List of Ayr United F.C. seasons

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Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire. This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

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Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Manager	Division	Tier	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Name	Goals
		League													Top goalscorer
1910–11	Committee	Div 2 (Old)	2	22	12	3	7	54	36	27	2nd	-
1911–12	Committee	Div 2 (Old)	2	22	16	3	3	54	24	35	1st	R1
1912–13	Committee	Div 2 (Old)	2	26	13	8	5	45	19	34	1st	R2
1913–14	Committee	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	7	18	56	72	33	9th
1914–15	Herbert Dainty	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	20	8	10	55	40	48	4th
1915–16	Lawrence Gemson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	20	8	10	72	45	48	4th
1916–17	Lawrence Gemson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	7	19	47	59	31	15th
1917–18	Lawrence Gemson	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	5	9	20	32	61	19	18th
1918–19	John Cameron	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	15	8	11	62	53	38	5th
1919–20	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	42	15	10	17	72	69	40	10th	R3
1920–21	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	42	14	12	16	62	69	40	14th	R3
1921–22	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	42	13	12	17	55	63	38	14th	R2
1922–23	James McDonald	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	12	13	43	44	38	10th	R3
1923–24	Jimmy Richardson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	10	16	38	60	34	14th	R4
1924–25	Jimmy Hay	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	11	8	19	43	65	30	19th	R2
1925–26	Jimmy Hay	Div 2 (Old)	2	38	20	12	6	77	39	52	3rd	R1
1926–27	Archie Buchanan	Div 2 (Old)	2	38	13	15	10	67	68	41	8th
1927–28	Archie Buchanan	Div 2 (Old)	2	38	24	6	8	117	60	54	1st	R2
1928–29	Archie Buchanan	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	7	19	65	84	31	16th	R3
1929–30	Archie Buchanan	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	16	6	16	70	92	38	9th	R2
1930–31	Archie Buchanan	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	8	11	19	53	92	27	18th	R3
1931–32	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	11	7	20	70	90	29	17th
1932–33	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	4	21	62	95	30	16th	R2
1933–34	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	16	10	12	87	92	42	8th	R2
1934–35	Alex Gibson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	12	5	21	61	112	29	18th	R2
1935–36	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	11	3	24	53	98	25	20th
1936–37	Frank Thompson	Div 2 (Old)	2	34	25	4	5	122	49	54	1st
1937–38	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	9	15	14	66	85	33	17th	R4
1938–39	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	38	13	9	16	76	83	35	14th
1939–40	Frank Thompson	Div 1 (Old)	1	5	2	0	3	10	17	4	18th
1940–45[1]		Not held		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–				–	–
1946–47	Bob Ferrier	Div 2 (Old)	2	26	9	2	15	56	73	20	11th	R2	Group
1947–48	Bob Ferrier	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	9	9	12	59	61	27	10th		Group
1948–49		Div 2 (Old)	2	30	10	7	13	51	70	27	9th	Bob Ferrier	Group
1949–50	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	8	6	16	53	80	22	13th		Group
1950–51	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	15	6	9	64	40	36	3rd	R4	SF
1951–52	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	17	5	8	55	45	39	3rd		Group
1952–53	Archie Anderson	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	17	2	11	76	56	36	5th	R3	Group
1953–54	Reuben Bennett	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	11	8	11	50	56	30	9th	R2	QF
1954–55	Reuben Bennett	Div 2 (Old)	2	30	14	4	12	61	73	32	8th		QF
1955–56	Neil McBain	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	24	3	9	103	55	51	2nd		Group
1956–57	Jackie Cox	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	7	5	22	48	89	19	18th	R5	Group
1957–58	Jackie Cox	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	18	6	12	98	81	42	5th		Group
1958–59	Jackie Cox	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	28	4	4	115	48	60	1st	R3	QF
1959–60	Jackie Cox	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	14	6	14	65	73	34	8	R4	Group
1960–61	Jackie Cox	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	5	12	17	51	81	22	18th	R2	Group
1961–62	Gerry Mays	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	15	8	13	71	63	38	9th		QF
