Airdrieonians F.C.
Association football club in Airdrie
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| 2025 | Benefited from league division placement due to other club's misfortunes. |
| 2025 | Won the Championship play-off final against Cove Rangers. |
| May 2025 | The club announced the East Stand would be permanently renamed the Ian McMillan Stand, honoring the former Airdrieonians player and manager. |
| 2025 | Benefited from league division placement for the fourth time in their history. |
| 2025 | Hamilton Accies were deducted 15 points by the SPFL, which resulted in their relegation and allowed Airdrie to escape automatic relegation and enter the Championship relegation play-offs. |
| 2025 | The club experienced another league division placement benefit. |
| 2024 | Lost a Scottish league play-off quarter-final. |
| 2024 | Stadium renamed to The Albert Bartlett Stadium. |
| 2024 | Airdrie reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup for the first time in over 10 years, defeating Premiership side St. Johnstone before losing to Hearts 4-1. |
| July 16 2024 | Achieved an 8-0 victory against East Kilbride in the Scottish League Cup Group Stage. |
| May 18 2024 | The club announced the renaming of the Player of the Year award to the Ian McMillan Player of the Year award in honor of Ian McMillan's passing earlier that year. |
| March 2024 | Airdrie won the Scottish Challenge Cup by defeating Welsh side The New Saints 2-1 at Falkirk Stadium, with goals from Liam McStravick and Nikolay Todorov. This was their first Challenge Cup victory since 2008. |
| 2023 | Under player-manager Rhys McCabe, Airdrie completed a clean sweep of their Scottish League Cup group, gaining 12 points and defeating top-flight Dundee 1-0. |
| 2023 | Airdrieonians F.C. won the North Lanarkshire Cup for the second consecutive year |
| 2023 | Airdrieonians F.C. won the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 2023-24 season. |
| 2023 | The club won their second Challenge Cup, demonstrating continued success. |
| May 2023 | Airdrie defeated Hamilton Academical 6-5 on penalties after extra time in the Championship play-off final at New Douglas Park, earning promotion and relegating Hamilton to League One. |
| March 18 2023 | Secured a record 7-0 league victory against Peterhead in League One. |
| 2022 | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair was selected for the Antigua and Barbuda national team while playing for Airdrieonians, earning 6 international caps. |
| 2022 | Airdrieonians F.C. won the North Lanarkshire Cup |
| 2022 | The club won the Scottish Championship Play-off Final for the 2022-23 season. |
| 2022 | 3G artificial surface was replaced at the end of the 2021-22 season. |
| May 2022 | Airdrieonians lost to Scottish League One side Queen's Park in a two-legged play-off final. Following this defeat, manager Ian Murray left the club to join Raith Rovers in the Scottish Championship. |
| May 26 2022 | Rhys McCabe becomes manager of Airdrieonians F.C., succeeding Ian Murray. |
| 2021 | Lost the Scottish league play-off final. |
| 2021 | At the end of the 2021-22 season, the 3G artificial surface was replaced. |
| 2021 | Achieved the most league points in a season with 72 points in League One. |
| May 2021 | Under manager Ian Murray, the club lost to Championship side Morton in a two-legged play-off final, narrowly missing promotion. |
| 2020 | Airdrieonians missed out on play-off games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, interrupting their competitive season. |
| 2018 | Stadium renamed to The Penny Cars Stadium for sponsorship reasons. |
| October 19 2018 | Ian Murray is appointed manager, serving until 24 May 2022. |
| January 2018 | A consortium of businessmen, including former Airdrieonians manager Bobby Watson, took control of the club by acquiring Tom Wotherspoon's controlling shares. This led to a significant change in club leadership, with most of the previous board being replaced, including Jim Ballantyne. Director of Football Gordon Dalziel also departed following this takeover. |
| 2017 | Lost a Scottish league play-off semi-final. |
| September 29 2017 | Stevie Findlay becomes manager of Airdrieonians F.C., serving until 8 October 2018. |
| August 4 2017 | Willie Aitchison is appointed manager, serving a very short tenure until 20 August 2017. |
| June 5 2017 | Tom Wotherspoon resigned as chairman and director of Airdrieonians F.C., with Jim Ballantyne returning to the role of chairman. |
| 2016 | Andy Ryan scored the most league goals by a player in a season with 23 goals in League One. |
| October 31 2016 | Mark Wilson becomes manager of Airdrieonians F.C., succeeding Kevin McBride. |
| June 2016 | Kevin McBride is appointed Acting Head Coach following Danny Lennon, originally intended to serve until Eddie Wolecki Black could return after suffering a stroke. |
| June 2016 | Iain King left his position as Chief Executive of the club. |
| March 10 2016 | Danny Lennon is appointed Acting Head Coach while Eddie Wolecki Black is recovering from an illness, serving until May 2016. |
| 2015 | Airdrieonians F.C. won the Meldrum Cup |
| December 22 2015 | Eddie Wolecki Black is appointed manager of Airdrieonians F.C. |
| June 2015 | Jim Ballantyne sold control of Airdrieonians F.C. to Tom Wotherspoon, a Lanarkshire businessman. Wotherspoon became chairman, with Ballantyne becoming vice-chairman. Iain King was appointed as Chief Executive. |
| May 2014 | Queen's Park concluded using Excelsior Stadium as their temporary home ground. |
| 2013 | Gary Bollan is appointed manager, succeeding Jimmy Boyle and managing the club until 2015. |
| 2013 | The club's official name was changed to Airdrieonians with the Scottish Football Association's approval. |
| December 2013 | Queen's Park began using Excelsior Stadium for their 'home' games due to Hampden Park's redevelopment for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. |
| August 23 2013 | Set a record home attendance of 9,044 during a match against Rangers in League One. |
| 2012 | Benefited from league division placement due to other club's misfortunes. |
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