Queens Park Rangers
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Queens Park Rangers Football Club |
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| Seat | London , England | |||
| founding | 1882 | |||
| Colours | Blue White | |||
| owner |
Tune Group (55%) Ruben Gnanalingam (33%) Lakshmi Mittal (11%) |
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| president | Tony Fernandes | |||
| Website | qpr.co.uk | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Mark Warburton | |||
| Venue | Loftus Road | |||
| Places | 19,148 | |||
| league | EFL Championship | |||
| 2019/20 | 13th place | |||
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The Queens Park Rangers (officially: Queens Park Rangers Football Club , often also called QPR for short ) are an English football club from London that is active in the EFL Championship . QPR are because of their striated jerseys as Super Hoops ( Super Tires designated).
history
The club has its roots in the youth clubs St. Jude's Institute and Christchurch Rangers, founded in West London in 1882 . St. Jude's was an activity for boarding school students on Droop Street and also had a church background with the help of Rev. Gordon Young. After players had played at the same time with the Christchurch Rangers founded by George Wodehouse, both sides decided in 1886 to merge. Because of its home in the Queen's Park district, the association was henceforth called Queen's Park Rangers - the solution was obvious because the Christchurch Rangers had already been more or less called that. When choosing the blue striped jerseys, they followed the models from Oxford and Cambridge.
In 1889 it became a professional club and played in 14 stadiums until it moved to what is now Loftus Road in 1917 . In the years 1931-1933 and in the season 1962/63 he played because of the hoped for larger audience numbers in White City . The Loftus Road has a capacity of 19,148 spectators. The highest number of spectators reached QPR on April 27, 1974 in the first division game against Leeds United .
League Cup title and runner-up in the First Division (1966–1979)
The Queens Park Rangers celebrated a first success in the League Cup 1966/67 with coach Alec Stock , who led the team around Ron Springett and Rodney Marsh to the first title in the club's history with a 3-2 win over West Bromwich Albion . In 1968 the club rose to the Football League First Division for the first time in 1968/69 . After a last place in the table and 13 points behind a non-relegation place, however, QPR returned to the second division after only one year. For the 1973/74 season , the team achieved their second promotion to the First Division , which could also be celebrated by an eighth place and thus confidently achieved relegation. After an eleventh place in the following year, the 1975/76 season led the club under coach Dave Sexton to runner-up behind Liverpool FC . Only one point was missing from the club’s first championship title. Due to the good table placement QPR moved into the UEFA Cup 1976/77 and reached the quarter-finals there after successes over Brann Bergen , Slovan Bratislava and 1. FC Köln . There the team from London defeated the Greek representative AEK Athens 3-0 in the first leg . After a 3-0 defeat in the second leg and a subsequent 6-7 on penalties, the European Cup adventure ended. The tendency of the following two seasons in the First Division was clearly negative and led to the second first division relegation after 1969 in the Football League First Division 1978/79 .
Final participation in the FA Cup and return to the First Division (1980–1996)
Again the club spent four years in the second division. The second division team achieved great success in the FA Cup in 1981/82 when the team led by team captain Glenn Roeder , Tony Currie , Terry Fenwick and John Gregory moved into the final at Wembley . After a 1: 1 after extra time in the first game, QPR was defeated in the replay by the first division side Tottenham Hotspur with a goal from Glenn Hoddle with 0: 1 and thus missed the second title in the club's history. But in 1983 the return to first class was achieved. The promoted under coach Terry Venables succeeded in the Football League First Division 1983/84 an excellent season that led him to fifth place in the table. This was followed by the second participation in the UEFA Cup after 1976/77. After a first-round success over KR Reykjavík , the team failed in the second round of the 1984/85 UEFA Cup 6-2 and 0-4 against Yugoslav representatives FK Partizan Belgrade . The club spent the first division years between 1985 and 1987 in a relegation battle. In the 1985/86 season they made it to the league cup final , but there the team was clearly defeated by the first division rivals Oxford United with 0: 3. 1987/88 the club managed the hoped-for return to the top third of the table. However, due to the international ban on all English teams after the Heysel disaster , QPR missed their third participation in the European Cup. The next four seasons spent the Queens Park Rangers in mid-table, before in the newly introduced Premier League 1992/93 with coach Gerry Francis managed to jump to fifth place. The team around top scorer Les Ferdinand (second on the list of goalscorers with 20 goals) did not qualify for the European Cup. After two placements in the single-digit table area, the club rose from the Premier League in 1995/96 to the now second-rate First Division.
Crash into third division and return to the Premier League (since 1997)
In the 2000/01 season, after 34 years, the crash into the third division followed by a penultimate place in the table in the first division. The replacement of Gerry Francis by the new coach Ian Holloway had not been able to prevent relegation. Holloway led the club back in 2003/04 in the second division and sovereignly reached relegation in the newly introduced Football League Championship 2004/05 . The club spent the following three years in the relegation battle of the second division before a midfield position was achieved in the 2008/09 season .
In the 2010/11 season , coach Neil Warnock's team managed to return to the Premier League thanks to numerous investments in the team . After relegation in 2013, the QPR succeeded in the final of the qualifying round for the Premier League outnumbered by a goal by Bobby Zamora in the 90th minute against Derby County of the immediate rise. In the following Premier League season 2014/15 , however, the Londoners rose from bottom of the table back to the second division. In November 2016, Ian Holloway took over the coaching position again with the QPR, which finished the last seasons in the lower midfield of the second division.
owner
On 1 September 2007 bought Formula 1 - official Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore the London club. The purchase price was 1.5 million euros, and liabilities of 19.5 million euros were repaid. On February 19, 2010, Briatore resigned as president of the football club. He remains a co-owner. The Indian Ishan Saksena was appointed as his successor . In August 2011, the Tune Group of Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes acquired a 66% majority stake. As a result, Fernandes and the family of the Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal , who hold 33% of the shares, took over the management of the association.
Squad of the 2018/19 season
As of July 28, 2018
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successes
- English runner-up : 1976
- Football League Championship : 2011 champions
- Football League Second Division : Champion 1983
- Division Three : 1967 champions
- Division Three (South) : Champion 1948
- League Cup winners: 1967 (3-2 against West Bromwich Albion )
- League Cup finalist: 1986 (3-0 defeat Oxford United )
- FA Cup finalist 1982 (1: 1 aet and 0: 1 against Tottenham Hotspur )
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
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| 1976/77 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Brann Bergen
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11: 0 | 4: 0 (H) | 7: 0 (A) |
| 2nd round |
 Slovan Bratislava
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8: 5 | 3: 3 (A) | 5: 2 (H) | ||
| 3rd round |
 1. FC Cologne
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( a ) 4: 4 | 3: 0 (H) | 1: 4 (A) | ||
| Quarter finals |
.svg){kind=small} AEK Athens
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3: 3 (6: 7 on behalf ) |
3: 0 (H) | 0: 3 a.d. (A) | ||
| 1984/85 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 KR Reykjavík
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7-0 | 3: 0 (A) | 4: 0 (H) |
| 2nd round |
.svg){kind=small} FK Partizan Belgrade
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6: 6 ( a ) | 6: 2 (H) | 0: 4 (A) |
Overall record : 12 games, 8 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats, 39:18 goals (goal difference +21)
Statistics and records
- Maximum attendance: 35,353 (in a 1974 game against Leeds United )
- Biggest league win: 9-2 (1960 against Tranmere Rovers )
- Biggest league defeat: 8-1 (1969 against Manchester United )
- Most league games: Tony Ingham (519 games from 1950 to 1963)
- Record international: Alan McDonald (52 games for Northern Ireland )
- Oldest player: Ray Wilkins (almost 40 years old)
- Youngest player: Frank Sibley (almost 16 years old)
Well-known former players
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Manager (trainer)
| Period | Trainer |
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| 1959-1968 |
 Alec Stock
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| 1968 |
Bill Dodgin
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| 1968 |
 Tommy Docherty
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| 1969-1970 |
Les Allen
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| 1970-1974 |
Gordon Iago
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| 1974-1977 |
Dave Sexton
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| 1977-1988 |
Frank Sibley
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| 1978-1979 |
Steve Burtenshaw
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| 1979-1980 |
Tommy Docherty
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| 1980-1984 |
Terry Venables
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| 1984 |
Alan Mullery
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| 1984-1985 |
Frank Sibley
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| 1985-1988 |
Jim Smith
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| 1988-1989 |
Trevor Francis
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| 1989-1991 |
Don Howe
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| 1991-1994 |
Gerry Francis
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| 1994-1996 |
Ray Wilkins
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| 1996-1997 |
Stewart Houston
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| 1997-1998 |
Ray Harford
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| 1998-2001 |
Gerry Francis
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| 2001-2006 |
Ian Holloway
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| 2006 |
 Gary Waddock
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| 2006-2007 |
John Gregory
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| 2007-2008 |
 Luigi De Canio
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| 2008 |
 Iain Dowie
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| 2008-2009 |
 Paulo Sousa
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| 2009 |
Jim Magilton
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| 2009-2010 |
Paul Hart
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| 2010–2012 |
Neil Warnock
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| 2012 |
 Mark Hughes
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| 2012-2015 |
Harry Redknapp
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| 2015 |
Chris Ramsey
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| 2015-2016 |
 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
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| 2016-2018 |
Ian Holloway
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| 2018-2019 |
Steve McClaren
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| 2019– |
Mark Warburton
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Prominent followers
One of the most famous fans of the club is - alongside Robert Smith from The Cure - the singer of the band Babyshambles , Pete Doherty . As a small child he was a fan of the association and at times even a member of the board until he was found taking drugs in a toilet. Other celebrity fans include Ian Gillan from Deep Purple and Phil Collins from Genesis .
League affiliation
- 1920–1948: Football League Third Division
- 1948–1952: Football League Second Division
- 1952-1967: Football League Third Division
- 1967/1968: Football League Second Division
- 1968/1969: Football League First Division
- 1969–1973: Football League Second Division
- 1973–1979: Football League First Division
- 1979–1983: Football League Second Division
- 1983–1992: Football League First Division
- 1992-1996: FA Premier League
- 1996-2001: Football League First Division
- 2001-2004: Football League Second Division
- 2004–2011: Football League Championship
- 2011-2013: Premier League
- 2013-2014: Football League Championship
- 2014-2015: Premier League
- from 2015: Football League Championship / EFL Championship
literature
- Gordon Macey: Queen's Park Rangers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-85983-714-6 .
Web links
- Official site of the QPR (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Briatore no longer President of the Queens Park Rangers (ORF Sport). Retrieved on February 21, 2010.
- ↑ Exclusive: Fernandes seals takeover ( Memento from April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), message on the Queen Park Rangers website from August 18, 2011 (accessed on August 18, 2011) via archive.is
- ↑ First team. In: qpr.co.uk. Queens Park Rangers, accessed July 28, 2018 .