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| clubname = Swansea City
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| fullname = Swansea City Association Football Club
| nickname = The Jacks, The Swans
| founded  = {{Start date and age|1912}} (as Swansea Town)
| ground   = [[Liberty Stadium]], [[Swansea]]
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| chairman = [[Huw Jenkins (Welsh businessman)|Huw Jenkins]]
| manager  = [[Steve Cooper]]
| league   = {{English football updater|SwanseaC}}
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| position = {{English football updater|SwanseaC3}}
| website  = http://www.swanseacity.net/
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'''Swansea City Association Football Club''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|w|ɒ|n|z|i|_|ˈ|s|ɪ|t|i}}; {{lang-cy|Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe}}) is a Welsh profeesional [[association fitbaw|fitbaw]] club based in the ceety o [[Swansea]], Sooth Wales that plays in the [[Premier League]]. Swansea City represent Ingland when playin in European competeetions, awtho they hae representit Wales in the past. They play their hame matches at the [[Liberty Stadium]].

The club wis foondit in 1912 as '''Swansea Town''' an jyned the Football League in 1921. The club chyngit their name in 1969, when it adoptit the name '''Swansea City''' tae reflect Swansea's new status as a [[Ceety status in the Unitit Kinrick|ceety]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=30127 |title=Online exhibition: The City of Swansea celebrates its 40th anniversary – City and County of Swansea |publisher=Swansea.gov.uk |accessdate=17 February 2012 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404171748/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=30127 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In [[:en:1980–81 in English football|1981]], the club wur promotit tae the oreeginal [[Football League First Division]]. It wis durin the follaein saison they came close tae winnin the league title, but a decline then set near the saison's end afore feenishin saxt, awtho a club record. It wis frae here the club suffered a relegation the saison efter, returning tae the [[Football League Fourth Division]] a few saisons later, then narrowly avoidit relegation tae the [[Football Conference]] in [[:en:2002–03 in English football|2003]].  Prior tae playin hame matches at the Liberty Stadium, the team haed previously hostit at the [[Vetch Field]]. The [http://www.swanstrust.co.uk Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd] awns 20% o the club,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanseacity.net/page/ClubOwnershipArticle/0,,10354,00.html|title=Ownership statement|date=21 October 2010|accessdate=26 November 2011|archive-date=2011-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123033755/http://www.swanseacity.net/page/ClubOwnershipArticle/0%2C%2C10354%2C00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> wi their involvement hailed bi [[Supporters Direct]] as "the maist heich profile example o the involvement o a supporters' trust in the direct runnin o a club".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/swanseacityfc/swansea-city-fc/2012/02/19/swansea-city-fans-a-major-influence-as-government-encourages-role-of-supporters-trusts-91466-30358541/|title=Swansea City fans a major influence as government encourages role of supporters' trusts |publisher=WalesOnline|date=19 February 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, Swansea wur promotit tae the Inglis Premier League, becomin the first Welsh team tae play in it syne its formation in 1992. On 24 Februar 2013, Swansea beat [[Bradford City F.C.|Bradford City]] [[2013 Football League Cup Feenal|5–0]] tae win the [[2012–13 Football League Cup]] (the competeetion's heichest iver winnin margin for the feenal), winnin the first major Inglis trophy in the club's history an qualifyin for the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/england/story/bradford-city-0-5-swansea-match-report-capital-one-league-cup-final-022413 |title=Swansea captures first major trophy|publisher=FoxSports|date=24 February 2013}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''The Football League'''
* [[:en:List of winners of English Football League Championship and predecessors|Inglis seicont tier]] (currently [[Football League Championship]])
**Promoted (1): [[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]]
**[[Football League Championship play-affs|Play-aff]] winners (1): [[:en:2010–11 in English football|2010–11]]
* [[:en:List of winners of English Football League One and predecessors|Inglis third tier]] (currently [[Football League One]])
**Winners (3): [[:en:1924–25 in English football|1924–25]], [[:en:1948–49 in English football|1948–49]], [[:en:2007–08 in English football|2007–08]]
**Promoted (1): [[:en:1978–79 in English football|1978–79]]
* [[:en:List of winners of English Football League Two and predecessors|Inglis fowert tier]] (currently [[Football League Two]])
**Winners (1): [[:en:1999-2000 in English football|1999–2000]]
**Promotit (3): [[:en:1969–70 in English football|1969–70]], [[:en:1977–78 in English football|1977–78]], [[:en:2004–05 in English football|2004–05]]
**Play-aff winners (1): [[:en:1987–88 in English football|1987–88]]

'''Domestic Cup Competition'''
*[[Football League Cup]]
**Winners (1): [[2012-13 Football League Cup|2012–13]]
* [[FA Cup]]
**Semi-feenalists (2): [[1925–26 FA Cup|1925–26]], [[1963–64 FA Cup|1963–64]]
* [[Football League Trophy]]
**Winners (2): [[:en:1993–94 Football League Trophy|1993–94]], [[:en:2005–06 Football League Trophy|2005–06]]
* [[Welsh Cup]]
**Winners (10): 1912–13, 1931–32, 1949–50, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, [[1988–89 Welsh Cup|1988–89]], [[1990–91 Welsh Cup|1990–91]]
**Runners-up (8): 1914–15, 1925–26, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1968–69
* [[FAW Premier Cup]]
**Winners (2): [[FAW Premier Cup 2004–05|2004–05]], [[FAW Premier Cup 2005–06|2005–06]]
**Runners-up (2): [[FAW Premier Cup 2000–01|2000–01]], [[FAW Premier Cup 2001–02|2001–02]]

'''European Competition'''
{{Details|List of Swansea City A.F.C. records and statistics#Swansea City in Europe{{!}} Swansea City in Europe}}

*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
**Qualification: [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1961-62|1961–62]], [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966–67]], [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]], [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982–83]], [[1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup|1983–84]], [[1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup|1989–90]], [[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup|1991–92]]
*[[UEFA Europa League]]
**Qualification: [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Freemit airtins==
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{{Portal|Association football|Wales}}
* {{Official website|http://www.swanseacity.net/ Swansea City AFC}}
* [http://www.swanscommercial.co.uk/ Swans Commercial] – offeecial Swansea City commercial site
* [http://www.mcardlesport.co.uk/index.php/news/swansea_citys_academy_has_achieved_category_two_status Provider McArdle Sport-tec] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326111608/http://www.mcardlesport.co.uk//index.php/news/swansea_citys_academy_has_achieved_category_two_status |date=2014-03-26 }} – Swansea City's Academy haes achieved Category Two status

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