Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland
Full name	Sunderland Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Black Cats; Mackems (supporters);
Short name	SAFC
Founded	1879; (as Sunderland and District Teachers)
Ground	Stadium of Light
Capacity	49,000
Owner	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (64%); Juan Sartori (36%)
Chairman	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head coach	Régis Le Bris
League	EFL Championship
2023–24	EFL Championship, 16th of 24
Website	safc.com
	Current season

Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football.

Formed in 1879,^[2] the club has won six top-flight titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936) in the First Division, and finished runners-up five times. The club has also won the FA Cup twice (1937 and 1973), and been runners-up twice (1913 and 1992), and the FA Charity Shield in 1936. They were also Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.

Nicknamed the Black Cats, Sunderland play home games at the 49,000-capacity Stadium of Light, having moved from Roker Park in 1997. The club has a long-standing rivalry with nearby Newcastle United, with whom the Tyne–Wear derby has been contested since 1898. They play in red and white-striped shirts and black shorts.^[3]

^ "Club Statement". Sunderland A.F.C. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ "Sunderland". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
^ "Sunderland – Historical Football Kits". Historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[1] "Club Statement". Sunderland A.F.C. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[2] "Sunderland". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2008.

[3] "Sunderland – Historical Football Kits". Historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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