List of Everton F.C. records and statistics
This is a list of records for Everton F.C..
Player records
Appearances
- Youngest Player (All Competitions): Jose Baxter, 16 yrs and 191 days (vs Blackburn Rovers, 16 August 2008)
- Youngest Player in Europe: Jake Bidwell, 16 yrs and 271 days (vs BATE Borisov, 17 December 2009)
- Oldest Player: Ted Sagar, 42 yrs and 281 days (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 November 1952)
- Most Appearances (All Competitions): Neville Southall, 750
- Most League Appearances: Neville Southall, 578
- Most FA Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 70
- Most League Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 65
- Most European Appearances: Tim Howard, 28
- Most Substitute Appearances: Victor Anichebe, 95
All competitions appearancesAs of 1 March 2020 (All current players are in bold. Includes substitution appearances.)
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All League appearancesAs of 1 March 2020
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FA Cup appearancesAs of 22 August 2006
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League Cup appearancesAs of 22 August 2006
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European appearancesAs of 28 September 2017[1]
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Goalscorers
- Most goals in a season – 60, Dixie Dean, (During the 1927–28 Season)
- Most goals in a single match – 6, Jack Southworth (v. West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893)
- Most goals in the League – 349, Dixie Dean
- Most goals in the FA Cup - 28, Dixie Dean
- Most goals in the League Cup – 19, Bob Latchford
- Most goals in European competition – 8, Romelu Lukaku
- Youngest goalscorer – James Vaughan, 16 yrs and 271 days (vs Crystal Palace, 10 April 2005) (Also a Premier League Record)
- Oldest goalscorer – Wally Fielding, 38 yrs and 305 days (vs West Bromwich Albion F.C., 27 September 1958)
Top scorers (all competitions)As of 22 August 2006 (competitive matches only):
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League top scorersAs of 10 January 2018
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FA Cup top scorersAs of 10 January 2018
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League Cup top scorersAs of 22 August 2006
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European top scorersAs of 29 December 2017
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Clean sheets
As of January 2017[2]
# | Name | Apps | Clean Sheets |
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1 | 751 | 269 | |
2 | 402 | 155 | |
3 | 414 | 133 | |
4 | 497 | 120 | |
5 | 289 | 94 | |
6 | 231 | 67 | |
7 | 213 | 49 | |
8 | 126 | 48 | |
9 | 231 | 47 | |
10 | 152 | 45 |
Transfer records
Highest transfer fees paid
Name | From | Fee | Year | |
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1 | £40M | 2017 | ||
2 | £35M | 2018 | ||
3 | £25M | 2017 | ||
4 | £27M | 2018 | ||
5 | £28M | 2014 | ||
6 | £28M | 2019 | ||
7 | £25M | 2017 | ||
8 | £23.6M | 2017 | ||
9 | £22.5M | 2016 | ||
10 | £21M | 2018 | ||
11 | £20M | 2017 | ||
12 | £20M | 2018 | ||
13 | £18M | 2018 |
Highest transfer fees received
Name | From | Fee | Date | |
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1 | £90M | 2017 | ||
2 | £47.5M | 2016 | ||
3 | £27.5M | 2013 | ||
4 | £27M | 2004 | ||
5 | £24M | 2009 | ||
6 | £15M | 2018 | ||
7 | £14M | 2019 | ||
8 | £12M | 2012 |
Awards
Managerial Awards
LMA Manager of the Year
2002–03:
2004–05:
2008–09:
Premier League Manager of the Month Award
January 1998:
September 1999:
November 2003:
September 2004:
January 2006:
February 2008:
February 2009:
January 2010:
March 2010:
October 2010:
September 2012:
March 2013:
Player Awards
European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)
1986:
African Footballer of the Year
1994:
1995:
Oceania Footballer of the Year
2004:
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
1985:
1986:
PFA Players' Player of the Year
1985:
1986:
PFA Merit Award
1977:
1982:
1986:
1986:
1994:
1997:
Premier League Player of the Month Award
February 1995:
April 1996:
April 1999:
September 2006:
February 2009:
April 2012:
November 2012:
March 2017:
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award
1995:
BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award
2003:
U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
2008:
2014:
Icelandic Footballer of the Year
2017:
2018:
2019:
Club records
Wins
- Most League wins in a season – 29 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
- Fewest League wins in a season – 9 in 22 matches, First Division, 1912–13 and 9 in 42 matches, 1979–80
9 in 38 matches FA Premier League, 1997–98 and 2003–04
Defeats
- Most League defeats in a season – 22 in 42 matches, FA Premier League, 1993–94
- Fewest League defeats in a season – 1 in 22 matches, First Division, 1890–91
Goals
- Most League goals scored in a season – 121 in 42 matches, Second Division, 1930–31
- Fewest League goals scored in a season – 34 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2005–06
- Most League goals conceded in a season – 92 in 42 matches, First Division, 1929–30
- Fewest League goals conceded in a season – 27 in 40 matches, First Division, 1987–88
Points
- Most points in a League season (2 for a win) – 66 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
- Most points in a League season (3 for a win) – 90 in 42 matches, First Division, 1984–85
- Fewest points in a League season (2 for a win) – 20 in 22 matches, First Division, 1888–89
- Fewest points in a League season (3 for a win) – 39 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2003–04
Matches
Firsts
- First FA Cup match – v. Bolton, First Qualifying Round, 12 November 1887 (drew 0–0)[3]
- First League match – v. Accrington, First Division, 8 September 1888 (won 2–1)
- First match at Goodison – v. Bolton, First Division, (won 4–2)
