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List of retired numbers in association football
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Association football clubs around the world sometimes retire squad numbers to recognise players' service to the club, whether that be through their loyalty or quality.
Background
This practice, long established in the major North American sports, is a recent development in football elsewhere, since squad numbers for specific players were not widely used until the 1990s. Before then, it was typical for players in the starting lineup to be issued numbers 1 to 11 by formation/position on a match-by-match basis, and substitutes to be numbered from 12 upwards, meaning a player might wear different numbers during the season if they were to play in different positions for tactical reasons, or simply not be a regular in the starting lineup.
In contrast, in the former American league the North American Soccer League, players wore permanent numbers since its inception in 1967. Moreover, Pelé's #10 was retired by the New York Cosmos during the farewell of the Brazilian star on 1 October 1977, becoming the first number ever retired in association football.
Mexico was a pioneer country in the use of permanent numbers in football; these were adopted in the Primera División in the 1980s.
Retiring a player's shirt number usually occurs after the player has left the team or retired. It honours a player who has meant much to his club, and no other player is permitted to use that number in the future. In some cases, such as those of Marc-Vivien Foé, Davide Astori, and Diogo Jota, numbers have been retired to posthumously honour a player who died while still active. Also, Norwegian club Fredrikstad retired Dagfinn Enerly's number following an on-pitch accident that left him paralysed. In Britain, only Bobby Moore's, Jack Lester's, and Jude Bellingham's shirt numbers have been retired due to great service to the club as opposed to a tragic incident. Although it had not been officially retired, Gianfranco Zola's No. 25 shirt had not been reissued by Chelsea since he left the club in 2003 until re-issued to Moisés Caicedo in 2023.
The Argentina, Ecuador and Cameroon national teams have been prevented from retiring the numbers of Diego Maradona (10), Christian Benítez (11) and Marc-Vivien Foé (17), respectively, by FIFA rules dealing with squad numbers for Finals tournaments; in other competitions, qualifiers or friendlies, national associations may assign numbers according to criteria of their choosing. Similarly, several clubs have been required to reissue retired numbers for continental club competitions due to squad numbering rules of continental confederations. For example, CAF and CONMEBOL have such rules in their club competitions, but CONCACAF does not.
Some South American teams (such as Universitario de Deportes and Flamengo, and even Mexican teams invited for the occasions) occasionally had to re-issue their retired numbers for special cases due to CONMEBOL rules, which stated that shirts had to be numbered 1–25/30 in continental club competitions (such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, among others), although nowadays clubs are not forced to number their players consecutively.
Retired numbers
| Team | No. | Player | Pos. | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godoy Cruz | 18 | URU Santiago García | FW | 2016–21 | |
| Central Coast Mariners | AUS Matt Simon | 2006–12, 2013–15, 2018–22 | Club legend | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | ESP Jonathan Soriano | 2012–17 | Club legend | ||
| Sturm Graz | 3 | AUT Günther Neukirchner | DF | 1989–2006 | Club legend |
| 7 | AUT Mario Haas | FW | 1993–2012 | ||
| SV Ried | 27 | AUT Sanel Kuljić | 2003–06 | ||
| Sporting Charleroi | 11 | BEL Dante Brogno | 1986–2001 | Club legend | |
| Club Brugge | 23 | BEL François Sterchele | 2007–08 | Posthumous | |
| Genk | 16 | ZA Anele Ngcongca | DF | 2007–16 | Posthumous |
| OH Leuven | 13 | BEL Bjorn Ruytinx | FW | 2004–14 | Club legend |
| UR Namur | 3 | BEL Michel Soulier | DF | 1967–77 | Posthumous |
| Borac Banja Luka | 8 | BIH Mladen Žižović | MF | 2012–14 | Posthumous |
| Avaí | 88 | BRA Cléber Santana | MF | 2012, 2013–14 | Posthumous |
| São Paulo | BRA Rogério Ceni | GK | 1990–2015 | ||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | BUL Hristo Bonev | MF | 1963–67, 1968–79, 1982–84 | Club legend | |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 84 | BUL Marcelinho | 2011–20 | ||
| CF Montréal | 20 | CAN Mauro Biello | FW | 1993–98, 2000–09 | |
| Serbian White Eagles | 9 | CAN Mike Stojanović | 1973–76 | Club legend | |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | CAN Bob Lenarduzzi | DF | 1974–84, 1987–93 | Club legend |
| 10 | CAN Domenic Mobilio | FW | 1987–2001 | Club legend | |
| Cobreloa | 8 | CHL Fernando Cornejo | MF | 1992–97, 2000–04 | Posthumous |
| Beijing Enterprises | 24 | CIV Cheick Tioté | 2017 | ||
| Beijing Guoan | 13 | CHN Xu Yunlong | DF | 1999–2016 | Club legend |
| Chengdu Blades | 18 | CHN Yao Xia | FW | 2005–10 | |
| Dalian Shide | 26 | CHN Zhang Yalin | MF | 2000–09 | Posthumous |
| Dalian Transcendence | 17 | CHN Wang Renlong | FW | 2014 | |
| Heilongjiang Ice City | 5 | CHN Ren Jianglong | DF | 2015–22 | |
| Alajuelense | 20 | CRC Mauricio Montero | DF | 1987–98 | Club legend |
| Cartaginés | 11 | CRC Leonel Hernández | FW | 1957–77 | |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | GEO Temur Ketsbaia | MF | 1991–94, 2002–09 | ||
| Baník Ostrava | 27 | CZE Milan Baroš | FW | 1998–01, 2013, 2014–15, 2017–20 | No. retired in 2020 |
| České Budějovice | 8 | CZE Karel Poborský | MF | 1991–94, 2005–07 | Club legend |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 27 | CZE František Rajtoral | DF/MF | 2009–16 | Posthumous |
| 28 | SVK Marián Čišovský | DF | 2011–14 | ||
| AaB | 12 | DEN Torben Boye | 1984–2002 | Club legend | |
| Nordsjælland | 26 | DEN Jonathan Richter | MF | 2005–09 | |
| Næstved BK | 7 | DEN Rasmus Green | 2005–06 | Posthumous | |
| Viborg FF | 22 | DEN Søren Frederiksen | FW | 1989–94, 1998, 2001–05 | |
| Accrington Stanley | NIR Billy Kee | 2009–10, 2015–20 | |||
| Birmingham City | 22 | ENG Jude Bellingham | MF | 2019–20 | |
| Chesterfield | 14 | ENG Jack Lester | FW | 2007–13 | Club legend |
| Hartlepool United | 25 | ENG Michael Maidens | MF | 2004–07 | Posthumous |
| Liverpool | 20 | POR Diogo Jota | FW | 2020–25 | Posthumous |
| Macclesfield | 20 | ENG Ethan McLeod | MF | 2025–26 | Posthumous |
| Macclesfield Town | 21 | ENG Richard Butcher | MF | 2010–11 | Posthumous |
| Manchester City | CMR Marc-Vivien Foé | MF | 2002–03 | ||
| Millwall | MNE Matija Sarkic | GK | 2023–26 | Posthumous | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 31 | ENG Ray Jones | FW | 2006–07 | Posthumous |
| Rochdale | 15 | ENG Joe Thompson | CM | 2006–12, 2016–19 | Posthumous |
| Rushden & Diamonds | 1 | ENG Dale Roberts | GK | 2008–10 | Posthumous |
| West Ham United | 6 | ENG Bobby Moore | DF | 1958–74 | Posthumous |
| 38 | AUS Dylan Tombides | FW | 2010–14 | Posthumous | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | ENG Mark Philo | MF | 2004–06 | ||
| Clermont | 14 | FRA Clément Pinault | DF | 2008–09 | Posthumous |
| Lens | 17 | CMR Marc-Vivien Foé | MF | 1995–99 | |
| Nantes | 9 | ARG Emiliano Sala | FW | 2015–19 | Posthumous |
| Nice | 17 | FRA Kevin Anin | MF | 2012–13 | |
| Rennes | 29 | FRA Romain Danzé | DF | 2006–19 | Club legend |
| Saint-Étienne | 24 | FRA Loïc Perrin | 2003–20 | Club legend | |
| Sedan | 29 | FRA David Di Tommaso | 2000–04 | Posthumous | |
| Bayern Munich | 5 | GER Franz Beckenbauer | DF | 1964–77 | Posthumous |
| Wacker Burghausen | 11 | SVK Marek Krejčí | FW | 2004–07 | Posthumous |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | BEL Junior Malanda | MF | 2012–15 | |
| AEL | 29 | URU Mathías Acuña | FW | 2021–22 | |
| Panathinaikos | 32 | ENGGRE George Baldock | DF | 2024 | |
| PAOK | 17 | GRE Panagiotis Katsouris | MF | 1996–98 | |
| Skoda Xanthi | 13 | NGA Olubayo Adefemi | DF | 2010–11 | |
| 56 | CIV Steve Gohouri | 2013–14 | |||
| C.S.D. Municipal | 15 | GUA Juan Carlos Plata | FW | 1990–2010 | Club legend |
| Roulado | 7 | HAI Jean-Robert Menelas | 1993–2007 | ||
| Olimpia | 11 | HON Wilmer Velásquez | 1991–2009 | Club legend | |
| Happy Valley | HKG Cheung Sai Ho | MF | 1994–2011 | Posthumous | |
| Hong Kong Rangers | 15 | HKG Cheung Yiu Lun | DF | 1992–99, 2001–02 | Posthumous |
| Sham Shui Po | 83 | HKG Wong Chun Hin | MF | 2022 | Posthumous |
| South China | 38 | SRB Mateja Kežman | FW | 2011, 2012 | Club legend |
| Kitchee | 19 | HKG Huang Yang | MF | 2011–24 | Club legend |
| Ferencváros | 2 | HUN Tibor Simon | DF | 1985–99 | Posthumous |
| Kispest AC/Honvéd | 10 | HUN Ferenc Puskás | FW | 1939–56 | No. retired in 2000 |
| Bethlehem Vengthlang | 21 | IND Peter Biaksangzuala | MF | ?–2014 | |
| Dempo SC | 10 | BRA Christiano Junior | FW | 2004 | Posthumous |
| Arema | 1 | IDN Kurnia Meiga | GK | 2008–17 | Club legend |
| 47 | IDN Achmad Kurniawan | 2006–08, 2010–17 | Posthumous | ||
| Persebaya Surabaya | 19 | IDN Eri Irianto | MF | 1998–2000 | |
| Persela Lamongan | 1 | IDN Choirul Huda | GK | 1999–2017 | |
| Persib Bandung | 24 | IDN Hariono | MF | 2008–19 | Club legend |
| Persija Jakarta | 14 | IDN Ismed Sofyan | DF | 2002–22 | |
| 20 | IDN Bambang Pamungkas | FW | 1999–2005, 2007–13, 2015–19 | ||
| Persis Solo | 17 | IDN Ferry Anto | 2001–16 | Posthumous | |
| 33 | PAR Diego Mendieta | 2011–12 | |||
| PSIS Semarang | 9 | IDN Erik Dwi Ermawansyah | 2017–18 | ||
| 22 | IDN Hari Nur Yulianto | 2013–23 | Club legend | ||
| Persepolis | IRN Hadi Norouzi | MF/FW | 2008–15 | Posthumous | |
| Sepahan | 4 | IRN Moharram Navidkia | MF | 1998–2004, 2006–16 | Club legend |
| Zob Ahan | 30 | IRN Mehdi Rajabzadeh | MF | 2003–07, 2010–18 | |
| Derry City | 5 | IRL Ryan McBride | DF | 2007–17 | |
| 18 | IRL Mark Farren | FW | 2000–14 | ||
| Limerick | 4 | IRL Joe O'Mahony | DF | 1966–86 | Posthumous |
| Treaty United | 4 | Posthumous | |||
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | ZAM Chaswe Nsofwa | FW | 2007 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 20 | ISR Yaniv Katan | MF/FW | 1998–2014 | Club legend |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 8 | ISR Avi Nimni | FW | 1990–97, 1998–2003, 2005–08 | |
