Denis Law

Born on : February 24, 1940 (84 years) at Aberdeen

Nationality : Scotland

Height : 1m76

Weight : 69 kg

Number of international caps : 55 (29 goals)

First cap : vs Wales 18/10/1958

First international goal : vs Wales 18/10/1958

Main position
Striker	67%

Law's career statisticsLast updated on 12/05/2024 at 23:18

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

1973/1974

Man City

208

267

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Man City	Charity Shield	1			1		90	100%		100%	0%	0%	100%
Man City	Division 1	24	9	208	21	8	1874	92%	2	57%	42%	25%	33%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2			1		147	100%		100%	50%	0%	50%
Scotland	Friendlies	1					80	100%		100%	0%	100%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1			2		56	100%		33%	0%	0%	100%
Scotland	British Home Championship	1			1		64	100%		33%	0%	0%	100%
Scotland	World Cup	1				1	90	100%		33%	100%	0%	0%

1972/1973

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	11	1	764	15	2	764	82%	2	26%	9%	36%	55%
Man United	League Cup	2	1	135	3		135	100%		50%	50%	50%	0%
Man United	FA Cup	1			1		90	100%		100%	0%	0%	100%

1971/1972

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	33	13	218	41	9	2838	97%	1	79%	45%	24%	30%
Man United	League Cup	2			1	1	180	100%		33%	50%	50%	0%
Man United	FA Cup	7			5	3	690	100%		100%	43%	43%	14%
Scotland	Friendlies	4	1	332	1	2	332	100%		100%	25%	50%	25%
Scotland	British Home Championship	3	1	270	1	2	270	100%		100%	67%	0%	33%

1970/1971

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	28	15	164	45	5	2458	100%	67%	46%	29%	25%
Man United	League Cup	4	1	329	6		329	100%	67%	75%	0%	25%
Man United	FA Cup	2			2	1	180	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%

1969/1970

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	11	2	443	20	1	886	91%	1	26%	9%	45%	45%
Man United	League Cup	3	1	270	2	2	270	100%		38%	33%	67%	0%
Man United	FA Cup	2				1	92	0%	2	22%	0%	50%	50%

1968/1969

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	30	14	193	38	9	2700	100%	71%	43%	23%	33%
Man United	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	7	9	70	7	3	630	100%	88%	71%	0%	29%
Man United	Intercontinental Cup	2			2		133	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%
Man United	FA Cup	6	7	77	7	1	540	100%	100%	50%	33%	17%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	1	162	2		162	100%	50%	50%	50%	0%
Scotland	British Home Championship	1			1		90	100%	33%	0%	100%	0%

1967/1968

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Charity Shield	1	1	90	3		90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Man United	Division 1	23	7	296	29	9	2070	100%	55%	65%	13%	22%
Man United	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	3	2	135		3	270	100%	33%	67%	33%	0%
Man United	FA Cup	1			2		90	100%	50%	0%	100%	0%
Scotland	British Home Championship	1			1		90	100%	33%	0%	0%	100%

1966/1967

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	36	23	139	37	14	3195	100%	86%	61%	25%	14%
Man United	FA Cup	2	2	90	2	1	180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%
Scotland	British Home Championship	2	1	180	3		180	100%	67%	50%	50%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1			1		45	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1965/1966

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Charity Shield	1					17	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Man United	Division 1	33	15	195	41	8	2925	100%	79%	39%	42%	18%
Man United	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	8	3	240	8	3	720	100%	100%	88%	0%	13%
Man United	FA Cup	7	6	110	7	2	660	100%	100%	57%	29%	14%
Scotland	British Home Championship	2	1	180	7		180	100%	67%	0%	0%	100%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1			2		90	100%	33%	0%	0%	100%

1964/1965

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	36	28	116	36	13	3240	100%	86%	61%	19%	19%
Man United	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	10	8	113	9	3	900	100%	91%	60%	20%	20%
Man United	FA Cup	6	3	180	5	3	540	100%	86%	50%	33%	17%
Scotland	British Home Championship	3	1	270	7		270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3	2	135	3		270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%

