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 scorers for each season where available.

Seasons

Season	League									Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Top league goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1905–06	SFL2	22	7	3	12	28	40	17	10th	DNQ
1906–07	SFL2	22	10	5	7	36	40	23	7th	R1
1907–08	SFL2	22	5	4	13	26	35	14	12th	DNQ
1908–09	SFL2	22	4	4	14	19	42	12	11th	DNQ
1909–10	SFL2	22	7	3	12	22	34	17	11th	DNQ
1910–11	SFL2	22	9	5	8	31	27	23	5th	DNQ
1911–12	SFL2	22	12	2	8	39	31	26	4th	DNQ
1912–13	SFL2	26	12	6	8	36	27	30	5th	DNQ
1913–14	SFL2	22	13	5	4	34	17	31	1st	DNQ
1914–15	SFL2	26	16	5	5	49	17	37	1st	NH
1915–16	EFL	22	12	3	7	38	20	27	3rd	NH
1916–17	EFL	18	11	5	2	45	19	27	1st	NH
1917–18	EFL	24	15	3	6	49	18	33	1st	NH
No football played between season 1918–19 due to World War I
1919–20	EFL	18	10	4	4	36	32	24	3rd	R1
1920–21	CFL	34	20	6	8	64	37	46	3rd	DNQ
1921–22	SFL2	38	19	9	10	57	30	47	2nd	R2
1922–23	SFL2	38	16	6	16	56	52	36	11th	R2
1923–24	SFL2	38	23	9	6	78	33	55	2nd	R2
1924–25	SFL1	38	16	10	12	76	65	42	5th	R1
1925–26	SFL1	38	18	6	14	87	68	42	7th	R1
1926–27	SFL1	38	18	6	14	74	60	42	7th	R2
1927–28	SFL1	38	16	7	15	66	68	39	9th	R2
1928–29	SFL1	38	14	5	19	55	69	33	13th	R2
1929–30	SFL1	38	13	7	18	64	74	33	16th	R2
1930–31	SFL1	38	17	7	14	58	65	41	7th	QF
1931–32	SFL1	38	15	8	15	66	78	38	12th	R2
1932–33	SFL1	38	10	5	23	65	111	25	17th	R1
1933–34	SFL1	38	5	5	28	58	118	15	20th	R3
1934–35	SFL2	34	13	6	15	84	75	32	12th	R1
1935–36	SFL2	34	13	5	16	76	77	31	10th	R3
1936–37	SFL2	34	14	10	10	75	59	38	6th	R3
1937–38	SFL2	34	17	9	8	115	71	43	6th	R2
1938–39	SFL2	34	28	4	2	120	45	60	1st	R2
1939–40	SFL1	5	1	0	4	6	18	2	20th	NA
	ED	15	7	1	7	38	44	15	16th
No football played by club between season 1940–41 and 1944–45 due to World War II
1945–46	SFLB	26	8	5	13	43	62	21	10th	VC R1	R1
1946–47	SFL 2	26	6	6	14	44	77	18	14th	R3	R1
1947–48	SFL 2	30	12	8	10	56	53	32	5th	R2	R1
1948–49	SFL 2	30	9	5	16	53	58	23	13th	R2	R1
1949–50	SFL 2	30	16	3	11	63	56	35	5th	R2	QF
1950–51	SFL 2	30	12	3	15	61	57	27	11th	R1	R1
1951–52	SFL 2	30	12	8	10	66	67	32	8th	R2	R1
1952–53	SFL 2	30	8	7	15	37	54	23	13th	R2	R1
1953–54	SFL 2	30	9	5	16	67	81	23	13th	R2	R1
1954–55	SFL 2	30	8	5	17	55	72	21	14th	R4	R1
1955–56	SFL 2	36	16	7	13	80	85	39	7th	R5	R1
1956–57	SFL 2	36	20	5	11	87	65	45	3rd	R4	QF
1957–58	SFL 2	36	17	8	11	100	85	42	6th	R1	R1
1958–59	SFL 2	36	13	5	18	67	79	31	14th	R1	QF
1959–60	SFL 2	36	6	2	28	42	124	14	19th	R3	SF
1960–61	SFL 2	36	17	6	13	71	65	40	8th	R2	SR
1961–62	SFL 2	36	11	9	16	65	77	31	14th	R1	R1
1962–63	SFL 2	36	15	7	14	72	61	37	8th	R2	R1
1963–64	SFL 2	36	7	11	18	46	72	25	17th	R1	R1
1964–65	SFL 2	36	11	10	15	55	62	32	12th	R1	R1
1965–66	SFL 2	36	15	7	14	69	68	37	10th	R2	R1
1966–67	SFL 2	38	16	8	14	70	55	40	6th	R1	R1
1967–68	SFL 2	36	12	8	16	57	62	32	12th	R1	R1
1968–69	SFL 2	36	12	5	19	54	67	29	12th	R1	R1
1969–70	SFL 2	36	24	7	5	81	35	55	2nd	PR1	R1
