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Leeds United Club Honours

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This page is dedicated to every club honour won by Leeds United in the club's history. Leeds have won a total of fourteen club honours since 1920 and is one of the most successful clubs in England, having been crowned First Division champions on three occasions. Since 1920, Leeds have featured in the top-flight for 53 seasons, 40 in tier two and three in the third. The club reached a 96-year low in 2007/08 when the Whites finished the season fifth in League One.

​Leeds have lifted 14 competitive trophies across our history, winning eight league titles, one FA Cup, two Inter-Cities Fairs Cup competitions, one League Cup and two FA Charity Shields.

 

The club's first piece of silverware came in the 1923/24 season when we won the Second Division and were promoted to the First Division for the first time in the club's history.​ Leeds have won the League Championship title three times, earned four Second Division titles, won the FA Cup once, the League Cup once, the Charity Shield twice and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. The club famously defeated Juventus to win the European Fairs Cup for the second time in the club’s history in the 1970/71 season.

The club's most successful period came during the tenure of legendary manager Don Revie, who transformed Leeds United from a struggling Second Division side into one of England's most formidable teams, amassing an impressive haul of silverware. Leeds won their first major trophy under Don Revie when we lifted the League Cup at Wembley following a 1-0 victory thanks to a Terry Cooper winner in 1968. The club's solo FA Cup win came in 1972 under Don Revie when we defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the 1972 FA Cup final at Wembley, with Allan Clarke scoring the winning goal.

Under his management, Leeds won the Second Division title in 1963/64, securing promotion, and went on to claim two First Division titles in 1968/69, when Leeds finished six points ahead of second-placed Liverpool, and in 1973/74 in his final season, winning the title by just a single point over Liverpool. Revie's side also lifted the FA Cup in 1972, defeating Arsenal, and won the League Cup in 1968. Internationally, Leeds United secured the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1968 and 1971, though they fell short in the 1975 European Cup final.

 

Revie's tactical brilliance, coupled with a fiercely competitive squad including Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter, established Leeds as a powerhouse, with eight major honours and several near-misses, including three runner-up finishes in the First Division.

 

Leeds' last last top-flight triumph came under Howard Wilkinson in 1991/92, winning the First Division title and becoming champions of England when the club won the league by four points ahead of Manchester United. Leeds remain the last-ever First Division title winners before the introduction of the Premier League in 1992. Howard Wilkinson remains the last English manager to win the top flight of English league football. ​Howard Wilkinson led the Whites to promotion in his first full season in charge, topping the 1989/90 Second Division before watching his side be crowned 1991/92 First Division champions. Seargent Wilko's side also finished as League Cup runners-up to Aston Villa in 1996.

Simon Grayson ended a three-year stint in the third tier by securing promotion in 2009/10 as League One runners-up. Grayson’s achievements were vital in stabilizing the club during a turbulent period.
 

Marcelo Bielsa revitalized Leeds United, ending a 28-year-long trophy drought and a 16-year absence from the Premier League with a dominant Championship title in 2019/20 and earning a new club record tally of 93 points. His high-intensity, attacking philosophy transformed the club, with players like Patrick Bamford, Stuart Dallas and Kalvin Phillips thriving. In our first season back in the Premier League after a sixteen-year absence, Leeds finished an impressive ninth in 2020/21, a feat not achieved since 2002/03. Bielsa's impact went beyond trophies, restoring Leeds’ identity and global reputation. His tenure laid the foundation for sustained top-flight football, with no further honours but significant cultural and competitive progress.

Daniel Farke become only the eight manager to secure promotion in Leeds United's history, when he secured a top-two finish in the 2024/25 Championship season on April 21st 2025. Farke's side also set a new record points tally of 94, which was the most the club have ever achieved in a single league season in our history. On May 3rd 2025, Daniel Farke's Leeds defeated Plymouth Argyle 2-1 at Home Park in a dramatic comeback win on the final day of the season to win the 2024/25 Championship title. In doing so, Farke became only the fifth Leeds manager to deliver a league title after Arthur Fairclough, Don Revie, Howard Wilkinson, Marcelo Bielsa and Daniel Farke. Leeds managed to set a new club record of 100 points won in a single league season for the first time in our history, and record a club record 29 league wins in a single season across the club's history.

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​The club have tasted European success in the form of two Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Winners trophies in 1967/68 and 1970/71, while we also reached the European Cup final in 1974/75 under Jimmy Armfield. The Whites also reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2000 and the Champions League semi-finals in 2001 under manager David O'Leary.

Leeds have reached 18 cup finals (excluding FA Charity Shield matches) and have won just 3 of them outright without aggregate victories over the course of the club's history. The club has won just 3 of the 10 matches played at Wembley that have been involved in.

 

Leeds have also finished as runners-up five times in the League Championship, three times in the FA Cup, three-times in Play-Off Finals, once each in the League Cup, the Charity Shield, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup.

On December 8th 2022, Mateusz Klich scored an 88th-minute winner as Leeds won the 2022 Festa d'Elx Trophy with a 2-1 friendly comeback win against Elche under Jesse Marsch.

LEEDS UNITED CLUB HONOURS 

LEEDS UNITED PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Norman Hunter became the inaugural winner of the Leeds United Player of the Year award in 1971. John Sheridan became the first non-British winner of the award in 1987. Tony Yeboah became the first non-European player to be named Leeds Player of the Year.

Gordon McQueen became the first Leeds player to win the award twice (1975, 1977).  Pablo Hernandez became the first player to win three Leeds Player of the Year awards which he achieve in consecutive seasons (2018, 2019, 2020). ​Pablo Hernandez, Lee Bowyer, Gordon McQueen and Jermaine Beckford remain the only Leeds players to have won the award on more than one occasion.

​There was no recipient of the Leeds Player of the Year award in 2022 as the club prioritised staying in the Premier League and securing the club's top flight status over hosting the club awards. The club decided against holding a Player of the Year awards following relegation from the Premier League in May 2023.

LEEDS UNITED YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Tommy Knarvic became the inaugural winner of the Leeds United Young Player of the Year award in 1998 at the age of 18. James Milner remains the youngest ever recipent of the award at the age of just 17. Alan Smith (1999 & 2002), Jonny Howson (2008 & 2011) and Lewis Cook (2015 & 2016) remain the only Leeds United players to have received the award on more than one occasion, with the latter the only player in the club's history to have received the award in consecutive years.

 

Paul Robinson became the first goalkeeper to received the award in 2001 at the age of 21. Alan Smith remains the only forward to have received the award (twice). There were no recipients of the award in the years in which the club suffered relegation in 2004, 2007 and 2023. There was also no recipient in 2022 as the club prioritised staying in the Premier League and securing the club's top flight status at the time. 

LEEDS UNITED PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LEEDS UNITED MANAGER AWARDS

LEEDS UNITED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Norman Hunter was the very first recipient of the prestigious PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 1974. 

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