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West Ham United

West Ham United
West Ham United FC logo.svg
Full name West Ham United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Irons
The Hammers
The Academy of Football
Short name WHU
Founded 29 June 1895; 121 years ago (1895-06-29), as Thames Ironworks
5 July 1900; 116 years ago (1900-07-05), as West Ham United
Ground London Stadium
Ground Capacity 60,000
Owner(s) David Sullivan (51.1%)
David Gold (35.1%)
Other Investors (13.8%)
Manager Slaven Bilić
League Premier League
2015–16 Premier League, 7th
Website Club home page
Current season

West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. In 2016 the club re-located to the London Stadium.

The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. They moved to the Boleyn Ground in 1904, which remained their home ground for more than a century. The team initially competed in the Southern League and Western League before joining the Football League in 1919. They were promoted to the top flight in 1923, when they also losing finalists in the first FA Cup Final held at Wembley. In 1940, the club won the inaugural Football League War Cup.

West Ham have been winners of the FA Cup three times, in 1964, 1975, and 1980, and have also been runners-up twice, in 1923, and 2006. The club have reached two major European finals, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965 and finishing runners up in the same competition in 1976. West Ham also won the Intertoto Cup in 1999. They are one of eight clubs never to have fallen below the second tier of English football, spending 59 of 91 league seasons in the top flight, up to and including the 2016–17 season. The club's highest league position to date came in 1985–86 when they achieved third place in the then First Division.


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