List_of_Aberdeen_F.C._records_and_statistics

List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics

List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics

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Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Aberdeen. They have played at their home ground, Pittodrie, since the club's formation in 1903. Aberdeen joined the Scottish Football League in 1904, and the Scottish Premier League in 1998 as well as the Scottish Professional Football League in 2013.

The club's record appearance maker is Willie Miller, who made 796 appearances between 1972 and 1990. Joe Harper is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 199 goals in major competitions during his two spells at Aberdeen.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Aberdeen, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Aberdeen players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Pittodrie are also included in the list.

Honours

Aberdeen's first trophy was the Southern League Cup in 1946, which was won after a 3–2 win against Rangers.[1][2] Their first national trophy win was the Scottish Cup in 1947. Aberdeen's first Scottish League Cup victory came in 1955.

In 1983, Aberdeen won two European trophies, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup. The 1980s was Aberdeen's most successful in terms of trophies won, with three league championships, four Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups added to the two European trophies. Aberdeen's most recent trophy win was in 2014, when they defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish League Cup final.

National

League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

European

1986 European Cup Quarter Final

Regional

  • Aberdeenshire Cup (36): 1903–04, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05[42]
  • Aberdeenshire and District League (7): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1947–48[43]
  • Dewar Shield (17): 1906–07, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51 (shared), 1951-52 (shared)[44]
  • Fleming Charity Shield (13): 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1921–22, 1922–23[45]
  • High Cup: 1907–08[46]
  • Highland League: 1912–13, 1924–25 (won by Aberdeen A)[47]
  • Northern League: 1905–06, 1910–11 (won by Aberdeen A)
  • Rhodesia Cup: 1904–05[48]
  • Robertson Cup: 1910–11 (shared), 1915–16 (shared)[49]
  • Caledonia Trophy: 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50

Wartime

Other cups

Youth

Player records

See also: List of Aberdeen F.C. players

Appearances

Top 50 most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2023/24 season.[52]

More information #, Name ...
  1. source has 348 but this includes 17 unofficial wartime league appearances in 1945/46.
  2. source has 212 but this includes 8 unofficial wartime league appearances in 1945/46.

Top 10 non-UK appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2023/24 season.[52]

More information # (non UK), # (Exc ROI) ...
  1. source lists 127 appearances, but 28 were unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.
  2. source lists 100 appearances, but 1 was an unofficial wartime league fixture in 1945/46.

Goalscorers

Top 50 goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2023/24 season. Matches played appear in brackets.[52]

More information #, Name ...

[lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4]

  1. source has 145 in 208, but 8 were scored in 13 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945–46.
  2. source has 108 in 212, but 4 were scored in 8 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.
  3. South Africa Stan Williams (1937-1939, 1945-1949) is listed with 51 goals in 127, but 17 were scored in 28 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.
  4. Scotland Archie Baird (1945-1953) is listed with 46 goals in 170, but 9 were scored in 26 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.

Top 10 non-UK goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2023/24 season. Matches played appear in brackets.[52]

More information # (non UK), # (exc ROI) ...

International caps

Transfers

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Attendances

See also

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