1963/1964

Man United

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Charity Shield	1			4		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Man United	Division 1	30	30	90	42	5	2700	100%	71%	57%	17%	27%
Man United	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	5	6	75	10		450	100%	83%	40%	20%	40%
Man United	FA Cup	6	10	57	10	1	570	100%	86%	50%	33%	17%
Scotland	Friendlies	1	4	23	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	British Home Championship	2	1	180	1	1	180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	1			2		90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%

1962/1963

Man United

149

115

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Man United	Division 1	38	23	149	75	4	3420	100%	90%	29%	21%	50%
Man United	FA Cup	6	6	90	3	3	540	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	British Home Championship	3	5	54	4		270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	4	6	60	8		360	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%

1961/1962

Torino

150

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1	2	45	2		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	World Cup Qualifying	1			4		120	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Scotland	British Home Championship	1				1	90	100%	33%	100%	0%	0%

1960/1961

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Man City	Division 1	37	19		175		84	4	3330	0	100%		88%			32%	24%	43%
Scotland	British Home Championship	2	1		180		11		180	0	100%		67%			50%	0%	50%

1959/1960

Man City

191

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland	British Home Championship	1					1		90	0	100%		100%			0%	100%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	2	1		101		3		101	0	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%

1959/1960

Huddersfield

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland	British Home Championship	2					1	1	180	0	100%		100%			50%	50%	0%

1958/1959

Huddersfield

360

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland	British Home Championship	2	1		180		2	1	180	0	100%		67%			50%	50%	0%
Scotland	Friendlies	2					2		180	0	100%		67%			50%	0%	50%

1957/1958

1956/1957

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

15/20

Mental

15/20

Technical

15/20

Offense

15/20

Defense

10/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Premier League	2	19651967
FA Cup	1	1963
Community Shield	2	19651967
British Home Championship	7	1960196219631964196719721974
Champions League	1	1968

Runner-ups

Premier League	2	19641968
Community Shield	2	19631973
British Home Championship	2	19681969
Intercontinental Cup	1	1968

Rewards

Victories

Ballon d'or

1964

Transfers

01/07/74 >	Retired
01/07/73 > 01/07/74	Man City
01/07/62 > 01/07/73	Man United
01/07/61 > 01/07/62	Torino
01/03/60 > 01/07/61	Man City	80 k€
01/07/56 > 01/03/60	Huddersfield

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 23:26

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Scotland	55	29	162	4707	100%55	44%24	33%18
Man City	62	28	189	5294	97%60	35%22	40%25
Man United	404	237	150	35582	99%398	48%194	26%107

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Leeds United	17	2	0
Wolves	17	10	11
Everton	24	10	8
Arsenal	20	9	8
Stoke City	19	5	9
Burnley	19	10	8
Liverpool	17	4	6
Nottingham	15	9	9
Fulham	11	7	2
S Wednesday	14	4	3
Ipswich Town	11	5	10
West Ham	21	7	8
Chelsea	16	8	11
Aston Villa	12	5	9
Sunderland	10	5	8
Southampton	10	6	3
Blackpool	10	6	9
Blackburn	9	4	5
Coventry	9	6	2
Sheffield U	9	7	8

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Everton	24	10	33
Tottenham	22	9	43
Arsenal	20	8	34
Leeds United	17	8	14
West Ham	21	8	33
Liverpool	17	7	25
Man City	11	6	26
Chelsea	16	5	23
Aston Villa	12	5	20
S Wednesday	14	5	22
WBA	15	5	37
Burnley	19	5	25
Ipswich Town	11	4	15
Wolves	17	4	23
England	9	3	20
N. Ireland	10	3	13
Newcastle	11	3	14
Birmingham	11	3	17
Leicester	16	3	26
Southampton	10	3	12

