West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

Full name	West Bromwich Albion Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Baggies
Founded	1878
Ground	The Hawthorns West Bromwich
Capacity	26,500
Owner	Lai Guochuan
Chairman	Lai Guochuan
Manager	Carlos corberan
League	Championship
2020/21	19 of 20, (relegated)

West Bromwich Albion Football Club (West Brom, WBA) is an English football club. The club plays in the Championship. Their home stadium is called the Hawthorns.

Albion were one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888 and have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of English football. They have been champions of England once, in 1919–20, but have had more success in the FA Cup, with five wins. The first came in 1888, the year the league was founded, and the most recent in 1968, their last major trophy. They also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966. The club's longest consecutive period in the top division was between 1949 and 1973, and from 1986 to 2002 they spent their longest ever period out of the top division. The 2011–12 season will be their sixth season in the Premier League since 2002. The Hawthorns is a stadium on a hill.

Names in their history

• 1878-1880 West Bromwich Strollers F.C.
• 1880-present West Bromwich Albion F.C.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	First Division	6th
2001/02	First Division	2nd
2002/03	Premier League	19th
2003/04	First Division	2nd
2004/05	Premier League	17th
2005/06	Premier League	19th
2006/07	League Championship	4th
2007/08	League Championship	Champions
2008/09	Premier League	20th
2009/10	League Championship	2nd
2010/11	Premier League	11th

Former position

1888/89: First Division - 6th 1889/90: First Division - 5th 1890/91: First Division - 12th 1891/92: First Division - 12th 1892/93: First Division - 8th 1893/94: First Division - 8th 1894/95: First Division - 13th 1895/96: First Division - 16th 1896/97: First Division - 12th 1897/98: First Division - 7th 1898/99: First Division - 14th 1899/1900: First Division - 13th 1900/01: First Division - 18th 1901/02: Second Division - Champions 1902/03: First Division - 7th 1903/04: First Division - 18th 1904/05: Second Division - 10th 1905/06: Second Division - 4th 1906/07: Second Division - 4th 1907/08: Second Division - 5th 1908/09: Second Division - 3rd 1909/10: Second Division - 11th 1910/11: Second Division - Champions 1911/12: First Division - 9th 1912/13: First Division - 10th 1913/14: First Division - 5th 1914/15: First Division - 10th 1919/20: First Division - Champions 1920/21: First Division - 14th 1921/22: First Division - 13th 1922/23: First Division - 7th 1923/24: First Division - 16th 1924/25: First Division - 2nd 1925/26: First Division - 13th 1926/27: First Division - 22nd 1927/28: Second Division - 8th 1928/29: Second Division - 7th 1929/30: Second Division - 6th 1930/31: Second Division - 2nd 1931/32: First Division - 6th 1932/33: First Division - 4th 1933/34: First Division - 7th 1934/35: First Division - 9th 1935/36: First Division - 18th 1936/37: First Division - 16th 1937/38: First Division - 22nd 1938/39: Second Division - 10th 1939/40: Second Division - - 1946/47: Second Division - 7th 1947/48: Second Division - 7th 1948/49: Second Division - 2nd 1949/50: First Division - 14th 1950/51: First Division - 16th 1951/52: First Division - 13th 1952/53: First Division - 4th 1953/54: First Division - 2nd 1954/55: First Division - 17th 1955/56: First Division - 13th 1956/57: First Division - 11th 1957/58: First Division - 4th 1958/59: First Division - 5th 1959/60: First Division - 4th 1960/61: First Division - 10th 1961/62: First Division - 9th 1962/63: First Division - 14th 1963/64: First Division - 10th 1964/65: First Division - 14th 1965/66: First Division - 6th 1966/67: First Division - 13th 1967/68: First Division - 8th 1968/69: First Division - 10th 1969/70: First Division - 16th 1970/71: First Division - 17th 1971/72: First Division - 16th 1972/73: First Division - 22nd 1973/74: Second Division - 8th 1974/75: Second Division - 6th 1975/76: Second Division - 3rd 1976/77: First Division - 7th 1977/78: First Division - 6th 1978/79: First Division - 3rd 1979/80: First Division - 10th 1980/81: First Division - 4th 1981/82: First Division - 17th 1982/83: First Division - 11th 1983/84: First Division - 17th 1984/85: First Division - 12th 1985/86: First Division - 22nd 1986/87: Second Division - 15th 1987/88: Second Division - 20th 1988/89: Second Division - 9th 1989/90: Second Division - 20th 1990/91: Second Division - 23rd 1991/92: Third Division - 7th 1992/93: Second Division - 4th 1993/94: First Division - 21st 1994/95: First Division - 19th 1995/96: First Division - 11th 1996/97: First Division - 16th 1997/98: First Division - 10th 1998/99: First Division - 12th 1999/2000: First Division - 21st

Other websites

• West Bromwich Albion: Official website Archived 2002-12-01 at the Wayback Machine