List of Sunderland A.F.C. records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Sunderland A.F.C. seasons.

Sunderland Association Football Club, are a professional football club based in Sunderland, North East England. They were announced to the world by the local newspaper, The Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette on 27 September 1880 as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club[1] following a meeting of the Teachers at Rectory Park school in Sunderland on 25 September 1880. The football club changed their name to the current form on 16 October 1880, just 20 days after the September announcement. They were elected into The Football League in the 1890–91 season, becoming the first team to join the league since its inauguration in the 1889–90 season, replacing Stoke F.C.

Transfers

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All figures are based on the maximum potential fee and are correct as at 1 September 2013.

In

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Date Pos Name From Fee Report
31 August 2016 MF Gabon Didier N'Dong France FC Lorient £13.8 million [2]
31 August 2010 FW Ghana Asamoah Gyan France Rennes £13 million [3]
24 August 2012 FW Scotland Steven Fletcher England Wolverhampton Wanderers £12 million [4]
29 June 2011 FW England Connor Wickham England Ipswich Town £12 million (£8M up front) [5]
5 August 2014 MF England Jack Rodwell England Manchester City £10 million [6]
23 August 2012 MF England Adam Johnson England Manchester City £10 million [7]
5 August 2009 FW England Darren Bent England Tottenham Hotspur £10 million [8]
31 August 2015 FW Italy Fabio Borini England Liverpool £10 million (£8M up front) [9]
1 August 2015 MF Argentina Ricardo Álvarez Italy Inter Milan £9 million [A] [10]
30 January 2016 MF Tunisia Wahbi Khazri France Bordeaux £9 million [11]
8 August 2007 GK Scotland Craig Gordon Scotland Hearts £9 million (£7M up front) [12]
15 July 2015 MF Netherlands Jeremain Lens Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv £8 million [13]
27 August 2013 DF England Anton Ferdinand England West Ham United £8 million (£6.75M up front) [14]
5 August 2016 DF England Papy Djilobodji England Chelsea £8 million [15]
30 August 2002 FW Norway Tore André Flo Scotland Rangers £6.75 million [16]
16 July 2013 MF Italy Emanuele Giaccherini Italy Juventus £6.5 million [17]
30 June 2013 MF United States Jozy Altidore Netherlands AZ Alkmaar £6 million [18]
30 June 2011 MF England Craig Gardner England Birmingham City £6 million [19]
29 August 2007 FW Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones England Southampton £6 million [20]
August 2009 FW England Lee Cattermole England Wigan Athletic £6 million [21]
29 January 2011 FW Benin Stéphane Sessègnon France Paris Saint-Germain £6 million [22]
1 September 2008 DF Northern Ireland George McCartney England West Ham United £5.5 million (£4.5M up front) [23]
16 July 2007 MF England Kieran Richardson England Manchester United £5.5 million [24]
31 January 2013 FW England Danny Graham Wales Swansea City £5 million [25]
30 July 2008 MF France Steed Malbranque England Tottenham Hotspur £5 million [26]
26 July 2009 MF Albania Lorik Cana France Marseille £5 million [27]
13 July 2007 FW England Michael Chopra Wales Cardiff City £5 million [28]
7 July 2011 DF Republic of Ireland John O'Shea England Manchester United £5 million [29]

Out

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Date Pos Name To Fee Report
15 June 2017 GK England Jordan Pickford England Everton £30 million (£25M up front) [30]
18 January 2011 FW England Darren Bent England Aston Villa £24 million (£18M up front) [31]
9 June 2011 MF England Jordan Henderson England Liverpool £20 million (£16.25M up front) [32]
30 January 2017 DF Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt England Crystal Palace F.C. £14 million (£9M up front) [33]
25 June 2013 GK Belgium Simon Mignolet England Liverpool £11.25 million (£9M up front) [34]
1 September 2023 FW Scotland Ross Stewart England Southampton [citation needed]
3 August 2015 FW England Connor Wickham England Crystal Palace F.C. £9 million (£7M up front) [35]
17 July 2018 MF Tunisia Wahbi Khazri France Saint-Étienne £9 million (£6M up front) [36]
12 August 2010 FW Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones England Stoke City £8 million [37]
31 August 2013 FW Benin Stéphane Sessègnon England West Bromwich Albion £6.5 million [38]
9 July 2012 FW Ghana Asamoah Gyan United Arab Emirates Al-Ain £6 million (added to £6M loan fee received previously) [39]
1 June 2018 MF Netherlands Jeremain Lens Turkey Beşiktaş £6 million (including £6M loan fee) [40]
30 June 2017 FW Italy Fabio Borini Italy AC Milan £5.3 million (£1M up front) [41]
30 August 2001 MF Scotland Don Hutchison England West Ham United £5.25 million [42]
8 July 2010 MF Albania Lorik Cana Turkey Galatasaray £5.1 million [43]
24 July 2009 MF England Dean Whitehead England Stoke City £5 million [44]
23 July 1999 FW England Michael Bridges England Leeds United £5 million [45]
26 June 2018 DF Northern Ireland Paddy McNair England Middlesbrough £5 million [46]

Honours and achievements

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Sunderland have won a total of six Football League Championships including three in the space of four seasons, along with being runners-up five times. Sunderland have also experienced success in the FA Cup, winning it twice; in 1937 and 1973. They have never won the League Cup but finished as finalists in 1985 and 2014.[47][48][49]

League

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Cup

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Player records

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See also: List of Sunderland A.F.C. players

Appearances

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Most appearances

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Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.[51]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[52] Total
1 England Jimmy Montgomery 1960–1977 537 (0) 41 (0) 33 (0) 16 (0) 627 (0)
2 England Len Ashurst 1957–1971 403 (6) 26 (0) 23 (0) 0 (0) 452 (6)
3 Scotland Ned Doig 1890–1904 417 (0) 35 (0) 0 (0) 5 (0) 457 (0)
4 England Stan Anderson 1951–1963 402 (0) 34 (0) 11 (0) 0 (0) 447 (0)
5 England Gary Bennett 1984–1995 362 (7) 17 (1) 34 (1) 21 (0) 434 (9)
6 Scotland Bobby Kerr 1964–1979 355 (13) 29 (1) 14 (0) 21 (0) 419 (14)
7 England Gordon Armstrong 1983–1996 331 (18) 19 (0) 25 (4) 18 (1) 393 (23)
8 England Charlie Buchan 1911–1925 379 (0) 32 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 411 (0)
9 England Michael Gray 1990–2004 341 (22) 17 (1) 23 (4) 2 (0) 383 (27)
10 Republic of Ireland Charlie Hurley 1957–1969 357 (1) 26 (0) 17 (0) 0 (0) 400 (1)

Goalscorers

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[53]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[52] Total
1 England Bobby Gurney 1925–50 205 (348) 23 (40) 0 (0) 0 (2) 228 (390)
2 England Charlie Buchan 1911–25 209 (379) 13 (32) 0 (0) 0 (0) 222 (411)
3 Scotland Dave Halliday 1925–29 156 (166) 9 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 165 (175)
4 England George Holley 1904–19 150 (280) 9 (35) 0 (0) 0 (0) 159 (315)
5 Scotland Johnny Campbell 1890-97 135 (186) 25 (19) 0 (0) 0 (0) 154

(215)

  • Most Hat Tricks: Dave Halliday – 12 (11 league and 1 cup)[54]

Managerial records

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See also: List of Sunderland A.F.C. managers
  • First full-time manager: Tom Watson managed the club for 191 matches, from August 1888 to August 1896.[55]
  • Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle managed the club for 817 matches, from August 1905 to May 1928, a total of 23 years.[56]

