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Cardiff City F.C.
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Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff. They currently play in the Football League Championship.
Their current ground is Ninian Park, but the club are in the process of planning and construcing a new stadium to be located opposite the old one. They are managed by Lennie Lawrence. The existing Chairman of the club is the well-known Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam.
They are one of a handful of Welsh sides to play in the English football league system, rather than the Welsh system, and are currently the highest placed of those Welsh sides.
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Current first team squad
As of March 2005:
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Honours
- FA Cup winners 1927 (only Welsh team to win the cup); runners up 1925
- FA Amateur Cup winners 1927
- Welsh Cup winners 1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1993 (22 times, joint record with Wrexham)
- Football League First Division (old) runners up 1924
- Football League Second Division (old) runners up 1921, 1952, 1960
- Football League Third Division (old) runners up 1976, 1983
- Football League Third Division South champions 1947
- Football League Third Division (new) champions 1993; runners up 2001
- Football League Fourth Division runners up 1988
- FA Charity Shield winners 1927
History
- Record Attendance: 62,634. Wales vs. England. October 17 1959
- Club Record Attendance: 57,893. vs. Arsenal
- Year Formed: 1899 (as Riverside F. C.)
- Previous Names: 1899 Riverside F. C.; 1902 Riverside Albion; 1908 Cardiff City
- Previous Grounds: Riverside, Sophia Gardens , Old Park and Fir Gardens until 1910
- Record League victory: 9-2 vs. Thames. Third Division South. February 6, 1932
- Record Cup victory: 8-0 vs. Enfield . FA Cup First Round. November 28, 1931
- Record defeat: 2-11 vs. Sheffield United. Division One. January 1, 1926
- Most goals in one season: Robert Earnshaw - 35. (31 league, 4 cup) 2002/03
- Most league goals in total Aggregate: Len Davies - 128. 1920 to 1931
- Most capped player: Alf Sherwood (Wales) - 39
- Most league appearances: Phil Dwyer - 471. 1972 to 1985
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