Graph of West Ham seasons

These are the seasons of Thames Ironworks (1895–1900) and West Ham United from their year of formation to their most recent season. The club first competed in The Football League in 1919.[1]

League seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup[a] Europe / Other Top goalscorer(s)[b]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1895–96 1Q West Ham Charity Cup W George Gresham 10
1896–97 LL 12 7 2 3 17 17 16 2nd 1Q West Ham Charity Cup RU George Gresham 2
1897–98 16 12 3 1 47 15 27 1st 2Q George Gresham 12
1898–99 SL Div 2 22 19 1 2 64 16 39 1st 2Q David Lloyd 14
1899–1900 SL Div 1 28 8 5 15 30 45 21 14th 5Q Bill Joyce 18
1900–01 28 14 5 9 40 28 33 6th R1 Billy Grassam 15
1901–02 30 17 6 7 45 28 40 4th 4Q Billy Grassam
George Ratcliffe 		10
1902–03 30 9 10 11 35 49 28 10th R1 Billy Grassam 19
1903–04 34 10 7 17 38 43 27 12th R1 Charlie Satterthwaite 18
1904–05 34 12 8 14 48 42 32 10th 6Q Billy Bridgeman 11
1905–06 34 14 5 15 42 39 33 11th R1 Harry Stapley 9
1906–07 38 15 14 9 60 41 44 5th R2 Harry Stapley 22
1907–08 38 15 10 13 47 48 40 10th R2 Harry Stapley 10
1908–09 40 16 4 20 56 60 36 18th R3 Danny Shea 20
1909–10 42 15 15 12 69 56 45 9th R3 Danny Shea 31
1910–11 38 17 11 10 63 46 45 5th R4 Danny Shea 28
1911–12 38 13 7 18 64 69 33 13th R3 Danny Shea 24
1912–13 38 18 12 8 66 46 48 3rd R2 George Hilsdon 17
1913–14 38 15 12 11 61 60 42 6th R3 Dick Leafe 21
1914–15 38 18 9 11 58 47 45 4th R1 Syd Puddefoot 18
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919–20 Div 2 42 19 9 14 47 40 47 7th R5 Syd Puddefoot 26
1920–21 42 19 10 13 51 30 48 5th R1 Syd Puddefoot 29
1921–22 42 20 8 14 52 39 48 4th R2 Syd Puddefoot 14
1922–23 42 20 11 11 63 38 51 2nd RU Vic Watson 27
1923–24 Div 1 42 13 15 14 40 43 41 13th R2 Billy Moore 10
1924–25 42 15 12 15 62 60 42 13th R5 Vic Watson 23
1925–26 42 15 7 20 63 76 37 18th R3 Vic Watson 20
1926–27 42 19 8 15 86 70 46 6th R4 Vic Watson 14
1927–28 42 14 11 17 81 88 39 17th R4 Jimmy Ruffell 19
1928–29 42 15 9 18 86 96 39 17th QF Vic Watson 30
1929–30 42 19 5 18 86 79 43 7th QF Vic Watson 50
1930–31 42 14 8 20 79 94 36 18th R3 Vivian Gibbins 19
1931–32 42 12 7 23 62 107 31 22nd R4 Vic Watson 25
1932–33 Div 2 42 13 9 20 75 93 35 20th SF Vic Watson 28
1933–34 42 17 11 14 78 70 45 7th R4 Vic Watson 29
1934–35 42 26 4 12 80 51 56 3rd R3 Jimmy Ruffell 20
1935–36 42 22 8 12 90 68 52 4th R3 Dave Mangnall 24
1936–37 42 19 11 12 73 55 49 6th R3 Len Goulden 15
1937–38 42 14 14 14 53 52 42 9th R3 Stan Foxall
Archie Macaulay 		10
1938–39 42 17 10 15 70 52 44 11th R5 Stan Foxall 19
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46 N/A R4 Almer Hall 19
1946–47 Div 2 42 16 8 18 70 76 40 12th R3 Frank Neary 15
