Year formed | 1912 |
Turned professional | 1912 |
Limited company | 1912 |
Previous names | Swansea Town: 1912 - 1970 Swansea City: 1970 to date |
Ground | Swansea.com Stadium, Landore, Swansea SA1 2FA (for pictures of the ground click here) |
Pitch measurements | 115 x 74 yards (105 x 68 metres) |
Ground capacity | 21,088 |
Record attendance at present ground | 20,972 v Liverpool, Premier League, 1 May 2016 (won 3-1) |
League career | Southern League Division Two: 1912 - 1915 Southern League Division One: 1919 - 1920 Division Three: 1920 - 1921 Division Three (South): 1921 - 1925 Division Two: 1925 - 1947 Division Three (South): 1947 - 1949 Division Two: 1949 - 1965 Division Three: 1965 - 1967 Division Four: 1967 - 1970 Division Three: 1970 - 1973 Division Four: 1973 - 1978 Division Three: 1978 - 1979 Division Two: 1979 - 1981 Division One: 1981 - 1983 Division Two: 1983 - 1984 Division Three: 1984 - 1986 Division Four: 1986 - 1988 Division Three/Two: 1988 - 1996 Division Three: 1996 - 2000 Division Two: 2000 - 2001 Division Three/League Two: 2001 - 2005 League One: 2006 - 2008 Championship: 2008 - 2011 Premier League: 2011 - 2018 Championship: 2018 - . |
First Football League game | 28th August 1920 v Portsmouth, Division Three, lost 0-3 |
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Honours | |
European | None |
Domestic - League | League One champions: 2007-08 Division Three (South) champions: 1924-25, 1948-49 Division Three champions: 1999-2000 |
Domestic - Cup | Capital One Cup winners: 2012-13 Autoglass Trophy/Football League Trophy winners: 1993-94, 2005-06 Welsh Cup winners: 1912-13, 1931-32, 1949-50, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1988-89, 1990-91 Welsh Cup runners-up: 1914-15, 1925-26, 1937-38, 1939-40, 1948-49, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1968-69 FAW Premier Cup winners: 2004-05, 2005-06 FAW Premier Cup runner-up: 2000-01, 2001-02 |
Best League position | 6th, Division One, 1981-82 |
Lowest League position | 22nd, Division Four, 1974-75 |
Furthest in FA Cup | Semi-final, 1925-26, 1963-64 |
Furthest in League Cup | see above |
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Most League points | |
2 for a win | 62, Division Three (South), 1948-49 |
3 for a win | 92, League One, 2007-08 |
Fewest League points | |
2 for a win | 29, Division Two, 1946-47 |
3 for a win | 29, Division Two, 1983-84 |
Most League goals scored | 92, Division Four, 1976-77 |
Most League goals conceded | 99, Division Two, 1957-58 |
Fewest League goals scored | 28, Premier League, 2017-18 |
Fewest League goals conceded | 30, Division Three, 1999-2000 |
Most wins in a League season | 27, Division Three (South), 1948-49 27, League One, 2007-08 |
Fewest wins in a League season | 7, Division Two, 1983-84 |
Most draws in a League season | 20, Championship, 2008-09 |
Fewest draws in a League season | 4, Division Two, 1932-33, 1950-51 |
Most losses in a League season | 27, Division Two, 1983-84 |
Fewest losses in a League season | 7, Division Three (South), 1948-49 7, Division Four, 1969-70 |
Record League win | 8-0 v Hartlepool United, Division Four, 1 April 1978 |
Record Cup win | 12-0 v Sliema Wanderers (Malta), European Cup-Winners' Cup 1st round 1st leg, 15 September 1982 |
Record League Cup win | 6-0 v Cambridge United, Carabao Cup 2nd round, 28 August 2019 |
Record defeat | 0-8 v Liverpool, FA Cup 3rd round, 9 January 1990 0-8 v Monaco, European Cup-Winners' Cup 1st round 2nd leg, 1 October 1991 |
Record League Cup defeat | 1-5 v Bolton Wanderers, League Cup 4th round replay, 2 November 1976 1-5 v Tottenham Hotspur, Rumbelows Cup 2nd round 2nd leg, 9 October 1991 |
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Highest number of League goals scored | |
in a season | 35, Cyril Pearce, Division Two, 1931-32 |
in total | 166, Ivor Allchurch, 1949-58 and 1965-68 |
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Most League goals scored in one match | 5, Jack Fowler v Charlton Athletic, Division Three (South), 27th December 1924 |
Most League appearances | 585, Wilfred Milne, 1919-37 |
Most capped player | 42, Ivor Allchurch for Wales |
Youngest League player | Nigel Dalling, 15 years 289 days v Southport, 6th December 1974 |
Highest transfer fee received | £45,000,000 for Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton, August 2017 |
Highest transfer fee paid | £18,000,000 for Andre Ayew from West Ham United, January 2018 |