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

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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.

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Transfers

All figures are based on the maximum potential fee and are correct as at 24 June 2025.

In

Date Pos Name From Fee Report
3 June 2025 MF Template:Flagicon Enzo Le Fée Template:Flagicon AS Roma £19 million [2]
31 August 2016 MF Template:Flagicon Didier N'Dong Template:Flagicon FC Lorient £13.8 million [3]
31 August 2010 FW Template:Flagicon Asamoah Gyan Template:Flagicon Rennes £13 million [4]
24 August 2012 FW Template:Flagicon Steven Fletcher Template:Flagicon Wolverhampton Wanderers £12 million [5]
29 June 2011 FW Template:Flagicon Connor Wickham Template:Flagicon Ipswich Town £12 million (£8M up front) [6]
5 August 2014 MF Template:Flagicon Jack Rodwell Template:Flagicon Manchester City £10 million [7]
23 August 2012 MF Template:Flagicon Adam Johnson Template:Flagicon Manchester City £10 million [8]
5 August 2009 FW Template:Flagicon Darren Bent Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur £10 million [9]
31 August 2015 FW Template:Flagicon Fabio Borini Template:Flagicon Liverpool £10 million (£8M up front) [10]
1 August 2015 MF Template:Flagicon Ricardo Álvarez Template:Flagicon Inter Milan £9 million <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A] [11]
30 January 2016 MF Template:Flagicon Wahbi Khazri Template:Flagicon Bordeaux £9 million [12]
8 August 2007 GK Template:Flagicon Craig Gordon Template:Flagicon Hearts £9 million (£7M up front) [13]
15 July 2015 MF Template:Flagicon Jeremain Lens Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv £8 million [14]
27 August 2013 DF Template:Flagicon Anton Ferdinand Template:Flagicon West Ham United £8 million (£6.75M up front) [15]
5 August 2016 DF Template:Flagicon Papy Djilobodji Template:Flagicon Chelsea £8 million [16]
30 August 2002 FW Template:Flagicon Tore André Flo Template:Flagicon Rangers £6.75 million [17]
16 July 2013 MF Template:Flagicon Emanuele Giaccherini Template:Flagicon Juventus £6.5 million [18]
30 June 2013 MF Template:Flagicon Jozy Altidore Template:Flagicon AZ Alkmaar £6 million [19]
30 June 2011 MF Template:Flagicon Craig Gardner Template:Flagicon Birmingham City £6 million [20]
29 August 2007 FW Template:Flagicon Kenwyne Jones Template:Flagicon Southampton £6 million [21]
12 August 2009 FW Template:Flagicon Lee Cattermole Template:Flagicon Wigan Athletic £6 million [22]
29 January 2011 FW Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sessègnon Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain £6 million [23]
1 September 2008 DF Template:Flagicon George McCartney Template:Flagicon West Ham United £5.5 million (£4.5M up front) [24]
16 July 2007 MF Template:Flagicon Kieran Richardson Template:Flagicon Manchester United £5.5 million [25]
31 January 2013 FW Template:Flagicon Danny Graham Template:Flagicon Swansea City £5 million [26]
30 July 2008 MF Template:Flagicon Steed Malbranque Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur £5 million [27]
26 July 2009 MF Template:Flagicon Lorik Cana Template:Flagicon Marseille £5 million [28]
13 July 2007 FW Template:Flagicon Michael Chopra Template:Flagicon Cardiff City £5 million [29]
7 July 2011 DF Template:Flagicon John O'Shea Template:Flagicon Manchester United £5 million [30]

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee Report
10 June 2025 MF Template:Flagicon Jobe Bellingham Template:Flagicon Borussia Dortmund £32 million (£27.8M up front) [31]
15 June 2017 GK Template:Flagicon Jordan Pickford Template:Flagicon Everton £30 million (£25M up front) [32]
18 January 2011 FW Template:Flagicon Darren Bent Template:Flagicon Aston Villa £24 million (£18M up front) [33]
9 June 2011 MF Template:Flagicon Jordan Henderson Template:Flagicon Liverpool £20 million (£16.25M up front) [34]
24 August 2024 MF Template:Flagicon Jack Clarke Template:Flagicon Ipswich Town £20 million (£15M up front) [35]
30 January 2017 DF Template:Flagicon Patrick van Aanholt Template:Flagicon Crystal Palace F.C. £14 million (£9M up front) [36]
25 June 2013 GK Template:Flagicon Simon Mignolet Template:Flagicon Liverpool £11.25 million (£9M up front) [37]
1 June 2025 FW Template:Flagicon Tom Watson Template:Flagicon Brighton and Hove Albion £10 million [38]
1 September 2023 FW Template:Flagicon Ross Stewart Template:Flagicon Southampton £10 million (£8M up front) [39]
3 August 2015 FW Template:Flagicon Connor Wickham Template:Flagicon Crystal Palace F.C. £9 million (£7M up front) [40]
17 July 2018 MF Template:Flagicon Wahbi Khazri Template:Flagicon Saint-Étienne £9 million (£6M up front) [41]
12 August 2010 FW Template:Flagicon Kenwyne Jones Template:Flagicon Stoke City £8 million [42]
31 August 2013 FW Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sessègnon Template:Flagicon West Bromwich Albion £6.5 million [43]
9 July 2012 FW Template:Flagicon Asamoah Gyan Template:Flagicon Al-Ain £6 million (added to £6M loan fee received previously) [44]
1 June 2018 MF Template:Flagicon Jeremain Lens Template:Flagicon Beşiktaş £6 million (including £6M loan fee) [45]
30 June 2017 FW Template:Flagicon Fabio Borini Template:Flagicon AC Milan £5.3 million (£1M up front) [46]
30 August 2001 MF Template:Flagicon Don Hutchison Template:Flagicon West Ham United £5.25 million [47]
8 July 2010 MF Template:Flagicon Lorik Cana Template:Flagicon Galatasaray £5.1 million [48]
24 July 2009 MF Template:Flagicon Dean Whitehead Template:Flagicon Stoke City £5 million [49]
23 July 1999 FW Template:Flagicon Michael Bridges Template:Flagicon Leeds United £5 million [50]
26 June 2018 DF Template:Flagicon Paddy McNair Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough £5 million [51]

