List of Huddersfield Giants seasons explained

Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Formed in 1864, the club has competed in the sport since the foundation of the Northern Union in 1895. This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions.

Seasons

Season	League									Play-offs^[1]	Challenge Cup	Yorkshire Cup	League Cup	Other Competitions
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1895–96	Div 1	42	10	4	28	194	274	24	20th
1896–97	YSC	30	10	7	13	142	179	27	10th		R1
1897–98	YSC	30	12	3	15	208	170	27	10th		R3
1898–99	YSC	30	15	3	12	169	147	33	6th		QF
1899–1900	YSC	30	17	4	9	181	110	38	5th		R3
1900–01	YSC	30	17	1	12	241	130	35	6th		R2
1901–02	Div 1	26	8	2	16	122	262	18	13th		QF
1902–03	Div 1	34	13	2	9	116	196	28	15th		R1
1903–04	Div 1	34	10	0	24	160	353	20	18th		R1
1904–05	Div 2	26	14	2	10	231	143	30	5th		R2
1905–06	Div 1	30	17	2	11	224	174	36	11th		PR	R1
1906–07	Div 1	32	13	0	19	469	477	26	19th		QF	R2
1907–08	Div 1	32	14	1	17	439	330	29	15th		R1	R2
1908–09	Div 1	34	21	3	10	504	292	45	5th		QF	R2
1909–10	Div 1	34	21	0	13	477	301	42	8th		R2	W
1910–11	Div 1	36	22	0	14	702	293	44	7th		R1	RU
1911–12	Div 1	36	31	1	4	996	238	63	1st^[2]	W	QF	W
1912–13	Div 1	32	28	0	4	732	217	56	1st	W	W	R1
1913–14	Div 1	34	28	2	4	830	258	58	1st	RU	SF	W
1914–15	Div 1	34	28	4	2	888	235	60	1st	W	W	W
1915–16^[3]	WEL	30	18	2	10	342	231	38	6th
1916–17	WEL	26	4	4	18	129	368	12	23rd
1917–18	n/a^[4]
1918–19
1919^[5]												W
1919–20	Div 1	34	29	0	5	759	215	58	1st	RU	W	W
1920–21	Div 1	36	18	2	16	376	283	38	14th		SF	R1
1921–22	Div 1	36	23	1	12	608	271	47	4th	SF	R2	R1
1922–23	Div 1	34	26	0	8	644	279	52	2nd	RU	R2	R2
1923–24	Div 1	36	21	1	14	481	352	43	5th		SF	RU
1924–25	Div 1	36	21	1	14	458	351	43	7th		R2	R1
1925–26	Div 1	36	14	2	20	365	474	30	18th		R2	RU
1926–27	Div 1	40	16	0	24	414	562	32	23rd		R1	W
1927–28	Div 1	40	21	1	18	475	341	43	12th		QF	R1
1928–29	Div 1	38	26	4	8	476	291	56	1st	W	R2	R2
1929–30	Div 1	38	25	2	11	510	317	52	2nd	W	R1	R1
1930–31	Div 1	38	27	2	9	545	272	56	5th		R2	RU
1931–32	Div 1	38	30	1	7	636	368	61	1st	RU	R1	W
1932–33	Div 1	38	21	0	17	504	333	42	9th		W	R2
1933–34	Div 1	38	20	1	17	500	330	41	12th		SF	SF
1934–35	Div 1	38	22	3	13	552	379	47	7th		RU	R2
1935–36	Div 1	38	23	0	15	580	356	46	9th		SF	R2
1936–37	Div 1	38	21	1	16	671	405	43	11th		QF	R1
1937–38	Div 1	36	14	1	21	499	502	29	23rd		R2	RU
1938–39	Div 1	40	28	2	10	647	345	58	4th	SF	R1	W
1939–40	n/a^[6]
1939–40^[7]	WEL	28	19	1	8	545	340	39	2nd			R2
1940–41	WEL	25	14	2	9	422	297	30	3rd		QF	SF
1941–42	WEL	23	12	0	11	355	276	24	9th		R2	SF
1942–43	WEL	18	12	0	6	215	189	24	6th	R1	R2	RU
1943–44	WEL	21	7	1	13	223	230	15	11th		R2	SF
1944–45	WEL	24	8	6	10	281	252	22	9th		W	R1
1945–46	Div 1	36	27	1	8	688	286	55	2nd	RU	R1	R1
1946–47	Div 1	36	24	2	10	572	332	50	7th		R2	R2
1947–48	Div 1	36	26	2	8	669	240	54	3rd	SF	R1	SF
1948–49	Div 1	36	27	0	9	626	290	54	3rd	W	SF	R2
1949–50	Div 1	36	28	1	7	694	362	57	2nd	RU	R1	RU
1950–51	Div 1	36	20	2	14	575	410	42	9th		QF	W
1951–52	Div 1	36	26	0	10	785	446	52	4th	SF	R1	R2
1952–53	Div 1	36	27	2	7	747	366	56	4th	SF	W	W
1953–54	Div 1	36	24	0	12	689	417	48	6th		QF	SF
1954–55	Div 1	36	22	0	14	790	483	44	11th		R1	R2
1955–56	Div 1	36	18	1	17	606	544	37	14th		QF	R1		ITV Floodlit Trophy	R1
1956–57	Div 1	38	23	0	15	667	533	46	9th		QF	R2
1957–58	Div 1	38	17	1	20	531	675	35	18th		R1	W
1958–59	Div 1	38	18	0	20	573	677	36	19th		R2	R1
1959–60	Div 1	38	21	1	16	603	510	43	12th		R1	R2
1960–61	Div 1	36	18	2	16	449	429	38	14th		R2	RU
1961–62	RFL	36	25	2	9	494	351	52	4th	W	RU	R1
1962–63	Div 1	30	14	0	16	298	278	28	9th		R1	R1		Eastern Divisional Championship	RU
1963–64	Div 1	30	10	0	20	264	413	20	14th		R1	SF
1964–65	Div 1	34	15	0	19	368	419	30	18th		R1	SF		Bottom 14 Championship	W
1965–66	Div 1	34	20	0	14	420	267	40	11th	R1	QF	SF
