	William 'Mickey' Bennett Charles Waddington	5
1892–93			24	11	4	9	47	44	+3	26	5th of 13	Billy Smith	12
1893–94			20	5	4	11	27	48	-21	14	7th of 11	Alex Lee	6
1894–95			26	6	6	14	35	70	-35	18	12th of 14	A Mackie	7
1895–96			28	10	6	12	44	56	-12	26	10th of 15	Bullock W Fellows	8
1896–97			28	17	5	6	77	40	+37	39	1st of 15	Goodison	18
1897–98			22	5	6	11	33	35	-2	16	10th of 12	Arnold Oxspring	7
1898–99			26	14	5	7	56	47	+9	33	1st of 14	'Dutch' Gladwin	13
1899–1900			24	9	6	9	51	42	+9	24	7th of 13	Arnold Oxspring	11
1900–01			26	17	2	7	87	2	+55	36	2nd of 14	Len Goodson Tommy Vail	20
The club elected to the Football League.
1901–02	Football League Second Division	2	34	13	8	13	49	58	-9	34	7th of 18	Jack Price	13							4,000
1902–03			34	9	7	18	35	72	-37	25	16th of 18	Billy Langham	8							5,800
The club voted out of the Football League.
1903–04	Midland League		34	13	5	16	58	55	+3	31	11th of 18	Joe Moran	12
The club elected to the Football League.
1904–05	Football League Second Division	2	34	3	2	29	23	81	-58	8	18th of 18	James Carnegie George McGhee Bob Norris Bert Shinner	3							3,000
The club voted out of the Football League.
1905–06	Midland League		34	10	6	18	47	78	-31	26	14th of 18
1906–07			38	10	7	21	52	82	-30	27	17th of 20
1907–08			38	14	4	20	48	65	-17	32	15th of 20
1908–09			38	18	3	17	50	58	-8	39	11th of 20
1909–10			42	14	11	17	51	66	-15	39	14th of 22
1910–11			38	23	4	11	106	63	+43	50	3rd of 20
1911–12			36	21	6	9	79	42	+37	48	3rd of 19
1912–13			38	21	7	10	67	43	+24	49	4th of 20
1913–14			34	12	2	20	30	51	-21	26	16th of 18
1914–15			38	14	3	21	58	82	-24	31	15th of 20
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1920–21	Midland League		38	11	10	17	38	54	-16	32	16th of 20
1921–22			42	17	6	19	52	66	-14	40	13th of 22
1922–23			42	26	9	7	72	28	+44	61	2nd of 22
The club elected to the Football League.
1923–24	Football League Third Division North	3	42	15	12	15	59	53	+6	42	9th of 22									7,285
1924–25			42	14	10	18	54	65	-11	38	18th of 22			R1	2-0-1					5,380
1925–26			42	16	11	15	80	72	+8	43	10th of 22			R2	1-0-1					5,190
1926–27			42	18	11	13	81	65	+16	47	8th of 22			R2	1-0-1					5,334
1927–28			42	23	7	12	80	44	+36	53	4th of 22			R1	0-0-1					7,574
1928–29			42	20	10	12	76	66	+10	50	5th of 22			R1	0-0-1					6,733
1929–30			42	15	9	18	62	69	-7	39	14th of 22			R4	3-2-1					4,652
1930–31			42	13	11	18	65	65	0	37	15th of 22			R2	1-0-1					4,176
1931–32			40	16	4	20	59	80	-21	36	15th of 21			R2	1-3-1					3,903
1932–33			42	17	14	11	77	79	-2	48	6th of 22			R3	2-0-1					5,262
1933–34			42	22	9	11	83	61	+22	53	5th of 22			R1	0-0-1					6,000
1934–35			42	26	5	11	87	44	+43	57	1st of 22 Promoted			R1	0-0-1					10,761
1935–36	Football League Second Division	2	42	14	9	19	51	71	-20	37	18th of 22			R3	0-0-1					14,122
1936–37			42	7	10	25	30	84	-54	24	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					11,697
1937–38	Football League Third Division North	3	42	21	19	9	74	49	+25	54	2nd of 22			R3	2-0-1					12,373
1938–39			42	21	14	7	87	47	+40	56	2nd of 22			R4	3-1-1					11,587
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1946–47	Football League Third Division North	3	42	33	6	3	123	40	+83	72	1st of 22 Promoted			R3	2-1-1					15,339
1947–48	Football League Second Division	2	42	9	11	22	40	66	-26	29	21st of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					22,317
1948–49	Football League Third Division North	3	42	20	10	12	53	40	+13	50	3rd of 22			R1	0-0-1					13,842
1949–50			42	19	17	6	66	38	+28	55	1st of 22 Promoted			R4	3-0-1					18,252
1950–51	Football League Second Division	2	42	15	13	14	64	68	-4	43	11th of 22			R3	0-0-1					22,838
1951–52			42	13	12	17	55	60	-5	38	16th of 22			R5	2-0-1					21,078
1952–53			42	12	16	14	58	64	-6	40	13th of 22			R3	0-0-1					15,862
1953–54			42	16	9	17	59	63	-4	41	12th of 22			R5	2-0-1					16,983
1954–55			42	14	7	21	58	95	-37	35	18th of 22			R5	2-4-1					12,385
1955–56			42	12	11	19	69	96	-27	35	17th of 22			R5	2-1-1					12,414
1956–57			42	15	10	17	77	77	0	40	14th of 22			R3	0-1-1					12,375
1957–58			42	8	11	23	56	88	-32	27	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					11,129
1958–59	Football League Third Division	3	46	14	5	27	50	90	-40	33	22nd of 24 Relegated			R3	2-0-1					6,665
1959–60	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	16	10	20	59	76	-7	42	17th of 24			R3	2-2-1					5,247
