Leeds United
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| Surname | Leeds United Association Football Club |
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| Seat | Leeds | |||
| founding | 1904 (as Leeds City ) 1919 (as Leeds United ) |
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| owner | Eleonora Sport Limited (81.58%) GFH Financial Group (15.79%) Leeds City Holdings Limited (2.63%) |
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| president | Andrea Radrizzani | |||
| Website | leedsunited.com | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Marcelo Bielsa | |||
| Venue | Elland Road | |||
| Places | 37,890 | |||
| league | Premier League | |||
| 2019/20 | 1st place ( EFL Championship ) | |||
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Leeds United (official: Leeds United Association Football Club ) - also known as The Whites (The Whites), The Peacocks (The Peacock) or simply United - is a professional football club from the northern English city of Leeds , in the county of West Yorkshire is .
history
Leeds United's predecessor club, Leeds City FC, was founded in 1904, but was forced to dissolve by the Football Association in 1919 because it was accused of making illegal payments to players during World War I. Today's club Leeds United was founded in the same year and immediately received an invitation from league manager J. Nicholson to join the Midland Football League. On October 31, 1919, the club was incorporated and took the place of the Leeds City Reserves . The association Yorkshire Amateurs FC offered to Leeds United to cede his play area at Elland Road. Leeds coach at the time was former player Dick Ray. Huddersfield Town's President Hilton Crowther loaned Leeds United £ 35,000. This money only had to be paid back in the event of a possible promotion to the Football League First Division. He also persuaded Arthur Fairclough, the coach of Barnsley FC , on February 26, 1920 to coach United. Dick Ray became his assistant.
On May 31, 1920, Leeds United was accepted into the Second Division of the Football League, and in the following years the club consolidated its position there. In 1924 he was promoted to the First Division. The stay in this league lasted only a short time and in 1926/27 the club had to relegate again. This also ended the coaching activity of Arthur Fairclough and Dick Ray took this position again. By the Second World War , Leeds descended twice more, but each time managed to climb immediately. Dick Ray retired on March 5, 1935 and was replaced by Bill Hampson, who remained a coach for 12 years.
In the 1946/47 season Leeds United rose again with the worst score in its club history. Coach Hampson resigned, but remained for eight months as chief scout for the club. In April 1947, Willis Edwards was then a coach. But after a year he was demoted to assistant coach and Frank Buckley took over the coaching position. 1948 replaced Sam Bolton Ernest Pullan as president of the club. Leeds remained in the Second Division until the 1955/56 season, in which they were promoted to the First Division. Welsh international John Charles played a key role in the rise . Charles did not want to continue playing at a lower class club, and the then coach Raich Carter could not persuade him to stay. Charles was sold to Juventus Turin for a record £ 65,000 . Leeds could not compensate for the loss of this key player and the team rose again in the Second Division in 1959/60.
In March 1961, the club signed Don Revie as a coach. He took office under adverse circumstances because the club was in financial difficulties. He got the job because there were no other suitable candidates that could have been afforded. Revie was considered the first technocrat among England's coaches. He meticulously prepared dossiers on every opponent and referee and massaged his players himself. His training methods made Leeds United the fittest and most tech-savvy team in the league. In the 1961/62 season, relegation to the Third Division could only be avoided by winning the last game. Revie changed the team fundamentally and, in 1963/64, made it to the First Division, today's Premier League . At the end of the 1964/65 season, they immediately finished second and moved into the FA Cup final. Between 1965 and 1974 Leeds always reached a place among the top four clubs. United became English champions in 1969 and 1974, won the FA Cup in 1972 , the League Cup in 1968 and the trade fair cup twice (1968 and 1971) . Despite these successes, Leeds also suffered a number of disappointments. The club was runner-up five times, lost three times in the FA Cup finals, once in the exhibition cup final (1967) and once in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup (1973).
