Wrexham Association Football Club is an association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. Founded in October 1864, it is the oldest football club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. After playing in the Combination and regional leagues for several years, Wrexham joined the Football League shortly after the First World War, as a founding member of the new Third Division North. The club remained in the Football League for over 85 years, before they were relegated to the National League in 2008. They remained in the fifth tier of English football for the next 15 seasons, missing out on promotion through the play-offs on five occasions. Wrexham achieved three promotions in three seasons, from 2022 to 2025, through winning the 2022–23 National League, finishing runner-up in the 2023–24 EFL League Two and also in the 2024–25 EFL League One. Thus, Wrexham secured a spot in the EFL Championship, and became the first club across the top five tiers of English football to achieve three consecutive promotions.
Wrexham's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, a total of 899 players have appeared in fewer than 25 such matches for the club. The list includes six players who are still contracted to the club, so can add to their appearance total. Six Wrexham players with fewer than 25 appearances went on to manage the club – Les McDowall (1949–1950), Peter Jackson (1950–1955), Cliff Lloyd (1955–1957 and 1959–1960; caretaker 1961, 1965, 1967), Alvan Williams (1967–1968), John Neal (1968–1977) and Bobby Roberts (1982–1985). Joe Jones, who played nine times between 1881 and 1883, was Wrexham's first player to score a hat-trick, which he did on 3 November 1883 (this was also the first time a player had scored four goals).
Key The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order by surname. Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season. Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 21 March 2026. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving. + Positions keyPre-1960s1960s–GKGoalkeeperFBFull-backDFDefenderHBHalf-backMFMidfielderFWForward
Players
Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Wrexham.
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References General
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External links Wrexham A.F.C. first team