AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club, currently based in Merton, Greater London. The club was formed on 30 May 2002 by supporters of Wimbledon Football Club, led by Kris Stewart, Marc Jones and Trevor Williams who strongly opposed the decision of an independent commission appointed by The Football Association to allow the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, to be subsequently renamed as Milton Keynes Dons. [1]
AFC Wimbledon was accepted into the Premier Division of the Combined Counties League for the 2002–03 season. [2] The club's average home attendance at league fixtures for their first season exceeded 3,000 – higher than the average attendance in the same season of Wimbledon F.C., who were still playing in the First Division (now the Football League Championship). [3] AFC Wimbledon have also set a record for the longest run of unbeaten league games at any level of men's semi-professional or professional football in the United Kingdom. [4] The team remained unbeaten for 78 league matches between 22 February 2003 (a 2–0 defeat at home to Withdean 2000) and 4 December 2004 (a 2–0 defeat at Cray Wanderers). [5]
The club went on to achieve 5 promotions in 9 seasons, ensuring that they were the first club to be formed in the 21st century to achieve Football League status, and making them the youngest of the 72 Football League clubs. [6] On 30 May 2016, AFC Wimbledon achieved their 6th promotion to Football League One after victory in the 2016 Football League Two play-off final, exactly 14 years to the day since the club's formation. [7]
The Division is shown in italics when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.
Champions ↑ | Runners-up | Automatic Promotion † | Promotion via Play-offs ‡ | Relegated |
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Season | League | FA Cup | Other competitions | Top scorer | Average home attendance |
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | ![]() | ||||||
2002–03 | Combined Counties League Premier Division |
46 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 125 | 46 | 111 | 3rd | N/A | London Senior Cup | R4 | Kevin Cooper | 37 | 3,003 | [8] [9] [10] [11] |
Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2003–04 | Combined Counties League Premier Division |
46 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 32 | 130 | 1st ↑ Champions |
FA Vase | R6 | Kevin Cooper | 53 | 2,606 | [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | |
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||
Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
2004–05 | Isthmian League Division One |
42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 91 | 33 | 97 | 1st ↑ Champions |
QR3 | FA Trophy | R1 | Richard Butler | 24 | 2,858 | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
London Senior Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2005–06 | Isthmian League Premier Division |
42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 67 | 36 | 77 | 4th [A] | QR2 | FA Trophy | R1 | Shane Smeltz | 19 | 2,706 | [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] |
London Senior Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | RU | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2006–07 | Isthmian League Premier Division |
42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 76 | 37 | 75 [B] | 5th [C] | QR4 | FA Trophy | R2 [B] | Roscoe Dsane | 17 | 2,512 | [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] |
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 [B] | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||
2007–08 | Isthmian League Premier Division |
42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 81 | 47 | 75 |
3rd
[D] Promoted via Play-offs‡ |
QR3 | FA Trophy | R3 | Steven Ferguson | 10 | 2,603 | [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] |
London Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2008–09 | Conference South |
42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 86 | 36 | 88 |
1st ↑ Champions |
R1 | FA Trophy | R1 | Jon Main | 33 | 3,219 | [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] |
Conference League Cup | R1S | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||
2009–10 | Conference National |
44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 47 | 64 | 8th | R1 | FA Trophy | R3 | Danny Kedwell | 21 | 3,535 | [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] |
London Senior Cup | RU | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2010–11 | Conference National |
46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 83 | 47 | 90 |
2nd
[E] Promoted via Play-offs‡ |
R2 | FA Trophy | R2 | Danny Kedwell | 23 | 3,486 | [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] |
London Senior Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2011–12 | Football League Two |
46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 78 | 54 | 16th | R2 | Football League Cup | Prelim | Jack Midson | 18 | 4,295 | [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] |