1960–61			46	19	7	20	76	78	-2	45	11th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R3	1-0-1			4,754
1961–62			44	11	7	26	60	85	-25	29	21st of 23			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			4,471
1962–63			46	14	14	18	64	77	-13	42	16th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-1			6,303
1963–64			46	15	12	19	70	75	-5	42	14th of 24			R3	2-2-1	R1	0-1-1			6,355
1964–65			46	20	11	15	84	72	+12	51	9th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R3	2-0-1			8,135
1965–66			46	24	11	11	85	54	+31	59	1st of 24 Promoted			R1	0-1-1	R2	1-1-1			10,398
1966–67	Football League Third Division	3	46	12	8	26	58	117	-59	32	23rd of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R3	2-3-1			7,906
1967–68	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	18	15	13	66	56	+10	51	10th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1			7,852
1969–68			46	21	17	8	65	38	+27	59	1st of 24 Promoted			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1			10,212
1969–70	Football League Third Division	3	46	17	12	17	52	54	-2	46	11th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R2	1-0-1			8,564
1970–71			46	13	9	24	45	66	-21	35	23rd of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1			4,473
1971–72	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	16	14	16	56	63	-7	46	12th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			4,126
1972–73			46	15	12	19	59	58	-9	42	17th of 24			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1			2,259
1973–74			46	12	11	23	47	80	-33	35	22nd of 24			R3	2-1-1	R2	1-0-1			2,395
1974–75			46	14	12	20	65	79	-14	40	17th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1			2,975
1975–76			46	19	11	16	75	69	+6	49	10th of 24			R1	0-0-1	QF	4-2-1			6,056
1976–77			46	21	9	16	74	65	+6	51	8th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R2	0-3-1			4,631
1977–78			46	14	17	15	52	65	-13	45	12th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2			3,228
1978–79			46	13	11	22	50	73	-23	37	22nd of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	1-0-2			2,978
1979–80			46	15	14	17	62	63	-1	44	12th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	2-1-1			4,315
1980–81			46	22	12	12	59	49	+10	56	3rd of 24 Promoted			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1			5,412
1981–82	Football League Third Division	3	46	13	17	16	55	68	-13	56	19th of 24			R4	3-0-1	R2	1-2-1			5,232
1982–83			46	9	11	26	57	97	-40	38	23rd of 24 Relegated			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1			3,517
1983–84	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	24	13	9	82	54	+28	85	2nd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-2	AQF	2-0-1	3,747
1984–85	Football League Third Division	3	46	17	8	21	72	74	-2	59	14th of 24			R4	3-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	0-1-1	4,147
1985–86			46	16	16	14	45	52	-7	64	11th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1	G	1-0-2	2,822
1986–87			46	14	15	17	56	62	-6	57	13th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-1-1	2,402
1987–88			46	8	9	29	40	84	-44	33	24th of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-3	G	0-0-2	1,893
1988–89	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	13	10	23	49	78	-29	49	23rd of 24			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-1-1	2,163
1989–90			46	14	9	23	53	60	-7	51	20th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	AF	4-2-1	2,710
1990–91			46	17	14	15	56	46	+10	65	11th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	1-2-0	2,836
1991–92			42	9	8	25	40	65	-25	35	21st of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-2	G	0-1-1	2,052
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Football League Third Division	4	42	11	14	17	42	57	-15	47	16th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-2	2,417
1993–94			42	14	10	18	44	57	-13	52	15th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-0-2	2,485
1994–95			42	17	10	15	58	43	+15	61	9th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	2-0-1	2,591
1995–96			46	16	11	19	49	60	-11	59	13th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-2-0	R2	0-2-1	2,090
1996–97			46	14	10	22	52	66	-14	52	19th of 24	Colin Cramb	18	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	2,088
