Full name | Milton Keynes Dons Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Dons |
Short name | MK Dons |
Founded | 2004 |
Ground | Stadium mk |
Capacity | 30,500 |
Chairman | Pete Winkelman |
Manager | Robbie Neilson |
League | EFL League One |
2016–17 | EFL League One, 12th |
Website | Club home page |
Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (/ˌmɪltən ˈkiːnz ˈdɒnz/; usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is a professional association football club based in the town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. As a result of Wimbledon F.C.'s relocation to Milton Keynes from south London in September 2003, the club officially considers itself to have been founded in 2004, when it adopted its present name, badge and home colours. As of the 2016–17 season its first team plays in League One, the third tier of English football.
Initially based at the National Hockey Stadium, the club competed as Milton Keynes Dons from the start of the 2004–05 season. After two years in League One it was relegated to the fourth-tier League Two. The club then missed out on promotion in the play-offs before it moved to the newly built Stadium mk for the 2007–08 season, when Milton Keynes Dons won the League Two title under the management of Paul Ince. Milton Keynes Dons also won the Football League Trophy that year. The team remained in League One until the 2014–15 season when it won promotion to the Championship under the management of Karl Robinson; they were relegated back to League One a year later.