List of Queen of the South F.C. seasons

This is a summary of every season that Queen of the South have competed in Scottish and European football since the club first entered the Scottish Football League in 1923–24. The Doonhamers were involved in regional football between their formation in March 1919 and entering the Scottish Football League in August 1923. The list below details the club's achievements in all major competitions and also their all-time league record.

Statistics

Last updated 2 November 2024

League Season	Season-By-Season League Record									Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Europe
League Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Europe
1923–24	3	30	14	10	6	64	31	38	3rd		^{[note 1]}	^{[note 2]}	^{[note 3]}
1924–25	3	30	17	6	7	67	32	40	2nd
1925–26	2	38	10	8	20	64	88	28	17th
1926–27	2	38	16	4	18	72	80	36	11th
1927–28	2	38	15	6	17	92	106	36	12th
1928–29	2	36	16	4	16	86	79	36	9th
1929–30	2	38	18	6	14	65	63	42	7th
1930–31	2	38	18	6	14	83	66	42	6th
1931–32	2	38	18	5	15	99	91	41	9th
1932–33	2	34	20	9	5	93	59	49	2nd
1933–34	1	38	21	3	14	75	78	45	4th
1934–35	1	38	11	7	20	52	72	29	17th
1935–36	1	38	11	9	18	54	72	31	15th	R3
1936–37	1	38	8	8	22	49	95	24	18th
1937–38	1	38	11	11	16	58	71	33	16th
1938–39	1	38	17	9	12	69	64	43	6th	Quarters
1939–40	Competitive football was cancelled due to the Second World War.
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47	A	30	9	8	13	44	69	26	12th	R1	Group
1947–48	A	30	10	5	15	49	74	25	13th	R3	Group
1948–49	A	30	11	8	11	47	53	30	10th	R2	Group
1949–50	A	30	5	6	19	31	63	16	15th	Semis	Group
1950–51	B	30	21	3	6	69	35	45	1st	R1	Semis
1951–52	A	30	10	8	12	50	60	28	10th	R3	Group
1952–53	A	30	10	8	12	43	61	28	10th	Quarters	Group
1953–54	A	30	14	4	12	72	53	32	10th	R3	Group
1954–55	A	30	9	6	15	38	56	24	13th	R5	Group
1955–56	A	34	16	5	13	69	73	37	6th	Quarters	Group		DNQ
1956–57	1	34	10	5	19	54	96	25	16th	R5	Group		DNQ
1957–58	1	34	12	5	17	61	72	29	15th	Quarters	Group		DNQ
1958–59	1	34	6	6	22	38	101	18	18th	R1	Group		DNQ
1959–60	2	36	21	7	8	94	52	49	3rd	R3	Group		DNQ
1960–61	2	36	20	3	13	77	52	43	5th	R2	Semis		DNQ
1961–62	2	36	24	5	7	78	33	53	2nd	R2	Group		DNQ
1962–63	1	34	10	6	18	36	75	26	15th	Quarters	Quarters		DNQ
1963–64	1	34	5	6	23	40	92	16	17th	R2	Group		DNQ
1964–65	2	36	16	13	7	84	50	45	3rd	R1	Group		DNQ
1965–66	2	36	18	11	7	83	53	47	3rd	R2	Group		DNQ
1966–67	2	38	15	9	14	84	76	39	9th	R1	Group		DNQ
1967–68	2	36	16	6	14	73	57	38	6th	R2	Group		DNQ
1968–69	2	36	20	7	9	75	41	47	5th	R1	Group		DNQ
1969–70	2	36	22	6	8	72	49	50	3rd	R1	Group		DNQ
1970–71	2	36	13	9	14	50	56	35	11th	R3	Group		DNQ
1971–72	2	36	17	9	10	56	38	43	7th	R3	Group		DNQ
1972–73	2	36	13	8	15	45	52	34	11th	R3	Group		DNQ
1973–74	2	36	20	7	9	73	41	47	4th	R4	Group		DNQ
1974–75	2	38	23	7	8	77	33	53	2nd	R4	Group		DNQ
1975–76	First	26	9	6	11	41	47	24	10th	Quarters	Quarters		DNQ
1976–77	First	39	11	13	15	58	65	35	9th	Quarters	Group		DNQ
1977–78	First	39	8	13	18	44	68	29	12th	R4	Quarters		DNQ
1978–79	First	39	8	8	23	43	93	24	14th	R3	R1		DNQ
1979–80	Second	39	11	9	19	51	69	31	13th	R4	R2		DNQ
1980–81	Second	39	16	14	9	66	53	46	2nd	R2	R2		DNQ
1981–82	First	39	4	10	25	44	93	18	14th	R3	Group		DNQ
1982–83	Second	39	17	7	15	75	56	42	7th	R3	Group		DNQ
1983–84	Second	39	16	10	13	51	46	42	6th	R2	R2		DNQ
1984–85	Second	39	10	14	15	42	56	34	8th	R4	R2		DNQ
1985–86	Second	39	23	9	7	71	36	55	2nd	R1	R2		DNQ
1986–87	First	44	11	12	21	50	71	34	10th	R3	R2		DNQ
1987–88	First	44	14	15	15	56	67	43	7th	R3	R3	DNQ
1988–89	First	39	2	8	29	38	99	10 ^[1]	14th	R4	R2	DNQ
1989–90	Second	39	11	14	14	58	69	36	10th	R4	R3	DNQ
1990–91	Second	39	9	12	18	46	62	30	12th	R2	Quarters	R1	DNQ
1991–92	Second	39	14	5	20	71	86	33	11th	R2	R1	Semis	DNQ
1992–93	Second	39	12	9	18	57	72	33	10th	R2	R2	Quarters	DNQ
1993–94	Second	39	17	9	13	69	48	43	5th	R1	R1	R2	DNQ
1994–95	Second	36	11	11	14	46	51	44	7th	R2	R2	R1	DNQ
1995–96	Second	36	11	10	15	54	67	43	7th	R2	R2	R1	DNQ
1996–97	Second	36	13	8	15	55	57	47	5th	R3	R1	R2	DNQ
1997–98	Second	36	15	9	12	57	51	54	4th	R3	R2	Runners-Up	DNQ
1998–99	Second	36	13	9	14	50	45	48	4th	R2	R1	^{[note 4]}	DNQ
1999–2000	Second	36	8	9	19	45	75	33	9th	R3	R2	R1	DNQ
2000–01	Second	36	13	7	16	52	59	46	6th	R3	R2	R1	DNQ
2001–02	Second	36	20	7	9	64	42	67	1st	R2	R2	R1	DNQ
2002–03	First	36	12	12	12	45	48	48	5th	R3	R2	Winners	DNQ
2003–04	First	36	15	9	12	46	48	54	5th	R4	R3	R1	DNQ
2004–05	First	36	14	9	13	36	38	51	4th	R4	R1	R2	DNQ
2005–06	First	36	7	12	17	31	54	33	8th	R3	R1	R2	DNQ
2006–07	First	36	10	11	15	34	54	41	8th	Quarters	R2	R2	DNQ
2007–08	First	36	14	10	12	47	43	52	4th	Runners-Up	R1	R1	DNQ
2008–09	First	36	12	11	13	57	50	47	5th	R4	R3	Quarters	UC	QR2
2009–10	First	36	15	11	10	53	40	56	4th	R3	R3	Quarters	DNQ
2010–11	First	36	14	7	15	54	53	49	4th	R4	R3	Runners-Up	DNQ
2011–12	First	36	7	11	18	38	64	32	10th	R5	R3	R1	DNQ
2012–13	Second	36	29	5	2	92	23	92	1st	R4	R3	Winners	DNQ
2013–14	Championship	36	16	7	13	53	39	55	4th	R4	R3	Quarters	DNQ
2014–15	Championship	36	17	9	10	58	41	60	4th	Quarters	R2	R1	DNQ
2015–16	Championship	36	12	6	18	46	56	42	7th	R4	R2	R2	DNQ
2016–17	Championship	36	11	10	15	46	52	43	6th	R3	Quarters	Semis	DNQ
2017–18	Championship	36	14	10	12	59	53	52	6th	R4	R1	Quarters	DNQ
2018–19	Championship	36	9	11	16	41	48	38	9th	R5	R2	R3	DNQ
2019–20	Championship	28	7	7	14	28	40	28	9th	R3	R1	R3	DNQ
2020–21	Championship	27	9	5	13	38	51	32	6th	R3	R1	^{[note 5]}	DNQ
2021–22	Championship	36	8	9	19	36	54	33	10th	R3	R1	Runners-Up	DNQ
2022-23	League One	36	16	6	14	59	59	54	5th	R3	R2	Semis	DNQ
2023-24	League One	36	11	8	17	46	53	41	7th	R4	R1	R4	DNQ
2024-25	League One	12	5	2	5	10	12	17	5th	R?	R1	R3	DNQ

