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Middlesbrough
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1876Ground Riverside StadiumSeasons held 15
Middlesbrough's foundation is recorded in 1876, with the club based in Middlesbrough. Their earlier honours include Second Division championships and a Football League play-off victory. The last Second Division title in that stored pre-Premier League record came in 1973/74. This archive begins its detailed league coverage with 1992/93.
Middlesbrough finished 21st and were relegated at the end of the opening Premier League campaign. Ayresome Park remained the recorded ground until 1994/95, before the Riverside Stadium became home.
Their first season at the Riverside brought a 12th-place Premier League finish. A later relegation followed despite a less negative goal difference than in that return season. The next return produced a higher placing, with an unbeaten autumn sequence stretching from October into December. That run covered 11 league matches.
The following seasons ended outside the top half before the club won the League Cup. That cup-winning season finished with Middlesbrough in 11th place. The next campaign brought their highest league placing in the archive, alongside their best points total and goal difference. Despite the cup honour, the preceding campaign had produced a lower points total and a negative goal balance. Their move into the top half came after the cup win, with a different set of league totals from the earlier campaign. They finished 7th with 55 points.
Gareth Southgate's stored appointment followed a lower league finish. His tenure included a campaign containing the club's widest league win, an 8–1 home result against Manchester City. The following season ended in relegation, with a lower points return and more negative goal difference.
The next Premier League spell contained a winter-to-spring winless sequence spanning 16 matches. Its final points return was below the earlier relegation campaign's total, although the goal difference was less negative. Middlesbrough finished 19th in 2016/17, the latest completed campaign held here.
Coverage Premier League matches only, in the seasons the archive publishes; cups and European matches are not included. Team sheets (line-ups, minutes, cards) are held for 2025/26 only. History and all-time records refer to this archive's coverage, not the club's entire existence. Manager and ground histories may have gaps; no missing spells are inferred.
Sources Football Research Archive data, Wikidata (CC0), Facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Middlesbrough F.C.)Figures up to 16 Oct 2026Approved 17 Oct 2026
Current manager not recorded. Wikidata gives no head coach spell for Middlesbrough that is still open, so none is shown.
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1876Ground Riverside StadiumSeasons held 15
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Q18661, revision 2520193484, checked 15 Oct 2026. The ground comes from the ground history below.
| Ground | When | Seasons here | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayresome Park | until 1994/95 | 1992/93 | Wikipedia, “Middlesbrough F.C.”, revision 1378200092 |
| Riverside Stadium | from 1995/96 | 1995/96 to 2016/17 (14) | Wikidata Q18661, revision 2520193484Wikipedia, “Middlesbrough F.C.”, revision 1378200092 |
Dates come from Wikidata's home venue statements where they carry start and end dates, and otherwise from the club's English Wikipedia article. A move between seasons is dated by season. Matches count at a ground by these dates; the archive holds the venue of each match only for 2025/26.
League results for the 15 seasons below. It is not a complete club history: cups and European matches are not included.
The points in the 1996/97 table are after this deduction.
| Season | Competition | Position | Ground | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 2016/17 | Premier League | 19th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | PromotedRelegated |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 19th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 32 | Relegated |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 13th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 42 | |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 12th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 46 | |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 14th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 45 | |
| 2004/05 | Premier League | 7th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 55 | |
| 2003/04 | Premier League | 11th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 48 | |
| 2002/03 | Premier League | 11th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 49 | |
| 2001/02 | Premier League | 12th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 45 | |
| 2000/01 | Premier League | 14th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 42 | |
| 1999/00 | Premier League | 12th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 52 | |
| 1998/99 | Premier League | 9th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 51 | Promoted |
| 1996/97 | Premier League | 19th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 39* | Relegated |
| 1995/96 | Premier League | 12th of 20 | Riverside Stadium | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 43 | Promoted |
| 1992/93 | Premier League | 21st of 22 | Ayresome Park | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 44 | Relegated |
Positions and points are calculated by the archive from the results, after any sourced points adjustment (*). Promoted and relegated are inferred only by comparing adjacent seasons the archive publishes.
Middlesbrough finished as high as 7th and as low as 21st in 15 completed Premier League seasons held, and went down after 1992/93, 1996/97, 2008/09 and 2016/17.
| Season | Position | Clubs | Points | Note |
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| 2016/17 | 19th | 20 | 28 | Relegated |
| 2015/16 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
| 2014/15 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
| 2013/14 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
| 2012/13 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
| 2011/12 | Not held | 20 |
Data cutoff 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BSTMetrics league position, points
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| 2010/11 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
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| 2009/10 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
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| 2008/09 | 19th | 20 | 32 | Relegated |
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| 2007/08 | 13th | 20 | 42 | Not held |
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| 2006/07 | 12th | 20 | 46 | Not held |
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| 2005/06 | 14th | 20 | 45 | Not held |
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| 2004/05 | 7th | 20 | 55 | Not held |
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| 2003/04 | 11th | 20 | 48 | Not held |
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| 2002/03 | 11th | 20 | 49 | Not held |
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| 2001/02 | 12th | 20 | 45 | Not held |
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| 2000/01 | 14th | 20 | 42 | Not held |
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| 1999/00 | 12th | 20 | 52 | Not held |
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| 1998/99 | 9th | 20 | 51 | Not held |
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| 1997/98 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
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| 1996/97 | 19th | 20 | 39 | Relegated; Points after a −3 adjustment |
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| 1995/96 | 12th | 20 | 43 | Not held |
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| 1994/95 | Not held | 22 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
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| 1993/94 | Not held | 22 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
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| 1992/93 | 21st | 22 | 44 | Relegated |
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