Burnley F.C.

Burnley F.C.

Full name	Burnley Football Club
Founded	1882
Ground	Turf Moor (capacity: 22,546)
Chairman	Alan Pace
Manager	Vincent Kompany
League	Premier League
2019–20	Premier League, 10th of 20
Home colours Away colours

Burnley F.C. is an English football club who play in Burnley, Lancashire. They were created in 1882 and play their home games at the Turf Moor stadium.

Burnley have been Football League Champions twice, in the 1920–21 season and 1959–60 season.

First-team squad

As of 21 September 2017

No. Position Player 1 GK England Tom Heaton (captain) 2 DF England Matthew Lowton 3 DF England Charlie Taylor 4 MF England Jack Cork 5 DF England James Tarkowski 6 DF England Ben Mee (vice-captain) 8 MF England Dean Marney 9 FW Wales Sam Vokes 10 FW Austria Ashley Barnes 11 FW New Zealand Chris Wood 12 MF Ireland Robbie Brady 13 MF [[|Ireland]] Jeff Hendrick 16 MF Belgium Steven Defour

No. Position Player 17 MF Iceland Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 18 MF England Ashley Westwood 19 FW Ireland Jonathan Walters 20 MF Norway Fredrik Ulvestad 21 FW Bermuda Nahki Wells 22 GK Denmark Anders Lindegaard 23 DF [[|Ireland]] Stephen Ward 26 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 28 DF [[|Ireland]] Kevin Long 29 GK England Nick Pope 30 GK England Adam Legzdins 37 MF Canada Scott Arfield

Other players under contract

No. Position Player — MF England Olatunde Bayode — DF England Arlen Birch — MF England Tinashe Chakwana — DF England Harry Flowers — MF England Mark Howarth — MF England Ali Koiki

No. Position Player — FW Northern Ireland Harry Limb — FW Ireland Khius Metz — MF England Rahis Nabi — MF England Christian N'Guessan — GK England Aidan Stone — FW Wales Jamie Thomas

Out on loan

No. Position Player 24 FW England Chris Long (on loan at Northampton Town until the end of the 2017–18 season) 32 FW England Dan Agyei (on loan at Walsall until January 2018) 34 DF England Tom Anderson (on loan at Port Vale until the end of the 2017–18 season) 41 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill (on loan at Fleetwood Town until the end of the 2017–18 season) — DF Ireland Jimmy Dunne (on loan at Barrow until 1 January 2018) — MF England Josh Ginnelly (on loan at Lincoln City until the end of the 2017–18 season) — DF England Luke Hendrie (on loan at Bradford City until January 2018)

No. Position Player — MF England Brad Jackson (on loan at Southport until the end of the 2017–18 season) — GK England Connor King (on loan at Barnoldswick Town) — FW England Ntumba Massanka (on loan at Wrexham until 1 January 2018) — GK Northern Ireland Conor Mitchell (on loan at Chester until 1 January 2018) — DF England Alex Whitmore (on loan at Bury until 4 January 2018) — FW England Tommy Wood (on loan at Barnoldswick Town)

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	First Division	7th
2001/02	First Division	7th
2002/03	First Division	16th
2003/04	First Division	19th
2004/05	League Championship	13th
2005/06	League Championship	17th
2006/07	League Championship	15th
2007/08	League Championship	13th
2008/09	League Championship	5th
2009/10	Premier League	18th
2010/11	League Championship	8th
2011/12	League Championship	13th
2012/13	League Championship	11th
2013/14	League Championship	2nd
2014/15	Premier League	5th
2015/16	League Championship	1st
2016/17	Premier League	16th
2017/18	Premier League	7th
2018/19	Premier League	15th
2019/20	Premier League	10th
2020/21	Premier League	17th

