Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. 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 Premier League 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 holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brentford, with 559 made between 1949 and 1964.Haynes & Coumbe, p. 38. As of , three other players have made more than 500 appearances for Brentford – Jamie Bates, Peter Gelson and Kevin O'Connor. The club's goalscoring record is held by Jim Towers, who scored 163 goals in 282 appearances between 1954 and 1961. Adam Forshaw, Denny Mundee, Sam Sodje and Billy Sperrin all finished their Brentford careers on 100 appearances.

Current Brentford players who have made 100 or more appearances for the club are Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Mikkel Damsgaard, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter, Kevin Schade and Yehor Yarmolyuk.

Key Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Premier League, Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup, 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 18 September 2026.

Playing positions GKGoalkeeperRBRight backRWRight wingerDFDefenderHBHalf backIFInside forwardDMDefensive midfielderOLOutside leftLBLeft backLWLeft wingerCBCentre backFWForwardFBFull backRMRight midfielderWWingerMFMidfielderSTStrikerWHWing halfAMAttacking midfielderCMCentral midfielderLMLeft midfielderUUtility playerOROutside rightSWSweeperLHLeft halfRHRight half

SymbolMeaningBrentford player in the 2026–27 season.*Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league.♦Player went on to manage the club.(c)Player captained the club.♠Player holds a club record.

Players

Southern League era (1898–1920)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotesRefFW1901–19021904–190610927 OF1902–190819623Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame. WH1903–19102255 ♦ (c)HB1903–190819412 FB1903–19081860 HB/FW1904–19081072 FW1905–190810237 HB1907–19081909–19121191Returned on loan from Leeds City in November 1908. FB/FW1908–19111064Represented the London XI. OL19081911–192730945Hendren played when his cricket commitments allowed.Represented the Southern League XI. IL/CF1908–191110559 LH1908–19131511 ♦ (c)FB1908–19152212 GK1909–19121182 HB1910–19151055 FB1911–19151920–19211231 GK1912–19201180 WH1914–19221395 FB1915–19231270

Interwar era (1920–1945) NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotes GK1920–19251800 FB1921–19251336OF1921–19241066 FW1922–192510435 OF1925–192910921 (c)IF1925–193123486 FW1926–193214843FW1926–192913059 FB1927–19341251 RB1927–19331340 ♦ (c)FB1928–19332012 WH1928–19311230 WH1928–19331020 FB1929–19331530 OR1929–193315321CF1929–193212389LH1931–193515216Capped by England at amateur level. (c)CH1931–19392552 IR1931–193513134CF1932–1939222121OR1932–194731480WH1932–193816010IF1932–194729686 (c)RH1932–19361091OF1933–193610625 (c)FB1934–19381531 GK1934–19381300LB1934–19461580CF1935–193812490OL1936–193910937U1937–19471062GK1937–19492230FB1938–19491440

Post-war era (1945–2000) NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotes (c)WH1946–19501250 FB1946–19532100CH1947–19571686 U1947–19561853WH1947–19501135 WH1948–19551887RB/FW1948–195421949 ♠ (c)FB1949–1963559 ♠15CF1949–195522268CH1949–19521471Capped by England B.FW1949–195413822GK1949–19531210 IF1949–195510030WH1950–19612648 WH/FB1950–19602391CH/IR1952–19622812IF1953–196232449Represented the Third Division South.GK1954–19643740OR1954–196013420 ♠FW1954–1961282163 ♠CF1955–19611961–1962280136Francis briefly transferred to Queens Park Rangers between his two spells. WH1955–196114812OF1956–196012618 (c)FB1957–19621560 OF1958–196323022 ♦OR1960–19611966–19681970–197425279WH1960–197043516CB/WH1961–197451618 OR1962–196616333 (c)RB1962–19743454GK1963–19712240FB1963–19702813GK1963–19732270 (c)WH1963–19661772WH1963–19681795CF1964–196815344 (c)IF1966–197232363CB1967–19763502OF1968–197110530 OF1968–197210415 FB1969–19711065 (c)MF1970–19772686FW1970–19711973–197722861 (c)MF1970–198040940 MF1970–19721017 FB1971–197825513 DF1971–19772346GK1972–19741975–197719811300 (c)MF1973–19761976–19771205Retired in September 1976 and rejoined the club in October 1976. FW1974–197711230DF1975–19853718 MF1976–19801487 FB1976–19801317FW1976–197912249 (c)MF/DF1976–19821988 GK1977–19801300CB1977–198220112IF1977–198016769W19771988–199322522Joined on loan from Crystal Palace in January 1977 and returned to sign permanently in August 1988. MF1978–19881991–199332248DF1978–198416923Capped by Scotland at U21 level.FB1978–19821715 (c)CM1980–198626524W1980–198622664Capped by Wales at U21 level. (c)MF1981–198518932CB1981–19841264FW1982–198713856FW1983–198510235CB1984–199438020LB1984–19871564GK1984–19881710FW1985–198715064 (c)CB1985–199328530RB1985–19881202LM1985–198918234 (c)CB/FB1986–199952624 FW1987–1993291105 (c)MF1987–199121320LB1987–19901355FW1988–199212331 CM1988–199111817 LW/FW1988–19942005–200623028Capped by England at U18 level. RW/FW1988–199319126FW19881989–199214576Joined on loan from Watford in October 1988 and returned to sign permanently in September 1989.MF1989–199526816 GK1990–199419971330 (c)LB/MF1991–19941162RB/MF1992–19971981GK1993–19992620LB1993–199612416RM/RB1993–19961287MF1993–1998200021410Departed in July 1998 and returned on loan from Bristol City in February 2000.U1993–199510018MF1993–199719817 CB1994–19971535 ♦FW1994–19972010–201116248Capped by England at U21 level.FW1994–199821773FB1995–20022432MF1995–199814511 ♦FW1997–200114337MF1998–20021668FW1998–20022005–200725087CB1998–200220091549DF1998–20011325MF1998–200318623Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level. (c)MF1999–200215534CB1999–200213511FW1999–200111123