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1973/1974	Man City	40%	36%	25	32%	32%	31	Slightly positive
1972/1973	Man United	14%	50%	14	33%	36%	33	Extremely negative
1971/1972	Man United	45%	26%	42	38%	31%	13	Slightly positive
1970/1971	Man United	47%	26%	34	25%	50%	16	Very positive
1969/1970	Man United	13%	38%	16	49%	16%	43	Extremely negative
1968/1969	Man United	47%	31%	45	15%	38%	13	Extremely positive
1967/1968	Man United	61%	18%	28	46%	27%	26	Slightly positive
1966/1967	Man United	61%	16%	38	29%	29%	7	Very positive
1965/1966	Man United	49%	16%	49	56%	33%	9	Slightly negative
1964/1965	Man United	60%	19%	52	63%	0%	8	Very slightly negative
1963/1964	Man United	52%	29%	42	57%	29%	14	Very slightly negative
1962/1963	Man United	39%	43%	44	25%	25%	4	-
1961/1962	Torino	0%	0%	0	34%	31%	35	-
1960/1961	Man City	32%	43%	37	27%	36%	11	Slightly positive
1959/1960	Man City	0%	0%	0	42%	58%	12	-
1959/1960	Huddersfield	0%	0%	0	44%	29%	34	-
1958/1959	Huddersfield	0%	0%	0	37%	44%	43	-
1957/1958	Huddersfield	0%	0%	0	32%	30%	44	-
1956/1957	Huddersfield	0%	0%	0	43%	40%	47	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Manchester City
20/08/1960	D1	Nottingham - Man City	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first goal
24/08/1960	D1	Man City - Burnley	2 - 1	First victory
14/09/1960	D1	S Wednesday - Man City	3 - 1	First loss
22/03/1961	D1	Birmingham - Man City	3 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
Manchester United
18/08/1962	D1	Man United - WBA	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first goal
22/08/1962	D1	Everton - Man United	3 - 1	First loss
25/08/1962	D1	Arsenal - Man United	1 - 3	First victory
15/09/1962	D1	Man United - Man City	2 - 3	First time scoring 2 goals
03/11/1962	D1	Ipswich Town - Man United	3 - 5	First time scoring 3 goals, first time scoring 4 goals

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 23:26

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	370	199	163	32400	98%364	45%165	25%93	30%112
FA Cup	FA Cup	46	34	123	4172	96%44	50%23	30%14	20%9
League Cup	League Cup	11	3	305	914	100%11	55%6	36%4	9%1
Community Shield	Community Shield	4	1	287	287	100%4		50%2	50%2
Friendlies	Friendlies	18	12	119	1424	100%18	28%5	28%5	44%8
World Cup	World Cup	1			90	100%1	100%1
BHC	British Home Championship	26	12	193	2314	100%26	50%13	23%6	27%7
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	9	5	152	759	100%9	56%5	22%2	22%2
World Cup Qualifying	World Cup Qualifying	1			120	100%1			100%1
Champions League	Champions League	18	14	116	1620	100%18	78%14	6%1	17%3
Cup Winners' Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	5	6	75	450	100%5	40%2	20%1	40%2
Europa League	Europa League	10	8	113	900	100%10	60%6	20%2	20%2
Intercontinental Cup	Intercontinental Cup	2			133	100%2		50%1	50%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1973/1974	Man City	1	14	40	42	14	12	16	39	46
1972/1973	Man United	1	18	37	42	12	13	17	44	60
1971/1972	Man United	1	8	48	42	19	10	13	69	61
1970/1971	Man United	1	8	43	42	16	11	15	65	66
1969/1970	Man United	1	8	45	42	14	17	11	66	61
1968/1969	Man United	1	11	42	42	15	12	15	57	53
1967/1968	Man United	1	2	56	42	24	8	10	89	55
1966/1967	Man United	1	1	60	42	24	12	6	84	45
1965/1966	Man United	1	4	51	42	18	15	9	84	59
1964/1965	Man United	1	1	61	42	26	9	7	89	39
1963/1964	Man United	1	2	53	42	23	7	12	90	62
1962/1963	Man United	1	19	34	42	12	10	20	67	81
1961/1962	Torino	1	7	36	34	12	12	10	42	40
1960/1961	Man City	1	13	37	42	13	11	18	79	90
1959/1960	Man City	1	16	37	42	17	3	22	78	84
1958/1959	Huddersfield	2	14	40	42	16	8	18	62	55
1957/1958	Huddersfield	2	9	44	42	14	16	12	63	66
1956/1957	Huddersfield	2	12	42	42	18	6	18	68	74

