# List of Sligo Rovers F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Sligo Rovers Football Club in Irish and European football, from 1934 (year of entry into the League of Ireland) to the most recent completed season. The list details the club's achievements in the League of Ireland

## Seasons

| Season | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | League of Ireland | FAI Cup | Top goalscorer(s) | Top goalscorer(s) |
| Season | Division | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | FAI Cup | Name | Goals |
| 1934-35 | | 3rd | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 20 | SF | Gerry McDaid | 35 |
| 1935-36 | | 8th | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 47 | 21 | R2 | Gerry McDaid | 29 |
| 1936-37 | | 1st | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 30 | 34 | R2 | Harry Litherland | 29 |
| 1937-38 | | 6th | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 55 | 61 | 19 | R1 | Lewis Hughes | 16 |
| 1938-39 | | 2nd | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 31 | 27 | RU | Mattie Began | 15 |
| 1939-40 | | 3rd | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 44 | 28 | RU | Joe McAleer | 21 |
| 1948-49 | | 8th | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 13 | R1 | George Sergeant | 16 |
| 1949-50 | | 6th | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 19 | SF | Sam Waters | 13 |
| 1950-51 | | 2nd | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 25 | SF | George Gray/Stephen McDonagh/Frankie Moody | 10 |
| 1951-52 | | 4th | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 46 | 29 | SF | Johnny Armstrong | 19 |
| 1952-53 | | 5th | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 37 | 23 | R2 | Liam Coll | 16 |
| 1953-54 | | 9th | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 20 | R1 | Stephen McDonagh | 12 |
| 1954-55 | | 9th | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 49 | 15 | R1 | Johnny Armstrong | 19 |
| 1955-56 | | 5th | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 50 | 24 | R1 | Johnny Armstrong | 22 |
| 1956-57 | | 3rd | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 29 | 29 | R2 | Johnny Armstrong | 14 |
| 1957-58 | | 11th | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 61 | 15 | R2 | Victor Meldrum | 20 |
| 1958-59 | | 10th | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 51 | 15 | R1 | Victor Meldrum | 11 |
| 1959-60 | | 10th | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 67 | 13 | R2 | Dan McCaffrey | 15 |
| 1960-61 | | 12th | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 97 | 6 | R1 | Damien Bradley | 21 |
| 1961-62 | | 12th | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 31 | 87 | 5 | R1 | | |
| 1963-64 | | 9th | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 53 | 17* | R1 | Jimmy Burnside | 8 |
| 1964-65 | | 5th | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 25 | R1 | Jimmy Burnside | 12 |
| 1965-66 | | 5th | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 23 | SF | Paul Dowling | 9 |
| 1966-67 | | 3rd | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 27 | R1 | Johnny Brookes | 17 |
| 1967-68 | | 11th | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 16 | R1 | Johnny Brookes | 9 |
| 1968-69 | | 8th | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 20 | R1 | Mick Hunter | 12 |
| 1969-70 | | 8th | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 26 | RU | Gerry Mitchell | 14 |
| 1970-71 | | 11th | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 58 | 21 | R2 | | |
| 1971-72 | | 14th | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 71 | 14 | R1 | Gerry Mitchell | 13 |
| 1972-73 | | 10th | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 20* | R1 | Gerry Mitchell | 8 |
| 1973-74 | | 13th | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 51 | 14 | R2 | Joe Logan/Tony Fagan/Gerry Rogers | 6 |
| 1974-75 | | 14th | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 18 | R1 | Liam McCool | 10 |
| 1975-76 | | 10th | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 20 | SF | Mick Leonard | 21 |
| 1976-77 | | 1st | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 39 | R1 | Paul McGee | 17 |
| 1977-78 | | 6th | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 31 | 34 | RU | Gary Hulmes | 15 |
| 1978-79 | | 10th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 25 | R1 | Gary Hulmes | 15 |
| 1979-80 | | 8th | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 45 | 31 | R2 | Brendan Bradley | 11 |
| 1980-81 | | 11th | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 47 | 26 | RU | Brendan Bradley | 21 |
| 1981-82 | | 5th | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 45 | 62 | R1 | Brendan Bradley | 19 |
