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 | Chris Coleman |
| League | Championship |
| 2016–17 | Premier League, 20th of 20 (relegated) |
| Website | Club website |
Sunderland Association Football Club (/ˈsʌndərlənd/ (
listen), locally /ˈsʊndlən/) is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Sunderland currently plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier 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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