List of Colchester United F.C. players

Introduction

Key

• Players highlighted in yellow are registered Colchester United players for the 2016–17 season.
• Players marked in italics were on loan from another club for the duration of their Colchester United career. The loaning club are noted in the reference column.

• Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. The change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

• 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 starts, total subs and total goals are matches a player has started, been brought on as a substitute and the combined total of these figures, the total number of goals scored, and the total number of yellow and red cards received in the following competitions; Southern League, Southern League Mid-Week Section, Southern League Cup, English Football League, Conference, FA Cup, EFL Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy/EFL Trophy, FA Trophy, Bob Lord Trophy and the Watney Cup.

  Players with 100 or more appearances

Player	Position	Club career	Total starts	Total subs	Total apps	Total goals	Total	Total	Ref
	FB	1969–1984	696	4	700	24	7	1
	GK	1973–1983	524	0	524	0	0	0
	DF	1985–1996	506	11	517	58	8	3
	MF	1971–1984	476	27	503	46	2	2
	MF	2001 2001–2013	420	53	473	21	69	2
	U	1995–2008 2011–2014	376	95	471	48	54	4
	FW	1952–1964	452	0	452	95	1	0
	FB	1955–1966	442	0	442	5	0	0
	GK	1955–1965	422	0	422	0	0	0
	FW	1975–1983 1988–1989	385	24	409	94	1	0
	FB	1973–1983	385	8	393	22	6	3
	FW	1981–1987 1995–1998	338	51	389	149	7	1
	FB	1965–1972	359	5	364	36	2	0
	DF	2011–	343	19	362	20	36	1
	DF	1977–1984	331	2	333	27	2	1
	HB	1947–1954	331	0	331	12	0	0
	U	1986–1990 1996–2000	315	10	325	43	10	0
	DF	1949–1957	320	0	320	2	0	1
	MF	1971–1981	304	10	314	56	1	1
	DF	1962–1968	296	0	296	3	1	0
	MF	1989–1996	262	21	283	44	2	0
	FW	1981–1983 1990–1994	248	19	267	82	5	4
	FW	1952–1956 1962–1966	262	1	263	30	0	0
	MF	1996–2002	244	15	259	28	17	1
	FB	2004–2013	212	43	255	0	18	0
	FW	1956–1965	250	0	250	22	0	0
	FB	1950–1956	249	0	249	1	0	0
	FB	1999–2005	210	36	246	28	13	0
	MF	1981–1986	231	11	242	11	0	0
	DF	2002–2012	212	30	242	2	23	2
	DF	1971–1977	205	32	237	19	3	0
	FW	1952–1960	236	0	236	94	0	0
	FW	1976–1981	230	2	232	80	2	1
	FW	1956–1964	230	0	230	140	0	1
	GK	1992–1993 1994–1999	225	1	226	0	4	1
	FB	1992–1999	215	11	226	13	10	0
	GK	1983–1987	221	0	221	0	3	0
	DF	1984–1988 1991	207	14	221	13	5	0
	MF	1964–1968	217	0	217	16	1	0
	GK	1949–1955	217	0	217	0	0	0
	DF	1992 1992–1998	214	3	217	9	12	3
	DF	2009–2015	213	2	215	8	25	4
	GK	2013 2013–2014 2014–2018	213	0	213	0	5	0
	FW	1991–1994 1999–2001	177	36	213	66	2	0
	HB	1950–1955	212	0	212	17	0	0
	FW	1946–1951	206	0	206	105	0	0
	MF	2007–2013	155	44	199	35	42	0
	DF	1956–1961	198	0	198	3	0	0
	DF	1995–1996 1996–2000	196	0	196	18	27	3
	FW	1954–1958	196	0	196	84	0	0
	FW	1988–1993	156	40	196	47	1	0
	HB	1952–1963	190	0	190	3	0	0
	MF	1990–1994	180	10	190	15	0	0
	FB	1996–1999 1999–2001	155	33	188	7	23	0
	DF	1976–1980	181	5	186	26	0	1
	FW	1996 2001–2004	150	34	184	53	8	0
	FB	1983–1987 1991–1992	178	3	181	10	4	1
	FW	1968–1972	175	4	179	41	4	0
	FW	1991–1995 1996 1996–1999	119	60	179	34	9	0
	FW	2012 2012–2016	146	32	178	21	15	1