| 1982-83 | | 12th | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 21 | W | Gus Gilligan | 6 |
| 1983-84 | | 14th | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 58 | 8 | R1 | Paul McGee | 6 |
| 1984-85 | | 13th | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 47 | 26 | R1 | Harry McLoughlin | 8 |
| 1985-86 | First | 2nd | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 27 | R1 | Harry McLoughlin | 16 |
| 1986-87 | Premier | 9th | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 17 | SF | Tony O'Kelly | 10 |
| 1987-88 | Premier | 12th | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 30 | 81 | 13 | R1 | Tony O'Kelly | 7 |
| 1988-89 | First | 10th | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 37 | 14 | R1 | | |
| 1989-90 | First | 2nd | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 37 | R2 | | |
| 1990-91 | Premier | 5th | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 22 | 38 | R2 | | |
| 1991-92 | Premier | 9th | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 42 | 26 | R1 | | |
| 1992-93 | Premier | 11th | 32 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 26 | QF | Padraig Moran | 5 |
| 1993-94 | First | 1st | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 50 | W | Eddie Annand | 17 |
| 1994-95 | Premier | 8th | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 42 | 43 | SF | Eddie Annand | 17 |
| 1995-96 | Premier | 3rd | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 38 | 55 | SF | | |
| 1996-97 | Premier | 6th | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 47 | R2 | | |
| 1997-98 | Premier | 7th | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 46 | 49 | 44 | QF | | |
| 1998-99 | Premier | 9th | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 38 | QF | | |
| 1999-00 | Premier | 11th | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 25 | R2 | Padraig Moran | 11 |
| 2000-01 | First | 4th | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 48 | 62 | R2 | Padraig Moran | 16 |
| 2001-02 | First | 6th | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 48 | 33 | QF | Sean Flannery | 10 |
| 2002-03 | First | 6th | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 30 | R3 | Paul McTiernan | 13 |
| 2003 | First | 6th | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 46 | QF | Paul McTiernan | 11 |
| 2004 | First | 7th | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 50 | 38 | R2 | Stephen O'Donnell | 10 |
| 2005 | First | 1st | 33 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 61 | QF | Paul McTiernan | 14 |
| 2006 | Premier | 5th | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 40 | SF | Darren Mansaram / Paul McTiernan | 8 |
| 2007 | Premier | 6th | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 45 | 41 | R3 | Fahrudin Kuduzović | 11 |
| 2008 | Premier | 4th | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 48 | R2 | Romauld Boco | 7 |
| 2009 | Premier | 6th | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 51 | 43 | RU | Raffaele Cretaro | 21 |
| 2010 | Premier | 3rd | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 36 | 63 | W | Pádraig Amond | 23 |
| 2011 | Premier | 2nd | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 73 | 19 | 73 | W | Eoin Doyle | 25 |
| 2012 | Premier | 1st | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 61 | R2 | Danny North | 17 |
| 2013 | Premier | 3rd | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 22 | 66 | W | David McMillan | 13 |
| 2014 | Premier | 5th | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | 43 | R2 | Danny North | 7 |
| 2015 | Premier | 9th | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 31 | QF | Raffaele Cretaro | 12 |
| 2016 | Premier | 5th | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 49 | R3 | Raffaele Cretaro | 10 |
| 2017 | Premier | 9th | 33 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 44 | 39 | R1 | Kieran Sadlier | 7 |
| 2018 | Premier | 7th | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 50 | 42 | R1 | David Cawley / Michael Drennan | 6 |
| 2019 | Premier | 7th | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 42 | SF | Romeo Parkes | 11 |
| 2020 | Premier | 4th | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 25 | SF | Ronan Coughlan | 7 |
| 2021 | Premier | 3rd | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 57 | R1 | Johnny Kenny | 11 |
| 2022 | Premier | 5th | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 44 | 49 | R1 | Aidan Keena | 18 |
| 2023 | Premier | 8th | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 51 | 37 | R1 | Max Mata | 11 |
| 2024 | Premier | 6th | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 51 | 49 | R3 | Ellis Chapman | 9 |

## Key

| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |