List of Shelbourne F.C. seasons

The Irish League seasons 1915/16-1918/19 were suspended due to World War I. Shelbourne competed in the Irish League and Irish Cup for the 1920/21 season, but resigned from the league and cup during the season following a dispute with the Irish Football Association.

Season	Irish Football League								Irish Cup	Top scorer
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1904–05	14	5	3	6	15	17	13	=5	Runners-up	L. Lawless	4
1905–06	14	5	2	7	16	18	21	=5	Winners	James Owens	6
1906–07	14	8	3	3	27	21	19	2	Runners-up	J. Murphy	9
1907–08	14	6	2	6	22	17	14	=4	Runners-up	J. Murphy	6
1908–09	14	7	0	7	20	20	14	3		J. Enright / J. Murphy	3
1909–10	14	2	7	5	15	24	11	=6		M. Foley	4
1910–11	14	3	4	7	15	31	10	6	Winners	J. Strothers	3
1911–12	14	2	3	9	12	33	7	=6		W. O'Brien / W. Watson	2
1912–13	18	7	4	7	20	23	18	=6		A. Stafford	10
1913–14	14	6	2	6	16	10	14	5		Crowe / D. Mitchell	3
1914–15	14	6	3	5	17	12	15	=4		Chalmers	7
1919–20	14	3	7	4	16	21	13	4	Winners	Ed Brookes	7

