List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics explained

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

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

League

(4)[3]

Scottish League Cup

European

1

1

1986 European Cup Quarter Final

Regional

1912–13, 1924–25 (won by Aberdeen A)[47]

1905–06, 1910–11 (won by Aberdeen A)

1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50

Wartime

1945–46

Other cups

1971–72, 1980–81

Runners-up 1963–64

Youth

1998–99, 2014–15

1984–85,[51] 1985–86, 2000–01

Player records

See also: List of Aberdeen F.C. players.

Appearances

Top 50 most appearances

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

width=6%width=20%Namewidth=12%Yearswidth=12%Leaguewidth=12%Scottish Cupwidth=12%League Cupwidth=12%Europewidth=14%Total
11972-19905606610961
21978-1994491687456
31965-1980424499523
42004-2022444493444
51983-1997430464739
61978-1988
1998-2000
383495447
71996-2006
2012-2015
34330259
81972-1982275286617
91985-1997309292621
101989-1996
1997-2001
312233411
111928-1939
1945-1948
3313790
121998-2012314221910
131979-1989241334643
14=1914-19273154300
2012-2017
2018-2022
279322027
16 2012-2017
2020-date
278182333
171948-196026434530
181907-1917
1919-1920
3232300
191966-1977251275116
201985-1994257283221
21=1922-19312973900
2005-2015278261616
231976-1983223295526
241984-1997265272515
251974-1987204295428
261978-1990205343437
271957-196923723451
28 [53] 1907-1917
1919-1920
2822300
29=1961-196922026468
1969-1973
1976-1981
207245316
311969-1977220224411
322014-2021224211732
331949-196020833520
341977-1984183294634
351988-1996228202914
361938-1939
1945-1955
20432480
37=1919-19272394100
1975-1984181264528
391955-196521422430
40=1947-195720229470
1999-2008
2011-2013
23322149
422003-201223519119
43=1925-19332462700
1946-195418831540
452016-2023208221427
46=1948-196020324430
1966-1975195154515
481984-1988
1993-1998
206202414
491986-1994206172217
501930-19372342400

Top 10 non-UK appearances

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

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  1. (non UK)
width=4%

  1. (Exc ROI)
width=20%Namewidth=12%Yearswidth=12%Leaguewidth=12%Scottish Cupwidth=12%League Cupwidth=12%Europewidth=12%Total
1x 2012-2017
2020-date
278182333
211988-1996228202914
3x1927-19382232600
421964-197014122317
5x2013-2018151151120
631968-197410517226
742007-20111021447
8x1906-1910991300
9x2013-2016804713
1051989-199284655
11=6=1937-1939
1945-1949
7210170
1936-1939
1945-1946
851400
138 2022-date75587
1491992-199475963
1510 2022-date71588

Goalscorers

Top 50 goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2023/24 season. Matches played appear in brackets.[56]

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11969-1972
1976-1980
21931-1939
1945-1946
31938-1939
1945-1955
41947-1957
51972-1982
61927-1931
71932-1937
81948-1960
91979-1984
10=1957-1969
1966-1977
121988-1996
1997-2001
13=1961-1967
1953-1958
1951-1957
16=1977-1984
1979-1989
182013-2018
192012-2017
2018-2022
201955-1961
21 Andy Love1925-1934
221992-1998
23=1980-1986
1989-1997
2003-2004
251998-2012
261994-1999
271905-1913
281922-1931
29=1953-1961
1968-1973
311921-1925
1926-1927
321983-1987
33 Davie Main1911-1917
34=1926-1930
1936-1946
36=1925-1933
1960-1964
38=1932-1935
2018-2021
1985-1994
1984-1988
1993-1998
1978-1980
431970-1977
44=1998-2002
1924-1928
46=1984-1986
2010-2014
2022-date
491955-1963
502004-2022

Top 10 non-UK goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2023/24 season. Matches played appear in brackets.[56]

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  1. (non UK)
width=4%

  1. (exc ROI)
width=20%Namewidth=11%Yearswidth=11%Leaguewidth=11%Scottish Cupwidth=11%League Cupwidth=11%Europewidth=13%Total
1x2013-2018
211936-1939
1945-1946
3x1932-1935
42 2022-date
5x 2012-2017
2020-date
631937-1939
1945-1949
741989-1992
851999-2001
961991-1994
107 2022-date
11x1906-1910
1282021-2023
1391988-1992
14=10=1999-2002
2007-2011

International caps

Transfers

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Attendances

See also

Notes and References

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  34. News: Now you know: Ally McCoist double helped Rangers defeat Aberdeen 3-2 in 1988 League Cup Final . Evening Times . Glasgow . 10 May 2017 . 10 January 2018.
  35. News: Football: Smith's slip gives Rangers the prize . David . McKinney . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-smiths-slip-gives-rangers-the-prize-1559752.html . 14 June 2022 . subscription . live . The Independent . London . 26 October 1992 . 10 January 2018.
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  39. News: Sir Alex's five dates with destiny . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) . 8 May 2013 . 10 January 2018.
  40. Web site: 1983: Ferguson first for Aberdeen . 10 January 2018 . UEFA.
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  42. Web site: Aberdeenshire Cup. www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155803/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/aberdeenshire-cup.htm. 7 August 2018. dead.
  43. Web site: Aberdeenshire and District League. scottish-football-historical-archive.com. 7 August 2018.
  44. Web site: Dewar Shield. www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155636/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/dewar-shield.htm. 7 August 2018. dead.
  45. Web site: Fleming Charity Shield. www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155806/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/fleming-chariet.htm. 7 August 2018. dead.
  46. Web site: High Cup. www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155544/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/high-cup.htm. 7 August 2018. dead.
  47. Web site: Highland League. scottish-football-historical-archive.com. 7 August 2018.
  48. Web site: Rhodesia Cup. www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155933/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/rhodesia-cup.htm. 7 August 2018. dead.
  49. Web site: Robertson Cup. www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf. 8 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233919/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/robertson-cup.htm. 8 August 2018. dead.
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  57. Web site: Dark Blue Dons. AFC Heritage. 16 January 2018.
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  61. Web site: Milestones & Records . Red Web - Official Aberdeen Website . 22 February 2011 . 1 February 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110102162118/http://www.afc.co.uk/page/milestones/0%2C%2C10284%2C00.html . 2 January 2011 .
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  63. Web site: Scotland's all-time record football attendances. David. McLean. The Scotsman . 18 May 2017. 4 December 2017.