FC Kilmarnock

FC Kilmarnock
Basic data
Surname	Kilmarnock Football Club
Seat	Kilmarnock , Scotland
founding	1869
president	Billy Bowie
Website	kilmarnockfc.co.uk
First soccer team
Head coach	Alex Dyer (interim)
Venue	Rugby park
Places	18,128
league	Scottish Premiership
2019/20	8th place (quotient regulation)
home Away

The FC Kilmarnock (officially: Kilmarnock Football Club ) is a Scottish football club from Kilmarnock .

history

The club was founded in 1869 as a cricket club . The football department was founded in 1873. After playing in the top division, the "Scottish League Division 1", from 1900 to the war-related break in 1940, Kilmarnock rose in the first post-war season.

This was followed by a longer membership in Division 1 from 1954 to 1977. During this time, the only championship title to date was won in 1965. Then the FC Kilmarnock was an elevator team .

The club has been a member of Scotland's top division, the Scottish Premier League , without interruption since 1993.

In 1997 Kilmarnock Football Club surprisingly won its first title in 32 years and was Scottish Cup winner for the third time.

In 2012 Kilmarnock Football Club won the Scottish League Cup for the first time in the final against the big favorites Celtic with 1-0.

Squad season 2020/21

(As of August 2, 2020)

No. position Surname 1 TW Jake Eastwood 2 FROM Aaron McGowan 3 FROM Brandon Haunstrup 4th FROM Clévid Dikamona 5 FROM Kirk Broadfoot 6th MF Alan Power 7th ST Rory McKenzie 8th MF Gary Dicker 9 ST Eamonn Brophy 10 MF Greg Kiltie 11 ST Nod Kabamba 12 ST Danny Whitehall 14th FROM Zeno Rossi 15th MF Mohamed El Makrini

No. position Surname 16 TW Colin Doyle 17th FROM Stuart Findlay 18th FROM Calum Waters 19th MF Mitchell Pinnock 22nd FROM Ross Millen 23 TW Danny Rogers 27 MF Aaron Tshibola 29 MF Chris Burke 31 ST Innes Cameron 32 FROM Tomas Brindley 33 MF Ally Taylor 34 TW Curtis Lyle 52 ST Kyle Connell

Sporting successes

• Scottish Champion : 1
  • 1965
• Scottish Cup Winner : 3rd
  • 1920 , 1929 , 1997
• Scottish League Cup Winner : 1
  • 2012
• Scottish Division Two : 2
  • 1897/98 , 1898/99

Well-known former players

• Samassi Abou
• William Agnew
• Bernard Battles Sr.
• Pat Bonner
• Kris Boyd
• Tommy Burns
• Ally McCoist
• Alan McInally
• Steven Naismith
• Pat Nevin
• Colin Nish
• Robert Prytz
• Rocco Quinn
• Billy Stark

FC Kilmarnock coach

• 1895-1902: Charlie Smith
• 1906-1910: Barrie Grieve
• 1910-1919: James McDonald
• 1919-1937: Hugh Spence
• 1937-1945: Jimmy McGrory
• 1945-1947: Tom Smith
• 1947-1948: Tom Mather
• 1948–1950: Alex Hastings
• 1950-1957: Malky McDonald
• 1957-1965: Willie Waddell
• 1965-1968: Malky McDonald
• 1968–1973: Walter McCrae
• 1973-1977: Willie Fernie
• 1977-1981: Davie Sneddon
• 1981-1984: Jim Clunie
• 1984-1988: Eddie Morrison
• 1988-1992: Jim Fleeting
• 1992-1994: Tommy Burns
• 1994–1996: Alex Totten
• 1996-2002: Bobby Williamson
• 2002-2010: Jim Jefferies
• 2010: Jimmy Calderwood
• 2010–2011: Mixu Paatelainen
• 2011-2013: Kenny Shiels
• 2013-2015: Allan Johnston
• 2015-2016: Gary Locke
• 2016-2017: Lee Clark
• 2017: Lee McCulloch
• 2017-2019: Steve Clarke
• 2019: Angelo Alessio

Web links

Commons : FC Kilmarnock  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the association