1962–63	Neil McBain	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	13	8	15	68	77	34	13th	R2	Group
1963–64	Bobby Flavell	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	12	5	19	58	83	29	14th	R4	Group
1964–65	Tom McCreath	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	9	6	21	49	67	24	18th		Group
1965–66	Tom McCreath	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	22	9	5	78	37	53	1st		QF
1966–67	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	1	7	26	20	86	9	18th		QF
1967–68	Ally MacLeod	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	18	6	12	69	48	42	5th		QF
1968–69	Ally MacLeod	Div 2 (Old)	2	36	23	7	6	82	31	53	2nd	R2	QF
1969–70	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	12	6	16	37	52	30	14th		SF
1970–71	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	9	8	17	37	54	26	14th	R3	Group
1971–72	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	9	10	15	40	58	28	12th	R4	Group
1972–73	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	16	8	10	50	51	40	6th	SF	Group
1973–74	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	15	8	11	44	40	38	7th	R5	Group
1974–75	Ally MacLeod	Div 1 (Old)	1	34	14	8	12	50	61	36	7th	R3	Group
1975–76	Alex Stuart	Prem	1	36	14	5	17	46	59	33	6th	R4	Group
1976–77	Alex Stuart	Prem	1	36	11	8	17	44	68	30	8th	R4	Group
1977–78	Alex Stuart	Prem	1	36	9	6	21	36	68	24	9th	R3	R3
1978–79	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	21	5	13	71	52	47	4th	R4	QF
1979–80	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	16	12	11	64	51	44	3rd	R4	R3
1980–81	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	17	11	11	59	42	45	6th	R3	SF
1981–82	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	15	12	12	56	50	42	6th	R3	Group
1982–83	Willie McLean	Div 1	2	39	12	8	19	45	61	32	12th	R3	Group
1983–84	George Caldwell	Div 1	2	39	10	12	17	56	70	32	12th	R3	R2
1984–85	George Caldwell	Div 1	2	39	15	9	15	57	52	39	7th	R4	R3
1985–86	Ally MacLeod	Div 1	2	39	10	11	18	41	60	31	13th	R4	R2
1986–87	Ally MacLeod	Div 2	3	39	22	8	9	70	49	52	4th	R3	R3
1987–88	Ally MacLeod	Div 2	3	39	27	7	5	95	31	61	1st	R3	R2
1988–89	Ally MacLeod	Div 1	2	39	13	9	17	56	72	35	11th	R3	R2
1989–90	Ally MacLeod	Div 1	2	39	11	13	15	41	62	35	10th	R3	R2
1990–91	George Burley	Div 1	2	39	10	12	17	47	59	32	12th	R5	R2	Runners-up
1991–92	George Burley	Div 1	2	44	18	11	15	63	55	47	6th	R3	QF	Runners-up
1992–93	George Burley	Div 1	2	44	14	18	12	49	44	46	7th	R4	R2	R2
1993–94	Simon Stainrod	Div 1	2	44	14	14	16	42	52	42	7th	R3	R2	SF
1994–95	Simon Stainrod	Div 1	2	36	6	11	19	31	58	29	9th	R3	R2	QF
1995–96	Gordon Dalziel	Div 2	3	36	11	12	13	40	40	45	6th	R2	R2	R1
1996–97	Gordon Dalziel	Div 2	3	36	23	8	5	61	33	77	1st	R2	R3	R2
1997–98	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	10	10	16	40	56	40	7th	R5	R2	R2	Ian Ferguson	13
1998–99	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	19	5	12	66	42	62	3rd	R5	QF	n/a	Glynn Hurst	20
1999–00	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	10	8	18	42	52	38	7th	SF	R3	R1	Glynn Hurst	14
2000–01	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	19	12	5	73	41	69	2nd	R3	R1	R1	Eddie Annand	19
2001–02	Gordon Dalziel	Div 1	2	36	13	13	10	53	44	52	3rd	SF	Runners-up	R2	Eddie Annand	21
2002–03	Campbell Money	Div 1	2	36	12	9	15	34	44	45	6th	R4	R2	R2	Stewart Kean	7
2003–04	Campbell Money	Div 1	2	36	6	13	17	37	58	31	9th	R3	R1	R1	Stewart Kean	10
2004–05	Mark Shanks	Div 2	3	36	11	9	16	39	54	42	8th	R4	R1	R1	Stewart Kean	10
2005–06	Bobby Connor	Div 2	3	36	10	12	14	56	61	42	6th	R3	R3	R1
2006–07	Bobby Connor	Div 2	3	36	14	8	14	46	47	50	5th	R3	R2	QF	Jerome Vareille	8
2007–08	Brian Reid	Div 2	3	36	13	7	16	51	62	46	7th	R3	R1	SF	Alex Williams	18
2008–09	Brian Reid	Div 2	3	36	22	8	6	71	38	74	2nd	R4	R2	R1	Bryan Prunty	17
2009–10	Brian Reid	Div 1	2	36	7	10	19	29	60	31	10th	R5	R2	R1	Mark Roberts	9
2010–11	Brian Reid	Div 2	3	36	18	5	13	62	55	59	2nd	R5	R1	QF	Mark Roberts	26
2011–12	Brian Reid	Div 1	2	36	9	11	16	44	67	38	9th	QF	SF	QF	Mark Roberts	11
2012–13	Mark Roberts	Div 2	3	36	12	5	19	53	65	41	7th	R4	R2	R1	Michael Moffat	21
2013–14	Mark Roberts	L1	3	36	14	7	15	65	66	49	4th	R4	R1	R2	Michael Moffat	25
2014–15	Mark Roberts Ian McCall	L1	3	36	9	7	20	45	60	34	8th	R3	R2	R1	Alan Forrest	9
2015–16	Ian McCall	L1	3	36	19	4	13	65	47	61	2nd	R3	R2	R2	Craig Moore	15
2016–17	Ian McCall	Champ	2	36	7	12	17	33	62	33	10th	QF	R2	QF	Alan Forrest	6
2017–18	Ian McCall	L1	3	36	24	4	8	92	42	76	1st	R5	R2	R2	Lawrence Shankland	26
2018–19	Ian McCall	Champ	2	36	15	9	12	50	38	54	4th	R4	QF	R1	Lawrence Shankland	24
2019–20	Ian McCall Mark Kerr	Champ	2	27	12	4	11	38	35	40	4th	R5	Group	R3	Alan Forrest	10
2020–21	Mark Kerr	Champ	2										R2