List of Cardiff City F.C. records and statistics

Cardiff City is a Welsh professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club was founded in 1899 and joined the Football League in 1920 after spending a decade in the Southern Football League. During their history Cardiff have played in all four professional divisions of the Football League, spending eleven seasons in the top tier since their formation.[1] They currently play in the second tier of the Football League, the Football League Championship.

The list encompasses the major honours won by Cardiff City, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details of their performance in European competition. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Cardiff City players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Ninian Park and the Cardiff City Stadium, the club's home grounds since 1910 and 2009 respectively, are also included.[2]

As of 15 May 2014

Honours

Cardiff City claimed their first silverware by winning the Welsh Cup in 1912 by defeating Pontypridd Town.[3] Their first honour in the English league system was the Southern Football League Second Division title the following year in the 1912–13 season. The club entered the Football League in 1920 and enjoyed the most successful period in their history, finishing as First Division runners-up in the 1923–24 season and reaching two FA Cup finals, losing the first in 1925 before becoming the first and, to date, only non-English side to win the cup two years later in 1927, defeating Arsenal 1–0.[1][4] The club reached their third FA Cup final 82 years later, in 2008.[5]

Cardiff City's list of competition victories include:[6]

Southern Football League

Champions: – 1912–1913

Football League

Runners-up: – 1923–24[7]
Champions: – 2012–13
Runners-up: – 1920–21, 1951–52, 1959–60, 2017–18
Play-off Runners-up: – 2010
Champions: – 1946–47
Runners-up: – 1975–76, 1982–83
Play-off Winners: – 2003
Champions: – 1992–93
Runners-up: – 1987–88, 2000–01

Cups

Winners: – 1926–27
Runners-up: – 1924–25, 2007–08
Winners: – 1927
Runners-up: – 2011–12
Winners: – 1911–12, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93[7]
Winners: – 2001–02
Runners-up: – 1997–98[lower-alpha 1]

Match records

Firsts

Record results

Season records

  • Most wins in a season: 30 in 42 games, 1946–47
  • Most Defeats in a season: 27 in 42 games, 1933–34
  • Longest stretch of clean sheets: 8, 7 April 1976 – 21 August 1976
  • Most goals scored in one season: 95, Division Three 2000–01
  • Most goals conceded in one season: 105, Division Three South, 1933–34

Attendance records

Player appearance records

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.[1][18]

# Name Years League[lower-alpha 3] FA Cup League Cup Other[nb 1] Total
1England Billy Hardy1911–1931497 (0)56 (0)0 (0)37 (0)590 (0)
2Wales Phil Dwyer1972–1985471 (5)23 (0)28 (0)53 (0)575 (5)
3Scotland Don Murray1962–1974406 (0)23 (0)21 (0)82 (0)532 (0)
4Republic of Ireland Tom Farquharson1921–1934445 (0)34 (0)0 (0)39 (0)518 (0)
5Wales Fred Keenor1912–1930432 (0)42 (0)0 (0)33 (0)507 (0)
6England Peter King1960–1974356 (5)20 (0)22 (0)79 (1)477 (6)
7Wales Ron Stitfall1947–1964398 (0)20 (0)3 (0)31 (0)452 (0)
8Wales Jack Evans1910–1926354 (0)42 (0)0 (0)28 (0)424 (0)
9England Peter Whittingham2007–2017375 (33)18 (1)19 (5)10 (0)422 (39)
10Wales Alan Harrington1952–1966348 (0)14 (0)11 (0)32 (0)405 (0)
11Wales Alf Sherwood1946–1956354 (0)18 (0)0 (0)9 (0)381 (0)
12Wales Len Davies1919–1931306 (0)33 (0)0 (0)32 (0)371 (0)
13Wales Jason Perry1986–1996281 (3)15 (1)22 (0)43 (3)361 (7)
14Wales Colin Baker1953–1966298 (0)17 (0)12 (0)32 (0)359 (0)
15England Roger Gibbins1982–1985 & 1989–1992281 (14)14 (0)23 (1)27 (0)345 (15)
16Wales Scott Young1993–2003277 (20)22 (1)14 (1)20 (3)333 (25)
17Wales Billy Baker1938–1954292 (0)16 (0)0 (0)17 (0)325 (0)
18Wales Derek Sullivan1947–1961275 (0)10 (0)0 (0)24 (0)309 (0)
19Guyana Cohen Griffith1989–1995234 (29)16 (2)9 (0)40 (3)299 (34)
20Wales Damon Searle1990–1996234 (2)13 (0)9 (0)41 (0)297 (2)
  1. ↑ The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup Winners' Cup, Welsh Cup, FAW Premier Cup, Football League Trophy and the Division Three South Cup.
  • Bold indicates player still at club

