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List of Aberdeen F.C. records and statistics

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Aberdeen Football Club 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 796 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.[1][2] 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 2025, when they defeated Celtic on penalties in the Scottish Cup final.

National

League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

European

1986 European Cup Quarter Final

Regional

  • Aberdeenshire Cup (36): 1903–04, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2025–26[44]
  • Aberdeenshire and District League (7): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1947–48[45]
  • Dewar Shield (17): 1906–07, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51 (shared), 1951-52 (shared)[46]
  • Fleming Charity Shield (13): 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1921–22, 1922–23[47]
  • High Cup: 1907–08[48]
  • Highland League: 1912–13, 1924–25 (won by Aberdeen A)[49]
  • Northern League: 1905–06, 1910–11 (won by Aberdeen A)
  • Rhodesia Cup: 1904–05[50]
  • Robertson Cup: 1910–11 (shared), 1915–16 (shared)[51]
  • Caledonia Trophy: 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50

Wartime

Other cups

Youth

Player records

See also: List of Aberdeen F.C. players

Appearances

Top 50 most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2025/26 season.[54]

More information #, Name ...
# Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1Scotland Willie Miller1972-19905606610961796
2Scotland Alex McLeish1978-1994491687456689
3Scotland Bobby Clark1965-1980424499523591
4Scotland Andrew Considine2004-2022444493444571
5Scotland Stewart McKimmie1983-1997430464739562
6Scotland Jim Leighton1978-1988
1998-2000		383495447533
7Scotland Russell Anderson1996-2006
2012-2015		34330259407
8Scotland Drew Jarvie1972-1982275286617386
9Scotland Brian Irvine1985-1997309292621385
10Scotland Eoin Jess1989-1996
1997-2001		312233411380
11Scotland Willie Cooper1928-1939
1945-1948		331[a]3790377
12Scotland Darren Mackie1998-2012314221910365
13Scotland John Hewitt1979-1989241334643363
14=Scotland Bert MacLachlan1914-19273154300358
Northern Ireland Niall McGinn2012-2017
2018-2022		279322027358
16Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes2012-2017
2020-2024		278182333352
17England Jack Hather1948-196026434530351
18Scotland Donald Colman1907-1917
1919-1920		3232300346
19Scotland Davie Robb1966-1977251275116345
20Scotland Graeme Shinnie2015-2019
2023-2026		261262532344
21Scotland Jim Bett1985-1994257283221338
22=Scotland Jimmy Smith1922-19312973900336
Scotland Jamie Langfield2005-2015278261616336
24Scotland Stuart Kennedy1976-1983223295526333
25Scotland Brian Grant1984-1997265272515332
26Scotland John McMaster1974-1987204295428315
27Scotland Neil Simpson1978-1990205343437310
28Scotland Billy Little1957-196923723451306
29Scotland Jock Hume[56]1907-1917
1919-1920		2822300305
30=Scotland Ally Shewan1961-196922026468300
Scotland Joe Harper1969-1973
1976-1981		207245316300
32Scotland Arthur Graham1969-1977220224411297
33England Shay Logan2014-2021224211732294
34Scotland Fred Martin1949-196020833520293
35Scotland Gordon Strachan1977-1984183294634292
36Netherlands Theo Snelders1988-1996228202914291
37Scotland George Hamilton1938-1939
1945-1955		204[b]32480284
38=Scotland Jock Hutton1919-19272394100280
Scotland Doug Rougvie1975-1984181264528280
40Scotland Jimmy Hogg1955-196521422430279
41=Scotland Harry Yorston1947-195720229470278
Scotland Chris Clark1999-2008
2011-2013		23322149278
43Scotland Richard Foster2003-201223519119274
44=Scotland Bob McDermid1925-19332462700273
Scotland Tony Harris1946-195418831540273
46England Joe Lewis2016-2023208221427271
47=Scotland Archie Glen1948-196020324430270
Scotland Jim Hermiston1966-1975195154515270
49Scotland Joe Miller1984-1988
1993-1998		206202414264
50Scotland Robert Connor1986-1994206172217262
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  1. [a]
    source has 348 but this includes 17 unofficial wartime league appearances in 1945/46.
  2. [b]
    source has 212 but this includes 8 unofficial wartime league appearances in 1945/46.

