List of Shelbourne F.C. seasons explained

See main article: Shelbourne F.C..

The Irish League seasons 1915/16-1918/19 were suspended due to World War I. Shelbourne competed in the Irish League and Irish Cup for the 1920/21 season but resigned from the league and cup during the season following a dispute with the Irish Football Association.

Seasons

Season	Irish Football League								Irish Cup	Top scorer
Season	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Irish Cup
1904–05	14	5	3	6	15	17	13	=5	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	L. Lawless	4
1905–06	14	5	2	7	16	18	21	=5	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners	James Owens	6
1906–07	14	8	3	3	27	21	19	2	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	J. Murphy	9
1907–08	14	6	2	6	22	17	14	=4	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	J. Murphy	6
1908–09	14	7	0	7	20	20	14	3		J. Enright / J. Murphy	3
1909–10	14	2	7	5	15	24	11	=6		M. Foley	4
1910–11	14	3	4	7	15	31	10	6	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners	J. Strothers	3
1911–12	14	2	3	9	12	33	7	=6		W. O'Brien / W. Watson	2
1912–13	18	7	4	7	20	23	18	=6		A. Stafford	10
1913–14	14	6	2	6	16	10	14	5		Crowe / D. Mitchell	3
1914–15	14	6	3	5	17	12	15	=4		Chalmers	7
1919–20	14	3	7	4	16	21	13	4	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners	Ed Brookes	7

