Swans

Swansea City Association Football Club ( SWON-zee; Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town but changed their name in 1970 to reflect Swansea's new status as a city. They have played their home matches at the Swansea.com Stadium (formerly known as the Liberty Stadium) since 2005, having previously played at the Vetch Field since their founding. Swansea entered the Southern League in 1912 before joining the Football League in 1920. They won the Third Division South title in 1925 and 1949, but fell into the Fourth Division after relegations in 1965 and 1967. Swansea won three promotions in four seasons to reach the First Division in 1981, finishing sixth in the top flight (a club record), but were back in the Fourth Division by 1986. The club won the Third Division title in 2000 but narrowly avoided relegation to the Conference in 2003. They won their fourth league title in 2008 after winning League One. In 2011, Swansea were promoted to the Premier League and won the League Cup two years later, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. It was the first major trophy in the club's history; their other trophies include ten Welsh Cups, two Football League Trophies and two FAW Premier Cups. The club also qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup seven times between 1961 and 1991. They were relegated from the Premier League in 2018, and have since played in the Championship. Swansea's climb from the fourth division of English football to the Premier League is chronicled in the 2014 film, Jack to a King – The Swansea Story. Several players have won caps for their country while playing for the club, including for the Wales national football team. The Swansea City Supporters' Trust owns shares in the club; their involvement was hailed by Supporters Direct in 2012 as "the most high profile example of a supporters' trust in the direct running of a club".