Coventry City F.C.
Association football club in England
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- Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England.
- The club is nicknamed the Sky Blues after the sky blue colours that have featured prominently throughout their history, which they have worn continuously since 1962.
- in 1883 following a general meeting of the Singer Gentleman's club.
- Relegated in 1925, they returned to the Second Division as champions of the Third Division South and Third Division South Cup winners in 1935–36.
- Coventry reached the First Division after winning the Third Division title in 1963–64 and the Second Division title in 1966– 67 under the management of Jimmy Hill.
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WikipediaCoventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, following promotion from the EFL Championship. The club is nicknamed the Sky Blues after the sky blue colours that have featured prominently throughout their history, which they have worn continuously since 1962.
Coventry City formed as Singers F.C. in 1883 following a general meeting of the Singer Gentleman's club. They adopted their current name in 1898 and joined the Southern League in 1908, before being selected into the Football League in 1919. Relegated in 1925, they returned to the Second Division as champions of the Third Division South and Third Division South Cup winners in 1935–36. Relegated in 1952, they won promotion in the inaugural Fourth Division season in 1958–59. Coventry reached the First Division after winning the Third Division title in 1963–64 and the Second Division title in 1966– 67 under the management of Jimmy Hill. In the 1970–71 season, the team competed in the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, reaching the second round. Despite beating Bayern Munich 2–1 in the home leg, they had lost 6–1 in the first leg in Germany, and were eliminated.
Coventry's first period in the top division lasted 34 consecutive seasons between 1967 and 2001, and the club were inaugural members of the Premier League in 1992. Following their relegation from the top flight in 2001, they dropped down to League One in 2012 and League Two in 2017. Coventry won the FA Cup in 1987, the club's only major trophy, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 in the final. The club also won the EFL Trophy in 2017, in the same season that they were relegated to the fourth tier.
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