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

Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Sunderland, North East England. It was formed in 1879 and turned professional in 1886.
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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.

League

*First Division (level 1):cite web|url=http://www.readytogo.net/safc/history.html|title=Sunderland AFC honours|publisher=Ready To Go : Independant Sunderland AFC|accessdate=2008-09-19]
**Winners (6): 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1901–02, 1912–13, 1935–36
**Runners-up (5): 1893–94, 1897–98, 1900–01, 1922–23, 1934–35
*Football League Championship (level 2):
**Winners (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
*Second Division (level 2):
**Winners (1): 1975–76
**Runners-up (2): 1963–64, 1979–80
**Promotion (1): 1989–90ref label|1989-90season|A|
*First Division (level 2):
**Winners (1): 1995–96, 1998–99
*Third Division (level 3):
**Winners (1): 1987–88

Cup

*FA Cup:
**Winners (2): 1937, 1973
**Finalists (2): 1913, 1992
*League Cup:
**Finalists (1): 1985
*Charity Shield:
**Winners (1): 1936
**Finalists (1): 1937
*Sheriff of London Charity Shield:
**Winners (1): 1903
*War Cup:
**Finalists (1): 1942

Managerial records

:see also|List of Sunderland A.F.C. managers
*First manager in the professional era: Tom Watson (managed the club for 191 games from August 1888 to August 1896). [cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mmanagers/MMG26.asp|title=Tom Watson|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle (managed the club for 817 games from August 1905 to May 1928). [cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mlists/MML01.asp|title=Sunderland managerial history|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Club records

Goals

*Most league goals scored in a season: 109 in 42 matches, First Division, 1955–56.cite web|url=http://www.fchd.info/SUNDERLA.HTM|title=Sunderland|publisher=Football Club History Database|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*Fewest league goals scored in a season: 21 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2002–03.
*Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 matches, First Division, 1957–58.
*Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 26 in 34 matches, First Division, 1900–01.

Points

*Most points in a season:
**Two points for a win: 61 (in 42 games in 1963–64, First Division).
**Three points for a win: 105 (in 46 games in 1998–99, First Division).

*Fewest points in a season:
**Two points for a win: 23 (in 22 games in 1890–91, The Football League) and (in 30 games in 1896–97, First Division).
**Three points for a win: 15 (in 38 games in 2005–06, Premier League).

Matches

Firsts

*First match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, an FA Cup at Coatham Cricket Ground, 8 November 1884. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Mseasons/MSG6.asp|title=1884-85 season|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*First league match: Burnley 3–2 Sunderland, The Football League at Newcastle Road, 13 September 1890. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Mseasons/MSG12.asp|title=1890-91 season|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, Qualifying Round, 8 November 1884. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Mseasons/MSG6.asp|title=1884-85 season|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup, first round, 19 September 1973.cite web|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/European/Clubs/Sunderland1973-74.htm|title=Sunderland 1973/74|publisher=Football Site|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, second round, 26 October 1960. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD2168.asp|title=Brentford 4-3 Sunderland|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Record wins

*Record league win: 9–1 against Newcastle United in the First Division, 5 December 1908.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/team_records.sd?teamid=2493|title=Sunderland all time records|publisher=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*Record FA Cup win: 11–1 against Fairfield, first round, 2 February 1895.cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD4605.asp|title=Sunderland 11-1 Fairfield|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Record defeats

*Record league defeat:
**8–0 against West Ham United in the First Division, 19 October 1968. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD1754.asp|title=West Ham United 8-0 Sunderland|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]
**8–0 against Watford in the First Division, 25 September 1982. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD1016.asp|title=Watford 8-0 Sunderland|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Attendances

*Highest attendance at a home match (Roker Park): 75,118 (against Derby County), FA Cup sixth round replay, 8 March 1933. [cite web|url=http://www.catstattery.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD3135.asp|title=Sunderland 0-1 Derby|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-17]
*Lowest attendance at Newcastle Road: 1,000 "estimate" (against Fairfield), FA Cup Qualifying round, 2 February 1895.

European statistics

Record by season

Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions. The 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.

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* PR = Preliminary round
* 1R = First round
* 2R = Second round
* 3R = Third round
* QF = Quarter final
* SF = Semi final
* F = Final

Record by competition

Footnotes

:A. : Sunderland were promoted in the 1989–90 season despite being beat 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.:B. note label|EuropeScore|B|anote label|EuropeScore|B|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.

References

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*cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/default.asp|title=Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-16

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