List of Norwich City F.C. records and statistics explained

This is a list of the most notable Norwich City F.C. club records.

Players

Appearances

Kevin Keelan holds the record for Norwich City appearances, having played 673 first-team matches between 1963 and 1980.^[1]

Goals

• Ralph Hunt holds the record for the most League goals scored in a season, 31 in the 1955 - 56 season in Division Three (South).
• Johnny Gavin the top scorer over a career - 122 between 1948 and 1955.^[1]

Transfers

• The highest transfer fee received for a Norwich City player is approximately £33 million for Emiliano Buendia (to Aston Villa) in June 2021,^[2]
• Most spent by the club on a player was £9.1 million for Steven Naismith from Everton in 2016.

Matches

The club's widest victory margin in the league was their 10 - 2 win against Coventry City in the Division Three (South) in 1930. Their heaviest defeat in the league was 10 - 2 against Swindon Town in 1908 in the Southern Football League.

Norwich's record home attendance is 43,984 for a sixth round FA Cup match against Leicester City on 30 March 1963.^[1] With the introduction of regulations enforcing all-seater stadiums, it is unlikely that this record will be beaten in the foreseeable future, as Carrow Road's capacity is currently 27,224.^[3]

Seasons

The club's highest league finish was third in the FA Premiership in 1992 - 93.^[3] The club has won the League Cup twice (most recently in 1985) and also reached the FA Cup semi-final three times, most recently in 1992.^[3] Norwich have taken part in European competition just once, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup in 1993 - 94.^[4]

References

1. Web site: Norwich City all time records . Soccerbase . 25 April 2007 . 2 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071002000432/http://www.soccerbase.com/team_records.sd?teamid=1855 . dead .
2. Web site: ESPN. 2017-01-31. ESPN.
3. Web site: Carrow Road . Norwich City F.C. . 2007-03-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070325182841/http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CarrowRd/0%2C%2C10355%2C00.html . 2007-03-25 .
4. Web site: History 1986/1995 . Norwich City F.C. . 2007-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090504155403/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025327%2C00.html . 2009-05-04 .