Edinburgh City
| Edinburgh City | |||
| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Edinburgh City Football Club | ||
| Seat | Edinburgh , Scotland | ||
| founding | 1928 | ||
| Colours | black-and-white | ||
| president |
 Andy McDonald
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| Website | edinburghcityfc.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach |
Gary Jardine
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| Venue | Ainslie Park | ||
| Places | 3,000 | ||
| league | Scottish League Two | ||
| 2019/20 | 2nd place | ||
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The Edinburgh City Football Club is a Scottish football club from the eponymous state capital . The club is nicknamed "The City" and "The Citizens". The first team plays their home games in Ainslie Park, which has 3,000 seats. The club's greatest success was the victory in the relegation as champions of the Lowland Football League against FC East Stirlingshire and the associated promotion to the Scottish League Two for the 2016/17 season.
history
The association was founded in 1928. Three years later, City joined the Scottish Football League . The club first caught attention in the Scottish Cup in 1937/38 when Hibernian Edinburgh was defeated in the first round on Easter Road . The club has regularly participated in the FA Cup since the 1990s, the greatest success being reaching the third round in the 1997/98 and 2014/15 seasons .
In the 2005/06 season, the championship in the East of Scotland Football League was won.
In 2013, the club moved from the East of Scotland League to the newly founded Lowland Football League, which in addition to the Highland Football League serves as the substructure of the Scottish Football League and thus follows the Scottish League Two . In 2014/15 the first place could be occupied, in the relegation against the champions of the Highland Football League Brora Rangers the team failed on penalties. In 2015/16 the championship was won again. In the relegation, the club prevailed 3: 0 and 1: 1 against Cove Rangers and then 1: 1 and 1: 0 against the tenth place in the Scottish League Two FC East Stirlingshire , which meant promotion.
Stages
The club played from 1931 at Powderhall Stadium , which was used for greyhound races and soccer games. In 1996 the move to the Meadowbank Stadium was completed after the club Meadowbank Thistle was relocated to the newly founded city of Livingston in 1995 , and played as Livingston FC . The Meadowbank Stadium served as a competition location for the Commonwealth Games in 1970 and 1986 .
successes
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Lowland Football League : 2 x
- 2014/15, 2015/16
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East of Scotland Football League : 1 x
- 2005/06