Stoke City FC
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| Full name | Stoke City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Potters |
| Short name | SCFC |
| Founded | 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C. |
| Ground | bet365 Stadium |
| Capacity | 27,902 |
| Owner | bet365 |
| Chairman | Peter Coates |
| Manager | Mark Hughes |
| League | Premier League |
| 2015–16 | Premier League, 9th |
| Website | Club home page |
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the club changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. They are the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts County, and are one of the founding members of the Football League.
Their first, and to date only major trophy, the League Cup was won in 1972, when the team beat Chelsea 2–1. The club's highest league finish in the top division is 4th, which was achieved in the 1935–36 and 1946–47 seasons. Stoke played in the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runners-up to Manchester City and have reached three FA Cup semi-finals; in 1899 then consecutively in 1971 and 1972. Stoke have competed in European football on three occasions, firstly in 1972–73 then in 1974–75 and most recently in 2011–12. The club has won the Football League Trophy twice, in 1992 and in 2000.
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