Longest run of consecutive league appearances

Position Player Appearances Years
1 Don Murray 146 May 1968 – November 1971
2 Damon Searle 126 October 1990 – September 1993
3 David Carver 117 October 1968 – September 1971
4 Arthur Lever 114 August 1946 – March 1949
5 Roger Gibbins 108 August 1982 – December 1984

Player scoring records

All time leading goalscorers

Number of appearances in brackets[1][18]

Figures correct as of end of 2016–17 season.

# Name Years League[lower-alpha 4] FA Cup League Cup Other[nb 1] Total
1Wales Len Davies1919–1931128 (306)19 (33)0 (0)31 (32)179 (371)
2England Peter King1960–197467 (356)5 (20)6 (22)33 (79)111 (477)
3Wales Robert Earnshaw1997–2004 & 2011–201389 (193)10 (14)10(9)0 (1)109 (227)
4England Brian Clark1967–1972 & 1975–197679 (204)2 (13)3 (9)24 (42)108 (268)
5Wales Carl Dale1991–199871 (211)6 (14)5 (11)21 (32)103 (269)
6Wales Derek Tapscott1958–196579 (194)2 (9)3 (5)18 (25)102 (234)
7England Jimmy Gill1920–192582 (184)12 (28)0 (0)7 (8)101 (220)
8Wales John Toshack1966–197074 (162)1 (6)1 (6)24 (34)100 (208)
9England Peter Whittingham2007–201785 (413)4 (18)5 (19)2 (7)96 (457)
10Scotland Hughie Ferguson1925–192977 (117)9 (13)0 (0)6 (9)92 (139)
11Wales Chris Pike1986 & 1989–199267 (154)3 (10)2 (8)12 25)84 (197)
12England Wilf Grant1950–195465 (155)2 (5)0 (0)6 (9)73 (168)
13Wales Jack Evans1910–192658 (354)6 (42)0 (0)4 (28)68 (424)
14Scotland John Buchanan1974–198154 (231)2 (11)5 (15)6 (29)67 (286)
15England Michael Chopra2006–2007, 2008–2009 & 2009–201156 (142)3 (8)2 (4)4 (8)65 (162)
16England Tony Evans1975–197947 (124)4 (8)6 (7)3 (13)60 (152)
17Wales Trevor Ford1953–195642 (96)3 (5)0 (0)14 (9)59 (110)
18England Gerry Hitchens1955–195740 (95)1 (4)0 (0)16 (9)57 (108)
19=Republic of Ireland Jimmy McCambridge1930–193251 (95)2 (5)0 (0)2 (8)55 (108)
19=England Phil Stant1993–199534 (79)4 (7)2 (2)15 (18)55 (106)
  1. ↑ The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup Winners' Cup, Welsh Cup, FAW Premier Cup, Football League Trophy and the Division Three South Cup.

Progressive scoring record

Robert Earnshaw holds the record for most goals scored in a single season

Jimmy Gill scored twenty goals in Cardiff's first Football league season. This list charts the top scoring season record for the club on the occasions it has been beat or equaled.

Season League All matches
1920–21 Jimmy Gill (19) Jimmy Gill (20)
1921–22 Jimmy Gill (21) Len Davies (30)
1923–24 Len Davies (23)
1926–27 Hughie Ferguson (25) Hughie Ferguson (31)
1931–32 Jimmy McCambridge (26)
1946–47 Stan Richards (30)
1968–69 John Toshack (31)
2002–03 Robert Earnshaw (31) Robert Earnshaw (35)

International records

Manager records

  • First full-time manager: Davy McDougall, August 1910
  • Longest serving manager (time and games): Fred Stewart, May 1911 to May 1933 (22 years and 605 games)[20]
  • Most successful manager: Billy McCandless, win percentage of 53% (53 wins out of 100 games).

