List of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. seasons

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club, an association football club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, was founded in 1885. The club played in lower leagues until the 1912–13 season when they joined the Scottish Football League in Division Two.^[1]

The table below details their achievements in first-team competitions for each completed season since joining the Scottish Football League in 1912–13.

Key to divisions

Premier Division – Scottish Football League Premier Division
Premier League – Scottish Premier League
Division B – Scottish Football League Division B
Division One – Scottish Football League Division One
Division Two – Scottish Football League Division Two
First Division – Scottish Football League First Division
Second Division – Scottish Football League Second Division
League One – Scottish League One

Key to symbols

1st – Champions
↑ – Promoted
↓ – Relegated
† – Top or joint-top league scorer in Dunfermline's division

Key to rounds

N/A – Competition not held
QR2 – Second qualifying round
Group – Group stage
R1 – First round, etc.
QF – Quarter-final
SF – Semi-final
RU – Runners-up
W – Winners

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer where known
Season	League record^[1]									Scottish Cup	League Cup^[a]	Challenge Cup^[b]	European competitions		Top scorer(s)^[c]
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Scottish Cup	League Cup^[a]	Challenge Cup^[b]	Competition	Result	Player(s)	Goals
1912–13	Division Two	26	13	7	6	45	27	33	2nd	R2	N/A	N/A	—	—
1913–14	Division Two	22	11	4	7	46	28	26	3rd	—	—		—
1914–15	Division Two	26	13	2	11	49	39	28	6th	N/A	—		—
No competitive football was played between 1916 and 1920 due to the First World War
1921–22	Division Two	38	14	10	14	56	42	38	8th	R2	N/A	N/A	—	—
1922–23	Division Two	38	11	11	16	47	44	33	13th	R3			—	—
1923–24	Division Two	38	14	11	13	52	45	39	7th	R1			—	—
1924–25	Division Two	38	14	7	17	62	57	35	13th	R1			—	—
1925–26	Division Two ↑	38	26	7	5	109	43	59	1st	R1			—	—	Bobby Skinner	53
1926–27	Division One	38	10	8	20	53	85	28	18th	R3			—	—
1927–28	Division One ↓	38	4	4	30	41	126	12	20th	R4			—	—
1928–29	Division Two	36	13	7	16	66	72	33	11th	R1			—	—
1929–30	Division Two	38	16	6	16	99	85	38	10th	R1			—	—
1930–31	Division Two	38	20	7	11	83	50	47	3rd	R1			—	—
1931–32	Division Two	38	17	6	15	78	73	40	10th	R4			—	—
1932–33	Division Two	34	20	7	7	89	44	47	3rd	R1			—	—
1933–34	Division Two ↑	34	20	4	10	90	52	44	2nd	R1			—	—
1934–35	Division One	38	13	5	20	56	96	31	15th	R1			—	—
1935–36	Division One	38	13	8	17	73	92	34	10th	QF			—	—
1936–37	Division One ↓	38	5	11	22	65	98	21	19th	R1			—	—
1937–38	Division Two	34	17	5	12	82	76	39	9th	R1			—	—
1938–39	Division Two	34	18	5	11	99	78	41	5th	R3			—	—
1939–40	Division Two	4	2	2	0	10	5	6	2nd^[d]	N/A			—	—
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1946–47	Division B	26	10	3	13	50	72	23	8th	R1	R1	N/A	—	—
1947–48	Division B	30	13	3	14	72	71	29	7th	R2	R1	—	—
1948–49	Division B	30	16	9	5	80	58	41	4th	R1	R1	—	—
1949–50	Division B	30	16	4	10	71	57	36	3rd	R3	RU	—	—
1950–51	Division B	30	12	4	14	58	73	28	10th	R1	R1	—	—
1951–52	Division B	30	15	2	13	74	65	32	6th	R3	R1	—	—	Gerry Mays	29
1952–53	Division B	30	9	9	12	51	58	27	11th	R1	R1	—	—	Jimmy Muir
1953–54	Division B	30	11	9	10	48	57	31	8th	R2	QF	—	—	George Henderson	22
1954–55	Division B ↑	30	19	4	7	72	40	42	2nd	R6	R1	—	—
1955–56	Division One	34	10	6	18	42	82	26	16th	R5	R1	—	—
1956–57	Division One ↓	34	9	6	19	54	74	24	17th	R6	QF	—	—
1957–58	Division Two ↑	36	24	5	7	120	42	53	2nd	R3	R1	—	—	Charlie Dickson	40
1958–59	Division One	34	10	8	16	68	87	28	16th	QF	QF	—	—
1959–60	Division One	34	10	9	15	72	80	29	13th	R2	R1	—	—
1960–61	Division One	34	12	7	15	65	81	31	12th	W	R1	—	—
1961–62	Division One	34	19	5	10	77	46	43	4th	QF	R1	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QF
1962–63	Division One	34	13	8	13	50	47	34	8th	R3	R1	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2
1963–64	Division One	34	18	9	7	64	33	45	5th	SF	R1	—	—
1964–65	Division One	34	22	5	7	83	36	49	3rd	RU	QF	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R3
1965–66	Division One	34	19	6	9	94	55	44	4th	SF	R1	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	QF
