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

Sunderland Association Football Club, also known as the Mackems, are a professional football club based in Sunderland, North East England. They were announced to the world by the local newspaper, The Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette on 27 September 1880 as "Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club" following a meeting of the Teachers at Rectory Park school in Sunderland on 25 September 1880. The football club changed their name to the current form on 16 October 1880, just 20 days after the September announcement. They were elected into The Football League in the 1890–91 season, becoming the first team to join the league since its inauguration in the 1889–90 season, replacing Stoke F.C..
Transfers.
All figures are based on the maximum potential fee and are correct as at 1 September 2013.
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 and 2014.
Player records.
Appearances.
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."
Club records.
Attendances.
This section applies to attendances played at home, in all of their grounds since their foundation. Attendance figures from the club's early days are approximate.
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.
Footnotes and references.
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