List of Motherwell F.C. seasons

This is a record of the seasons played by Motherwell Football Club in Scottish and European competition from 1891 to the present day.[1] It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and details all the managers of Motherwell.[2]

For details of the current season, see 2023–24 Motherwell F.C. season.

This list does not include matches from the Lanarkshire Cup.

Seasons
Season League Tier Manager
[note 1][note 2]		 League Scottish
Cup		 League
Cup
[note 3]		 Europe
[note 4]		 Leading
Scorer(s)
[note 5][note 6]
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FP
[note 7]
1891–92 Football Federation U Committee 22 4 6 12 58 80 -22 14 12th R1 - - - -
1892–93 Football Federation U
[note 8]		 Committee 18 11 3 4 77 46 +31 25 2nd R2 - - - -
1893–94
[3]		 Division Two 2
[note 9]		 Committee 18 11 1 6 61 44 +17 23 4th - - - - -
1894–95 Division Two 2 Committee 18 10 2 6 56 39 +17 22 2nd - - - - -
1895–96 Division Two 2 Committee 18 5 3 10 31 47 -16 13 8th - - - - -
1896–97 Division Two 2 Committee 18 6 1 11 40 55 -15 13 9th - - - - -
1897–98 Division Two 2 Committee 18 3 4 11 31 56 -25 10 10th - - - - -
1898–99 Division Two 2 Committee 18 7 6 5 41 40 +1 20 4th - - - - -
1899–1900 Division Two 2 Committee 18 9 1 8 38 36 +2 19 4th - - - - -
1900–01 Division Two 2 Committee 18 4 3 11 26 42 -16 11 10th - - - - -
1901–02 Division Two 2 Committee 22 12 2 8 50 44 +6 26 3rd - - - - -
1902–03 Division Two 2 Committee 22 12 4 6 44 9 +35 28 2nd R2 - - - -
1903–04 Division One 1 Committee 26 6 3 17 26 61 -35 15 13th R2 - - - -
1904–05 Division One 1 Committee 26 6 2 18 28 53 -25 14 14th R2 - - - -
1905–06 Division One 1 Committee 34 9 8 13 50 64 -14 26 10th - - - - -
1906–07 Division One 1 Committee 34 12 9 13 45 48 -3 33 10th - - - - -
1907–08 Division One 1 Committee 34 12 7 15 61 53 +8 31 10th R2 - - - -
1908–09 Division One 1 Committee 34 11 6 17 47 73 -26 28 13th R2 - - - -
1909–10 Division One 1 Committee 34 12 8 14 59 60 -1 32 10th QF - - - -
1910–11 Division One 1 Committee 34 8 4 22 37 66 -29 20 17th QF - - - -
1911–12 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 34 11 5 18 34 44 -10 27 14th QF - - - -
1912–13 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 34 12 13 9 47 39 +8 37 6th R2 - - - -
1913–14 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 11 6 21 46 65 -19 28 17th QF - - - -
1914–15 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 10 10 18 49 66 -17 30 18th -[note 10] - - - -
1915–16 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 11 8 19 55 82 -27 30 14th -[note 10] - - - -
1916–17 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 16 6 16 57 59 -2 38 8th -[note 10] - - - -
1917–18 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 34 16 9 9 70 51 +19 41 5th -[note 10] - - - -
1918–19
[4]		 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 34 14 10 10 51 40 +11 38 5th - - - - -
1919–20 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 42 23 11 8 74 53 +21 57 3rd - - - - -
1920–21 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 42 19 10 13 75 51 +24 48 5th QF - - - -
1921–22 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 42 16 7 19 63 58 +5 39 13th QF - - - -
1922–23 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 13 10 15 59 60 -1 36 13th SF - - - -
1923–24 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 15 7 16 58 63 -5 37 10th R2 - - - -
1924–25 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 10 10 18 54 63 -9 30 18th R3 - - - -
1925–26 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 19 8 11 67 46 +21 46 5th - - - - -
1926–27 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 23 5 10 81 52 +29 51 2nd - - - - -
1927–28 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 23 9 6 92 46 +46 55 3rd QF - - - -
1928–29 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 20 10 8 85 66 +19 50 3rd QF - - - -
1929–30 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 25 5 8 104 48 +56 55 2nd R3 - - - -
1930–31 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 24 8 6 102 42 +60 56 3rd RU - - - -
1931–32 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 30 6 2 119
[note 11]		 31 +88 66 1st
[5][note 12]		 QF - - - -
1932–33 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 27 5 6 114 53 +61 59 2nd RU - - - -
1933–34 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 29 4 5 97 45 +52 62 2nd SF - - - -
1934–35 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 15 10 13 83 64 +19 40 7th QF - - - -
1935–36 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 18 12 8 77 58 +19 48 4th QF - - - -
1936–37 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 22 7 9 96 54 +42 51 4th QF - - - -
1937–38 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 17 10 11 78 69 +9 44 5th QF - - - -
1938–39 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 38 16 5 17 82 86 -4 37 12th RU - - - -
1939–40 Division One 1 John "Sailor" Hunter 5 2 1 2 14 12 +2 5 8th
[note 13]
[note 14]		 -
[note 15]		 - - - -
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1946–47
[6]		 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 12 5 13 58 54 +4 29 8th SF GS - - John Brown (16)
1947–48 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 13 3 14 45 47 -2 29 8th R3 GS - - Wilson Humphries (19)
1948–49 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 10 5 15 44 49 -5 25 12th R2 GS - - Davie Mathie (13)
1949–50 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 10 5 15 53 58 -5 25 10th R1 GS - - Archie Kelly (15)
1950–51 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 11 6 13 58 65 -7 28 9th RU W
[note 16]		 - - Jim Forrest (14)
1951–52 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 12 11 7 51 57 -6 31 7th W
[note 17]		 SF - - Archie Kelly (20)
1952–53 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 10 5 15 57 80 -23 25 15th R3 GS - - Archie Kelly (19)
1953–54 Division Two 2 George Stevenson 30 21 3 6 109 43 +66 45 1st SF GS - - Jackie Hunter (28)
1954–55 Division One 1 George Stevenson 30 9 4 17 42 62 -20 22 15th
[note 18]		 QF RU - - Jackie Hunter (8)
1955–56 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 11 11 12 53 59 -6 33 10th R5 SF Ian Gardiner (9)
1956–57 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 16 5 13 72 66 +6 37 7th R6 GS Ian Gardiner (18)
1957–58 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 12 8 14 68 67 +1 32 8th SF GS Ian Gardiner (18)
1958–59 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 18 8 8 83 50 +33 44 3rd R3 GS Ian St. John (24)
1959–60 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 16 8 10 71 61 +13 40 5th R3 QF Ian St. John (21)
1960–61 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 15 8 11 70 57 +13 38 5th QF GS Ian St. John (18)
1961–62 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 13 6 15 65 62 +3 32 9th SF QF Pat Quinn (21)
1962–63 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 10 11 13 60 63 -3 31 10th R2 GS Joe McBride (11)
1963–64 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 9 11 14 51 62 -11 29 11th QF QF Joe McBride (19)
1964–65 Division One 1 Bobby Ancell 34 11 8 16 45 54 -9 28 14th SF GS Joe McBride (21)
1965–66 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 12 4 18 52 69 -17 28 13th R2 GS Ian Thomson (10)
1966–67 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 10 11 13 59 60 -1 31 10th R1 GS Bobby Campbell (18)
1967–68 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 6 7 21 40 66 -26 19 17th R1 GS Dixie Deans (11)
1968–69 Division Two 2 Bobby Howitt 36 30 4 2 112 23 +89 64 1st R1 GS Dixie Deans (30)
1969–70 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 11 10 13 49 51 -2 32 11th QF SF Dixie Deans (15)
1970–71 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 13 8 13 43 47 -4 34 10th R3 GS Dixie Deans (9)
1971–72 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 11 7 16 49 69 -20 29 10th QF GS Jim MacCabe (7)
1972–73 Division One 1 Bobby Howitt 34 11 9 14 38 48 -10 31 8th R4 R2 Willie McClymont (6)
1973–74 Division One 1 Ian St. John 34 14 7 13 45 40 +5 35 9th QF R2 Bobby Graham (13)
1974–75 Division One 1 Willie McLean 34 14 5 15 52 57 -5 33 10th SF GS Willie Pettigrew (20)
1975–76
[note 19]
[7]		 Premier Division 1 Willie McLean 36 16 8 12 53 49 +4 40 4th SF GS Willie Pettigrew (22)
1976–77 Premier Division 1 Willie McLean 36 10 12 14 57 60 -3 32 7th QF GS Willie Pettigrew (21)
1977–78 Premier Division 1 Roger Hynd 36 13 17 16 45 52 -7 33 6th R4 R2 Vic Davidson (8)
1978–79 Premier Division 1 Ally MacLeod 36 5 7 24 33 86 -53 17 10th R3 R3 Willie Pettigrew (6)
1979–80 Division One 2 Ally MacLeod 39 16 11 12 59 48 +11 43 6th R3 R2 Willie Irvine (13)
1980–81 Division One 2 Ally MacLeod 39 19 11 9 65 51 +14 49 8th QF GS Albert Kidd (13)
1981–82 Division One 2 David Hay 39 26 9 4 92 36 +56 61 1st R3 GS Willie Irvine (20)
1982–83 Premier Division 1 Jock Wallace 36 11 5 20 39 73 -34 27 8th R3 GS Brian McClair (11)
1983–84 Premier Division 1 Jock Wallace
Succeeded by Bobby Watson		 36 4 7 25 31 75 -44 15 10th QF GS John Gahagan (11)
1984–85 Division One 2 Tommy McLean 36 21 8 10 62 26 +26 50 1st SF R2 Andy Harrow
Rab Stewart (9)
1985–86 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 36 7 6 23 33 66 -33 20 9th
[note 20]		 QF R3 John Reilly (9)
1986–87 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 44 11 12 21 43 64 -21 34 8th QF SF Andy Walker
Steve Kirk (10)
1987–88 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 44 13 10 21 37 56 -19 36 8th R4 SF Steve Cowan (9)
1988–89 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 36 7 13 16 35 44 -9 27 9th R4 R3 Steve Kirk (14)
1989–90 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 36 11 12 13 43 47 -4 34 6th R4 R3 England Nick Cusack (11)
1990–91 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 36 12 9 15 51 50 -1 33 6th W[8][9] QF Dougie Arnott (14)
1991–92 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 44 10 14 20 43 61 -18 34 10th R4 R2 UEFA Cup
Winners' Cup		 R1 Dougie Arnott (8)
1992–93 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 44 11 13 20 46 62 -16 35 8th R3 R3 Steve Kirk (10)
1993–94 Premier Division 1 Tommy McLean 44 20 14 10 58 43 +15 54 3rd R4 R3 Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne (12)
1994–95 Premier Division 1 Alex McLeish 36 14 12 10 50 50 0 54 2nd
[note 21]		 R4 R3 UEFA Cup R1 Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne (16)
1995–96 Premier Division 1 Alex McLeish 36 9 12 15 28 39 -11 39 8th R3 QF UEFA Cup PR Willie Falconer (5)
1996–97 Premier Division 1 Alex McLeish 36 9 11 16 44 55 -11 38 8th QF R2 Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne (11)
1997–98 Premier Division 1 Alex McLeish 36 9 7 20 46 64 -18 34 9th R4 QF Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne (15)
1998–99
[note 22]		 Premier League 1 Finland Harri Kampman
Succeeded by Billy Davies		 36 10 11 15 35 54 -19 41 7th R5 R3 Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle
John Spencer (7)
1999–2000 Premier League 1 Billy Davies 36 14 10 12 49 63 -14 52 4th R5 QF John Spencer (11)
2000–01 Premier League 1 Billy Davies 38 12 17 19 42 56 -14 43 8th R3 R4 Northern Ireland Stuart Elliott (12)
2001–02 Premier League 1 Billy Davies
Succeeded by Eric Black
Succeeded by England Terry Butcher		 38 11 7 20 49 69 -20 40 11th R3 R2 Northern Ireland Stuart Elliott (11)
2002–03 Premier League 1 England Terry Butcher 38 7 7 24 45 71 -26 28 12th
[note 23][10]		 SF R3 James McFadden (13)
2003–04 Premier League 1 England Terry Butcher 38 12 10 16 42 49 -7 46 6th QF R2 David Clarkson (12)
2004–05 Premier League 1 England Terry Butcher 38 13 9 16 46 49 -3 48 6th R3 RU[11] Australia Scott McDonald (15)
2005–06 Premier League 1 England Terry Butcher 38 13 10 15 55 61 -6 49 8th R3 SF Australia Scott McDonald
Republic of Ireland Richie Foran (12)
2006–07 Premier League 1 Maurice Malpas 38 10 8 20 41 61 -20 38 10th QF QF Australia Scott McDonald (15)
2007–08 Premier League 1 Mark McGhee 38 18 6 14 50 46 +4 60 3rd R5 QF England Chris Porter (18)
2008–09 Premier League 1 Mark McGhee 38 13 9 16 46 51 -5 48 7th R5 R3 UEFA Cup PO David Clarkson (13)
2009–10 Premier League 1 Republic of Ireland Jim Gannon
Succeeded by Craig Brown		 38 13 14 11 52 54 -2 53 5th R4 QF UEFA Europa League
[note 24]		 QR3 England Lukas Jutkiewicz (12)
2010–11
[note 25]		 Premier League 1 Craig Brown
Succeeded by Stuart McCall		 38 13 7 18 40 60 -20 46 6th RU[12] SF UEFA Europa
League		 PO England John Sutton
England Nick Blackman (10)
2011–12 Premier League 1 Stuart McCall 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 3rd QF R3 England Michael Higdon (14)
2012–13 Premier League 1 Stuart McCall 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2nd R4 R3 UEFA Champions
League[note 26]
UEFA Europa
League
QR3

PO		 England Michael Higdon (26)
2013–14 Premiership
[note 27]		 1 Stuart McCall 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 2nd R4 QF UEFA Europa
League		 QR3 England John Sutton (22)
2014–15 Premiership 1 Stuart McCall
Succeeded by England Ian Baraclough		 38 10 6 22 38 63 -25 36 11th R4 R3 UEFA Europa
League		 QR2 England John Sutton (13)
2015–16 Premiership 1 England Ian Baraclough
Succeeded by Mark McGhee		 38 15 5 18 47 63 -16 50 5th R5 R3 England Louis Moult (15)
2016–17 Premiership 1 Mark McGhee
Succeeded by Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson		 38 10 8 20 46 69 -23 38 9th R4 R2 England Louis Moult (15)
2017–18 Premiership 1 Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson 38 13 9 16 43 49 -6 48 7th RU RU England Louis Moult (8)
2018–19 Premiership 1 Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson 38 15 6 17 46 56 -10 51 8th R4 QF David Turnbull (15)
2019–20 Premiership
[note 28][13]		 1 Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson 30 14 4 12 41 38 +3 46 3rd R5 R2 Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly
England Chris Long (7)
2020–21 Premiership 1 Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson
Succeeded by Graham Alexander		 38 12 9 17 39 55 -16 45 8th QF R2 UEFA Europa
League		 QR3 England Devante Cole (11)
2021–22 Premiership 1 Graham Alexander 38 12 10 16 42 61 -19 46 5th QF R2 Tony Watt
Netherlands Kevin van Veen (9)
2022–23 Premiership 1 Graham Alexander
Succeeded by Steven Hammell
Succeeded by Stuart Kettlewell		 38 14 8 16 53 51 +2 50 7th R5 QF UEFA Europa
Conference League		 2R3 Netherlands Kevin van Veen (25)

Key
Champions
[note 29]		 Runners-up
[note 29]		 Third Place
[note 30]		 Semi-finals
[note 31]		 Relegated

