List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics

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

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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

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League

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European

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1986 European Cup Quarter Final

Regional

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  • 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

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Other cups

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Youth

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Player records

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Appearances

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Top 50 most appearances

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

# Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1   Willie Miller 1972-1990 560 66 109 61 796
2   Alex McLeish 1978-1994 491 68 74 56 689
3   Bobby Clark 1965-1980 424 49 95 23 591
4   Andrew Considine 2004-2022 444 49 34 44 571
5   Stewart McKimmie 1983-1997 430 46 47 39 562
6   Jim Leighton 1978-1988
1998-2000
383 49 54 47 533
7   Russell Anderson 1996-2006
2012-2015
343 30 25 9 407
8   Drew Jarvie 1972-1982 275 28 66 17 386
9   Brian Irvine 1985-1997 309 29 26 21 385
10   Eoin Jess 1989-1996
1997-2001
312 23 34 11 380
11   Willie Cooper 1928-1939
1945-1948
331[a] 37 9 0 377
12   Darren Mackie 1998-2012 314 22 19 10 365
13   John Hewitt 1979-1989 241 33 46 43 363
14=   Bert MacLachlan 1914-1927 315 43 0 0 358
  Niall McGinn 2012-2017
2018-2022
279 32 20 27 358
16   Jonny Hayes 2012-2017
2020-2024
278 18 23 33 352
17   Jack Hather 1948-1960 264 34 53 0 351
18   Donald Colman 1907-1917
1919-1920
323 23 0 0 346
19   Davie Robb 1966-1977 251 27 51 16 345
20   Jim Bett 1985-1994 257 28 32 21 338
21=   Jimmy Smith 1922-1931 297 39 0 0 336
  Jamie Langfield 2005-2015 278 26 16 16 336
23   Stuart Kennedy 1976-1983 223 29 55 26 333
24   Brian Grant 1984-1997 265 27 25 15 332
25   John McMaster 1974-1987 204 29 54 28 315
26   Neil Simpson 1978-1990 205 34 34 37 310
27   Billy Little 1957-1969 237 23 45 1 306
28   John Hume[54] 1907-1917
1919-1920
282 23 0 0 305
29=   Ally Shewan 1961-1969 220 26 46 8 300
  Joe Harper 1969-1973
1976-1981
207 24 53 16 300
31   Arthur Graham 1969-1977 220 22 44 11 297
32   Shay Logan 2014-2021 224 21 17 32 294
33   Fred Martin 1949-1960 208 33 52 0 293
34   Gordon Strachan 1977-1984 183 29 46 34 292
35   Theo Snelders 1988-1996 228 20 29 14 291
36   George Hamilton 1938-1939
1945-1955
204[b] 32 48 0 284
37=   Jock Hutton 1919-1927 239 41 0 0 280
  Doug Rougvie 1975-1984 181 26 45 28 280
39   Jimmy Hogg 1955-1965 214 22 43 0 279
40=   Harry Yorston 1947-1957 202 29 47 0 278
  Chris Clark 1999-2008
2011-2013
233 22 14 9 278
42   Richard Foster 2003-2012 235 19 11 9 274
43=   Bob McDermid 1925-1933 246 27 0 0 273
  Tony Harris 1946-1954 188 31 54 0 273
45   Joe Lewis 2016-2023 208 22 14 27 271
46=   Archie Glen 1948-1960 203 24 43 0 270
  Jim Hermiston 1966-1975 195 15 45 15 270
48   Joe Miller 1984-1988
1993-1998
206 20 24 14 264
49   Robert Connor 1986-1994 206 17 22 17 262
50   Steve Smith 1930-1937 234 24 0 0 258
  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

