Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline, Dunfermline · Scotland · Scottish Championship

Major cups

last 1968

Top-4 finishes

Power-ranking history

Greatest games

Dunfermline Athletic's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.

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Celtic

1965-04-24 · Scottish Cup · Final

64.7

game score

Celtic

2007-05-26 · Scottish Cup · Final

58.5

game score

Hibernian

2007-04-24 · Scottish Cup · Semifinals

58.5

game score

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

1969-04-23 · Cup Winners' Cup · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 1-2

56.9

game score

West Bromwich Albion

1969-02-19 · Cup Winners' Cup · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 1-0

56.8

game score

Real Zaragoza

1966-03-20 · Fairs Cup · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 3-4

56.1

game score

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

2004-04-20 · Scottish Cup · Semifinals

55.7

game score

Újpest Dózsa SC

1962-02-13 · Cup Winners' Cup · Quarterfinals · 1st leg

55.5

game score

RSC Anderlecht

1970-01-14 · Fairs Cup · Third Round · 2nd leg, agg 3-3

53.6

game score

Rangers

2007-01-07 · Scottish Cup · Third Round

52.7

game score

#		Stage	Result
1	1965-04-24	Scottish Cup · Final	neutral venue L 2-3 v Celtic	game score 64.7
2	2007-05-26	Scottish Cup · Final	neutral venue L 0-1 v Celtic	game score 58.5
3	2007-04-24	Scottish Cup · Semifinals	neutral venue W 1-0 v Hibernian	game score 58.5
4	1969-04-23	Cup Winners' Cup · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 1-2	away L 0-1 v ŠK Slovan Bratislava	game score 56.9
5	1969-02-19	Cup Winners' Cup · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 1-0	away W 1-0 v West Bromwich Albion	game score 56.8
6	1966-03-20	Fairs Cup · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 3-4	away L 2-4 v Real Zaragoza	game score 56.1
7	2004-04-20	Scottish Cup · Semifinals	neutral venue W 3-2 v Inverness Caledonian Thistle	game score 55.7
8	1962-02-13	Cup Winners' Cup · Quarterfinals · 1st leg	away L 3-4 v Újpest Dózsa SC	game score 55.5
9	1970-01-14	Fairs Cup · Third Round · 2nd leg, agg 3-3	home W 3-2 v RSC Anderlecht	game score 53.6
10	2007-01-07	Scottish Cup · Third Round	home W 3-2 v Rangers	game score 52.7

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Tiers played

L1, L2, L3

Top-flight (L1) seasons

Lower-tier league seasons

First season

1913

Most recent season

2026

The Heartbreak Index11.2 · #148

The Damned · Major trophy, 1968

11.2

Heartbreak

#148

of 1,138 clubs

#76

in Football

8.8

agony · 2.5 despair

The clocks

Major trophy since 19688.6

Heaviest wounds

lost the national cup final, 2007 · lost the national cup final, 2026 · lost the national cup final, 2004 · relegated from the top flight, 2012

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Scottish Premiership only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027

