List of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons
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Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, founded in 2004. The club was formed from Wimbledon F.C. after the latter had relocated to Milton Keynes.[1] The club renamed itself as the 'Milton Keynes Dons' but subsequently considers itself to be a new club founded in 2004 (the club badge includes MMIV - Roman Numerals for 2004).
The MK Dons continued in Wimbledon's league place which, after relegation in the previous season, was in the 2004–05 Football League One. After two seasons in the third tier of English football, they were relegated to the fourth tier (League Two). They were promoted in their second League Two season, as champions. Their second spell in League One lasted seven seasons, when in 2015, they finished in second place and therefore moved up to the Football League Championship. However in 2016, they were relegated back down to League One.[2]
As of the end of 2025–26, the club's first team had spent one season in the second tier of English football, fifteen seasons in the third tier and six in the fourth. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance under its present name in the Football League in 2004–05.
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Seasons
| Season | League[3] | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Top goalscorer[a] | Average attendance | |||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||||
| 2004–05 | League One | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 67 | 51 | 20th | R3 | R2 | R2 | Izale McLeod | 18 | 4,896 |
| 2005–06 | League One ↓ | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 66 | 50 | 22nd | R3 | R1 | QF | Izale McLeod | 18 | 5,776 |
| 2006–07 | League Two | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 58 | 84 | 4th[b] | R2 | R3 | R2 | Izale McLeod | 24 | 5,990 |
| 2007–08 | League Two ↑ | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 37 | 92 | 1st | R1 | R2 | W | Mark Wright | 15 | 9,456 |
| 2008–09 | League One | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 47 | 87 | 3rd[c] | R1 | R2 | R2 | Aaron Wilbraham | 17 | 10,550 |
| 2009–10 | League One | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 60 | 68 | 60 | 12th | R3 | R1 | F(S) | Jermaine Easter | 19 | 10,289 |
| 2010–11 | League One | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 60 | 77 | 5th[d] | R1 | R3 | R2 | Sam Baldock | 13 | 8,512 |
| 2011–12 | League One | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 84 | 47 | 80 | 5th[e] | R3 | R3 | R1 | Dean Bowditch | 14 | 8,659 |
| 2012–13 | League One | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 45 | 70 | 8th | R5 | R3 | R1 | Two players[f] | 12 | 8,612 |
| 2013–14 | League One | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 65 | 60 | 10th | R3 | R2 | R2 | Patrick Bamford | 17 | 9,047 |
| 2014–15 | League One ↑ | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 101 | 44 | 91 | 2nd | R2 | R4 | R2 | Will Grigg | 22 | 9,452 |
| 2015–16 | Championship ↓ | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 69 | 39 | 23rd | R4 | R3 | —[g] | Two players[h] | 7 | 13,158 |
| 2016–17 | League One | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 12th | R3 | R2 | R2 | Kieran Agard | 14 | 10,307 |
| 2017–18 | League One ↓ | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 69 | 45 | 23rd | R4 | R2 | R2 | Chuks Aneke | 10 | 9,202 |
| 2018–19 | League Two ↑ | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 49 | 79 | 3rd | R1 | R2 | Group | Kieran Agard | 22 | 8,224 |
| 2019–20[i] | League One | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | 37 | 19th | R1 | R3 | R3 | Rhys Healey | 12 | 9,246 |
| 2020–21 | League One | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | 65 | 13th | R3 | R1 | R2 | Cameron Jerome | 15 | |
| 2021–22 | League One | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | 89 | 3rd[j] | R1 | R1 | R3 | Scott Twine | 20 | 9,314 |
| 2022–23 | League One ↓ | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 45 | 21st | R2 | R4 | R3 | Mohamed Eisa | 14 | 8,460 |
| 2023–24 | League Two | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 83 | 68 | 78 | 4th[k] | R1 | R1 | R2 | Max Dean | 19 | 6,855 |
| 2024–25 | League Two | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 66 | 52 | 19th | R1 | R1 | Group | Alex Gilbey | 11 | 7,025 |
| 2025–26 | League Two ↑ | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 86 | 45 | 86 | 2nd | R3 | R1 | Group | Callum Paterson | 16 | 8,563 |
Notes
- Goals in all competitions (Football League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy) are counted.
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Shrewsbury Town, 2–1 on aggregate
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Scunthorpe United, 7–6 on penalties (first leg was 1–1; the second was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time)
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Peterborough United, 4–3 on aggregate
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Huddersfield Town, 3–2 on aggregate
- Dean Bowditch and Ryan Lowe were joint top scorers in the 2012–13 season
- As members of the Football League Championship, Milton Keynes Dons were not eligible to participate in the 2015–16 Football League Trophy.
- Josh Murphy and Nicky Maynard were joint top scorers in the 2015–16 season
- Fixtures were suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Clubs later voted to end the season prematurely with immediate effect on 9 June 2020, with the final table decided upon by an unweighted points-per-game system resulting in the club finishing the season in 19th place.[5]
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Wycombe Wanderers, 2–1 on aggregate
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Crawley Town, 8–1 on aggregate