Swansea City A.F.C.

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Swansea City
Full name	Swansea City Association Football Club Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe
Nickname(s)	Yr Elyrch (The Swans) The Jacks
Founded	1912
Ground	Swansea.com Stadium (Capacity: 21,088)
Owner	Swansea Football LLC (71.18%) Nigel Morris (12.9%) Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd (6.98%) Luka Modrić (minority)
Chairman	Tom Gorringe
Head Coach	Vítor Matos
Current League	Championship
2024–25	Championship, 11th
Website	Club home page
Current season

Swansea City Association Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh professional football club based in the city of Swansea, south Wales that currently compete in the English Championship, the second tier of football in England. They play their home matches at the Liberty Stadium. The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town and joined the Football League in 1921. The club changed their name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea's new status as a city.

In 1981, the club were promoted to the original Football League First Division. It was during the following season they came close to winning the league title, but a decline then set near the season's end before finishing sixth, although a club record. It was from here the club suffered a relegation the season after, returning to the Football League Fourth Division a few seasons later, then narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference in 2003. Prior to playing home matches at the Liberty Stadium, the team had previously hosted at the Vetch Field. The Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd owns 20% of the club, with their involvement hailed by Supporters Direct as "the most high profile example of the involvement of a Supporters Trust in the direct running of a club".

In 2011, Swansea were promoted to the Premier League, becoming the first Welsh team to play in the division since its formation in 1992. On 24 February 2013, Swansea beat Bradford City 5–0 to win the 2012–13 Football League Cup (the competition's highest ever winning margin for the final), winning the first major trophy in the club's history and qualifying the Swans for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Players

Current squad

As of 3 February 2025

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF Joshua Key 3 DF Kristian Pedersen 4 MF Jay Fulton 5 DF Ben Cabango (captain) 6 DF Harry Darling 7 MF Joe Allen 8 MF Lewis O'Brien (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 9 FW Žan Vipotnik 10 MF Eom Ji-sung 11 MF Josh Ginnelly 14 DF Josh Tymon 17 MF Gonçalo Franco 19 FW Florian Bianchini

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW Liam Cullen 21 DF Nathan Tjoe-A-On 22 GK Lawrence Vigouroux 23 DF Cyrus Christie 25 MF Myles Peart-Harris (on loan from Brentford) 26 DF Kyle Naughton 28 DF Hannes Delcroix (on loan from Burnley) 31 MF Ollie Cooper 33 GK Jon McLaughlin 35 FW Ronald 37 MF Aimar Govea 41 MF Sam Parker

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Andy Fisher (on loan at St Johnstone until 30 June 2025) 29 GK Nathan Broome (on loan at Port Vale until 30 June 2025) 42 GK Evan Watts (on loan at Galway United until 30 November 2025) 44 FW Josh Thomas (on loan at Drogheda United until 30 November 2025) FW Mykola Kukharevych (on loan at Hibernian until 30 June 2025) MF Cameron Congreve (on loan at Bromley until 30 June 2025) FW Jerry Yates (on loan at Derby County until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player MF Glory Nzingo (on loan at Carolina Core until 31 December 2025) MF Joel Cotterill (on loan at Swindon Town until 30 June 2025) MF Mitchell Bates (on loan at Truro City until 30 June 2025) GK Ben Hughes (on loan at Caernarfon Town until 30 June 2025) FW Kyrell Wilson (on loan at Yeovil Town until 30 June 2025) MF Melker Widell (on loan at AaB until 15 March 2025)

Under-23s

Main article: Swansea City A.F.C. Under-23s

Retired numbers

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 FW Besian Idrizaj (2009–10) – posthumous honour)

Club alumni

Former players

Main article: Swansea City A.F.C. players

Managers

Main article: Swansea City A.F.C. managers

Honours

Swansea City's first trophy was the Welsh Cup, which they won as Swansea Town in 1913. Their first league honour came in 1925, when they won the 1924–25 Football League Third Division South title. Since then Swansea have gone on to win the League Cup once, the Football League Trophy twice and the Welsh Cup a further nine times. They have also qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seven times and the UEFA Europa League once.

Swansea City's honours include the following:

League

• Second Division / Championship (level 2)
  • Promoted: 1980–81
  • Play-off winners: 2011
• Third Division South / Third Division / League One (level 3)
  • Champions: 1924–25, 1948–49, 2007–08
  • Promoted: 1978–79
• Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)
  • Champions: 1999–2000
  • Promoted: 1969–70, 1977–78, 2004–05
  • Play-off winners: 1988

Cup

• Football League Cup
  • Winners: 2012–13
• Football League Trophy
  • Winners: 1993–94, 2005–06
• Welsh Cup
  • Winners (10): 1912–13, 1931–32, 1949–50, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1990–91
• FAW Premier Cup
  • Winners: 2004–05, 2005–06

Statistics and records

Attendance

The record home attendance was 32,786 against Arsenal at Vetch Field, FA Cup Fourth Round, 17 February 1968

The highest attendance at Liberty Stadium was 20,733 against Manchester United, Premier League, 17 August 2013

Transfers

The record transfer fee paid is the £12 million agreed with Vitesse Arnhem on 11 July 2013 to secure the services of Ivory Coast international, Wilfried Bony.

This fee surpassed the £5.55 million paid to Valencia CF for Pablo Hernandez on 31 August 2012.

The record transfer fee received is the £25 million plus add-ons agreed with Manchester City for the sale of Wilfried Bony on 14 January 2015.

This fee surpassed the £15 million received from Liverpool for the sale of Welsh international, Joe Allen on 10 August 2012.

External links

• Official website