List of retired numbers in association football
Retired numbers

List of retired numbers in association football

Section Title: Retired numbers
Table Section Text: None

Team	No.	Player	Pos.	Career	Notes

Algeria JS Kabylie	9	Cameroon Albert Ebossé Bodjongo	Forward	2013–2014	posthumous

Austria Rapid Vienna	5	Austria Peter Schöttel	Defender	1986–2001	His number was temporarily retired for at least 10 years. In 2013, it was reactivated and given to Thanos Petsos.

Austria Rapid Vienna	11	Germany Steffen Hofmann	Midfielder	2002–2018	Retired for at least 11 years

Austria Red Bull Salzburg	26	Spain Jonathan Soriano	Striker	2012–2017	Club's Legend

Austria SK Sturm Graz	3	Austria Günther Neukirchner	Defender	1989–2006

Austria SK Sturm Graz	7	Austria Mario Haas	Striker	1993–2012

Austria SV Ried	27	Austria Sanel Kuljic	Striker	2003–2006

Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta	14	Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia	Midfielder	1991–1994, 2002–2009

Belgium Club Brugge	23	Belgium François Sterchele	Striker	2007–2008	posthumous

Belgium UR Namur	3	Belgium Michel Soulier	Defender	1967–1977	posthumous

Brazil Palmeiras	12	Brazil Marcos	Goalkeeper	1993–2012	For goalkeepers only. Outfield players have wore the number since his retirement.

Brazil São Paulo	01	Brazil Rogério Ceni	Goalkeeper	1990–2015	His number was retired on 12 December 2015, when he retired from football. The number '1' may still be used, but the iconic '01', which is an inverted '10', is retired.

Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv	8	Bulgaria Hristo Bonev	Midfielder	1963–1967, 1968–1979, 1982–1984

Canada Montreal Impact	20	Canada Mauro Biello	Forward	1993–1998, 2000–2009

Chile Cobreloa	8	Chile Fernando Cornejo	Midfielder	1992–1997, 2000–2004	posthumous

China Beijing Enterprises	24	Ivory Coast Cheick Tioté	Midfielder	2017	posthumous

China Chengdu Blades	18	China Yao Xia	Striker	2005–2010

China Dalian Shide	26	China Zhang Yalin	Midfielder	2000–2009	posthumous

China Dalian Transcendence	17	China Wang Renlong	Striker	2014	posthumous

Costa Rica Alajuelense	20	Costa Rica Mauricio Montero	Defender	1985–1997

Costa Rica Cartaginés	11	Costa Rica Leonel Hernández	Winger	1957–1977

Costa Rica Cartaginés	18	Uruguay Claudio Ciccia	Forward	2002–2004, 2005

Czech Republic Dynamo České Budějovice	8	Czech Republic Karel Poborský	Midfielder	1991–1994, 2005–2007

Denmark AaB	12	Denmark Torben Boye	Defender	1984–2002

Denmark Nordsjælland	26	Denmark Jonathan Richter	Midfielder	2005–2009

Denmark Næstved BK	7	Denmark Rasmus Green	Midfielder	2005–2006	posthumous

Denmark Viborg FF	22	Denmark Søren Frederiksen	Striker	1989–1994, 1998, 2001–2005

Egypt Al Ahly	3	Egypt Mohamed Abdelwahab	Defender	2004–2006	posthumous

England Chesterfield	14	England Jack Lester	Striker	2007–2013

England Exeter City	9	England Adam Stansfield	Forward	2006–2010	posthumous

England Hartlepool United	25	England Michael Maidens	Midfielder	2004–2007	posthumous

England Macclesfield Town	21	England Richard Butcher	Midfielder	2010–2011	posthumous

England Manchester City	23	Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foé	Midfielder	2002–2003	posthumous

England Queens Park Rangers	31	England Ray Jones	Forward	2006–2007	posthumous

England Rushden & Diamonds	1	England Dale Roberts	Goalkeeper	2008–2010	posthumous

