List of Ipswich Town F.C. seasons
Professional era

List of Ipswich Town F.C. seasons

Section Title: Professional era
Table Section Text: None

Season	League record	FA Cup	League Cup	Charity Shield	Europe	Top goalscorer

Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals

1936–37	SL	30	19	8	3	68	35	46	1st	R2	Jock Carter	26

1937–38	SL	34	19	6	9	89	54	44	3rd	R1	Gilbert Alsop	26

1938–39	Div 3(S)	42	16	12	14	62	52	44	7th	R3	Fred Chadwick	23

1939–40	n/a

Ipswich played no league football between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War

1945–46	n/a	R2

1946–47	Div 3(S)	42	16	14	12	61	53	46	6th	R2	Albert Day	14

1947–48	Div 3(S)	42	23	3	16	67	61	49	4th	R1	Bill Jennings	14

1948–49	Div 3(S)	42	18	9	15	78	77	45	7th	R1	Bill Jennings	23

1949–50	Div 3(S)	42	12	11	19	57	86	35	17th	R3	Stan Parker	15

1950–51	Div 3(S)	42	23	6	17	69	58	52	8th	R2	Sammy McCrory	21

1951–52	Div 3(S)	46	16	9	21	63	74	41	17th	R3	Tom Garneys	20

1952–53	Div 3(S)	46	13	15	18	60	69	41	17th	R3	Tom Garneys	24

1953–54	Div 3(S)	42	27	10	9	82	51	64	1st	R5	Tom Garneys	24

1954–55	Div 2	42	11	6	25	57	92	28	21st	R1	Tom Garneys	21

1955–56	Div 3(S)	46	25	14	7	106	60	64	3rd	R1	Tommy Parker	31

1956–57	Div 3(S)	46	25	9	12	59	101	54	1st	R1	Ted Phillips	46

1957–58	Div 2	42	16	12	14	68	69	44	8th	R4	Tom Garneys	19

1958–59	Div 2	42	17	6	19	62	77	40	16th	R5	Ray Crawford	26

1959–60	Div 2	42	19	6	17	78	68	44	11th	R3	Ted Phillips	25

1960–61	Div 2	42	26	7	9	100	55	59	1st	R3	R1	Ray Crawford	40

1961–62	Div 1	42	24	8	10	93	67	56	1st	R3	R4	Ray Crawford	37

1962–63	Div 1	42	12	11	19	59	78	35	17th	R4	Runners-up	European Cup – R1	Ray Crawford	33

1963–64	Div 1	42	9	7	26	56	121	25	22nd	R4	R2	Gerry Baker	18

1964–65	Div 2	42	15	17	10	74	67	47	5th	R4	R2	Gerry Baker	16

1965–66	Div 2	42	15	9	18	58	66	39	15th	R3	R5	Gerry Baker	15

1966–67	Div 2	42	17	16	9	70	54	50	5th	R5	R3	Ray Crawford	25

1967–68	Div 2	42	22	15	5	79	44	59	1st	R3	R3	Ray Crawford	21

1968–69	Div 1	42	15	11	16	59	60	41	12th	R3	R2	John O'Rourke/ Ray Crawford	17

1969–70	Div 1	42	10	11	21	40	63	31	18th	R3	R3	Colin Viljoen	6

1970–71	Div 1	42	12	10	20	42	48	34	19th	R5	R2	Colin Viljoen	12

1971–72	Div 1	42	11	16	15	39	53	38	13th	R4	R2	Mick Hill	8

1972–73	Div 1	42	17	14	11	55	45	46	4th	R4	R3	Trevor Whymark	16

1973–74	Div 1	42	18	11	13	67	58	49	4th	R5	R4	UEFA Cup – QF	Bryan Hamilton	19

1974–75	Div 1	42	23	5	14	66	44	51	3rd	SF	R5	UEFA Cup – R1	Bryan Hamilton	17

1975–76	Div 1	42	16	14	12	54	48	46	6th	R4	R2	UEFA Cup – R2	Trevor Whymark	15

1976–77	Div 1	42	22	8	12	66	39	52	3rd	R4	R2	Trevor Whymark	15

1977–78	Div 1	42	11	13	18	47	61	35	18th	Winners	R4	UEFA Cup – R3	Paul Mariner	22

1978–79	Div 1	42	20	9	13	63	49	49	6th	QF	R2	Runners-up	European Cup Winners' Cup – QF	Paul Mariner	17