Football League Trophy | R3 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2012–13 | Football League Two |
46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 76 | 53 | 20th | R2 | Football League Cup | R1 | Jack Midson | 13 | 4,060 | [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] |
Football League Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||
2013–14 | Football League Two |
46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 57 | 53 [F] | 20th | R1 | Football League Cup | R1 | Michael Smith | 9 | 4,135 | [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] |
Football League Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2014–15 | Football League Two |
46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | 50 | 15th | R3 | Football League Cup | R1 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 15 | 4,073 | [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] |
Football League Trophy | R3 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2015–16 | Football League Two |
46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | 75 |
7th
[G] Promoted via Play-offs‡ |
R1 | Football League Cup | R1 | Lyle Taylor | 20 | 4,138 | [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] |
Football League Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2016–17 | Football League One |
46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 15th | R3 | Football League Cup | R1 | Lyle Taylor | 14 | 4,477 | |
Football League Trophy | R2 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2017–18 | Football League One |
46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 58 | 53 | 18th | R3 | Football League Cup | R1 | Lyle Taylor | 14 | 4,325 | |
Football League Trophy | R2 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2018–19 | Football League One |
46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | 50 | 20th | R5 | Football League Cup | R2 | Joe Pigott | 15 | 4,297 | |
Football League Trophy | R2 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2019–20 | Football League One |
35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | 35 | 20th [H] | R1 | Football League Cup | R1 | Marcus Forss | 11 | 4,310 | |
Football League Trophy | Group Stage | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2020–21 | Football League One |
46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | 51 | 19th | R2 | Football League Cup | R1 | Joe Pigott | 21 | N/A | |
Football League Trophy | QF | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2021–22 | Football League One |
46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | 37 |
23rd ↓ Relegated |
R3 | Football League Cup | R3 | Jack Rudoni | 12 | 7,704 | [85] [86] |
Football League Trophy | Group stage | |||||||||||||||
2022–23 | Football League Two |
46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 21st | R2 | Football League Cup | R1 | Ethan Chislett | 9 | 7,604 | [87] [88] |
Football League Trophy | R3 | |||||||||||||||
2023–24 | Football League Two |
46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 51 | 65 | 10th | R3 | Football League Cup | R2 |
Ali Al-Hamadi Omar Bugiel |
13 | 7,893 | [89] [90] |
Football League Trophy | QF |
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club, currently based in Merton, Greater London. The club was formed on 30 May 2002 by supporters of Wimbledon Football Club, led by Kris Stewart, Marc Jones and Trevor Williams who strongly opposed the decision of an independent commission appointed by The Football Association to allow the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, to be subsequently renamed as Milton Keynes Dons. [1]
AFC Wimbledon was accepted into the Premier Division of the Combined Counties League for the 2002–03 season. [2] The club's average home attendance at league fixtures for their first season exceeded 3,000 – higher than the average attendance in the same season of Wimbledon F.C., who were still playing in the First Division (now the Football League Championship). [3] AFC Wimbledon have also set a record for the longest run of unbeaten league games at any level of men's semi-professional or professional football in the United Kingdom. [4] The team remained unbeaten for 78 league matches between 22 February 2003 (a 2–0 defeat at home to Withdean 2000) and 4 December 2004 (a 2–0 defeat at Cray Wanderers). [5]
The club went on to achieve 5 promotions in 9 seasons, ensuring that they were the first club to be formed in the 21st century to achieve Football League status, and making them the youngest of the 72 Football League clubs. [6] On 30 May 2016, AFC Wimbledon achieved their 6th promotion to Football League One after victory in the 2016 Football League Two play-off final, exactly 14 years to the day since the club's formation. [7]
The Division is shown in italics when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.
