Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. The club was founded in 1878 and turned professional in 1936. Ipswich have played at all professional levels of English football and have participated in European football since the 1960s. The team currently plays in the second tier of English football.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Ipswich Town, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details the club's European performances. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ipswich players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Portman Road, the club's home ground since 1884, are also included in the list.
Honours
Ipswich Town have won honours both domestically and in European Cup competitions. The club has won the English League Championship (1961–62) and the FA Cup (1978) and, in European competition, won the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. Their last senior league honour was the Football League Second Division title in 1992.
Domestic
League titles
First Division / Premier League (Tier 1) Winners: 1961–62 Runners-up: 1980–81, 1981–82
Second Division / Championship (Tier 2) Winners: 1960–61, 1967–68, 1991–92 Play-off winners: 1999–2000
Third Division / League One (Tier 3) Winners: 1953–54, 1956–57 Runners-up: 2022–23
Southern League
Winners: 1936–37
Cups
FA Cup
Winners: 1977–78
Texaco Cup
Winners: 1972–73
European
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
Winners: 1980–81
Minor titles
Friendly
Amsterdam Tournament
Winners: 1981
Innsbruck Cup
Winners: 2023
Ipswich Charity Cup
Winners: 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900
Ipswich Hospital Cup
Winners: 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1959, 1988, 1990
Paisley Charity Cup
Winners: 1966 (shared)
Uhren Cup
Winners: 1963
Willhire Cup
Winners: 1978, 1979
Other
South East Anglian League
Champions: 1903–04
Runners-up: 1904–05
Southern Amateur League
Champions: 1921–22, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34
Runners-up: 1922–23, 1930–31
Suffolk Challenge Cup
Winners: 1886–87, 1888–89, 1889–90
Suffolk Senior Cup
Winners: 1886–87, 1888–89, 1889–90, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30
Player records
Appearances
Youngest first-team player: Connor Wickham, 16 years 11 days (against Doncaster Rovers, 11 April 2009). Oldest first-team player: Mick Burns, 43 years 219 days (against Gateshead, 12 January 1952).
Most appearances
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitutes in brackets.
Goalscorers
Most goals in a season: Ted Phillips, 46 goals (including 41 league goals) in the 1956–57 season. Most league goals in a season: Ted Phillips, 41 goals in the 1956–57 season. Youngest goalscorer: Jason Dozzell, 16 years 57 days (against Coventry City, 4 February 1984).
Top goalscorers
Ray Crawford is the all-time top goalscorer for Ipswich Town. In the 1970–71 season, he became the first footballer to score hat-tricks in the Football League, League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup. Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.