List of Coventry City F.C. records and statistics

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This is a list of records and statistics for Coventry City F.C., an English professional association football club based in Coventry. The club was founded as Singers F.C. in 1883 and turned professional in 1893, before joining the Football League in 1920. In 1898 the club was renamed Coventry City. Coventry City currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. They were relegated out of the top tier for the first time in 34 years in 2001.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Coventry City and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Coventry City players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. The club's attendance records, both at Ricoh Arena, their home since 2005, and Highfield Road, their home from 1899 to 2005, are also included in the list.

Team records[]

Record wins and defeats[]

Record	Details[1]
Record league win	9–0 (vs Bristol City, Third Division South, 28 April 1934)
Record FA Cup win	7–0 (vs Macclesfield Town, 2 January 1999)
Record League Cup win	8–0 (vs Rushden & Diamonds, 2 October 2002)
Record European win	4–1 (vs Trakia Plovdiv, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 16 September 1970)
Record league defeat	2–10 (vs Norwich City, Third Division South, 13 March 1930)
Record FA Cup defeat	2–11 (vs Berwick Rangers, 2 November 1901)
Record League Cup defeat	1–8 (vs Leicester City, 1 December 1964)
Record European defeat	1–6 (vs Bayern Munich, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 20 October 1970)

League sequences[]

Record	Details[2]
Longest unbeaten run	25 matches (26 November 1966 – 13 May 1967)
Longest winning streak	6 matches (20 April 1954 – 28 August 1954) 6 matches (25 April 1964 – 5 September 1964)
Longest drawing streak	6 matches (28 September 1996 – 16 November 1996) 6 matches (1 November 2003 – 29 November 2003)
Longest losing streak	9 matches (30 August 1919 – 11 October 1919)
Longest winless streak	19 matches (30 August 1919 – 20 December 1919)
Longest scoring run	25 matches (10 September 1966 – 25 February 1967)
Longest non-scoring run	11 matches (11 October 1919 – 20 December 1919)
Longest clean-sheet run	6 matches (28 April 1934 – 3 September 1934)

Wins, draws and defeats[]

Record	Details[citation needed]
Most wins in a league season	24 (1935–36) 24 (1958–59)
Most draws in a league season	17 (1962–63)
Most defeats in a league season	25 (2016–17)
Fewest wins in a league season	8 (1995–96) 8 (2000–01)
Fewest draws in a league season	5 (1984–85)
Fewest defeats in a league season	3 (2019–20) * 6 (1966–67)

* Season concluded with 10 games remaining due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Points[]

Record	Details[citation needed]
Most points in a season (two points for a win)	60 (in 46 matches, Fourth Division, 1958–59) 60 (in 46 matches, Third Division, 1963–64)
Most points in a season (three points for a win)	75 (in 46 matches, Football League Two, 2017–18)
Fewest points in a season (two points for a win)	29 (in 42 matches, Second Division, 1919–20)
Fewest points in a season (three points for a win)	34 (in 38 matches, Premier League, 2000–01)

Attendances[]

Record	Details[citation needed]
Highest home attendance at Highfield Road	51,455 (vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 29 April 1967)[1]
Highest home attendance at Ricoh Arena	31,407 (vs Chelsea, FA Cup Quarter Final, 7 March 2009)
Highest home attendance at Sixfields Stadium	4,905 (vs Peterborough United, Football League One, 26 December 2013)
Highest home attendance at St Andrew's	21,193 (vs Birmingham City, FA Cup 4th Round, 25 January 2020)
Highest attendance at a Coventry City match Wembley Stadium	98,000 (vs Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup Final, 16 May 1987)

Club honours[]

Correct as of June 2020.

All-time FA Premier League table[]

Correct as of the end of the 2019–20 Premier League season.

Teams in bold are part of the 2020-21 Premier League. 47 teams have played at least one season in the Premier League, since it formed for the 1992–93 season. Coventry City were in this league from 1992 until their relegation in 2001.

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Relegated	Avg Pts	Best Pos.
19	West Bromwich Albion	11	418	106	115	197	444	640	−196	433					3	39.36	8
20	Stoke City	10	342	109	97	136	363	457	−94	424					1	47.11	9
21	Coventry City	9	354	99	112	143	387	490	−103	409					1	45.40	11
22	Sheffield Wednesday	8	316	101	89	126	409	453	−44	392					1	49.00	7
23	Wimbledon	8	316	99	94	123	384	472	−88	391					1	48.88	6

Player records[]

Appearances[]

Record	Details
Oldest player to play in a first-team match	Alf Wood, 43 years 207 days (vs Plymouth Argyle, 6 December 1958)
Youngest player to play in a first-team match	Jonson Clarke-Harris, 16 years 21 days (substitute vs Morecambe, 10 August 2010)
Youngest player to start a first-team match	Brian Hill, 16 years 273 days (vs Gillingham, 30 April 1958)
Most consecutive League appearances	Steve Ogrizovic, 241 (August 1984–September 1989)

Most appearances (all competitions)

Correct as of match on 4 May 2019.

