List of Cardiff City F.C. records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons.

This article details records and statistics of Cardiff City Football Club since they joined the Football League in 1920. Cardiff City are a Welsh professional association football club based in Cardiff. The club was founded in 1899 and joined the Football League in 1920 after spending a decade in the Southern League. During their history Cardiff have played in all four professional divisions of the Football League. They currently play in the second tier of the Football League, the Second Division/FL Championship.

The list details honours won by the club and individual records set by the players. Any attendance records listed here were achieved at Ninian Park which was specially built for the club in 1910 and was replaced by the Cardiff City Stadium in July 2009.[1]

As of 15 May 2014

Honours

League

First Division/Premier League (First Tier)

Second Division/First Division/Championship (Second Tier)

Third Division (south)/Third Division/Second Division/League One (Third Tier)

Fourth Division/Third Division/League Two (Fourth Tier)

Cups

FA Cup

FA Charity Shield

Football League Cup

Welsh Cup

FAW Premier Cup

FAW Invitation Cup

FA Youth Cup

FAW Welsh Youth Cup

Club records

Football League Record

Years League Tier Up/Down Notes
1920–1921 Division 2 2
1921–1929 Division 1 1Increase
1929–1931 Division 2 2Decrease
1931–1947 Division 3 South 3Decrease
1947–1952 Division 2 2Increase
1952–1957 Division 1 1Increase
1957–1960 Division 2 2Decrease
1960–1962 Division 1 1Increase
1962–1975 Division 2 2Decrease
1975–1976 Division 3 3Decrease
1976–1982 Division 2 2Increase
1982–1983 Division 3 3Decrease
1983–1985 Division 2 2Increase
1985–1986 Division 3 3Decrease
1986–1988 Division 4 4Decrease
1988–1990 Division 3 3Increase
1990–1993 Division 4/Division 3 4Decreasechanged title due to Premier League being introduced in 1992.
1993–1995 Division 2 3Increase
1995–1999 Division 3 4Decrease
1999–2000 Division 2 3Increase
2000–2001 Division 3 4Decrease
2001–2003 Division 2 3Increase
2003-2013 Division 1/Championship 2IncreaseLeague name changed to Championship in 2004 for sponsorship reasons
2013–2014 Premier League 1Increase
2014–Championship2Decrease

Match records

Firsts

Lasts

Record results

Season records

Attendance records

Player appearance records

Most appearances

Substitute appearances in brackets

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[7] Total
1Wales Dwyer, PhilPhil Dwyer197285471 (5)23 (0)28 (0)9 (0)531 (5)
2Scotland Murray, DonDon Murray1962–74406 (0)23 (0) 21 (0)33 (0)483 (0)
3Republic of Ireland Farquharson, TomTom Farquharson1921–34445 (0) 34 (0) 0 (0)2 (0)481 (0)
4England King, PeterPeter King1960–74356 (5) 20 (0) 22 (0) 33 (1)431 (6)
5Wales Stitfall, RonRon Stitfall1947–64398 (0) 20 (0) 3 (0)0 (0)421 (0)
6Wales Keenor, FredFred Keenor1920–30371 (0) 42 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)414 (0)
7England Hardy, BillyBilly Hardy1920–31354 (0)53 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)408 (0)
8Wales Harrington, AlanAlan Harrington1952–66348 (0)14 (0) 11 (0) 8 (0)381 (0)
9England Whittingham, PeterPeter Whittingham2007 -331 (33)17 (1)14(5) 7 (0) 372 (39)
9Wales Sherwood, AlfAlf Sherwood1946–56354 (0) 18 (0) 0 (0)0 (0)372 (0)
11Wales Davies, LenLen Davies1920–31305 (0)33 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 339 (0)
12Wales Perry, JasonJason Perry1986–96281 (3)15 (1)22 (0) 20 (1) 338 (5)
13Wales Young, ScottScott Young1993–03277 (20)22 (1) 14 (1) 20 (3) 333 (25)
14Wales Baker, ColinColin Baker1953–66298 (0)17 (0) 12 (0) 1 (0) 328 (0)
15England Gibbins, RogerRoger Gibbins1982–85 & 1989–92281 (14)14 (0) 23 (1) 6 (0) 324 (15)
16Wales Baker, BillyBilly Baker1938–54292 (0)16 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 308 (0)
17Scotland McNaughton, KevinKevin McNaughton2006-15245 (10)17 (0) 9 (2) 9 (0) 292 (10)
18Wales Sullivan, DerekDerek Sullivan1947–61275 (0)10 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 285 (0)
19Wales Searle, DamonDamon Searle1990–96234 (2)13 (0) 9 (0) 22 (0) 278 (2)
20Guyana Griffith, CohenCohen Griffith1989–95234 (29)16 (2) 9 (0) 16 (1) 275 (32)

Figures to 20 February 2016

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

All-Time Starting XI

The following players have made the most appearances and are placed into default positions, they don't necessarily need to be top 11 players with most appearances.

