List of Exeter City F.C. seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by Exeter City Football Club in English football, from 1908 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

List of Exeter City seasons starting since their moving to Southern Football League in 1908.

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy FA Trophy		Average home attendance^[1] ^[2]
		Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1908–09	Southern Football League Division One		40	18	6	16	56	65	-9	42	6th of 21			R2	3–1–1
1909–10			42	14	6	22	60	69	-9	34	18th of 22			QR5	0–2–1
1910–11			38	14	9	15	51	53	-2	37	13th of 20			R1	1–0–1
1911–12			38	11	11	16	48	62	-14	33	15th of 20
1912–13			38	18	8	12	48	44	+4	44	7th of 20
1913–14			38	10	16	12	39	38	+1	36	12th of 20			R2	1–0–1
1914–15			38	15	8	15	50	41	+9	38	11th of 20			R1	0–0–1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20	Southern Football League Division One		42	17	9	16	57	51	+6	43	10th of 22			QR6	0–0–1
Football League Third Division created. The club were invited to join.
1920–21	Football League Third Division	3	42	10	15	17	39	54	-15	35	19th of 22			R1	0–0–1					7,050
1921–22	Football League Third Division South	3	42	11	12	19	38	59	-21	34	21st of 22			QR5	0–1–1					5,810
1922–23			42	13	7	22	47	84	-37	33	20th of 22			QR5	0–0–1					5,935
1923–24			42	15	7	20	37	52	-15	37	16th of 22			R2	4–2–1					5,680
1924–25			42	19	9	14	59	48	+11	47	7th of 22			R1	2–2–1					6,630
1925–26			42	15	5	22	72	70	+2	35	20th of 22			R1	0–0–1					6,334
1926–27			42	15	10	17	76	73	+3	40	12th of 22			R3	2–0–1					7,201
1927–28			42	17	12	13	70	60	+10	46	8th of 22			R4	3–2–1					6,876
1928–29			42	9	11	22	67	88	-21	29	21st of 22			R3	2–1–1					5,743
1929–30			42	12	11	19	67	73	-6	35	16th of 22			R1	0–0–1					6,592
1930–31			42	17	8	17	84	90	-6	42	13th of 22			QF	5–2–1					4,950
1931–32			42	20	7	15	77	62	+15	47	7th of 22			R3	0–0–1					6,257
1932–33			42	24	10	8	88	48	+40	58	2nd of 22			R1	0–1–1					7,665
1933–34			42	16	11	15	68	57	+11	43	9th of 22			R1	0–0–1					5,916
1934–35			42	16	9	17	70	75	-5	41	11th of 22			R2	1–1–1					5,009
1935–36			42	8	11	23	59	93	-34	27	22nd of 22			R1	0–0–1					5,214
1936–37			42	10	12	20	59	88	-29	32	21st of 22			R5	4–0–1					5,423
1937–38			42	13	12	17	57	70	-13	38	17th of 22			R2	1–0–1					6,245
1938–39			42	13	14	15	65	82	-17	40	14th of 22			R1	0–0–1					6,055
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1946–47	Football League Third Division South	3	42	15	9	18	60	69	-9	39	15th of 22			R1	0–0–1					8,888
1947–48			42	15	11	16	55	63	-8	41	11th of 22			R1	0–1–1					9,900
1948–49			42	15	10	17	63	76	-13	40	12th of 22			R3	2–0–1					10,143
1949–50			42	14	11	17	63	75	-12	39	16th of 22			R4	3–0–1					10,117
1950–51			46	18	6	22	62	85	-23	42	14th of 24			R4	3–2–1					9,772
1951–52			46	13	9	24	65	86	-21	35	23rd of 24			R2	1–0–1					8,321
1952–53			46	13	14	19	61	71	-10	40	17th of 24			R1	0–0–1					10,339
1953–54			46	20	8	18	68	58	+10	48	9th of 24			R1	0–1–1					9,334
1954–55			46	11	15	20	47	73	-26	37	22nd of 24			R1	0–0–1					8,045
1955–56			46	15	10	21	58	77	-19	40	16th of 24			R3	2–1–1					8,168
1956–57			46	12	13	21	61	79	-18	37	21st of 24			R1	0–0–1					6,765
1957–58			46	11	9	26	57	99	-42	31	24th of 24			R1	0–0–1					7,784
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club has not qualified to join Third Division.