Honours and achievements

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.[52][53][54]

League

Cup

Player records

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Appearances

  • Youngest first-team player: Derek Forster, 15 years 185 days (vs Leicester City, 22 August 1964).[55]
  • Oldest first-team player: Jermain Defoe, 39 years 163 days (vs Lincoln City, 19 March 2022).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Charles Thompson was 41 when he played his last game for Sunderland in 1919

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.[56]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[57] Total
1 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1960–1977 537 (0) 41 (0) 33 (0) 16 (0) 627 (0)
2 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1957–1971 Template:Sort 26 (0) 23 (0) 0 (0) Template:Sort
3 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1890–1904 417 (0) 35 (0) 0 (0) 5 (0) 457 (0)
4 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1951–1963 402 (0) 34 (0) 11 (0) 0 (0) 447 (0)
5 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1984–1995 Template:Sort Template:Sort Template:Sort 21 (0) Template:Sort
6 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1964–1979 Template:Sort Template:Sort 14 (0) 21 (0) Template:Sort
7 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1983–1996 Template:Sort 19 (0) Template:Sort Template:Sort Template:Sort
8 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1911–1925 379 (0) 32 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 411 (0)
9 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1990–2004 Template:Sort Template:Sort Template:Sort 2 (0) Template:Sort
10 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1957–1969 Template:Sort 26 (0) 17 (0) 0 (0) Template:Sort

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[58]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[57] Total
1 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1925–50 205 (348) 23 (40) 0 (0) Template:Sort 228 (390)
2 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1911–25 209 (379) 13 (32) 0 (0) 0 (0) 222 (411)
3 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1925–29 156 (166) 9 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 165 (175)
4 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1904–19 150 (280) 9 (35) 0 (0) 0 (0) 159 (315)
5 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname 1890-97 135 (186) 25 (19) 0 (0) 0 (0) 154

(215)

  • Most Hat Tricks: Dave Halliday – 12 (11 league and 1 cup)[59]

Managerial records

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  • First full-time manager: Tom Watson managed the club for 191 matches, from August 1888 to August 1896.[60]
  • Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle managed the club for 817 matches, from August 1905 to May 1928, a total of 23 years.[61]

Club records

Goals

Points

Matches

Firsts

  • First match: Sunderland 0–1 Ferryhill, 13 November 1880.[63]
  • First competitive match: Sunderland 2–2 Burnopfield in the Durham Challenge Cup, 11 December 1880.[64]
  • First league match: Sunderland 2–3 Burnley, 13 September 1890.[65]
  • First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, 8 November 1884.[66]
  • First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, 26 October 1960.[67]
  • First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, 19 September 1973, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup.[68]

Record wins

Record defeats

Attendances

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Average home attendances since 1891

Overall

Competitive Attendance Records by Ground

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[75] c. 23,000 v. Aston Villa, FA Cup, 10 February 1894[76] c. 2,000 v. Blackburn Rovers, 19 December 1896[77] c. 1,500 v. Birtley Town in the Durham Challenge Cup, 20 November 1886[73]
Roker Park 68,004, v. Newcastle United, 4 March 1950[78] 75,118 v. Derby County, FA Cup, 8 March 1933[71] 3,841 v. Manchester City, 11 April 1934[72] c. 1,500 v Darlington in the Durham Senior Cup, 21 October 1931[79]
Stadium of Light 48,355 v. Liverpool, 13 April 2002[80] 47,543 v. Manchester United, EFL Cup, 28 November 2000[81] 22,167 v. Wigan Athletic, 2 December 2003[82] 3,498 v. Oldham Athletic in the EFL Trophy, 1 December 2021[74]

European statistics

Record by season

Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions.[68] 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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Away result<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Notes
1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup R1 Template:Flagicon Vasas Budapest 2–0 1–0 <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[D]
R2 Template:Flagicon 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

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. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ : 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.[83]
B. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ : 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.[62]
C. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b : Sunderland score is given first in each result.
D. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ : Sunderland qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1973 FA Cup.

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Footnotes and references

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