Cardiff City

Cardiff City
Basic data
Surname	Cardiff City Association Football Club
Seat	Cardiff , Wales
founding	1899 (as Riverside Cricket Club Cardiff )
Colours	blue White
owner	Vincent Tan (87.6%)
president	Vincent Tan
Website	cardiffcityfc.co.uk
First soccer team
Head coach	Neil Harris
Venue	Cardiff City Stadium
Places	26,828
league	EFL Championship
2019/20	5th place
home Away Alternatively

Cardiff City (officially: Cardiff City Association Football Club ) - also known as The Bluebirds - is a Welsh football - club in Cardiff . It was founded in 1899 as the football division of the "Riverside Cricket Club Cardiff". The club colors are blue and white. The club takes part in the game operations of the English Football Association and currently plays in the second-rate EFL Championship .

society

The club's home stadium was Ninian Park until 2009 and has been Cardiff City Stadium ever since .

In addition to various Welsh Cup victories, the greatest successes are winning the FA Cup on April 23, 1927 1-0 against Arsenal FC (as the only Welsh club to date) and the English runner-up in 1924 . In the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967/68 Cardiff reached the semifinals. For the 2007/08 season they reached the FA Cup final for the third time in the club's history after 84 years; the game against Portsmouth FC was lost 1-0 after a goalkeeper mistake.

April 16, 2013 was a historic day for Cardiff City. A 0-0 win against Charlton Athletic secured promotion to the Premier League early on matchday 43 . Cardiff played in the top English league for the first time in 51 years. Promotion coach Malky Mackay had to vacate his place in December of the same year. The dismissal was preceded by a debate that lasted for weeks, in which fans of the club and colleagues from the Premier League expressed their solidarity with Mackay after club owner Vincent Tan had repeatedly hinted at Mackay's expulsion. His assistant David Kerslake took over as an interim solution . On January 2, 2014, the Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjær was introduced as the new team manager. Cardiff City lost 3-0 to Newcastle United on the penultimate match day , which sealed their relegation to the EFL Championship . With the second place in the table at the end of the 2017/2018 season , Cardiff City achieved renewed promotion to the Premier League .

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  Old Cardiff City FC logo

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  Another old Cardiff City FC logo

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  Cardiff City FC logo from 2003 to 2008

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  Cardiff City FC logo from 2008 to 2012

rivalry

The arch-rival of the Bluebirds is Swansea City , with whom they have been fighting for supremacy in Wales for many years. Encounters between the two clubs are always risky games that have often led to numerous arrests in the past. Different league affiliations let the rivalry rest for a while.

Record player

Surname	Calls	Period
Phil Dwyer	531	1972-1984
Don Murray	483	1962-1974
Tom Farquharson	481	1921-1934
Peter King	431	1960-1973
Ron Stitfall	421	1947-1963
Fred Keenor	414	1920-1930
Billy Hardy	408	1920-1931

Surname	Gates	Games
Len Davies	148	339
Robert Earnshaw	109	217
Jimmy Gill	94	212
Carl Dale	94	253
Brian Clark	91	240

successes

• FA Cup Winner (1): 1927 (only Welsh team to win the Cup)
  • Finalist (2): 1925, 2008
• Charity Shield (1): 1927
• Carling Cup Finalist (1): 2012
• FA Amateur Cup Winner (1): 1927
• Welsh Cup (22): 1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1993

League affiliation

• 1920/21: Football League Second Division
• 1921–1929: Football League First Division
• 1929–1931: Football League Second Division
• 1931–1947: Football League Third Division
• 1947–1952: Football League Second Division
• 1952–1957: Football League First Division
• 1957-1960: Football League Second Division
• 1960–1962: Football League First Division
• 1962–1975: Football League Second Division
• 1975/76: Football League Third Division
• 1976–1982: Football League Second Division
• 1982/83: Football League Third Division
• 1983–1985: Football League Second Division
• 1985/86: Football League Third Division
• 1986–1988: Football League Fourth Division
• 1988–1990: Football League Third Division
• 1990–1992: Football League Fourth Division
• 1992/93: Football League Third Division
• 1993–1995: Football League Second Division
• 1995–1999: Football League Third Division
• 1999/00: Football League Second Division
• 2000/01: Football League Third Division
• 2001-2003: Football League Second Division
• 2003/04: Football League First Division
• 2004–2013: Football League Championship
• 2013/14: Premier League
• 2014–2018: Football League Championship / EFL Championship
• 2018/19: Premier League
• since 2019: EFL Championship

Women's soccer

Cardiff City Ladies Football Club (Cardiff City LFC for short) has played in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, the top division of English women's football , since 2006 .

history

The club was founded in 1975 under the name Llanedeyrn LFC after a local charity game. In the following years there were several changes of name: first the club was renamed Cardiff FC in 1981 before entering into a partnership with Inter Cardiff in 1993. At the same time, the club moved to the Cardiff Athletic Stadium, which is still the home ground today. The association was dissolved in 1997 and the association was now called Cardiff County. In 2001 there was an association with Cardiff City.

Shortly after the start of the 2003/04 season, the women's football club broke the connection again. The LFC was allowed to continue using the Cardiff City name. However, the LFC changed its coat of arms : the bluebirds worn by the men of Cardiff City were replaced by the red Welsh dragon.

In 2006 the club rose to the top division, the FA Women's Premier League National Division. Cardiff City is only the second Welsh club after Barry Town to be promoted to the English House of Lords. As the club won the Welsh Cup regularly, Cardiff City LFC has represented the country four times in the UEFA Women's Cup . In the 2006/2007 competition, the club beat Croatian representative ZNK Maksimir and Dundalk FC from the Republic of Ireland. Since they lost against SV Saestum from the Netherlands, they were eliminated after the first group stage, as in previous participations.

Web links

Commons : Cardiff City  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ England: Premier League: Cardiff City first promoted. In: Focus Online. April 16, 2013, accessed December 5, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Cardiff 0-0 Charlton BBC News April 16, 2013, accessed April 17, 2013
3. ↑ Kerslake and McBride in charge (Belfast Telegraph, December 27, 2013)
4. ↑ Solskjaer becomes Cardiff's new coach. In: Spiegel Online. January 2, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 .