1966–67	Div 1	34	13	0	21	369	379	26	21st		R1	SF
1967–68	Div 1	34	17	2	15	343	336	36	15th	R1	SF	R2		BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	PR
1968–69	Div 1	34	9	1	24	296	553	19	25th		R2	R1		BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R2
1969–70	Div 1	34	17	1	16	377	395	35	15th	R1	R2	R2		BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	PR
1970–71	Div 1	34	16	2	16	440	434	34	15th	R1	SF	R2		BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R2
1971–72	RFL	34	17	0	17	394	435	34	17th		R2	R1	R2	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R2
1972–73	RFL	34	10	2	22	465	598	22	24th		R1	SF	R2	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R1
1973–74	RFL-2	26	9	0	17	363	394	18	10th		R1	R2	R1	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	PR
														Captain Morgan Trophy	R1
														Club Championship	PR
1974–75	RFL-2	26	21	0	5	489	213	42	1st		R1	R1	R1	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R1
														Premiership	R1
1975–76	RFL-1	30	5	0	25	370	657	10	15th		R1	R1	QF	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R2
1976–77	RFL-2	26	13	0	13	397	329	26	7th		R1	R1	R1	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	SF
1977–78	RFL-2	26	18	0	8	502	324	36	4th		QF	R1	QF	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	PR
1978–79	RFL-1	30	7	1	22	314	725	15	16th		QF	R1	R1	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R2
1979–80	Div 2	26	10	0	16	363	423	20	12th		R2	R1	R1	BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	R1
1980–81	Div 2	28	18	1	9	429	310	37	5th		R1	SF	R2
1981–82	Div 2	32	13	1	18	370	523	27	11th		R1	R1	R2
1982–83	Div 2	32	13	1	18	397	524	27	12th		R1	R1	R2
1983–84	Div 2	34	15	3	16	600	545	33	10th		R1	R1	R1
1984–85	Div 2	28	12	1	15	476	476	25	13th		R1	R2	R1
1985–86	Div 2	34	8	4	22	542	841	20	15th		R1	R1	R1
1986–87	Div 2	28	8	0	20	456	673	16	15th		R1	R1	PR
1987–88	Div 2	28	7	1	20	383	597	15	19th		PR	PR	R1
1988–89	Div 2	28	9	1	18	400	615	19	18th		R1	R1	R1
1989–90	Div 2	28	14	0	14	469	441	28	11th		PR	R1	R2
1990–91	Div 2	28	13	1	14	493	477	27	11th		PR	R1	R1
1991–92	Div 3	26	23	0	3	869	257	46	1st		PR	R2	R1	Divisional Premiership	R2
1992–93	Div 2	28	15	0	13	565	548	30	3rd		R2	R2	PR	Divisional Premiership	R2
1993–94	Div 2	30	20	0	10	661	518	40	5th		R4		R2	Divisional Premiership	R1
1994–95	Div 2	30	19	3	8	870	539	41	3rd		QF		R2	Divisional Premiership	RU
1995–96	Div 2	20	6	0	14	395	485	12	9th				R3
1996	Div 2	20	12	0	8	557	308	24	5th		R4
1997	Div 2	20	16	0	4	630	320	32	2nd		R4	Divisional Premiership	W
1998	SL	23	2	0	21	288	825	4	12th		R4
1999	SL	30	5	0	25	463	1011	10	14th		R5
2000	SL	28	4	0	24	502	1026	8	12th		R4
2001	SL	28	6	1	21	613	926	13	12th		QF
2002	Div 2	27	26	1	0	1156	356	53	1st	Won NFP Grand Final	R4	Championship Cup	W
2002	SL	28	11	1	16	628	715	23	10th		R4
2004	SL	28	12	0	16	518	757	24	7th		SF
2005	SL	28	12	0	16	742	791	24	8th		R4
2006	SL	28	11	0	17	609	753	22	9th		RU
2007	SL	27	13	1	13	638	543	27	5th	Elimination play-off	QF
2008	SL	27	10	1	16	638	681	29	10th		R5
2009	SL	27	18	0	9	690	416	36	3rd	Preliminary semi-final	RU
2010	SL	27	16	1	10	758	439	33	5th	Qualifying semi-final	R5
2011	SL	27	16	0	11	707	524	32	4th	Preliminary semi-final	QF
2012	SL	27	14	0	13	699	664	28	7th	Elimination play-off	SF
2013	SL	27	21	0	6	851	507	42	1st	Semi-final	QF
2014	SL	27	17	3	7	785	626	37	3rd	Preliminary semi-final	R4
2015	SL	30	18	2	10	750	534	38	3rd	Semi-final	R6
2016	SL	23	6	0	17	511	569	12	12th		QF			The Qualifiers	3rd
2017	SL	30	11	3	16	663	680	25	8th		R5
2018	SL	23	11	1	11	427	629	23	5th		QF
2019	SL	29	11	0	18	571	776	22	10th		R6
2020	SL	18	7	0	11	318	367	38.89	7th		R5
2021	SL	24	9	0	15	460	516	37.50	9th		QF
2022	SL	27	17	1	9	613	497	35	3rd	Elimination playoffs	RU
2023	SL	27	11	0	16	473	552	22	9th		R6
2024	SL	27	10	0	17	468	660	20	9th		SF

