List of Everton F.C. records and statistics

Everton Football Club is a professional association football club located in Liverpool. The club was formed in 1878, and was originally named as St Domingo FC. The club's first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club. In November 1879 the club was renamed to Everton FC.

In 1888, Everton were one of the twelve founding members of the English Football League. The club have played in the top-flight of English Football for a record 117 years, having missed only four top-flight seasons (1930–31, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54).

Major competitions won by Everton F.C., records set by the club, associated managers and players will be included in the following list.

The player records section includes: appearances, goals scored, and clean sheets kept. Player and manager awards, transfer fees, club records (Wins, Draws, and Losses) are all included in the list, as well as several others.

Honours

Domestic

European
Main article: Everton F.C. in European football

Doubles

Awards

Player records

As of 2 November 2023

(All current players are in bold. Appearance totals includes substitution appearances.)

Appearances

Goalscorers

Clean sheets
# Name Apps Clean sheets
1 Neville Southall751269
2 Gordon West402155
3 Tim Howard414133
4 Ted Sagar497119
5 Billy Scott28994
6 Jordan Pickford27675
7 Tom Fern23167
8 Jimmy O'Neill21349
9 George Wood12648
10 Albert Dunlop23147

Transfer records

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Highest transfer fees paid
NameFromFeeYear
1 Gylfi Sigurðsson Swansea City£45,000,0002017
2 Richarlison Watford£35,000,0002018
3 Amadou Onana Lille£30,000,0002022
4 Romelu Lukaku Chelsea£28,000,0002014
5 Alex Iwobi Arsenal£28,000,0002019
6 Yerry Mina Barcelona£27,200,0002018
8 Moise Kean Juventus£25,100,0002019
9 Jordan Pickford Sunderland£25,000,0002017
10 Michael Keane Burnley£25,000,0002017
10 Jean-Philippe Gbamin Mainz£25,000,0002019

Highest transfer fees received
NameFromFeeDate
1 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United£90,000,0002017
2 Richarlison Tottenham Hotspur£60,000,0002022
3 John Stones Manchester City£50,000,0002016
4 Anthony Gordon Newcastle United£50,000,0002023
5 Wayne Rooney Manchester United£30,000,0002004
6 Idrissa Gueye Paris Saint-Germain£28,700,0002019
7 Marouane Fellaini Manchester United£27,500,0002013
8 Lucas Digne Aston Villa£25,000,0002022
9 Moise Kean Juventus£25,000,0002023
10 Joleon Lescott Manchester City£22,000,0002009

    Awards

    Managerial Awards

    Barclays Bank Manager of the Year [3][4]
    1984–85: Howard Kendall
    1986-87: Howard Kendall

    LMA Manager of the Year
    2002–03: David Moyes
    2004–05: David Moyes
    2008–09: David Moyes

    Bell's Scotch Whisky/Barclays Bank Manager of the Month Award [4]
    October 1969: Harry Catterick
    March 1970: Harry Catterick
    October 1973: Billy Bingham
    November 1977: Gordon Lee [lower-alpha 1]
    October 1978: Gordon Lee
    September 1981: Gordon Lee
    February 1984: Howard Kendall
    October 1984: Howard Kendall
    April 1985: Howard Kendall
    February 1986: Howard Kendall
    December 1986: Howard Kendall

    1. Gordon Lee had the gallon bottle of whisky he received split into miniatures to be given out to the clubs fans. [5]

    Premier League Manager of the Month Award
    January 1998: Howard Kendall
    September 1999: Walter Smith
    November 2003: David Moyes
    September 2004: David Moyes
    January 2006: David Moyes
    February 2008: David Moyes
    February 2009: David Moyes
    January 2010: David Moyes
    March 2010: David Moyes
    October 2010: David Moyes
    September 2012: David Moyes
    March 2013: David Moyes
    September 2020: Carlo Ancelotti
    April 2024: Sean Dyche

    Player Awards

    European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)
    1986: Gary Lineker (2nd)

    African Footballer of the Year
    1994: Daniel Amokachi (3rd)
    1995: Daniel Amokachi (3rd)

    Oceania Footballer of the Year
    2004: Tim Cahill (Winner)

    Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
    1985: Neville Southall
    1986: Gary Lineker

    PFA Players' Player of the Year
    1985: Peter Reid
    1986: Gary Lineker

    PFA Merit Award
    1977: Jack Taylor
    1982: Joe Mercer
    1986: Alan Ball (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)
    1986: Ray Wilson (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)
    1994: Billy Bingham
    1997: Peter Beardsley

    Premier League Player of the Month Award
    February 1995: Duncan Ferguson
    April 1996: Andrei Kanchelskis
    April 1999: Kevin Campbell
    September 2006: Andy Johnson
    February 2009: Phil Jagielka
    April 2012: Nikica Jelavić
    November 2012: Marouane Fellaini
    March 2017: Romelu Lukaku
    September 2020: Dominic Calvert-Lewin

    BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award
    1995: Neville Southall

    BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award
    2003: Wayne Rooney

    U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
    2008: Tim Howard
    2014: Tim Howard

    Icelandic Footballer of the Year
    2017: Gylfi Sigurðsson
    2018: Gylfi Sigurðsson
    2019: Gylfi Sigurðsson

    Club records

    Wins

    Defeats

    Goals

    Points
    • Most points in a League season (2 for a win) – 66 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
    • Most points in a League season (3 for a win) – 90 in 42 matches, First Division, 1984–85
    • Fewest points in a League season (2 for a win) – 20 in 22 matches, First Division, 1888–89
    • Fewest points in a League season (3 for a win) – 36 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2022–23

    Firsts
    1. Everton originally drew Rangers F.C. in 1886 but only played it as a friendly as they had ineligible players. Although they beat Bolton in a replay, they didn't go through as they fielded 7 ineligible players. The game itself was a replay as the first game was declared void after Bolton had fielded an ineligible player.

    Record wins
    • Record League Victory: 9–1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906; v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 (Dixie Dean & Jimmy Stein both scored 4 goals, a first for Everton)
    • Record FA Cup Victory: 11–2 v Derby County, FA Cup, 5th Round, 18 January 1890 (Hat-tricks from Fred Geary, Alec Brady and Alf Milward)[6]
    • Record League Cup Victory: 8–0 v Wimbledon, League Cup, 2nd Round, 29 August 1978
    • Record Aggregate League Cup Victory: 11–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 1990
    • Record European Victory: 6–1 v SK Brann, UEFA CUP, Round of 32, 21 February 2008
    • Record Aggregate European Victory: 10–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA CUP, 1st Round, 1978
    • Record Friendly Victory: 0–22 v ATV Irdning, 14 July 2018

    Record away wins
    • Record League Victory: 7–0 v Charlton Athletic, 7 February 1931
    • Record FA Cup Victory: 6–0 v Crystal Palace, 4 January 1931
    • Record Top Flight Victory: 6–1 v Derby County, 5 November 1892
    • Record League Cup Victory: 5–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round 1st Leg, 25 September 1990
    • Record European Victory: 5–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup, 1st Round 1st Leg, 12 September 1978

    Record defeats

    Attendances
    • Highest League Attendance 78,299 v Liverpool, 18 September 1948
    • Highest FA Cup Attendance 77,902 v Manchester United, FA Cup, 5th Round, 14 February 1953
    • Highest League Cup Attendance 54,032 v Bolton Wanderers, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January 1977
    • Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Inter Milan, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September 1963
    • Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934[lower-alpha 1]
    • Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993[lower-alpha 2]
    • Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990[lower-alpha 3]
    1. During the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, Everton played 21 home league matches behind closed doors and a further 3 matches with a reduced attendance due to the COVID pandemic. Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 14 other league matches with a lower attendance.
    2. Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 2 other FA Cup matches with a lower attendance.
    3. Only 2,000 supporters were allowed to attend the 2020-21 Quarter-final against Manchester United due to the COVID pandemic.