	FB	1946–1955	175	0	175	2	0	0
	FB	1955–1960	173	0	173	6	0	0
	FB	2002 2002–2006	158	14	172	3	17	0
	GK	2004–2009 2019–	168	2	170	0	6	1
	GK	1999–2004	165	2	167	0	3	1
	MF	1999–2005	151	16	167	14	18	0
	DF	1999 2000–2004	152	14	166	4	36	5
	MF	1975–1979	143	23	166	4	1	0
	FW	1946–1952	165	0	165	98	0	0
	FW	1955–1962	164	0	164	25	0	0
	FB	2010–2014	162	1	163	3	29	0
	FB	2003–2007	157	6	163	24	15	0
	FW	1960–1964	162	0	162	90	0	0
	MF	2013–2019	118	44	162	38	15	0
	DF	1997 2004 2004–2007	153	6	159	5	16	2
	FW	1970–1973	153	5	158	32	1	0
	FW	1947–1952	157	0	157	70	0	0
	FW	1956–1961	157	0	157	33	0	0
	MF	2015–	136	21	157	4	24	2
	MF	1999–2004	126	31	157	7	17	0
	MF	2004–2008	150	4	154	4	7	0
	MF	1993–1997	120	34	154	18	3	1
	MF	1973–1979	140	13	153	10	0	0
	FW	2012–2018	91	57	148	9	8	0
	FW	1946–1951	141	0	141	27	0	0
	DF	2014–2019	134	7	141	8	24	1
	DF	1978–1982	134	7	141	2	2	2
	MF	1997–2001	128	13	141	17	4	0
	DF	2017–2020	134	6	140	6	12	1
	DF	2003 2003–2004 2004–2006	132	7	139	3	20	2
	FW	1950–1955	138	0	138	48	0	1
	HB	1957–1961	138	0	138	1	0	0
	FW	1994–1998	124	14	138	25	12	1
	FW	1957–1961	137	0	137	58	0	0
	FW	2007–2010	117	18	135	27	15	1
	DF	1988–1991	124	10	134	1	0	0
	FW	2005–2006 2007–2009	126	7	133	27	17	0
	DF	1964–1968	131	1	132	7	0	0
	FW	1983 1983–1985	130	2	132	48	3	0
	DF	1984–1987	130	0	130	12	9	0
	FW	1947–1952	130	0	130	84	0	0
	FW	1950–1954	129	0	129	22	0	0
	HB	1954–1957	129	0	129	12	0	0
	FW	2010–2013	101	28	129	26	17	1
	FW	1951–1954	128	0	128	11	0	0
	FW	1972–1975	128	0	128	64	0	0
	DF	2000–2004	126	2	128	0	7	0
	MF	1989–1992	123	5	128	9	1	1
	MF	1983–1987	121	7	128	5	4	0
	MF	2010–2014	90	38	128	13	4	0
	FW	2009 2010–2012	79	49	128	19	8	0
	DF	1983–1986	125	2	127	8	0	0
	FB	1975–1978	125	1	126	1	2	0
	DF	2015–2019	105	21	126	4	11	0
	GK	2009–2012	125	0	125	0	3	0
	FB	1966–1969	122	3	125	2	0	0
	MF	2001–2004	97	27	124	2	13	0
	MF	2003 2006–2009	107	16	123	13	10	0
	MF	1972–1975	116	6	122	8	0	0
	DF	1991–1994	121	0	121	2	0	0
	FW	1965–1968	121	0	121	56	0	0
	MF	1996–1999	112	9	121	10	12	0
	MF	2012–2016	101	20	121	8	24	1
	FW	1947–1951	120	0	120	7	0	0
	GK	1990 1990–1992	120	0	120	1	0	0
	DF	2016–2020	116	3	119	6	20	0
	FB	1981–1984 1988–1989	109	10	119	7	0	0
	FW	1995–1999 1999–2000	48	71	119	13	7	2
	DF	1973 1973–1975	117	1	118	5	3	0
	MF	1965–1968	116	1	117	8	0	0
	FW	1946–1949	116	0	116	34	0	0
	FB	1970–1972	115	1	116	4	0	0
	GK	1969–1971	115	0	115	0	2	0
	FW	1978–1981	114	1	115	39	0	0
	MF	1990–1992	102	12	114	1	1	0
	FW	1980–1982	105	8	113	36	0	0
	FW	1937–1939	112	0	112	40	0	0
	DF	2008 2008–2013	99	13	112	5	11	0
	FW	1978–1981	106	5	111	16	0	0
	GK	2004–2007	109	0	109	0	1	1
	HB	1955–1963	109	0	109	6	0	0
	MF	1977–1982	96	13	109	20	0	0
	FW	2012 2012–2015	81	28	109	36	3	0
	MF	1993 1994–1997	87	21	108	8	2	2
	FW	2008–2012	50	58	108	28	14	1
	HB	1955–1958	107	0	107	15	1	0
	HB	1953–1958	107	0	107	3	0	0
	DF	1995–1997	105	1	106	1	4	2
	MF	1967–1970	98	8	106	4	0	0
	FW	2017–	77	29	106	14	4	0
	FW	1976–1978	101	4	105	39	1	0
	FW	2005–2007	97	6	103	37	4	0
	DF	1937–1939	102	0	102	1	0	0
	FW	1965–1968	100	2	102	33	0	0
	MF	1998–2000	94	8	102	10	12	0
	FW	1962–1965	101	0	101	35	0	0
	HB	1958–1961	100	0	100	5	0	0

Players with fewer than 100 appearances