Lincoln City

Lincoln, Lincoln · England · League One

Footprint

Tiers played

L2, L3, L4, L5

Top-flight (L1) seasons

Lower-tier league seasons

121

First season

1893

Most recent season

2026

Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

Year	League	Team	Pos	Notes	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
2026	League One(3)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	46	31	10	5	103	89	41	48
2025	League One(3)	Lincoln City	11		46	16	13	17	61	64	56	8
2024	League One(3)	Lincoln City	7		46	20	14	12	74	65	40	25
2023	League One(3)	Lincoln City	11		46	14	20	12	62	47	47	0
2022	League One(3)	Lincoln City	17		46	14	10	22	52	55	63	-8
2021	League One(3)	Lincoln City	5	Not Promoted (PO)	46	22	11	13	77	69	50	19
2020	League One(3)	Lincoln City	16		35	12	6	17	42	44	46	-2
2019	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	46	23	16	7	85	73	43	30
2018	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	7	Playoffs	46	20	15	11	75	64	48	16
2017	National League(5)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	46	30	9	7	99	83	40	43
2016	National League(5)	Lincoln City	13		46	16	13	17	61	69	68	1
2015	Conference National(5)	Lincoln City	15		46	16	10	20	58	62	71	-9
2014	Conference National(5)	Lincoln City	14		46	17	14	15	65	60	59	1
2013	Conference National(5)	Lincoln City	16		46	15	11	20	56	66	73	-7
2012	Conference National(5)	Lincoln City	17		46	13	10	23	49	56	66	-10
2011	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	23	relegated	46	13	8	25	47	45	81	-36
2010	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	20		46	13	11	22	50	42	65	-23
2009	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	13		46	14	17	15	59	53	52	1
2008	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	15		46	18	4	24	58	61	77	-16
2007	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	5	Playoffs	46	21	11	14	74	70	59	11
2006	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	7	Playoffs	46	15	21	10	66	65	53	12
2005	League Two(4)	Lincoln City	6	Not Promoted (PO)	46	20	12	14	72	64	47	17
2004	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	7	Playoffs	46	19	17	10	74	68	47	21
2003	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	6	Not Promoted (PO)	46	18	16	12	70	46	37	9
2002	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	22		46	10	16	20	46	44	62	-18
2001	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	18		46	12	15	19	51	58	66	-8
2000	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	15		46	15	14	17	59	67	69	-2
1999	Second Division(3)	Lincoln City	23	relegated	46	13	7	26	46	42	74	-32
1998	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	3	promoted	46	20	15	11	75	60	51	9
1997	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	9		46	18	12	16	66	70	69	1
1996	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	18		46	13	14	19	53	57	73	-16
1995	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	12		42	15	11	16	56	54	55	-1
1994	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	18		42	12	11	19	47	52	63	-11
1993	Third Division(4)	Lincoln City	8		42	18	9	15	63	57	53	4
1992	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	10		42	17	11	14	62	50	44	6
1991	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	14		46	14	17	15	59	50	61	-11
1990	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	10		46	18	14	14	68	48	48	0
1989	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	10		46	18	10	18	64	64	60	4
1988	Football Conference(5)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	42	24	10	8	82	86	48	38
1987	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	24	relegated	46	12	12	22	48	45	65	-20
1986	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	21	relegated	46	10	16	20	46	55	77	-22
1985	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	19		46	11	18	17	51	50	51	-1
1984	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	14		46	17	10	19	61	59	62	-3
1983	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	6		46	23	7	16	76	77	51	26
1982	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	4		46	21	14	11	77	66	40	26
1981	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	2	promoted	46	25	15	6	65	66	25	41
1980	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	7		46	18	17	11	53	64	42	22
1979	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	24	relegated	46	7	11	28	25	41	88	-47
1978	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	16		46	15	15	16	45	53	61	-8
1977	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	9		46	19	14	13	52	77	70	7
1976	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	46	32	10	4	74	111	39	72
1975	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	5		46	21	15	10	57	79	48	31
1974	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	12		46	16	12	18	44	63	67	-4
1973	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	10		46	16	16	14	48	64	57	7
1972	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	5		46	21	14	11	56	77	59	18
1971	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	21		46	13	13	20	39	70	71	-1
1970	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	8		46	17	16	13	50	66	52	14
1969	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	8		46	17	17	12	51	54	52	2
1968	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	13		46	17	9	20	43	71	68	3
