List of Cardiff City F.C. records and statistics

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Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock (holding trophy right) and Sean Morrison (left) lift the 2017-18 EFL Championship runner-up trophy Cardiff City celebrations 2018.jpg
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock (holding trophy right) and Sean Morrison (left) lift the 2017–18 EFL Championship runner-up trophy

Cardiff City Football Club is a Welsh professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club was founded in 1899 and initially played in local amateur leagues before joining the English football league system. After spending a decade in the Southern Football League, Cardiff joined the Football League in 1920. Since then, the club has played in all four professional divisions of the Football League, spending 17 seasons in the top tier since its formation. [1] Cardiff has also reached the final of the FA Cup on three occasions, winning the trophy in the 1927 final, and the League Cup once. The team currently plays in the second tier of the English league system, the EFL Championship.

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Billy Hardy is the club's record appearance holder having played in 590 first team matches between 1911 and 1931. Phil Dwyer made the most appearances for the club in the Football League with 471. The club's goalscoring record is held by Len Davies who scored 179 times between 1919 and 1931. Davies is one of only eight players to have scored 100 or more goals in the club's history.

The list encompasses the major honours won by Cardiff City, records set by the club, its managers and players, and details of its 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 achievements by Cardiff City players on the international stage, and the club's highest transfer fees. Attendance records at Ninian Park and the Cardiff City Stadium, the club's home grounds since 1910 and 2009 respectively, are also included.

Honours

Cardiff City was originally founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., initially playing in local amateur competitions. The club won its first trophy under the guise by winning the Bevan Shield, an amateur cup competition, in 1905. [2] The club changed its name to Cardiff City in 1908 and entered the Southern Football League in 1910. [3] The club was the first side based in South Wales to win the Welsh Cup after defeating Pontypridd in the 1912 final. [4] The side won its first league honour by winning the Southern Football League Second Division title the following year, in the 1912–13 season. [5] Cardiff entered the Football League in 1920 and enjoyed the most successful period in its history. Cardiff finished as First Division runners-up in the 1923–24 season and reached two FA Cup finals, losing the first in 1925 before becoming the only non-English side to win the cup two years later in 1927, defeating Arsenal 1–0. [3] [6] The club reached a third FA Cup final 82 years later in 2008 but suffered a 1–0 defeat to Portsmouth. [7] The club is the second most successful side in the history of the Welsh Cup having won the competition on 22 occasions, one fewer than Wrexham. [8] The most recent honour won by the club was the Championship title during the 2012–13 season. [9]

Cardiff City's list of competition victories includes: [10] [11]

League titles

Southern Football League

Champions: 1912–13

Football League

Runners-up: 1923–24
Champions: 2012–13
Runners-up: 1920–21, 1951–52, 1959–60, 2017–18
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
Finalists: 1924–25, 2007–08
Winners: 1927
Finalists: 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
Finalists: 1928–29, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1959–60, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95
Winners: 2001–02
Finalists: 1997–98 [lower-alpha 1]

Match records

Firsts

Record results

Season records

Attendance records

Player appearance records

Aaron Ramsey is the youngest player in the club's history. Ramsey101 cropped.jpg
Aaron Ramsey is the youngest player in the club's history.

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets and included in totals. [lower-alpha 4]

No.NameYearsLeague [lower-alpha 5] FA Cup League Cup Other [nb 1] Total
1 Billy Hardy 1911–1931497 (0)56 (0)0 (0)37 (0)590 (0)
2 Phil Dwyer 1972–1985471 (5)23 (0)28 (0)53 (0)575 (5)
3 Don Murray 1962–1974406 (0)23 (0)21 (0)82 (0)532 (0)
4 Tom Farquharson 1921–1934445 (0)34 (0)0 (0)39 (0)518 (0)
5 Fred Keenor 1912–1930432 (0)42 (0)0 (0)33 (0)507 (0)
6 Peter King 1960–1974356 (5)20 (0)22 (0)79 (1)477 (6)
7 Peter Whittingham 2007–2017413 (42)18 (1)19 (5)7 (0)457 (48)
8 Ron Stitfall 1947–1964398 (0)20 (0)3 (0)31 (0)452 (0)
9 Jack Evans 1910–1926354 (0)42 (0)0 (0)28 (0)424 (0)
10 Alan Harrington 1952–1966348 (0)14 (0)11 (0)32 (0)405 (0)
  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.