Nat. Position Name Appearances
 Ireland GK Tom Farquharson 481
 Wales RB Ron Stitfall 421
 Wales CB Phil Dwyer 531
 Scotland CB Don Murray 483
 Wales LB Alan Harrington 381
 Guyana RW Cohen Griffith 275
 England WH Billy Hardy 408
 Wales WH Colin Baker 328
 Wales LW Joe Ledley 256
 England ST Peter King 431
 Wales ST Len Davies 339

Player scoring records

All time leading goalscorers

Number of appearances in brackets

Figures to 20 February 2016

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[7] Total
1 Wales Davies, LenLen Davies1920–31 128 (305) 19 (33) 0 (0) 1 (1) 148 (339)
2Wales Earnshaw, RobertRobert Earnshaw 1997-04 & 2011-13 89 (193) 10 (14) 10(9) 0 (1)109 (217)
3=Wales Dale, CarlCarl Dale1991–98 71 (211) 6 (14) 5 (11) 12 (16) 94 (253)
3=England Gill, JimmyJimmy Gill1920–2582 (184)12 (28)0 (0)0 (0)94 (212)
5England Clark, BrianBrian Clark1967–72 & 1975–7679 (204)2 (13)3 (9)7 (14)91 (240)
6England King, PeterPeter King1960–7467 (356)5 (20)6 (22)11 (33)89 (431)
7England Whittingham, PeterPeter Whittingham2007–75 (331+33)4 (17+1)5 (14+5)4 (7)88 (372+39)
8=Scotland Ferguson, HughieHughie Ferguson1925–2977 (117)9 (13)0 (0)1 (1)87 (131)
8=Wales Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack1966–7074 (162)1 (6)1 (6)11 (19)87 (193)
10Wales Tapscott, DerekDerek Tapscott1958–6579 (194)2 (9)3 (5)2 (5)86 (214)
11Wales Pike, ChrisChris Pike1986 & 1989–9267 (154)3 (10)2 (8)2 (9)74 (181)
12England Grant, WilfWilf Grant1950–5465 (155)2 (5)0 (0)0 (0)67 (159)
13England Chopra, MichaelMichael Chopra2006–07, 2008–09 & 2009–1156 (142)3 (8)2 (4)4 (8)65 (162)
14Scotland Buchanan, JohnJohn Buchanan1974–8154 (231)2 (11)5 (15)0 (7)61 (264)
15England Evans, TonyTony Evans1975–7947 (128)4 (8)6 (7)1 (6)58 (149)
16Republic of Ireland McCambridge, JimmyJimmy McCambridge1930–3251 (95)2 (5)0 (0)0 (0)53 (100)
17Guyana Griffith, CohenCohen Griffith1989–9539 (234)0 (16)5 (9)4 (16)48 (275)
18England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens1978–8144 (150)0 (4)3 (9)0 (0)47 (163)
19=England Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins1937–3841 (76)4 (10)0 (0)1 (3)46 (89)
19=England Gilligan, JimmyJimmy Gilligan1987–8934 (99)4 (4)1 (8)7 (10)46 (121)
20=Wales Dwyer, PhilPhil Dwyer1972–8541 (471)0 (23)2 (28)2 (9)45 (531)
20=England Bothroyd, JayJay Bothroyd2008–1141 (118)1 (6)3 (7)0 (5)45 (136)
20=Wales Ford, TrevorTrevor Ford1953–5642 (96)3 (5)0 (0)0 (0)45 (101)

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

Transfers

First player signed: Jack Evans, 1910 from Cwmparc.[10]