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 22, 1974	22/06		Group B	Scotland	1 - 1	Yugoslavia	Absent
June 18, 1974	18/06		Group B	Brazil	0 - 0	Scotland	Absent
June 14, 1974	14/06		Group B	DR Congo	0 - 2	Scotland	90 Minutes
June 06, 1974	06/06	F	Europe	Norway	1 - 2	Scotland	Absent
June 01, 1974	01/06	F	Europe	Belgium	2 - 1	Scotland	Absent
May 18, 1974	18/05	BHC	Round 3	Scotland	2 - 0	England	Absent
May 14, 1974	14/05	BHC	Round 2	Scotland	2 - 0	Wales	Absent
May 11, 1974	11/05	BHC	Round 1	Scotland	0 - 1	N. Ireland	64 Minutes
April 27, 1974	27/04	D1	Round 42	Man United	0 - 1	Man City	74 Minutes	1
April 20, 1974	20/04	D1	Round 41	Man City	2 - 1	West Ham	90 Minutes
April 16, 1974	16/04	D1	Round 40	Liverpool	4 - 0	Man City	45 Minutes
April 12, 1974	12/04	D1	Round 38	Man City	1 - 1	Liverpool	90 Minutes
April 09, 1974	09/04	D1	Round 39	QPR	3 - 0	Man City	90 Minutes
April 06, 1974	06/04	D1	Round 37	Man City	1 - 3	Ipswich Town	Absent
April 02, 1974	02/04	D1	Round 32	Man City	1 - 1	Everton	Absent
March 30, 1974	30/03	D1	Round 36	Man City	1 - 1	Wolverhampton	Absent
March 27, 1974	27/03	D1	Round 30	Man City	2 - 1	Newcastle	Absent
March 27, 1974	27/03	F	Europe	Germany	2 - 1	Scotland	56 Minutes
March 23, 1974	23/03	D1	Round 35	Arsenal	2 - 0	Man City	Absent
March 16, 1974	16/03	D1	Round 34	Man City	0 - 1	Sheffield U	Absent
March 13, 1974	13/03	D1	Round 18	Man City	0 - 0	Man United	Absent
March 09, 1974	09/03	D1	Round 33	Leeds United	1 - 0	Man City	90 Minutes
March 02, 1974	02/03	LC	Final	Wolverhampton	2 - 1	Man City	No data
February 23, 1974	23/02	D1	Round 31	Southampton	0 - 2	Man City	90 Minutes	1
February 09, 1974	09/02	D1	Round 29	Chelsea	1 - 0	Man City	Absent
February 06, 1974	06/02	D1	Round 28	Man City	1 - 0	Derby County	Absent
February 02, 1974	02/02	D1	Round 27	Man City	0 - 0	Tottenham	Absent
January 30, 1974	30/01	LC	Semi-finals	Man City	2 - 0	Plymouth	No data
January 27, 1974	27/01	FAC	Round of 32	Nottingham	4 - 1	Man City	No data
January 23, 1974	23/01	LC	Semi-finals	Plymouth	1 - 1	Man City	No data
January 19, 1974	19/01	D1	Round 26	Birmingham	1 - 1	Man City	90 Minutes	1
January 16, 1974	16/01	LC	Quarter-finals	Man City	4 - 2	Coventry	No data
January 12, 1974	12/01	D1	Round 25	Man City	2 - 0	Leicester	45 Minutes	1
January 05, 1974	05/01	FAC	3rd round	Oxford United	2 - 5	Man City	No data
January 01, 1974	01/01	D1	Round 24	Man City	0 - 0	Stoke City	90 Minutes