Season	League of Ireland									FAI Cup	Shield/ League Cup	Europe	Top scorer
Season	Division ^[1]	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FAI Cup	Shield/ League Cup	Europe
1921–22		14	8	2	4	31	21	18	3rd	Semi-Finals	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Mick Foley	6
1922–23		22	15	4	3	72	14	34	3rd	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Mick Keegan	11
1923–24		18	13	2	3	55	21	28	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 2			Frank Rushe	12
1924–25		18	12	3	3	55	20	27	3rd	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up			Mick Maguire	10
1925–26		18	14	3	1	65	23	31	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 1	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Jock Simpson	18
1926–27		18	13	3	2	63	24	29	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Semi-Finals			Jock McMillan	17
1927–28		18	13	2	3	67	24	28	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Semi-Finals			Sammy McIlvenny	22
1928–29		18	16	1	1	49	12	33	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 1			David Byrne	15
1929–30		18	14	1	3	59	25	29	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 1	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Johnny Ledwidge	16
1930–31		22	13	5	4	52	22	31	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 1			Alex Hair	29
1931–32		22	10	6	6	43	34	26	6th	Semi-Finals			George Lennox / Robert Skinner	8
1932–33		18	10	3	5	45	26	23	3rd	Semi-Finals			Clarence Wonnacott	9
1933–34		18	6	5	7	22	25	17	6th	Round 1			Frank Brady	8
1936–37		22	9	3	10	53	48	21	8th	Round 1			Bob Slater	19
1937–38		22	6	6	10	36	47	18	7th	Round 1			Jimmy Doyle	12
1938–39		22	9	4	9	40	48	22	6th	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners			Alex Weir	10
1939–40		22	6	8	8	41	39	20	7th	Round 1			Mick Delaney	12
1940–41		20	3	9	8	23	31	15	10th	Round 2			Willie Fallon	5
1941–42		18	8	5	5	38	29	21	3rd	Round 2			Paddy Bradshaw	11
1942–43		18	7	5	6	35	28	19	5th	Round 1			John Cassidy	10
1943–44		14	9	3	2	32	22	21	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Mick McCluskey	8
1944–45		14	5	3	6	21	21	13	5th	Round 1	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Harry Hill	5
1945–46		14	3	2	9	26	44	8	8th	Semi-Finals			Gerry Malone	7
1946–47		14	8	3	3	34	24	19	bgcolor=gold	1st	Semi-Finals			Alf Hanson	11
1947–48		14	7	3	4	30	24	17	3rd	Round 2			Brendan Carroll	9
1948–49		18	9	5	4	39	23	23	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		Brendan Carroll	10
1949–50		18	7	7	4	39	23	23	3rd	Round 1			Martin Colfer	5
1950–51		18	8	4	6	37	27	20	4th	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up			Martin Colfer	10
1951–52		22	13	5	4	59	44	31	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 2			Rory Dwyer	22
1952–53		22	12	6	4	46	24	30	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 1			Rory Dwyer	13
1953–54		22	10	3	9	35	35	23	6th	Round 2			Martin Colfer / Jimmy Moloney	6
1954–55		22	13	2	7	62	41	28	4th	Round 2			Rory Dwyer	19
1955–56		22	8	4	10	45	42	20	6th	Round 1			Gerry Malone	15
1956–57		22	10	6	6	47	39	24	6th	Round 1			Dessie Glynn	12
1957–58		22	11	3	8	41	29	23	5th	Semi-Finals			Christy Doyle	11
1958–59		22	7	8	7	35	33	22	6th	Round 1			Christy Doyle	9
1959–60		22	11	6	5	48	33	28	3rd	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners			Christy Doyle	14
1960–61		22	7	5	10	43	41	19	8th	Round 2			Eric Barber	14
1961–62		22	15	5	2	55	23	35	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up		DNQ	Eric Barber	15
1962–63		18	7	4	7	29	35	18	7th	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		EC R1	Eric Barber / Jackie Hennessy	8
1963–64		22	8	5	9	46	42	21	7th	Round 2		CWC R1	Eric Barber	15
1964–65		22	11	2	9	38	37	24	6th	Round 2		FC R2	Eric Barber	14
1965–66		22	10	5	7	37	30	25	4th				Eric Barber	10
1966–67		22	4	3	15	32	54	11	12th				Johnny Foran	6
1967–68		22	8	3	11	32	36	19	7th				Mick Conroy	8
1968–69		22	2	8	12	30	69	12	10th				Brian Delargey	6
1969–70		26	10	7	9	38	32	27	6th				Jimmy O'Connor	12
1970–71		26	10	7	9	32	30	27	8th		bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		John Murray	10
1971–72		26	6	8	12	30	37	22	9th			UEFA Cup R1	Eric Barber	9
1972–73		26	9	6	11	50	40	24	8th	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up			Eric Barber	13
1973–74		26	4	5	17	31	58	13	14th				Eric Barber	8
1974–75		26	6	7	13	33	38	19	13th	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up			Eric Barber / Mick Lawlor	7
1975–76		26	7	7	12	42	44	21	9th				Mick Lawlor	11
1976–77		26	10	8	8	39	40	28	7th				Liam Devine	11
1977–78		30	6	11	13	32	50	23	12th				John Delamere	10
1978–79		30	6	9	15	41	58	21	13th				John Delamere	15
1979–80		30	3	6	21	30	83	12	16th				Paul Nugent	5
1980–81		30	6	6	18	31	52	18	15th				Philip Fitzgerald / Paul Nugent	5
1981–82	^[2]	30	10	7	13	44	46	45	9th				Terry Daly	12
1982–83	^[3]	26	13	5	8	50	45	44	5th				Kieran McCabe	17
1983–84		26	9	10	7	41	34	28	5th	Semi-Finals			John Delamere	10
1984–85		30	9	8	13	39	46	26	12th				Paul Mullen / Paul Newe	8
1985–86	Premier	22	3	7	12	15	40	13	11th (R)				Paul Newe	6
1986–87	First	18	12	3	3	39	20	27	bgcolor=silver	2nd (P)				Bobby Browne / Kieran McCabe	5
1987–88	Premier	33	8	8	17	31	44	24	10th				Bobby Browne	6
1988–89	Premier	33	8	10	15	26	40	26	9th				Philip Byrne	5
1989–90	Premier	33	10	13	10	39	39	33	7th				Garry Haylock	10
1990–91	Premier	33	18	6	9	59	30	42	4th	Round 2			Paul Newe	14
1991–92	Premier	33	21	7	5	57	29	49	bgcolor=gold	1st	Quarter-Finals			Garry Haylock	13
1992–93	Premier ^[4] ^[5]	32	15	10	7	53	29	40	3rd	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		EC Q	Garry Haylock	15
1993–94	Premier	32	11	10	11	42	42	43	5th	Round 1	Runners-up	CWC R1	Barry O'Connor	7
1994–95	Premier	33	16	9	8	45	32	57	3rd	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up		DNQ	Vinny Arkins	13
1995–96	Premier	33	15	9	9	45	33	54	4th	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners	UEFA Cup Q	Stephen Geoghegan	20
1996–97	Premier	33	15	9	9	52	36	54	3rd	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners		CWC Q	Stephen Geoghegan	16
1997–98	Premier	33	20	7	6	58	32	67	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	CWC Q	Stephen Geoghegan	17
1998–99	Premier	33	13	8	12	37	35	47	3rd	Semi-Finals		UEFA Cup 1Q	Tony Sheridan	9
1999–2000	Premier	33	19	12	2	49	20	69	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold align=left	Winners	Round 2	IC R1	Stephen Geoghegan	12
2000–01	Premier	33	17	9	7	53	37	60	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Quarter-Finals	Round 1	CL 2QR	Richie Foran / Stephen Geoghegan	11
2001–02	Premier ^[6]	33	19	6	8	50	28	63	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 3	Round 1	UEFA Cup Q	Stephen Geoghegan	9
2002–03	Premier ^[7]	27	15	4	8	44	26	49	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 3	No Competition	CL 1Q	Stuart Byrne / Stephen Geoghegan	9
2003	Premier	36	19	12	5	52	28	69	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 3	Round 1	UEFA Cup Q		25
2004	Premier	36	19	11	6	57	37	68	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 3	Round 1	CL 3Q UEFA Cup R1		28
2005	Premier	33	20	7	6	62	25	67	3rd	Round 2	Semi-Finals	CL 2Q		30
2006	Premier ^[8]	30	18	8	4	60	27	62	bgcolor=gold	1st	Round 3	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	IC Semi-Finals		23
2007	First	36	11	10	15	46	46	43	5th	Round 2	Round 2	CL Withdrew^[9]	Mark Leech	12
2008	First	36	20	10	6	55	25	70	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 3	Round 2		Anto Flood	15
2009	First	33	22	7	4	66	31	73	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 3	Round 2		David McAllister	19
2010	First	33	18	7	8	57	31	61	4th	Round 4	Preliminary Round		Daniel Corcoran	13
2011	First	30	22	2	6	62	24	68	bgcolor=silver	2nd (P)	bgcolor=silver align=left	Runners-up	Quarter-Finals		Philip Hughes	27
2012	Premier	30	9	8	13	35	43	35	8th	Semi-Finals	Round 2		Philip Hughes	11
2013	Premier	33	5	6	22	25	56	21	12th (R)	Quarter-Finals	Round 1		Philip Hughes	27
2014	First	28	14	10	4	46	10	52	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Round 3	Round 1		Dylan Connolly	12
2015	First	28	13	6	9	37	34	45	4th	Round 2	Round 1		Philip Hughes	7
2016	First	28	9	3	16	36	40	30	6th	Round 2	Quarter-Finals		James English	11
2017	First	28	11	7	10	37	32	40	4th	Round 2	Quarter-finals		James English	8
2018	First	27	13	11	3	52	21	50	3rd	Round 2	Quarter-finals		David O'Sullivan	15
2019	First	27	19	3	5	50	19	60	bg=gold	1st (P)	Round 1	Round 2		Ciarán Kilduff	13
2020	Premier	18	5	4	9	13	22	19	9th (R)	Quarter Finals
2021	First	27	16	9	2	49	23	57	1st (P)	Round 1			Ryan Brennan	14

