Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford,

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. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the

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and other nationally and internationally organised competitions. All players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Records and notable players

Ken Coote Kenneth Alexander Coote (19 May 1928 – 2 August 2003) was an English footballer. He is best remembered for his 14 years as a full back and utility player with Brentford, for whom he tops the all-time appearances list with 559 and was also ...

holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brentford, making 559 appearances between 1949 and 1964. As of 2015, three other players have made more than 500 appearances for Brentford –

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and Kevin O'Connor. The club's goalscoring record is held by

Jim Towers Edwin James Towers (15 April 1933 – 16 September 2010) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a centre forward in the Football League with Brentford. He is the club's all-time leading goalscorer and in 2013 wa ...

, who scored 163 goals in 282 appearances between 1954 and 1961. Adam Forshaw,

Denny Mundee Dennis William John Mundee (born 10 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer who made 100 appearances for both Bournemouth and Brentford in the Football League as a utility player. He is a cult hero amongst the Brentford su ...

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and

Billy Sperrin William Thomas Sperrin (9 April 1922 – 21 June 2000) was an English football inside forward and coach. He made 100 appearances as a player for Brentford and was later a member of the coaching staff at Hillingdon Borough for 12 years. Club ...

all finished their Brentford careers on 100 appearances. Current Brentford players who have made 100 or more appearances for the club are

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, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry,

Vitaly Janelt Vitaly Janelt (born 10 May 1998) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Brentford F.C., Brentford. Janelt is a product of the Hamburger SV and RB Leipzig Football academy, academie ...

Pontus Jansson Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (; born 13 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Brentford, where he serves as club captain. Jansson started his career with local club Malmö FF before moving to Ita ...

, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Nørgaard,

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and Ivan Toney.

Key

*Appearance and goal totals include matches in the

, Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898),

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, Anglo-Italian Cup,

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, London Junior Cup, Middlesex Junior Cup, West Middlesex Cup, Southern Floodlit Challenge Cup, Football League Jubilee Fund and Empire Exhibition Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded. * "Brentford career" corresponds to the years in which the player made their first and last appearances. * Players listed in bold won full international caps whilst with the club. * Statistics are correct as of match played 7 January 2023.

Playing positions

Players

Adam Forshaw, Brentford FC, January 2013

Southern League era (1898–1920)

Interwar era (1920–1945)

Post-war era (1945–2000)

21st century (2000–present)

Captains

Notes

References

; General * * *
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at Soccerbase. * Specific {{Lists of football players in England Brentford Players Players Association football player non-biographical articles