Oxford United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Oxford. As of the 2022–23 season, the team plays in the League One, which is the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1893 as Headington before adding the suffix United six years later to become Headington United F.C. The club retained this name until 1960, when it was changed to Oxford United to give it a higher profile. The club was elected into the Southern Football League in 1949, where they stayed until replacing Accrington Stanley in the Football League in 1962. The club spent 44 years in the Football League, reaching the First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season and spending three years in the top tier. Oxford United spent four years in non-league football, before being promoted through the play-offs at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Ron Atkinson made 560 appearances, including 125 matches in the Southern League (a semi-professional league). John Shuker, the man who succeeded Atkinson as captain, made a total of 534 appearances with 478 in the Football League. He holds the club record for the most league appearances and the most overall appearances since 1962, when Oxford joined the Football League. Graham Atkinson holds the record for league goals scored with 97, as well as being the all-time top goalscorer, netting 107 times. Irish forward John Aldridge holds two records, the first being the most league goals scored in a season with 30, and the second the most goals scored in a season with 34. Both of these were set during the 1984–85 season, the year Oxford was promoted to the First Division. David Sloan made his international debut in 1968 for Northern Ireland, becoming the first of twenty players to receive an international cap while playing for the club. Of the players in this list, 119 are from the United Kingdom, five from Ireland, and five are from the rest of the world.

