Hull FC will play in their 28th consecutive season of Super League in 2025, with the competition getting underway once again three weeks this Thursday. Here, Hull Live looks at where the Black and Whites have finished in every single one of those years to date. 1998, 9th: After announcing their Super League debut with victory away at Sheffield Eagles, Hull did enough to stay up in their first season back in the topflight, winning eight of their 23 league games.
1999, 13th: The club's last game of the millennium saw Hull survive relegation by the skin of their teeth. They beat Sheffield on the final day and finished with just five wins from 30 games in a 14-team comp. 2000, 7th: Shaun McRae immediately stabilised the club after arriving from Gateshead Thunder.
The Hull Sharks era was no more, with 'Bomber' leading the side to a much-improved seventh position. 2001, 3rd: Hull were starting to become a force in Super League. A third-place finish cemented that fact, even if play-off defeats came at Wigan and then at home to St Helens in what was still a breakthrough year.
2002, 5th: Hull were a play-off side once again in their final season playing at the Boulevard, but they weren’t good enough to beat Leeds in a Headingley eliminator. 2003, 7th: Hull’s first year at the MKM Stadium saw them finish outside of the play-off positions following career-ending injuries for the likes of Dwayne West, Steve Prescott, and Tony Smith . 2004, 3rd: Shaun McRae led his Hull FC side to a t.
