Last updated : 10/09/2023 03:51:41
Introduction
Sunderland AFC are a Saturday football team made up of 1 team members.
The team is from Sunderland, England, United Kingdom.
Sunderland AFC started using TeamStats in December 2020.
Team Details
Location
Sunderland England United Kingdom
Team Type
Introduction
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.
Sunderland was founded in 1879 as Sunderland and District Teachers' Association Football Club, but one year later, non-teachers were allowed to join and the club's name was changed to Sunderland AFC.
The club's home ground is the Stadium of Light, which has a capacity of 49,000. The stadium was opened in 1997 and replaced Roker Park, which was the club's home ground for 99 years.
History
- Sunderland have won six top-flight titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936) in the First Division, and have finished runners-up five times.
- The club has also won the FA Cup twice (1937 and 1973) and been runners-up twice (1913 and 1992), as well as winning the FA Charity Shield in 1936 and being finalists the following year.
- Sunderland have also been Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.
- The club's most famous player is Charlie Hurley, who played for Sunderland from 1953 to 1964. Hurley is Sunderland's all-time leading appearance maker, with 507 appearances.
- Sunderland's biggest rivals are Newcastle United, with whom they contest the Tyne–Wear derby. The derby is one of the most passionate and fiercely contested derbies in English football.
Recent seasons
Sunderland have been in decline in recent years. The club was relegated from the Premier League in 2017 and has been in the Championship ever since.
Sunderland finished 17th in the Championship in the 2022-23 season. The club will be hoping to improve on that finish in the 2023-24 season.