List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics
Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
This list encompasses all of the honours Aberdeen FC has won in their 110-year history, the club records and individual player records.
Willie Miller currently holds the club record for league appearances, with 556 between 1972 and 1990.[1] Joe Harper is the club's top scorer, with 205 goals in all competitions.[2]
Contents
Honours
Aberdeen's first trophy was the Southern League Cup in 1946, which was won after a 3-2 win against Rangers. 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.
Domestic
League
Cups
- Drybrough Cup: 2
- 1971–72, 1980–81
European
Youth
- Scottish Youth League: 1
- 1998–99
- Scottish Youth Cup: 3
- 1984–85, 1985–86, 2000–01
Player records
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Appearances
# | Name | Years | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total |
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1972–1990 | 561 | 66 | 109 | 61 | 797 |
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1978–1994 | 494 | 69 | 74 | 56 | 693 |
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1965–1980 | 427 | 50 | 95 | 23 | 595 |
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1983–1997 | 430 | 45 | 47 | 39 | 561 |
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1978–1988 1998–2000 |
385 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 535 |
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1996–2006 2012–2015 |
343 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 407 |
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1928–1947 | 344 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 389 |
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1972–1982 | 275 | 28 | 66 | 17 | 386 |
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1985–1997 | 308 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 384 |
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1989–1995 1997–2001 |
311 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 379 |
Goalscorers
- Most goals scored: Joe Harper, 205[3]
- Most league goals in a season: Benny Yorston, 38, 1929–30[3]
International caps
- First capped: Charlie O'Hagan for Ireland.[4]
- Most caps as an Aberdeen player: Alex McLeish - 77 caps for Scotland.[5]
Transfers
- Highest Transfer fee received: £1,750,000 Eoin Jess, Coventry City February 1996[3]
- Highest Transfer fee paid: £1,000,000 Paul Bernard, Oldham Athletic September 1995[3]
Club records
Matches
- First match (of the reformed club): Aberdeen v Stenhousemuir (Pittodrie; 15 August 1903, Northern League)[6]
- Largest win: Aberdeen 13–0 Peterhead (Pittodrie, Scottish Cup 3rd Round; 10 February 1923)[3]
- Largest defeat (all competitions): Celtic 9–0 Aberdeen (Celtic Park, Scottish Premier League; 6 November 2010)[7]
Attendances
- Highest home attendance: 45,061 vs Hearts, Scottish Cup Quarter-final, 13 March 1954[3]
- Highest average home attendance: 24,200, 1948–49 (15 matches)
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