Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, founded in 2004. The club was formed from Wimbledon F.C. after the latter had relocated to Milton Keynes. The club renamed itself as the 'Milton Keynes Dons' but subsequently considers itself to be a new club founded in 2004 (the club badge includes MMIV - Roman Numerals for 2004).
The MK Dons continued in Wimbledon's league place which, after relegation in the previous season, was in the 2004–05 Football League One. After two seasons in the third tier of English football, they were relegated to the fourth tier (League Two). They were promoted in their second League Two season, as champions. Their second spell in League One lasted seven seasons, when in 2015, they finished in second place and therefore moved up to the Football League Championship. However in 2016, they were relegated back down to League One.
As of the end of 2025–26, the club's first team had spent one season in the second tier of English football, fifteen seasons in the third tier and six in the fourth. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance under its present name in the Football League in 2004–05.
Key
Key to divisions Championship = Football League Championship League One = Football League One/EFL League One League Two = Football League Two/EFL League Two
Key to positions and symbols – Champions – Runners-up – Promoted – Relegated
Key to rounds Group = Group stage R1 = First round, etc. QF = Quarter-finals
= Winners
Seasons +List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, top scorer and average league attendanceSeasonLeagueFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTop goalscorerAverageattendanceDivisionNameGoals2004–05League One 46 12 15 19 54 67 51 20thR3 R2 R2 18 4,8962005–06 46 12 14 20 45 66 5022nd R3 R1 18 5,7762006–07League Two 46 25 9 12 76 58 844th R2 R3 R2 24 5,9902007–08 46 29 10 7 82 37 921stR1 R2 W 15 9,4562008–09League One 46 26 9 11 83 47 873rd R1 R2 R2 17 10,5502009–10League One 46 17 9 20 60 68 60 12th R3 R1 19 10,2892010–11League One 46 23 8 15 67 60 775th R1 R3 R2 13 8,5122011–12League One 46 22 14 10 84 47 805th R3 R3 R1 14 8,6592012–13League One 46 19 13 14 62 45 70 8th R5 R3 R1 12 8,6122013–14League One 46 17 9 20 63 65 60 10th R3 R2 R2 17 9,0472014–15 46 27 10 9 101 44 912nd R2 R4 R2 22 9,4522015–16 46 9 12 25 39 69 3923rd R4 R3 — 7 13,1582016–17League One 46 16 13 17 60 58 61 12thR3 R2 R2 14 10,3072017–18 46 11 12 23 43 69 4523rdR4 R2 R2 10 9,2022018–19 46 23 10 13 71 49 79 3rdR1 R2 Group 22 8,2242019–20League One 35 10 7 18 36 47 37 19thR1 R3 R3 12 9,2462020–21League One 46 18 11 17 64 62 65 13thR3 R1 R2 15 2021–22League One 46 26 11 9 78 44 89 3rdR1 R1 R3 20 9,3142022–23 46 11 12 23 44 66 45 21stR2 R4 R3 14 8,4602023–24League Two46239148368784thR1 R1 R2196,8552024–25League Two4614102252665219thR1 R1 Group117,0252025–2646241488645862ndR3 R1 Group168,563
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