Notes
  1. All managers are Scottish unless their nationality is stated
  2. Before 1911, a Committee was in place as a management team
  3. The League Cup competition did not start until the 1946–47 season.
  4. European club competitions did not begin until the 1955–56 season.
  5. All players are Scottish unless their nationality is stated
  6. Only league goals are stated
  7. Positions resulting in promotion are in bold
  8. Since it was a Regional League, it is unknown what level the league was in the Scottish Football pyramid.
  9. Since the 1893-94 season, Motherwell have never competed in a league lower than the second tier of Scottish Football.
  10. The Scottish Cup was not held in 1915 through to 1918 because of the First World War.
  11. This total stands as a record for the highest number of league goals scored by Motherwell in a season.
  12. This was Motherwell's first, and to this day only, top-flight title success.
  13. The 1939–40 season was suspended following the outbreak of the Second World War.
  14. The club participated in the Scottish War Emergency Cup as an alternative
  15. Scottish Cup was suspended following the outbreak of the Second World War.
  16. This was Motherwell's first, and to this day, only League Cup win.
  17. This was Motherwell's first ever Scottish Cup win.
  18. Motherwell were spared of relegation due to Division One being increased to 18 teams for the following season.
  19. The league was renamed the Scottish Premier Division
  20. Relegation was suspended due to league reconstruction, therefore Motherwell retained their Premier Division status
  21. The first season in which teams are awarded 3 points for a win. Before this season, 2 points were awarded for each win
  22. The league was renamed the Scottish Premier League
  23. Motherwell were spared of relegation as Falkirk did not meet the SPL stadium criteria
  24. The UEFA Cup was re-named the Europa League.
  25. The 2010-11 season was their 125 anniversary season.
  26. Motherwell qualified for the Champions League as Rangers went into liquidation. They entered the Europa League upon exiting the Champions League.
  27. The league was renamed the Scottish Premiership
  28. 2019–20 Scottish Premiership suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland; season curtailed and standings at time of postponement declared final on 18 May 2020.
  29. League and Cup
  30. League Only
  31. Cup Only

References
  1. "Records – The Scottish Football League Archive". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. Graham Barnstaple and Keith Brown (2004). "'Well Again! The Official History of Motherwell Football Club 1886-2004". Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9547830-2-0
    Alex Smith (2003). "Motherwell: Champions of Scotland 1931-32". Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-73-2
    Derek Wilson (2009). "Motherwell FC Miscellany". Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905411-37-5
    Jim Jeffrey, Genge Fry (2001). "The Men Who Made Motherwell Football Club". Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-2191-9
  3. "Motherwell : History 1871 to 1918". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  4. "Motherwell : History 1918 to 1945". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  5. "Motherwell F.C. 1930-1939". Motherwell Football Club. 1931–32. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  6. "Motherwell : History 1945 to 1975". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  7. "Motherwell : History 1975 to date". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  8. "Scottish Cup Final Archive – Motherwell 4-3 Dundee United". Scottish Football Association. 18 May 1991. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  9. "The 1991 Cup Run". Fir Park Corner. 18 May 1991. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  10. "Falkirk denied promotion". BBC Sport. 23 May 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  11. "Rangers 5-1 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 20 March 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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