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

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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 formed in 1879 as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club. They changed their name to the current form in 1880 and turned professional in 1886. 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 1 September 2013.

In

Date Pos Name From Fee Report
24 August 2012 FW Scotland Steven Fletcher England Wolverhampton Wanderers £14 million (£12M up front) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19256084
31 August 2010 FW Ghana Asamoah Gyan France Rennes £13 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8958346.stm
29 June 2011 FW England Connor Wickham England Ipswich Town £12 million (£8M up front) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13873800
23 August 2012 MF England Adam Johnson England Manchester City £10 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19376690
5 August 2009 FW England Darren Bent England Tottenham Hotspur £10 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8178460.stm
8 August 2007 GK Scotland Craig Gordon Scotland Hearts £9 million (£7M up front) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6932931.stm
27 August 2008 DF England Anton Ferdinand England West Ham United £8 million (£6.75M up front) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/7580244.stm
30 August 2002 FW Norway Tore André Flo Scotland Rangers £6.75 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/2225278.stm
16 July 2013 MF Italy Emanuele Giaccherini Italy Juventus £6.5 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23331584
30 June 2013 MF United States Jozy Altidore Netherlands AZ Alkmaar £6 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23210189
30 June 2011 MF England Craig Gardner England Birmingham City £6 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13941223
29 August 2007 FW Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones England Southampton £6 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6969418.stm
August 2009 FW England Lee Cattermole England Wigan Athletic £6 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8198227.stm
29 January 2011 FW Benin Stéphane Sessègnon France Paris Saint-Germain £6 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/9381124.stm
1 September 2008 DF Northern Ireland George McCartney England West Ham United £5.5 million (£4.5M up front) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7592110.stm
16 July 2007 MF England Kieran Richardson England Manchester United £5.5 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6901589.stm
31 January 2013 FW England Danny Graham Wales Swansea City £5 million http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2256166/Premier-League-transfers--January-2013.html#axzz2Jjxomw4S
30 July 2008 MF France Steed Malbranque England Tottenham Hotspur £5 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/7530274.stm
26 July 2009 MF Albania Lorik Cana France Marseille £5 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8168337.stm
13 July 2007 FW England Michael Chopra Wales Cardiff City £5 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6291244.stm
7 July 2011 DF Republic of Ireland John O'Shea England Manchester United £5 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/14059071

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee Report
18 January 2011 FW England Darren Bent England Aston Villa £24 million (£18M up front) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/9364092.stm
9 June 2011 MF England Jordan Henderson England Liverpool £20 million (£16.25M up front) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13685517
25 June 2013 GK Belgium Simon Mignolet England Liverpool £11.25 million (£9M up front) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23011973
12 August 2010 FW Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones England Stoke City £8 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8905368.stm
31 August 2013 FW Benin Stéphane Sessègnon England West Bromwich Albion £6.5 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23935605
9 July 2012 FW Ghana Asamoah Gyan United Arab Emirates Al-Ain £6 million (added to £6M loan fee received previously) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18737632
30 August 2001 MF Scotland Don Hutchison England West Ham United £5.25 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/1514594.stm
8 July 2010 MF Albania Lorik Cana Turkey Galatasaray £5.1 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8802185.stm
24 July 2009 MF England Dean Whitehead England Stoke City £5 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8167640.stm
23 July 1999 FW England Michael Bridges England Leeds United £5 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/401923.stm

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.[1][2][3]

League

Cup

Player records

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

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.[5]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[6] 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

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[7]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[6] 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 1904–19 151 (281) 9 (34) 0 (0) 0 (0) 160 (315)

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.[8]
  • Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle managed the club for 817 matches, from August 1905 to May 1928, a total of 23 years.[9]

Club records

Goals

Points

Matches

Firsts

  • First match: Sunderland 11–0 Ferryhill, 13 November 1880.[11]
  • First league match: Sunderland 2-3 Burnley, 13 September 1890.[12]
  • First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, 8 November 1884.[13]
  • First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, 26 October 1960.[14]
  • First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, 19 September 1973, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup.[15]

Record wins

  • Record league win: 9 - 1 (v. Newcastle Utd (a) 5th Dec 1908 )
  • Record FA Cup win: 11–1 (v. Fairfield, 2 February 1895).[16]

Record defeats

Attendances

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Average home attendances since 1891

This section applies to attendances played at home, in all of their grounds since their foundation. Attendance figures from the club's early days are approximate.

  • Highest attendance: 75,118 (v. Derby County, FA Cup, 8 March 1933) (Sunderland 0 – 1 Derby County)
  • Lowest attendance: 880 vs Millwall, Friendly, 28 July 1969 (Sunderland 0 – 1 Millwall)

European statistics

Record by season

Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions.[15] 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[B] Away result[B] Notes
1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Hungary Vasas Budepest 2–0 1–0 [C]
2R 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

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

A. ^ : 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 Premier League after Swindon admitted to making illegal payments.[10]
B. a b : Sunderland score is given first in each result.
C. ^ : Sunderland qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1973 FA Cup.

Footnotes and references

Footnotes:

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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mason, p 456.
  5. ↑ Mason, p 458.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
  7. ↑ Mason, p 457.
  8. ↑ Mason, p 203.
  9. ↑ Mason, p 204.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Days, p 10.
  12. ↑ Mason, p 224.
  13. ↑ Mason, p 444.
  14. ↑ Mason, p 346.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Mason, p 446.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Mason, p 443.

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