West Ham United | ||
Full name | West Ham United Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Hammers The Irons Diss Irons | |
Short name | West Ham | |
Founded | 29 June 1895, as Thames Ironworks 5 July 1900, as West Ham United | |
Ground | London Stadium (Capacity: 62,500) | |
Owner | David Sullivan (38.8%) Daniel Křetínský (27%) Vanessa Gold (25.1%) J. Albert Smith (8%) Other investors (1.1%) | |
Chairman | David Sullivan Vanessa Gold | |
Manager | Julen Lopetegui | |
Current League | Premier League | |
2023–24 | Premier League, 9th | |
Website | Club home page | |
Current season |
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stratford, East London. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club play at the London Stadium, having moved from their former home the Boleyn Ground in 2016.
The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. They moved to the Boleyn Ground in 1904, which remained their home ground for more than a century. The team initially competed in the Southern League and Western League before joining the Football League in 1919. They were promoted to the top flight in 1923, when they were also losing finalists in the first FA Cup Final held at Wembley. In 1940, the club won the inaugural Football League War Cup.
West Ham have been winners of the FA Cup three times; in 1964, 1975 and 1980, and have also been runners-up twice; in 1923 and 2006. The club have reached two major European finals, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965 and finishing runners-up in the same competition in 1976. West Ham also won the Intertoto Cup in 1999. They are one of eight clubs never to have fallen below the second tier of English football, spending 62 of 94 league seasons in the top flight, up to and including the 2019-20 season. The club's highest league position to date came in 1985–86, when they achieved third place in the then First Division.
Three West Ham players were members of the 1966 World Cup final-winning England team: captain Bobby Moore and goalscorers Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Millwall. West Ham adopted their claret and sky blue colour scheme in the early 1900's, with the most common iteration of a claret shirt and sky blue sleeves first emerging in 1904.
Players[]
First-team squad[]
- As of 30 August 2024
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Out on loan[]
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Under-21s[]
- Main article: West Ham United F.C. Under-21s and Academy
Former players[]
Retired numbers[]
- Main article: Retired numbers in association football
- 6 Bobby Moore, Defender (1958–74) – posthumous honour
- 38 Dylan Tombides, Striker (2010–14) – posthumous honour
Managers[]
- Main article: West Ham United F.C. managers
Honours[]
Domestic titles[]
- Second Division / Championship (level 2)
- 1957–58, 1980–81, 2005 (play off), 2012 (play off)
- FA Cup: 3
- 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80
- 1964 (shared)
European titles[]
- 1964–65
- 1999
Runners up and promotions[]
- First Division / Premier League (level 1)
- Highest placing: 3rd, 1985–86
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Runners-up: 1975–76
- Second Division / Championship (level 2)
- Runners-up: 1922–23, 1990–91, 1992–93
- FA Cup
- League Cup
- Runners-up: 1965–66, 1980–81
- FA Charity Shield
- Runners-up: 1975, 1980
- Runners-up: 1975
Minor titles[]
- Southern League Division One: Highest placing: 3rd, 1912–13
- Southern League Division Two: 1898–99. London champions: 1898–99
- Western Football League: 1906–07. Section B champions: 1906–07
- London League Premier Division: 1901–02
- Football League War Cup: 1940
- Southern Floodlit Cup: 1956
- London Challenge Cup (9): 1925, 1926, 1930, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1969
- Essex Professional Cup: 1951, 1955 (shared), 1959
- Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Cup: 1924
- London Charity Cup: Runners-up: 1902
- International Soccer League: 1963
- American Challenge Cup runners-up: 1963
- London League: 1897–98
- West Ham Charity Cup: 1896