	Name	Position	Years	Appearances
1	Steve Ogrizovic[5]	GK	1984–2000	601
2	George Curtis[5]	DF	1955–1969	543
3	Mick Coop	DF	1966–1981	499
4	Brian Borrows	DF	1985–1997	488
5	Bill Glazier	GK	1964–1975	402
6	Mick Kearns	DF	1957–1968	385
7	Michael Doyle	MF	2003–2011, 2017–2019	373
8	Richard Shaw	DF	1995–2006	362
9	George Mason	DF	1931–1952	359
10	Tommy Hutchison	MF	1972–1981	355

Goals[]

Record	Details
Most goals by one player in a game	Arthur Bacon, 5 (vs Gillingham, 1933) Clarrie Bourton, 5 (vs Bournemouth, 1931) Cyrille Regis, 5 (vs Chester City, 1985)
Most goals by one player in a season	Clarrie Bourton, 50 (1931–1932, 49 league, 1 FA Cup)
Goals in consecutive league matches	Clarrie Bourton, 10 consecutive matches (September 1931–November 1931)
Fastest goal	Eddie Brown (12 seconds vs Reading, 23 August 1954) Gary McSheffrey (12 seconds vs Colchester, 11 September 2002)
Top-flight era top scorer (all competitions)	Dion Dublin, 72 goals (1994–1998)
Top-flight era top scorer (league)	Dion Dublin, 60 goals (1994–1998)
Most goals by one player in a season in top-flight	Dion Dublin, 23 (1997–1998) Ian Wallace, 23 (1977–1978)
Last goal at Highfield Road	Andy Whing
First goal at Ricoh Arena	Claus Bech Jørgensen

Most goals (all competitions)

Correct as of match on 4 May 2019.

	Name	Position	Years	Goals scored
1	Clarrie Bourton	FW	1931–1937	182
2		FW	1928–1939	123
3		FW	1936–1952	87
4		FW	1922–1929	85
	Ray Straw	FW	1957–1961	85
6	Peter Hill	FW	1948–1962	77
7	George Hudson	FW	1962–1966	75
8	Leslie Jones	FW	1934–1937	73
9	Dion Dublin	FW	1994–1998	72
	Gary McSheffrey	FW	1998–2006, 2010–2013	72

Internationals[]

Record	Details
Most international caps while a Coventry City player	Magnus Hedman (44, for Sweden, 1997–2002)
Most international goals while a Coventry City player	Stern John (13, for Trinidad & Tobago, 2004–2007)
First Coventry City player to appear at a World Cup	Tommy Hutchison (for Scotland at 1974 World Cup)

Transfers in[]

Correct as of June 2020.

Highest transfer fees paid

Coventry City's record signing is Craig Bellamy, who signed for the club from Norwich City for £6.5 million in August 2000. This beat the previous record of £6 million, which the club paid Wolverhampton Wanderers for Robbie Keane in 1999, which made Keane the most expensive teenager in British football.

	Player	From	Date	Fee
1	Craig Bellamy	Norwich City	17 August 2000	£6,500,000
2	Robbie Keane	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18 August 1999	£6,000,000
3	Lee Hughes	West Bromwich Albion	8 August 2001	£5,000,001
4	Mustapha Hadji	Deportivo La Coruña	19 July 1999	£4,000,000
5	Viorel Moldovan	Grasshoppers	2 January 1998	£3,250,000
6	Gary McAllister	Leeds United	26 July 1996	£3,000,000
7	Robert Jarni	Real Betis	1 August 1998	£2,600,000
8	Gary Breen	Birmingham City	1 January 1998	£2,500,000
	Lee Carsley	Blackburn Rovers	1 January 2001	£2,500,000
	David Thompson	Liverpool	2 August 2000	£2,500,000
11	Stefano Gioacchini	Venezia	26 July 1999	£2,000,000
	Eoin Jess	Aberdeen	23 February 1996	£2,000,000
	Muhamed Konjić	AS Monaco	13 January 1999	£2,000,000
	Noel Whelan	Leeds United	16 December 1995	£2,000,000
15	Dion Dublin	Manchester United	1 September 1994	£1,950,000
16	Steve Froggatt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 October 1998	£1,900,000
17	Liam Daish	Birmingham City	12 February 1996	£1,500,000
	John Salako	Crystal Palace	3 August 1995	£1,500,000
19	Gustavo Hamer	PEC Zwolle	3 July 2020	£1,350,000
20	Laurent Delorge	K.A.A. Gent	12 October 1998	£1,250,000
21	Youssef Chippo	FC Porto	28 May 1999	£1,200,000
	Freddy Eastwood	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12 July 2008	£1,200,000
	Marc Edworthy	Crystal Palace	26 August 1998	£1,200,000
	Cédric Roussel	K.A.A. Gent	20 January 2000	£1,200,000

