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

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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. League • First Division (level 1): • 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): 1989–90 • 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 • Football League Cup: • Finalists (2): 1985, 2014 • FA Charity Shield: • Winners (1): 1936 • Finalists (1): 1937 • Sheriff of London Charity Shield: • Winners (1): 1903 • Football League War Cup: • Finalists (1): 1942 • Durham Challenge Cup: • Winners (4): 1884, 1887, 1888, 1890, • Northern Temperance Festival Cup: • Winners (1): 1884, • Durham and Northumberland Championship: • Winners (1): 1888 • British Cup: • Runners Up (1): 1902 • Dewar Sheriff of London Shield: • Winners (1): 1903 • Newcastle and Sunderland Hospitals Cup: • Winners (3): 1912, 1913, 1914 • Runners Up (1): 1911 • Durham Senior Cup: • Winners (11): 1919, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939 • Runners Up (3): 1925, 1926, 1928 • Northern Victory League: • Runners Up (1): 1919 • North East Counties Cup: • Winners (2): 1920, 1921 • Northumberland and Durham Challenge Cup: • Runners Up (1): 1883 == Player records ==

: Appearances • Youngest first-team player: Derek Forster, 15 years 185 days (vs Leicester City, 22 August 1964). • Oldest first-team player: Jermain Defoe, 39 years 163 days (vs Lincoln City, 19 March 2022).Charles Thompson was 41 when he played his last game for Sunderland in 1919 Most appearances Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets. Goalscorers Top goalscorers Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets. • Most hat-tricks: Dave Halliday – 12 (11 league and 1 cup) == Managerial records ==

: • First full-time manager: Tom Watson managed the club for 191 matches, from August 1888 to August 1896. • Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle managed the club for 817 matches, from August 1905 to May 1928, a total of 23 years. == Club records ==

Goals • Most league goals scored in a season: 109 (in 42 matches in the 1935–36 season, First Division). • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 21 (in 38 matches in the 2002–03 season, Premier League). • First competitive match: Sunderland 2–2 Burnopfield in the Durham Challenge Cup, 11 December 1880. • First league match: Sunderland 2–3 Burnley, 13 September 1890. • First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, 8 November 1884. • First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, 26 October 1960. • First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, 19 September 1973, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup. Record wins • Record Football League win: 9–1 (v. Newcastle United, 5 December 1908) • Record FA Cup win: 11–1 (v. Fairfield, 2 February 1895) • Record League Cup win: 7–0 (v. Cambridge United, 1 October 2002) • Record Football League Trophy win: 8–1 (v. Aston Villa U21, 8 September 2020) • Record friendly win: 23–0 (v. Castletown, 20 December 1884) Record defeats • Record league defeats: • 0–8 (v. Sheffield Wednesday, 26 December 1911). • 0–8 (v. West Ham United, 19 October 1968). • Highest league attendance: 68,004 v. Newcastle United, 4 March 1950 at Roker Park (Sunderland 2–2 Newcastle United) • Lowest recorded attendance: 880 vs Millwall, Friendly, 28 July 1969 at Roker Park (Sunderland 0–1 Millwall) • Lowest recorded league attendance: 3,841 v. Manchester City, 11 April 1934 at Roker Park (Sunderland 0–0 Manchester City) • Lowest approximate competitive attendance: c. 1,500 v. Birtley Town, Durham Challenge Cup First Round, 20 November 1886 at Newcastle Road (Sunderland 2–0 Birtley) • Lowest recorded competitive attendance: 3,498 v. Oldham Athletic, EFL Trophy Second Round, 1 December 2021 at Stadium of Light (Sunderland 0–1 Oldham Athletic) Competitive Attendance Records by Ground ''Attendances at Sunderland's grounds prior to Newcastle Road were rarely recorded. Attendances at Newcastle Road, and in the seasons prior to 1925 at Roker Park were usually approximations.'' == European statistics ==

Record by season Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions. 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. } ;Key • PR = Preliminary round • 1R = First round • 2R = Second round • 3R = Third round • QF = Quarter final • SF = Semi final • F = Final Record by competition == Notes ==

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