1970–71	SFL 1	34	7	3	24	33	69	17	18th	R4	SF
1971–72	SFL 2	36	19	10	7	69	28	48	5th	R3	R1
1972–73	SFL 2	36	14	10	12	57	53	38	7th	R3	R1
1973–74	SFL 2	36	11	9	16	59	85	31	13th	R3	R1
1974–75	SFL 2	38	5	11	22	39	76	21	19th	R2	R1
1975–76	SFL 2	26	11	7	8	44	43	29	5th	R4	SR
1976–77	SFL 2	39	13	5	21	46	64	31	12th	R1	R1
1977–78	SFL 2	39	13	8	18	75	78	34	10th	R3	R2
1978–79	SFL 2	39	16	10	13	63	58	42	5th	R2	R2
1979–80	SFL 2	39	14	12	13	54	52	40	8th	R3	R2
1980–81	SFL 2	39	18	9	12	63	48	45	3rd	R4	R2
1981–82	SFL 2	39	11	13	15	51	57	35	8th	R2	R1
1982–83	SFL 2	39	13	12	14	54	53	38	8th	R1	SR
1983–84	SFL 2	39	10	9	20	44	58	29	13th	R3	R2
1984–85	SFL 2	39	18	11	10	68	39	47	4th	R3	QF
1985–86	SFL 2	39	14	9	16	52	53	37	10th	R1	R2
1986–87	SFL 2	39	16	8	15	59	55	40	7th	R1	R1
1987–88	SFL 2	39	9	13	17	50	67	31	11th	R3	R1
1988–89	SFL 2	39	13	14	12	48	52	38	8th	R2	R2
1989–90	SFL 2	39	13	13	13	58	54	39	7th	R4	R1
1990–91	SFL 2	39	18	9	12	64	50	45	3rd	R4	R2	QF
1991–92	SFL 2	39	22	7	10	74	52	51	2nd	R3	R1	R1
1992–93	SFL 1	44	3	7	34	32	109	13	12th	R4	R2	R2
1993–94	SFL 2	39	6	8	25	40	72	20	14th	R3	R2	R2
1994–94	SFL 3	36	11	7	18	48	60	40	9th	R2	R1	QF
1995–96	SFL 3	36	10	8	18	45	59	38	8th	R2	R2	R2
1996–97	SFL 3	36	10	9	17	38	51	39	7th	R3	R1	R1
1997–98	SFL 3	36	12	2	22	33	57	38	8th	R1	R1	R1
1998–99	SFL 3	36	9	6	21	35	65	33	9th	R2	R1	NH
1999–00	SFL 3	36	15	9	12	59	43	54	5th	R2	R1	R2
2000–01	SFL 3	36	23	7	6	58	31	76	2nd	R2	R2	R1
2001–02	SFL 2	36	11	11	14	49	51	44	8th	R2	R1	R1
2002–03	SFL 2	36	8	12	16	46	57	36	10th	R3	R2	R1
2003–04	SFL 3	36	15	10	11	46	39	55	5th	R3	R2	R1
2004–05	SFL 3	36	14	9	13	54	61	51	3rd	R1	R1	R2
2005–06	SFL 3	36	24	4	8	81	34	76	1st	R1	R1	R1	Liam Buchanan	17
2006–07	SFL 2	36	13	6	17	59	56	45	6th	R4	R2	R2	Liam Buchanan	20
2007–08	SFL 2	36	10	7	19	47	73	37	9th	R4	R2	R2	Pat Clarke Denis McLaughlin	6
2008–09	SFL 3	36	18	9	9	48	34	63	2nd	R2	R2	QF	John Gemmell	12
2009–10	SFL 2	36	16	11	9	60	41	59	3rd	R3	R1	R2	Gareth Wardlaw	16
2010–11	SFL 1	36	9	8	19	41	72	35	9th	R3	R1	R2	Greg Stewart	9
2011–12	SFL 2	36	20	11	5	68	29	71	1st	R4	R1	R1	Marc McKenzie	18
2012–13	SFL 1	36	8	12	16	51	65	36	8th	R4	R1	SF	Jamie Stevenson	8
2013–14	Champ	36	11	7	18	50	72	40	9th	R3	R2	R1	Kane Hemmings	18
2014–15	Champ	36	7	4	25	31	86	25	10th	R4	R2	R1
2015–16	League 1	36	11	6	19	46	72	39	9th	R4	R1	R1	Greig Spence	17
2016–17	League 2	36	9	8	19	40	55	35	10th	R2	Group	R2
2017–18	League 2	36	4	10	22	23	56	22	10th	R2	Group	R1	Robbie Buchanan	7
2018–19	League 2	36	12	7	17	46	46	43	6th	R4	Group	R1	David Cox	13
2019–20	League 2	27	12	5	10	37	35	41	4th	R2	Group	R2	David Cox	7
2020–21	League 2	22	5	6	11	15	32	21	9th	R2	Group	N/A
2021–22	League 2	36	7	8	21	28	49	29	10th	R2	Group	R2	Liam Buchanan	6
2022–23	Lowland	36	10	6	20	46	50	36	15th	R1	Group	R1	TBC	TBC

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
• Champ = Scottish Championship
• League 1 = Scottish League One

Notes

T. Cowdenbeath youngest ever player: Peter Kieron McKean 2014/15