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| Full name | Hull City Association Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Tigers | |||
| Founded | 1904 | |||
| Ground | MKM Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 25,586[1] | |||
| Owner | Acun Medya | |||
| Chairman | Acun Ilıcalı | |||
| Head Coach | Tim Walter | |||
| League | EFL Championship | |||
| 2023–24 | EFL Championship, 7th of 24 | |||
| Website | wearehullcity.co.uk | |||
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Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. They play their home games at the MKM Stadium, after moving from Boothferry Park in 2002.[2] The club's traditional home colours are black and amber, often featuring in a striped design on the shirt, hence their nickname, The Tigers.[3] Hull also contest the Humber derby with both Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United.[4][5]
The club was founded in 1904 and was then admitted into the Football League a year later. They remained in the Second Division until relegation in 1930. Hull won the Third Division North title in 1932–33, but were relegated three years later. They won the Third Division North under the stewardship of Raich Carter in 1948–49, and this time remained in the second tier for seven seasons. Having been promoted again in 1958–59, they were relegated the following season and remained in the Third Division until they were promoted as champions under Cliff Britton in 1965–66. Twelve seasons in the second tier culminated in two relegations in four years by 1981. They were promoted from the Fourth Division at the end of the 1982–83 campaign and were beaten finalists in the inaugural Associate Members' Cup in 1984.
Hull were relegated in 1991 and again in 1996, but secured back-to-back promotions in 2003–04 and 2004–05. The club went on to win the 2008 play-off final against Bristol City to win a place in the Premier League for the first time. They were relegated after two seasons, but were promoted again from the Championship in 2012–13. Hull played in their first FA Cup final in 2014, who despite scoring twice early on, lost 3–2 to Arsenal after extra-time. Relegated from the Premier League the following year, they returned for a third time with victory in the 2016 play-off final. They were relegated again from the top-flight just a year later, before dropping into the third tier in 2020. Hull secured immediate promotion as champions of League One at the end of the 2020–21 campaign.
- ^ "Hull City Football Club – MKM Stadium". Hull City A.F.C. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Hull City fans sing at Boothferry Park for last time (video update)". 21 December 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History of the Tigers". Hull City A.F.C. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ "Hull City football club: record v Grimsby Town". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Hull City football club: record v Scunthorpe United". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 4 September 2023.