| 12 | ISR Meni Levi | DF | 2000–02 | ||
| Atalanta | 14 | ITA Federico Pisani | FW | 1991–97 | Posthumous |
| Bari | 2 | ITA Giovanni Loseto | DF | 1982–93 | Club legend |
| Bologna | 27 | ITA Niccolò Galli | 2000–01 | Posthumous | |
| Brescia | 10 | ITA Roberto Baggio | FW | 2000–04 | Club legend |
| 13 | ITA Vittorio Mero | DF | 1998–2002 | Posthumous | |
| Cagliari | 11 | ITA Gigi Riva | FW | 1963–78 | Club legend |
| 13 | ITA Davide Astori | DF | 2008–14 | Posthumous | |
| Chievo | 30 | COD Jason Mayélé | FW | 2001–02 | |
| 31 | ITA Sergio Pellissier | 2002–19 | Club legend | ||
| Crotone | 4 | ITA Antonio Galardo | MF | 1995–98, 2002–16 | Club legend |
| Fiorentina | 13 | ITA Davide Astori | DF | 2015–18 | Posthumous |
| Genoa | 6 | ITA Gianluca Signorini | 1988–95 | ||
| 7 | ITA Marco Rossi | MF | 2003–13 | Club legend | |
| Internazionale | 3 | ITA Giacinto Facchetti | DF | 1961–78 | Posthumous |
| 4 | ARG Javier Zanetti | 1995–2014 | Club legend | ||
| Livorno | 25 | ITA Piermario Morosini | MF | 2012 | Posthumous |
| Messina | 41 | ITA Salvatore Sullo | 2001–07 | Club legend | |
| Milan | 3 | ITA Paolo Maldini | DF | 1984–2009 | |
| 6 | ITA Franco Baresi | 1977–97 | Club legend | ||
| Napoli | 10 | ARG Diego Maradona | MF | 1984–91 | Club legend |
| Parma | 6 | ITA Alessandro Lucarelli | DF | 2008–18 | Club legend |
| Pescara | 4 | ITASUI Vincenzo Zucchini | MF | 1973–79 | Posthumous |
| Roma | 10 | ITA Francesco Totti | FW | 1993–2017 | Club legend |
| Salernitana | 4 | ITA Roberto Breda | MF | 1993–99, 2003–05 | |
| Sassuolo | ITA Francesco Magnanelli | 2005–22 | |||
| Siena | ITA Michele Mignani | DF | 1996–97, 1998–2006 | Club legend | |
| Vicenza | 3 | ITA Giulio Savoini | 1953–66 | Posthumous | |
| 25 | ITA Piermario Morosini | MF | 2007–09, 2011 | ||
| Montego Bay | 2 | JAM Stephen Malcolm | DF | 1989–2001 | |
| Reno | 7 | JAM Caple Donaldson | MF | ||
| Fujieda MYFC | 2 | JPN Toshihide Saito | DF | 2009–13 | |
| Thespa Kusatsu | 31 | JPN Ryosuke Okuno | 2002–03 | ||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | JPN Naoki Matsuda | 1995–2010 | Posthumous | |
| Astana | 1 | KAZ Nenad Erić | GK | 2011–20 | |
| Shakhtar Karagandy | 14 | KAZ Andrei Finonchenko | FW | 2000–16 | |
| Trepça '89 | KVX Erion Kajtazi | MF | 2022 | Posthumous | |
| 14 | LBR George Weah | FW | 1987–2018 | ||
| Al Ahly Tripoli | LBY Tarik El Taib | MF | 1995–2001 | ||
| VB Addu FC | 7 | MDV Ali Ashfaq | FW | 2008–11 | |
| Valletta | MLT Gilbert Agius | MF | 1990–2013 | Club legend | |
| Lija | 6 | MLT Daniel Scerri | 2003–23 | ||
| Atlante | 12 | MEX Félix Fernández | GK | 1989–2003 | |
| Guadalajara | 8 | MEX Salvador Reyes | FW | 1953–67, 2008 | No. retired in 2013 |
| 22 | MEX José Martínez González | MF | 1970–81 | Posthumous | |
| Monterrey | 26 | CHL Humberto Suazo | FW | 2007–14 | Club legend |
| 28 | MEX Jesús Arellano | 1992–97, 2000–11 | |||
| Pachuca | 1 | COL Miguel Calero | GK | 2000–11 | |
| 17 | CRC Hernán Medford | FW | 1994–97 | ||
| 20 | ARG Pablo Gómez | 1999–2001 | Posthumous | ||
| 110 | COL Andrés Chitiva | MF | 2001–08, 2011 | ||
| UANL | 7 | PER Gerónimo Barbadillo | 1977–82 | ||
| Raja Casablanca | 23 | MAR Zakaria Zerouali | DF | 2011 | Posthumous |
| Ajax | 14 | NED Johan Cruyff | FW | 1957–73, 1981–83 | No. retired in 2007 |
| SCG'18 | 11 | NED Jan van Os | 1998– | ||
| Telstar | 22 | NED Luciano van den Berg | DF | 2004–05 | Posthumous |
| Utrecht | 4 | FRA David di Tommaso | 2004–05 | ||
| Vitesse | NED Theo Bos | 1983–98 | |||
| Wellington Phoenix | 22 | NZL Andrew Durante | 2008–19 | Club legend | |
| FK Osogovo | 7 | MKD Nikola Mantov | FW | ?–1973 | Posthumous |
| Linfield | 11 | NIR Noel Bailie | DF | 1986–2011 | |
| Fredrikstad | 8 | NOR Dagfinn Enerly | MF | 2004–05 | |
| Árabe Unido | 21 | PAN Amílcar Henríquez | 2003–08, 2016–17 | Posthumous | |
| Chepo | 77 | PAN Jonathan Rodríguez | 2006–09 | Posthumous | |
| Universitario | PER Teodoro Fernández | FW | 1930–53 | ||
| PER José Luis Carranza | MF | 1986–2004 | |||
| Arka Gdynia | 5 | POL Zbigniew Bieliński | DF | 1966–81 | Posthumous |
| Cracovia | 1 | POL VAT John Paul II | GK | – | |
| GKS Katowice | 9 | POL Jan Furtok | FW | 1979–88, 1995–98 | Club legend |
| Legia Warsaw | 10 | POL Kazimierz Deyna | MF | 1966–78 | Posthumous |
| Piast Gliwice | 21 | ESP Gerard Badía | 2014–21 | Club legend | |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 5 | BRA Edi Andradina | FW | 2005–07, 2011–13 | Club legend |
| 78 | POL Olgierd Moskalewicz | MF | 1991–98, 2003–04, 2009–10 | Club legend | |
| Raków Częstochowa | 13 | POL Piotr Malinowski | 2015–21 | Club legend | |
| Stal Kraśnik | 5 | POL Damian Pietroń | DF | 2002–03, 2010–12, 2013–19, 2022–25 | Club legend |
| Stomil Olsztyn | 2 | POL Andrzej Biedrzycki | DF | 1985–2001, 2002 | Posthumous |
| Widzew Łódź | 11 | POL Włodzimierz Smolarek | FW | 1974–78, 1980–86 | Posthumous |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 10 | POL Paweł Piotrowski | MF | 1996–2002 | Posthumous |
| Benfica | 29 | HUN Miklós Fehér | FW | 2002–04 | Posthumous |
| Boavista | POR Edu Ferreira | 2016–17 | |||
| Argeș Pitești | 10 | ROU Nicolae Dobrin | MF | 1962–81, 1982–83 | Posthumous |
| Dinamo București | 11 | ROU Cătălin Hîldan | 1994–2000 | ||
| 14 | CMR Patrick Ekeng | 2016 | |||
| 25 | ROU Ionel Dănciulescu | 1995–97, 2002–09, 2010–13 | Club Legend | ||
| Steaua București | 7 | ROU Marius Lăcătuș | FW | 1983–90, 1993–2000 | No. retired on 7 July 2021 |
| CSKA Moscow | 16 | UKR Serhiy Perkhun | GK | 2001 | Posthumous |
| Rubin Kazan | 17 | RUS Lenar Gilmullin | DF | 2003–07 | Posthumous |
| 61 | TUR Gökdeniz Karadeniz | MF | 2008–18 | Club legend | |
| Ural | 23 | RUS Pyotr Hrustovsky | FW | 1999, 2001–03 | Posthumous |
| Heart of Midlothian | 26 | LIT Marius Žaliūkas | DF | 2007–13 | Posthumous |
| FAS | 10 | SLV Mágico González | FW | 1977–82, 1991–99 | Club legend |
| Municipal Limeño | 11 | SLV Oscar Armando Díaz | ?–1998 | Posthumous | |
| Najran SC | 20 | KSA Al Hasan Al-Yami | 1991–96, 2005–10 | No. retired in 2012 | |
| Partizan Belgrade | 22 | SRB Saša Ilić | MF | 1996–2005, 2010–19 | Club legend |
| Radnički Niš | 10 | SRB Ivan Krstić | 1999–2000 | Posthumous | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 11 | SRB Dragan Džajić | 1963–75, 1977–78 | Club legend | |
| 26 | SRB Goran Gogić | 2013−14 | Posthumous | ||
| Spartak Trnava | 9 | SVK Ladislav Kuna | 1964–80 | Posthumous | |
| Maribor | 19 | CRO Stipe Balajić | DF/MF | 1998–2005 | Club legend |
| 33 | SVN Jasmin Handanović | GK | 2011–21 | ||
| 9 | BRA Marcos Tavares | FW | 2008–22 | ||
| Ajax Cape Town | 21 | RSA Cecil Lolo | DF | 2009–15 | Posthumous |
| Orlando Pirates | 1 | RSA Senzo Meyiwa | GK | 2005–14 | Posthumous |
| 10 | RSA Jomo Sono | MF | Club legend | ||
| 13 | RSA Clifford Moleko | 1997–98 | Posthumous | ||
| 22 | RSA Lesley Manyathela | FW | 2000–03 | ||
| Daejeon Citizen FC | 18 | KOR Kim Eun-jung | 1997–2003, 2014 | Club legend | |
| 21 | KOR Choi Eun-sung | GK | 1998–2012 | ||
| Daewoo Royals | 16 | KOR Kim Joo-Sung | MF | 1987–92, 1994–99 | |
| FC Seoul | 13 | KOR Go Yo-han | 2004–23 | ||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 20 | KOR Lee Dong-gook | FW | 2009–20 | |
| Córdoba | 8 | ESP Juanín | 1960–70 | Posthumous | |
| Espanyol | 21 | ESP Daniel Jarque | DF | 2002–09 | |
| Extremadura | 19 | ESP Jose Antonio Reyes | FW | 2019 | Posthumous |
| Real Betis | 26 | ESP Miki Roqué | DF | 2010–12 | Posthumous |
| Assyriska FF | 18 | SWE Eddie Moussa | FW | 2001–10 | |
| Helsingborgs IF | 17 | SWE Henrik Larsson | 1992–93, 2006–09 | ||
| Kalmar FF | 15 | SWE Johny Erlandsson | MF | 1973–88 | |
| 8 | SWE Henrik Rydström | 1993–2013 | |||
| Norrköping | 18 | ISL Stefán Þórðarson | FW | 2004–07, 2009 | |
| Umeå IK | 6 | SWE Malin Moström | MF | 1995–2007 | |
| Basel | 2 | SUI Massimo Ceccaroni | DF | 1987–2002 | |
| 20 | SUI Fabian Frei | MF | 2007–15, 2018–24 | ||
| St. Gallen | 17 | SUI Marc Zellweger | DF | 1994–2001, 2003–10 | |
| TOT-CAT | 19 | THA Chanont Wong-aree | 2009–10 | Posthumous | |
| Alanyaspor | 90 | CZE Josef Šural | FW | 2019 | Posthumous |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 12 | TUR Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | – | – | |
| Konyaspor | 6 | TUR Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık | DF | 2013–22 | Posthumous |
| Baltimore Blast | CAN Mike Reynolds | DF | 1986–91 | Posthumous | |
| Colorado Rapids | USA Marcelo Balboa | DF | 1996–2001 | No. retired in 2025 | |
| USA Pablo Mastroeni | MF | 2002–13 | No. retired in 2021 | ||
| USA Eastern Illinois men's | USA Erik Proffitt | 1987–88 | |||
| USA Hofstra men's | USA Gary Flood | DF | 2003–06 | No. retired in 2008 | |
| ENG Michael Todd | FW | 2003–06 | No. retired in 2008 | ||
| USA Hofstra women's | USA Tiffany Yovino | FW | 2007–10 | No. retired in 2011 | |
| USA Sue Weber | DF | 2005–07 | No. retired in 2008 | ||
| FC Kansas City | 12 | USA Lauren Holiday | MF | 2013–15 | |
| New York Cosmos | ITA Giorgio Chinaglia | FW | 1976–83 | ||
| BRA Pelé | 1975–77 | ||||
| New York Red Bulls | ENG Bradley Wright-Phillips | 2013–19 | |||
| Portland Timbers | ENG Clive Charles | DF | 1978–81 | ||
| Rochester New York | TTO Mickey Trotman | MF | 2001 | Posthumous | |
| USA Doug Miller | FW | 1996–99, 2003–06 | No. retired in 2006 | ||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | RSA Mike Connell | DF | 1975–84 | No. retired in 2013 | |
| USA Perry Van der Beck | MF | 1978–82, 1984, 1991–93 | |||
| USA UMass women's | USA Briana Scurry | GK | 1990–93 | Club legend | |
| USA April Kater | FW | 1987–90 | Club legend | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 33 | CRO Darijo Srna | DF | 2003–18 | Club legend |
| Zorya Luhansk | UKR Maksym Bilyi | MF | 2010–13 | Posthumous | |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | THA Kiatisuk Senamuang | FW | 2001–06 | Club legend | |
| VIE Võ Bá Khôi | DF | 2003–06 | Posthumous | ||
| Cardiff City | 7 | ENG Peter Whittingham | MF | 2007–17 | |
| Swansea City | AUT Besian Idrizaj | FW | 2009–10 |
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Special cases
