Wrexham FC
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| Full name | Wrexham Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Dragons, The Robins, The Reds, The Town |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Ground | Racecourse Ground |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Owner | Wrexham Supporters Trust |
| Manager | Dean Keates |
| League | National League |
| 2015–16 | National League, 8th |
| Website | Club home page |
| The Racecourse Ground | |
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| Full name | Racecourse Ground |
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| Location | Wrexham, Wales |
| Owner | Wrexham AFC |
| Capacity | 15,550 |
| Field size | 102 m × 68 m (335 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1807, 1864 for Football |
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| Wrexham Football Club (1864–present) | |
Wrexham Association Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam) is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. Based on the club's recorded formation date of 1864, they are the oldest club in Wales and the third oldest professional football team in the world. Since August 2011 Wrexham have been a supporter-owned football club. As of May 2015, the club has 4,129 adult members and joint owners.
The club will spend their ninth season in the National League in 2016–17, the fifth tier of English football – the lowest level of competition that they have played in, since they were first elected to the football league in 1921– following their relegation from Football League Two at the end of the 2007–08 season, after 87 years of consecutive membership of The Football League. Wrexham are perhaps most notable for an FA Cup upset over reigning English Champions Arsenal in 1992 and a 1–0 victory over FC Porto in 1984 in the European Cup Winners' Cup. Wrexham were eligible for the Cup Winners' Cup due to winning the Welsh Cup, their first European tie was against FC Zürich of Switzerland in 1972 and their final European fixture was played in Romania against Petrolul Ploiești in 1995.
Wrexham's honours include winning the Third Division title in 1977–78, the Welsh Cup a record 23 times, the Football League Trophy in 2005 at the Millennium Stadium and the FA Trophy in 2013 at Wembley Stadium. Wrexham are also record winners of the short-lived FAW Premier Cup, winning it five times out of the 11 years of its tenure, participating against fellow Welsh clubs such as; Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County.
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