Top 10 non-UK appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2025/26 season.[54]

More information # (non UK), # (Exc ROI) ...
#
(non UK)		 #
(Exc ROI)		 Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1xRepublic of Ireland Jonny Hayes2012-2017
2020-2024		278182333352
21Netherlands Theo Snelders1988-1996228202914291
3xRepublic of Ireland Eddie Falloon1927-19382232600249
42Denmark Jens Petersen1964-197014122317201
5xRepublic of Ireland Adam Rooney2013-2018151151120197
63Denmark Henning Boel1968-197410517226150
74Nigeria Sone Aluko2007-20111021447127
85Cape Verde Luis Lopes2022-202590698113
9xRepublic of Ireland Charles O'Hagan1906-1910991300112
10xRepublic of Ireland Willo Flood2013-2016804713104
116Netherlands Hans Gillhaus1989-199284655100
12=7=South Africa Stan Williams1937-1939
1945-1949		721017099[a]
South Africa Bill Strauss1936-1939
1945-1946		85140099[b]
149North Macedonia Bojan Miovski2022-20247759798
15=10=Finland Mixu Paatelainen1992-19947596393
United States Dante Polvara2022-202665871393
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  1. [a]
    source lists 127 appearances, but 28 were unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.
  2. [b]
    source lists 100 appearances, but 1 was an unofficial wartime league fixture in 1945/46.

Goalscorers

Top 50 goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2025/26 season. Matches played appear in brackets.[54]

More information #, Name ...
# Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1Scotland Joe Harper1969-1972
1976-1980		125 (207)15 (24)51 (53)8 (16)199 (300)
2Scotland Matt Armstrong1931-1939
1945-1946		137 (195)[a]19 (24)0 (0)0 (0)156 (219)
3Scotland George Hamilton1938-1939
1945-1955		104 (204)[b]18 (32)33 (48)0 (0)155 (284)
4Scotland Harry Yorston1947-195798 (202)21 (29)22 (47)0 (0)141 (278)
5Scotland Drew Jarvie1972-198286 (275)6 (28)29 (66)10 (17)131 (386)
6Scotland Benny Yorston1927-1931101 (143)23 (13)0 (0)0 (0)124 (156)
7Scotland Willie Mills1932-1937102 (182)12 (28)0 (0)0 (0)114 (210)
8England Jack Hather1948-196079 (264)10 (34)16 (53)0 (0)105 (351)
9Scotland Mark McGhee1979-198461 (164)7 (20)18 (34)14 (31)100 (249)
10=Scotland Billy Little1957-196978 (237)8 (23)12 (45)0 (1)98 (306)
Scotland Davie Robb1966-197777 (251)10 (27)9 (51)2 (16)98 (345)
12Scotland Eoin Jess1988-1996
1997-2001		79 (312)4 (23)5 (34)6 (11)94 (380)
13=Scotland Ernie Winchester1961-196771 (123)9 (15)12 (30)0 (0)92 (168)
Scotland Graham Leggat1953-195864 (109)7 (16)21 (26)0 (0)92 (151)
Scotland Paddy Buckley1951-195758 (107)16 (20)18 (26)0 (0)92 (153)
16=Scotland Gordon Strachan1977-198454 (183)7 (29)20 (46)8 (34)89 (292)
Scotland John Hewitt1979-198954 (241)8 (33)15 (46)12 (43)89 (363)
18Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney2013-201866 (151)6 (15)7 (11)9 (20)88 (197)
19Northern Ireland Niall McGinn2012-2017
2018-2022		71 (279)8 (32)2 (20)6 (27)87 (358)
20Scotland Norrie Davidson1955-196155 (109)13 (14)16 (23)0 (0)84 (146)
21Scotland Andy Love1925-193479 (216)4 (22)0 (0)0 (0)83 (238)
22Scotland Duncan Shearer1992-199855 (152)8 (18)14 (15)2 (9)79 (194)
23=Scotland Eric Black1980-198646 (115)5 (25)12 (18)7 (22)70 (180)
Scotland Scott Booth1989-1997
2003-2004		51 (184)9 (20)10 (17)0 (8)70 (229)
25Scotland Darren Mackie1998-201257 (314)6 (22)3 (19)2 (10)68 (365)
26Scotland Billy Dodds1994-199947 (139)1 (9)15 (16)4 (8)67 (172)
27Scotland Willie Lennie1905-191361 (228)5 (24)0 (0)0 (0)66 (252)
28Scotland Jimmy Smith1922-193154 (297)10 (39)0 (0)0 (0)64 (336)
29=Scotland Bobby Wishart1953-196145 (177)7 (22)10 (36)0 (0)62 (235)
Scotland Jim Forrest1968-197344 (128)8 (20)8 (27)2 (11)62 (186)
31Scotland John Miller1921-1925
1926-1927		54 (109)7 (15)0 (0)0 (0)61 (124)
32Scotland Billy Stark1983-198741 (112)7 (12)11(14)1 (11)60 (149)
33Scotland Davie Main1911-191754 (155)4 (8)0 (0)0 (0)58 (163)
34=Scotland Alec Cheyne1926-193049 (126)7 (11)0 (0)0 (0)56 (137)
South Africa Bill Strauss1936-194645 (85)11 (14)0 (0)0 (0)56 (99)
36=Scotland Bob McDermid1925-193344 (246)5 (27)0 (0)0 (0)49 (273)
England Bobby Cummings1960-196433 (63)11 (7)5(17)0 (0)49 (87)
38=Republic of Ireland Paddy Moore1932-193545 (66)2 (8)0 (0)0 (0)47 (74)
England Sam Cosgrove2018-202131 (79)7 (11)3 (5)6 (8)47 (103)
Scotland Jim Bett1985-199433 (257)2 (28)10(32)2 (21)47 (338)
Scotland Joe Miller1984-1988
1993-1998		32 (206)3 (20)10(24)2 (14)47 (264)
Scotland Steve Archibald1978-198030 (76)11 (10)6 (18)0 (6)47 (110)
43Scotland Arthur Graham1970-197734 (220)1 (22)9 (44)2 (11)46 (297)
44=Scotland Robbie Winters1998-200241 (132)2 (11)1 (7)1 (2)45 (152)
Scotland Bobby Bruce1924-192836 (94)9 (16)0 (0)0 (0)45 (110)
46=Scotland Frank McDougall1984-198636 (54)3 (6)4 (6)1 (3)44 (69)
England Scott Vernon2010-201430 (128)5 (17)9 (13)0 (0)44 (158)
North Macedonia Bojan Miovski2022-202432 (77)4 (5)4 (9)4 (7)44 (98)
49Scotland George Mulhall1955-196330 (110)2 (9)10 (31)0 (0)42 (150)
50Scotland Andrew Considine2004-202229 (444)6 (49)4 (34)2 (44)41 (571)
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[c] [d]