December 29, 1973	29/12	D1	Round 23	Norwich City	1 - 1	Man City	90 Minutes	1
December 26, 1973	26/12	D1	Round 22	Everton	2 - 0	Man City	45 Minutes
December 22, 1973	22/12	D1	Round 21	Man City	2 - 0	Burnley	Absent
December 19, 1973	19/12	LC	Quarter-finals	Coventry	2 - 2	Man City	No data
December 15, 1973	15/12	D1	Round 20	Tottenham	0 - 2	Man City	90 Minutes
December 08, 1973	08/12	D1	Round 19	West Ham	2 - 1	Man City	Absent
December 05, 1973	05/12	LC	Round of 16	Man City	4 - 1	York City	No data
November 24, 1973	24/11	D1	Round 17	Ipswich Town	2 - 1	Man City	Absent
November 21, 1973	21/11	LC	Round of 16	York City	0 - 0	Man City	No data
November 17, 1973	17/11	D1	Round 16	Man City	1 - 0	QPR	90 Minutes
November 14, 1973	14/11	F	Europe	Scotland	1 - 1	Germany	80 Minutes
November 10, 1973	10/11	D1	Round 15	Man City	1 - 2	Arsenal	90 Minutes
November 06, 1973	06/11	LC	Round of 32	Carlisle United	0 - 1	Man City	No data
November 03, 1973	03/11	D1	Round 14	Wolverhampton	0 - 0	Man City	45 Minutes
October 30, 1973	30/10	LC	2nd round	Man City	4 - 0	Walsall	No data
October 27, 1973	27/10	D1	Round 13	Man City	0 - 1	Leeds United	45 Minutes
October 22, 1973	22/10	LC	2nd round	Man City	0 - 0a.e.t.	Walsall	No data
October 20, 1973	20/10	D1	Round 12	Sheffield U	1 - 2	Man City	90 Minutes	1
October 17, 1973	17/10	WCQEZ	Group 8	Czechoslovakia	1 - 0	Scotland	57 Minutes
October 13, 1973	13/10	D1	Round 11	Newcastle	1 - 0	Man City	90 Minutes
October 06, 1973	06/10	D1	Round 10	Man City	1 - 1	Southampton	Absent
October 02, 1973	02/10	LC	2nd round	Walsall	0 - 0	Man City	No data
September 29, 1973	29/09	D1	Round 9	Burnley	3 - 0	Man City	Absent
September 26, 1973	26/09	WCQEZ	Group 8	Scotland	2 - 1	Czechoslovakia	90 Minutes
September 22, 1973	22/09	D1	Round 8	Man City	3 - 2	Chelsea	Absent
September 15, 1973	15/09	D1	Round 7	Leicester	1 - 1	Man City	Absent
September 11, 1973	11/09	D1	Round 6	Coventry	2 - 1	Man City	Absent
September 08, 1973	08/09	D1	Round 5	Man City	2 - 1	Norwich City	45 Minutes
September 05, 1973	05/09	D1	Round 4	Man City	1 - 0	Coventry	90 Minutes
September 01, 1973	01/09	D1	Round 3	Stoke City	1 - 1	Man City	90 Minutes	1
August 29, 1973	29/08	D1	Round 2	Derby County	1 - 0	Man City	90 Minutes
August 25, 1973	25/08	D1	Round 1	Man City	3 - 1	Birmingham	90 Minutes	2
August 18, 1973	18/08	CS	Final	Man City	0 - 1	Burnley	90 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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