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| Full name | Bangor City Football Club Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Citizens | ||
| Founded | 1876 (as Bangor Football Club) | ||
| Dissolved | 2022 (inactive) | ||
| Ground | Nantporth, Bangor | ||
| Capacity | 3000 (1,189 seated) (1,500> planned) | ||
| Chairman | Domenico Serafino[1] | ||
| Manager | Pedro Pasculli | ||
| 2021–22 | Cymru North, (resigned from league) | ||
| Website | https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bangorcityfc | ||
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Bangor City Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) is a Welsh inactive football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but on 30 November were suspended from any football activity due to non-payment of wages.[2] On 18 February 2022 the club announced they had withdrawn from the league[3] and the Football Association of Wales confirmed the club's results from the league that season has been expunged.[4] The club subsequently failed to apply for tier 2 or tier 3 licences, leaving them unable to play in any Football Association of Wales league for the 2022–23 season.
Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the Welsh National League (North), the Northern Premier League, the Alliance Premier League and the League of Wales, as well as playing in the inaugural Welsh Cup. The team has won the Welsh Cup eight times and the Welsh Premier League three, as well as taking part in European competitions.
The club's home colours have traditionally been royal blue shirts, royal blue shorts and royal blue socks, although over the years home colours have varied to include royal blue and yellow[5] and scarlet and Royal blue.[5]
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