| Team | No. | Player | Pos. | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG Diego Maradona | MF | 1977–94 | |||
| River Plate | – | – | 1949–2013 | ||
| Sydney FC | NIR Terry McFlynn | MF | 2005–14 | ||
| Rapid Wien | AUT Peter Schöttel | DF | 1986–2001 | ||
| Rapid Wien | GER Steffen Hofmann | MF | 2002–18 | Retired for at least eleven years | |
| Palmeiras | 12 | BRA Marcos | GK | 1993–2012 | |
| Santos | BRA Pelé | FW | 1956–74 | ||
| Santa Fe | COL Léider Preciado | FW | 1995–98, 2000–01, 2004–08, 2011 | ||
| Slavia Prague | CZE Stanislav Vlček | 2004–07, 2009–13 | |||
| ECU Christian Benítez | 2005–13 | ||||
| Bradford City | ENG Tomi Solomon | 2019–21 | |||
| Portsmouth | ENG Aaron Flahavan | GK | 1994–2001 | ||
| Leeds United | ITA Massimo Cellino | – | 2014 | ||
| Exeter City | ENG Adam Stansfield | FW | 2006–10 | ||
| Wolverhampton | NGA Carl Ikeme | GK | 2003–18 | ||
| FC Haka | RUS Valeri Popovitch | FW | 1994–2008 | ||
| Lyon | FRA Luc Borrelli | GK | 1998–99 | ||
| CMR Marc-Vivien Foé | MF | 2000–03 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | GER Lukas Podolski | MF | 2002–06, 2009–12 | ||
| Schalke 04 | ESP Raúl | FW | 2010–12 | ||
| Motagua | 16 | HON Edy Vásquez | MF | 2003–07 | |
| Diósgyőri VTK | 77 | ESP José Juan Luque | 1996–2013 | ||
| PSIM Yogyakarta | 91 | BRA Rafinha | FW | 2024–25 | |
| Persepolis | IRN Ali Parvin | MF | 1970–87 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | ISR Meni Levi | DF | 2000–02 | ||
| Livorno | ITA Igor Protti | FW | 1985–88, 1999–2005 | ||
| Milan | ITA Paolo Maldini | DF | 1984–2009 | ||
| Roma | BRA Aldair | DF | 1990–2003 | ||
| Sagan Tosu | JPN Sakata Michitaka | – | 2001– | ||
| Llapi | 9 | YUG Fadil Vokrri | FW | 1976–79 | Retired and re-issued |
| Akhaa Ahli Aley | LBN Mohamed Atwi | MF | 2018–20 | ||
| Guadalajara | MEX Ramón Morales | 1998–2011 | |||
| Pachuca | MEX Gabriel Caballero | MF/FW | 1998–2009 | ||
| UNAM | MEX Sergio Bernal | GK | 1989–2001, 2003–10 | Retired and re-issued | |
| Ajax | NED Abdelhak Nouri | MF | 2016–17 | ||
| Stabæk | NOR Christer Basma | DF | 1995–98 | ||
| POR Benfica | Portugal Fernando Chalana | MF | 1976–84, 1987–90 | ||
| União Leiria | POR Hugo Cunha | 2004–05 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | SCO Norrie McCathie | DF | 1981–96 | ||
| Motherwell | SCO Phil O'Donnell | MF | 1990–94, 2004–07 | ||
| Orlando Pirates | RSA Lesley Manyathela | FW | 2000−03 | ||
| Barcelona | ESP Luis Enrique | MF | 1996–2004 | ||
| Oviedo | SVK Peter Dubovský | MF | 1995–2000 | ||
| Sevilla | SPA Antonio Puerta | DF | 2004–07 | ||
| Östers IF | SWE Mario Vasilj | DF | 2006–18 | ||
| Hammarby IF | 10 | SWE Kennedy Bakircioglu | MF | 1999–2003, 2012–18 | |
| Galatasaray | TUR Bülent Korkmaz | DF | 1984–2005 | ||
| LA Galaxy | USA Cobi Jones | MF | 1996–2007 | ||
| North Carolina women's | USA Mia Hamm | FW | 1989–93 | Retired and re-issued | |
| Real Salt Lake | USA Jason Kreis | MF/FW | 2005–07 | ||
| ARG Javier Morales | MF | 2007–16 | |||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | RSA Steve Wegerle | FW | 1977–81, 1984, 1988–90 |
;Notes
Dedication to fans
Number 12
Some clubs dedicate a number to their fans, and do not issue it to any player. The most common number for this practice is 12, from descriptions of the fans as "the twelfth man". Clubs and teams that do not give the '12' to any player include:
- Tirana
- Melbourne Victory
- Perth Glory
- Rapid Vienna
- Club Brugge
- Genk
- Sarajevo
