List of Sunderland A.F.C. seasons
Seasons

List of Sunderland A.F.C. seasons

Section Title: Seasons
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Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe / Other	Top league goalscorer

Division (Tier)	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals

1884–85	There was no league football until 1888–89	QR

1885–86	QR

1886–87	QR

1887–88	Disq

1888–89	Sunderland did not join The Football League until 1890–91	QR

1889–90	R1

1890–91	FL (1)	22	10	5	7	51	31	23	7th	SF	Johnny Campbell	19

1891–92	FL (1)	26	21	0	5	93	36	42	1st	SF	Johnny Campbell	32

1892–93	Div 1 (1)	30	22	4	4	100	36	48	1st	QF	Johnny Campbell	31

1893–94	Div 1 (1)	30	17	4	9	72	44	38	2nd	R2	Jimmy Millar	20

1894–95	Div 1 (1)	30	21	5	4	80	37	47	1st	SF	1894/95 World Championship	W	Johnny Campbell	22

1895–96	Div 1 (1)	30	15	7	8	52	41	37	5th	R2	Johnny Campbell	15

1896–97	Div 1 (1)	30	7	9	14	34	47	23	15th	R2	James Gillespie Jimmy Hannah	8

1897–98	Div 1 (1)	30	16	5	9	43	30	37	2nd	R1	John Brown Jim Leslie Hughie Wilson	8

1898–99	Div 1 (1)	34	15	6	13	41	41	36	7th	R2	Jim Leslie	9

1899–1900	Div 1 (1)	34	19	3	12	50	35	41	3rd	R2	Colin McLatchie	10

1900–01	Div 1 (1)	34	15	13	6	57	26	43	2nd	R1	Geordie Livingstone	12

1901–02	Div 1 (1)	34	19	6	9	50	35	44	1st	R2	Jimmy Gemmell Billy Hogg	10

1902–03	Div 1 (1)	34	16	9	9	51	36	41	3rd	R1	Sheriff of London Charity Shield	W	Jimmy Gemmell Joe Hewitt Jimmy Millar	7

1903–04	Div 1 (1)	34	17	5	12	63	49	39	6th	R1	John Craggs Billy Hogg	12

1904–05	Div 1 (1)	34	16	8	10	60	44	40	5th	R1	George Holley Walter Watkins	9

1905–06	Div 1 (1)	38	15	5	18	61	70	35	14th	R3	Arthur Bridgett	17

1906–07	Div 1 (1)	38	14	9	15	65	66	37	10th	R3	Arthur Bridgett	25

1907–08	Div 1 (1)	38	16	3	19	78	75	35	16th	R1	George Holley	23

1908–09	Div 1 (1)	38	21	2	15	78	63	44	3rd	QF	George Holley	18

1909–10	Div 1 (1)	38	18	5	15	66	51	41	8th	R3	George Holley	20

1910–11	Div 1 (1)	38	15	15	8	67	48	45	3rd	R1	Tim Coleman	19

1911–12	Div 1 (1)	38	14	11	13	58	51	39	8th	R3	George Holley	25

1912–13	Div 1 (1)	38	25	4	9	86	43	54	1st	RU	Charlie Buchan	27

1913–14	Div 1 (1)	38	17	6	15	63	52	40	7th	QF	George Holley	15

1914–15	Div 1 (1)	38	18	5	15	81	72	41	8th	R1	Charlie Buchan	23

The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.

1919–20	Div 1 (1)	42	22	4	16	72	59	48	5th	R3	Charlie Buchan	21

1920–21	Div 1 (1)	42	14	13	15	57	60	41	12th	R1	Charlie Buchan	27

1921–22	Div 1 (1)	42	16	8	18	60	62	40	12th	R1	Charlie Buchan	21

1922–23	Div 1 (1)	42	22	10	10	72	54	54	2nd	R2	Charlie Buchan	30

1923–24	Div 1 (1)	42	22	9	11	71	54	53	3rd	R1	Charlie Buchan	26

1924–25	Div 1 (1)	42	19	10	13	64	51	48	7th	R2	Bobby Marshall	18

1925–26	Div 1 (1)	42	21	6	15	96	80	48	3rd	R5	Dave Halliday	38

1926–27	Div 1 (1)	42	21	7	14	98	70	49	3rd	R3	Dave Halliday	36

1927–28	Div 1 (1)	42	15	9	18	74	76	39	15th	R4	Dave Halliday	35

1928–29	Div 1 (1)	42	20	7	15	93	75	47	4th	R3	Dave Halliday	43

1929–30	Div 1 (1)	42	18	7	17	76	80	43	9th	R5	Bobby Gurney	15

1930–31	Div 1 (1)	42	16	9	17	89	85	41	11th	SF	Bobby Gurney	30

1931–32	Div 1 (1)	42	15	10	17	67	73	40	13th	R4	Bobby Gurney	16

1932–33	Div 1 (1)	42	15	10	17	63	80	40	12th	QF	Bobby Gurney	15

1933–34	Div 1 (1)	42	16	12	14	81	56	44	6th	R4	Bobby Gurney	21

1934–35	Div 1 (1)	42	19	16	7	90	51	54	2nd	R4	Bobby Gurney	30

1935–36	Div 1 (1)	42	25	6	11	109	74	56	1st	R3	Charity Shield	W	Raich Carter Bobby Gurney	31

1936–37	Div 1 (1)	42	19	6	17	89	87	44	8th	W	Charity Shield	RU	Raich Carter	26

1937–38	Div 1 (1)	42	14	16	12	55	57	44	8th	SF	Raich Carter	13

1938–39	Div 1 (1)	42	13	12	17	54	67	38	16th	R5	Raich Carter	15

1939–40	Div 1 (1)

The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.

