List of Cowdenbeath F.C. seasons

This is a list of Cowdenbeath Football Club's seasons since their admission to the Scottish Football League in 1905–06 to the present day. The list details Cowdenbeath's record in major league and cup competitions and includes the top scoers for each season where available.^[1][2]

Seasons

Season	League									Scottish Cup[3]	League Cup[note 1]	Challenge Cup[note 2][4]	Top league goalscorer[5]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1905–06	SFL2	22	7	3	12	28	40	17	10th[6]	DNQ[note 3]
1906–07	SFL2	22	10	5	7	36	40	23	7th[7]	R1
1907–08	SFL2	22	5	4	13	26	35	14	12th[8]	DNQ
1908–09	SFL2	22	4	4	14	19	42	12	11th[9]	DNQ
1909–10	SFL2	22	7	3	12	22	34	17	11th[10]	DNQ
1910–11	SFL2	22	9	5	8	31	27	23	5th[11]	DNQ
1911–12	SFL2	22	12	2	8	39	31	26	4th[12]	DNQ
1912–13	SFL2	26	12	6	8	36	27	30	5th[13]	DNQ
1913–14	SFL2	22	13	5	4	34	17	31	1st[14]	DNQ
1914–15	SFL2	26	16	5	5	49	17	37	1st[15]	NH
1915–16	EFL[note 4]	22	12	3	7	38	20	27	3rd[16]	NH
1916–17	EFL	18	11	5	2	45	19	27	1st[16]	NH
1917–18	EFL	24	15	3	6	49	18	33	1st[16]	NH
No football played between season 1918–19 due to World War I[17][note 5]
1919–20	EFL	18	10	4	4	36	32	24	3rd[16]	R1
1920–21	CFL[note 6]	34	20	6	8	64	37	46	3rd[18]	DNQ
1921–22	SFL2	38	19	9	10	57	30	47	2nd[19]	R2
1922–23	SFL2	38	16	6	16	56	52	38	11th[20]	R2
1923–24	SFL2	38	23	9	6	78	33	55	2nd[21]	R2
1924–25	SFL1	38	16	10	12	76	65	42	5th[22]	R1
1925–26	SFL1	38	18	6	14	87	68	42	7th[23]	R1
1926–27	SFL1	38	18	6	14	74	60	42	7th[24]	R2
1927–28	SFL1	38	16	7	15	66	68	39	9th[25]	R2
1928–29	SFL1	38	14	5	19	55	69	33	13th[26]	R2
1929–30	SFL1	38	13	7	18	64	74	33	16th[27]	R2
1930–31	SFL1	38	17	7	14	58	65	41	7th[28]	QF
1931–32	SFL1	38	15	8	15	66	78	38	12th[29]	R2
1932–33	SFL1	38	10	5	23	65	111	25	17th[30]	R1
1933–34	SFL1	38	5	5	28	58	118	15	20th[31]	R3
1934–35	SFL2	34	13	6	15	84	75	32	12th[32]	R1
1935–36	SFL2	34	13	5	16	76	77	31	10th[33]	R3
1936–37	SFL2	34	14	10	10	75	59	38	6th[34]	R3
1937–38	SFL2	34	17	9	8	115	71	43	6th[35]	R2
1938–39	SFL2	34	28	4	2	120	45	60	1st[36]	R2
1939–40	SFL1	5	1	0	4	6	18	2	20th[note 7]	NA[note 3]
	ED[note 8]	15	7	1	7	38	44	15	16th
No football played between season 1940–41 and 1945–46 due to World War II[17][note 9]
1945–46	SFLB[note 10]	26	8	5	13	43	62	21	10th[37]	VC R1	R1[note 11]
1946–47	SFL 2[note 12]	26	6	6	14	44	77	18	14th[38]	R3	R1
1947–48	SFL 2	30	12	8	10	56	53	32	5th[39]	R2	R1
1948–49	SFL 2	30	9	5	16	53	58	23	13th[40]	R2	R1
1949–50	SFL 2	30	16	3	11	63	56	35	5th[41]	R2	QF
1950–51	SFL 2	30	12	3	15	61	57	27	11th[42]	R1	R1
1951–52	SFL 2	30	12	8	10	66	67	32	8th[43]	R2	R1
1952–53	SFL 2	30	8	7	15	37	54	23	13th[44]	R2	R1
1953–54	SFL 2	30	9	5	16	67	81	23	13th[45]	R2	R1
1954–55	SFL 2	30	8	5	17	55	72	21	14th[46]	R4	R1
1955–56	SFL 2	36	16	7	13	80	85	39	7th[47]	R5	R1
1956–57	SFL 2	36	20	5	11	87	65	45	3rd[48]	R4	QF
1957–58	SFL 2	36	17	8	11	100	85	42	6th[49]	R1	R1
1958–59	SFL 2	36	13	5	18	67	79	31	14th[50]	R1	QF
1959–60	SFL 2	36	6	2	28	42	124	14	19th[51]	R3	SF
1960–61	SFL 2	36	17	6	13	71	65	40	8th[52]	R2	SR
1961–62	SFL 2	36	11	9	16	65	77	31	14th[53]	R1	R1
1962–63	SFL 2	36	15	7	14	72	61	37	8th[54]	R2	R1
1963–64	SFL 2	36	7	11	18	46	72	25	17th[55]	R1	R1
1964–65	SFL 2	36	11	10	15	55	62	32	12th[56]	R1	R1
1965–66	SFL 2	36	15	7	14	69	68	37	10th[57]	R2	R1
1966–67	SFL 2	38	16	8	14	70	55	40	6th[58]	R1	R1
1967–68	SFL 2	36	12	8	16	57	62	32	12th[59]	R1	R1
1968–69	SFL 2	36	12	5	19	54	67	29	12th[60]	R1	R1
1969–70	SFL 2	36	24	7	5	81	35	55	2nd[61]	PR1	R1
1970–71	SFL 1	34	7	3	24	33	69	17	18th[62]	R4	SF
1971–72	SFL 2	36	19	10	7	69	28	48	5th[63]	R3	R1
1972–73	SFL 2	36	14	10	12	57	53	38	7th[64]	R3	R1
1973–74	SFL 2	36	11	9	16	59	85	31	13th[65]	R3	R1
1974–75	SFL 2	38	5	11	22	39	76	21	19th[66]	R2	R1
1975–76	SFL 2	26	11	7	8	44	43	29	5th[67]	R4	SR
1976–77	SFL 2	39	13	5	21	46	64	31	12th[68]	R1	R1
1977–78	SFL 2	39	13	8	18	75	78	34	10th[69]	R3	R2
1978–79	SFL 2	39	16	10	13	63	58	42	5th[70]	R2	R2
1979–80	SFL 2	39	14	12	13	54	52	40	8th[71][72]	R3	R2
1980–81	SFL 2	39	18	9	12	63	48	45	3rd[73]	R4	R2
1981–82	SFL 2	39	11	13	15	51	57	35	8th[74]	R2	R1
1982–83	SFL 2	39	13	12	14	54	53	38	8th[75]	R1	SR
1983–84	SFL 2	39	10	9	20	44	58	29	13th[76]	R3	R2
1984–85	SFL 2	39	18	11	10	68	39	47	4th[77]	R3	QF
1985–86	SFL 2	39	14	9	16	52	53	37	10th[78]	R1	R2
1986–87	SFL 2	39	16	8	15	59	55	40	7th[79]	R1	R1
1987–88	SFL 2	39	9	13	17	50	67	31	11th[80]	R3	R1
1988–89	SFL 2	39	13	14	12	48	52	38	8th[81]	R2	R2
1989–90	SFL 2	39	13	13	13	58	54	39	7th[82]	R4	R1
1990–91	SFL 2	39	18	9	12	64	50	45	3rd[83]	R4	R2	QF
1991–92	SFL 2	39	22	7	10	74	52	51	2nd[84]	R3	R1	R1
1992–93	SFL 1	44	3	7	34	32	109	13	12th[85]	R4	R2	R2
1993–94	SFL 2	39	6	8	25	40	72	20	14th[86]	R3	R2	R2
1994–94	SFL 3	36	11	7	18	48	60	40	9th[87]	R2	R1	QF
1995–96	SFL 3	36	10	8	18	45	59	38	8th[88]	R2	R2	R2
1996–97	SFL 3	36	10	9	17	38	51	39	7th[89]	R3	R1	R1
1997–98	SFL 3	36	12	2	22	33	57	38	8th[90]	R1	R1	R1
1998–99	SFL 3	36	9	6	21	35	65	33	9th[91]	R2	R1	NH[note 13]
1999–00	SFL 3	36	15	9	12	59	43	54	5th[92]	R2	R1	R2
2000–01	SFL 3	36	23	7	6	58	31	76	2nd[93]	R2	R2	R1
2001–02	SFL 2	36	11	11	14	49	51	44	8th[94]	R2	R1	R1
2002–03	SFL 2	36	8	12	16	46	57	36	10th[95]	R3	R2	R1
2003–04	SFL 3	36	15	10	11	46	39	55	5th[96]	R3	R2	R1
2004–05	SFL 3	36	14	9	13	54	61	51	3rd[97]	R1	R1	R2
2005–06	SFL 3	36	24	4	8	81	34	76	1st[98]	R1	R1	R1
2006–07	SFL 2	36	13	6	17	59	56	45	6th[99]	R4	R2	R2
2007–08	SFL 2	36	10	7	19	47	73	37	9th[note 14][100]	R4	R2	R2	Pat Clarke Denis McLaughlin	6
2008–09	SFL 3	36	18	9	9	48	34	63	2nd[101]	R2	R2	QF	John Gemmell	12
2009–10	SFL 2	36	16	11	9	60	41	59	3rd[note 15][102]	R3	R1	R2	Gareth Wardlaw	16
2010–11	SFL 1	36	9	8	19	41	72	35	9th[103]	R3	R1	R2	Greg Stewart	9
2011–12	SFL 2	36	20	11	5	68	29	71	1st[104]	R4	R1	R1	Marc McKenzie	18

