Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted descending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Nielsen | 13 Mar 1971 | 1995-96 – 1998-99 | Tottenham Hotspur, Brøndby | 6 | 1 |
| Eddie Niedzwiecki | 3 May 1959 | 1984-85 – 1986-87 | Chelsea | 5 | 0 |
| Kurt Niedermayer | 25 Nov 1955 | 1980-81 | Bayern Munich | 1 | 0 |
| Radu Niculescu | 2 Mar 1975 | 2001-02 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 |
| David Nicoll | 1896-97 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | |
| Banel Nicolita | 7 Jan 1985 | 2010-11 | Steaua Bucharest | 2 | 0 |
| Jean Nicolay | 27 Dec 1937 | 1965-66 | Standard Liege | 2 | 0 |
| Rasmus Nicolaisen | 16 Mar 1997 | 2023-24 | Toulouse | 2 | 0 |
| Alexandru Nicolae | 17 Mar 1955 | 1983-84 | Dinamo Bucharest | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Nicol | 24 Feb 1870 | 1894-95 | Burnley | 2 | 1 |
| Steve Nicol | 11 Dec 1961 | 1995-96 – 1997-98 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 0 |
| Alfred Nicol | 1899-1900 | Bury | 1 | 0 | |
| Bernd Nickel | 15 Mar 1949 | 1972-73 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Nicholson | 26 Jan 1919 | 1950-51 – 1953-54 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 0 |
| Reece Nicholson | 4 Apr 1936 | 1957-58 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Nicholson | 12 Jan 1951 | 1978-79 – 1979-80 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Nicholson | 4 Jun 1898 | 1924-25 – 1925-26 | Cardiff City | 3 | 0 |
| John Nicholson | 2 Sept 1936 | 1963-64 | Port Vale | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Nicholson | 27 Feb 1943 | 1970-71 – 1971-72 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 |
| John Nicholson | 8 Mar 1888 | 1912-13 | Bristol City | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Nicholson | 25 Jan 1932 | 1955-56 – 1956-57 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 0 |
| George Nicholson | 12 May 1905 | 1931-32 – 1932-33 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 |
| Barry Nicholson | 24 Aug 1978 | 2008-09 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Nichols | 30 May 1945 | 1965-66 – 1967-68 | Fulham | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Nichols | 28 Aug 1993 | 2011-12 – 2015-16 | Exeter City | 3 | 1 |
| Ron Nicholls | 4 Dec 1933 | 1957-58 – 1958-59 | Cardiff City, Bristol Rovers | 4 | 0 |
| Mark Nicholls | 30 May 1977 | 1997-98 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Nicholls | 2 Jan 1979 | 1996-97 – 2005-06 | Luton Town, Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 |
| Jack Nicholls | 8 Mar 1905 | 1926-27 – 1933-34 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 0 |
| James Nicholls | 24 Sept 1908 | 1932-33 – 1936-37 | Brentford, Manchester City | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Nicholls | 3 Apr 1931 | 1951-52 – 1957-58 | West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City | 4 | 1 |
| Alfred Nicholls | 1913-14 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 0 | |
| Alex Nicholls | 9 Dec 1987 | 2015-16 | Exeter City | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Nicholl | 16 Sept 1952 | 1973-74 | Sheffield United | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | 28 Dec 1956 | 1975-76 – 1985-86 | Manchester United, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 0 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | 1890 | 1910-11 – 1912-13 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 1 |
| Chris Nicholl | 12 Oct 1946 | 1975-76 – 1982-83 | Southampton, Aston Villa | 13 | 1 |
| Jack Nicholas | 1906-07 – 1907-08 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Nicholas | 10 Nov 1959 | 1979-80 – 1990-91 | Luton Town, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Chelsea | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Nicholas | 26 Nov 1910 | 1931-32 – 1946-47 | Derby County | 17 | 4 |
| Dai Nicholas | 12 Aug 1897 | 1922-23 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Nicholas | 30 Dec 1961 | 1983-84 – 1987-88 | Arsenal | 9 | 3 |
| Tony Nicholas | 16 Apr 1938 | 1960-61 – 1961-62 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 |
| James Nichol | 26 Jan 1908 | 1932-33 | Portsmouth | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Nichol | 7 Apr 1903 | 1927-28 – 1936-37 | Portsmouth | 17 | 1 |
| Benjamin Nicaise | 28 Sept 1980 | 2008-09 | Standard Liege | 2 | 0 |
| John Nibloe | 1 Jun 1939 | 1961-62 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Nibloe | 23 Nov 1903 | 1932-33 – 1936-37 | Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Niblo | 24 Sept 1877 | 1898-99 – 1905-06 | Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest | 7 | 0 |