Key

Key to league record:

• Pld = Matches played
• W = Matches won
• D = Matches drawn
• L = Matches lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position

Key to divisions:

• SL = Super League
• Champ = RFL Championship
• Div 1 = Rugby Football League Championship First Division
• Lge 1 = EFL League One
• Div 2 = Rugby Football League Championship Second Division
• YSC = Yorkshire Senior Competition
• n/a = Not applicable

Key to rounds:

• DNE = Did not enter
• PR = Preliminary round
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3
• R4 = Round 4
• R5 = Round 5
• R6 = Round 6

• Grp = Group stage
• QF = Quarter-finals
• NQF = Northern quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• NF = Northern final
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

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Winners

Runners-up

Third place

Play-offs

Promoted

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Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Bibliography

• Web site: Rugby League Hall of Fame. 7 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20080513190652/http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/. 13 May 2008.
• Web site: Huddersfield Giants - Seasons. Rugby League Project. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. 7 January 2018.

Notes and References

1. From 1906 until 1973 (except for two seasons between 1962 and 1964) a play-off format was used to determine the overall league champions. Between 1973 and 1997, the championship was awarded to the league winners, and the play-offs were replaced by the Rugby League Premiership. A play-off system for the championship was reinstated in 1998.
2. Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League this season.
3. The Rugby League Championship and all cup competitions were suspended between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War, and was replaced with a Wartime Emergency League.
4. Huddersfield did not take part in any league competition during this season.
5. The Emergency League was abandoned following the conclusion of the First World War, and was replaced by a shortened competitive season.
6. Season abandoned following the outbreak of the Second World War. All results from this season have been expunged from official records.
7. The Rugby League Championship was suspended between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War, and was replaced with a Wartime Emergency League.