1958–59	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	23	11	12	87	61	+26	57	5th of 24			R1	0–0–1					9,374
1959–60			46	19	11	16	80	70	+10	49	9th of 24			R3	2–0–1					7,421
1960–61			46	14	10	22	66	94	-28	38	21st of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1			4,961
1961–62			44	13	11	20	62	77	-15	37	18th of 23			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1			4,344
1962–63			46	16	10	20	57	77	-20	42	17th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			4,414
1963–64			46	20	18	8	62	37	+25	58	4th of 24 Promoted			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1			7,291
1964–65	Football League Third Division	3	46	12	17	17	51	52	-1	41	17th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1			6,460
1965–66			46	12	11	23	53	79	-26	35	22nd of 24 Relegated			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			5,590
1966–67	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	14	15	17	50	60	-10	43	14th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R3	2-1-1			3,990
1967–68			46	11	16	19	45	65	-20	38	20th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R1	0-1-1			3,855
1968–69			46	16	11	19	66	65	+1	43	17th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R3	2-2-1			5,371
1969–70			46	14	11	21	57	59	-2	39	18th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R1	0-1-1			4,918
1970–71			46	17	14	15	67	68	-1	48	9th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1			4,687
1971–72			46	16	11	19	61	68	-7	43	15th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1			3,857
1972–73			46	18	14	14	57	51	+6	50	8th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			4,966
1973–74			45	18	8	19	58	55	+3	44	10th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R4	3-1-1			4,193
1974–75			46	19	11	16	60	63	-3	49	9th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			3,430
1975–76			46	18	14	14	56	47	+9	50	7th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-2-1			3,265
1976–77			46	25	12	9	70	46	+24	62	2nd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-1-1	R2	2-0-1			4,616
1977–78	Football League Third Division	3	46	15	14	17	49	59	-10	44	17th of 24			R3	2-2-1	R2	1-2-1			4,880
1978–79			46	17	15	14	61	56	+5	49	9th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R4	3-1-1			4,412
1979–80			46	19	10	17	60	68	-8	48	8th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R4	4-0-2			4,579
1980–81			46	16	13	17	62	66	-4	45	11th of 24			QF	5-2-1	R1	0-2-0			4,555
1981–82			46	16	9	21	71	84	-13	57	18th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-3			3,862
1982–83			46	14	12	20	81	104	-23	54	19th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2			3,244
1983–84			46	6	15	25	50	84	-34	33	24th of 24 Relegated			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-2	AQF	1-0-2	3,377
1984–85	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	13	14	19	57	79	-22	53	18th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	2,351
1985–86			46	13	15	18	47	59	-12	54	21st of 24			R3	2-0-1	R2	1-0-3	G	0-1-1	1,973
1986–87			46	11	23	12	53	49	+4	56	14th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-2-1	2,657
1987–88			46	11	13	22	53	68	-15	46	22nd of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-0-2	2,465
1988–89			46	18	6	22	65	68	-3	60	13th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	0-1-1	2,667
1989–90			46	28	5	13	83	48	+35	89	1st of 24 Promoted			R3	2-3-1	R4	3-2-2	AQF	2-0-2	4,859
1990–91	Football League Third Division	3	46	16	9	21	58	52	+6	57	16th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	AQF	2-1-1	4,285
1991–92			46	14	11	21	57	80	-23	53	20th of 24			R3	1-3-1	R1	0-0-2	AQF	2-0-2	3,645
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Football League Second Division	3	46	11	17	18	54	69	-15	50	19th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-1	AF	3-3-1	3,268
1993–94			46	11	12	23	52	83	-31	45	22nd of 24 Relegated			R3	1-2-1	R2	1-1-2	R2	1-0-2	3,349
1994–95	Football League Third Division	4	46	8	10	24	36	70	-34	34	22nd of 22			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	AQF	2-1-1	2,482