Key

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion or relegation. Top scorers shown in bold are players who finished the season as top scorer of their division.

Key to league record:

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

Key to divisions:

Premier = LOI Premier Division
First = LOI First Division

Key to rounds:

DNQ = Did not qualify
QR = Qualifying Round
PR = Preliminary Round
R1 = First Round
R2 = Second Round
R3 = Third Round
R4 = Fourth Round
R5 = Fifth Round

Grp = Group Stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Notes

In 1985 with the introduction of 6 new teams the league was split into two divisions. Prior to this there was just one division.
An experimental points system was operated for the 1981 - 82 season whereby a team was awarded four points for an away win, three points for a home win, two points for an away draw and one point for a home draw.
In 1982 - 83 three points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The system reverted the following season to the pre-1981 - 82 system, i.e. two points for a win and one point for a draw.
In 1992 - 93 the Premier Division 'split' into two sections of six after the 22nd series of games had been played on 17 January. Shelbourne qualified for the top six and finished in a three-way tie in the top six (Group 'A'). There was a three-way playoff with Shelbourne, Cork and Bohemians with each team playing each other twice. They couldn't be seen so they played each other once more at neutral venues with Shelbourne finishing 3rd.
Web site: (Republic of) Ireland League Tables . . 15 December 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html . 21 February 2008 .
[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]
The Premier Division was cut to 10 teams and shortened in length by maintaining only 3 rounds of fixtures in the 2002 - 03 season. The FAI Cup final was played in October '02 making it two FAI Cup finals in one year. The League Cup competition was not played. These measures were aimed at easing the transition from a "Winter schedule"(Autumn-Summer) to "Summer Soccer"(Spring-Winter).
[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]
Web site: Ireland 2006. 15 December 2016. RSSSF.

References

In 1985 with the introduction of 6 new teams the league was split into two divisions. Prior to this there was just one division.
An experimental points system was operated for the 1981 - 82 season whereby a team was awarded four points for an away win, three points for a home win, two points for an away draw and one point for a home draw.
In 1982 - 83 three points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The system reverted the following season to the pre-1981 - 82 system, i.e. two points for a win and one point for a draw.
In 1992 - 93 the Premier Division 'split' into two sections of six after the 22nd series of games had been played on 17 January. Shelbourne qualified for the top six and finished in a three-way tie in the top six (Group 'A'). There was a three-way playoff with Shelbourne, Cork and Bohemians with each team playing each other twice. They couldn't be seen so they played each other once more at neutral venues with Shelbourne finishing 3rd.
Web site: (Republic of) Ireland League Tables . . 15 December 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html . 21 February 2008 .
[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]
The Premier Division was cut to 10 teams and shortened in length by maintaining only 3 rounds of fixtures in the 2002 - 03 season. The FAI Cup final was played in October '02 making it two FAI Cup finals in one year. The League Cup competition was not played. These measures were aimed at easing the transition from a "Winter schedule"(Autumn-Summer) to "Summer Soccer"(Spring-Winter).
[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]
Web site: Ireland 2006. 15 December 2016. RSSSF.