This is a list of all the seasons played by
Leyton Orient Football Club
Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...
in
English football. The club was formed in 1881 as Glyn Cricket Club, and started a football section named Orient Football Club in 1888. Friendly matches were played against local sides until the club was elected into the Clapton & District League for the 1893–94 season.
["Leyton Orient: The Complete Record", N Kaufman & A Ravenhill, Breedon Books, 2006]
Leyton Orient is the second oldest football club in London, behind
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...
, and was elected to
The Football League for the 1905–06 season. The club has undergone a number of name changes during its history: from Orient to Clapton Orient in 1898; to Leyton Orient in 1946; a reversion to Orient in 1966, then a return to the Leyton Orient name in 1987. The club has reached the top flight of English football once in its history, a single season in Division One in 1962–63 which ended in relegation. Leyton Orient's best performance in the
FA Cup was in reaching the semi-final stage in 1977–78.
This list includes the abandoned 1939–40 season and the unofficial Second World War leagues.
Seasons
Key
*P = Played
*W = Games won
*D = Games drawn
*L = Games lost
*GF = Goals for
*GA = Goals against
*Pts = Points
*Pos = Final position
*C&DL = Clapham & District League
*LL =
London League
*SFL =
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
*Div 1 =
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
*Div 2 =
Football League Second Division
*Div 3 =
Football League Third Division
*Div3S =
Football League Third Division South
*Div 4 =
Football League Fourth Division
The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Whilst the division disappeared in name ...
*Lge 1 =
Football League One
The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...
*Lge 2 =
Football League Two
*PR = Preliminary Round
*PRP/O = Preliminary Round Play-off
*4QR = 4th Qualifying Round
*R1 = Round 1
*R2 = Round 2
*R3 = Round 3
*R4 = Round 4
*R5 = Round 5
*QF = Quarter-finals
*SthQF = Southern Quarter-finals
*SF = Semi-finals
*SthSF = Southern Semi-finals
*SthF = Southern Final
*R/U = Runners-up
*W = Winners
Notes
References
{{Lists of English football seasons
Seasons
Leyton Orient