Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City F.C. is an English football club based in Stoke-on-Trent. They started in 1863 as "Stoke Ramblers" which makes them the second oldest Football League club in the world. Stoke City play their home games at a stadium called the bet365 Stadium.

Stoke City

Full name	Stoke City Football Club
Founded	1863
Ground	bet365 Stadium Stoke-on-Trent (capacity: 30,089)
Chairman	Peter Coates
Manager	Michael O'Neill
League	EFL Championship
2020/21	EFL Championship, 14th

One of Stoke City's most famous players was Stanley Matthews.

Name

• 1863–1878 Stoke Ramblers F.C.
• 1878–1925 Stoke F.C.
• 1925–present Stoke City F.C.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	Second Division	5th
2001/02	Second Division	5th
2002/03	First Division	21st
2003/04	First Division	11th
2004/05	League Championship	12th
2005/06	League Championship	13th
2006/07	League Championship	8th
2007/08	League Championship	2nd
2008/09	Premier League	12th
2009/10	Premier League	11th
2010/11	Premier League	13th
2011/12	Premier League	14th
2012/13	Premier League	13th
2013/14	Premier League	9th
2014/15	Premier League	9th
2015/16	Premier League	9th
2016/17	Premier League	13th
2017/18	Premier League	19th
2018/19	EFL Championship	16th
2019/20	EFL Championship	15th
2020/21	EFL Championship	14th

Former position

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

Stoke City F.C. Media

• Stoke City FC League Performance.svg

  Graph showing Stoke City F.C.'s progress through the English football league system 1888 to the present

• Stoke City fans celebrate following promotion to the Premier League, 4 May 2008.

• Stoke City FC V Arsenal 09.jpg

  Stoke moved to the all-seater ground now known as the bet365 Stadium in 1997.

• 2011FACupFinalAbideWithMe.JPG

  Stoke fans at the 2011 FA Cup final

• Coat of arms of Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.png

  Stoke-on-Trent coat of arms, used as club crest from the 1950s to 1977, and from 1992 to 2001

• Stoke won the League Cup in 1972, their first major trophy.