Queens Park Rangers Football Club, also known as QPR, is an English association football club based in White City, London. The club originated from a merger between St Jude's and Christchurch Rangers in 1886, both of whom were founded in 1882. Initially an amateur side who played in the West London League and the second division of the London League, QPR joined the Southern Football League when they turned professional in 1898. After they won the league during the 1907–08 season, they participated in the first Charity Shield match and lost to Manchester United in a replay.
They joined the Football League Third Division in 1920, and in 1967 became the first Third Division side to win the League Cup. They have won four divisional titles in the English football league system, two in the second tier and two in the third. Their best placed finish in the system was as runners-up in the Football League First Division in the 1975–76 season, while their best achievement in the FA Cup was also as runners-up, in the 1981–82 competition.
As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the team have spent 23 seasons in the top tier of the English football league system, 34 in the second and 40 in the third tier. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first professional season in the Southern Football League in the 1899–1900 season to the end of the most recently completed season. It includes the tournaments that QPR participated in during the First and Second World Wars, which are not counted against players' official statistics as they were unofficial and considered to be friendlies.
Key
Key to league record: Pld – Matches played W – Matches won D – Matches drawn L – Matches lost GF – Goals for GA – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position
Key to colours and symbols:
Key to divisions and tournaments: West London Observer Cup – West London Observer Football Challenge Cup West London – West London League London 2 – London League Division Two Southern 1 – Southern League First Division Southern 2 – Southern League Second Division SP Floodlit Cup – Southern Professional Floodlit Cup Western 1A – Western League Division 1A Division 1 – Football League First Division Division 2 – Football League Second Division Division 3 – Football League Third Division Division 3S – Football League Third Division South Division 3SN – Football League Third Division South (North) Division 3SN Cup – Football League Third Division South (North) Cup London Com (Prin) – London Combination (Principal) London Com (Supp) – London Combination (Supplementary) League South 'B' – Wartime League South 'B' League South 'D' – Wartime League South 'D' Merc CC Trophy – Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy Premier – Premier League Championship – EFL Championship League One – EFL League One
Key to rounds: Grp – Group stage QR3 – Third qualifying round QR4 – Fourth qualifying round, etc. Pre – Preliminary round R1 – First round R2 – Second round, etc. QF(S) – Quarter-final Southern section QF – Quarter-final SF(S) – Semi-final Southern section SF – Semi-final F(S) – Final Southern section F – Final W – Winners
Details for abandoned competitions: the 1938–39 Third Division South Cup and the 1939–40 Football League are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.
Seasons
General sources: