Linfield F.C. is a professional association football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club plays in the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League. They have played at their current home ground, Windsor Park, since 1905. Previous to this they had played at Ulsterville Avenue from 1889 until 1905 and The Meadow from their foundation in 1886 to 1889. They were one of the founding clubs of the league in 1890, and since that time the club has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions.

Players who have made 100 or more appearances for Linfield are listed below. Players are listed according to the date their first contract was signed with the club.

Forward Tommy Dickson is Linfield's record goal scorer, with 454 goals in 660 appearances between 1948 and 1965. A one-club man and former club captain, defender Noel Bailie holds the record for the most Linfield appearances, playing 1,013 times for the club during a career that spanned 22 years between his debut in 1989 and his retirement in 2011.

Players

As of end of the 2017–18 season.
  • Notes:
    • Appearances and goals are counted for competitive matches in all first-team competitions. Wartime matches and friendly/pre-season matches are excluded.
    • Substitute appearances are listed in parentheses (if known) and are included in the total.
    • Players listed in bold are still active at the club.
PlayerPositionYears activeAppearances
(inc. as sub)
GoalsGoals/games
ratio
Ireland Joe Bambrick FW 19271935 183 286 1.56
Northern Ireland Tommy Dickson FW 19481965 660 454 0.69
Northern Ireland Phil Scott FW 19581962
19631973
400 220 0.55
Northern Ireland Trevor Anderson FW 19791987 327 96 0.29
Northern Ireland David Jeffrey DF 19821992 269 69 0.26
Northern Ireland Stephen Baxter FW 19871993 219 (50) 102 0.47
Northern Ireland Noel Bailie DF 19892011 1,013 (24) 25 0.02
Northern Ireland Stephen Beatty MF 19902001 455 52 0.11
Republic of Ireland Dessie Gorman FW 19921997 166 (15) 56 0.34
Northern Ireland William Murphy DF 19972013 639 (12) 48 0.08
Northern Ireland Glenn Ferguson FW 19982009 515 (41) 285 0.55
Northern Ireland Michael Gault MF 19992014 480 (50) 30 0.06
Northern Ireland Alan Mannus GK 20002009 366 1 0.01
Northern Ireland Peter Thompson FW 20012008
20102015
418 (73) 230 0.55
Scotland Steven Douglas DF 20032013 266 (29) 13 0.05
Northern Ireland Paul McAreavey MF 20032009 180 (33) 39 0.22
Northern Ireland Aidan O'Kane MF 20032011 268 (75) 31 0.12
Northern Ireland Jamie Mulgrew MF 2005present 389 (53) 38 0.09
Northern Ireland Aaron Burns MF 20082012
20132017
273 (73) 91 0.33
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