- First European match – v. Dunfermline F.C., Fairs Cup, 25 September 1962 (won 1–0)
- First League Cup match – v. Accrington Stanley, (won 3–1)
Record wins
- Record League Victory: 9–1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906; v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 (W Dean & J Stein both scored 4, a first for Everton)
- Record FA Cup Victory: 11–2 v Derby County, FA Cup, 5th Round, 18 January 1890 (Hat-tricks from Fred Geary, Alec Brady and Alf Milward)[4]
- Record League Cup Victory: 8–0 v Wimbledon, League Cup, 2nd Round, 29 August 1978
- Record Aggregate League Cup Victory: 11–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 1990
- Record European Victory: 6–1 v SK Brann, UEFA CUP, Round of 32, 21 February 2008
- Record Aggregate European Victory: 10–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA CUP, 1st Round, 1978
- Record Friendly Victory: 0-22 v ATV Irdning, 14 July 2018
Record away wins
- Record League Victory: 7–0 v Charlton Athletic, 7 February 1931
- Record FA Cup Victory: 6–0 v Crystal Palace, 4 January 1931
- Record Top Flight Victory: 6–1 v Derby County, 5 November 1892
- Record League Cup Victory: 5–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round 1st Leg, 25 September 1990
- Record European Victory: 5-0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup, 1st Round 1st Leg, 12 September 1978
Record defeats
- Record League Defeat: 0–7 v Sunderland, Football League Div 1, 26 December 1934; v Wolves, Football League Div 1, 22 February 1939; v Arsenal, Premier League, 11 May 2005[5]
- Record FA Cup Defeat: 0–6 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup, 1st Round, 7 January 1922
Attendances
- Highest League Attendance 78,299 v Liverpool, 18 September 1948
- Highest FA Cup Attendance 77,902 v Manchester United, FA Cup, 5th Round, 14 February 1953
- Highest League Cup Attendance 54,032 v Bolton, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January 1977
- Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Internazionale Milano, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September 1963
- Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934
- Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993
- Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990
National records
- Goodison Park was the world's first purpose made and designed dedicated football ground.
- Goodison Park is the only club ground to have hosted a world cup semi-final.
- Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21 September 1949. England lost 2–0 & this was their first home defeat to a non-UK country. Everton's Peter Farrell scored.
- Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seasons running (1962–63 to 1966–67).
- Everton have played in more top flight seasons than any other club.[6]
- They have scored and conceded more goals in the top division than any other club.[6]
- Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.[6]
- They hold the unusual distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time. They won the championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning champions until the 1919–20 season due to the World War I league cancellation. They were also champions in 1939, and again remained reigning champions until the league resumed in 1946–47 after World War II.
- First club to be presented with the League Championship trophy and medals.
- First club to have the youngest Premiership goalscorer in two consecutive seasons with two different players
- First club to play 4000 top-flight games
- First club to amass 5000 League points
- First club to win the League Championship on two different grounds.
- First club to stage an FA Cup final
- First English club to install dugouts
- First English club to be invited to train at the Italian training HQ at Coverciano.
- First club to win the FA Cup Final after being 2–0 down.
- First club to appear in 4 consecutive Charity Shields at Wembley 1984-7.
- Jack Southworth's six goals v West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893, was the first such instance in Football League history.
- Most disciplinary points received in the Premier League (2 points for a red card, one for a yellow): 1252 [7]
Continental records
- Goodison Park, built in 1892, was the world's first complete purpose-built football ground.
- Everton were the first club to install undersoil heating in their stadium.
- First club to win a penalty shoot-out in the European Cup – 1970 v Borussia Mönchengladbach
- First club to issue a regular match programme for home fixtures.
- First club to have a four-sided stadium with two tier stands
- First club to have a stadium with a three-tier stand
See also
- Football records in England
References
- "Most Appearances for Everton - European Matches". Everton Results. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- "Most Clean Sheets for Everton - All Competitions". Everton Results. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- Everton originally drew Rangers F.C. in 1886 but only played it as a friendly as they had ineligible players. Although they beat Bolton in a replay, they didn't go through as they fielded 7 ineligible players. The game itself was a replay as the first game was declared void after Bolton had fielded an ineligible player.
- "Everton 11 – Derby County 2; 18 January 1890 (Match summary)". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- Brodkin, Jon (12 May 2005). "Rampant Gunners in seventh heaven". The Guardian. London.
- "England - First Level All-Time Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- Official Site of the Premier League | Statistics Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- "Everton Firsts". evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2006.
- "Everton Results". evertonresults.com. Retrieved 22 August 2006.
8. Best youth player
Steve Wainwright 1977/78. (Eastham Wirral)