1966–67	Division One	34	14	10	10	72	52	38	8th	QF	QF	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2
1967–68	Division One	34	17	5	12	64	41	39	4th	W	R1	—	—
1968–69	Division One	34	19	7	8	63	45	45	3rd	R2	R1	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	SF
1969–70	Division One	34	15	5	14	45	45	35	9th	R1	R1	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R3
1970–71	Division One	34	6	11	17	44	56	23	16th	R4	R1	—	—
1971–72	Division One ↓	34	7	9	18	31	50	23	18th	R3	R1	—	—
1972–73	Division Two ↑	36	23	6	7	95	32	52	2nd	R3	R1	—	—
1973–74	Division One	34	8	8	18	43	65	24	16th	R3	R2	—	—
1974–75	Division One ↓	34	7	9	18	46	66	23	15th	R3	R1	—	—
1975–76	First Division ↓	26	5	10	11	30	51	17	13th	R3	R1	—	—
1976–77	Second Division	39	20	10	9	52	36	50	3rd	R3	R1	—	—
1977–78	Second Division	39	18	12	9	64	41	48	3rd	R2	QF	—	—
1978–79	Second Division ↑	39	19	14	6	66	40	52	2nd	R3	R2	—	—
1979–80	First Division	39	11	13	15	39	57	35	10th	R4	R1	—	—
1980–81	First Division	39	10	7	22	41	58	27	12th	R3	R2	—	—
1981–82	First Division	39	11	14	14	46	56	36	10th	R3	R1	—	—
1982–83	First Division ↓	39	7	17	15	39	69	31	13th	R4	R1	—	—
1983–84	Second Division	39	13	10	16	44	45	36	9th	R3	R2	—	—
1984–85	Second Division	39	17	15	7	61	36	49	3rd	R1	R2	—	—
1985–86	Second Division ↑	39	23	11	5	91	47	57	1st	R3	R2	—	—
1986–87	First Division ↑	44	23	10	11	61	41	56	2nd	R3	R2	—	—
1987–88	Premier Division ↓	44	8	10	26	41	84	26	11th	QF	R3	—	—
1988–89	First Division ↑	39	22	10	7	60	36	54	1st	R3	QF	—	—
1989–90	Premier Division	36	11	8	17	37	50	30	8th	QF	SF	—	—
1990–91	Premier Division	36	8	11	17	38	61	27	8th	R3	R3	—	—	—
1991–92	Premier Division ↓	44	4	10	30	22	80	18	12th	R4	RU	—	—	—
1992–93	First Division	44	22	8	14	64	47	52	3rd	R3	R3	R1	—	—
1993–94	First Division	44	29	7	8	93	35	65	2nd	R3	R3	QF	—	—
1994–95	First Division	36	18	14	4	63	32	68	2nd^[e]	R4	R3	SF	—	—
1995–96	First Division ↑	36	21	8	7	73	41	71	1st	R4	R3	SF	—	—
1996–97	Premier Division	36	12	9	15	52	65	45	5th	R4	SF	—	—	—	Gerry Britton	15
1997–98	Premier Division	36	8	13	15	43	68	37	8th	R4	SF	—	—	—	Andy Smith	22
1998–99	Premier League	36	4	16	16	28	59	28	10th	R4	R2	N/A^[f]	—	—	Andy Smith	10
1999–2000	First Division ↑	36	20	11	5	66	33	71	2nd	R3	R3	R1	—	—	Stevie Crawford	16
2000–01	Premier League	38	11	9	18	34	54	42	9th	R4	QF	—	—	—	Stevie Crawford	9
2001–02	Premier League	38	12	9	17	41	64	45	8th	R4	R3	—	—	—	Stevie Crawford	9
2002–03	Premier League	38	13	7	18	54	71	46	7th	QF	QF	—	—	—	Stevie Crawford	22
2003–04	Premier League	38	14	11	13	45	52	53	4th	RU	R3	—	—	—	Stevie Crawford	17
2004–05	Premier League	38	8	10	20	34	60	34	11th	R4	QF	—	UEFA Cup	QR2	Andy Tod	8
2005–06	Premier League	38	8	9	21	33	68	33	11th	R3	RU	—	—	—	Mark Burchill	15
2006–07	Premier League ↓	38	8	8	22	26	55	32	12th	RU	R3	—	—	—	Stevie Crawford Stephen Simmons	5
2007–08	First Division	36	13	12	11	36	41	51	5th	R4	R3	RU	UEFA Cup	QR2	Mark Burchill	15
2008–09	First Division	36	14	9	13	52	44	51	3rd	SF	QF	R2	—	—	Andy Kirk	17
2009–10	First Division	36	17	7	12	54	44	58	3rd	R5	R3	R2	—	—	Andy Kirk	15
2010–11	First Division ↑	36	20	10	6	66	31	70	1st	R5	R3	R2	—	—	Andy Kirk	20
2011–12	Premier League ↓	38	5	10	23	40	82	25	12th	R4	R2	—	—	—	Andy Kirk	12
2012–13	First Division ↓	36	14	7	15	62	59	34^[g]	9th^[h]	R5	R3	R1	—	—	Andrew Barrowman	14
2013–14	League One	36	19	6	11	68	54	63	2nd^[i]	R5	R2	R2	—	—	Ryan Wallace	13
2014–15	League One	36	13	9	14	46	48	48	7th	R4	R2	R2	—	—	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	9
2015–16	League One ↑	36	24	7	5	83	30	79	1st	R4	R3	QF	—	—	Faissal El Bakhtaoui^[j]	30 †
2016–17	Championship	36	12	12	12	46	43	48	5th	R5	Group	QF	—	—	Nicky Clark	16
2017–18	Championship	36	16	11	9	60	35	59	4th^[k]	R4	R2	R3	—	—	Nicky Clark	21
2018–19	Championship	36	11	8	17	33	40	41	7th	R4	R2	R3	—	—	Myles Hippolyte Louis Longridge	6
2019–20	Championship	28	10	7	11	41	36	37	6th^[l]	R3	R2	R3	—	—	Kevin Nisbet	23
2020–21	Championship	27	10	9	8	38	34	39	4th^[m]	R2	QF	N/A^[n]	—	—	Kevin O'Hara	11
2021–22	Championship ↓	36	7	14	15	36	53	35	9th^[o]	R3	R2	R3^[p]	—	—	Kevin O'Hara	9
2022–23	League One ↑	36	23	12	1	63	21	81	1st	R4	Group	QF	—	—	Craig Wighton	20
2023–24	Championship	36	11	12	13	43	48	45	6th	R3	Group	R3	—	—	Lewis McCann	7
2024–25	Championship	36	9	8	19	28	43	35	7th	R5	Group	SF	—	—	Chris Kane	12

