page_title: List of Cardiff City F.C. players
section_title: Key
hierarchical_section_title: List of Cardiff City F.C. players / Key
caption_attribution_description: English: 31/03/12 Cardiff v Millwall, Championship, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. Kevin McNaughton.
context_page_description: Cardiff City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., by members of a local cricket club, and joined the Cardiff & District League the following year. In 1907, they joined the South Wales Amateur League and changed their name to Cardiff City, later entering the English football pyramid by joining the Southern Football League in 1910. They were elected into the Football League ten years later, where they remain to this day. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, the club has won 3 division titles in the Football League, won promotion on 13 occasions and been relegated 12 times.
  All players who have featured in 100 or more first-team matches in all competitions for the club since they joined the English football pyramid in 1910, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Billy Hardy is the current holder of appearance records in both league matches and all competitions having made 590 appearances in a 20-year spell at the club between 1911 and 1932.
context_section_description: The list is ordered by alphabetical order of 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 as of the match played on 30 July 2020.
  Nationality
  Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, his country of birth.
  Position
  Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defence and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
  Club career
  Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
  Total appearances and Total goals
  Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Welsh Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Third Division South Cup and FA Charity Shield as well as European matches in the European Cup Winners Cup. Wartime fixtures are not included. Due to the unavailability of complete statistics, seasons prior to 1910 in the amateur Welsh leagues are not included.
caption: Kevin McNaughton made over 290 appearances for the club between 2006 and 2015.
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