Description
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Sunderland play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Since its formation in 1879, the club has won six top-flight titles (First Division, now the Premier League) titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936), and has 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 play their home games at the 49,000-capacity all-seater Stadium of Light having moved from Roker Park in 1997. The club have played in red and white-striped shirts and black shorts for nearly the entirety of its history.
Background
Founded:
1879
Location:
Sunderland, England
Abbreviation:
The Black Cats
President:
Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
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