In 1974 coach Revie left the team and became the English national coach. He died in 1989. Brian Clough was surprisingly his successor, although he had until then constantly criticized Revie and his tactics. The team played poorly under Clough and he was released after just 44 days. The former captain of the English national team, Jimmy Armfield then took over the coaching position. Armfield led the outdated team until the final of the European Cup in Paris against Bayern Munich in 1975 . Leeds played with great hardship and was superior for long stretches, but lost 2-0 after several extremely questionable decisions by French referee Kitabdjian. Because of riots by its fans after the game, the club was suspended by UEFA for European competitions for four years; the ban was later reduced to two years. Together with his assistant coach Don Howe Armfield rebuilt the team in the following season, which initially failed to achieve great success. Leeds stayed in the top ten teams in the league in the next few seasons. However, the club's board had no patience and replaced Armfield with Jock Stein , who stayed only 44 days to then take over the Scottish national team.
Jimmy Adamson took over the team, but couldn't stop the decline. In 1980, ex-international Allan Clarke replaced the coach, but could not prevent relegation in 1982. Eddie Gray then took over the team and concentrated in the club on intensive youth work instead of investing in expensive players. But this did not bring the longed-for ascent and he had to leave in 1985. Once again, Billy Bremner, a former United star, was hired as a coach who continued Gray's youth work. Bremner also quickly discovered that the climb was difficult to achieve in this way. Nevertheless, he made it with his team in 1987 in the relegation games for promotion, but where they lost to Charlton Athletic in extra time. In the same year Leeds made it to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where they were eliminated against Coventry City .
Bremner was released in October 1988. At this point the team was in 21st place in the Second Division. His successor Howard Wilkinson managed to save the team from relegation and to rise again to the First Division in the 1989/90 season. Under his leadership, Leeds finished fourth in the table in 1990/91 and became English champions in 1991/92. The next season ended in disaster, however, when they were eliminated early in the UEFA Champions League and the championship season ended in 17th place in the table. The successes now failed and the only possible title was gambled away in 1996 in the League Cup final against Aston Villa .
1995/96 Leeds was 13th and when there was a 4-0 defeat at home to Manchester United the next season , the collaboration with Wilkinson was ended. George Graham took over the coaching position. Graham's engagement was controversial as he had just served a one-year suspension from the Football Association for evidence of accepting money from a players' agent. But through some clever player purchases, he managed to get the team to a place that qualified for participation in the UEFA Cup . When Graham was coached Tottenham Hotspur in October 1998 , David O'Leary took over . He integrated some young players and managed to bring the team to third place in the table, which qualified for participation in the UEFA Champions League. Unfortunately, Leeds' image was damaged when two players, Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer, became involved in a brawl in which an Asian student was hospitalized with serious injuries. In the subsequent lawsuit, Bowyer was acquitted and Woodgate was sentenced to community service for participating in a brawl.
In the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup, Leeds reached its first semi-final in 25 years. Opponent was the eventual winner Galatasaray Istanbul . Overshadowed by the deaths of two Leeds fans who were stabbed to death before the game, United lost the game at Ali Sami Yen . In the second leg Leeds reached only a draw and was eliminated from the competition. In commemoration of the incident, the next game to the anniversary was started with a minute's silence.
Under O'Leary's direction, Leeds finished the next few seasons in the top five teams. With the reaching of the semi-finals in the 2001 UEFA Champions League against Valencia CF , the last high point in the club's history should have been reached. Then the decline began.
President Peter Ridsdale had taken into account the income from television rights to the UEFA Champions League and taken out large loans. However, the qualification was narrowly missed, so that the loans could not be repaid and inevitably the star of the team Rio Ferdinand had to be sold to Manchester United for 30 million pounds. Ridsdale was heavily criticized, coach O'Leary sacked and the former England coach Terry Venables hired as coach. The team continued to play poorly and more players had to be sold to pay off the debt, including Jonathan Woodgate . Venables complained to Ridsdale because he had been promised that Woodgate would not be sold. Disputes ensued that led to Venable's release. Ridsdale also resigned a short time later and was replaced by economics professor John McKenzie.
The relegation on the last day of the match was finally prevented by the new coach Peter Reid . Since the next 2003/04 season began badly, Reid was also replaced after a short time by the interim coach Eddie Gray, who coached the team until the end of the season. Gerald Krasner, a specialist in the field of bankruptcy, took over the club with a group of local business people and tried to bring money into the empty coffers by selling club properties and players. For this reason, the poor performance of the team in the 2003/04 season could not be blamed on coach Gray, as most of his team's players were sold. The team finally descended from the first division after 14 years. Gray's successor Kevin Blackwell struggled with players being sold or given away for free so that they would disappear from the payroll. Most serious for the fans was the sale of crowd- pleaser Alan Smith to arch-rival Manchester United . Although Leeds would have been willing to stay, Leeds did not want to forego a £ 7 million transfer fee and no club apart from Manchester was willing to pay it. Mainly because Smith replied "ManUnited" to the question of which club he could never play for in an interview, many fans called him "Judas" after his move. Finally, in the fall of 2004, the training ground had to be sold for 4.2 million pounds. The end of the renovation attempts was the sale of the club to Ken Bates for ten million pounds.
Parallel to the economic efforts, coach Blackwell stabilized the team through purchases of free transfer players and moderate contracts, so that a safe midfield position could be achieved. The 2005/06 season ended Leeds in the top six of the table and was able to participate in the relegation games for promotion. But there they lost to Watford FC . On September 10, 2006, Kevin Blackwell announced that the club would be debt free within a year. Since the season started badly, the contract with coach Blackwell was terminated, and after a month without coach Dennis Wise was signed . With a number of players on loan, he managed to avoid relegation.
At the end of the 2006/07 season, the club was deducted ten points due to financial irregularities, whereby the team ended the season in 24th and thus last place. By relegation, Leeds United was third-rate for the first time in its long club history from the 2007/08 season. When the suspicion arose that club owner Bates had excused the club, which was in debt with around 51 million euros, through dubious deals and then bought it back, the club was imposed an additional penalty in the form of 15 points deduction in the following season. Despite the handicap of the point deduction, Leeds United played for promotion in the 2007/08 season. The basis was a winning streak at the start of the season. Ultimately, the fifth place was achieved, which entitled to participate in the play-offs. Here the team failed in the final of Wembley just 1-0 at the Doncaster Rovers , after the team had defeated league rivals Carlisle United in the two-legged game with 1-2 and 2-0 in the semi-finals . Thus Leeds United spent the 2008/09 season in the third division. The team played a good season and finished fourth. In the playoffs for promotion to the Football League Championship , the team failed in the semi-finals with 0: 1 (A) and 1: 1 (H) at Millwall FC . Instead, Scunthorpe United rose to the next higher division. A year later, after a 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers on May 8, 2010 , Leeds United finally returned to the Football League Championship as runner-up.
In May 2015, Uwe Rösler signed a two-year contract as coach of the second division side. The traditional club had finished the previous season in 15th place in the table. On October 19, 2015, the association announced that it was separating from Rösler with immediate effect.
After 16 years of abstinence, Leeds was promoted to the Premiere League in the 2019/20 season. Due to a 2-1 defeat of second West Bromwich Albion at Huddersfield Town on July 17, 2020, Leeds, with team manager Marcelo Bielsa , could no longer be displaced from one of the first two places in the championship and was thus the first to be promoted to the English House of Lords . Due to the 1-0 defeat of Brentford FC at Stoke City on July 18, 2020, Leeds became champions of the EFL Championship.
titles and achievements
National
Football League First Division
- Master: (3) 1968/69 , 1973/74 , 1991/92
- Runner-up: (5) 1964/65 , 1965/66 , 1969/70 , 1970/71 , 1971/72
Football League Second Division
- Master: (3) 1923/24, 1963/64, 1989/90
- Winner: (1) 1972
- Finalist: (3) 1965, 1970, 1973
- Winner: (1) 1968
- Finalist: (1) 1996
- Winner: (2) 1969, 1992
- Finalist: (1) 1974
- Winner: (2) 1993, 1997
- Master: (1) 2020
International
- Finalist: (1) 1975
- Finalist: (1) 1973
European Cup results
see: Leeds United / European Cup statistics
Records
- Biggest home win in a league game: April 7, 1934 - 8-0 against Leicester City ( Football League First Division 1933/34 )
- Biggest home win in European Cup: 17 Sep 1969 - 10: 0 against Lyn Oslo (first leg of the 1st round in the European Cup 1969/70 )
- Biggest home win in the FA Cup: Jan. 11, 1930 - 8: 1 against Crystal Palace (3rd round in the FA Cup 1929/30 )
- Biggest home win in the Football League Cup: Sep 25 1963 - 5-1 against Mansfield Town (2nd round in the Football League Cup 1963/64)
Current coat of arms
Although the official club name bears the addition "AFC", the current coat of arms shows the abbreviation "LUFC", which suggests the abbreviation of the name "Leeds United Football Club". The previous club crests, however, always took the correct club name into account.
Stadium and fans
Originally the stadium area belonged to the Holbeck Rugby Club, which played in the Northern Rugby League, the forerunner of the Rugby Football League.
One of Leeds United's nicknames, The Peacocks , comes from the original name of Elland Road, which was The Old Peacock Ground . The property's previous owner, Bentley's Brewery, named the property after their pub, The Old Peacock , which still exists there today.
When Leeds United was formed, the city council allowed the club to rent the stadium until they could afford to buy it. Except for the periods from 1960 to 1983 and 1997 to 2004, the stadium belonged to the city.
Elland Road is the tenth largest English stadium. The most modern grandstand is the east grandstand, also known as the family grandstand. The self-supporting structure was inaugurated for the 1992/93 season and holds 17,000 spectators. The Don Revie grandstand was opened at the beginning of the 1994/95 season and only seats 7,000 spectators. The roof of the west stand houses the commentator seats and metal bridges for television technicians.
Alex Ferguson once said that the Elland Road stadium had one of the most intimidating atmospheres in European football. Peter Reid said after his release that “in 30 years he has never seen the support (from the fans) as he did when he played Arsenal a few weeks ago. The Leeds fans are fantastic. ”Two other coaches also shared his opinion. When Leeds finished third, coach Blackwell said "fans will follow them everywhere". And O'Leary said that “there is an incredibly large core of fans there who will remain loyal to the club now.” These statements are confirmed by the average attendance of 26,000 in the 2008/09 season, which is high for third division standards. The average ticket prices are a record for the third division at around 25 euros.
The Elland Road stadium was sold to a leasing company in October 2004. The club secured a buyback right for 25 years if they were financially able to buy back the stadium.
Leeds United fans identify particularly strongly with their Yorkshire region, which is quite unusual in English stadiums. The battle cry "Yorkshire, Yorkshire" is also to be understood as a challenge to the other clubs based in the region such as Sheffield Utd, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City.
The club's official website is the third most visited in England after that of Liverpool and Manchester United, which underscores the continued popularity of the club.
music
In 1972, the team took the record from Leeds United Leeds United with the B-side of Leeds, Leeds, Leeds on, but under the title Marching On Together is much more popular. It appeared when the club played the FA Cup final in 1972 and reached number ten on the British hit list. For the championship in 1992 and the resurgence in 2010, the song was again in the charts. Although it is not the club's official anthem, Marching On Together is played before every home game. Unlike other football songs, which have their lyrics based on existing melodies, this song was composed by Les Reed and Barry Mason especially for Leeds United.
Tin Tin Out's Strings for Yasmin song is played before each kick-off on Elland Road, while Brainbug's Nightmare song is played before the start of the second half.
The song Glory Glory Leeds United, which Ronnie Hilton released as a single in 1968, is also very popular .
player
Squad for the 2019/20 season
As of November 11, 2019
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Borrowed Players
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Top 10 after appearances and goals
(As of April 17, 2012; all competitive games and goals are given)
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Football League 100 Legends
The following former Leeds United players have been named England's 100 Best Players:
List of former coaches
| Period | Trainer |
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| 1919-1920 1927-1935 |
 Dick Ray
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| 1920-1927 |
Arthur Fairclough
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| 1935-1947 |
Billy Hampson
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| 1947-1948 |
Willis Edwards
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| 1948-1953 |
Franck Buckley
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| 1953-1958 |
Raich Carter
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| 1958-1959 |
Bill Lambton
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| 1959-1961 |
Jack Taylor
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| 1961-1974 |
Don Revie
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| 1974 |
Brian Clough
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| 1974-1988 |
Jimmy Armfield
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| 1978 |
 Jock stone
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| 1978-1980 |
Jimmy Adamson
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| 1980-1982 |
Allan Clarke
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| 1982-1985 |
Eddie Gray
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| 1985-1988 |
Billy Bremner
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| 1988-1996 |
Howard Wilkinson
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| 1996-1998 |
George Graham
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| 1998-2002 |
 David O'Leary
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| 2002-2003 |
Terry Venables
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| 2003 |
Peter Reid
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| 2004-2006 |
Kevin Blackwell
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| 2006-2008 |
Dennis Wise
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| 2008 |
Gary McAllister
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| 2008–2012 |
Simon Grayson
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| 2012-2013 |
Neil Warnock
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| 2013-2014 |
Brian McDermott
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| 2014 |
Dave Hockaday
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| 2014 |
 Darko Milanič
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| 2014-2015 |
Neil Redfearn
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| 2015 |
 Uwe Rösler
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| 2015-2016 |
Steve Evans
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| 2016-2017 |
Garry Monk
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| 2017-2018 |
 Thomas Christiansen
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| 2018 |
Paul Heckingbottom
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League affiliation
- 1920–24: Football League Second Division
- 1924-27: Football League First Division
- 1927/28: Football League Second Division
- 1928–31: Football League First Division
- 1931/32: Football League Second Division
- 1932–47: Football League First Division
- 1947–56: Football League Second Division
- 1956–60: Football League First Division
- 1960–64: Football League Second Division
- 1964–82: Football League First Division
- 1982–90: Football League Second Division
- 1990-92: Football League First Division
- 1992-04: FA Premier League
- 2004-07: Football League Championship
- 2007-10: Football League One
- 2010–2020: Football League Championship / EFL Championship
- since 2020 Premier League
Women's soccer
| Leeds United LFC | |||
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| Surname | Leeds United Ladies Football Club | ||
| Seat | Leeds , West Yorkshire , England | ||
| founding | 1989 | ||
| president | Steve Russell | ||
| Website | Leeds United Ladies | ||
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Rick Passmoor
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| Venue | Throstle Nest, Pudsey | ||
| Places | 3,900 | ||
| league | FA Women's Premier League | ||
| 2009/2010 | 4th place ( League One ) | ||
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The Leeds United Ladies Football Club (Leeds United LFC for short) has played in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, the second highest division in English women's football , since 2001 .
history
In 2000 the club reached the final of the Premier League Cup for the first time . However, they lost 5-1 against Arsenal London . A year later, they were promoted to the first division, where they immediately took fourth place. Two years later they finished fourth in the final ranking again. In 2006 the club reached the final of the FA Women's Cup . Again the opponent was called Arsenal London. Before the game, Leeds United legend Allan Clarke's team were given shin guards similar to those worn by the Leeds United men during their 1972 FA Cup win. Unfortunately, the lucky charms failed to work as Arsenal won the game 5-0. Leeds defender Lucy Ward brought Arsenal to winning ways with an own goal .
The Leeds United women share a stadium with Garforth Town AFC, a club from east Leeds. The LFC's main sponsor is EmpireDirect.co.uk. The association relies on the company's funds as Leeds United chairman Ken Bates cut grants earlier in the decade. The most famous player is Sue Smith , who has played for the English national team for over ten years .
successes
- FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
- Winner (1): 2000–01
- Winner (1): 2010
Web links
- Official Website of Leeds United (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Rösler has to take his hat off on sport1.de
- ↑ Leeds United back in the Premier League after 16 years. July 17, 2020, accessed July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ leedsunited.com: Club records (English)
- ↑ Leeds United in the UK charts: 1972 - 1992 - 2010
- ^ Ronnie Hilton , discography at 45-rpm.org
- ↑ First team. In: leedsunited.com. Leeds United, accessed August 31, 2018 .
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