- Atlético Mineiro
- Avaí
- Flamengo
- BUL Botev Plovdiv
- CF Montréal
- Beijing Guoan
- Changchun Yatai
- Chongqing Tonglianglong
- Heilongjiang Ice City
- Shaanxi Union
- Shandong Taishan
- Shanghai Shenhua
- Hajduk Split
- Omonia
- Sparta Prague
- AGF
- OB
- Bristol Rovers
- Gillingham
- Oxford United
- Oldham Athletic
- Plymouth Argyle
- Portsmouth
- Flora
- Lens
- Mikkelin Palloilijat
- Arminia Bielefeld
- Bayern Munich
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Rot-Weiss Essen
- TuS Koblenz
- Werder Bremen
- PAOK
- Ferencváros
- Újpest
- Kerala Blasters
- Persija Jakarta
- Persis Solo
- Foolad
- Persepolis
- Cork City
- Shamrock Rovers
- Atalanta
- Cesena
- Genoa
- Lazio
- Palermo
- Parma
- Torino
- FC Seoul
- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC
- Incheon United
- Jeju United FC
- Seoul United
- FK Ekranas
- Terengganu
- Valletta
- Monterrey
- UANL
- Guadalajara
- Yangon United
- Yadanarbon
- Thanlyin Technological University
- PSV Eindhoven
- Feyenoord
- Vitesse
- PEC Zwolle
- Roda JC Kerkrade
- IK Start
- Vålerenga
- Pogoń Szczecin
- Lech Poznań
- Polonia Warsaw
- Sporting CP
- Vitória de Guimarães
- Dinamo București
- Rapid București
- Zenit Saint Petersburg
- CSKA Moscow
- Aberdeen
- Rangers
- Red Star Belgrade
- Hammarby IF
- Malmö FF
- GIF Sundsvall
- Basel
- Club Africain
- Bangkok United
- Chonburi
- BEC Tero Sasana
- Muangthong United
- Port
- Buriram United
- Fenerbahçe
- Sivasspor
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Hà Nội FC ;Notes
Other numbers retired
- 1 – AIK, Djurgården IF, and PSIM Yogyakarta reserve the number for their supporters.
- 7 – Paysandu reserve the number for their supporters.
- 11 – Indy Eleven reserve the number for their supporters.
- 13 – Reading and Bryne reserve the number for their supporters, Panathinaikos reserve the number in honour of Gate 13, the ultras based in the respective gate in home matches. Between 2002 and 2007 Norwich City reserved the number 13 shirt for "the fans" after which it was worn by Declan Rudd while Shrewsbury Town reserve the number 13 shirt for the fan who wins a pre-season competition.
- 16 – Bursaspor reserve the number for their supporters.
- 17 – Atlanta United FC reserve the number for their supporters and to reference their inaugural season in Major League Soccer. For the 2021 MLS season, the club also reserved the number 44 as part of a tribute by Atlanta-area sports teams in memoriam of Henry Aaron of the local MLB club, who died on 22 January 2021.
- 17 – Sagan Tosu retired the number in dedication to their fans.
- 27 – Bournemouth use squad number for the Steve Fletcher Stand which houses the large majority of hardcore supporters, the number 50 for "12th man" and the number 99 shirt for their mascot, Cherry Bear.
- 33 – Remo reserve the number for their supporters.
- 40 – Oldham Athletic reserve the number for their fans.
- 55 – Rochdale retired the number on 13 January 2017 in honour of five-year old Joshua McCormack who died of cancer.
- 58 – Portsmouth retired the number for their mascot Nelson, with Nelson’s name and number appearing on club issued match day programmes
- 79 – APOEL have reserved the shirt number in honour of PAN.SY.FI. (APOEL Ultras), to denote the year the group was founded, 1979.
- 88 – Barito Putera have reserved the shirt number to honor the identity of the team which was formed in 1988.
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