Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.
The list encompasses the major honours won by Brentford, records set by the club, its managers and its players. "League" constitutes records and statistics from the 1920–21 season until the present day, during which the club has competed in League football.
Club honours and best performances
Major domestic competitions
Leagues
First Division / Premier League (level 1)
Best performance: 5th – 1935–36
Second Division / First Division / Championship (level 2)
Winners (1): 1934–35
Play-off winners (1): 2021
Third Division / Third Division South / Second Division / League One (level 3)
Winners (2): 1932–33, 1991–92
Runners-up (4): 1929–30, 1957–58, 1994–95, 2013–14
Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)
Winners (3): 1962–63, 1998–99, 2008–09
Third-place promotion (1): 1971–72
Fourth-place promotion (1): 1977–78
Cups
FA Cup
Best performance: Sixth round/quarter-final – 1937–38, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1988–89
EFL Cup
Best performance: Semi-final – 2020–21
EFL Trophy
Best performance: Finalists – 1984–85, 2000–01, 2010–11
European competitions
Anglo-Italian Cup
Best performance: Semi-final – 1992–93
Minor domestic competitions
Leagues
Southern League First Division / Premier Division
Best performance: 9th – 1905–06
Southern League Second Division
Winners: 1900–01
United League
Winners: 1907–08
Western League First Division / Premier Division
Best performance: 2nd – 1904–05
London League First Division
Best performance: 2nd – 1897–98
London League Second Division
Best performance: 2nd – 1896–97
Cups
Middlesex Junior Cup
Winners (1): 1893–94
West Middlesex Cup
Winners (1): 1894–95
London Senior Cup
Winners (1): 1897–98
Middlesex Senior Cup
Winners (1): 1897–98
Southern Professional Charity Cup
Winners (1): 1908–09
Ealing Hospital Cup
Winners (1): 1910–11
London Challenge Cup
Winners (3): 1934–35, 1964–65, 1966–67
Supporters Direct Cup
Winners (2): 2004, 2008
Empire Exhibition Trophy
Best performance: First round – 1938
FA Amateur Cup
Best performance: First round – 1898–99
Southern Professional Floodlit Cup
Best performance: Semi-final – 1955–56, 1956–57
First Alliance Cup
Best performance: First round – 1988
Kent Challenge Cup
Best performance: Runners-up – 1975–76
Player records
Appearances
Youngest debutant (all competitions): Paul Walker – 15 years, 7 months, 28 days (versus Watford, Football League Cup first round, August 1976) Youngest League debutant: Danis Salman – 15 years, 8 months, 3 days (versus Watford, Fourth Division, 15 November 1975) Oldest player: Jimmy Hodson – 40 years, 8 months, 2 days (versus Plymouth Argyle, Third Division, 7 May 1921) Oldest debutant: Simon Royce – 39 years, 4 months, 20 days (versus Yeovil Town, League One, 29 January 2011) Oldest player to make League debut with the club: Javi Venta – 37 years, 8 months, 4 days (versus Gillingham, League One, 17 August 2013) Most consecutive appearances: 187 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1962) Most consecutive League appearances: 168 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1962) Most consecutive FA Cup appearance: 30 – Ken Coote (9 January 1954 – 16 November 1963) Most appearances in a season (all competitions): 62 – Terry Evans (1988–89) Most Southern League appearances: 206 – Jimmy Jay Most appearances by a player born outside the British Isles (all competitions): 249 – Sergi Canós Most League appearances by a player born outside the British Isles: 225 – Sergi Canós Most seasons in which made at least one first team appearance (all competitions): 16 – Kevin O'Connor Most seasons in which made at least one League appearance: 15 – Kevin O'Connor