List of Galway United F.C. seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by Galway United F.C. in the League of Ireland. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, along with top league scorers for each season.

Seasons

Season	League									FAI Cup	League Cup	Top League Goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
1977-78		30	3	10	17	16	53	16	15th/16	R2	GR	Paul Martin / Tom Lally	4
1978-79	LOI	30	4	5	21	41	79	13	15th/16	R2	R1	Des Kennedy	9
1979-80	LOI	30	11	6	13	32	47	28	11th/16	R2	R1	Kevin Cassidy / Tony Collins	7
1980-81	LOI	30	6	9	15	26	39	21	13th/16	R1	align=center bgcolor="#DCDCDC"	RU	Carl Humphries / Micky McLaughlin	5
1981-82	LOI	30	5	8	17	30	62	29	15th/16	R2	R1	Brian Duff	8
1982-83	LOI	26	6	8	12	33	44	20	11th/14	R1	GR	Kevin Cassidy	13
1983-84	LOI	26	6	9	11	26	33	21	12th/14	R2	SF	Brian Duff	9
1984-85	LOI	30	9	11	10	49	43	21	6th/16	align=center bgcolor="#DCDCDC"	RU	GR	Brian Gardner	10
2002-03	First	22	10	6	6	34	21	36	3rd/12	R2	-	Alan Murphy	12
2003	First	33	10	13	10	48	53	43	7th	R2	GR	Alan Murphy	21
2004	First	33	14	10	9	55	49	52	5th	R2	GR	Barry Moran / Damien Dupuy	13
2005	First	36	14	11	11	46	43	53	5th	R2	R2	Barry Moran	11
2006		36	19	12	5	57	25	69	3rd	R2	R1	Barry Moran	11
2007	Prem	33	7	13	13	28	35	35	8th	R2	R2	Derek Glynn^[1]	10
2008	Prem	33	8	8	17	34	49	32	9th	SF	SF	Jay O'Shea^[2]	7
2009	Prem	36	12	6	18	36	57	42	7th	R4	QF	Vinny Faherty^[3]	8
2010	Prem	36	9	11	16	38	59	38	8th	QF	R1	Karl Sheppard / Anthony Flood	9
2011		36	1	3	32	20	115	6	10th	R3	R1	Alan Murphy	5
2012
2013
2014		28	13	10	5	47	23	49	3rd	R3	QF	Jake Keegan	14
2015	Prem	33	9	4	20	39	61	31	10th	R3	align=center bgcolor="#DCDCDC"	RU	Enda Curran	12
2016	Prem	33	10	8	15	44	54	38	9th	R2	QF	Vinny Faherty	12
2017		33	7	14	12	45	50	35	10th	QF	SF	Ronan Murray	13
2018	First	27	10	7	10	41	36	37	6th	R2	R2	Conor Barry	10
2019	First	27	7	5	15	36	42	26	7th	QF	R2	Vinny Faherty	6
2020	First	18	7	6	5	26	19	27	5th	R2	align=center	-	Carlton Ubaezuonu	4
2021	First	27	15	6	6	39	25	51	2nd	R1	align=center	-	Ruairí Keating	9
2022	First	32	17	9	6	56	29	60	3rd	R2	align=center	-	Stephen Walsh	16
2023		36	30	4	2	98	18	94	1st	SF	align=center	-	David Hurley	21

Key

• P = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• F = Goals for
• A = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position

• First = League of Ireland First Division
• Prem = League of Ireland Premier Division

• F = Final
• RU = Runner Up
• SF = Semi-finals
• QF = Quarter-finals

• GR = Regional Group Stage
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3
• R4 = Round 4

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Champions

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Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes and References

1. Web site: Galway United Player Stats 2007 | Galway United Football Club . 2010-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806030728/http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/Galway-United-Player-Stats-2007 . 2012-08-06 .
2. Web site: Galway United Player Stats 2008 | Galway United Football Club . 2010-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806030739/http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/Galway-United-Player-Stats-2008 . 2012-08-06 .
3. Web site: Galway United Player Statistics | Galway United Football Club . 2010-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806030829/http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/galway-united-player-statistics . 2012-08-06 .