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

#
(non UK)
#
(Exc ROI)
Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1 x   Jonny Hayes 2012-2017
2020-2024
278 18 23 33 352
2 1   Theo Snelders 1988-1996 228 20 29 14 291
3 x   Eddie Falloon 1927-1938 223 26 0 0 249
4 2   Jens Petersen 1964-1970 141 22 31 7 201
5 x   Adam Rooney 2013-2018 151 15 11 20 197
6 3   Henning Boel 1968-1974 105 17 22 6 150
7 4   Sone Aluko 2007-2011 102 14 4 7 127
8 x   Charles O'Hagan 1906-1910 99 13 0 0 112
9 x   Willo Flood 2013-2016 80 4 7 13 104
10 5   Hans Gillhaus 1989-1992 84 6 5 5 100
11= 6=   Stan Williams 1937-1939
1945-1949
72 10 17 0 99[a]
  Bill Strauss 1936-1939
1945-1946
85 14 0 0 99[b]
13 8   Bojan Miovski 2022-2024 77 5 9 7 98
14 9   Mixu Paatelainen 1992-1994 75 9 6 3 93
15 10   Luis Lopes 2022-date 71 5 8 8 92
  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

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Top 50 goalscorers

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

# Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1   Joe Harper 1969-1972
1976-1980
125 (207) 15 (24) 51 (53) 8 (16) 199 (300)
2   Matt Armstrong 1931-1939
1945-1946
137 (195)[a] 19 (24) 0 (0) 0 (0) 156 (219)
3   George Hamilton 1938-1939
1945-1955
104 (204)[b] 18 (32) 33 (48) 0 (0) 155 (284)
4   Harry Yorston 1947-1957 98 (202) 21 (29) 22 (47) 0 (0) 141 (278)
5   Drew Jarvie 1972-1982 86 (275) 6 (28) 29 (66) 10 (17) 131 (386)
6   Benny Yorston 1927-1931 101 (143) 23 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 124 (156)
7   Willie Mills 1932-1937 102 (182) 12 (28) 0 (0) 0 (0) 114 (210)
8   Jack Hather 1948-1960 79 (264) 10 (34) 16 (53) 0 (0) 105 (351)
9   Mark McGhee 1979-1984 61 (164) 7 (20) 18 (34) 14 (31) 100 (249)
10=   Billy Little 1957-1969 78 (237) 8 (23) 12 (45) 0 (1) 98 (306)
  Davie Robb 1966-1977 77 (251) 10 (27) 9 (51) 2 (16) 98 (345)
12   Eoin Jess 1988-1996
1997-2001
79 (312) 4 (23) 5 (34) 6 (11) 94 (380)
13=   Ernie Winchester 1961-1967 71 (123) 9 (15) 12 (30) 0 (0) 92 (168)
  Graham Leggat 1953-1958 64 (109) 7 (16) 21 (26) 0 (0) 92 (151)
  Paddy Buckley 1951-1957 58 (107) 16 (20) 18 (26) 0 (0) 92 (153)
16=   Gordon Strachan 1977-1984 54 (183) 7 (29) 20 (46) 8 (34) 89 (292)
  John Hewitt 1979-1989 54 (241) 8 (33) 15 (46) 12 (43) 89 (363)
18   Adam Rooney 2013-2018 66 (151) 6 (15) 7 (11) 9 (20) 88 (197)
19   Niall McGinn 2012-2017
2018-2022
71 (279) 8 (32) 2 (20) 6 (27) 87 (358)
20   Norrie Davidson 1955-1961 55 (109) 13 (14) 16 (23) 0 (0) 84 (146)
21   Andy Love 1925-1934 79 (216) 4 (22) 0 (0) 0 (0) 83 (238)
22   Duncan Shearer 1992-1998 55 (152) 8 (18) 14 (15) 2 (9) 79 (194)
23=   Eric Black 1980-1986 46 (115) 5 (25) 12 (18) 7 (22) 70 (180)
  Scott Booth 1989-1997
2003-2004
51 (184) 9 (20) 10 (17) 0 (8) 70 (229)
25   Darren Mackie 1998-2012 57 (314) 6 (22) 3 (19) 2 (10) 68 (365)
26   Billy Dodds 1994-1999 47 (139) 1 (9) 15 (16) 4 (8) 67 (172)
27   Willie Lennie 1905-1913 61 (228) 5 (24) 0 (0) 0 (0) 66 (252)
28   Jimmy Smith 1922-1931 54 (297) 10 (39) 0 (0) 0 (0) 64 (336)
29=   Bobby Wishart 1953-1961 45 (177) 7 (22) 10 (36) 0 (0) 62 (235)
  Jim Forrest 1968-1973 44 (128) 8 (20) 8 (27) 2 (11) 62 (186)
31   John Miller 1921-1925
1926-1927
54 (109) 7 (15) 0 (0) 0 (0) 61 (124)
32   Billy Stark 1983-1987 41 (112) 7 (12) 11(14) 1 (11) 60 (149)
33   Davie Main 1911-1917 54 (155) 4 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 58 (163)
34=   Alec Cheyne 1926-1930 49 (126) 7 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 56 (137)
  Bill Strauss 1936-1946 45 (85) 11 (14) 0 (0) 0 (0) 56 (99)
36=   Bob McDermid 1925-1933 44 (246) 5 (27) 0 (0) 0 (0) 49 (273)
  Bobby Cummings 1960-1964 33 (63) 11 (7) 5(17) 0 (0) 49 (87)
38=   Paddy Moore 1932-1935 45 (66) 2 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 47 (74)
  Sam Cosgrove 2018-2021 31 (79) 7 (11) 3 (5) 6 (8) 47 (103)
  Jim Bett 1985-1994 33 (257) 2 (28) 10(32) 2 (21) 47 (338)
  Joe Miller 1984-1988
1993-1998
32 (206) 3 (20) 10(24) 2 (14) 47 (264)
  Steve Archibald 1978-1980 30 (76) 11 (10) 6 (18) 0 (6) 47 (110)
43   Arthur Graham 1970-1977 34 (220) 1 (22) 9 (44) 2 (11) 46 (297)
44=   Robbie Winters 1998-2002 41 (132) 2 (11) 1 (7) 1 (2) 45 (152)
  Bobby Bruce 1924-1928 36 (94) 9 (16) 0 (0) 0 (0) 45 (110)
46=   Frank McDougall 1984-1986 36 (54) 3 (6) 4 (6) 1 (3) 44 (69)
  Scott Vernon 2010-2014 30 (128) 5 (17) 9 (13) 0 (0) 44 (158)
  Bojan Miovski 2022-2024 32 (77) 4 (5) 4 (9) 4 (7) 44 (98)
49   George Mulhall 1955-1963 30 (110) 2 (9) 10 (31) 0 (0) 42 (150)
50   Andrew Considine 2004-2022 29 (444) 6 (49) 4 (34) 2 (44) 41 (571)