1947–48 42 16 14 12 55 53 44 6th R3 Eric Parsons 12
1948–49 42 18 10 14 56 58 46 7th R3 Ken Wright 11
1949–50 42 12 12 18 53 61 36 19th R4 Bill Robinson 24
1950–51 42 16 10 16 68 69 42 13th R4 Bill Robinson 29
1951–52 42 15 11 16 67 78 41 12th R4 Bert Hawkins 15
1952–53 42 13 13 16 58 60 39 14th R3 Fred Kearns 12
1953–54 42 15 9 18 67 69 39 13th R4 Tommy Dixon 19
1954–55 42 18 10 14 74 70 46 8th R3 John Dick 26
1955–56 42 14 11 17 74 69 39 16th QF Billy Dare 25
1956–57 42 19 8 15 59 63 46 8th R4 John Dick 13
1957–58 42 23 11 8 101 54 57 1st R5 John Dick 26
1958–59 Div 1 42 21 6 15 85 70 48 6th R3 John Dick 30
1959–60 42 16 6 20 75 91 38 14th R3 Malcolm Musgrove 20
1960–61 42 13 10 19 77 88 36 16th R3 R2 John Dick 19
1961–62 42 17 10 15 76 82 44 8th R3 R2 John Dick 23
1962–63 42 14 12 16 73 69 40 12th QF R2 Geoff Hurst 15
1963–64 42 14 12 16 69 74 40 14th W SF Johnny Byrne 33
1964–65 42 19 4 19 82 71 42 9th R4 R2 Charity Shield Shared Johnny Byrne 30
Cup Winners' Cup W
1965–66 42 15 9 18 70 83 39 12th R4 RU Cup Winners' Cup SF Geoff Hurst 40
1966–67 42 14 8 20 80 84 36 16th R3 SF Geoff Hurst 41
1967–68 42 14 10 18 73 69 38 12th R5 R4 Geoff Hurst 25
1968–69 42 13 18 11 66 50 44 8th R5 R3 Geoff Hurst 31
1969–70 42 12 12 18 51 60 36 17th R3 R3 Geoff Hurst 18
1970–71 42 10 14 18 47 60 34 20th R3 R3 Geoff Hurst 16
1971–72 42 12 12 18 47 51 36 14th R5 SF Clyde Best 23
1972–73 42 17 12 13 67 53 46 6th R4 R3 Pop Robson 28
1973–74 42 11 15 16 55 60 37 18th R3 R2 Clyde Best
Billy Bonds 		13
1974–75 42 13 13 16 58 59 39 13th W R3 Texaco Cup GS Billy Jennings 14
1975–76 42 13 10 19 48 61 36 18th R3 R4 Charity Shield RU Alan Taylor 17
Cup Winners' Cup RU
1976–77 42 11 14 17 46 65 36 17th R4 R4 Pop Robson 14
1977–78 42 12 8 22 52 69 32 20th R4 R2 Pop Robson 11
1978–79 Div 2 42 18 14 10 70 39 50 5th R3 R2 Pop Robson 26
1979–80 42 20 7 15 54 43 47 7th W QF David Cross 18
1980–81 42 28 10 4 79 29 66 1st R3 RU Charity Shield R/lU David Cross 32
Cup Winners' Cup QF
1981–82 Div 1 42 14 16 12 66 57 58[c] 9th R4 R3 David Cross 19
1982–83 42 20 4 18 68 62 64 8th R3 QF Paul Goddard
François Van der Elst 		12
1983–84 42 17 9 16 60 55 60 9th R5 R4 Tony Cottee 19
1984–85 42 13 12 17 51 68 51 16th QF R3 Tony Cottee 24
1985–86 42 26 6 10 74 40 84 3rd QF R3 Frank McAvennie 28
1986–87 42 14 10 18 52 67 52 15th QF R5 Full Members' Cup R3 Tony Cottee 29
1987–88 40 9 15 16 40 52 42 16th R4 R3 Full Members' Cup R1 Tony Cottee 15
1988–89 38 10 8 20 37 62 38 19th QF SF Full Members' Cup R2 Leroy Rosenior 15
1989–90 Div 2 46 20 12 14 80 57 72 7th R3 SF Full Members' Cup R3 Julian Dicks 14
1990–91 46 24 15 7 60 34 87 2nd SF R3 Full Members' Cup R1 Trevor Morley 17
1991–92 Div 1 42 9 11 22 37 59 38 22nd R5 R4 Full Members' Cup QF Mike Small 18