Progression of record fee paid^{[citation needed]}

Date	Player	Bought from	Fee
July 1979	Gary Collier	Bristol City	£325,000
July 1987	David Speedie	Chelsea	£780,000
October 1989	Kevin Drinkell	Rangers	£800,000
January 1990	Kevin Gallacher	Dundee United	£900,000
September 1994	Dion Dublin	Manchester United	£1,950,000
December 1995	Noel Whelan	Leeds United	£2,000,000
July 1996	Gary McAllister	Leeds United	£3,000,000
January 1998	Viorel Moldovan	Grasshoppers	£3,250,000
July 1999	Mustapha Hadji	Deportivo La Coruña	£4,000,000
August 1999	Robbie Keane	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£6,000,000
August 2000	Craig Bellamy	Norwich City	£6,500,000

Transfers out[]

Correct as of June 2020.

Highest transfer fees received

The club's record sale came in August 2000, when they sold Robbie Keane to Inter Milan for £13 million. The sale of Chris Kirkland to Liverpool for £6 million in 2001 set a British record transfer fee for a goalkeeper and the sale of Phil Babb also to Liverpool in 1994 set a British record transfer fee for a defender.^{[citation needed]}

	Player	To	Date	Fee
1	Robbie Keane	Internazionale	1 August 2000	£13,000,000
2	Craig Bellamy	Newcastle United	25 June 2001	£6,000,000
	John Hartson	Celtic	2 August 2001	£6,000,000
	Chris Kirkland	Liverpool	31 August 2001	£6,000,000
5	Dion Dublin	Aston Villa	5 November 1998	£5,750,000
6	George Boateng	Aston Villa	20 July 1999	£4,500,000
7	Darren Huckerby	Leeds United	11 August 1999	£4,000,000
	Gary McSheffrey	Birmingham City	16 August 2006	£4,000,000
	Viorel Moldovan	Fenerbahçe	16 July 1998	£4,000,000
10	Phil Babb	Liverpool	1 September 1994	£3,600,000
11	Scott Dann	Birmingham City	12 June 2009	£3,500,000
12	Robert Jarni	Real Madrid	15 August 1998	£3,400,000
13	James Maddison	Norwich City	1 February 2016	£3,000,000
	Callum Wilson	Bournemouth	4 July 2014	£3,000,000
15	Mustapha Hadji	Aston Villa	6 July 2001	£2,500,000
	Lee Hughes	West Bromwich Albion	29 August 2002	£2,500,000
	Sam McCallum	Norwich City	31 January 2020	£2,500,000
18	Noel Whelan	Middlesbrough	31 July 2000	£2,200,000
19	Lee Carsley	Everton	8 February 2002	£1,900,000
20	Tom Bayliss	Preston North End	2 August 2019	£1,600,000
	Cyrus Christie	Derby County	1 July 2014	£1,600,000
	Peter Ndlovu	Birmingham City	14 July 1997	£1,600,000

Progression of record fee received^{[citation needed]}

Date	Player	Sold to	Fee
July 1980	Ian Wallace	Nottingham Forest	£1,250,000
March 1993	Kevin Gallacher	Blackburn Rovers	£1,500,000
September 1994	Phil Babb	Liverpool	£3,600,000
July 1998	Viorel Moldovan	Fenerbahçe	£4,000,000
November 1998	Dion Dublin	Aston Villa	£5,750,000
August 2000	Robbie Keane	Internazionale	£13,000,000

Managerial records[]

Record	Details[citation needed]
First manager	William Stanley (1883–1885)
Longest-serving manager	Harry Storer, 19 years, 1 month (between 1931–1945 and 1948–1953)
Most matches as manager	Harry Storer, 584 (between 1931–1945 and 1948–1953)
Most wins as manager	Harry Storer, 255 (between 1931–1945 and 1948–1953)
Most league titles as manager	Jimmy Hill, 2 (1963–64 Third Division and 1966–67 Second Division)
Most league promotions as manager	Jimmy Hill, 2 (1963–64 Third Division and 1966–67 Second Division) Mark Robins, 2 (2017–18 EFL League Two and 2019–20 EFL League One)
Most trophies as manager	Mark Robins, 3 (2016–17 EFL Trophy, 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off and 2019–20 EFL League One)
Most wins at Wembley Stadium as manager	Mark Robins, 2 (2017 EFL Trophy Final, 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final)
Most matches in Europe as manager	Noel Cantwell, 4 (1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)

References[]

External links[]

• Coventry City on the box - links to various match videos