1967	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	24		46	9	13	24	31	58	82	-24
1966	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	22		46	13	11	22	37	57	82	-25
1965	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	22		46	11	6	29	28	58	99	-41
1964	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	11		46	19	9	18	47	67	75	-8
1963	Fourth Division(4)	Lincoln City	22		46	13	9	24	35	68	89	-21
1962	Third Division(3)	Lincoln City	22	relegated	46	9	17	20	35	57	87	-30
1961	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	22	relegated	42	8	8	26	24	48	95	-47
1960	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	13		42	16	7	19	39	75	78	-3
1959	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	19		42	11	7	24	29	63	93	-30
1958	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	20		42	11	9	22	31	55	82	-27
1957	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	18		42	14	6	22	34	54	80	-26
1956	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	8		42	18	10	14	46	79	65	14
1955	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	16		42	13	10	19	36	68	79	-11
1954	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	16		42	14	9	19	37	65	83	-18
1953	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	15		42	11	17	14	39	64	71	-7
1952	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	46	30	9	7	69	121	52	69
1951	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	5		46	25	8	13	58	89	58	31
1950	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	4		42	21	9	12	51	60	39	21
1949	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	22	relegated	42	8	12	22	28	53	91	-38
1948	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	42	26	8	8	60	81	40	41
1947	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	12		42	17	5	20	39	86	87	-1
1940	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	-	relegated	3	1	1	1	-	6	7	-1
1939	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	17		42	12	9	21	33	66	92	-26
1938	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	7		42	19	8	15	46	66	50	16
1937	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	2		42	25	7	10	57	103	57	46
1936	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	4		42	22	9	11	53	91	51	40
1935	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	4		42	22	7	13	51	87	58	29
1934	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	22	relegated	42	9	8	25	26	44	75	-31
1933	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	18		42	12	13	17	37	72	87	-15
1932	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	1	promoted	40	26	5	9	57	106	47	59
1931	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	2		42	25	7	10	57	102	59	43
1930	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	5		42	17	14	11	48	83	61	22
1929	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	6		42	21	6	15	48	91	67	24
1928	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	2		42	24	7	11	55	91	64	27
1927	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	11		42	15	12	15	42	90	78	12
1926	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	15		42	17	5	20	39	66	82	-16
1925	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	8		42	18	8	16	44	53	58	-5
1924	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	19		42	10	12	20	32	48	59	-11
1923	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	13		38	13	10	15	36	39	55	-16
1922	Third Division North(3)	Lincoln City	14		38	14	6	18	34	48	59	-11
1920	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	21	relegated	42	9	9	24	27	44	101	-57
1915	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	16	relegated	38	11	9	18	31	46	65	-19
1914	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	19		38	10	6	22	26	36	66	-30
1913	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	8		38	15	10	13	40	50	52	-2
1911	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	20	relegated	38	7	10	21	24	28	72	-44
1910	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	15		38	10	11	17	31	42	69	-27
1908	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	20	relegated	38	9	3	26	21	46	83	-37
1907	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	19		38	12	4	22	28	46	73	-27
1906	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	13		38	12	6	20	30	69	72	-3
1905	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	9		34	12	7	15	31	42	40	2
1904	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	12		34	11	8	15	30	41	58	-17
1903	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	10		34	12	6	16	30	46	53	-7
1902	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	5		34	14	13	7	41	45	35	10
1901	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	8		34	13	7	14	33	43	39	4
1900	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	9		34	14	8	12	36	46	43	3
1899	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	12		34	12	7	15	31	51	56	-5
1898	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	14		30	6	5	19	17	43	82	-39
1897	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	16		30	5	2	23	12	27	85	-58
1896	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	13		30	9	4	17	22	53	75	-22
1895	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	13		30	10	0	20	20	52	92	-40
1894	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	8		28	11	6	11	28	59	58	1
1893	Second Division(2)	Lincoln City	9		22	7	3	12	17	45	51	-6