Cardiff City F.C.
| Full name | Cardiff City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bluebirds | ||
| Founded | 1899 (as Riverside F.C.; changed to current name in 1908) | ||
| Ground | Ninian Park, Cardiff | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Sam Hammam | ||
| Manager | Lennie Lawrence | ||
| League | The Championship | ||
| 2003-04 | First Division, 13th | ||
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Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff. They currently play in the Football League Championship.
Their current ground is Ninian Park, but the club are in the process of planning and construcing a new stadium to be located opposite the old one. They are managed by Lennie Lawrence. The existing Chairman of the club is the well-known Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam.
They are one of a handful of Welsh sides to play in the English football league system, rather than the Welsh system, and are currently the highest placed of those Welsh sides.
Current first team squad
As of December 2004:
- English Tony Warner
- Welsh Rhys Weston
- English Gary Croft
- Welsh Robert Page
- Welsh Daniel Gabbidon
- Irish Graham Kavanagh
- English Andy Campbell
- English Peter Thorne
- Irish Willie Boland
- Welsh Martyn Margetson
- Irish Alan Lee
- Jamaican Richard Langley
- English Chris Barker
- Welsh James Collins
- English Lee Bullock
- Welsh Paul Parry
- Welsh Stuart Fleetwood
- Australia Tony Vidmar
- English Arran Lee-Barrett
Neil Alexander- Jamaican Jobi McAnuff
- Welsh Nicky Fish
- Welsh Byron Anthony
- Welsh Michael Parkins
- Welsh Danny Thomas
- Welsh Richard Ingram
- Welsh Kirk Huggins
- Welsh Cameron Jerome
- Welsh Joe Ledley
Honours
- FA Cup winners 1927 (only Welsh team to win the cup); runners up 1925
- FA Amateur Cup winners 1927
- Welsh Cup winners 1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1993 (22 times, joint record with Wrexham)
- Football League First Division (old) runners up 1924
- Football League Second Division (old) runners up 1921, 1952, 1960
- Football League Third Division (old) runners up 1976, 1983
- Football League Third Division (South) champions 1947
- Football League Third Division (new) champions 1993; runners up 2001
- Football League Fourth Division runners up 1988
- FA Charity Shield winners 1927
History
- Record Attendance: 62,634. Wales vs. England. Ocotber 17, 1959
- Club Record Attendance: 57,893. vs. Arsenal
- Year Formed: 1899 (as Riverside F. C.)
- Previous Names: 1899 Riverside F. C.; 1902 Riverside Albion; 1908 Cardiff City
- Previous Grounds: Riverside, Sophia Gardens, Old Park and Fir Gardens until 1910
- Record League victory: 9-2 vs. Thames. Division Three (South). February 6, 1932
- Record Cup victory: 8-0 vs. Enfield. FA Cup First Round. November 28, 1931
- Record defeat: 2-11 vs. Sheffield United. Division One. January 1, 1926
- Most goals in one season: Robert Earnshaw - 35. (31 league, 4 cup) 2002/03
- Most league goals in total Aggregate: Len Davies - 128. 1920 to 1931
- Most capped player: Alf Sherwood ([[Wales national football team|Wales) - 39
- Most league appearences: Phil Dwyer - 471. 1972 to 1985
External links
Cardiff City F.C. official website