Swansea City

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Basic data
Surname Swansea City Association Football Club
Seat Swansea , Wales
founding 1912
owner Stephen Kaplan & Jason Levien
Board Trevor Birch
Website swanseacity.net
First soccer team
Head coach Steve Cooper
Venue Liberty Stadium
Places 20,532
league EFL Championship
2019/20 6th place
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Swansea City (officially: Swansea City Association Football Club ) - also known as The Swans ( German  Swans ) - is a football club from the Welsh Swansea , who from the 2011/12 season until the season 2017/18 in the highest English league played and won his first trophy in England in February 2013 with the League Cup . The club was founded as Swansea Town in 1912 and renamed Swansea City in 1969/1970.

society

In 1961, Swansea Town was the first Welsh club to play in the European Cup when the team was eliminated from the GDR representative Motor Jena in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup . The club's attendance record also dates back to the 1960s. On February 17, 1968, 32,796 visitors came to the then Vetch Field stadium for the FA Cup game against Arsenal .

Swansea City has won the Welsh Football Cup nine times so far; In 1926 and 1964, the club reached the semi-finals in the FA Cup. 1981 succeeded under the coach John Toshack for the first time promotion to the English first division (then First Division ), but after two years the club rose again.

Since April 2004 Kenny Jackett was the team's coach. After the club played in the lowest English professional league since 2001, the leap into Football League One (third division) succeeded in 2005 via the playoffs , where sixth place and thus the renewed chance of promotion via the playoffs was achieved immediately. In the semifinals, the first leg against Brentford FC was lost 0-1, but in the second leg the Swans were able to win 2-0 in Brentford and thus reached the playoff final against Barnsley FC , which took place on May 27, 2006 at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was fought. After regular playing time and extra time it was 2-2, so the penalty shoot-out had to decide. Here Swansea City lost after two misses 3: 4 and thus missed promotion to the Football League Championship . This succeeded at the end of the 2007/08 season by winning the championship in Football League One.

Swansea City, 2011 Promotion Celebration

In the 2010/11 season Swansea City finally reached the playoff for promotion to England's top division, the Premier League, with the new coach Brendan Rodgers . In the final, Reading FC were defeated 4-2 in front of over 86,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, with Scott Sinclair scoring a hat trick. This makes Swansea the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League.

The club caused a sensation in its first Premier League season 2011/12 , in which, as the team with the lowest budget in the entire league, the top clubs Arsenal (3: 2) and Manchester City (1: 0) at home defeated and on the 35th matchday the early relegation succeeded. In 2013 they reached the final of the League Cup with the new coach Michael Laudrup after advancing against Chelsea in the semi-finals (2-0 in the first leg in London; 0-0 in the second leg) . The club won this on February 24, 2013 at Wembley Stadium with a 5-0 win over fourth division club Bradford City . Never before had a team won the League Cup finals higher. The goals for Swansea were scored by Nathan Dyer (2), Jonathan DeGuzman (2) and Michu. A total of 33,000 fans attended the stadium. In the context of the game, news made the rounds that a film was allegedly planned about the rocket-like development of Swansea City over the past ten years. By winning the League Cup, Swansea qualified for participation in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League and, after winning the qualifying rounds, also reached the group stage of the Europa League in the playoffs . With a second place in the group round Swansea qualified for the round of 32, but where they were eliminated against SSC Napoli .

Stages

From 1912 to 2005 Swansea City played at Vetch Field . The stadium got its name ("Wicken-Acker") from its construction site, a wasteland overgrown with sweet peas . In 1968 it still held 33,000 spectators (FA Cup against Arsenal), at last it was approved for 11,500 spectators.

City has been playing at Liberty Stadium since 2005 , a £ 27 million new building with 20,000 seats that the club shares with the Ospreys rugby team and is known by fans as "White Rock".

rivalry

The Swans' arch-rival is Cardiff City , with whom they have been fighting for supremacy in Wales for many years. Encounters between the two clubs are always risky games that have often led to numerous arrests in the past. Different league affiliations let the rivalry rest for a while. After the rise of Cardiff, the 2013-14 season saw the first two Welsh duels in the Premier League.

successes

The Welsh Cup
The English League Cup

Current squad 2018/19

As of January 11, 2019

No. position Surname
1 SwedenSweden TW Kristoffer Nordfeldt
3 SwedenSweden FROM Martin Olsson
5 NetherlandsNetherlands FROM Mike van der Hoorn
8th NetherlandsNetherlands MF Leroy Fer
9 ScotlandScotland ST Oliver McBurnie
10 KosovoKosovo MF Bersant Celina
11 NetherlandsNetherlands MF Luciano Narsingh
12 EnglandEngland MF Nathan Dyer
13 GermanyGermany TW Steven Benda
15th EnglandEngland MF Wayne Routledge
16 SwedenSweden ST Joel Asoro
17th United StatesUnited States FROM Cameron Carter-Vickers
19th ScotlandScotland MF Barrie McKay
No. position Surname
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg MF Daniel James
21st EnglandEngland MF Matt Grimes
22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg FROM Joe Rodon
23 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg FROM Connor Roberts
24 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg FROM Declan John
25th NetherlandsNetherlands TW Erwin Mulder
26th EnglandEngland FROM Kyle Naughton
27 ScotlandScotland MF Jay Fulton
28 ScotlandScotland MF George Byers
30th EnglandEngland MF Yan Dhanda
46 EnglandEngland ST Courtney Baker-Richardson
50 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg FROM Cian Harries

League affiliation

Coach history

Surname nationality From To
Walter Whittaker EnglandEngland England 0Aug 1, 1912 May 31, 1914
William Bartlett EnglandEngland England 0Aug 1, 1914 May 31, 1914
Joe Bradshaw EnglandEngland England 0Aug 1, 1919 0May 1, 1926
Jimmy Thomson EnglandEngland England 0Feb. 1, 1927 May 31, 1931
Neil Harris ScotlandScotland Scotland 0July 1, 1934 0May 1, 1939
Haydn Green EnglandEngland England 0May 1, 1939 0Sep 1 1947
Billy McCandless Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 0Nov 1, 1948 0July 1, 1955
Ronnie Burgess WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0July 1, 1955 0Aug 1, 1958
Trevor Morris WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0Aug 1, 1958 May 31, 1965
Glyn Davies WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0June 1, 1965 0Oct. 1, 1966
Billy Lucas WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0Feb. 1, 1967 01st Mar 1969
Roy Bentley EnglandEngland England 0Aug 1, 1969 Oct 16, 1972
Harry Gregg Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 0Nov 1, 1972 0Jan. 1, 1975
Harry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0Jan. 1, 1975 Oct 29, 1977
Harry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales Nov 22, 1977 0Feb. 1, 1978
John Toshack WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0Feb. 1, 1978 Oct 29, 1983
Doug Livermore (interim) EnglandEngland England Oct 29, 1983 Dec 21, 1983
John Toshack WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales Dec 21, 1983 04th Mar 1984
Les Chappell (interim) EnglandEngland England 04th Mar 1984 May 16, 1984
Colin Appleton EnglandEngland England May 16, 1984 0Dec 6, 1984
John Bond EnglandEngland England Dec 16, 1984 Dec 20, 1985
Tommy Hutchison ScotlandScotland Scotland Dec 21, 1985 0May 1, 1986
Terry Yorath WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales July 12, 1986 0Feb. 2, 1989
Ian Evans WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales Feb. 27, 1989 13 Mar 1990
Terry Yorath WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 15th Mar 1990 21 Mar 1991
Frank Burrows ScotlandScotland Scotland 21 Mar 1991 July 31, 1995
Bobby Smith EnglandEngland England 0Aug 1, 1995 July 31, 1996
Kevin Cullis EnglandEngland England 0Feb 8, 1996 Feb 14, 1996
Jimmy Rimmer EnglandEngland England Feb 14, 1996 Feb 22, 1996
Jan Mølby DenmarkDenmark Denmark Feb 22, 1996 0Oct 8, 1997
Micky Adams EnglandEngland England 0Oct 9, 1997 Oct 22, 1997
Alan Cork EnglandEngland England Oct 22, 1997 June 30, 1998
John Hollins EnglandEngland England 0July 1, 1998 Sep 12 2001
Colin Addison EnglandEngland England 13 Sep 2001 07th Mar 2002
Roger Freestone WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0March 8 2002 Apr 20, 2002
Nick Cusack EnglandEngland England 0March 8 2002 19 Sep 2002
Brian Flynn WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 19 Sep 2002 18 Mar 2004
Alan Curtis (interim) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 18 Mar 2004 0Apr 5, 2004
Kenny jacket WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0Apr 5, 2004 Feb 15, 2007
Kevin Nugent (interim) EnglandEngland England Feb 15, 2007 Feb. 24, 2007
Roberto Martínez SpainSpain Spain Feb. 24, 2007 June 15, 2009
Paulo Sousa PortugalPortugal Portugal June 22, 2009 05th July 2010
Brendan Rodgers Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland July 16, 2010 0June 1, 2012
Michael Laudrup DenmarkDenmark Denmark 17th June 2012 0Feb. 4, 2014
Garry Monk EnglandEngland England 0Feb. 4, 2014 0Dec 9, 2015
Alan Curtis (interim) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0Dec 9, 2015 Jan. 18, 2016
Francesco Guidolin ItalyItaly Italy Jan. 18, 2016 0Oct 3, 2016
Bob Bradley United StatesUnited States United States 0Oct 3, 2016 Dec. 27, 2016
Alan Curtis (interim) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales Dec. 27, 2016 0Jan. 3, 2017
Paul Clement EnglandEngland England 0Jan. 3, 2017 Dec 20, 2017
Leon Britton (interim) EnglandEngland England Dec 21, 2017 Dec 28, 2017
Carlos Carvalhal PortugalPortugal Portugal Dec 28, 2017 18th May 2018
Graham potter EnglandEngland England June 11, 2018 20th May 2019
Steve Cooper WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales June 13, 2019

Web links

Commons : Swansea City  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. theguardian.com: Swansea reach Premier League thanks to Scott Sinclair hat-trick article dated May 30, 2011
  2. the guardian, February 25, 2013
  3. https://www.swanseacity.com/teams/swansea-city