Transfers

First player signed: Jack Evans, 1910 from Cwmparc.[21]

Record transfer fees paid

Michael Chopra, sold to Sunderland in July 2007 for £5 million, was the most expensive sale by the club, alongside the transfer of Roger Johnson, and later became the most expensive signing on his return in July 2009.
# Name Fee Paid by Date Notes
1Chile Gary Medel£11mSpain Sevilla10 August 2013[22]
2England Steven Caulker£8mEngland Tottenham Hotspur31 July 2013[23]
3Denmark Andreas Cornelius£7.5mDenmark FC Copenhagen1 July 2013[24]
4Gabon Bruno Ecuele Manga£5.5mFrance Lorient1 September 2014[25]
5England Michael Chopra£4mEngland Sunderland4 July 2009[26]
6England Sean Morrison£3mEngland Reading15 August 2014[27]
7England Nicky Maynard£2.8mEngland West Ham31 August 2012[28]
8England Adam Le Fondre£2.7mEngland Reading28 May 2014[29]
9Norway Mats Moller Daehli£2.7mNorway Molde1 January 2014[30]
10South Korea Kim Bo-Kyung£2.7mJapan Cerezo Osaka27 July 2012[31]

Record transfer fees received

# Name Fee Paid by Date Notes
1Chile Gary Medel£10mItaly Inter Milan9 August 2014[32]
2England Steven Caulker£8.5mEngland Queens Park Rangers22 July 2014[33]
3England Jordon Mutch£6mEngland QPR5 August 2014[34]
4England Michael Chopra£5mEngland Sunderland13 July 2007[35]
5England Roger Johnson£5mEngland Birmingham City25 June 2009[36]
6Wales Aaron Ramsey£4.8mEngland Arsenal13 June 2008[37]
7Wales Robert Earnshaw£4mEngland West Brom30 August 2004[38]
8England Cameron Jerome£4mEngland Birmingham City31 May 2006[39]
9Denmark Andreas Cornelius£3mDenmark Copenhagen31 January 2015[40]
10Netherlands Glenn Loovens£2.5mScotland Celtic16 August 2008[41]

European record

Cardiff City regularly qualified for the now defunct European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the Welsh Cup. When the League of Wales was founded in 1992, Cardiff along with several other Welsh clubs in the English football pyramid, refused the opportunity to move into the league and were subsequently blocked from entering the Welsh Cup by UEFA.[42] The club made their debut in European competition in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup on 9 September 194, drawing 0–0 with Danish side Esbjerg fB,.[43] winning the second leg 1–0 at Ninian Park.[44]

Cardiff City scores are shown first in every match

Season Competition Round Country Club Home
result[45]		 Away
result[45]		 Notes
1964–65 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Denmark Esbjerg fB 1–0 0–0
2R Portugal Sporting Lisbon 0–0 2–1
QF Spain Real Zaragoza 0–1 2–2
1965–66 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Belgium Standard Liege 1–2 0–1
1967–68 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2–0 1–1
2R Netherlands NAC Breda 4–1 1–1
QF Russia Torpedo Moscow 1–0 0–1 Cardiff City win replay at neutral ground 1–0
SF Germany Hamburg SV 2–3 1–1
1968–69 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Portugal FC Porto 2–2 1–2
1969–70 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Norway Mjøndalen IF 5–1 7–1
2R Turkey Göztepe A.Ş. 1–0 0–3
1970–71 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca 8–0 0–0
2R France FC Nantes 5–1 2–1
QF Spain Real Madrid 1–0 0–2
1971–72 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Germany SC Dynamo Berlin 1–1 1–1 Cardiff City lose 5–4 on pens
1973–74 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Portugal Sporting Lisbon 0–0 1–2
1974–75 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Hungary Ferencvaros 0–2 1–4
1976–77 European Cup Winners Cup QR Switzerland Servette Geneva 1–0 1–2
1R Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–3
1977–78 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Austria Austria Vienna 0–0 0–1
1988–89 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Derry City 4–0 0–0
2R Denmark AGF Aarhus 1–2 0–4
1992–93 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Austria Admira Wacker 1–1 0–2
1993–94 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Belgium Standard Liege 1–3 2–5
Key
  • QR = Qualifying round
  • 1R = First round
  • 2R = Second round
  • 3R = Third round
  • QF = Quarter final
  • SF = Semi final
  • F = Final

Total European matches

Competition Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
European Cup Winners Cup 47 15 14 18 65 59

Notes

  1. ↑ The competition was known as the FAW Invitation Cup during the 1997–98 season.[1]
  2. ↑ A match against Swansea Town on 27 August 1949 sold 60,855 tickets prior to the match but only 57, 510 attended the match.[16]
  3. ↑ League appearances between 1910 and 1920 were made in the Southern Football League, appearances from 1920 onward were made in the Football League.
  4. ↑ Goals scored between 1910 and 1920 were scored in the Southern Football League, goals scored from 1920 onward were scored in the Football League.

