List of Elgin City F.C. seasons

This is a list of Elgin City Football Club seasons from 1895–96, when Elgin City were admitted to the Highland League, to the present day. The list details Elgin's record in major league and cup competitions, and the club's top league goal scorer of each season where available. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in Elgin's division that season. Records of competitions such as the North of Scotland Cup are not included.

The club was founded in 1893 and originally played in the Highland Football League. In 2000 the club was elected to the Scottish Football League along with Peterhead F.C.

Seasons

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Season League record[1] Scottish Cup Highland League Cup
Scottish League Cup
Challenge Cup Other Top league goalscorer[1][2]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1895–96 Highland League 10 3 2 5 26 24 8 4th N/A N/A North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1896–97
1897–98 Highland League 13 8 2 3 44 30 18 3rd
1898–99 Highland League 12 7 2 3 44 19 16 3rd North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1899–1900 Highland League 10 0 0 10 9 38 0 6th
1900–01 Banffshire & District League 10 7 0 3 32 11 14 1st
1901–02 Banffshire & District League
1902–03 Highland League 10 1 1 8 9 25 3 6th
1903–04 Highland League 12 2 2 8 19 44 6 6th
1904–05 Highland League 12 0 3 9 8 38 3 7th
1905–06 Highland League 12 0 0 12 7 50 0 7th
1906–07 Highland League 9 4 1 4 16 21 9 4th
1907–08 Highland League 10 1 3 6 15 26 5 6th R1
1908–09 Highland League 11 3 1 7 16 24 7 6th R1
1909–10 Highland League 14 9 2 3 41 20 20 2nd[a]
1910–11 Highland League 14 1 1 12 15 38 3 8th
1911–12 Highland League 12 5 1 6 25 32 11 5th
1912–13 Highland League 16 5 5 6 27 32 15 6th
1913–14 Highland League 16 8 2 6 30 23 18 3rd North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1914–15 Highland League 4 1 1 2 4 12 3 [b] N/A N/A
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20 Highland League 18 10 3 5 55 31 23 4th
1920–21 Highland League 12 4 3 5 10 21 11 6th R2
1921–22 Highland League 14 4 2 8 22 25 10 6th
1922–23 Highland League 16 10 3 3 33 16 23 2nd R1
1923–24 Highland League 16 8 4 4 28 20 20 3rd North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1924–25 Highland League 20 10 4 6 48 30 24 3rd
1925–26 Highland League 18 12 1 5 48 39 25 3rd
1926–27 Highland League 18 8 2 8 49 42 18 5th R2
1927–28 Highland League 18 5 4 9 25 35 14 7th R1
1928–29 Highland League 22 13 3 6 49 36 29 2nd
1929–30 Highland League 22 15 3 4 72 37 33 2nd North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1930–31 Highland League 21 10 3 8 50 59 23 7th R1
1931–32 Highland League 26 16 6 4 71 25 38 1st
1932–33 Highland League 26 15 4 7 76 59 34 2nd
1933–34 Highland League 26 11 6 9 53 58 28 5th Nairn & District Cup

Winners

1934–35 Highland League 24 16 4 4 72 33 36 1st
1935–36 Highland League 22 11 2 9 63 55 24 5th R2 Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners

1936–37 Highland League 22 11 5 6 78 47 27 3rd R1 North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1937–38 Highland League 22 16 1 5 93 36 33 3rd R1
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners


Inverness Cup

Winners

1938–39 Highland League 26 14 3 9 75 57 31 3rd R2
1939–40 Highland League 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 [c] N/A
Central Highland League First Series 10 7 0 3 38 19 14 2nd
Central Highland League Second Series 4 2 1 1 9 9 5 2nd
1940–41 N/A
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47 Highland League 30 9 5 16 59 79 23 11th RU
1947–48 Highland League 30 16 6 8 117 78 38 5th R2 North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1948–49 Highland League 30 20 3 7 101 55 43 3rd R1 RU
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up


North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up


Campbell Charity Cup

Winners

1949–50 Highland League 30 16 6 8 72 55 38 5th R2
1950–51 Highland League 28 14 3 11 72 58 31 6th R1 SF
1951–52 Highland League 28 12 3 13 79 66 27 8th R2 SF
1952–53 Highland League 28 23 1 4 84 37 47 1st R1 GS
1953–54 Highland League 28 17 4 7 77 49 38 2nd GS
1954–55 Highland League 27 15 3 9 72 54 33 4th R2 GS North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1955–56 Highland League 28 22 1 5 92 44 45 1st[d] R2 GS North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1956–57 Highland League 28 16 5 7 75 48 37 3rd R2
1957–58 Highland League 28 19 2 7 77 45 40 2nd
1958–59 Highland League 28 15 6 7 85 49 36 3rd SF
1959–60 Highland League 28 19 4 5 90 54 42 1st R3 W
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners


North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1960–61 Highland League 28 19 6 3 85 39 44 1st[e] R1 North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1961–62 Highland League 28 18 4 6 91 46 40 2nd R1 SF North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1962–63 Highland League 28 22 1 5 105 47 45 1st GS
1963–64 Highland League 30 17 3 10 90 59 37 5th GS
1964–65 Highland League 30 21 4 5 109 52 46 1st PR2 GS Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners

1965–66 Highland League 30 24 5 1 96 35 53 1st PR2 RU
1966–67 Highland League 30 19 9 2 111 37 47 2nd R2 W Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up

1967–68 Highland League 30 26 3 1 117 28 55 1st QF
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners


North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1968–69 Highland League 30 24 4 2 100 32 52 1st PR2 R2 North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1969–70 Highland League 30 24 1 5 101 28 49 1st SF North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1970–71 Highland League 30 19 6 5 90 37 44 4th R3 R2
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners


North of Scotland Cup

Winners


Inverness Cup

Winners


Drybrough Cup

Winners

1971–72 Highland League 30 25 1 4 99 32 51 2nd R4 R1
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up


North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up


Bells Cup (West)

Winners

1972–73 Highland League 30 18 5 7 75 39 41 4th R3 SF
North of Scotland Cup

Winners


Bells Cup (West)

Winners

1973–74 Highland League 30 19 7 4 71 30 45 1st SF Bells Cup (West) Winners
1974–75 Highland League 30 15 6 9 64 46 36 5th R2 North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1975–76 Highland League 30 11 11 8 57 48 33 7th R1 SF
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up


North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1976–77 Highland League 30 9 7 14 33 53 25 11th R4 R1 Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up

1977–78 Highland League 30 15 8 7 56 44 38 5th R1
1978–79 Highland League 30 14 7 9 64 49 35 6th R2
1979–80 Highland League 30 11 11 8 39 42 33 9th R2 North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1980–81 Highland League 30 17 6 7 63 32 40 3rd SF
1981–82 Highland League 30 15 7 8 55 37 37 4th R2 R2 Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up

1982–83 Highland League 30 19 4 7 65 30 61 2nd R3 W North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1983–84 Highland League 30 17 5 8 59 31 56 4th R1 R2 Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up

1984–85 Highland League 30 13 8 9 55 37 47 7th R2
1985–86 Highland League 32 21 7 4 67 33 70 2nd RU
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Runners-up


North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

1986–87 Highland League 34 21 7 6 93 33 70 3rd PR
1987–88 Highland League 34 17 8 9 69 41 59 7th SF
1988–89 Highland League 34 19 9 6 70 29 66 5th R2 R1 North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1989–90 Highland League 34 26 3 5 103 33 81 1st R2 R1
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)

Winners


North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1990–91 Highland League 34 17 6 11 84 53 57 7th W
1991–92 Highland League 34 16 6 12 76 51 54 8th R1
1992–93 Highland League 34 24 5 5 110 35 77 [f] R2
1993–94 Highland League 34 19 6 9 60 33 63 6th SF
1994–95 Highland League 30 15 3 12 52 42 48 8th GS
1995–96 Highland League 30 15 3 12 59 55 48 7th SF
1996–97 Highland League 30 13 4 13 64 66 43 9th R1 GS Scottish Qualifying Cup

Runners-up

1997–98 Highland League 30 16 7 7 59 33 55 5th W North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1998–99 Highland League 30 21 1 8 71 39 64 4th GS North of Scotland Cup

Winners

1999–2000 Highland League 30 12 6 12 45 44 42 9th RU
2000–01 Third Division 36 5 7 24 29 65 22 10th R2 R1 R1 Colin Milne
David Ross
6
2001–02 Third Division 36 13 8 15 45 47 47 6th R1 R1 R1 Ian Gilzean 12
2002–03 Third Division 36 5 13 18 33 63 28 9th R2 R1 R1 Kevin Steele 6
2003–04 Third Division 36 6 7 23 48 93 25 9th R1 R1 R1 North of Scotland Cup

Winners

Alex Bone 15
2004–05 Third Division 36 12 7 17 39 61 43 6th R2 R1 R1 Willie Martin 9
2005–06 Third Division 36 15 7 14 55 58 52 5th R1 R1 R1 Martin Johnston 19
2006–07 Third Division 36 9 2 25 39 69 29 9th R3 R2 R2 Martin Johnston 18
2007–08 Third Division 36 13 8 15 56 68 47 6th R2 R1 R1 North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

Darren Shallicker 12
2008–09 Third Division 36 7 5 24 31 79 26 10th R3 R1 R1 Darren Shallicker 7
2009–10 Third Division 36 9 7 20 46 59 34 9th R3 R1 QF Craig Gunn 18
2010–11 Third Division 36 13 6 17 53 63 45 7th R4 R2 R1 Jason Crooks 13
2011–12 Third Division 36 16 9 11 68 60 57 4th R3 R1 R2 Craig Gunn 18
2012–13 Third Division 36 13 10 13 67 69 49 5th R4 R1 R1 Stuart Leslie 14
2013–14 League Two 36 9 9 18 62 73 36 9th R3 R1 R2 Craig Gunn 15
2014–15 League Two 36 12 9 15 55 58 45 7th R3 R1 R1 North of Scotland Cup

Runners-up

Craig Gunn 13
2015–16 League Two 36 17 8 11 59 46 59 2nd R3 R1 QF Craig Gunn 21
2016–17 League Two 36 14 9 13 67 47 51 5th R4 GS R3 Shane Sutherland 18
2017–18 League Two 36 14 7 15 54 61 49 6th R3 GS R3 Brian Cameron 10
2018–19 League Two 36 13 4 19 52 67 43 8th R4 GS R1 Brian Cameron 8
2019–20 League Two 28 12 7 9 48 34 43 3rd R3 GS QF Shane Sutherland 16
2020–21 League Two 22 12 2 8 39 28 38 3rd R2 GS N/A Kane Hester 15
2021-22 League Two 36 9 10 17 33 51 37 9th R2 GS R3 Kane Hester 13

Notes

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  1. ^ Finished equal on points with Inverness Thistle and lost in the play-offs.
  2. ^ League abandoned due to The Great War.
  3. ^ League abandoned due to The Second Great War.
  4. ^ Finished equal on points with Buckie Thistle and won in the play-offs.
  5. ^ Finished equal on points with Keith and won in the play-offs.
  6. ^ Stripped of the title due to the use of two ineligible players.

League performance summary

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References

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  1. ^ a b Third Division, soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. ^ Leading goalscorers, elgincity-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2012.