Swansea City
Swansea City | ||||
Basic data | ||||
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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.
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
- League Cup (1): 2013
- Football League Trophy (2): 1994, 2006
- Welsh Cup (10): 1913, 1932, 1950, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1991
Current squad 2018/19
As of January 11, 2019
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League affiliation
- 1920–1925: Football League Third Division
- 1925–1947: Football League Second Division
- 1947–1949: Football League Third Division
- 1949–1965: Football League Second Division
- 1965-1967: Football League Third Division
- 1967-1970: Football League Fourth Division
- 1970–1973: Football League Third Division
- 1973–1978: Football League Fourth Division
- 1978–1979: Football League Third Division
- 1979–1981: Football League Second Division
- 1981–1983: Football League First Division
- 1983–1984: Football League Second Division
- 1984–1986: Football League Third Division
- 1986–1988: Football League Fourth Division
- 1988–1992: Football League Third Division
- 1992–1996: Football League Second Division
- 1996-2000: Football League Third Division
- 2000-2001: Football League Second Division
- 2001-2004: Football League Third Division
- 2004-2005: Football League Two
- 2005-2008: Football League One
- 2008–2011: Football League Championship
- 2011-2018: Premier League
- 2018– : EFL Championship
Coach history
Surname | nationality | From | To |
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Walter Whittaker | England | Aug 1, 1912 | May 31, 1914 |
William Bartlett | England | Aug 1, 1914 | May 31, 1914 |
Joe Bradshaw | England | Aug 1, 1919 | May 1, 1926 |
Jimmy Thomson | England | Feb. 1, 1927 | May 31, 1931 |
Neil Harris | Scotland | July 1, 1934 | May 1, 1939 |
Haydn Green | England | May 1, 1939 | Sep 1 1947 |
Billy McCandless | Northern Ireland | Nov 1, 1948 | July 1, 1955 |
Ronnie Burgess | Wales | July 1, 1955 | Aug 1, 1958 |
Trevor Morris | Wales | Aug 1, 1958 | May 31, 1965 |
Glyn Davies | Wales | June 1, 1965 | Oct. 1, 1966 |
Billy Lucas | Wales | Feb. 1, 1967 | 1st Mar 1969 |
Roy Bentley | England | Aug 1, 1969 | Oct 16, 1972 |
Harry Gregg | Northern Ireland | Nov 1, 1972 | Jan. 1, 1975 |
Harry Griffiths | Wales | Jan. 1, 1975 | Oct 29, 1977 |
Harry Griffiths | Wales | Nov 22, 1977 | Feb. 1, 1978 |
John Toshack | Wales | Feb. 1, 1978 | Oct 29, 1983 |
Doug Livermore (interim) | England | Oct 29, 1983 | Dec 21, 1983 |
John Toshack | Wales | Dec 21, 1983 | 4th Mar 1984 |
Les Chappell (interim) | England | 4th Mar 1984 | May 16, 1984 |
Colin Appleton | England | May 16, 1984 | Dec 6, 1984 |
John Bond | England | Dec 16, 1984 | Dec 20, 1985 |
Tommy Hutchison | Scotland | Dec 21, 1985 | May 1, 1986 |
Terry Yorath | Wales | July 12, 1986 | Feb. 2, 1989 |
Ian Evans | Wales | Feb. 27, 1989 | 13 Mar 1990 |
Terry Yorath | Wales | 15th Mar 1990 | 21 Mar 1991 |
Frank Burrows | Scotland | 21 Mar 1991 | July 31, 1995 |
Bobby Smith | England | Aug 1, 1995 | July 31, 1996 |
Kevin Cullis | England | Feb 8, 1996 | Feb 14, 1996 |
Jimmy Rimmer | England | Feb 14, 1996 | Feb 22, 1996 |
Jan Mølby | Denmark | Feb 22, 1996 | Oct 8, 1997 |
Micky Adams | England | Oct 9, 1997 | Oct 22, 1997 |
Alan Cork | England | Oct 22, 1997 | June 30, 1998 |
John Hollins | England | July 1, 1998 | Sep 12 2001 |
Colin Addison | England | 13 Sep 2001 | 7th Mar 2002 |
Roger Freestone | Wales | March 8 2002 | Apr 20, 2002 |
Nick Cusack | England | March 8 2002 | 19 Sep 2002 |
Brian Flynn | Wales | 19 Sep 2002 | 18 Mar 2004 |
Alan Curtis (interim) | Wales | 18 Mar 2004 | Apr 5, 2004 |
Kenny jacket | Wales | Apr 5, 2004 | Feb 15, 2007 |
Kevin Nugent (interim) | England | Feb 15, 2007 | Feb. 24, 2007 |
Roberto Martínez | Spain | Feb. 24, 2007 | June 15, 2009 |
Paulo Sousa | Portugal | June 22, 2009 | 5th July 2010 |
Brendan Rodgers | Northern Ireland | July 16, 2010 | June 1, 2012 |
Michael Laudrup | Denmark | 17th June 2012 | Feb. 4, 2014 |
Garry Monk | England | Feb. 4, 2014 | Dec 9, 2015 |
Alan Curtis (interim) | Wales | Dec 9, 2015 | Jan. 18, 2016 |
Francesco Guidolin | Italy | Jan. 18, 2016 | Oct 3, 2016 |
Bob Bradley | United States | Oct 3, 2016 | Dec. 27, 2016 |
Alan Curtis (interim) | Wales | Dec. 27, 2016 | Jan. 3, 2017 |
Paul Clement | England | Jan. 3, 2017 | Dec 20, 2017 |
Leon Britton (interim) | England | Dec 21, 2017 | Dec 28, 2017 |
Carlos Carvalhal | Portugal | Dec 28, 2017 | 18th May 2018 |
Graham potter | England | June 11, 2018 | 20th May 2019 |
Steve Cooper | Wales | June 13, 2019 |
Web links
- swanseacity.net: Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ theguardian.com: Swansea reach Premier League thanks to Scott Sinclair hat-trick article dated May 30, 2011
- ↑ the guardian, February 25, 2013
- ↑ https://www.swanseacity.com/teams/swansea-city