References

General
  • Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive: Cardiff City F.C. SoccerData Publications. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Retrieved 2008-03-20.
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive: Cardiff City F.C. SoccerData Publications. ISBN 1-899468-17-X.
  2. ↑ "Cardiff City 0–0 Celtic". BBC Sport. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  3. ↑ "WELSH CUP FINAL 1911/12". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Happy anniversary: Cardiff City celebrate 86 years since their 1927 FA Cup win". WalesOnline. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Portsmouth 1–0 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Club Records". Cardiff City F.C. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Club honours and history". Cardiff City F.C. Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  8. ↑ Shepherd 2002, p. 22
  9. ↑ Shepherd 2002, p. 14
  10. 1 2 Shepherd 2002, p. 60
  11. ↑ Shepherd 2002, p. 64
  12. ↑ "Cardiff City 4–0 Chasetown". Sky Sports. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  13. 1 2 Shepherd 2002, p. 3
  14. ↑ "Bluebirds average attendances". Cardiff City F.C. 2008-05-08. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  15. ↑ Jamie Kemble (6 May 2018). "Cardiff City 0–0 Reading: The Bluebirds secure promotion back to the Premier League". Inside Wales Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Bluebirds average attendances". Cardiff City F.C. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "Jones hails record breaker Ramsey". BBC Sport. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  18. 1 2
    • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0. Statistics correct as of end of 2015–16 season.
  19. ↑ Glanville, Brian (2008-06-20). "Obituary: Derek Tapscott". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  20. ↑ "Manager history for Cardiff City". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  21. ↑ "The foundation and early years". Cardiff City F.C. Archived from the original on 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  22. ↑ "Cardiff City sign Chile midfielder Gary Medel from Sevilla". BBC Sport. 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  23. ↑ "Steven Caulker joins Cardiff from Tottenham for record fee". BBC Sport. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  24. ↑ "Cardiff City sign Danish striker Andreas Cornelius from FC Copenhagen for £8m". BBC Sport. 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  25. ↑ "Cardiff sign Bruno Ecuele Manga from Lorient". BBC Sport. 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  26. ↑ "Chopra completes Cardiff switch". BBC Sport. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  27. ↑ "Cardiff City sign Reading defender". BBC Sport. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  28. ↑ "Cardiff City capture West Ham striker Nicky Maynard". BBC Sport. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  29. ↑ "Cardiff City sign striker Adam Le Fondre from Reading". BBC Sport. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  30. ↑ "Cardiff City sign Mats Moller Daehli". BBC Sport. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  31. ↑ "Cardiff City confirm Kim Bo-Kyung transfer". BBC Sport. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  32. ↑ "Cardiff City's Gary Medel joins club for £10m". BBC Sport. 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  33. ↑ "SSteven Caulker joins QPR from Cardiff on a four-year deal". BBC Sport. 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  34. ↑ "Cardiff midfielder completes £6m QPR move". BBC Sport. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  35. ↑ "Chopra's fond farewell to Cardiff". BBC Sport. 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  36. ↑ "Johnson completes Birmingham move". BBC Sport. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  37. ↑ "Ramsey completes Arsenal switch". BBC Sport. 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  38. ↑ "Earnshaw signs for Baggies". BBC Sport. 2004-08-30. Retrieved 2004-08-30.
  39. ↑ "Birmingham complete Jerome deal". BBC Sport. 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  40. ↑ "Andreas Cornelius seals Cardiff departure". BBC Sport. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  41. ↑ "Celtic sign Loovens from Cardiff". BBC Sport. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  42. ↑ "UEFA rejects Welsh clubs bid". BBC Sport. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  43. ↑ "Esbjerg 0–0 Cardiff City". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  44. ↑ "Cardiff City 1–0 Esbjerg". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  45. 1 2 Cardiff City score is given first in each result.
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