    National records

    Source:[8]

    • Goodison Park was the world's first purpose made and designed dedicated football ground.
    • Goodison Park is the only English club ground to have hosted a World Cup semi-final. The ground of the club's Chilean namesakes, CD Everton, also hosted a World Cup semi-final, four years earlier.
    • Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21 September 1949. England lost 2–0, suffering their first home defeat to a non-UK country. Everton's Peter Farrell scored.
    • Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seasons running (1962–63 to 1966–67).
    • Everton have played in more top flight seasons than any other club.[9]
    • They have scored and conceded more top flight goals than any other club.[9]
    • Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.[9]
    • They hold the distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time (20 years, alongside Manchester United), although in unusual circumstances. They won the League championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning League champions until the 1919–20 season due to the cancellation of league football during World War I. They were also League champions in 1939, and again remained reigning League champions until the resumption of league football in 1946–47 after World War II.
    • First club to be presented with the League Championship trophy and medals.
    • First club to have the youngest Premiership goalscorer in two consecutive seasons with two different players
    • First club to play 4000 top-flight games
    • First club to amass 5000 League points
    • First club to win the League Championship on two different home grounds. (Anfield and Goodison Park)
    • First club to stage an FA Cup final
    • First English club to install dugouts
    • First English club to be invited to train at the Italian training HQ at Coverciano.
    • First club to appear in 4 consecutive Charity Shields at Wembley 1984–7.
    • Jack Southworth's six goals v West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893, was the first such instance in Football League history.
    • First club to wear the numbers one to eleven, in any known fixture. The 1933 FA Cup final vs Manchester City.

    Continental records

    Source:[10]

    • First Club to be top of the iTunes chart, September 2020. Everton F.C. Spirit of the Blues.
    • Goodison Park, built in 1892, was the world's first complete purpose-built football ground.
    • Everton were the first club to install undersoil heating in their stadium.
    • First club to win a penalty shoot-out in the European Cup – 1970 v Borussia Mönchengladbach
    • First club to issue a regular match programme for home fixtures.
    • First club to have a four-sided stadium with two tier stands
    • First club to have a stadium with a three-tier stand

    Penalty shoot-outs
    SeasonDateCompetitionRoundOpponentVenueResultScore
    1970/714 November 1970European CupThird RoundBorussia MonchengladbachHomeWon4–3
    1986/873 March 1987Full Members CupQuarter FinalsCharlton AthleticHomeLost1–3
    1987/888 December 1987Dubai Champions CupFinalRangersNeutralLost7–8
    1998/9911 November 1998League CupFourth RoundSunderland AFCHomeLost4–5
    2000/0127 September 2000League CupSecond RoundBristol RoversAwayLost2–4
    2001/0212 September 2001League CupSecond RoundCrystal PalaceHomeLost4–5
    2002/036 November 2002League CupThird RoundNewcastle UnitedHomeWon3–2
    2003/043 December 2003League CupFourth RoundMiddlesbroughAwayLost4–5
    2007/0812 March 2008UEFA CupRound of 16FiorentinaHomeLost2–4
    2008/0919 April 2009FA CupSemi FinalsManchester UnitedNeutralWon4–2
    2010/1121 September 2010League CupThird RoundBrentfordAwayLost3–4
    2010/1119 February 2011FA CupFourth RoundChelseaAwayWon4–3
    2014/1513 January 2015FA CupThird RoundWest Ham UnitedAwayLost8–9
    2015/1627 October 2015League CupFourth RoundNorwich CityHomeWon4–3
    2018/192 October 2018EFL CupThird RoundSouthamptonHomeLost3–4
    2019/2018 December 2019EFL CupQuarter FinalsLeicester CityHomeLost2–4
    2021/2221 September 2021EFL CupThird RoundQueens Park RangersAwayLost7–8
    2023/2419 December 2023EFL CupQuarter FinalsFulham FCHomeLost6–7

    See also

    References
    1. "Honours". Everton FC.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
    2. "Everton Transfers". efcstatto.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
    3. "Barclays Bank Manager of the Year Trophy". National Football Museum. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
    4. Rothmans Football Year Book (various years).
    5. "Cheers, Gordon!". EFC Heritage Society Twitter feed. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
    6. "Everton 11 – Derby County 2; 18 January 1890 (Match summary)". evertonfc.com. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
    7. Brodkin, Jon (12 May 2005). "Rampant Gunners in seventh heaven". The Guardian. London.
    8. "EVERTON FIRSTS". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
    9. "England – First Level All-Time Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
    10. "EVERTON FIRSTS". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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