Indoor[]
- London Fives: 1967, 1970, 1984. Runners-up: 1955, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1981
Wartime[]
- London Combination: 1916–17, runners-up: 1915–16 (Supplementary Tournament), 1917–18
- League South A runners-up: 1939–40
- League South C: runners-up: 1939–40
- Regional League South runners-up: 1940–41
- League South runners-up: 1943–44, 1944–45
Other Awards[]
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1965
- Honorary Degree (awarded to the club) in 2009 by the University of East London
External links[]
- Official website
- West Ham United News – Sky Sports'
- Knees up Mother Brown (KUMB.com) – the supporters' website
West Ham United Football Club |
Current season • Club honours • Managers • Players • Squads • Ladies • London Stadium History: Seasons |
West Ham United F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
1 Fabiański · 2 Johnson · 3 Cresswell · 4 Zouma (c) · 5 Coufal · 7 Ward-Prowse · 8 Fornals · 9 Antonio · 10 Paquetá · 14 Kudus · 15 Mavropanos · 17 Cornet · 18 Ings · 19 Álvarez · 20 Bowen · 21 Ogbonna · 22 Benrahma · 23 Areola · 24 Kehrer · 27 Aguerd · 28 Souček · 33 Emerson · 49 Anang · Manager: Julen Lopetegui |
West Ham United Football Club - Managers |
King (1901–32) • Paynter (1932–50) • Fenton (1950–61) • Greenwood (1961–74) • Lyall (1974–1989) • Macari (1989–90) • Boyce (1990c) • Bonds (1990–94) • Redknapp (1994–2001) • Roeder (2001–03) • Brooking (2003c) • Pardew (2003–06) • Curbishley (2006–08) • Keen (2008c) • Zola (2008–10) • Grant (2010–11) • Keen (2011c) • Allardyce (2011–15) • Bilić (2015–17) • Moyes (2017–18) • Pellegrini (2018–19) • Moyes (2019–24) • Lopetegui (2024–) |
West Ham United F.C. seasons |
2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · |
West Ham United F.C. squad seasons |
1965-66 · 1966-67 · 1967-68 · 1968-69 · 1969-70 · 1970-71 · 1971-72 · 1972-73 · 1973-74 · 1974-75 · 1975-76 · 1976-77 · 1977-78 · 1978-79 · 1979-80 · 1980-81 · 1981-82 · 1982-83 · 1983-84 · 1984-85 · 1985-86 · 1986-87 · 1987-88 · 1988-89 · 1989-90 · 1990-91 · 1991-92 · 1992-93 · 1993-94 · 1994-95 · 1995-96 · 1996-97 · 1997-98 · 1998-99 · 1999-00 · 2000-01 · 2001-02 · 2002-03 · 2003-04 · 2004-05 · 2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009-10 · 2010-11 · 2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 |
West Ham United F.C. matches - 2024–25 |
2024–25 Premier League |
Newcastle United (a) · Arsenal (h) · Leicester City (a) · Arsenal (a) · |
2024–25 FA Cup |
2024–25 EFL Cup |
Bournemouth (h) · Liverpool (a) |
West Ham United F.C. match images - 2024–25 |
2024–25 Premier League |
2024–25 FA Cup |
2024–25 League Cup |
Bournemouth (h) · Liverpool (a) |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners |
1961: Fiorentina • 1962: Atlético Madrid • 1963: Tottenham Hotspur • 1964: Sporting CP • 1965: West Ham United • 1966: Borussia Dortmund • 1967: Bayern Munich • 1968: Milan • 1969: Slovan Bratislava • 1970: Manchester City • 1971: Chelsea • 1972: Rangers • 1973: Milan • 1974: Magdeburg • 1975: Dynamo Kyiv • 1976: Anderlecht • 1977: Hamburg • 1978: Anderlecht • 1979: Barcelona • 1980: Valencia • 1981: Dinamo Tbilisi • 1982: Barcelona • 1983: Aberdeen • 1984: Juventus • 1985: Everton • 1986: Dynamo Kyiv • 1987: Ajax • 1988: Mechelen • 1989: Barcelona • 1990: Sampdoria • 1991: Manchester United • 1992: Werder Bremen • 1993: Parma • 1994: Arsenal • 1995: Real Zaragoza • 1996: Paris Saint-Germain • 1997: Barcelona • 1998: Chelsea • 1999: Lazio |
UEFA Intertoto Cup winners |
1995: Bordeaux, Strasbourg • 1996: Karlsruhe, Silkeborg, Guingamp • 1997: Auxerre, Bastia, Lyon • 1998: Bologna, Valencia, Werder • 1999: Juventus, West Ham United, Montpellier • 2000: Celta, Stuttgart, Udinese • 2001: Paris Saint-Germain, Troyes, Aston Villa • 2002: Málaga, Stuttgart, Fulham • 2003: Villarreal, Perugia, Schalke 04 • 2004: Villarreal, Lille, Schalke 04 • 2005: Hamburg, Marseille, Lens • 2006: Newcastle United • 2007: Hamburg • 2008: Braga |
UEFA Conference League winners |
2022: Roma · 2023: West Ham United · 2024: Olympiacos · 2025: TBA |
Premier League 2024–25 |
England |