List of Cambridge United F.C. seasons

This is a list of all seasons played by Cambridge United in English football since the 1970–71 season, when the club were elected to the Football League. It details their record in every major competition entered, as well as the top goalscorers for each season.

The club currently play in League Two, where they have competed since 2014, following their promotion back to the Football League after a 9-year absence, during which time they competed in the Football Conference.

The club has spent the following number of seasons at each level of the English football league system since its initial election:

• Seasons at level 2: 8
• Seasons at level 3: 9
• Seasons at level 4: 22
• Seasons at level 5: 9

The club's highest position ever is 5th in the Second Division in 1991–92, the last season before the establishment of the Premier League, a playoff position. They lost the semi-final to Leicester City 6–1 on aggregate and lost their chance to become founder members of the Premier League. Their lowest position has been 17th in the Football Conference (now National League) in 2006–07 and 2010–11.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	EFL Cup	Other	Top goalscorer(s)[1]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1970–71	Div 4	46	15	13	18	51	67	43	20th	R2	R1		Ivan Hollett	12
1971–72	Div 4	46	17	14	15	62	60	48	10th	R2	R1		Brian Greenhalgh	19
1972–73	Div 4	46	20	17	9	67	57	57	3rd	R1	R1		Brian Greenhalgh	18
1973–74	Div 3	46	13	9	24	48	81	35	21st	R3	R2		Brian Greenhalgh	11
1974–75	Div 4	46	20	14	12	62	44	54	6th	R3	R1		Bobby Shinton	16
1975–76	Div 4	46	14	15	17	58	62	43	13th	R1	R1		Tommy Horsfall	15
1976–77	Div 4	46	26	13	7	87	40	65	1st	R1	R2		Alan Biley	20
1977–78	Div 3	46	23	12	11	72	51	58	2nd	R2	R1		Alan Biley	23
1978–79	Div 2	42	12	16	14	44	52	40	12th	R1	R1		Alan Biley	22
1979–80	Div 2	42	14	16	12	61	53	44	8th	R4	R2		Tommy Finney	13
1980–81	Div 2	46	17	6	19	53	65	40	13th	R3	R4		George Reilly Steve Spriggs	10
1981–82	Div 2	46	13	9	20	48	53	48	14th	R3	R2		Joe Mayo George Reilly	8
1982–83	Div 2	42	13	12	17	42	60	51	12th	R5	R2		George Reilly	11
1983–84	Div 2	42	4	12	26	28	77	24	22nd	R3	R2		Robbie Cooke	8
1984–85	Div 3	46	4	9	23	37	95	21	24th	R1	R1		Robbie Cooke	7
1985–86	Div 4	46	15	9	22	65	80	54	22nd	R1	R1		David Crown	27
1986–87	Div 4	46	17	11	18	60	62	62	11th	R2	R4		Mark Cooper David Crown	16
1987–88	Div 4	46	16	13	17	50	52	61	15th	R2	R1		David Crown	12
1988–89	Div 4	44	18	12	14	71	62	68	8th	R3	R1		Laurie Ryan	13
1989–90	Div 4	46	21	10	15	76	66	73	6th	QF	R2		Dion Dublin John Taylor	21
1990–91	Div 3	46	25	11	10	75	45	86	1st	QF	R1		Dion Dublin	21
1991–92	Div 2	46	19	17	10	65	47	74	5th	R4	R2		Dion Dublin	19
1992–93	Div 1	46	11	16	19	58	69	49	23rd	R3	QF		Steve Claridge	7
1993–94	Div 2	46	19	9	18	79	73	66	10th	R2	R2		Steve Butler	21
1994–95	Div 2	46	11	15	20	52	69	48	20th	R3	R1		Carlo Corazzin	19
1995–96	Div 3	46	14	12	20	61	71	54	16th	R1	R1		Carlo Corazzin	12
1996–97	Div 3	46	18	11	17	53	59	65	10th	R2	R1		Carlo Corazzin	8
1997–98	Div 3	46	14	18	15	63	57	60	16th	R2	R1		Martin Butler	13
1998–99	Div 3	46	23	12	11	78	48	81	2nd	R2	R3		Martin Butler	20
1999–00	Div 2	46	12	12	22	64	65	48	19th	R5	R1		Trevor Benjamin	23
2000–01	Div 2	46	14	11	21	61	77	53	19th	R2	R1		Tom Youngs	15
2001–02	Div 2	46	7	13	26	47	93	34	24th	R1	R1	FLT RU	Tom Youngs	11
2002–03	Div 3	46	16	13	7	67	70	61	12th	R3	R2	FLT SF	Dave Kitson	25
2003–04	Div 3	46	14	14	18	55	67	56	13th	R2	R1	FLT R1	Luke Guttridge	12
2004–05	L2	46	8	16	22	39	62	30	24th	R2	R1	FLT R2	Jermaine Easter Shane Tudor	7
2005–06	Conf	42	15	10	17	51	57	55	12th	QR4	n/a	FAT R1 FLT QF	Fola Onibuje	11
2006–07	Conf	46	15	10	21	57	66	55	17th	QR4	n/a	FAT R1	Robbie Simpson	17
2007–08	Conf	46	25	11	10	68	41	86	2nd	R3	n/a	FAT R2 CLT R4	Scott Rendell	19
2008–09	Conf	46	24	14	8	65	39	86	2nd	R1	n/a	FAT R2 CLT R4	Scott Rendell	13
2009–10	Conf	44	15	14	15	65	53	59	10th	R2	n/a	FAT R3	Danny Crow	19
2010–11	Conf	46	11	17	18	53	61	50	17th	R1	n/a	FAT R2	Danny Wright	12
2011–12	Conf	46	19	14	13	57	41	71	9th	R1	n/a	FAT R4	Luke Berry	9
2012–13	Conf	46	15	14	17	68	69	59	14th	QR4	n/a	FAT R2	Tom Elliott	15
2013–14	Conf	46	23	13	10	72	35	82	2nd	R2	n/a	FAT Winner	Luke Berry	14
2014–15	L2	46	13	12	21	61	66	51	19th	R4	R1	FLT R1	Robbie Simpson	9
2015–16	L2	46	18	14	14	66	55	68	9th	R2	R1	FLT R1	Luke Berry	12
2016–17	L2	46	19	9	18	58	50	66	11th	R3	R2	FLT R2	Luke Berry	22
2017–18	L2	46	17	13	16	56	60	64	12th	R2	R1	FLT group stage	Uche Ikpeazu	13
2018–19	L2	46	12	11	23	40	66	47	21st	R1	R1	FLT R2	Jevani Brown	8
2019–20	L2	37	12	9	16	40	48	45	16th	R1	R2	FLT group stage	Sam Smith Harvey Knibbs	8

Key

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

Div 1= Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Div 3 = Football League Third Division Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division L2 = Football League Two Conf = Football Conference FLT = Football League Trophy FAT = FA Trophy CLC = Conference League Cup n/a = Not applicable

QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners Up

Champions

Runners-up

Third-place

Play-offs

Promoted

Relegated

• Football League restructured in 1992–93 & rebranded in 2004–05

Footnotes

1. Includes all goals scored in Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, and Conference League Cup matches

See also

• History of Cambridge United F.C.

References

• Daw, Paul (1988). United in Endeavour: History of Abbey United/Cambridge United Football Club, 1912–88. Dawn Publications. ISBN 0-9514108-0-6.
• Palmer, Kevin (2000). Cambridge United: The League Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-32-5.