The Swansea Town team during its first season, 1912–13
This is a list of seasons played bySwansea City Association Football Club in English and Europeanfootball. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1912, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with top scorers. Details of the abandoned1939–40 season and unofficialSecond World War leagues are not included.
In 1981 Swansea won promotion to the top tier of English football, achieving a club record highest league finish of sixth position after having led the table for a brief period, but a decline then set in the season after and were relegated, before in 2003 the club narrowly avoided relegation to theFootball Conference. In 2000, Swansea won the fourth tier of the English league, during a time this league was known as theThird Division, due to the 1992 formation of thePremier League. They went back into the fourth tier the following season, until a promotion from the newly namedLeague Two followed, achieving a league finish of third place in the2004–05 season. Three years later, their2007–08 season inLeague One, ended in a first-place finish and promotion in the process toThe Championship.
After a few near-misses reaching the play-offs, which included a last day of the season miss for a play-off berth, due to a 0–0 draw withDoncaster Rovers during the close of the2009–10 season, Swansea later finished 3rd the following season. The "Swans" were promoted to thePremier League in 2011 after winning the play-off final atWembley Stadium againstReading, thanks to a 4–2 victory and in the process became the first Welsh team in that league since its formation in 1992. This was the second time the Swans had made it to the top flight of English football, and having completed seven seasons in the Premier League they have spent a total of nine seasons in the top flight.
^The expansion of the FA Cup, from 15 clubs in itsinaugural season to currently more than 700 has meant successive changes in the competition's structure. Teams in the top two divisions were made exempt from the qualifying stages and the first two rounds of the Cup in1925–26. Because of this rounds were renamed; the fifth and sixth qualifying rounds became first and second round proper. Since1914–15 there have been a total of 14 rounds, in comparison to five in 1871–72.
^The Third Division was divided into North and South sections. The Third Division South was mainly the continuation of the Third Division of the previous season, while most of the teams in the Third Division North were newcomers in the league.
^In September 1939 first-class football was suspended due to theSecond World War, with the 1939–40 league table voided and regional competitions contested instead.
^The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
^Promoted to the Third Division after beatingTorquay United 5–4 on aggregate in the play-off final.[7]
^In 1992 the First Division clubs broke away to form theFA Premier League. The Second Division, Third Division and Fourth Division were renamed the First Division, Second Division and Third Division respectively.
^The three divisions in the Football League were renamed. Division One, Division Two and Division Three were renamed The Championship, League One and League Two respectively.
^Lost in the play-off final toBarnsley 3–4 on Penalties, after drawing 2–2.[11]
^Swansea City were invited to participate in the Welsh Cup, but later declined after UEFA blocked European qualification for any Welsh teams playing within the English football league system.[13][14]
^Lost play-off semi-final toBrentford 2–3 on aggregate.
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