List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics


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 797 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. 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

Appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, up to 31st Dec 2019, the 2019/20 season winter break.
#NameYearsLeagueScottish CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
1 1972-19905616610961
2 1978-1994494687456
3 1965-1980427499523
4 1983-1997430454739
5 1978-1988
1998-2000
385485448
6 '2004-current377413130
7 1996-2006
2012–2015
34330259
8 1972-1982275286617
9 1985-1997308302620
10 1989-1996
1997-2001
312233411
11 1928-19473313690
12 1998-2012314221910
13 1979-1989241334643
14 1914-19273154300
15 1948-196026535530
16 1907-19203232300
17 1966-1977251275116
18 1985-1994258273221
19= 1922-19312973900
19= 2005-2015278261616
21 1976-1983223295526
22 1984-1997265272515
23 1974-1987205285428
24 1978-1990205343437
25 1907-19202822300
26 1957-196923523451
27 '2012-2017
2018-current
236241825
28= 1961-196922026468
28= 1969-1973
1976-1981
207245316
30 1969-1977220224511

Goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to 31st Dec 2019, the 2019/20 season winter break. Matches played appear in brackets.
#NameYearsLeagueScottish CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
1 1969-1972
1976-1980
2 1931-1945
3 1938-1947
1948-1955
4 1947-1957
5 1972-1982
6 1927-1931
7 1932-1937
8 1948-19600 '
9 1979-1984
10 1966-1977
11 1957-1969
12= 1961-1967
12= 1988-1996
1997-2001
14= 1953-1958
14= 1951-1957
16= 1977-1984
16= 1979-1989
18 2013-2018
19 1955-1961
20= 1925-1934
20= 2012-2017
2018-current'''
22 1992-1998
23= 1980-1986
23= 1989-1997
2003-2004
25 1998-2012
26 1994-1999
27 1905-1913
28 1922-1931
29= 1953-1961
29= 1968-1973

International caps

Matches

Firsts