FC St. Mirren
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Saint Mirren Football Club | ||
| Seat | Paisley , Scotland | ||
| founding | 1877 | ||
| president | Gordon Scott | ||
| Website | stmirren.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Jim Goodwin | ||
| Venue | St. Mirren Park | ||
| Places | 8023 | ||
| league | Scottish Premiership | ||
| 2019/20 | 9th place (quotient regulation) | ||
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The FC St. Mirren (officially: Saint Mirren Football Club , in short: St. Mirren FC ) is a Scottish football club from Paisley , who since the season 2018/19 in the first-class Scottish Premiership plays.
history
FC St. Mirren - also known as The Buddies or The Saints - has been a pure football club since 1877, while in the years before it existed as a "Gentlemen's Club", which played cricket and rugby , among other things . The first football game took place on October 6, 1877 against "Johnstone Britannia". St. Mirren's local rival is Greenock Morton , who was first played in 1885. The club won the Scottish Cup three times in 1926, 1959 and 1987, and in 1980 the Anglo-Scottish Cup . In the 2005/06 season , FC St. Mirren was promoted to the Scottish Premier League . There they narrowly escaped relegation with the penultimate rank in the following season. In 2013 he won the Scottish League Cup.
Stadion
In August 2005, FC St. Mirren received permission to sell the old St. Mirren Park Stadium, on which a Tesco supermarket was built. The proceeds have largely financed the new stadium in Ferguslie Park, Paisley City , as well as eliminating debt.
On January 3, 2009, St. Mirren Park, which has always been called Love Street like the address, saw its last game, a 0-0 against Motherwell.
The club has been playing in the new St. Mirren Park since January 31, 2009 . The stadium, called "Greenhill Road" by fans, has a capacity of 8023 seats.
Squad of the 2020/21 season
As of July 29, 2020
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successes
- First Division Champion : 1976/77 , 1999/2000 , 2005/06
- Scottish Cup Winner : 1926 , 1959 , 1987
- Scottish League Cup Winner : 2013
- Anglo-Scottish Cup : 1980
Club records
Source:
- Highest attendance: 47,438 (against Celtic Glasgow on March 7, 1925)
- Biggest win: 15-0 (against the University of Glasgow on January 30, 1960)
- Record international: Guðmundur Torfason (26 for Iceland )
- Record international players for Scotland : Iain Munro and Billy Thomson (7 each)
- Scottish Championship record player: Hugh Murray (399, 1997-2012)
- Record scorer in the Scottish Championship: David McCrae (221, 1923–1934)
- Record goalscorer within one season: Dunky Walker : 45 (1921/22 season)
- Most expensive purchase: Thomas Stickroth (from Bayer 05 Uerdingen for 400,000 British pounds, March 1990) and Ricky Gillies (from FC Aberdeen for 600,000 euros, July 2000)
- Most expensive sale: Ian Ferguson (to Glasgow Rangers for £ 850,000, February 1988)
- Best placement in the championship: 3rd place in the top division (season 1979/80)
- Oldest player in the league ( Andy Millen , 42 years old)
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
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| 1980/81 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 IF Elfsborg
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2: 1 | 2: 1 (A) | 0: 0 (H) |
| 2nd round |
 AS Saint-Etienne
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0: 2 | 0: 0 (H) | 0: 2 (A) | ||
| 1983/84 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Feyenoord Rotterdam
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0: 3 | 0: 1 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
| 1985/86 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Slavia Prague
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3: 1 | 0: 1 (A) | 3: 0 a.d. (H) |
| 2nd round |
Hammarby IF
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4: 5 | 3: 3 (A) | 1: 2 (H) | ||
| 1987/88 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
 Tromso IL
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1-0 | 1: 0 (H) | 0: 0 (A) |
| 2nd round |
 KV Mechelen
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0: 2 | 0: 2 (A) | 0: 0 (H) |
Overall record: 14 games, 3 wins, 5 draws, 6 defeats, 10:14 goals (goal difference −4)
Web links
- Official website of FC St. Mirren (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Anderson: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017 . Headline Publishing Group, London 2016, ISBN 978-1-4722-3395-0 , pp. 736 .
- ↑ St. Mirren FC - Record entries. In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on June 23, 2020 .