  1. [a]
    source has 145 in 208, but 8 were scored in 13 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945–46.
  2. [b]
    source has 108 in 212, but 4 were scored in 8 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.
  3. [c]
    South Africa Stan Williams (1937-1939, 1945-1949) is listed with 51 goals in 127, but 17 were scored in 28 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.
  4. [d]
    Scotland Archie Baird (1945-1953) is listed with 46 goals in 170, but 9 were scored in 26 unofficial wartime league fixtures in 1945/46.

Top 10 non-UK goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only, up to the end of the 2025/26 season. Matches played appear in brackets.[54]

More information # (non UK), # (exc ROI) ...
#
(non UK)		 #
(exc ROI)		 Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1xRepublic of Ireland Adam Rooney2013-201866 (151)6 (15)7 (11)9 (20)88 (197)
21South Africa Bill Strauss1936-1939
1945-1946		45 (85)11 (14)0 (0)0 (0)56 (99)
3xRepublic of Ireland Paddy Moore1932-193545 (66)2 (8)0 (0)0 (0)47 (74)
42North Macedonia Bojan Miovski2022-202432 (77)4 (5)4 (9)4 (7)44 (98)
5xRepublic of Ireland Jonny Hayes2012-2017
2020-2024		29 (278)1 (18)4 (23)4 (33)38 (352)
63South Africa Stan Williams1937-1939
1945-1949		20 (72)6 (10)8 (17)0 (0)34 (99)
74Netherlands Hans Gillhaus1989-199227 (84)3 (6)0 (5)2 (5)32 (100)
85Norway Arild Stavrum1999-200126 (53)2 (10)1 (3)0 (1)29 (67)
96Finland Mixu Paatelainen1991-199423 (75)1 (9)3 (6)1 (3)28 (93)
107Cape Verde Luis Lopes2022-202520 (90)2 (6)2 (9)3 (8)27 (113)
11xRepublic of Ireland Charles O'Hagan1906-191022 (99)2 (13)0 (0)0 (0)24 (112)
128United States Christian Ramirez2021-202310 (45)2 (2)3 (7)3 (6)18 (60)
139Netherlands Willem van der Ark1988-199213 (64)3 (4)1 (5)0 (4)17 (77)
14xRepublic of Ireland Jamie McGrath2023-202513 (59)1 (4)1 (10)1 (8)16 (81)
15=10=Morocco Hicham Zerouali1999-200211 (37)2 (5)0 (4)0 (2)13 (48)
Nigeria Sone Aluko2007-201110 (102)2 (14)0 (4)1 (7)13 (127)
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International caps


Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

More information #, Player ...
# Player From Fee Date Ref
1 Scotland Paul Bernard England Oldham Athletic £1,000,000 September 1995 [61]
2 Finland Topi Keskinen Finland HJK Helsinki £850,000 August 2024 [62]
Scotland Brian O'Neil Scotland Celtic F.C. July 1997 [63]
3 Scotland Billy Dodds Scotland St Johnstone F.C. £800,000 July 1994 [64]
4 England Dean Windass England Hull City £700,000 December 1995 [65]
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Record transfer fees received

More information #, Player ...
# Player To Fee Date Ref
1 North Macedonia Bojan Miovski Spain Girona FC £6.8m August 2024 [66]
2 Scotland Calvin Ramsay England Liverpool F.C. £6.5m June 2022 [67]
3 Scotland Scott McKenna England Nottingham Forest F.C. £4.75m September 2020 [68]
4 Scotland Lewis Ferguson Italy Bologna FC 1909 £3m June 2023 [69]
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