England West Ham United	6	England Bobby Moore	Centre back	1958–1974	posthumous

England West Ham United	38	Australia Dylan Tombides	Striker	2010–2014	posthumous

England Wycombe Wanderers	14	England Mark Philo	Midfielder	2004–2006	posthumous

France Clermont	14	France Clément Pinault	Defender	2008–2009	posthumous

France Lens	17	Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foé	Midfielder	1995–1999	posthumous

France Nantes	9	Argentina Emiliano Sala	Striker	2015–2019	posthumous

France Sedan	29	France David di Tommaso	Centre back	2000–2004	posthumous

Germany Wacker Burghausen	11	Slovakia Marek Krejčí	Striker	2004–2007	posthumous

Germany Wolfsburg	19	Belgium Junior Malanda	Midfielder	2012–2015	posthumous

Greece PAOK	17	Greece Panagiotis Katsouris	Midfielder	1996–1998	posthumous

Greece Skoda Xanthi	13	Nigeria Olubayo Adefemi	Defender	2010-11	posthumous

Greece Skoda Xanthi	56	Ivory Coast Steve Gohouri	Defender	2013-14	posthumous

Guatemala CSD Municipal	15	Guatemala Juan Carlos Plata	Forward	1990–2010

Haiti Roulado	7	Haiti Jean-Robert Menelas	Striker	1993–2007	Number was retired in recognition of his career at the club and for his all-time record goal scoring in the league.

Honduras Olimpia	11	Honduras Wilmer Velásquez	Forward	1991–1995, 1996–1998, 1999–2001, 2002–2009

Honduras Motagua	16	Honduras Edy Vásquez	Midfielder	2003–2007	posthumous, retired from 2007–2009

Hong Kong Happy Valley	2	Hong Kong Leung Sui Wing	Sweeper	1976–1997

Hong Kong Hong Kong Rangers	15	Hong Kong Cheung Yiu Lun	Defender	1992–1995, 1996–1999, 2001–2002	posthumous

Hong Kong Tai Po FC	16	China Mao Mengsuo	Midfielder	2008–2010	posthumous

Hungary Diósgyőri VTK	77	Spain José Juan Luque	Winger	1996–2013	Number retired on 2 June 2013 in respect of Luque being the most professional player in the DVTK history. His number retired for 10 years.

Hungary Ferencváros	2	Hungary Tibor Simon	Right fullback	1985–1999	posthumous

Hungary Kispest AC/Honvéd	10	Hungary Ferenc Puskás	Deep-lying forward	1939–1956	retired in 2000, died 2006

India Bethlehem Vengthlang	21	India Peter Biaksangzuala	Midfielder	–2014	posthumous, after the player died celebrating a goal.

India Dempo SC	10	Brazil Christiano Junior	Striker	2004	posthumous

Indonesia Persebaya Surabaya	19	Indonesia Eri Irianto	Midfielder	1998–2000	posthumous

Indonesia Persela Lamongan	1	Indonesia Choirul Huda	Goalkeeper	1999–2017	posthumous

Indonesia Persis Solo	33	Paraguay Diego Mendieta	Striker	2011–2012	posthumous

Iran Persepolis	24	Iran Hadi Norouzi	Midfielder Forward	2008–2015	posthumous Died while sleeping. The cause of death was heart failure.

Iran Zob Ahan	30	Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Midfielder	2003–2007, 2010–2011, 2012–2018

Republic of Ireland Derry City	18	Republic of Ireland Mark Farren	Striker	2000–2014	Number was retired in dedication to the club's all-time record goal scorer after he died of cancer.