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

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

DNQ=Did Not Qualify NH=Not Held PR1=Preliminary Round 1 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 SR = Supplementary Round QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals

CFL = Central Football League EFL = Eastern Football League ED = Emergency League Eastern Division SFL 1 = Scottish First Division SFL 2 = Scottish Second Division SFL 3 = Scottish Third Division SFL B = Southern Football League Division B

Footnotes

1. Cup of associated leagues
2. Established season 1990/91
3. During the early days of the Scottish Cup non league clubs needed to qualify via the Qualifying Cup. For this purpose the Second Division was considered non league.
4. During World War I the Second Division was suspended. Cowdenbeath joined one of the regional leagues the Eastern Football League (Scotland).
5. Eastern League decided to close down until the end of the conflict
6. The Second Division wasn't restarted after the War. The second division clubs joined the recreated Central Football League. This lasted one season only before the Scottish Second Division was restarted.
7. League suspended due to outbreak of World War 2 clubs joined Emergency Eastern Division
8. Cowdenbeath joined the Eastern Emergency League however withdrew and closed down until after the war due to heavy financial losses
9. Cowdenbeath did not enter Wartime Leagues and choose to close down for duration of conflict
10. After the war Cowdenbeath joined the Southern Football League (Scotland) for the Victory season.
11. An end of season Cup competition was introduced in 1940-41, called the Southern League Cup. This became the League Cup in 1946-47.
12. The Scottish Football League was restarted in 1946–47. The league decided to follow the previous seasons Southern League format. This meant Cowdenbeath were put into the Second Division, despite qualifying for the First Division before the war.
13. Competition not held due to lack of sponsor.
14. Relegated via play-offs.
15. Promoted via play-offs.

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