List of Cardiff City F.C. records and statistics

Honours

Cardiff City claimed their first silverware by winning the Welsh Cup in 1912 by defeating Pontypridd Town. Their first honour in the English league system was the Southern Football League Second Division title the following year in the 1912–13 season. The club entered the Football League in 1920 and enjoyed the most successful period in their history, finishing as First Division runners-up in the 1923–24 season and reaching two FA Cup finals, losing the first in 1925 before becoming the first and, to date, only non-English side to win the cup two years later in 1927, defeating Arsenal 1–0. The club reached their third FA Cup final 82 years later, in 2008.

Cardiff City's list of competition victories include:

Southern Football League

Southern Football League Second Division

Champions: - 1912–1913

Football League

First Division/Premier League (First Tier)

Runners-up: - 1923–24

Second Division/First Division/Championship (Second Tier)

Champions: - 2012–13 Runners-up: - 1920–21, 1951–52, 1959–60 Play-off Runners-up: - 2010

Third Division (south)/Third Division/Second Division/League One (Third Tier)

Champions: - 1946–47 Runners-up: - 1975–76, 1982–83 Play-off Winners: - 2003

Fourth Division/Third Division/League Two (Fourth Tier)

Champions: - 1992–93 Runners-up: - 1987–88, 2000–01

Cups

FA Cup

Winners: – 1926–27 Runners-up: – 1924–25, 2007–08

FA Charity Shield

Winners: – 1927

Football League Cup

Runners-up: - 2011–12

Welsh Cup

Winners: – 1911–12, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93

FAW Premier Cup

Winners: – 2001–02 Runners-up: – 1997–98

Firsts

First Football League match: 0–0 vs Clapton Orient, 30 August 1920.

First FA Cup match: 3-1 Bath City, 17 September 1910.

First League Cup match: 4–3 vs Middlesbrough, 3 October 1960.

First Welsh Cup match (As Cardiff Riverside FC): 3-12 vs Cwm Parc 1907-1908.

First Welsh Cup match (As Cardiff City AFC): 0-2 vs Connah's Quay & Shotton 1908-1909.

First European match: 0–0 vs Esbjerg fB, 9 September 1964.

First game at Ninian Park: 1-2 vs Aston Villa, 1910–11.

First game at Cardiff City Stadium: 4-0 vs Chasetown, 10 July 2010.

Record results

Record League victory: 9–2 vs. Thames, Third Division South, 6 February 1932.

Record FA Cup victory: 8–0 vs. Enfield, FA Cup First Round, 28 November 1931.

Record Welsh Cup victory: 16–0 vs. Knighton Town, Welsh Cup Fifth Round, 28 January 1961.

Record defeat: 2–11 vs. Sheffield United, 1 January 1926.

Season records

Most wins in a season: 30 in 42 games, 1946-47

Most Defeats in a season: 27 in 42 games, 1933-34

Longest stretch of clean sheets: 8, 7 April 1976 - 21 August 1976

Most goals scored in one season: 95, Division Three 2000–01

Most goals conceded in one season: 105, Division Three South, 1933-34

Attendance records

Record Ground Attendance: 62,634, Wales vs. England, 17 October 1959.

Club Record Attendance: 60,855 vs. Swansea Town, 27 August 1949.

At Cardiff City Stadium: 28,018 vs. Liverpool, 22 March 2014.

At Ninian Park: 60,855 vs. Swansea Town, 27 August 1949.

Youngest ever player: Aaron Ramsey – 16 years 126 days vs Hull City – 28 April 2007

Oldest ever player: George Latham – 41 years and 1 day vs Blackburn Rovers – 2 January 1922

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.

Bold indicates player still at club

Player scoring records

Most Football League seasons as top goalscorer: Len Davies - 5, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1929–30

Most goals in one season: Robert Earnshaw - 35 (31 league, 4 cup) 2002–03

Most goals in one game: Derek Tapscott - 6 vs Knighton Town, Welsh Cup, 28 January 1961

Fastest goal scored: Trevor Ford - 15 seconds vs Charlton Athletic, 23 October 1954

Fastest hattrick: Alan Warboys 10 minutes vs Carlisle United, 6 March 1971

All time leading goalscorers

Number of appearances in brackets

Figures correct as of ed of 2015–16 season.

Progressive scoring record

Jimmy Gill scored twenty goals in Cardiff's first Football league season. This list charts the top scoring season record for the club on the occasions it has been beat or equaled.

Most capped player: Alf Sherwood (Wales) - 39

First international cap: Jack Evans for Wales vs Ireland 1912

Youngest player to gain international cap: Chris Gunter (Wales) 16 years 299 days vs New Zealand - 26 May 2007

First Cardiff players at a World Cup: Derrick Sullivan for Wales against Hungary (8 June 1958)

First Cardiff players at a Euro championship: Aron Gunnarsson for Iceland against Portugal (14 June 2016)

Manager records

First full-time manager: Davy McDougall, August 1910

Longest serving manager (time and games): Fred Stewart, May 1911 to May 1933 (22 years and 605 games)

Most successful manager: Billy McCandless, win percentage of 53% (53 wins out of 100 games).

Transfers

First player signed: Jack Evans, 1910 from Cwmparc.

European record

Cardiff City regularly qualified for the now defunct European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the Welsh Cup. When the League of Wales was founded in 1992, Cardiff along with several other Welsh clubs in the English football pyramid, refused the opportunity to move into the league and were subsequently blocked from entering the Welsh Cup by UEFA. The club made their debut in European competition in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup on 9 September 194, drawing 0–0 with Danish side Esbjerg fB,. winning the second leg 1–0 at Ninian Park.

Cardiff City scores are shown first in every match

Key

QR = Qualifying round

1R = First round

2R = Second round

3R = Third round

QF = Quarter final

SF = Semi final

F = Final