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| Full name | Stoke City Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Potters | |
| Founded | 1863 | |
| Ground | Bet365 Stadium (Capacity: 27,740) | |
| Chairman |  Peter Coates
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| Manager |  Narcís Pèlach
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| Current League | Championship | |
| 2023–24 | Championship, 17th | |
| Website | Club home page | |
  
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Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the club changed its name to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. They are the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County, and are one of the founding members of the Football League.
Their first, and to date only, major trophy was won in the Football League Cup in 1972, when the team beat Chelsea 2–1. The club have won the Football League Cup on two occasions, first in 1992 and most recently in 2000. The club's highest league finish in the top division is 4th, which was achieved in the 1935–36 and 1946–47 seasons. Stoke have competed in European football in 1972–73, 1974–75; and most recently in 2011–12. Stoke played in the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runners-up to Manchester City and has reached three FA Cup semi-finals, in 1899 then consecutively in 1971 and 1972.
Stoke's home ground is the Britannia Stadium, a 27,740 all-seater stadium. Before the stadium was opened in 1997, the club was based at the Victoria Ground, which had been their home ground since 1878. The club's nickname is 'The Potters', named after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent and their traditional home kit is a red and white vertically striped shirt, white shorts and stockings. Stoke's traditional rivals are Midlands clubs West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers whilst their local rivals are Port Vale with whom they contest the Potteries derby.
Club alumni[]
Former players[]
- Main article: Stoke City F.C. players
Managers[]
- Main article: Stoke City F.C. managers
Honours[]
Domestic[]
Leagues[]
- Runners-up: 2007–08
Football League Second Division: 3
- Champions: 1932–33, 1962–63, 1992–93
- Runners-up: 1921–22
- Third Place: (Promoted) 1978–79
- Play-off Winners: 2001–02
Football League Third Division North: 1
- Champions: 1926–27
Football Alliance: 1
- Champions: 1890–91
Birmingham & District League: 1
- Champions: 1910–11
Southern League Division Two: 2
- Champions:1909–10, 1914–15
- Runners-up: 1910–11
Cups[]
- Runners-up: 2010–11
- Semi-finalists: 1898–99, 1970–71 (3rd place), 1971–72 (4th place)
League Cup: 1
- Winners: 1971–72
- Runners-up: 1963–64
- Winners: 1991–92, 1999–2000
Watney Cup: 1
- Winners: 1973
Staffordshire Senior Cup: 14
- Winners: 1877–78, 1878–79, 1903–04 (shared), 1913–14, 1933–34, 1964–65, 1968–69 (shared), 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99
- Runners-up: 1882–83, 1885–86, 1894–95, 1900–01, 1902–03, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11
Birmingham Senior Cup: 2
- Winners: 1901, 1914
- Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921
Isle of Man Trophy: 3
- Winners: 1987, 1991, 1992
- Runners-up: 1985
Bass Charity Vase: 5
- Winners: 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998
- Runners-up: 1890, 1894, 1990, 1996
External links[]
- Official website
- Stoke City at Sky Sports
- Stoke City at Premier League
| Stoke City F.C.
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| Current season • Club honours • Managers • Players • Squads • Bet365 Stadium History: Seasons |
| Stoke City F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
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1 Bursik · 2 Clarke · 3 Fox · 4 Flint · 5 Souttar · 6 Jagielka · 7 Clucas · 8 Baker (c) · 9 Brown · 10 Campbell · 11 Gayle · 13 Bonham · 14 Tymon · 15 Thompson · 16 Wilmot · 17 Delap · 18 Smallbone · 19 McCarron · 21 Duhaney · 22 Kilkenny · 24 Fosu · 25 Powell · 28 Laurent · 29 Wright-Phillips · 32 Taylor · 34 Fielding · 37 Tezgel · 39 Sparrow · 40 Nna Noukeu · — Etebo · Manager: Narcís Pèlach |
| Stoke City F.C. seasons |
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2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · |
| Stoke City F.C. squad seasons |
| 1986-87 · 1984-85 · 2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 |
| Stoke City Football Club - Managers |
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Slaney (1874–83) • Cox (1883–84) • Lockett (1884–90) • Bradshaw (1890–92) • Reeves (1892–95) • Rowley (1895–97) • Austerberry (1897–1908) • A. Barker (1908–14) • Hodge (1914–15) • Schofield (1915–19) • Shallcross (1919–23) • Rutherford (1923) • Mather (1923–35) • McGrory (1935–52) • Taylor (1952–60) • Waddington (1960–77) • Eastham (1977–78) • A'Court (1978) • Durban (1978–81) • R. Barker (1981–83) • Asprey (1983–85) • Lacey (1985) • Mills (1985–89) • Ball (1989–91) • Paddon (1991) • Macari (1991–93) • Jordan (1993–94) • Hartford (1994) • Macari (1994–97) • Bates (1997–98) • Kamara (1998) • Durban (1998) • Little (1998–99) • Megson (1999) • Thordarson (1999–2002) • Cotterill (2002) • Kevan (2002) • Pulis (2002–05) • Boskamp (2005–06) • Pulis (2006–13) • Hughes (2013–18) • Niedzwiecki (2018c) • Lambert (2018) • Rowett (2018–19) • Jones (2019) • Delapc (2019) • O'Neill (2019–22) • Holdenc (2022) • Neil (2022–23) • Schumacher (2023–24) • Morris & Shawcrossc (2024) • Pèlach (2024–) |
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1984: Bournemouth • 1985: Wigan Athletic • 1986: Bristol City • 1987: Mansfield Town • 1988: Wolverhampton Wanderers • 1989: Bolton Wanderers • 1990: Tranmere Rovers • 1991: Birmingham City • 1992: Stoke City • 1993: Port Vale • 1994: Swansea City • 1995: Birmingham City • 1996: Rotherham United • 1997: Carlisle United • 1998: Grimsby Town • 1999: Wigan Athletic • 2000: Stoke City • 2001: Port Vale • 2002: Blackpool • 2003: Bristol City • 2004: Blackpool • 2005: Wrexham • 2006: Swansea City • 2007: Doncaster Rovers • 2008: Milton Keynes Dons • 2009: Luton Town • 2010: Southampton • 2011: Carlisle United • 2012: Chesterfield • 2013: Crewe Alexandra • 2014: Peterborough United • 2015: Bristol City • 2016: Barnsley • 2017: Coventry City • 2018: Lincoln City • 2019: Portsmouth • 2020: Salford City • 2021: Sunderland • 2022: Rotherham United • 2023: Bolton Wanderers • 2024: Peterborough United • |
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