Sunderland A.F.C.
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| Full name | Sunderland Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | "The Black Cats" |
| Short name | SAFC |
| Founded | 1879 (as Sunderland and District Teachers) |
| Ground | Stadium of Light |
| Capacity | 49,000 |
| Owner | Ellis Short |
| Chairman | Ellis Short |
| Manager | David Moyes |
| League | Premier League |
| 2015–16 | Premier League, 17th |
| Website | Club home page |
Sunderland Association Football Club (
i/ˈsʌndərlənd/, local /ˈsʊndlən/) is a professional football club based in the North East city of Sunderland in the larger metropolitan area of Tyne and Wear. The club is currently playing in the Premier League, the top league of English football. Since its formation in 1879, the club has won six top-flight First Division (now the Premier League) titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936), a total only bettered by five other clubs, and has finished runners-up five times. The club has also won the FA Cup twice (1937 and 1973) and been runners-up twice (1913 and 1992), as well as winning the FA Community Shield in 1936 and being finalists the following year. Sunderland have also been Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.
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