Club records

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Goals

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Points

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Matches

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Firsts

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  • First match: Sunderland 0–1 Ferryhill, 13 November 1880.[58]
  • First competitive match: Sunderland 2–2 Burnopfield in the Durham Challenge Cup, 11 December 1880.[59]
  • First league match: Sunderland 2–3 Burnley, 13 September 1890.[60]
  • First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, 8 November 1884.[61]
  • First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, 26 October 1960.[62]
  • First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, 19 September 1973, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup.[63]

Record wins

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Record defeats

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Attendances

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Average home attendances since 1891

Overall

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Competitive Attendance Records by Ground

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Attendances at Sunderland's grounds prior to Newcastle Road were rarely recorded. Attendances at Newcastle Road, and in the seasons prior to 1925 at Roker Park were usually approximations.

Ground Highest Lowest
League Other League Other
Newcastle Road c. 24,000 v. Sheffield United, 5 March 1898[70] c. 23,000 v. Aston Villa, FA Cup, 10 February 1894[71] c. 2,000 v. Blackburn Rovers, 19 December 1896[72] c. 1,500 v. Birtley Town in the Durham Challenge Cup, 20 November 1886[68]
Roker Park 68,004, v. Newcastle United, 4 March 1950[73] 75,118 v. Derby County, FA Cup, 8 March 1933[66] 3,841 v. Manchester City, 11 April 1934[67] c. 1,500 v Darlington in the Durham Senior Cup, 21 October 1931[74]
Stadium of Light 48,355 v. Liverpool, 13 April 2002[75] 47,543 v. Manchester United, EFL Cup, 28 November 2000[76] 22,167 v. Wigan Athletic, 2 December 2003[77] 3,498 v. Oldham Athletic in the EFL Trophy, 1 December 2021[69]

European statistics

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Record by season

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Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions.[63] They have only appeared once in European competition, during the 1973–74 season where they reached the second round. They qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1973 FA Cup Final over Leeds United.

Season Competition Round Country Club Home result[C] Away result[C] Notes
1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup R1 Hungary Vasas Budapest 2–0 1–0 [D]
R2 Portugal Sporting CP 2–1 0–2
Key
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • 1R = First round
  • 2R = Second round
  • 3R = Third round
  • QF = Quarter final
  • SF = Semi final
  • F = Final

Record by competition

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Competition Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
for 		Goals
against
European Cup Winners' Cup 4 3 0 1 5 3
Total 4 3 0 1 5 3

Notes

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A. ^ : Payment of the transfer fee for Ricardo Alvarez was imposed on Sunderland in 2017 following the loss of a legal dispute with Inter Milan. The total cost of the Alvarez deal, including compensation and court fees is estimated to be close to £20m.[78]
B. ^ : Sunderland were promoted in the 1989–90 season despite being beaten in the 1990 play-off final, Swindon Town originally won the match 1–0 but Sunderland took their place in the First Division after Swindon admitted to making illegal payments.[57]
C. a b : Sunderland score is given first in each result.
D. ^ : Sunderland qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1973 FA Cup.

Footnotes and references

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Footnotes:

  1. ^ "Happy Birthday Sunderland AFC – 136 Years Old! – Ryehill Football".
  2. ^ "Ndong deal completed". Sunderland Association Football Club. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Sunderland pay £13m to sign Gyan". 31 August 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Steven Fletcher: Sunderland complete £14m deal for Wolves striker". BBC Sport. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Sunderland sign Ipswich striker Connor Wickham". BBC Sport. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Jack Rodwell: Man City midfielder completes Sunderland move". BBC Sport. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Adam Johnson moves to Sunderland from Manchester City". BBC Sport. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Bent seals record Sunderland move". 5 August 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Fabio Borini: Sunderland sign Liverpool striker for £10m". BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  10. ^ Rayner, Stuart (18 June 2017). "Ricardo Alvarez's £9m non-transfer sums up why Sunderland are loaded and skint at the same time". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. ^ "CONFIRMED: Sunderland complete £9million signing of Wahbi Khazri2". 30 January 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Gordon completes Sunderland move". 8 August 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Jeremain Lens: Sunderland sign £8m Netherlands midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Ferdinand makes Sunderland switch". 27 August 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Djilobodji joins Sunderland". Sunderland Association Football Club. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Flo joins Sunderland". 30 August 2002. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Sunderland sign £6.5m Emanuele Giaccherini from Juventus". BBC Sport. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Sunderland: Jozy Altidore joins from AZ Alkmaar on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Sunderland sign Craig Gardner from Birmingham". BBC Sport. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Sunderland sign £6m striker Jones". 29 August 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Sunderland swoop for Cattermole". 12 August 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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  23. ^ "McCartney makes Sunderland return". 1 September 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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  29. ^ "Man Utd's John O'Shea signs four-year Sunderland deal". BBC Sport. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  30. ^ "Jordan Pickford: Everton confirm £25m, rising to £30m, deal with Sunderland". BBC Sport. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  31. ^ "Villa confirm record Bent signing". 18 January 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  32. ^ "Liverpool complete Jordan Henderson deal". BBC Sport. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  33. ^ "Patrick van Aanholt: Crystal Palace sign Sunderland defender in potential £14m deal". BBC Sport. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  34. ^ "Simon Mignolet: Liverpool sign Sunderland keeper for £9m". BBC Sport. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  35. ^ "Crystal Palace sign striker Connor Wickham from Sunderland". BBC Sport. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  36. ^ "Sunderland confirm Wahbi Khazri joins Saint-Etienne on initial £6million deal". 17 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  37. ^ "Stoke sign Jones for record £8m". 12 August 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  38. ^ "West Brom sign Stephane Sessegnon and Victor Anichebe". BBC Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  39. ^ "Asamoah Gyan completes move from Sunderland to Al-Ain". BBC Sport. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  40. ^ "Besiktas sign Jeremain Lens on permanent deal from Sunderland". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  41. ^ Taylor, Louise (28 June 2017). "Sunderland's Fabio Borini set for medical ahead of £5.3m move to Milan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  42. ^ "Roeder signs Hutchison". 30 August 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  43. ^ "Sunderland skipper goes to Turkey". 8 July 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  44. ^ "Stoke confirm Whitehead transfer". 24 July 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  45. ^ "BBC News | Football | Leeds snap up Bridges". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  46. ^ "Paddy McNair: Middlesbrough sign Northern Ireland midfielder from Sunderland". BBC Sport. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  47. ^ "Roll of Honour". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  48. ^ "England — List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  49. ^ "War Time Cup Finals". Sporting Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  50. ^ Mason, p 456.
  51. ^ Mason, p 458.
  52. ^ a b The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the Football League Trophy, the Anglo-Italian Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup, the Texaco Cup and relegation/promotion play-offs.
  53. ^ Mason, p 457.
  54. ^ "Dave Halliday" qosfc.com
  55. ^ Mason, p 203.
  56. ^ Mason, p 204.
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  58. ^ Days, p 10.
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  60. ^ Mason, p 224.
  61. ^ Mason, p 444.
  62. ^ Mason, p 346.
  63. ^ a b "European Competitions 1973-74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  64. ^ a b Mason, p 443.
  65. ^ "Roker Park – the Stadium Guide".
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  67. ^ a b "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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  78. ^ Johns, Craig (24 April 2020). "Ricky Alvarez on his time at Sunderland and the controversial costly exit". ChronicleLive.

References:

  • Garth Dykes; Doug Lamming (November 2000). All The Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C. Polar Print Group Ltd. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-899538-14-0.
  • Rob Mason (October 2005). Sunderland: The Complete Record. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85983-472-5.
  • Paul Days (31 July 2007). Sunderland Association Football Club Finest Matches 1879 – 1939. Imagination Corporation Limited Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556199-0-8.
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