Founded in 1945, they were admitted to the Highland League for season 1946/47 and have played there ever since. The club's home is Grant Park.
Traditionally a team hovering around the lower end of the league table, Lossiemouth have enjoyed several cup successes, including a period in the mid 1990s that saw the club win a hat-trick of North of Scotland Cups and a Highland League Cup over a period of three seasons.
Lossiemouth had been represented by a succession of Junior football clubs playing in the Morayshire Junior League from 1906 to 1937, most notably Lossiemouth Rangers F.C. who competed from 1925 to 1937. However, unlike many similarly-sized population centres in the North of Scotland, Lossiemouth had no senior football club during this period, although an attempt was made to form such a club in 1934 but it did not come to fruition.
Following the end of World War II, Lossiemouth Football Club were founded in October 1945 following a public meeting in the town to form a senior football club with the intention of joining the Highland Football League, which was on hiatus at the time. The club was formed in time to enter the senior Nairn & District Cup (also known as the Stuart Cup) which commenced in December 1945. Lossiemouth were drawn against Elgin City in the Nairn & District Cup first round, the first leg of which was played at home on 29th December 1945 with Lossiemouth winning the leg 3-0. This was the first of only four competitive fixtures during the 1945-46 season, all in the Nairn & District Cup.
Lossiemouth Football Club were accepted into the Highland League at the league's AGM at the Workmen's Club in Inverness on 22nd June 1946 and began participation in the Highland League in the 1946/47 season. Lossiemouth began the 1946-47 season with a 5-2 home win over Forres Mechanics in the Highland League Cup on 10th August 1946 and made their Highland League debut two weeks later with a 4-1 away win at Fraserburgh. Lossiemouth went on to win the Nairn & District Cup later that season to give the club its first trophy, a feat that was later repeated in 1948-49.
Season 1955-56 remains Lossiemouth's best performance in the Scottish Cup with the club reaching the Fourth Round, defeating Wick Academy, Duns, and Selkirk before being defeated by Berwick Rangers at Shielfield Park.
Lossiemouth's first major trophy came in season 1956-57 with a win over Fraserburgh in the two-legged final of the Scottish Supplementary Cup (North), which was a temporary rebranding of the Scottish Qualifying Cup (North) during the period where all SFA member clubs were allowed direct access to the Scottish Cup.
The club won the Highland League Cup for the first time in the 1961-62 season, defeating Deveronvale 2-0 in the final at Boroughbriggs in Elgin.
Lossiemouth generally struggled in the Highland League over the next few decades until a period of improved fortunes began in the mid-1980s which ultimately led to three third-place finishes in the Highland League and several cups being won in the 1990s, including a hat-trick of North of Scotland Cup triumphs in 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1996-97. Season 1996-97 also saw Lossiemouth win the Highland League Cup for a second time as a result of a 2-1 win over Fraserburgh at Christie Park, Huntly.
A period of downturn then followed from the late 1990s onwards, although the club added two more North of Scotland Cup wins in 2000-01 and 2002-03 - which remains Lossiemouth's last trophies.
Stadium
A match at Grant Park
Lossiemouth play at Grant Park in Lossiemouth. It has a capacity of 3,250, including 250 seats.
Grant Park was opened on 4th May 1925 by Lady Grant, the wife of Sir Alexander Grant, a local philanthropist who had facilitated the purchase of the land for the town for recreational purposes, including laying out a football pitch. Lady Grant kicked off a local football match in the Lossiemouth Fishermen's Cup competition to formally open the ground.
The ground became the home ground for Lossiemouth Rangers FC for season 1925-26, who began competing in the Morayshire Junior League.
In 1934 the town council made a series of improvements to Grant Park including fully enclosing the pitch, building up banking for spectators and surrounding the ground with corrugated iron fencing.
In 1945 it became the home ground of the newly formed Lossiemouth Football Club, and was also used by Lossiemouth United (who were formed in 1949) for some time before they moved to the Lossiemouth Playingfields.
The ground was purchased from the council by Lossiemouth Football Club in the late 1970s and the club continued to make improvements to the ground including new boardroom and changing facilities, the erection of floodlights and a covered enclosure. The original wooden grandstand was replaced by a new modern stand in 2009.