1995–96			46	13	18	15	46	53	-7	57	14th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-2-0	G	0-1-1	3,442
1996–97			46	12	12	22	48	73	-25	48	22nd of 24	Darran Rowbotham	9	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-2	AQF	0-1-1	3,014
1997–98			46	15	15	16	68	63	+5	60	15th of 24	Darran Rowbotham	21	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-2	R2	0-0-1	3,990
1998–99			46	17	12	17	47	50	-3	63	12th of 24	Steve Flack	11	R2	1-2-1	R1	0-1-1	AQF	1-1-0	3,154
1999–2000			46	11	11	24	46	72	-26	44	21st of 24	Gary Alexander	16	R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-2	AF	3-1-1	3,014
2000–01			46	12	14	20	40	58	-18	50	19th of 24	Steve Flack	13	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	3,692
2001–02			46	14	13	19	48	73	-25	55	16th of 24	Christian Roberts	11	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,443
2002–03			46	11	15	20	50	64	-14	48	23rd of 24 Relegated	Steve Flack	13	R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	3,763
2003–04	Conference Premier	5	42	19	12	11	71	57	+14	69	6th of 22	Sean Devine	20	QR4	0-2-0			R1 (FLT) QF (FAT)	0-0-1 3-0-1	3,665
2004–05			42	20	11	11	71	50	+21	71	6th of 22	Steve Flack	12	R3	2-1-1			R2 (FLT) QF (FAT)	0-1-1 3-1-1	3,389
2005–06			42	18	9	15	65	48	+17	63	7th of 24	Lee Phillips	13	QR4	0-0-1			R1 (FLT) SF (FAT)	0-0-1 5-0-1	3,790
2006–07			46	22	12	12	67	48	+19	78	5th of 24	Billy Jones	10	R1	1-0-1			R2	1-0-1	3,627
			Lost in the play-off final.
2007–08			46	22	17	7	83	58	+25	83	4th of 24	Richard Logan	18	R2	2-0-1			R2	1-0-1	3,705
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2008–09	Football League Two	4	46	22	13	11	65	50	+15	79	2nd of 24 Promoted	Adam Stansfield	10	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	4,939
2009–10	Football League One	3	46	11	18	17	48	60	-12	51	18th of 24	Ryan Harley	10	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-0	5,832
2010–11			46	20	10	16	66	71	-5	70	8th of 24	Jamie Cureton	17	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AF	3-2-1	5,393
2011–12			46	10	12	24	46	75	-29	42	23rd of 24 Relegated	Daniel Nardiello	9	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-1-1	4,474
2012–13	Football League Two	4	46	18	10	18	63	62	+1	64	10th of 24	Jamie Cureton	21	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-0	4,142
2013–14			46	14	13	19	54	57	-3	55	16th of 24	Alan Gow	7	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,701
2014–15			46	17	13	16	61	65	-4	64	10th of 24	Tom Nichols	15	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1	3,873
2015–16			46	17	13	16	63	65	-2	64	14th of 24	Tom Nichols Jayden Stockley	10	R3	2-1-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	4,008
2016–17			46	21	8	17	75	56	-19	71	5th of 24	David Wheeler	17	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	G	1-1-1	4,166
			Lost in the play-off final.
2017–18			46	24	8	14	64	54	+10	80	4th of 24	Jayden Stockley	19	R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-1-2	4,037
			Lost in the play-off final.
2018–19			46	19	13	14	60	49	+11	70	9th of 24	Jayden Stockley	16	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-1	R2	2-1-1	4,418
2019–20			37	18	11	8	53	43	+10	65	5th of 24	Ryan Bowman	14	R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1	SF	5-1-1	4,847
			Lost in the play-off final.
2020–21			46	18	16	12	71	50	+21	70	9th of 24	Matt Jay	18	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	3-0-1
2021–22			46	23	15	8	65	41	+24	84	2nd of 24 Promoted	Matt Jay	14	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-0	R2	1-1-2	5,312
2022–23	Football League One	3	46	15	11	20	64	68	-4	56	14th of 24	Sam Nombe	15	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-1-0	GS	1-0-2	6,846
2023–24			46	17	10	19	46	61	-15	61	13th of 24	Reece Cole	7	R1	0-0-1	R4	2-1-1	GS	1-0-2	6,800

Notes and References

1. Web site: English non-league attendances archive . EFS . 2 March 2016.
2. Average home attendance = for league games only