Championship (2) · P3● live

13 P · 6-6-1 · 15:7 · +8

pts

2026

Scottish Championship (2) · P4

36 P · 14-9-13 · 52:41 · +11

pts

Scot Cup

2025

Scottish Championship (2) · P7

36 P · 9-8-19 · 28:43 · -15

pts

2024

Scottish Championship (2) · P6

36 P · 11-12-13 · 43:48 · -5

pts

2023

Scottish League One (3) · P1↑

36 P · 23-12-1 · 63:21 · +42

pts

2022

Scottish Championship (2) · P9↓

36 P · 7-14-15 · 36:53 · -17

pts

2021

Scottish Championship (2) · P4PO

27 P · 10-9-8 · 38:34 · +4

pts

2020

Scottish Championship (2) · P5

28 P · 10-7-11 · 41:36 · +5

pts

2019

Scottish Championship (2) · P7

36 P · 11-8-17 · 33:40 · -7

pts

2018

Scottish Championship (2) · P4PO

36 P · 16-11-9 · 60:35 · +25

pts

2017

Scottish Championship (2) · P5

36 P · 12-12-12 · 46:43 · +3

pts

2016

Scottish League One (3) · P1↑

36 P · 24-7-5 · 83:30 · +53

pts

Year	League	Team	Pos	Notes	Domestic Cup	Eur Comp	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD	Eur Qual (next yr)
2027● live	Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				13	6	6	1	24	15	7	8
2026	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	4		Scot Cup		36	14	9	13	51	52	41	11
2025	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	7				36	9	8	19	35	28	43	-15
2024	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	6				36	11	12	13	45	43	48	-5
2023	Scottish League One(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			36	23	12	1	81	63	21	42
2022	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	9	relegated (PO)			36	7	14	15	35	36	53	-17
2021	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	4	Playoffs			27	10	9	8	39	38	34	4
2020	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	5				28	10	7	11	37	41	36	5
2019	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	7				36	11	8	17	41	33	40	-7
2018	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	4	Playoffs			36	16	11	9	59	60	35	25
2017	Scottish Championship(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	5				36	12	12	12	48	46	43	3
2016	Scottish League One(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			36	24	7	5	79	83	30	53
2015	Scottish League One(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	7				36	13	9	14	48	46	48	-2
2014	Scottish League One(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	2				36	19	6	11	63	68	54	14
2013	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	6	relegated			36	14	7	15	49	62	59	3
2012	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	12	relegated			38	5	10	23	25	40	82	-42
2011	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			36	20	10	6	70	66	31	35
2010	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				36	17	7	12	58	54	44	10
2009	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				36	14	9	13	51	52	44	8
2008	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	5			UC	36	13	12	11	51	36	41	-5
2007	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	12	relegated	Scot Cup		38	8	8	22	32	26	55	-29	UC
2006	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	11		Lg Cup		38	8	9	21	33	33	68	-35
2005	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	11			UC	38	8	10	20	34	34	60	-26
2004	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	4		Scot Cup		38	14	11	13	53	45	52	-7	UC
2003	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	5				38	13	7	18	46	54	71	-17
2002	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	6				38	12	9	17	45	41	64	-23
2001	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	9				38	11	9	18	42	34	54	-20
2000	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			36	20	11	5	71	66	33	33
1999	Scottish Premier(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	10	relegated			36	4	16	16	28	28	59	-31
1998	Premier Division(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	8				36	8	13	15	36	43	68	-25
1997	Premier Division(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	5				36	12	9	15	45	52	65	-13
1996	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			36	21	8	7	71	73	41	32
1995	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	Not Promoted (PO)			36	18	14	4	68	73	37	36
1994	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2				44	29	7	8	65	93	35	58
1993	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				44	22	8	14	52	47	17	30
1992	Premier Division(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	12	relegated	Lg Cup		44	4	10	30	18	22	80	-58
1991	Premier Division(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	8				36	8	11	17	27	38	61	-23
1990	Premier Division(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	8				36	11	8	17	30	37	50	-13
1989	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			39	22	10	7	54	60	36	24
1988	Premier Division(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	11	relegated			44	8	10	26	26	41	84	-43
1987	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			44	23	10	11	56	61	41	20
1986	Scottish Second Division(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			39	23	11	5	57	91	47	44
1985	Scottish Second Division(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				39	17	15	7	49	61	36	25
1984	Scottish Second Division(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	9				39	13	10	16	36	44	45	-1
1983	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	13	relegated			39	7	17	15	31	39	69	-30
1982	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	10				39	11	14	14	36	46	56	-10
1981	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	12				39	10	7	22	27	41	58	-17
1980	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	10				39	11	13	15	35	39	57	-18
1979	Scottish Second Division(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			39	19	14	6	52	66	40	26
1978	Scottish Second Division(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				39	18	12	9	48	64	41	23
1977	Scottish Second Division(3)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				39	20	10	9	50	52	36	16
1976	Scottish First Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	13	relegated			26	5	10	11	20	30	51	-21
1975	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	15	relegated			34	7	9	18	23	46	66	-20
1974	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	16				34	8	8	18	24	43	65	-22
1973	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			36	23	6	7	52	95	32	63
1972	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	18	relegated			34	7	9	18	23	31	50	-19
1971	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	16				34	6	11	17	23	44	56	-12
1970	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	9			ICFC	34	13	9	12	35	52	52	0
1969	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	3			CWC	34	19	7	8	45	63	45	18	ICFC
1968	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	4		Scot Cup		34	17	5	12	39	64	41	23	CWC
1967	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	8			ICFC	34	14	10	10	38	72	52	20
1966	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	4			ICFC	34	19	6	9	44	94	55	39	ICFC
1965	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	3		Scot Cup	ICFC	34	22	5	7	49	83	36	47	ICFC
1964	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	5				34	18	9	7	45	64	33	31	ICFC
1963	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	8			ICFC	34	13	8	13	34	50	47	3
1962	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	4			CWC	34	19	5	10	43	77	46	31	ICFC
1961	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	12		Scot Cup		34	12	7	15	31	65	81	-16	CWC
1960	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	13				34	10	9	15	29	72	80	-8
1959	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	16				34	10	8	16	28	68	87	-19
1958	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			36	24	5	7	53	120	42	78
1957	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	17	relegated			34	9	6	19	24	54	74	-20
1956	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	16				34	10	6	18	26	42	82	-40
1955	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			30	19	4	7	42	72	40	32
1954	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	8				30	11	9	10	31	48	57	-9
1953	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	11				30	9	9	12	27	51	58	-7
1952	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	6				30	15	2	13	32	74	65	9
1951	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	10				30	12	4	14	28	58	73	-15
1950	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3		Lg Cup		30	16	4	10	36	71	57	14
1949	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	4				30	16	9	5	41	80	58	22
1948	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	7				30	13	3	14	29	72	71	1
1947	B Division(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	8				26	10	3	13	23	50	72	-22
1939	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	5	relegated			34	18	5	11	41	99	78	21
1938	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	9				34	17	5	12	39	82	76	6
1937	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	19	relegated			38	5	11	22	21	65	98	-33
1936	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	14				38	12	8	18	32	67	92	-25
1935	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	15				38	13	5	20	31	56	96	-40
1934	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2	promoted			34	20	4	10	44	90	52	38
1933	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				34	20	7	7	47	89	44	45
1932	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	10				38	17	6	15	40	78	73	5
1931	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				38	20	7	11	47	83	50	33
1930	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	10				38	16	6	16	38	99	85	14
1929	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	11				36	13	7	16	33	66	72	-6
1928	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	20	relegated			38	4	4	30	12	41	126	-85
1927	Division One(1)	Dunfermline Athletic	18				38	10	8	20	28	53	85	-32
1926	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	1	promoted			38	26	7	5	59	109	43	66
1925	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	13				38	14	7	17	35	62	57	5
1924	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	7				38	14	11	13	39	52	45	7
1923	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	13				38	11	11	16	33	47	44	3
1922	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	8				38	14	10	14	38	56	42	14
1915	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	6	relegated			26	13	2	11	28	49	39	10
1914	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	3				22	11	4	7	26	46	28	18
1913	Scottish Division Two(2)	Dunfermline Athletic	2				26	13	7	6	33	45	27	18

Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

2026

Scottish Cup

Runner-up

2007

Scottish Cup

Runner-up

2006

Scottish League Cup

Runner-up

2004

Scottish Cup

Runner-up

1992

Scottish League Cup

Runner-up

1968

Scottish Cup

Won

1965

Scottish Cup

Runner-up

1961

Scottish Cup

Won

1950

Scottish League Cup

Runner-up

Year	Competition	Result
2026	Scottish Cup	Runner-up
2007	Scottish Cup	Runner-up
2006	Scottish League Cup	Runner-up
2004	Scottish Cup	Runner-up
1992	Scottish League Cup	Runner-up
1968	Scottish Cup	Won
1965	Scottish Cup	Runner-up
1961	Scottish Cup	Won
1950	Scottish League Cup	Runner-up

European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

2007-08

UEFA Cup(UC)

Qualifying

2004-05

UEFA Cup(UC)

Qualifying

1969-70

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)

Round of 16

1968-69

Cup Winners Cup(CWC)

Semi-final

1966-67

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)

Group stage

1965-66

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)

Quarter-final

1964-65

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)

Round of 16

1962-63

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)

Round of 16

1961-62

Cup Winners Cup(CWC)

Quarter-final

Season	Competition	Result
2007-08	UEFA Cup(UC)	Qualifying
2004-05	UEFA Cup(UC)	Qualifying
1969-70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)	Round of 16
1968-69	Cup Winners Cup(CWC)	Semi-final
1966-67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)	Group stage
1965-66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)	Quarter-final
1964-65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)	Round of 16
1962-63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)	Round of 16
1961-62	Cup Winners Cup(CWC)	Quarter-final

Power-ranking history

Greatest games

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The Heartbreak Index11.2 · #148