St. Mirren F.C.
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| Full name | St Mirren Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Buddies, The Saints |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Ground | St Mirren Park, Paisley |
| Capacity | 8,023 |
| Chairman | Gordon Scott |
| Manager | Jack Ross |
| League | Scottish Championship |
| 2015–16 | Scottish Championship, 6th |
| Website | Club home page |
St Mirren Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire, founded in 1877. The team plays in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership in 2014–15. The team has two nicknames, the "Buddies" and the "Saints".
St Mirren have won the Scottish Cup three times, 1926, 1959 and 1987, and the Scottish League Cup in 2013. The club has played in European competition four times: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1987–88 and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81, 1983–84 and 1985–86.
The club's home ground since 2009 is St Mirren Park, an 8,023 capacity all seater ground on Greenhill Road, Paisley. The club's former ground from 1894 until 2009 was also called St Mirren Park, but was more commonly known as Love Street.
St Mirren was formed as a gentlemen's club which included, among other sports, cricket and rugby in the second half of the 19th century. The increasing popularity of football ensured that by 1877 the members had decided to play association football and 1877 is the football club's official foundation date. They are named after Saint Mirin, the founder of a church at the site of Paisley Abbey and Patron Saint of Paisley. There is also a street in Paisley named St Mirren Street.
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