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| Full name | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Pars | ||
| Founded | 2 June 1885[1] | ||
| Ground | East End Park | ||
| Capacity | 11,480[2] | ||
| Chairman | David Cook | ||
| Manager | James McPake | ||
| League | Scottish Championship | ||
| 2023–24 | Scottish Championship, 6th of 10 | ||
| Website | http://dafc.co.uk/ | ||
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Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently compete in the Scottish Championship after winning the 2022–23 Scottish League One title. Dunfermline play at East End Park, are nicknamed The Pars and are currently managed by James McPake.
The Pars' most successful period was in the 1960s, when the side won the Scottish Cup twice, in 1961 and 1968 under the management of Jock Stein and George Farm respectively. The club regularly played European football in this period, reaching the semi-finals of the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup under Farm.
The club have played at East End Park since their formation in 1885; however, the pitch they initially played at – also known as East End Park – was slightly west of the present stadium.[1]
After a period of relative success in the 2000s marked by appearances in three major finals (the 2004 Scottish Cup Final, the 2006 Scottish League Cup Final and the 2007 Scottish Cup Final), all of which were lost against Celtic, Dunfermline were relegated to the First Division in 2007. The club then encountered financial problems and, in April 2013, applied for and was granted full administration at the Court of Session in Edinburgh,[3] and in October 2013, the fan group Pars United assumed control of the club.[4]
- ^ a b "History: 1985 to 1959". Dunfermline Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Dunfermline's move into full administration unopposed". BBC Sport. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Dunfermline: Pars United assumes control of club". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.