All-Time League Record
Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
1923–2024	3381	1268	772	1341	5411	5639	-228	3695

Key

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

1 = Division One (1st tier)
2 = Division Two (2nd tier)
3 = Division Three (3rd tier)
A = Division A (1st tier)
B = Division B (2nd tier)
First = First Division (2nd tier)
Second = Second Division (3rd tier)
Championship = Scottish Championship (2nd tier)
UC = UEFA Europa League
QR2 = Qualifying Round 2

DNE = Did not enter
DNQ = Did not qualify
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5
Group = Group Stages
Quarter = Quarter-finals
Semi = Semi-finals
Finalists = Runners-Up

Colour coding

Champions or Winners	Finalists	Semi	Promoted	Relegated

Notes and references

^ "Dates of points deductions for teams in the Scottish League? - www.scottishleague.net".

^ The League Cup competition did not start until the 1946–47 season.
^ The Challenge Cup competition did not start until the 1990–91 season.
^ European club competitions did not begin until the 1955–56 season.
^ The Challenge Cup competition was not held in the 1998–99 season.
^ The Challenge Cup competition was not held in the 2020–21 season.

External links

[4] "Dates of points deductions for teams in the Scottish League? - www.scottishleague.net".

[1] The League Cup competition did not start until the 1946–47 season.

[2] The Challenge Cup competition did not start until the 1990–91 season.

[Europe-3] European club competitions did not begin until the 1955–56 season.

[5] The Challenge Cup competition was not held in the 1998–99 season.

[6] The Challenge Cup competition was not held in the 2020–21 season.

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