Everton Football Club is a professional association football club located in Liverpool. The club was formed in 1878, and was originally named as St Domingo FC. The club's first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club. In November 1879 the club was renamed to Everton FC.
Major competitions won by Everton F.C., records set by the club, associated managers and players will be included in the following list.
The player records section includes: appearances, goals scored, and clean sheets kept. Player and manager awards, transfer fees, club records (Wins, Draws, and Losses) are all included in the list, as well as several others.
^Everton originally drew Rangers F.C. in 1886 but only played it as a friendly as they had ineligible players. Although they beat Bolton in a replay, they didn't go through as they fielded 7 ineligible players. The game itself was a replay as the first game was declared void after Bolton had fielded an ineligible player.
Record wins
Record League Victory: 9–1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906; v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 (Dixie Dean & Jimmy Stein both scored 4 goals, a first for Everton)
Record FA Cup Victory: 6–0 v Crystal Palace, 4 January 1931
Record Top Flight Victory: 6–1 v Derby County, 5 November 1892
Record League Cup Victory: 5–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round 1st Leg, 25 September 1990
Record European Victory: 5–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup, 1st Round 1st Leg, 12 September 1978
Record defeats
Record League Defeat: 0–7 v Sunderland, Football League Div 1, 26 December 1934; v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Football League Div 1, 22 February 1939; v Arsenal, Premier League, 11 May 2005[3]
Record FA Cup Defeat: 0–6 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup, 1st Round, 7 January 1922
Attendances
Highest League Attendance 78,299 v Liverpool, 18 September 1948
Highest FA Cup Attendance 77,902 v Manchester United, FA Cup, 5th Round, 14 February 1953
Highest League Cup Attendance 54,032 v Bolton Wanderers, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January 1977
Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Inter Milan, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September 1963
Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934[a]
Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993[b]
Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990[c]
^During the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, Everton played 21 home league matches behind closed doors and a further 3 matches with a reduced attendance due to the COVID pandemic. Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 14 other league matches with a lower attendance.
^Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 2 other FA Cup matches with a lower attendance.
Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21 September 1949. England lost 2–0, suffering their first home defeat to a non-UK country. Everton's Peter Farrell scored.
Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seasons running (1962–63 to 1966–67).
Everton have played in more top flight seasons than any other club.[6]
They have scored and conceded more top flight goals than any other club.[6]
Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.[6]
They hold the distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time (20 years, alongside Manchester United), although in unusual circumstances. They won the League championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning League champions until the 1919–20 season due to the cancellation of league football during World War I. They were also League champions in 1939, and again remained reigning League champions until the resumption of league football in 1946–47 after World War II.
First club to be presented with the League Championship trophy and medals.
First club to have the youngest Premiership goalscorer in two consecutive seasons with two different players
First club to play 4000 top-flight games
First club to amass 5000 League points
First club to win the League Championship on two different home grounds. (Anfield and Goodison Park)
First club to stage an FA Cup final
First English club to install dugouts
First English club to be invited to train at the Italian training HQ at Coverciano.
First club to appear in 4 consecutive Charity Shields at Wembley 1984–7.
Jack Southworth's six goals v West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893, was the first such instance in Football League history.
The Fans' Player of the season is determined through a vote on the EFC website in which 5 candidates are nominated by the club. Fans are then free to vote for their player of choice. The player with the greatest number of votes wins the award. This award has been presented from 2006 onward.
The following players are considered "Giants" for their great contributions to Everton. A panel appointed by the club established the inaugural list in 2000 and a new inductee is announced every season.[9]