| Oumar Niasse | 18 Apr 1990 | 2016-17 – 2018-19 | Everton, Cardiff City, Hull City | 4 | 1 |
| Mamadou Niang | 13 Oct 1979 | 2007-08 – 2008-09 | Marseille | 4 | 0 |
| M'Baye Niang | 19 Dec 1994 | 2016-17 | Watford | 1 | 0 |
| Moussa Niakhaté | 8 Mar 1996 | 2022-23 – 2023-24 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 |
| Bruno N'Gotty | 10 Jun 1971 | 1996-97 – 2005-06 | Bolton Wanderers, Paris St Germain | 10 | 0 |
| Felix Ngonge | 10 Jan 1967 | 1999-2000 | Watford | 2 | 0 |
| David N'Gog | 1 Apr 1989 | 2011-12 – 2013-14 | Swansea City, Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 |
| Nana N'Gassam | 5 May 1974 | 2003-04 | Steaua Bucharest | 2 | 0 |
| Jeremy Ngakia | 7 Sept 2000 | 2019-20 – 2021-22 | West Ham United, Watford | 3 | 0 |
| Perry Ng | 27 Apr 1996 | 2021-22 | Cardiff City | 1 | 0 |
| Jan Nezmar | 5 Jul 1977 | 2000-01 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Newton | 14 May 1893 | 1925-26 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 |
| Shaun Newton | 20 Aug 1975 | 1995-96 – 2003-04 | Charlton Athletic, Wolves | 7 | 1 |
| Frank Newton | 28 Oct 1883 | 1904-05 – 1906-07 | Chesterfield, Bradford City | 3 | 2 |
| Keith Newton | 23 Jun 1941 | 1962-63 – 1975-76 | Burnley, Blackburn Rovers, Everton | 19 | 0 |
| Henry Newton | 18 Feb 1944 | 1964-65 – 1976-77 | Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Everton | 23 | 2 |
| Eddie Newton | 13 Dec 1971 | 1992-93 – 1998-99 | Chelsea | 10 | 0 |
| Newton | 1911-12 | Leyton | 1 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Newsome | 6 Sept 1970 | 1991-92 – 1999-2000 | Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City | 10 | 0 |
| Stan Newsham | 24 Mar 1931 | 1957-58 | Notts County | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Newnes | 4 Jun 1895 | 1926-27 | Southport | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Newman | 19 Jan 1934 | 1959-60 – 1960-61 | Portsmouth, Leyton Orient | 4 | 1 |
| Rob Newman | 13 Dec 1963 | 1991-92 – 1994-95 | Norwich City | 6 | 0 |
| Ricky Newman | 5 Aug 1970 | 1994-95 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 |
| John Newman | 13 Dec 1933 | 1959-60 – 1961-62 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 0 |
| Ernie Newman | 27 Dec 1887 | 1911-12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 |
| Albert Newman | 1 Mar 1915 | 1946-47 | Walsall | 1 | 0 |
| Monty Newlands | 28 Mar 1925 | 1948-49 – 1952-53 | Preston North End | 4 | 0 |
| George Newlands | 1908-09 | Norwich City | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Newlands | 29 Oct 1931 | 1959-60 | Stoke City | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Newell | 27 Jan 1965 | 1985-86 – 1996-97 | Everton, Luton Town, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Chelsea | 19 | 8 |
| William Newall | 1894-95 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | |
| Tommy Newall | 1913-14 – 1914-15 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | |
| Erik Nevland | 10 Nov 1977 | 2007-08 – 2009-10 | Fulham | 4 | 1 |
| Pat Nevin | 6 Sept 1963 | 1984-85 – 1991-92 | Everton, Chelsea | 17 | 2 |
| Steve Neville | 18 Sept 1957 | 1979-80 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Neville | 21 Jan 1977 | 1995-96 – 2012-13 | Everton, Manchester United | 30 | 0 |
| Gary Neville | 18 Feb 1975 | 1995-96 – 2009-10 | Manchester United | 27 | 0 |
| João Neves | 27 Sept 2004 | 2024-25 – 2025-26 | Paris St Germain | 4 | 0 |
| Rúben Neves | 13 Mar 1997 | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | Wolves | 13 | 2 |
| Ned Neve | 1913-14 | Derby County | 1 | 0 | |
| Olivier Neuville | 1 May 1973 | 2001-02 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Neumann | 8 Oct 1972 | 2000-01 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 0 |
| Manuel Neuer | 27 Mar 1986 | 2018-19 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 0 |
| Günter Netzer | 14 Sept 1944 | 1972-73 | Borussia Moenchengladbach | 2 | 0 |
| Wolf-Rüdiger Netz | 15 Dec 1950 | 1972-73 | Dynamo Berlin | 2 | 1 |
| Luca Netz | 15 May 2003 | 2026-27 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Luís Carlos Novo Neto | 26 May 1988 | 2012-13 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | 0 |
| Norberto Murara Neto | 19 Jul 1989 | 2022-23 – 2023-24 | Bournemouth | 3 | 0 |
| Pedro Neto | 3 Sept 2000 | 2019-20 – 2025-26 | Wolves, Chelsea | 11 | 1 |
| Stuart Nethercott | 21 Mar 1973 | 1992-93 – 1995-96 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 55 of 161