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Swansea City Association Football Club (/ ˈ s w ɒ n z i / SWON-zee; Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the Championship , the second tier of English football .
The Swansea Town team during its first season, 1912–13. 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 play in the EFL Championship.
The Swansea Town team during its first season, 1912–13. This is a list of seasons played by Swansea City Association Football Club in English and European football.It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1912, to the end of the last completed season.
During the 1981–82 English football season, Swansea City A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division.It was their debut season in the English top flight and the first season in which a Welsh club was part of the top English league since arch-rivals Cardiff City were relegated at the end of 1961–62.
Swansea had a good season in League One, finishing in sixth place to take the last play-off spot. After beating Brentford 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, the Swans faced Barnsley in the final. After a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time, Barnsley won the penalty shoot-out 4–3.
Swansea City (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football club based in the city of Swansea, which competes in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town, [1] and competed in the Southern Football League until they were elected to The Football League in 1920, as founders of the Third
In the summer of 1998, John Hollins was appointed as Swansea manager and things soon started to improve. In the 1998–99 season, the club reached the Third Division play-offs , only to lose in extra time at Scunthorpe United .
Statistically, Roberto Martínez is Swansea's most successful manager with a 50% winning percentage in all competitive games. As a player-manager, John Toshack guided Swansea City to three promotions in four years, from the Fourth Division to the First Division. Swansea finished the 1981–81 season in sixth place – their highest ever league ...