1945–46	n/a	R5

1946–47	Div 1 (1)	42	18	8	16	65	66	44	9th	R3	Jackie Robinson Cliff Whitelum	17

1947–48	Div 1 (1)	42	13	10	19	56	67	36	20th	R3	Dickie Davis	12

1948–49	Div 1 (1)	42	13	17	12	49	58	43	8th	R4	Dickie Davis	10

1949–50	Div 1 (1)	42	21	10	11	83	62	52	3rd	R4	Dickie Davis	25

1950–51	Div 1 (1)	42	12	16	14	63	73	40	12th	QF	Trevor Ford	16

1951–52	Div 1 (1)	42	15	12	15	70	61	42	12th	R3	Trevor Ford Len Shackleton	22

1952–53	Div 1 (1)	42	15	13	14	68	82	43	9th	R4	Trevor Ford	20

1953–54	Div 1 (1)	42	14	8	20	81	89	36	18th	R3	Tommy Wright	18

1954–55	Div 1 (1)	42	15	18	9	64	54	48	4th	R4	Ken Chisholm	18

1955–56	Div 1 (1)	42	17	9	16	80	95	43	9th	SF	Charlie Fleming	29

1956–57	Div 1 (1)	42	12	8	22	67	88	32	20th	R4	Charlie Fleming	25

1957–58	Div 1 (1)	42	10	12	20	54	97	32	21st	R3	Alan O'Neill	13

1958–59	Div 2 (2)	42	16	8	18	64	75	40	15th	R3	Don Kichenbrand	21

1959–60	Div 2 (2)	42	12	12	18	52	65	36	16th	R3	Ian Lawther	17

1960–61	Div 2 (2)	42	17	13	12	75	60	47	6th	QF	R2	Ian Lawther	24

1961–62	Div 2 (2)	42	22	9	11	85	50	53	3rd	R4	QF	Brian Clough	29

1962–63	Div 2 (2)	42	20	12	10	84	55	52	3rd	R5	SF	Brian Clough	24

1963–64	Div 2 (2)	42	25	11	6	81	37	61	2nd	QF	R2	Johnny Crossan	22

1964–65	Div 1 (1)	42	14	9	19	64	74	37	15th	R4	R4	Nick Sharkey	18

1965–66	Div 1 (1)	42	14	8	20	51	72	36	19th	R3	R3	Neil Martin George Mulhall	8

1966–67	Div 1 (1)	42	14	8	20	58	72	36	17th	R5	R2	Neil Martin	20

1967–68	Div 1 (1)	42	13	11	18	51	61	37	15th	R3	R4	Colin Suggett	14

1968–69	Div 1 (1)	42	11	12	19	43	67	34	17th	R3	R2	Colin Suggett	9

1969–70	Div 1 (1)	42	6	14	22	30	68	26	21st	R3	R2	Anglo-Italian Cup	Grp	Gordon Harris	7

1970–71	Div 2 (2)	42	15	12	15	52	54	42	13th	R3	R2	Joe Baker	10

1971–72	Div 2 (2)	42	17	16	9	67	57	50	5th	R4	R2	Anglo-Italian Cup	Grp	Dennis Tueart Dave Watson	13

1972–73	Div 2 (2)	42	17	12	13	59	49	46	6th	W	R2	Billy Hughes	15

1973–74	Div 2 (2)	42	19	9	14	58	44	47	6th	R3	R3	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Vic Halom	18

1974–75	Div 2 (2)	42	19	13	10	65	35	51	4th	R4	R2	Texaco Cup	Grp	Pop Robson	19

1975–76	Div 2 (2)	42	24	8	10	67	36	56	1st	QF	R2	Anglo-Scottish Cup	Grp	Pop Robson	13

1976–77	Div 1 (1)	42	11	12	19	46	54	34	20th	R3	R3	Bob Lee	13

1977–78	Div 2 (2)	42	14	16	12	67	59	44	6th	R3	R2	Gary Rowell	18

1978–79	Div 2 (2)	42	22	11	9	70	44	55	4th	R4	R2	Anglo-Scottish Cup	Grp	Gary Rowell	21

1979–80	Div 2 (2)	42	21	12	9	69	42	54	2nd	R3	R4	Anglo-Scottish Cup	Grp	Pop Robson	20

