List of Dover Athletic F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Dover Athletic F.C. in English football, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major and some minor competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.

Dover Athletic F.C. was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover F.C., whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club. In the 1989–90 season Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, but failed to gain promotion to the Football Conference due to ground grading issues. Three seasons later the team won this title again and this time gained promotion to the Conference, where they spent nine seasons before being relegated.

The club's best performance in the FA Cup was an appearance in the Third Round proper in both the 2010–11 and the 2014–15 season, while the best performance registered in the FA Trophy, the national competition for higher-level non-league clubs, was a run to the semi-finals in the 1997–98 season.

Key
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.

Key to league record P – games played W – games won D – games drawn L – games lost F – goals for A – goals against Pts – points Pos – final position Key to rounds Grp – group stage R1Q – first qualifying round R2Q – second qualifying round, etc. RP – preliminary round R1 – first round R2 – second round, etc. R1S – first round (south) QF – quarter-final SF – semi-final n/a – not applicable

Key to divisions Conf/ConfP/Natl – National League (known as Football Conference until 2004 and Conference Premier 2004–2016) ConfS/NatlS – National League South (known as Conference South until 2016) IsP – Isthmian League Premier Division Is1 – Isthmian League First Division Is1S – Isthmian League Division One South SLP – Southern League Premier Division SLS – Southern League Southern Division Key to cups CLC – Conference League Cup EFC – Eastern Floodlit Cup FLT – Football League Trophy ILC – Isthmian League Cup KSC – Kent Senior Cup SLC – Southern League Cup