Champions ↑ | Runners-up | Automatic Promotion † | Promotion via Play-offs ‡ | Relegated |
|
|
|
|
Season | League | FA Cup | Other competitions | Top scorer | Average home attendance |
References | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | ![]() | ||||||
2002–03 | Combined Counties League Premier Division |
46 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 125 | 46 | 111 | 3rd | N/A | London Senior Cup | R4 | Kevin Cooper | 37 | 3,003 | [8] [9] [10] [11] |
Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2003–04 | Combined Counties League Premier Division |
46 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 32 | 130 | 1st ↑ Champions |
FA Vase | R6 | Kevin Cooper | 53 | 2,606 | [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | |
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||
Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
2004–05 | Isthmian League Division One |
42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 91 | 33 | 97 | 1st ↑ Champions |
QR3 | FA Trophy | R1 | Richard Butler | 24 | 2,858 | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
London Senior Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2005–06 | Isthmian League Premier Division |
42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 67 | 36 | 77 | 4th [A] | QR2 | FA Trophy | R1 | Shane Smeltz | 19 | 2,706 | [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] |
London Senior Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | RU | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2006–07 | Isthmian League Premier Division |
42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 76 | 37 | 75 [B] | 5th [C] | QR4 | FA Trophy | R2 [B] | Roscoe Dsane | 17 | 2,512 | [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] |
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 [B] | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | R4 | |||||||||||||||
2007–08 | Isthmian League Premier Division |
42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 81 | 47 | 75 |
3rd
[D] Promoted via Play-offs‡ |
QR3 | FA Trophy | R3 | Steven Ferguson | 10 | 2,603 | [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] |
London Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
Isthmian League Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2008–09 | Conference South |
42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 86 | 36 | 88 |
1st ↑ Champions |
R1 | FA Trophy | R1 | Jon Main | 33 | 3,219 | [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] |
Conference League Cup | R1S | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R3 | |||||||||||||||
2009–10 | Conference National |
44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 47 | 64 | 8th | R1 | FA Trophy | R3 | Danny Kedwell | 21 | 3,535 | [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] |
London Senior Cup | RU | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2010–11 | Conference National |
46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 83 | 47 | 90 |
2nd
[E] Promoted via Play-offs‡ |
R2 | FA Trophy | R2 | Danny Kedwell | 23 | 3,486 | [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] |
London Senior Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2011–12 | Football League Two |
46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 78 | 54 | 16th | R2 | Football League Cup | Prelim | Jack Midson | 18 | 4,295 | [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] |
Football League Trophy | R3 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
2012–13 | Football League Two |
46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 76 | 53 | 20th | R2 | Football League Cup | R1 | Jack Midson | 13 | 4,060 | [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] |
Football League Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | SF | |||||||||||||||
2013–14 | Football League Two |
46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 57 | 53 [F] | 20th | R1 | Football League Cup | R1 | Michael Smith | 9 | 4,135 | [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] |
Football League Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
2014–15 | Football League Two |
46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | 50 | 15th | R3 | Football League Cup | R1 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 15 | 4,073 | [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] |
Football League Trophy | R3 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R1 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2015–16 | Football League Two |
46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | 75 |
7th
[G] Promoted via Play-offs‡ |
R1 | Football League Cup | R1 | Lyle Taylor | 20 | 4,138 | [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] |
Football League Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2016–17 | Football League One |
46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 15th | R3 | Football League Cup | R1 | Lyle Taylor | 14 | 4,477 | |
Football League Trophy | R2 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | QF | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2017–18 | Football League One |
46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 58 | 53 | 18th | R3 | Football League Cup | R1 | Lyle Taylor | 14 | 4,325 | |
Football League Trophy | R2 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2018–19 | Football League One |
46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | 50 | 20th | R5 | Football League Cup | R2 | Joe Pigott | 15 | 4,297 | |
Football League Trophy | R2 | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2019–20 | Football League One |
35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | 35 | 20th [H] | R1 | Football League Cup | R1 | Marcus Forss | 11 | 4,310 | |
Football League Trophy | Group Stage | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2020–21 | Football League One |
46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | 51 | 19th | R2 | Football League Cup | R1 | Joe Pigott | 21 | N/A | |
Football League Trophy | QF | |||||||||||||||
London Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Surrey Senior Cup | N/A | |||||||||||||||
2021–22 | Football League One |
46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | 37 |
23rd ↓ Relegated |
R3 | Football League Cup | R3 | Jack Rudoni | 12 | 7,704 | [85] [86] |
Football League Trophy | Group stage | |||||||||||||||
2022–23 | Football League Two |
46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 21st | R2 | Football League Cup | R1 | Ethan Chislett | 9 | 7,604 | [87] [88] |
Football League Trophy | R3 | |||||||||||||||
2023–24 | Football League Two |
46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 51 | 65 | 10th | R3 | Football League Cup | R2 |
Ali Al-Hamadi Omar Bugiel |
13 | 7,893 | [89] [90] |
Football League Trophy | QF |