List of players

The list comprises players with 100 or more appearances and those who have received international caps while at the club or hold a club record, since 1949 when the club turned professional. Appearances and goals are for matches in the Football League, Conference National, Southern League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Group Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members' Cup, FA Trophy and Southern League Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics correct as of 21 March 2021. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Name	Nationality	Position	Oxford United career	Appearances	Goals	Records	Notes
John Aldridge	Republic of Ireland*	Forward	1984–1987	141	90
Chris Allen	England	Midfielder	1991–1996	181	17
Jack Ansell	England	Goalkeeper	1952–1955	149	0
Andre Arendse	South Africa*	Goalkeeper	1999–2000	19	0
Jon Ashton	England	Defender	2003–2006	103	1
Graham Atkinson	England	Forward	1959–1974	398	107
Ron Atkinson	England	Midfielder	1959–1971	560	21
Steve Aylott	England	Defender	1971–1975	167	9
Shandon Baptiste	Grenada*	Midfielder	2017–2020	43	5
Jim Barron	England	Goalkeeper	1966–1970	165	0
Steve Basham	England	Forward	2002–2007	187	49
Damian Batt	England	Defender	2009–2013	181	3
Joey Beauchamp	England	Midfielder	1989–1994 1995–2002	429	78
Cyril Beavon	England	Defender	1959–1969	464	11
Paul Berry	England	Midfielder	1977–1982	121	20
Andy Bodel	Scotland	Defender	1975–1980	141	11
Matthew Bound	England	Defender	2001–2004	111	2
Cameron Brannagan	England	Midfielder	2018–	131	14
Gary Briggs	England	Defender	1978–1989	508	22
Max Briggs	England	Midfielder	1974–1977	105	1
Kevin Brock	England	Midfielder	1979–1987	305	32
Roy Burton	England	Goalkeeper	1971–1982	447	0
Nigel Cassidy	England	Forward	1970–1974	135	34
Jeremy Charles	Wales*	Forward	1985–1986	56	16
Colin Clarke	Scotland	Defender	1966–1978	497	26
Derek Clarke	England	Forward	1970–1976	195	40
Ryan Clarke	England	Goalkeeper	2009–2015	267	0
James Constable	England	Forward	2008–2014	280	106
Jamie Cook	England	Forward	1997–2000 2009–2010	104	10
Bobby Craig	England	Defender	1951–1955	189	10
Johnnie Crichton	England	Defender	1951–1955	185	24
Andy Crosby	England	Defender	2001–2004	122	13
Hugh Curran	Scotland	Forward	1972–1978	121	43
Craig Davies	Wales*	Forward	2004–2006	55	8
Geoff Denial	England	Defender	1956–1962	194	51
Rob Dickie	England	Defender	2018–2020	113	13
Bobby McDonald	Scotland	Defender	1983–1987	125	21
Ben Duncan	England	Forward	1950–1955	187	30
Colin Duncan	England	Midfielder	1974–1980	207	7
John Durnin	England	Midfielder	1989–1993	180	47
Simon Eastwood	England	Goalkeeper	2016–	215	0
Matt Elliott	Scotland	Defender	1993–1997	181	24
Ceri Evans	New Zealand*	Defender	1989–1993	130	3
John Evanson	England	Forward	1966–1974	179	11
Harry Fearnley	England	Goalkeeper	1963–1966	104	0
David Fogg	England	Defender	1976–1985	336	21
Peter Foley	England	Forward	1975–1983	321	90
Bobby Ford	England	Midfielder	1993–1997 2002–2003	190	12
Mike Ford	England	Defender	1988–1998 2000	339	22
Luke Foster	England	Defender	2007–2010	117	3
Steve Foster	England	Defender	1989–1992	113	12
Martin Foyle	England	Forward	1987–1991	151	44
Kevin Francis	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Forward	1998–2000	35	7
Ray Gaston	Northern Ireland*	Forward	1968–1969	13	2
Adriel Jared George	Antigua and Barbuda*	Midfielder	2014–2016	4	0
Phil Gilchrist	England	Defender	1995–1999 2006–2007	248	12
Martin Gray	England	Midfielder	1996–1999	134	4
Phil Gray	Northern Ireland*	Forward	2000–2002	48	13
Chris Hackett	England	Midfielder	2000–2006	142	9
Rob Hall	England	Forward	2011 2016–	112	25
Billy Hamilton	Northern Ireland*	Forward	1984–1987	41	20
Steve Hardwick	England	Goalkeeper	1983–1988	196	0
Tony Harper	England	Defender	1955–1959	136	6
Colin Harrington	England	Midfielder	1963–1971	260	30
Trevor Hebberd	England	Midfielder	1982–1988	326	43
James Henry	England	Midfielder	2017–	174	44
Brian Houghton	England	Forward	1961–1963	114	75
Ray Houghton	Republic of Ireland*	Midfielder	1985–1987	105	14
Ernie Hudson	England	Defender	1952–1957	109	1
Danny Hylton	England	Forward	2014–2016	101	30
Billy Jeffrey	Scotland	Midfielder	1973–1982	356	26
Nigel Jemson	England	Forward	1996–1998 2000	100	33
Mark Jones	England	Midfielder	1980–1986	157	7
Tony Jones	England	Midfielder	1959–1967	356	100
Alan Judge	England	Goalkeeper	1985–1991 2003–2004	102	0
Mick Kearns	Republic of Ireland*	Goalkeeper	1969–1972	78	0
Paul Kee	Northern Ireland*	Goalkeeper	1989–1993	64	0
Peter Knight	England	Midfielder	1960–1964	200	33
Maurice Kyle	England	Defender	1959–1969	448	4
David Langan	Republic of Ireland*	Defender	1984–1987	136	3
George Lawrence	England	Midfielder	1982–1984	101	27
Mickey Lewis	England	Defender	1988–2000	350	7
Sam Long	England	Defender	2012–	120	6
Johnny Love	England	Midfielder	1955–1963	316	40
Dick Lucas	England	Defender	1967–1975	219	4
John Lundstram	England	Midfielder	2015–2017	104	4
Hugh McGrogan	England	Midfielder	1975–1980	141	15
Jim Magilton	Northern Ireland*	Midfielder	1990–1994	173	42
Stuart Massey	England	Midfielder	1994–1998	129	13
Owen Medlock	England	Goalkeeper	1959–1963	133	0
Andy Melville	Wales*	Defender	1990–1993	159	15
Paul Moody	England	Forward	1994–1997 2001–2002	197	75
John Mousinho	England	Defender	2017–	132	3
John Mullins	England	Defender	2012–2016	149	9
Matt Murphy	England	Midfielder	1993–2001	290	55
Curtis Nelson	England	Defender	2016–2019	121	8
Callum O'Dowda	Republic of Ireland*	Midfielder	2013–2016	106	14
Yemi Odubade	Nigeria	Forward	2006–2009	130	31
David Penney	England	Forward	1989–1994	129	16
Les Phillips	England	Midfielder	1984–1993	224	15
Alfie Potter	England	Midfielder	2009–2015	194	28
Paul Powell	England	Midfielder	1995–2003	200	23
Pat Quartermain	England	Defender	1955–1967	306	0
Barry Quinn	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	2004–2009	199	6
Frank Ramshaw	England	Defender	1950–1958	358	1
Billy Rees	Wales	Forward	1955–1959	122	58
Peter Rhoades-Brown	England	Midfielder	1984–1988	142	16
Dave Roberts	Wales*	Defender	1971–1975	176	8
Les Robinson	England	Defender	1990–2000	459	6
Matthew Robinson	England	Defender	2002–2006	192	4
Danny Rose	England	Midfielder	2007–2008 2013–2016	143	10
Josh Ruffels	England	Various	2013–	307	21
David Rush	England	Forward	1994–1996	110	24
Dean Saunders	Wales*	Forward	1987–1988	73	33
Jason Seacole	England	Midfielder	1976–1982	134	26
Liam Sercombe	England	Midfielder	2015–2017	101	22
Malcolm Shotton	England	Defender	1980–1987	338	15
John Shuker	England	Forward	1962–1977	534	47
Paul Simpson	England	Midfielder	1988–1992	168	50
Joe Skarz	England	Defender	2015–2017	107	0
Ken Skeen	England	Various	1967–1974	270	40
Neil Slatter	Wales*	Defender	1985–1989	115	9
David Sloan	Northern Ireland*	Forward	1968–1973	200	34
Gary Smart	England	Defender	1988–1994	204	0
Dave Smith	England	Midfielder	1994–1999	231	4
Jim Smith	England	Midfielder	1949–1955	143	22
Tim Smithers	England	Midfielder	1980–1983	124	7
Rodney Smithson	England	Midfielder	1965–1974	180	6
Ronnie Steel	England	Midfielder	1952–1955	130	32
Paul Tait	England	Midfielder	1999–2002	105	3
Les Taylor	England	Midfielder	1975–1980	239	16
Andy Thomas	England	Midfielder	1981–1986	150	45
Cyril Toulouse	England	Midfielder	1950–1954	152	20
John Trewick	England	Midfielder	1984–1987	142	4
Billy Turley	England	Goalkeeper	2005–2010	186	0
Paul Wanless	England	Midfielder	1991–1995 2003–2005	109	7
Mark Watson	Canada*	Defender	1998–2000	69	0
Dean Windass	England	Forward	1998–1999	38	18
Andy Whing	England	Midfielder	2011–2015	111	2
Dean Whitehead	England	Midfielder	1999–2004	136	9
Phil Whitehead	England	Goalkeeper	1993–1998	238	0
Gavin Whyte	Republic of Ireland*	Defender	2018–2019	47	9
Alan Willey	England	Forward	1961–1966	128	48
Andy Woodman	England	Goalkeeper	2002–2004	112	0
Jake Wright	England	Defender	2010–2016	281	0
Harry Yates	England	Midfielder	1952–1955	103	54

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