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- St Johnstone Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Perth. The club was officially formed in 1884 and the team played its first game in February 1885. St Johnstone first appeared in the Scottish Cup in the 1886–87 season and they joined the Scottish Football League in 1911–12. The club has had three home grounds, the current one since 1989 is McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone have won three major honours. Their first was the Scottish Cup, winning the 2014 final with a 2–0 win against Dundee United. They then won a domestic cup double in 2021 by winning 1–0 in both the 2021 Scottish Cup Final and the 2021 Scottish League Cup Final (February). They are the third existing Scottish team (with Celtic and Rangers) to achieve that double. St Johnstone's highest placing in the league is third (three times, most recently in 2013). They have qualified for either the UEFA Cup or the Europa League in eight seasons; these include four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2016. St Johnstone have spent 52 seasons to 2022–23 in the top tier of the Scottish football league system, including a current run of 14 seasons (four in the Scottish Premier League and ten since 2013 in the Scottish Premiership) since their most recent promotion in 2008–09. They have spent 44 seasons in the second tier and four in the third. The table summarises their seasons from 1886–87 in Scottish and European football. It highlights the club's achievements in senior first team competitions and names, where known, the top goalscorer(s) in each season. Some seasons to 1921–22 and the wartime seasons 1915–19 and 1939–45, in which the club did not compete in top-level football (e.g., Scottish Football League, Scottish Cup), are excluded. (en)
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