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* {{note|Second Division}} The [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] was the Second Tier of English football, when Cardiff earned these honours.
* {{note|Second Division}} The [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] was the Second Tier of English football, when Cardiff earned these honours.
* {{note|Second Division B}} The Second Division was the Third Tier of English football, when Cardiff won the play-off.
* {{note|Second Division B}} The Second Division was the Third Tier of English football, when Cardiff won the play-off.
* {{note|Third Divsion }} The Third Division was the Third Tier of English football, when Cardiff won these honours.
* {{note|Third Division }} The Third Division was the Third Tier of English football, when Cardiff won these honours.
* {{note|Third Division B}} The [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] was the Fourth Tier of English football, when Cardiff won this
* {{note|Third Division B}} The [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] was the Fourth Tier of English football, when Cardiff won this


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This article details 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 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 26 April 2011

Honours

League

Cups

Club records

Football League Record

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

Match records

Firsts

Lasts

Record results

Season records

  • Most wins in a season: 30 in 42 games, 1946-47
  • Most Defeats in a season: 27 in 42 games, 1933-34
  • Longest stretch of clean sheets: 8, 7 April 1976 - 21 August 1976[5]
  • Most goals scored in one season: 90, Division Three 2000–01
  • Most goals conceded in one season: 105, Division Three South, 1933-34

Attendance records

Player appearance records

See also: List of Cardiff City F.C. players

Most appearances

Substitute appearances in brackets

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[8] Total
1 Wales Phil Dwyer 1972–85 471 (5) 23 (0) 28 (0) 9 (0) 531 (5)
2 Scotland Don Murray 1962–74 406 (0) 23 (0) 21 (0) 33 (0) 483 (0)
3 Republic of Ireland Tom Farquharson 1921–34 445 (0) 34 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0) 481 (0)
4 England Peter King 1960–74 356 (5) 20 (0) 22 (0) 33 (1) 431 (6)
5 Wales Ron Stitfall 1947–64 398 (0) 20 (0) 3 (0) 0 (0) 421 (0)
6 Wales Fred Keenor 1920–30 371 (0) 42 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 414 (0)
7 England Billy Hardy 1920–31 354 (0) 53 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 408 (0)
8 Wales Alan Harrington 1952–66 348 (0) 14 (0) 11 (0) 8 (0) 381 (0)
9 Wales Alf Sherwood 1946–56 354 (0) 18 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 372 (0)
10 Wales Len Davies 1920–31 305 (0) 33 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 339 (0)
11 Wales Jason Perry 1986–96 281 (3) 15 (1) 22 (0) 20 (1) 338 (5)
12 Wales Scott Young 1993–03 277 (20) 22 (1) 14 (1) 20 (3) 333 (25)
13 Wales Colin Baker 1953–66 298 (0) 17 (0) 12 (0) 1 (0) 328 (0)
14 England Roger Gibbins 1982–85 & 1989–92 281 (14) 14 (0) 23 (1) 6 (0) 324 (15)
15 Wales Billy Baker 1938–54 292 (0) 16 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 308 (0)
16 Wales Derek Sullivan 1947–61 275 (0) 10 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 285 (0)
17 Wales Damon Searle 1990–96 234 (2) 13 (0) 9 (0) 22 (0) 278 (2)
18 Guyana Cohen Griffith 1989–95 234 (29) 16 (2) 9 (0) 16 (1) 275 (32)
19 Scotland Jimmy Nelson 1921–30 240 (0) 30 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 271 (0)
20 England Gary Bell 1966–73 223 (1) 17 (0) 9 (0) 16 (0) 265 (1)

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.

Player scoring records

All time leading goalscorers

Number of appearances in brackets

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[8] Total
1 Wales Len Davies 1920–31 128 (305) 19 (33) 0 (0) 1 (1) 148 (339)
2 Wales Robert Earnshaw 1997-04 85 (178) 9 (13) 10 (8) 1 (6) 105 (205)
3= Wales Carl Dale 1991–98 71 (211) 6 (14) 5 (11) 12 (16) 94 (253)
3= England Jimmy Gill 1920–25 82 (184) 12 (28) 0 (0) 0 (0) 94 (212)
5 England Brian Clark 1967–72 & 1975–76 79 (204) 2 (13) 3 (9) 7 (14) 91 (240)
6 England Peter King 1960–74 67 (356) 5 (20) 6 (22) 11 (33) 89 (431)
7= Scotland Hughie Ferguson 1925–29 77 (117) 9 (13) 0 (0) 1 (1) 87 (131)
7= Wales John Toshack 1966–70 74 (162) 1 (6) 1 (6) 11 (19) 87 (193)
9 Wales Derek Tapscott 1958–65 79 (194) 2 (9) 3 (5) 2 (5) 86 (214)
10 Wales Chris Pike 1986 & 1989–92 67 (154) 3 (10) 2 (8) 2 (9) 74 (181)
11 England Wilf Grant 1950–54 65 (155) 2 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 67 (159)
12 England Michael Chopra 2006–07, 2008–09 & 2009– 58 (145) 3 (8) 2 (4) 2 (5) 63 (162)
13 Scotland John Buchanan 1974–81 54 (231) 2 (11) 5 (15) 0 (7) 61 (264)
14 England Tony Evans 1975–79 47 (128) 4 (8) 6 (7) 1 (6) 58 (149)
15 Republic of Ireland Jimmy McCambridge 1930–32 51 (95) 2 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 53 (100)
15= England Peter Whittingham 2007– 43 (181) 4 (13) 4 (12) 2 (5) 53 (211)
17 Guyana Cohen Griffith 1989–95 39 (234) 0 (16) 5 (9) 4 (16) 48 (275)
18= England Gary Stevens 1978–81 44 (150) 0 (4) 3 (9) 0 (0) 47 (163)
19= England Jimmy Collins 1937–38 41 (76) 4 (10) 0 (0) 1 (3) 46 (89)
19= England Jimmy Gilligan 1987–89 34 (99) 4 (4) 1 (8) 7 (10) 46 (121)
20= Wales Phil Dwyer 1972–85 41 (471) 0 (23) 2 (28) 2 (9) 45 (531)
20= England Jay Bothroyd 2008- 41 (118) 1 (6) 3 (7) 0 (5) 45 (136)
20= Wales Trevor Ford 1953–56 42 (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

