Leeds United F.C.

Leeds United
Full nameLeeds United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Whites[1]
Founded17 October 1919 (17 October 1919)
GroundElland Road
Capacity37,608[2]
Coordinates53°46′40″N 1°34′20″W / 53.77778°N 1.57222°W / 53.77778; -1.57222
Owner49ers Enterprises[3]
ChairmanParaag Marathe
ManagerDaniel Farke
LeagueEFL Championship
2022–23Premier League, 19th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club play their home matches at Elland Road and compete in the Championship, the second level of the English football league system.

Leeds United have won the League Championship three times, four Second Division titles, the FA Cup once, the EFL Cup once, the Charity Shield twice and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. The club had their most successful period under the management of Don Revie in the 1960s and 1970s, when they won the League title twice, the FA Cup once, the League Cup once and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. The club have also been runners-up five times in the League Championship, three times in the FA Cup, once each in the EFL Cup, the Charity Shield, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup, and lost the play-off to keep the Inter-City Fairs Cup trophy.[4]

The club has rivalries with Manchester United and Chelsea.[5] The team's traditional kit colours are white shirts, white shorts and white socks. Their badge features the White Rose of York, which is a symbol of Yorkshire.

  1. ^ Barnes, Stuart, ed. (2008). Nationwide Football Annual 2008–2009. SportsBooks. p. 476. ISBN 9781899807-72-7.
  2. ^ "Premier League Handbook 2022/23" (PDF). 19 July 2022. p. 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ "49ers Enterprises assumes full ownership of Leeds United". Leeds United FC. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Honours". Leeds United F.C. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  5. ^ "Rivalry Uncovered!" (PDF). Football Fans Census. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2007.

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