1979–80	Div 1	42	22	9	11	68	39	53	3rd	QF	R2	UEFA Cup – R2	Paul Mariner	22

1980–81	Div 1	42	23	10	9	77	43	56	2nd	SF	R4	UEFA Cup winners	John Wark	36

1981–82	Div 1	42	26	5	11	75	53	83	2nd	R5	SF	UEFA Cup – R1	Alan Brazil	28

1982–83	Div 1	42	15	13	14	64	50	58	9th	R5	R2	UEFA Cup – R1	John Wark	23

1983–84	Div 1	42	15	8	19	55	57	53	12th	R4	R4	Eric Gates	16

1984–85	Div 1	42	13	11	18	46	57	50	17th	QF	SF	Eric Gates	16

1985–86	Div 1	42	11	8	23	32	55	41	20th	R4	R4	Kevin Wilson	15

1986–87	Div 2	42	17	13	12	59	43	64	5th	R3	R3	Kevin Wilson	25

1987–88	Div 2	44	19	9	16	61	52	66	8th	R3	R4	David Lowe	18

1988–89	Div 2	46	22	7	17	71	61	73	8th	R3	R4	Three players	13

1989–90	Div 2	46	19	12	15	67	66	69	9th	R4	R2	David Lowe	13

1990–91	Div 2	46	13	18	15	60	68	57	14th	R2	R3	Chris Kiwomya	12

1991–92	Div 2	46	24	12	10	70	50	84	1st	R5	R2	Chris Kiwomya	19

1992–93	Prem	42	12	16	14	50	55	52	16th	QF	R5	Chris Kiwomya	17

1993–94	Prem	42	9	16	17	35	58	43	19th	R5	R3	Ian Marshall	15

1994–95	Prem	42	7	6	29	36	93	27	22nd	R3	R2	Claus Thomsen	5

1995–96	Div 1	46	19	12	15	79	69	69	7th	R5	R2	Alex Mathie Ian Marshall	19

1996–97	Div 1	46	20	14	12	68	50	74	4th	R3	R5	Paul Mason	14

1997–98	Div 1	46	23	14	9	77	43	83	5th	R4	R5	David Johnson	22

1998–99	Div 1	46	26	8	12	69	32	86	3rd	R4	R2	David Johnson/ James Scowcroft	14

1999–2000	Div 1	46	25	12	9	71	42	87	3rd	R3	R2	David Johnson	23

2000–01	Prem	38	20	6	12	57	42	66	5th	R4	SF	Marcus Stewart	21

2001–02	Prem	38	9	9	20	41	64	36	18th	R4	R4	UEFA Cup – R3	Marcus Bent/ Marcus Stewart	10

2002–03	Div 1	46	19	13	14	80	64	70	7th	R4	R4	UEFA Cup – R2	Pablo Couñago	20

2003–04	Div 1	46	21	10	15	84	72	73	5th	R4	R2	Darren Bent	16

2004–05	Chmp	46	24	13	9	85	56	85	3rd	R3	R2	Shefki Kuqi	20

2005–06	Chmp	46	14	14	18	53	66	56	15th	R3	R1	Nicky Forster	7

2006–07	Chmp	46	18	8	20	64	59	62	14th	R5	R1	Alan Lee	17

2007–08	Chmp	46	18	15	13	65	56	69	8th	R3	R1	Jonathan Walters	13

2008–09	Chmp	46	17	15	14	62	53	66	9th	R4	R3	Jonathan Stead	13

2009–10	Chmp	46	12	20	14	50	61	56	15th	R4	R2	Jonathan Walters	8

2010–11	Chmp	46	18	8	20	62	68	62	13th	R3	SF	David Norris	11

2011–12	Chmp	46	17	10	19	69	77	61	15th	R3	R1	Michael Chopra	14

2012–13	Chmp	46	16	12	18	48	61	60	14th	R3	R2	DJ Campbell	10

2013–14	Chmp	46	18	14	14	60	54	68	9th	R3	R1	David McGoldrick	16

2014–15	Chmp	46	22	12	12	72	54	78	6th	R3	R1	Daryl Murphy	27

2015–16	Chmp	46	18	15	13	53	51	69	7th	R3	R3	Brett Pitman	11

2016–17	Chmp	46	13	16	17	48	58	55	16th	R3	R1	Tom Lawrence	11

2017–18	Chmp	46	17	9	20	57	60	60	12th	R3	R2	Martyn Waghorn	16

Sentence(s)

In 1987-88, David Lowe hit 18 goals.

final_sentence: In 1987-88, David Lowe hit 18 goals.