Sunderland history

Every Sunderland season 442ball holds a table for, newest first. Our record starts in 2008 and is thinner before 2014, so this is what we hold rather than the club's complete history.

League finishes

League seasons only, newest last. Cup group stages are left out: a place in a group of four is not a finish in a league. Each point links to that season's table.

Season	Competition	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2026(in progress)	Premier League	14	5	1	1	3	6	10	-4	4
2026(in progress)	UEFA Europa League	16	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
2025	Premier League	7	38	14	12	12	42	48	-6	54
2024	Championship	4	46	21	13	12	58	44	+14	76
2023	Championship	16	46	16	8	22	52	54	-2	56
2022	Championship	6	46	18	15	13	68	55	+13	69
2021	League One	5	46	24	12	10	79	53	+26	84
2020	League One	4	46	20	17	9	70	42	+28	77
2019	League One	7	36	16	11	9	48	32	+16	59
2018	League One	5	46	21	20	5	78	48	+30	83
2017	Championship	24	46	7	16	23	52	80	-28	37
2016	Premier League	20	38	6	6	26	29	69	-40	24
2015	Premier League	17	38	9	12	17	48	62	-14	39
2014	Premier League	16	38	7	17	14	31	53	-22	38
2013	Premier League	14	38	10	8	20	41	60	-19	38
2012	Premier League	17	38	9	12	17	41	54	-13	39
2011	Premier League	13	38	11	12	15	45	46	-1	45
2010	Premier League	10	38	12	11	15	45	56	-11	47

A position in a group stage is a position within that group, not a finish in the competition. Seasons still being played are marked.

Season leaders

Season	Competition	Goals	Assists	G+A	Clean sheets	442team
2026	Premier League	Not held in full	Not held in full	Not held in full	Not held in full
2026	UEFA Europa League	E. Le Fée1	None	E. Le Fée1	R. Roefs1
2025	Premier League	B. Brobbey7	E. Le Fée6	E. Le Fée11	R. Roefs10	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 R. Roefs7.0 N. Mukiele7.0 D. Ballard6.9 L. Geertruida6.8 O. Alderete6.8 G. Xhaka7.4 E. Le Fée7.0 N. Sadiki6.8 H. Diarra6.7 B. Traoré6.8 C. Talbi6.7 The bench T. Hume3,037 min6.76 Reinildo1,969 min6.75 L. O'Nien591 min6.66 C. Rigg773 min6.61 Eliezer Mayenda770 min6.68 B. Brobbey1,944 min6.59 Manager: Regis Le Bris Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2024	Championship	W. Isidor13	P. Roberts7	W. Isidor15	A. Patterson14
2023	Championship	J. Clarke15	A. Pritchard5	J. Clarke19	A. Patterson13
2022	Championship	A. Diallo14	J. Clarke12	J. Clarke21	A. Patterson14
2021	League One	R. Stewart26	A. Pritchard9	R. Stewart29	A. Patterson10
2020	League One	C. Wyke27	A. McGeady16	C. Wyke30	L. Burge18
2019	League One	C. Maguire10	C. Maguire10	C. Maguire20	J. McLaughlin10
2018	League One	Not held in full	Not held in full	Not held in full	Not held in full
2017	Championship	L. Grabban12	A. McGeady5	A. McGeady12	R. Ruiter5
2016	Premier League	J. Defoe15	A. Januzaj3	J. Defoe17	J. Pickford4	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 J. Pickford7.0 P. van Aanholt7.0 D E. Djilobodji7.0 D B. Oviedo7.0 D L. Koné6.9 M J. Rodwell6.8 M L. Cattermole6.8 M D. Ndong6.8 M D. Gibson6.7 F V. Anichebe7.0 F J. Defoe6.9 The bench V. Mannone810 min6.76 D. Love607 min6.88 J. O'Shea2,160 min6.81 B. Jones2,270 min6.8 S. Larsson1,471 min6.69 A. Januzaj1,629 min6.66 W. Khazri838 min6.65 F. Borini1,740 min6.66 Manager: D. Moyes Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2015	Premier League	J. Defoe15	A. Johnson5	J. Defoe16	V. Mannone4	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 V. Mannone7.0 D L. Koné7.3 D Y. Kaboul7.0 P. van Aanholt7.0 D. Yedlin6.9 M Y. M'Vila7.2 M A. Johnson7.1 M J. Kirchhoff7.0 M W. Khazri6.8 F J. Defoe7.0 F S. Fletcher6.8 The bench C. Pantilimon1,530 min6.72 J. O'Shea2,008 min6.76 S. Coates1,229 min6.76 B. Jones2,033 min6.64 L. Cattermole2,216 min6.73 J. Rodwell1,158 min6.71 S. Larsson547 min6.69 D. N'Doye567 min6.68 D. Watmore907 min6.54 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2014	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2013	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2012	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2011	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2010	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held

Each club's own leaders for that season, not the competition's. A player who moved mid-season counts only what they did here. Clean sheets are counted for goalkeepers who played.

Season table

Sunderland
Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1Manchester City	5	5	0	0	13	5	+8	15
2Arsenal	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	12
3Brighton	5	3	1	1	16	5	+11	10
4Brentford	5	2	3	0	10	4	+6	9
5Leeds	5	2	3	0	7	3	+4	9
6Liverpool	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9
7Everton	5	2	3	0	6	3	+3	9
8Hull City	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8
9Newcastle	5	2	2	1	9	9	0	8
10Chelsea	5	2	1	2	10	12	-2	7
11Ipswich	5	2	0	3	7	11	-4	6
12Manchester United	5	1	2	2	8	8	0	5
13Nottingham Forest	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1	5
14Sunderland	5	1	1	3	6	10	-4	4
15Crystal Palace	5	1	1	3	6	11	-5	4
16Aston Villa	5	1	1	3	4	9	-5	4
17Bournemouth	5	0	3	2	6	8	-2	3
18Coventry	5	1	0	4	1	10	-9	3
19Fulham	5	0	2	3	5	8	-3	2
20Tottenham	5	0	2	3	2	8	-6	2

Overview

Sunderland history

League finishes

Season leaders

Best rated

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Season table