Former position

1888/89: First Division - 9th 1889/90: First Division - 11th 1890/91: First Division - 8th 1891/92: First Division - 7th 1892/93: First Division - 6th 1893/94: First Division - 5th 1894/95: First Division - 9th 1895/96: First Division - 10th 1896/97: First Division - 16th 1897/98: Second Division - Champions 1898/99: First Division - 3rd 1899/1900: First Division - 17th 1900/01: Second Division - 3rd 1901/02: Second Division - 9th 1902/03: Second Division - 18th 1903/04: Second Division - 5th 1904/05: Second Division - 11th 1905/06: Second Division - 9th 1906/07: Second Division - 7th 1907/08: Second Division - 7th 1908/09: Second Division - 14th 1909/10: Second Division - 14th 1910/11: Second Division - 8th 1911/12: Second Division - 3rd 1912/13: Second Division - 2nd 1913/14: First Division - 12th 1914/15: First Division - 4th 1919/20: First Division - 2nd 1920/21: First Division - Champions 1921/22: First Division - 3rd 1922/23: First Division - 15th 1923/24: First Division - 17th 1924/25: First Division - 19th 1925/26: First Division - 20th 1926/27: First Division - 5th 1927/28: First Division - 19th 1928/29: [First Division - 19th 1929/30: First Division - 21st 1930/31: Second Division - 8th 1931/32: Second Division - 19th 1932/33: Second Division - 19th 1933/34: Second Division - 13th 1934/35: Second Division - 12th 1935/36:Second Division - 15th 1936/37: Second Division - 13th 1937/38: Second Division - 6th 1938/39: Second Division - 14th 1939/40: Second Division - - 1946/47: Second Division - 2nd 1947/48: First Division - 3rd 1948/49: First Division - 15th 1949/50: First Division - 10th 1950/51: First Division - 10th 1951/52: First Division - 14th 1952/53: First Division - 6th 1953/54: [First Division - 7th 1954/55: First Division - 10th 1955/56: First Division - 7th 1956/57: First Division - 7th 1957/58: First Division - 6th 1958/59: First Division - 7th 1959/60: First Division - Champions 1960/61: [First Division - 4th 1961/62: First Division - 2nd 1962/63: First Division - 3rd 1963/64: First Division - 9th 1964/65: First Division - 12th 1965/66: First Division - 3rd 1966/67: First Division - 14th 1967/68: First Division - 14th 1968/69: First Division - 14th 1969/70: First Division - 14th 1970/71: First Division - 21st 1971/72: Second Division - 7th 1972/73: Second Division - Champions 1973/74: First Division - 6th 1974/75: First Division - 10th 1975/76: First Division - 21st 1976/77: Second Division - 16th 1977/78: Second Division - 11th 1978/79: Second Division - 13th 1979/80: Second Division - 21st 1980/81: Third Division - 8th 1981/82: Third Division - Champions 1982/83: Second Division - 21st 1983/84: Third Division - 12th 1984/85: Third Division - 21st 1985/86: Fourth Division - 14th 1986/87: Fourth Division - 22nd 1987/88: Fourth Division - 10th 1988/89: Fourth Division - 16th 1989/90: Fourth Division - 16th 1990/91: Fourth Division - 6th 1991/92: Fourth Division - Champions 1992/93: Second Division - 13th 1993/94: Second Division - 6th 1994/95: First Division - 22nd 1995/96: Second Division - 17th 1996/97: Second Division - 9th 1997/98: Second Division - 20th 1998/99: Second Division - 15th 1999/2000: Second Division - 2nd

Past and present Internationals

Albania Besart Berisha Cameroon André Bikey England John Angus William Bannister Tommy Boyle Jack Bruton Ralph Coates John Connelly Jimmy Crabtree Jerry Dawson Martin Dobson Billy Elliott Bert Freeman Gordon Harris Jack Hill Jack Hillman Bob Kelly Colin McDonald Brian Miller Eddie Mosscrop Louis Page

Brian Pilkington Ray Pointer George Waterfield Billy Watson John Yates Adam Halstead Greece Nikolaos Michopoulos Dimitrios Papadopoulos Iceland Joey Gudjonsson Ireland William Emerson Hugh Flack Andy McCluggage Tommy Morrison Tom Willighan Jamaica Micah Hyde Northern Ireland Tommy Cassidy Terry Cochrane Michael Duff Alex Elder

Phil Gray Billy Hamilton Willie Irvine Steve Jones Kyle Lafferty Jimmy McIlroy Martin Paterson Sammy Todd Scotland Jock Aird Graham Alexander Adam Blacklaw Steven Caldwell Steven Fletcher Willie Morgan Chris Iwelumo Trinidad and Tobago Ian Cox Wales Stan Bowsher Danny Coyne Brian Flynn Leighton James Billy Morris Gareth Taylor

Burnley F.C. Media

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  One of the earliest photographed Burnley sides, with the Lancashire Cup in the middle of the photo

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  Team photograph of the Championship-winning side of the 1920–21 season

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  Gawthorpe (2017 photograph) was one of the first purpose-built training grounds.

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  Graph showing Burnley's performance from the inaugural season of the Football League in 1888–89 to the present

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  Wade Elliott's goal earned Burnley a 1–0 victory over Sheffield United in the 2009 Championship play-off final.

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  Manager Sean Dyche guided Burnley to two promotions to the Premier League.

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  The town of Burnley's coat of arms formed the foundation for the club's current crest.

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  Jerry Dawson holds the record for most Burnley appearances, with 569.