Republic of Ireland Limerick FC	4	Republic of Ireland Joe O'Mahony	Centre back	1966–1986	posthumous

Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	Zambia Chaswe Nsofwa	Striker	2007	posthumous

Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv	8	Israel Avi Nimni	Forward	1990–1997, 1998–2003, 2005–2008	Club's Legend

Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv	12	Israel Meni Levi	Right Back	2000–2002

Italy Atalanta	14	Italy Federico Pisani	Deep-lying forward	1991–1997	posthumous

Italy Bari	2	Italy Giovanni Loseto	Defender	1982–1993

Italy Bologna	27	Italy Niccolò Galli	Defender	2000–2001	posthumous

Italy Brescia	10	Italy Roberto Baggio	Deep-lying forward	2000–2004	Club's Legend

Italy Brescia	13	Italy Vittorio Mero	Defender	1998–2001, 2002	posthumous

Italy Cagliari	11	Italy Gigi Riva	Striker	1963–1978	Club's Legend

Italy Cagliari	13	Italy Davide Astori	Defender	2008–2014	posthumous

Italy Chievo Verona	30	Democratic Republic of the Congo Jason Mayélé	Left/right winger	2001–2002	posthumous

Italy Crotone	4	Italy Antonio Galardo	Midfielder	1995–1998, 2002–2016	Club's Legend

Italy Fiorentina	13	Italy Davide Astori	Defender	2015–2018	posthumous

Italy Genoa	6	Italy Gianluca Signorini	Sweeper	1988–1995	posthumous

Italy Genoa	7	Italy Marco Rossi	Midfielder	2003–2004, 2005–2013	Club's Legend

Italy Internazionale	3	Italy Giacinto Facchetti	Left fullback	1961–1978	posthumous

Italy Internazionale	4	Argentina Javier Zanetti	Right fullback	1995–2014	Club's Legend

Italy Livorno	25	Italy Piermario Morosini	Midfielder	2012	posthumous

Italy Messina	41	Italy Salvatore Sullo	Midfielder	2001–2007

Italy Milan	3	Italy Paolo Maldini	Defender	1984–2009	Club's Legend

Italy Milan	6	Italy Franco Baresi	Defender	1977–1997	Club's Legend

Italy Napoli	10	Argentina Diego Maradona	Midfielder	1984–1991	Club's Legend

Italy Parma	6	Italy Alessandro Lucarelli	Defender	2008–2018	Club's Legend

Italy Pescara	4	Italy Vincenzo Zucchini	Midfielder	1973–1979	posthumous

Italy Salernitana	4	Italy Roberto Breda	Midfielder	1993–1999, 2003–2005	Club's Legend

Italy Siena	4	Italy Michele Mignani	Defender	1996–1997, 1998–2006	Club's Legend

Italy Vicenza	3	Italy Giulio Savoini	Defender	1953–1966	posthumous

Italy Vicenza	25	Italy Piermario Morosini	Midfielder	2007–2009, 2011	posthumous

Jamaica Montego Bay	2	Jamaica Stephen Malcolm	Defender	1989–2001	posthumous

Jamaica Reno F.C.	7	Jamaica Caple Donaldson	Midfielder	posthumous

Japan Fujieda MYFC	2	Japan Toshihide Saito	Defender	2009–2013

Japan Thespa Kusatsu	31	Japan Ryosuke Okuno	Defender	2002–2003

Japan Yokohama F. Marinos	3	Japan Naoki Matsuda	Defender	1995–2010	posthumous

Kazakhstan FC Shakhter Karagandy	14	Kazakhstan Andrei Finonchenko	Forward	2000–2016

Kosovo Llapi	9	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fadil Vokrri	Forward	2018–	posthumous

Lebanon Nejmeh Sporting Club	3	Lebanon Hussein Dokmak	Defender	1997–2007	posthumous (killed in a terrorist bombing)

Lebanon Nejmeh Sporting Club	12	Lebanon Hussein Naeem	Striker	2001–2007	posthumous (killed in a terrorist bombing)

Liberia Liberia	14	Liberia George Weah	Striker	2018–

Libya Al Ahly Tripoli	14	Libya Tarik El Taib	Midfielder	1995–2001

Maldives VB Addu FC	7	Maldives Ali Ashfaq	Forward	2008–2011

Mexico Atlante	12	Mexico Félix Fernández	Goalkeeper	1989–1998, 1999–2001, 2002–2003

Mexico Guadalajara	8	Mexico Salvador Reyes	Striker	1953–1967, 2008	posthumous

Mexico Guadalajara	22	Mexico José Martínez González	Midfielder	1970–81	posthumous

Mexico Monterrey	26	Chile Humberto Suazo	Forward	2007–14	Number retired on 12 December 2014

Mexico Monterrey	28	Mexico Jesus Arellano	Right Winger	1992–97, 2000–11	The shirt is not fully retired. Arellano has given consent for his son to adopt the number 28.

