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Burton Albion Football Club are a professional football club from Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire. They were formed in 1950. They turned professional in 1950. In early 1950 they were elected into the Birmingham & District League where they remained until the end of the 1957-58 season. In the 1958-59 they moved into the Southern League. Before the 1979-80 they joined the Northern Premier League and in the 1987-88 they re-joined the Southern League. For the 2000-01 season they joined they re-joined the Northern Premier League then they joined the Football Conference and in the 2008-09 season they earned promotion to the Football League Two.

Honours and achievements

Football League One (Level 3)
- Runners-Up: 2015-16
Football League Two (Level 4)
- Winners (1): 2014-15
Football Conference (Level 5)
- Winners (1): 2008-09
Northern Premier League (Level 6)
- Winners (1): 2001-02
Southern League Premier Division (Level 6)
- Runners-Up (2): 1999-2000, 2000–01
FA Trophy
- Runners-Up (1): 1986-87
Southern League Cup
- Winners (3): 1963-64, 1996–97, 1999–2000
- Runners-Up (1): 1988-89
Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 1982-83
- Runners-Up (1): 1986-87
Northern League President's Cup
- Runners-Up (2): 1982-83, 1985–86
Staffordshire Senior Cup
- Winners (1): 1955-56
- Runners-Up (1): 1976-77
Birmingham Senior Cup
- Winners (2): 1953-54, 1996–97
- Runners-Up (4): 1969-70, 1970–71, 1986–87, 2007–08
Bass Charity Vase
- Winners (15): 1954, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
- Runners-Up (12): 1952, 1957, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010

Player records

Appearances

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals	Source
1	Darren Stride	1993–2010	646	124	^[1]
2	Aaron Webster	1998–2013	588	100	^[2]
3	Phil Annable	1970–80, 1981–83	567	70	^[3]
4	Nigel Simms		535	11
5	Nick Goodwin		508	0

Goalscorers

Top Goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals	Apps	Average	Source
1	Richie Barker	1960-62, 1963–67	159	270	0.58	^[4]
2	Stan Round	1963-67	149	199	0.75	^[5]
3	Darren Stride	1993–2010	124	646	0.19	^[1]
4	Aaron Webster	1998–2013	101	588	0.17	^[6]
5	Simon Redfern	1987-97	86	457	0.19	^[7]

Managerial Records

First Manager: Reg Weston managed club for 338 games, from June 1950 to July 1957
Longest serving Manager: Nigel Clough managed club for 742 games, from October 1998 to January 2009 and since December 2015. At total of 11 years.

Club Records

Matches

First Football League match: Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Burton Albion, 8 August 2009
First League Cup match: Reading 5–1 Burton Albion, 11 August 2009
First Football League Trophy match: Burton Albion 1–5 Chesterfield, 1 September 2009
First match at Pirelli Stadium: Burton Albion 2–2 Chester City, 16 July 2005

Record wins

Record win: 12–1 v Coalville Town, Birmingham Senior Cup, 6 September 1954
Record Football League win: 6–1 v Aldershot Town, Football League Two, 12 December 2009
Record FA Cup win: 6–1 v Chippenham Town, 27 November 2022
Record League Cup win: 4–0 v Morcambe, 27 August 2019
Record EFL Trophy win: 5–0 vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 9 November 2021