[c] [d]

  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. ^   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. ^   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

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

#
(non UK)
#
(exc ROI)
Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1 x   Adam Rooney 2013-2018 66 (151) 6 (15) 7 (11) 9 (20) 88 (197)
2 1   Bill Strauss 1936-1939
1945-1946
45 (85) 11 (14) 0 (0) 0 (0) 56 (99)
3 x   Paddy Moore 1932-1935 45 (66) 2 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 47 (74)
4 2   Bojan Miovski 2022-2024 32 (77) 4 (5) 4 (9) 4 (7) 44 (95)
5 x   Jonny Hayes 2012-2017
2020-2024
29 (278) 1 (18) 4 (23) 4 (33) 38 (352)
6 3   Stan Williams 1937-1939
1945-1949
20 (72) 6 (10) 8 (17) 0 (0) 34 (99)
7 4   Hans Gillhaus 1989-1992 27 (84) 3 (6) 0 (5) 2 (5) 32 (100)
8 5   Arild Stavrum 1999-2001 26 (53) 2 (10) 1 (3) 0 (1) 29 (67)
9 6   Mixu Paatelainen 1991-1994 23 (75) 1 (9) 3 (6) 1 (3) 28 (93)
10 7   Luis Lopes 2022-date 20 (71) 0 (5) 2 (8) 3 (8) 25 (92)
11 x   Charles O'Hagan 1906-1910 22 (99) 2 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 24 (112)
12 8   Christian Ramirez 2021-2023 10 (45) 2 (2) 3 (7) 3 (6) 18 (60)
13 9   Willem van der Ark 1988-1992 13 (64) 3 (4) 1 (5) 0 (4) 17 (77)
14= 10=   Hicham Zerouali 1999-2002 11 (37) 2 (5) 0 (4) 0 (2) 13 (48)
  Sone Aluko 2007-2011 10 (102) 2 (14) 0 (4) 1 (7) 13 (127)

International caps

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Transfers

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Club records

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Matches

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Firsts

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Wins

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Defeats

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Attendances

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See also

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References

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