Swansea City

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Swansea City Association Football Club (/ˈswɒnzi/ 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.