1992–93 Div 1[d] 46 26 10 10 81 41 88 2nd R4 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup GS Trevor Morley 22
1993–94 Prem 42 13 13 16 47 58 52 13th QF R3 Trevor Morley 16
1994–95 42 13 11 18 44 48 50 14th R4 R4 Tony Cottee 15
1995–96 38 14 9 15 43 52 51 10th R4 R3 Tony Cottee 12
1996–97 38 10 12 16 39 48 42 14th R3 R4 Julian Dicks
Paul Kitson 		8
1997–98 38 16 8 14 56 57 56 8th QF QF John Hartson 24
1998–99 38 16 9 13 46 53 57 5th R3 R2 Ian Wright 9
1999–2000 38 15 10 13 52 53 55 9th R3 QF Intertoto Cup W Paolo Di Canio 17
UEFA Cup R2
2000–01 38 10 12 16 45 50 42 15th QF R4 Frédéric Kanouté 14
2001–02 38 15 8 15 48 57 53 7th R4 R2 Jermain Defoe 14
2002–03 38 10 12 16 42 59 42 18th R4 R3 Jermain Defoe 11
2003–04 Div 1 46 19 17 10 67 45 74 4th R5 R3 Jermain Defoe 15
2004–05 Champ 46 21 10 15 66 56 73 6th[e] R4 R3 Marlon Harewood 22
2005–06 Prem 38 16 7 15 52 55 55 9th RU R3 Marlon Harewood 16
2006–07 38 12 5 21 35 59 41 15th R4 R3 UEFA Cup R1 Bobby Zamora 11
2007–08 38 13 10 15 42 50 49 10th R3 QF Dean Ashton 11
2008–09 38 14 9 15 42 45 51 9th R5 R3 Carlton Cole 11
2009–10 38 8 11 19 47 66 35 17th R3 R4 Carlton Cole 10
2010–11 38 7 12 19 43 70 33 20th QF SF Carlton Cole 11
2011–12 Champ 46 24 14 8 81 48 86 3rd[e] R3 R1 Carlton Cole 15
2012–13 Prem 38 12 10 16 45 53 46 10th R3 R3 Kevin Nolan 10
2013–14 38 11 7 20 40 51 40 13th R3 SF Kevin Nolan 7
2014–15 38 12 11 15 44 47 47 12th R5 R2 Diafra Sakho 11
2015–16 38 16 14 8 65 51 62 7th QF R3 Europa League 3Q Dimitri Payet 12
2016–17 38 12 9 17 47 64 45 11th R3 QF Europa League PO Michail Antonio 9
2017–18 38 10 12 16 48 68 42 13th R4 QF Marko Arnautović 11
2018–19 38 15 7 16 52 55 52 10th R4 R4 Marko Arnautović 11
2019–20 38 10 9 19 41 62 39 16th R4 R3 Michail Antonio 10
2020–21 38 19 8 11 62 47 65 6th R5 R4 Michail Antonio
Tomáš Souček 		10
2021–22 38 16 8 14 60 51 56 7th R5 QF Europa League SF Jarrod Bowen 18
2022–23 38 11 7 20 42 55 40 14th R5 R3 Europa Conference League W Michail Antonio 14

Key

Winners Runners-up Third place Play-offs Promoted Relegated

Footnotes

  1. ^ The EFL Cup was first contested in the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Goals in all competitions (English Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, European and FA Charity Shield/Community Shield) are counted.
  3. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  4. ^ Seasons prior to 1992–93 are the old league format, with Division 1 as the top flight. From 1992–93 onward is the present system with the Premier League as the highest level.
  5. ^ a b Promoted via the play-offs.

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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