1997–98			46	4	8	34	30	113	-83	20	24th of 24 Relegated	Prince Moncrieffe	8	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	0-0-1	1,715
1998–99	Football Conference	5	42	12	12	18	51	55	-4	48	16th of 24			R2	3-1-1			R2	0-0-1	3,380
1999–2000			42	15	9	18	46	48	-2	54	12th of 24	Dino Maamria	7	R1	1-0-1			R4	2-1-1	2,909
2000–01			42	15	13	14	47	43	+4	58	9th of 24	Jamie Paterson	9	QR4	0-1-1			R2 (FLT) R3 (FAT)	1-0-1 0-0-1	2,281
2001–02			42	18	13	11	68	46	+22	67	4th of 24	Jamie Paterson	14	R1	1-0-1			R1 (FLT) R4 (FAT)	0-0-1 1-1-1	2,409
2002–03			42	22	12	8	73	47	+26	78	3rd of 24	Paul Barnes	25	R1	1-0-1			AQF (FLT) R3 (FAT)	2-0-1 0-0-1	3,540
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2003–04	Football League Third Division	4	46	27	11	8	79	37	+42	92	1st of 24 Promoted	Gregg Blundell	18	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	6,939
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Football League One	3	46	16	18	12	65	60	+5	66	10th of 24	Michael McIndoe	10	R2	1-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-1-0	6,886
2005–06			46	20	9	17	55	51	+4	69	8th of 24	Michael McIndoe	8	R3	2-0-1	QF	3-2-0	R2	1-0-1	6,139
2006–07			46	16	15	15	52	47	+5	63	11th of 24	Paul Heffernan	11	R3	2-1-1	R3	1-2-0	W	6-1-0	7,746
2007–08			46	23	11	12	65	41	+24	80	3rd of 24	James Hayter Paul Heffernan Jason Price	7	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	AQF	2-1-0	7,978
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2008–09	Football League Championship	2	46	17	7	22	42	53	-11	58	14th of 24	Paul Heffernan	10	R4	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1			11,964
2009–10			46	15	15	16	59	58	+1	60	12th of 24	Billy Sharp	15	R4	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1			10,992
2010–11			46	11	15	20	55	81	-26	48	21st of 24	Billy Sharp	15	R3	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1			10,258
2011–12			46	8	12	26	43	80	-37	36	24th of 24 Relegated	Billy Sharp	10	R3	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			9,341
2012–13	Football League One	3	46	25	9	12	62	44	+18	84	1st of 24 Promoted	Billy Paynter	13	R2	1-0-1	R3	1-1-1	AQF	1-1-0	7,239
2013–14	Football League Championship	2	46	11	11	24	39	70	-31	44	22nd of 24 Relegated	Chris Brown	9	R3	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			9,041
2014–15	Football League One	3	46	16	13	17	58	62	-4	61	13th of 24	Nathan Tyson	12	R3	2-1-1	R3	2-0-1	AQF	1-0-1	6,807
2015–16			46	11	13	22	48	64	-16	46	21st of 24 Relegated	Andy Williams	12	R3	2-0-1	R2	0-1-1	R2	0-1-1	6,553
2016–17	Football League Two	4	46	25	10	11	85	55	+30	85	3rd of 24 Promoted	John Marquis	26	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-3-0	6,021
2017–18	Football League One	3	46	13	17	16	52	52	0	56	15th of 24	John Marquis	14	R3	2-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-3-0	8,213
2018–19			46	20	13	13	76	58	+18	73	6th of 24	John Marquis	21	R5	4-1-1	R2	1-0-1	G	1-0-2	8,098
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2019–20			34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54	9th of 24	Kieran Sadlier	11	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-3	8,252
			Final league positions decided by Points-Per-Game after league was postponed due to COVID-19
2020–21			46	19	7	20	63	67	-4	64	14th of 24	Fejiri Okenabirhie	11	R4	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-1-2	– ^[4]
2021–22			46	10	8	28	37	82	bgcolor="#FFCCCC"	-45	38	22nd of 24 Relegated	Tommy Rowe	7	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-1-1	R2	2-0-2	6,906
2022–23	Football League Two	4	46	16	7	23	46	65	-13	55	18th of 24	George Miller	11	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	GS	1-1-1	6,500
2023–24			46	21	8	17	73	68	+5	71	5th of 24	Joe Ironside	20	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-0-1	QF	3-2-1	7,090
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.

References

• Book: Bluff, Tony. Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). 2011. Yore Publications. 978 0 9569848 3 8.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doncaster FC club details . Soccerbase . 28 August 2018.
2. Web site: English non-league attendances archive . EFS . 2 March 2016.
3. Average home attendance = for league games only
4. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games