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 Medel, GaryGary Medel£11mSpain Sevilla10 August 2013[11]
2England Caulker, StevenSteven Caulker£8mEngland Tottenham Hotspur31 July 2013[12]
3Denmark Cornelius, AndreasAndreas Cornelius£7.5mDenmark FC Copenhagen1 July 2013[13]
4Gabon Ecuele Manga, BrunoBruno Ecuele Manga£5.5mFrance Lorient1 September 2014[14]
5England Chopra, MichaelMichael Chopra£4mEngland Sunderland4 July 2009[15]
6England Morrison, SeanSean Morrison£3mEngland Reading15 August 2014[16]
7England Maynard, NickyNicky Maynard£2.8mEngland West Ham31 August 2012[17]
8England Le Fondre, AdamAdam Le Fondre£2.7mEngland Reading28 May 2014[18]
9Norway Moller Daehli, MatsMats Moller Daehli£2.7mNorway Molde1 January 2014[19]
10South Korea Bo-Kyung, KimKim Bo-Kyung£2.7mJapan Cerezo Osaka27 July 2012[20]

Progression of record fee paid

DatePlayerBought fromFee
1910Wales Jack EvansCwmparc30p
1920England Jimmy GillSheffield Wednesday£750
November 1920Scotland Jimmy BlairSheffield Wednesday£3,500
December 1953Wales Trevor FordSunderland£30,000
1970Scotland Ian GibsonCoventry City£35,000
26 December 1970England Alan WarboysSheffield Wednesday£40,000
September 1982England Godfrey IngramSan Jose Earthquakes£200,000
10 August 2000Wales Danny GabbidonWest Bromwich Albion£800,000
29 June 2001Republic of Ireland Graham KavanaghStoke City£1,000,000
13 September 2001England Peter ThorneStoke City£1,750,000
1 July 2010England Michael ChopraSunderland£3,000,000
27 June 2013Denmark Andreas CorneliusFC Copenhagen£7,500,000
31 July 2013England Steven CaulkerTottenham Hotspur£8,000,000
10 August 2013Chile Gary MedelSevilla£11,000,000

Record transfer fees received

# Name Fee Paid by Date Notes
1Chile Medel, GaryGary Medel£10mItaly Inter Milan9 August 2014[21]
2England Caulker, StevenSteven Caulker£8.5mEngland Queens Park Rangers22 July 2014[22]
3England Mutch, JordonJordon Mutch£6mEngland QPR5 August 2014[23]
4England Chopra, MichaelMichael Chopra£5mEngland Sunderland13 July 2007[24]
5England Johnson, RogerRoger Johnson£5mEngland Birmingham City25 June 2009[25]
6Wales Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey£4.8mEngland Arsenal13 June 2008[26]
7Wales Earnshaw, RobertRobert Earnshaw£4mEngland West Brom30 August 2004[27]
8England Jerome, CameronCameron Jerome£4mEngland Birmingham City31 May 2006[28]
9Denmark Cornelius, AndreasAndreas Cornelius£3mDenmark Copenhagen31 January 2015[29]
10Netherlands Loovens, GlennGlenn Loovens£2.5mScotland Celtic16 August 2008[30]

Progression of record fee received

DatePlayerSold toFee
8 November 1970Wales John ToshackLiverpool£110,000
November 1982England Godfrey IngramSan Jose Earthquakes£200,000
October 1989England Jimmy GilliganPortsmouth£215,000
30 August 2004Wales Robert EarnshawWest Bromwich Albion£3,000,000
13 July 2007England Michael ChopraSunderland£5,000,000
22 July 2014England Steven CaulkerQueens Park Rangers£8,500,000
9 August 2014Chile Gary MedelInter Milan£10,000,000

European matches

Cardiff City often qualified for the now defunct European Cup Winners Cup by winning the Welsh Cup until UEFA blocked them from using this route in the early 1990s[31]

Cardiff City scores are shown first in every match

Season Competition Round Country Club Home
result[32]
Away
result[32]
Notes
1964-1965 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

Total European matches

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

Penalty Shootouts

Date Competition Opponents Venue Score
29 September 1971 European Cup Winners Cup SC Dynamo Berlin Home 4-5
14 January 1997 Football League Trophy Exeter City Home 2-4
24 January 1998 FA Cup Reading Away 3-4
25 August 1999 League Cup Queens Park Rangers Away 3-2
24 August 2004 League Cup Kidderminster Harriers Away 5-4
26 October 2004 League Cup Bournemouth Away 5-4
12 May 2010 League Play Offs Leicester City Home 4-3
21 September 2011 League Cup Leicester City Home 7-6
24 January 2012 League Cup Crystal Palace Home 3-1
26 February 2012 League Cup Liverpool Wembley 2-3

Footnotes

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  32. 1 2 Cardiff City score is given first in each result.
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