List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics

Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.

This list encompasses all of the honours Aberdeen FC has won in their 113-year history, the club records and individual player records.

Willie Miller currently holds the club record for league appearances, with 556 between 1972 and 1990.^[1] Joe Harper is the club's top scorer, with 205 goals in all competitions.^[2]

Honours

Aberdeen's first trophy was the Southern League Cup in 1946, which was won after a 3-2 win against Rangers. 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.

Domestic

League

• Scottish Top Tier: 4
  • Scottish First Division – 1954–55
  • Scottish Premier Division – 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85

Cups

• Scottish Cup: 7
  • 1946–47, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90
• Scottish League Cup: 6
  • 1955–56, 1976–77, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1995–96, 2013–14
• Drybrough Cup: 2
  • 1971–72, 1980–81

European

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
  • 1983
• UEFA Super Cup: 1
  • 1983

Youth

• Scottish Youth League: 2
  • 1998–99, 2014–15
• Scottish Youth Cup: 3
  • 1984–85, 1985–86, 2000–01

Player records

Appearances

#	Name	Years	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total
1	Miller, WillieWillie Miller	1972–1990	561	66	109	61	797 !797
2	McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish	1978–1994	494	69	74	56	693 !693
3	Clark, BobbyBobby Clark	1965–1980	427	50	95	23	595 !595
4	McKimmie, StewartStewart McKimmie	1983–1997	430	45	47	39	561 !561
5	Leighton, JimJim Leighton	1978–1988 1998–2000	385	48	54	48	535 !535
6	Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	1996–2006 2012–2015	343	30	25	9	407 !407
7	Cooper, WillieWillie Cooper	1928–1947	344	36	9	0	389 !389
8	Jarvie, DrewDrew Jarvie	1972–1982	275	28	66	17	386 !386
9	Irvine, BrianBrian Irvine	1985–1997	308	30	26	20	384 !384
10	Jess, EoinEoin Jess	1989–1995 1997–2001	311	23	34	11	379 !379

Goalscorers

• Most goals scored: Joe Harper, 205^[3]
• Most league goals in a season: Benny Yorston, 38, 1929–30^[3]

International caps

• First capped: Charlie O'Hagan for Ireland.^[4]
• Most caps as an Aberdeen player: Alex McLeish - 77 caps for Scotland.^[5]

Transfers

• Highest Transfer fee received: £1,750,000 Eoin Jess, Coventry City February 1996^[3]
• Highest Transfer fee paid: £1,000,000 Paul Bernard, Oldham Athletic September 1995^[3]

Club records

Matches

• First match (of the reformed club): Aberdeen v Stenhousemuir (Pittodrie; 15 August 1903, Northern League)^[6]
• Largest win: Aberdeen 13–0 Peterhead (Pittodrie, Scottish Cup 3rd Round; 10 February 1923)^[3]
• Largest defeat (all competitions): Celtic 9–0 Aberdeen (Celtic Park, Scottish Premier League; 6 November 2010)^[7]

Attendances

• Highest home attendance: 45,061 vs Hearts, Scottish Cup Quarter-final, 13 March 1954^[3]
• Highest average home attendance: 24,200, 1948–49 (15 matches)

References