Hull City A.F.C. facts for kids
 |
||||
| Full name | Hull City Association Football Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Tigers | |||
| Founded | 1904 | |||
| Ground | KCOM Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 25,586 | |||
| Owner | Assem Allam | |||
| Chairman | Assem Allam | |||
| Manager | Grant McCann | |||
| League | Championship | |||
| 2018–19 | Championship, 13th of 24 | |||
|
||||
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1904, the club plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football.
In 2007–08, they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was in 2013–14, when they finished 16th in the table, a season in which they also reached the final of the FA Cup.
Hull City play home games at the KCOM Stadium, having moved there in 2002 after 56 seasons at Boothferry Park. Hull traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname, The Tigers.
Images for kids
-
Hull City squad of 1936
-
Boothferry Park in March 2008
-
Chart showing the progress of Hull City's league finishes since the 1905–06 season
-
Wembley Stadium before the Championship play-off final against Bristol City
-
Phil Brown and players celebrate on promotion to the Premier League in 2008
-
Old club crest
-
The KCOM Stadium
-
Michael Turner, Player of the Year in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons
-
Hull City supporters at the celebrations on the team's promotion to the Premier League in 2008
