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| Full name | Burton Albion Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Brewers, The Yellow and Black Army | ||
| Founded | 6 July 1950 | ||
| Ground | Pirelli Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 6,912 | ||
| Owner | Nordic Football Group | ||
| Chairman | Ole Jakob Strandhagen | ||
| Manager | Tom Hounsell (caretaker) | ||
| League | EFL League One | ||
| 2023–24 | EFL League One, 20th of 24 | ||
| Website | http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/ | ||
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Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home ground in 2005 to the Pirelli Stadium from Eton Park. The club's nickname, The Brewers, evokes the brewing heritage of Burton upon Trent.
Burton Albion were formed in 1950 and initially joined the Birmingham & District League before switching to the Southern League eight years later. They were promoted from the Southern League Division One in 1965–66, 1971–72 and 1973–74 and were relegated from the Southern League Premier Division in 1970, 1973 and 1977. Burton spent 1979 to 1987 in the Northern Premier League, before reverting to the Southern League Premier Division. The club rejoined the Northern Premier League in 2001 and were promoted to the Conference as Northern Premier League champions in 2001–02.
Nigel Clough spent seven seasons as the club's player-manager in the Conference and then led them into the Football League as champions of the Conference in 2008–09. They lost the 2014 League Two play-off final, but went on to win the League Two title in 2014–15 and were promoted from League One in 2015–16. Burton spent two seasons in the Championship until relegation in 2018.