List of South Melbourne FC seasons

It was until the 1984 season, where South Melbourne won their first national competitive league in the Southern Conference.

[2] During the club's stadium move to Bob Jane Stadium (now Lakeside Stadium), the club were known as the South Melbourne Lakers with failure aspects afterward, they won the 1997–98 season of the National Soccer League and won another championship the next season which was their last in their National Soccer League career.

A move to the Bob Jane Stadium and a nickname change in the mid 90s injected new life into the club.

Their worst finish to date is 14th in the National Soccer League, their placing at the end of the 1979 season.

The club set to play for National Second Division from October 2025 after participating in NPL Victoria.