Derby County Football Club was founded in 1884, first entered the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...
in the same year, and became a founder member of the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...
in 1888. The club's first team have been
English champions twice, and have the FA Cup once. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.
Each player's details include the duration of his Derby career, his typical
playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches.
List of players
Key
*Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname.
*Appearances as a
substitute are included.
*Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the match played 3 May 2025.
Table
Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
References
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Derby County
Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...
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