21st century (2000–present) NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotes (c)RB/CB2000–20052117 (c)U2000–201450144MF2001–200516029MF2001–20061369 GK2001–20041050 AM/LW2001–200615624 CB/LB2002–20071647GK2004–20071390CB2004–200610014CB2004–20061103Joined on loan from Charlton Athletic in August 2004 and transferred permanently in November 2004.CB/RB2005–20121856LB2007–20101063Joined on loan from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007 and transferred permanently in January 2008.DM2008–201216815FW2008–201112745LW/LB2008–20121265CB2009–201211510RM2009–201620630LW2009–201212914DM2010–20162467Joined on loan from Peterborough United in January 2010 and transferred permanently in July 2010. * (c)LB2011–20162113Joined on loan from Everton for separate spells in November 2011 and August 2012 and transferred permanently in June 2013. (c)CB2011–201724910Joined on loan from Southampton in November 2011 and transferred permanently in May 2012.FW2011–201415553DM2011–201518717RB/RM2011–20141045CB/LB2012–20151270 *CM2012–201410011Joined on loan from Everton in February 2012 and transferred permanently in May 2012. *GK2013–20161410RB/DM2013–20171043MF2014–201914026Joined on loan from Blackburn Rovers in January 2014 and transferred permanently in June 2014. *CM/RB2014–201815712 *CB2015–20191187 *W/WB2015–20162017–202324936Joined on loan from Liverpool in August 2015 and returned to sign permanently in January 2017.CM2015–20191021 *CM2015–20181283 *GK2016–20191250 (c)AM2016–20191358RB2017–20211627 LB2017–2425Capped by England at U20 level. *FW2017–20192023–202412649Joined on loan from Everton in September 2023. *DM2017–20201026 *FW/W2017–202014349 AM2018–15922 * (c)CB2019–20231154 MF2019–27617 *W/FW2019–202524270Capped by France at U21 level. * (c)DM2019–202519813 *CB2019–202621612 *GK2019–20231610 *RB2019–20251462Capped by Denmark at U21 level. *AM2020–20241086Joined on loan from Amiens SC in September 2020 and transferred permanently in January 2021.Ghoddos was released in June 2023 and rejoined the club on a one-year contract as a free agent in August 2023. DM2020–23216Capped by Germany at U21 level. *FW2020–202414172 CB/RB2021–1313 *FW/LW2021–202514949 MF2022–1428 LW/LB2022–13912 CM2022–1151Capped by Ukraine at U23 level. (c) CB2023–1298 LW/FW2023–12025Joined on loan from SC Freiburg in January 2023 and transferred permanently in June 2023.Capped by Germany at U21 level.

Captains YearsNameNationalityPositionNotes1889–1892 n/a1892–1894 GKHinton had previously served as vice-captain.1894–1897 U1897–1898 HB1898–1899 FB1899–1900 HB/FW1900–1901 U1901–1902 CF1902–1903 HB1903–1904 FB1904–1908 ♦HB1908–1910 ♦FB1910–1911 FW1911–1919 ♦FB1919–1920 OL1920–1921 FB1921–1922 OL1922–1923 FB1923–1924 OF1924–1926 CH1926–1927 DF1927–1928 WH1928–1931 WH1931–1932 ♦FB1932–1936 RH1936–1937 FBBateman had previously served as vice-captain during the 1934–35 season.1937–1939 CB1939–1946 WHDue to Tom Manley's unavailability during much of the Second World War, the captaincy was held by other Brentford players, most notably Joe James and Billy Scott.1946–1948 WH1948–1949 CH1949–1950 WH1950–1952 CB1952–1953 CF1953–1954 RB/FW1954–1955 DF1955–1957 FB1957–1960 FB1960–1964 FB1964–1966 CB1966 CB1966–1968 IF1968–1970 ♦IF1970–1972 IF1972–1973 RB1973–1975 MF1975–1976 MF1976–1980 MF1980–1981 RB/MF1981–1982 CM1982–1983 MF1983–1984 CB1984–1986 CM1986 CB1986–1988 MF1988–1991 MF1991–1993 CB1993–1994 LB/MF1994–1999 CB/FB1999–2002MF2002–2004 RB/CBDobson later served as club captain during the 2005–06 season.2004–2005 DM2005–2006 CM2006–2007 U2007–2008 CB2008 CB2008MF2008–2015 UWhen unavailable, O'Connor was deputised as captain by Alan Bennett, Jonathan Douglas, Richard Lee and Tony Craig.2015–2016 *LB2016–2017CBDean had previously served as vice-captain during the 2015–16 season.2017–2018 *CB2018Leadership group2018–2019AM2019–2023 *CB2023–2025 *DM2025– CB

Notes

References General

Brentford at Soccerbase.

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