Longest run of consecutive league appearances

Defender Don Murray holds the record for the longest unbroken spell of appearances for the club, playing in 146 consecutive matches between May 1968 and November 1971. [27]

No.PlayerAppearancesDates
1 Don Murray 146May 1968 – November 1971
2 Damon Searle 126October 1990 – September 1993
3 David Carver 117October 1968 – September 1971
4 Arthur Lever 114August 1946 – March 1949
5 Roger Gibbins 108August 1982 – December 1984

Player scoring records

All-time leading goalscorers

Number of appearances in brackets

Figures correct as of end of 2020–21 season [lower-alpha 6]

No.NameYearsLeague [lower-alpha 7] FA Cup League Cup Other [nb 1] Total
1 Len Davies 1919–1931128 (306)19 (33)0 (0)31 (33)179(372)
2 Peter King 1960–197467 (356)5 (20)6 (22)33 (79)111(477)
3 Robert Earnshaw 1997–2004 & 2011–201389 (193)10 (14)10(9)0 (1)109(227)
4 Brian Clark 1967–1972 & 1975–197679 (204)2 (13)3 (9)24 (42)108(268)
5 Carl Dale 1991–199871 (211)6 (14)5 (11)21 (32)103(269)
6 Derek Tapscott 1958–196579 (194)2 (9)3 (5)18 (25)102(234)
7 Jimmy Gill 1920–192582 (184)12 (28)0 (0)7 (8)101(220)
8 John Toshack 1966–197074 (162)1 (6)1 (6)24 (34)100(208)
9 Peter Whittingham 2007–201785 (413)4 (18)5 (19)2 (7)96(457)
10 Hughie Ferguson 1925–192977 (117)9 (13)0 (0)6 (9)92(139)
  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 season scoring record

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

Richard Peake scored 19 goals in Cardiff's first season in the Southern Football League. This list charts the top scoring season record for the club on the occasions it has been beaten or equalled. [13] [31]

SeasonLeagueAll matches
1910–11Richard Peake (17)Richard Peake (19)
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 (26) Hughie Ferguson (32)
1931–32 Jimmy McCambridge (26)
1946–47 Stan Richards (30)
2002–03 Robert Earnshaw (31) Robert Earnshaw (35)

International records

Manager records

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

Michael Chopra, sold to Sunderland in July 2007 for PS5 million, was the most expensive sale by the club at the time, and later became the most expensive signing on his return in July 2009. Chopra, Michael (2).jpg
Michael Chopra, sold to Sunderland in July 2007 for £5 million, was the most expensive sale by the club at the time, and later became the most expensive signing on his return in July 2009.
No.NameFeePaid toDateRef.
1 Emiliano Sala [lower-alpha 8] £15m Nantes 19 January 2019 [40]
2= Gary Medel £11m Sevilla 10 August 2013 [41]
2= Josh Murphy £11m Norwich City 12 June 2018 [42]
4 Bobby Reid £10m Bristol City 28 June 2018 [43]
5 Steven Caulker £8m Tottenham Hotspur 31 July 2013 [44]

Record transfer fees received

No.NameFeePaid byDateRef.
1 Gary Medel £10m Inter Milan 9 August 2014 [45]
2 Steven Caulker £8.5m Queens Park Rangers 22 July 2014 [46]
3 Jordon Mutch £6m Queens Park Rangers 5 August 2014 [47]
4= Michael Chopra £5m Sunderland 13 July 2007 [48]
4= Roger Johnson £5m Birmingham City 25 June 2009 [49]

Notes

  1. ↑ The competition was known as the FAW Invitation Cup during the 1997–98 season. [12]
  2. ↑ Joint Football League record [20]
  3. ↑ A match against Swansea Town on 27 August 1949 sold 60,855 tickets prior to the match but only 57,510 attended the match. [22] [23]
  4. ↑ Appearances sourced from Hayes (2006), Shepherd (2002) and Grandin (2010) to dates of publication. From 2010 onwards, appearances are sourced from Soccerbase.
  5. ↑ League appearances between 1910 and 1920 were made in the Southern Football League, appearances from 1920 onward were made in the Football League.
  6. ↑ Goals sourced from Hayes (2006), Shepherd (2002) and Grandin (2010) to dates of publication. From 2010 onwards, goals are sourced from Soccerbase.
  7. ↑ Goals scored between 1910 and 1920 were scored in the Southern Football League, goals scored from 1920 onward were scored in the Football League.
  8. ↑ Sala was killed in a plane crash days after signing for the club and never played a match for Cardiff. [39]

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