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| Full name | Queens Park Rangers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Hoops, The Rs, The Rangers, The Super Hoops | ||
| Short name | QPR | ||
| Founded | 1882, as Christchurch Rangers | ||
| Ground | MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 18,439[1] | ||
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| Chairman | Lee Hoos | ||
| Head coach | Martí Cifuentes | ||
| League | EFL Championship | ||
| 2023–24 | EFL Championship, 18th of 24 | ||
| Website | qpr.co.uk | ||
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Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team competes in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
The club was founded as Christchurch Rangers in 1882 and took up their current name after merging with St Judes Institute four years later, near the Queen's Park and Kensal areas.[2] Having won the West London League in 1898–99, QPR joined the Southern and Western leagues where they won titles in both. It was during this period that the club reached the final of the FA Charity Shield twice in 1908 and 1912. QPR were elected to the Football League in 1920. The club played in the Third Division South until winning promotion as champions in 1947–48. The club was relegated in 1952, but slowly rebuilt under the stewardship of Alec Stock which culminated in winning the Third Division title and also their only major trophy to date, the League Cup in the 1966–67 season. Promoted from the Second Division in 1967–68, they were relegated after one season in the First Division. QPR won promotion again in 1972–73 and then narrowly missed out winning the English league title in 1975–76, only finishing one point behind champions Liverpool. Relegated in 1979, they reached the FA Cup final as a second-tier club in 1982, losing to Tottenham Hotspur after a replay.
QPR won another Second Division title in 1982–83 and were beaten finalists in the 1986 League Cup final. They remained in the top-flight for thirteen years, becoming founder members of the Premier League in 1992, before being relegated in 1996. Relegated again in 2001, they secured promotion from the third tier at the end of the 2003–04 campaign. QPR won promotion as winners of the Championship in 2010–11, though were relegated from the Premier League after two seasons. They won an immediate promotion via the play-offs in 2014, though were relegated again the following season and have remained in the Championship since that time.
After a nomadic early existence, QPR have played home matches at Loftus Road since 1917, other than two brief spells at the White City Stadium. They share rivalries with various other clubs; most notably they contest the West London derby.
- ^ "Queens Park Rangers". The Football League. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013.
- ^ "QPR History in 125 years". Brent & Kilburn Times. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2023.