Season	League of Ireland									FAI Cup	Shield/ League Cup^[C]	Europe	Top scorer
	Division [1]	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1921–22		14	8	2	4	31	21	18	3rd	Semi-Finals	Winners		Mick Foley	6
1922–23		22	15	4	3	72	14	34	3rd	Runners-up	Winners		Mick Keegan	11
1923–24		18	13	2	3	55	21	28	2nd	Round 2			Frank Rushe	12
1924–25		18	12	3	3	55	20	27	3rd	Runners-up			Mick Maguire	10
1925–26		18	14	3	1	65	23	31	1st	Round 1	Winners		Jock Simpson	18
1926–27		18	13	3	2	63	24	29	2nd	Semi-Finals			Jock McMillan	17
1927–28		18	13	2	3	67	24	28	2nd	Semi-Finals			Sammy McIlvenny	22
1928–29		18	16	1	1	49	12	33	1st	Round 1			David Byrne	15
1929–30		18	14	1	3	59	25	29	2nd	Round 1	Winners		Johnny Ledwidge	16
1930–31		22	13	5	4	52	22	31	1st	Round 1			Alex Hair	29
1931–32		22	10	6	6	43	34	26	6th	Semi-Finals			George Lennox / Robert Skinner	8
1932–33		18	10	3	5	45	26	23	3rd	Semi-Finals			Clarence Wonnacott	9
1933–34		18	6	5	7	22	25	17	6th	Round 1			Frank Brady	8
1936–37		22	9	3	10	53	48	21	8th	Round 1			Bob Slater	19
1937–38		22	6	6	10	36	47	18	7th	Round 1			Jimmy Doyle	12
1938–39		22	9	4	9	40	48	22	6th	Winners			Alex Weir	10
1939–40		22	6	8	8	41	39	20	7th	Round 1			Mick Delaney	12
1940–41		20	3	9	8	23	31	15	10th	Round 2			Willie Fallon	5
1941–42		18	8	5	5	38	29	21	3rd	Round 2			Paddy Bradshaw	11
1942–43		18	7	5	6	35	28	19	5th	Round 1			John Cassidy	10
1943–44		14	9	3	2	32	22	21	1st	Runners-up	Winners		Mick McCluskey	8
1944–45		14	5	3	6	21	21	13	5th	Round 1	Winners		Harry Hill	5
1945–46		14	3	2	9	26	44	8	8th	Semi-Finals			Gerry Malone	7
1946–47		14	8	3	3	34	24	19	1st	Semi-Finals			Alf Hanson	11
1947–48		14	7	3	4	30	24	17	3rd	Round 2			Brendan Carroll	9
1948–49		18	9	5	4	39	23	23	2nd	Runners-up	Winners		Brendan Carroll	10
1949–50		18	7	7	4	39	23	23	3rd	Round 1			Martin Colfer	5
1950–51		18	8	4	6	37	27	20	4th	Runners-up			Martin Colfer	10
1951–52		22	13	5	4	59	44	31	2nd	Round 2			Rory Dwyer	22
1952–53		22	12	6	4	46	24	30	1st	Round 1			Rory Dwyer	13
1953–54		22	10	3	9	35	35	23	6th	Round 2			Martin Colfer / Jimmy Moloney	6
1954–55		22	13	2	7	62	41	28	4th	Round 2			Rory Dwyer	19
1955–56		22	8	4	10	45	42	20	6th	Round 1			Gerry Malone	15
1956–57		22	10	6	6	47	39	24	6th	Round 1			Dessie Glynn	12
1957–58		22	11	3	8	41	29	23	5th	Semi-Finals			Christy Doyle	11
1958–59		22	7	8	7	35	33	22	6th	Round 1			Christy Doyle	9
1959–60		22	11	6	5	48	33	28	3rd	Winners			Christy Doyle	14
1960–61		22	7	5	10	43	41	19	8th	Round 2			Eric Barber	14
1961–62		22	15	5	2	55	23	35	1st	Runners-up		DNQ	Eric Barber	15
1962–63		18	7	4	7	29	35	18	7th	Winners		EC R1	Eric Barber / Jackie Hennessy	8
1963–64		22	8	5	9	46	42	21	7th	Round 2		CWC R1	Eric Barber	15
1964–65		22	11	2	9	38	37	24	6th	Round 2		FC R2	Eric Barber	14
1965–66		22	10	5	7	37	30	25	4th				Eric Barber	10
1966–67		22	4	3	15	32	54	11	12th				Johnny Foran	6
1967–68		22	8	3	11	32	36	19	7th				Mick Conroy	8
1968–69		22	2	8	12	30	69	12	10th				Brian Delargey	6
1969–70		26	10	7	9	38	32	27	6th				Jimmy O'Connor	12
1970–71		26	10	7	9	32	30	27	8th		Winners		John Murray	10
1971–72		26	6	8	12	30	37	22	9th			UEFA Cup R1	Eric Barber	9
1972–73		26	9	6	11	50	40	24	8th	Runners-up			Eric Barber	13
1973–74		26	4	5	17	31	58	13	14th				Eric Barber	8
1974–75		26	6	7	13	33	38	19	13th	Runners-up			Eric Barber / Mick Lawlor	7
1975–76		26	7	7	12	42	44	21	9th				Mick Lawlor	11
1976–77		26	10	8	8	39	40	28	7th				Liam Devine	11
1977–78		30	6	11	13	32	50	23	12th				John Delamere	10
1978–79		30	6	9	15	41	58	21	13th				John Delamere	15
1979–80		30	3	6	21	30	83	12	16th				Paul Nugent	5
1980–81		30	6	6	18	31	52	18	15th				Philip Fitzgerald / Paul Nugent	5
1981–82		30	10	7	13	44	46	45	9th				Terry Daly	12
1982–83		26	13	5	8	50	45	44	5th				Kieran McCabe	17
1983–84		26	9	10	7	41	34	28	5th	Semi-Finals			John Delamere	10
1984–85		30	9	8	13	39	46	26	12th				Paul Mullen / Paul Newe	8
1985–86	Premier	22	3	7	12	15	40	13	11th (R)				Paul Newe	6
1986–87	First	18	12	3	3	39	20	27	2nd (P)				Bobby Browne / Kieran McCabe	5
1987–88	Premier	33	8	8	17	31	44	24	10th				Bobby Browne	6
1988–89	Premier	33	8	10	15	26	40	26	9th				Philip Byrne	5
1989–90	Premier	33	10	13	10	39	39	33	7th				Garry Haylock	10
1990–91	Premier	33	18	6	9	59	30	42	4th	Round 2			Paul Newe	14
1991–92	Premier	33	21	7	5	57	29	49	1st	Quarter-Finals			Garry Haylock	13
1992–93	Premier	32	15	10	7	53	29	40	3rd	Winners		EC Q	Garry Haylock	15
1993–94	Premier	32	11	10	11	42	42	43	5th	Round 1	Runners-up	CWC R1	Barry O'Connor	7
1994–95	Premier	33	16	9	8	45	32	57	3rd	Runners-up		DNQ	Vinny Arkins	13
1995–96	Premier	33	15	9	9	45	33	54	4th	Winners	Winners	UEFA Cup Q	Stephen Geoghegan	20
1996–97	Premier	33	15	9	9	52	36	54	3rd	Winners		CWC Q	Stephen Geoghegan	16
1997–98	Premier	33	20	7	6	58	32	67	2nd	Runners-up	Runners-up	CWC Q	Stephen Geoghegan	17
1998–99	Premier	33	13	8	12	37	35	47	3rd	Semi-Finals		UEFA Cup 1Q	Tony Sheridan	9
1999–2000	Premier	33	19	12	2	49	20	69	1st	Winners	Round 2	IC R1	Stephen Geoghegan	12
2000–01	Premier	33	17	9	7	53	37	60	2nd	Quarter-Finals	Round 1	CL 2QR	Richie Foran / Stephen Geoghegan	11
2001–02	Premier	33	19	6	8	50	28	63	1st	Round 3	Round 1	UEFA Cup Q	Stephen Geoghegan	9
2002–03	Premier	27	15	4	8	44	26	49	2nd	Round 3	No Competition	CL 1Q	Stuart Byrne / Stephen Geoghegan	9
2003	Premier	36	19	12	5	52	28	69	1st	Round 3	Round 1	UEFA Cup Q	Jason Byrne	25
2004	Premier	36	19	11	6	57	37	68	1st	Round 3	Round 1	CL 3Q UEFA Cup R1	Jason Byrne	28
2005	Premier	33	20	7	6	62	25	67	3rd	Round 2	Semi-Finals	CL 2Q	Jason Byrne	30
2006	Premier	30	18	8	4	60	27	62	1st	Round 3	Runners-up	IC Semi-Finals	Jason Byrne	23
2007	First	36	11	10	15	46	46	43	5th	Round 2	Round 2	CL Withdrew	Mark Leech	12
2008	First	36	20	10	6	55	25	70	2nd	Round 3	Round 2		Anto Flood	15
2009	First	33	22	7	4	66	31	73	2nd	Round 3	Round 2		David McAllister	19
2010	First	33	18	7	8	57	31	61	4th	Round 4	Preliminary Round		Daniel Corcoran	13
2011	First	30	22	2	6	62	24	68	2nd (P)	Runners-up	Quarter-Finals		Philip Hughes	27

References

1. In 1985 with the introduction of 6 new teams the league was split into two divisions. Prior to this there was just one division.