Mexico Pachuca	1	Colombia Miguel Calero	Goalkeeper	2000–2011	His number had been retired on 23 October 2011 after Calero's retirement as a professional player. Later his number was retired again posthumous when he died on 4 December 2012.

Mexico Pachuca	17	Costa Rica Hernán Medford	Forward/Winger	1994–1997

Mexico Pachuca	20	Argentina Pablo Gómez	Forward/Winger	1999–2001	posthumous

Mexico Pachuca	110	Colombia Andrés Chitiva	Midfielder	2001–2008, 2011

Mexico Pumas UNAM	12	Mexico Sergio Bernal	Goalkeeper	1989–1997, 1998–2001, 2003–2010

Mexico Tigres	7	Peru Gerónimo Barbadillo	Midfielder	1977–1982

Morocco Raja Casablanca	23	Morocco Zakaria Zerouali	Defender	2011

Netherlands Ajax	14	Netherlands Johan Cruyff	Forward	1957–1973, 1981–1983

Netherlands NAC Breda	13	Netherlands Ferry van Vliet	Midfielder	2001–2002	posthumous

Netherlands Telstar	22	Netherlands Luciano van den Berg	Defender	2004–2005	posthumous

Netherlands Utrecht	4	France David di Tommaso	Centre back	2004–2005	posthumous

Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem	4	Netherlands Theo Bos	Defender	1983–1998	posthumous

New Zealand Wellington Phoenix	22	New Zealand Andrew Durante	Defender	2008–

Northern Ireland Linfield	11	Northern Ireland Noel Bailie	Defender	1986–2011	number retired in 2011 to commemorate his world record of 1,013 senior appearances for the club

Norway Fredrikstad	8	Norway Dagfinn Enerly	Winger	2004–2005

Panama Árabe Unido	21	Panama Amílcar Henríquez	Midfielder	2003–2008, 2016–2017	posthumous

Panama Chepo	77	Panama Jonathan Rodríguez	Midfielder	2006–2009	posthumous

Peru Universitario de Deportes	22	Peru José Luis Carranza	Midfielder	1986–2004

Poland Lech Poznań	9	Poland Piotr Reiss	Forward	1994–1998, 2002–2008, 2012–2013

Poland Legia Warsaw	10	Poland Kazimierz Deyna	Midfielder	1966–1978	posthumous

Poland Widzew Łódź	11	Poland Włodzimierz Smolarek	Striker	1974–1978, 1980–1986	posthumous

Portugal Benfica	29	Hungary Miklós Fehér	Striker	2002–2004	posthumous

Portugal Boavista	29	Portugal Edu Ferreira	Forward	2016–2017	posthumous Died on 23 December 2017. The number was retired on 3 January 2018.

Portugal União Leiria	10	Portugal Hugo Cunha	Midfielder	2004–2005	posthumous; has been worn again since 2009

Romania Dinamo Bucharest	11	Romania Cătălin Hîldan	Midfielder	1994–2000	posthumous

Romania Dinamo Bucharest	14	Cameroon Patrick Ekeng	Midfielder	2016	posthumous

Romania Dinamo Bucharest	25	Romania Ionel Danciulescu	Striker	1995–1997, 2002–2009, 2010–2013

Russia CSKA Moscow	16	Ukraine Serhiy Perkhun	Goalkeeper	2001	posthumous

Russia Rubin Kazan	17	Russia Lenar Gilmullin	Defender	2003—2007	posthumous

Russia Rubin Kazan	61	Turkey Gökdeniz Karadeniz	Midfielder	2008—2018	Club's Legend

Russia Ural	23	Russia Pyotr Hrustovsky	Striker	1999, 2001–2003	posthumous

El Salvador Alianza	2	El Salvador Roberto Rivas	Right Back	1960–1970	posthumous

El Salvador FAS	10	El Salvador Mágico González	Forward	1977–1982, 1991–1999

El Salvador Municipal Limeño	11	El Salvador Oscar Armando Díaz	Striker	–1998	posthumous

Saudi Arabia Najran SC	20	Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami	Striker	1991–1996, 2005–2010	Number retired on 31 July 2012.