See also: List of Cardiff City F.C. internationals

Manager records

Main article: List of Cardiff City F.C. managers
  • First full-time manager: Davy McDougall, August 1910
  • Longest serving manager (time and games): Fred Stewart, May 1911 to May 1933 (22 years and 605 games)[10]
  • Most successful manager: Billy McCandless, win percentage of 53% (53 wins out of 100 games).

Transfers

First player signed: Jack Evans, 1910 from Cwmparc.[11]

Record transfer fees paid

Michael Chopra, sold to Sunderland in July 2007 for £5 million, is 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 to Date Notes
1 England Michael Chopra £3m Sunderland 1 July 2009 [12]
2 England Peter Thorne £1.75m Stoke City 13 September 2001 [13]
3 England Mark Hudson £1.075m Charlton Athletic 1 July 2009 [14]
4 Republic of Ireland Graham Kavanagh £1m Stoke City 18 June 2001 [15]
5 England Andy Campbell £950,000 Middlesbrough 26 March 2002 [16]

Progression of record fee paid

Date Player Bought from Fee
1910 Wales Jack Evans Cwmparc 30p
1920 England Jimmy Gill Sheffield Wednesday £750
1920 Scotland Jimmy Blair Sheffield Wednesday £3,500
December 1953 Wales Trevor Ford Sunderland £30,000
1970 Scotland Ian Gibson Coventry City £35,000
26 December 1970 England Alan Warboys Sheffield Wednesday £40,000
1982 England Godfrey Ingram San Jose Earthquakes £200,000
10 August 2000 Wales Danny Gabbidon West Bromwich Albion £800,000
29 June 2001 Republic of Ireland Graham Kavanagh Stoke City £1,000,000
13 September 2001 England Peter Thorne Stoke City £1,750,000
1 July 2010 England Michael Chopra Sunderland £3,000,000

Record transfer fees received

# Name Fee Paid by Date Notes
1= England Michael Chopra £5m Sunderland 13 July 2007 [17]
1= England Roger Johnson £5m Birmingham City 25 June 2009 [18]
2 Wales Aaron Ramsey £4.8m Arsenal 13 June 2008 [19]
3= England Cameron Jerome £3m Birmingham City 31 May 2006 [20]
3= Wales Robert Earnshaw £3m West Bromwich Albion 30 August 2004 [21]

Progression of record fee received

Date Player Sold to Fee
November 1970 Wales John Toshack Liverpool £110,000
November 1982 England Godfrey Ingram San Jose Earthquakes £200,000
1989 England Jimmy Gilligan Portsmouth £215,000
30 August 2004 Wales Robert Earnshaw West Bromwich Albion £3,000,000
13 July 2007 England Michael Chopra Sunderland £5,000,000

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[22]

Cardiff City scores are shown first in every match

Season Competition Round Land Club Home
result[23] 		Away
result[23] 		Notes
1964-1965 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Dänemark Esbjerg fB 1–0 0–0
2R Portugal Sporting Lisbon 0-0 2-1
QF Spanien Real Zaragoza 0-1 2-2
1965-66 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Belgien Standard Liege 1–2 0–1
1967-68 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2–0 1–1
2R Niederlande NAC Breda 4–1 1–1
QF Russland Torpedo Moscow 1–0 0–1 Cardiff City win replay at neutral ground 1-0
SF Deutschland 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 Norwegen Mjøndalen IF 5–1 7–1
2R Türkei Göztepe A.Ş. 1–0 0–3
1970-71 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Zypern Pezoporikos Larnaca 8–0 0–0
2R Frankreich FC Nantes 5–1 2–1
QF Spanien Real Madrid 1–0 0–2
1971-72 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Deutschland 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 Ungarn Ferencvaros 0–2 1–4
1976-77 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–3
1977-78 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Österreich Austria Vienna 0–0 0–1
1988-89 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Derry City 4–0 0–0
2R Dänemark AGF Aarhus 1–2 0–4
1992-93 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Österreich Admira Wacker 1–1 0–2
1993-94 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Belgien Standard Liege 1–3 2–5
Key
  • 1R = First round
  • 2R = Second round
  • 3R = Third round
  • QF = Quarter final
  • SF = Semi final
  • F = Final

Total european matches

Competition Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
European Cup Winners Cup 47 15 14 18 65 60

Footnotes

  • ^ The First Division was the Top tier of English football, when Cardiff gained this honour.
  • ^ The Second Division was the Second Tier of English football, when Cardiff earned these honours.
  • ^ The Second Division was the Third Tier of English football, when Cardiff won the play-off.
  • ^ The Third Division was the Third Tier of English football, when Cardiff won these honours.
  • ^ The Third Division was the Fourth Tier of English football, when Cardiff won this

References

  • Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • "Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". Retrieved 2008-03-20.
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  8. ^ a b The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Welsh Cup, the FAW Premier Cup, the Football League Trophy and the Division Three South Cup.
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  23. ^ a b Cardiff City score is given first in each result.


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