1980–81	Div 1 (1)	42	14	7	21	52	53	35	17th	R3	R2	Gary Rowell	10

1981–82	Div 1 (1)	42	11	11	20	38	58	44	19th	R4	R3	Gary Rowell	9

1982–83	Div 1 (1)	42	12	14	16	48	61	50	16th	R3	R3	Gary Rowell	16

1983–84	Div 1 (1)	42	13	13	16	42	53	52	13th	R4	R3	Colin West	9

1984–85	Div 1 (1)	42	10	10	22	40	62	40	21st	R3	RU	Clive Walker	10

1985–86	Div 2 (2)	42	13	11	18	47	61	50	18th	R4	R2	Full Members Cup	QF	Eric Gates	9

1986–87	Div 2 (2)	42	12	12	18	49	59	48	20th	R3	R1	Full Members Cup	R2	David Buchanan Mark Proctor	8

1987–88	Div 3 (3)	42	27	12	7	92	48	93	1st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	AQF	Marco Gabbiadini	21

1988–89	Div 2 (2)	46	16	15	15	60	60	63	11th	R3	R2	Full Members Cup	R2	Marco Gabbiadini	18

1989–90	Div 2 (2)	46	20	14	12	70	64	74	6th	R3	QF	Full Members Cup	R1	Marco Gabbiadini	21

1990–91	Div 1 (1)	38	8	10	20	38	60	34	19th	R3	R3	Full Members Cup	QF	Marco Gabbiadini	9

1991–92	Div 2 (2)	46	14	11	21	61	65	53	18th	RU	R2	Don Goodman	11

1992–93	Div 1 (2)	46	13	11	22	50	64	50	21st	R4	R1	Anglo-Italian Cup	Grp	Don Goodman	16

1993–94	Div 1 (2)	46	19	8	19	54	57	65	12th	R4	R3	Anglo-Italian Cup	Grp	Phil Gray	14

1994–95	Div 1 (2)	46	12	18	16	41	45	54	20th	R4	R2	Phil Gray	12

1995–96	Div 1 (2)	46	22	17	7	59	33	83	1st	R3	R2	Craig Russell	13

1996–97	Prem (1)	38	10	10	18	35	53	40	18th	R3	R3	Craig Russell Paul Stewart	4

1997–98	Div 1 (2)	46	26	12	8	86	50	90	3rd	R4	R3	Kevin Phillips	29

1998–99	Div 1 (2)	46	31	12	3	91	28	105	1st	R4	SF	Kevin Phillips	23

1999–2000	Prem (1)	38	16	10	12	57	56	58	7th	R4	R3	Kevin Phillips	30

2000–01	Prem (1)	38	15	12	11	46	41	57	7th	R5	QF	Kevin Phillips	14

2001–02	Prem (1)	38	10	10	18	29	51	40	17th	R3	R2	Kevin Phillips	11

2002–03	Prem (1)	38	4	7	27	21	65	19	20th	R5	R4	Kevin Phillips	6

2003–04	Div 1 (2)	46	22	13	11	62	45	79	3rd	SF	R2	Marcus Stewart	14

2004–05	Chmp (2)	46	29	7	10	76	41	94	1st	R4	R2	Marcus Stewart	16

2005–06	Prem (1)	38	3	6	29	26	69	15	20th	R4	R3	Liam Lawrence Anthony Le Tallec Tommy Miller Dean Whitehead	3

2006–07	Chmp (2)	46	27	7	12	76	47	88	1st	R3	R1	David Connolly	13

2007–08	Prem (1)	38	11	6	21	36	59	39	15th	R3	R2	Kenwyne Jones	7

2008–09	Prem (1)	38	9	9	20	34	54	36	16th	R4	R4	Djibril Cissé Kenwyne Jones	10

2009–10	Prem (1)	38	11	11	16	48	56	44	13th	R4	R4	Darren Bent	25

2010–11	Prem (1)	38	12	11	15	45	56	47	10th	R3	R3	Asamoah Gyan	10

2011–12	Prem (1)	38	11	12	15	45	46	45	13th	QF	R2	Nicklas Bendtner	8

2012–13	Prem (1)	38	9	12	17	41	54	39	17th	R3	R4	Steven Fletcher	11

2013–14	Prem (1)	38	10	8	20	41	60	38	14th	QF	RU	Adam Johnson	8

2014–15	Prem (1)	38	7	17	14	31	53	38	16th	R5	R3	Steven Fletcher Connor Wickham	5

2015–16	Prem (1)	38	9	12	17	48	62	39	17th	R3	R3	Jermain Defoe	15

2016–17	Prem (1)	38	6	6	26	29	69	24	20th	R3	R4	Jermain Defoe	14

2017–18	Chmp (2)	46	7	16	23	52	80	37	24th	R3	R3	Lewis Grabban	12

Sentence(s)

In 1983–84, West was the top scorer with nine goals.
West was the Sunderland A.F.C.'s top scorer in 1983–84 with nine goals.
West was the club's top scorer in 1983–84 with nine goals.

final_sentence: In 1983–84, West was the top scorer with nine goals.
final_sentence: West was the Sunderland A.F.C.'s top scorer in 1983–84 with nine goals.
final_sentence: West was the club's top scorer in 1983–84 with nine goals.