Serbia and Montenegro Radnički Niš	10	Serbia and Montenegro Ivan "Beli" Krstić	Midfielder	2000	posthumous

Slovakia Spartak Trnava	9	Slovakia Ladislav Kuna	Midfielder	1964–1980	posthumous

Slovenia Maribor	19	Croatia Stipe Balajić	Defender/Midfielder	1998–2005

South Africa Orlando Pirates	1	South Africa Senzo Meyiwa	Goalkeeper	2005–2014	posthumous

South Africa Orlando Pirates	22	South Africa Lesley Manyathela	Forward	2000–2003	posthumous

South Korea Daejeon Citizen FC	18	South Korea Kim Eun-jung	Striker	1997–2003, 2014

South Korea Daejeon Citizen FC	21	South Korea Choi Eun-sung	Goalkeeper	1998–2012

South Korea Daewoo Royals, Busan I'cons	16	South Korea Kim Joo-Sung	Midfielder	1987–1992, 1994–1999

Spain Córdoba	8	Spain Juanín	Forward	1960–1970	posthumous

Spain Espanyol	21	Spain Daniel Jarque	Defender	2002–2009	posthumous

Spain Real Betis	26	Spain Miki Roqué	Defender	2010–2012	posthumous

Sweden Assyriska FF	18	Sweden Eddie Moussa	Striker	2001–2010	posthumous

Sweden Helsingborgs IF	17	Sweden Henrik Larsson	Striker	1992–1993 2006–2009

Sweden Kalmar FF	15	Sweden Johny Erlandsson	Winger	1973–1988

Sweden Norrköping	18	Iceland Stefán Þórðarson	Striker	2004–2007, 2009	The shirt was worn by Þórðarson during his comeback in the club during the 2009 season. Has been worn again since 2017.

Sweden Umeå IK	6	Sweden Malin Moström	Midfielder	1995–2006, 2007	The shirt was worn by Moström during her comeback at the club during the 2007 season.

Sweden Östers IF	6	Sweden Mario Vasilj	Central Defender	2006-2018	Retired the number for six years.

Switzerland Basel	2	Switzerland Massimo Ceccaroni	Defender	1987–2002

Switzerland FC St. Gallen	17	Switzerland Marc Zellweger	Defender	1994–2001, 2003–2010

Thailand TOT-CAT	19	Thailand Chanont Wong-aree	Defender	2009–2010	posthumous

United States Kansas City	12	United States Lauren Holiday	Midfielder	2013–2015

United States New York Cosmos	9	Italy Giorgio Chinaglia	Striker	1976–1983	Number posthumously retired in June 2014.

United States New York Cosmos	10	Brazil Pelé	Striker	1975–1977	Number retired on 1 October 1977, at halftime.

United States Portland Timbers	3	England Clive Charles	Defender	1978–1981	Number posthumously retired 23 August 2003.

United States Real Salt Lake	9	United States Jason Kreis	Midfielder/Striker	2005–2007	Retirement ceremony held on 4 July 2011.

United States Tampa Bay Rowdies	6	South Africa Mike Connell	Defender	1975–1984	Number retired 10 August 2013

United States Tampa Bay Rowdies	12	United States Perry Van der Beck	Midfielder	1978–1982, 1984, 1991–1993	Number retired 1 October 2010

Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk	33	Croatia Darijo Srna	Defender	2003-2018

Ukraine Zorya	33	Ukraine Maksym Iv. Bilyi	Midfielder	2010-2013	posthumous

Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	13	Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang	Striker	2001–2006

Wales Swansea City	40	Austria Besian Idrizaj	Striker	2009–2010	posthumous

Sentence(s)

Theo Bos of Vitesse retired his number 4.

final_sentence: Theo Bos of Vitesse retired his number 4.