pastseason

Past season refers to the season that has already finished, typically the most recent completed season before the current one. It is used in sports, broadcasting, journalism, and data analytics to distinguish historical results from ongoing or upcoming competitions. In databases and reporting systems, a field or parameter labeled pastseason often contains data from the previous cycle, such as final standings, season-long statistics, awards, rosters, and financial figures. The opposite terms are current season and next season, while "previous season" is a near-synonym in many contexts; "past season" may appear in more formal or technical phrasing.

In practice, past season information includes team and player statistics (points, goals, assists, wins, losses, minutes played), final league table position, relegation or promotion outcomes, and season-specific records. Analysts use past season performance as a benchmark for evaluating team development, transfers, and strategy. In multi-season analyses, past seasons are combined with the current season to assess trends, aging curves, and regression to the mean.

The concept can also appear in data queries and APIs, where a parameter like pastseason selects data from the last completed cycle. Because season timing varies by sport and region—for example, autumn-spring European leagues versus calendar-year North American leagues—the interpretation of "past season" should consider the league’s official season definition.