List of Stoke City F.C. seasons

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 and played their first competitive match in November 1883 in the FA Cup. They were founder members of the Football League in 1888, in which they struggled finishing bottom in the first two seasons and failed to gain re-election for the 1890–91 resulting in them playing the following season in the Football Alliance. They finished as champions at their first attempt and re-joined the Football League the following season (1891-92). Stoke continued to struggle financially and in 1908 the club was liquidated and had to resign from the league. They reformed as Stoke F.C. (1908) and played in both the Birmingham & District League and Southern Football League before regaining their league status for the 1919–20 season.

As a Football League team Stoke have won two divisional titles at the second and third levels of the English football league system. They have been promoted eight times and suffered relegation on seven occasions. They played in the 2011 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester City and their best achievement is in the League Cup which they beat Chelsea in the 1972 Final. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the club has spent 60 seasons in the top tier of the English football league system, 41 in the second and 8 in the third.

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