Notes

↑ The Scottish League Cup competition started in the 1946–47 season.
↑ The Scottish Challenge Cup competition started in the 1990–91 season.
↑ Includes goals scored in the Scottish Football League (including play-offs), Scootish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
↑ When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Scottish Football League season was abandoned with four matches played.
↑ Lost 6–2 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off to Aberdeen (Premier Division).
↑ The Scottish Challenge Cup was not played in the 1998–99 season due to lack of sponsorship. As members of the Scottish Premier League, Dunfermline Athletic would not have been eligible to enter if it was played.
↑ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.
↑ Relegated to Scottish League One via the play-offs, beating Forfar Athletic 7–4 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing to Alloa Athletic (League One) 3–1 on aggregate in the final.
↑ Beat Stranraer 4–2 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 4–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off final to Cowdenbeath (Championship).
↑ Scored 22 goals in Scottish League One.
↑ Lost 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off quarter-final to Dundee United (Championship).
↑ The 2019–20 Scottish Championship was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions, promotion and relegation decided on a points-per-game basis.
↑ Lost 2–0 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off quarter-final to Raith Rovers (Championship).
↑ The Scottish Challenge Cup was not played in the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
↑ Relegated to Scottish League One via the play-offs, losing to Queen's Park (League One) 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final.
↑ Elgin City were awarded a technical 3–0 win over Dunfermline Athletic who were unable to fulfil the fixture as a number of players were self-isolating due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e Dunfermline Athletic Football Club
Players Managers Notable matches Current season
Club	History Seasons Honours Records Europe
Home stadium	East End Park
Rivalries	Fife derby
Seasons	1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

v t e Scottish football club seasons
2024–25 Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
2024–25 Championship	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers
2024–25 League One	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Cove Rangers Dumbarton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir
2024–25 League Two	Bonnyrigg Rose Clyde East Fife Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stirling Albion Stranraer The Spartans
Non-league	Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire
Defunct teams	Airdrieonians (1878) Clydebank (1965) Gretna Meadowbank Thistle Third Lanark

List of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. seasons

Seasons

Notes

References

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