Black Cats |
Sunderland AFC
Founded 1879 as
Sunderland & District Teachers AFC
Turned professional 1886
Name Changed October 1880
Players provided 29
Different scorers 7 (20 goals) Total appearances
101
1891-2017 |
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Stadium of
Light |
Domestic Honours |
Football League Champions 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95,
1901-02, 1912-13, 1935-36, runners-up 1893-94, 1897-98, 1900-01,
1922-23, 1934-35; Division Two runners-up 1963-64, 1979-80, winners 1975-76,
play-off winners 1989-90; Division Three winners 1987-88;
World Championship winners 1895;
The Sheriff of London's Charity Shield winners 1903, FA Charity
Shield winners 1936, runners-up 1937;
FA Cup runners-up 1912-13, 1991-92, winners 1936-37,
1972-73; Texaco Group best: group stages 1974-75;
Anglo-Scottish Cup best: group stages 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80;
Football
League Cup runners-up 1984-85 (beaten by Norwich City, 0-1),
2013-14 (beaten by Manchester City, 1-3); Full Members Cup
best: quarter-finals 1985-86, 1989-90; Associate
Members Cup best: Northern quarter-finals 1987-88;
After League restructure: Football League Division One/Championship winners 1995-96,
1998-99, 2004-05 & 2006-07, third place-play-off runners-up
1997-98, third place-play-off semi-finalists 2003-04, sixth
place-play-off-semi-finalists 2022-23; Division Two/League
One fifth place-play-off runners-up 2018-19, fourth
place-play-off winners 2020-21; FA Premier League
best: seventh place 1999-2000, 2000-01;
Football League Trophy runners-up 2018-19; |
European Honours |
Anglo-Italian Cup best: group
stages 1969-70 (fifth of six), 1971-72 (fifth of six), preliminary
round (third of three) 1992-93, 1993-94 (second of three); European Cup
Winners' Cup best: second round 1973-74 (beaten by SC
Portugal, agg 2-3); |
Home
venue |
The Stadium of Light, since 1997; previously
occupied Roker Park 1898-1997; Ashville Ground, Newcastle Road 1886-98;
Abbs Field, Fulwell, 1884-86; Horatio Street,
1883-84; Groves Field, Ashbrooke, 1882-83; began at
Blue House Field in Hendon, 1879-82; |
Home strip |
Red and white striped shirts, black shorts, black
socks. |
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