Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club is an English football club. Their stadium is the Riverside Stadium.

Middlesbrough F.C.

Full name	Middlesbrough Football Club
Founded	1876
Ground	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough (capacity: 34,988)
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Neil Warnock
League	The Championship
2017–18	The Championship, 5th
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The club plays in the Premier League. The manager is Chris Wilder.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	Premier League	14th
2001/02	Premier League	12th
2002/03	Premier League	11th
2003/04	Premier League	11th
2004/05	Premier League	7th
2005/06	Premier League	14th
2006/07	Premier League	12th
2007/08	Premier League	13th
2008/09	Premier League	19th
2009/10	Championship	11th

Former position

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

Current squad

As of 16 March 2009.

No. Position Player 2 DF Justin Hoyte 3 DF Andrew Taylor 4 MF Gary O'Neil 5 DF Chris Riggott 6 DF Emanuel Pogatetz (captain) 8 MF Didier Digard 10 FW Jérémie Aliadière 11 FW Marvin Emnes 12 FW Afonso Alves 14 DF Robert Huth 15 MF Mohamed Shawky 16 FW Marlon King (on loan from Wigan Athletic) 17 FW Tuncay Şanlı 19 MF Stewart Downing

No. Position Player 20 MF Julio Arca 21 GK Ross Turnbull 22 GK Brad Jones 26 DF Matthew Bates 28 MF Adam Johnson 29 DF Tony McMahon 31 DF David Wheater 32 GK Jason Steele 33 MF Nathan Porritt 34 DF Joe Bennett 36 MF John Johnson 37 FW Jonathan Franks 38 DF Seb Hines 41 MF Josh Walker

Players out on loan

As of 16 March 2009.

No. Position Player 9 FW Mido (on loan to Wigan Athletic until the end of the 2008–09 season) 35 MF Graeme Owens (on loan to Blackpool for 2 months from 7 January 2009) 39 DF Rhys Williams (on loan to Burnley for 3 months from 30 January 2009) 40 DF Jonathan Grounds (on loan to Norwich City for 2 months from 6 January 2009)

Middlesbrough F.C. Media

• MIddlesbrough FC League Performance.svg

  Chart showing the progress of Middlesbrough's league finishes since the 1899–1900 season

• George Hardwick (1956).jpg

  George Hardwick, a Middlesbrough and England player, later a manager and coach

• MIddlesbrough FC League Performance.svg

  Chart of Middlesbrough League Performances

• MillenniumStadiumInside.jpg

  The 2004 League Cup final at the Millennium Stadium

• Boro shirts 1994-2010.jpg

  Middlesbrough shirts, 1994–2010

• Riverside Stadium front.jpg

  The Riverside Stadium in 2006, with the old gates to Ayresome Park in the foreground

• Alf Common.jpg

  Alf Common, the first player to command a £1000 transfer fee