Club information: Swansea City

Club information: Swansea City

Full name: Swansea City Association Football Club

Nicknames: The Swans, The Jacks

Founded: 1912 (as Swansea Town AFC)

Owners: Jason Levien and Steven Kaplan (68%)

Stadium (capacity): Liberty Stadium (21,088)

Most appearances: Roger Freestone (676)

Most league appearances: Wilfred Milne (583)

Most goals: Ivor Allchurch (188)

Most league goals: Ivor Allchurch (162)

Oldest player: Tommy Hutchison (43 years 172 days vs. Southend United, March 12 1991)

Youngest player: Nigel Dalling (15 years 289 days vs. Southport, December 6 1974)

Biggest win: 12-0 vs. Sliema Wanderers (European Cup Winners' Cup, September 15 1982)

Biggest league win: 8-0 vs. Hartlepool United (Fourth Division, April 1 1978)

Biggest defeat: 8-0 vs. Liverpool (FA Cup, January 9 1990), 8-0 vs. Monaco (European Cup Winners' Cup, October 1 1991)

Highest transfer fee paid: £18m - Andre Ayew from West Ham United (January 31, 2018)

Highest transfer fee received: £45m - Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton (August 16, 2017)


Honours

Third Division'League One (3): 1924–25, 1948–49, 2007–08

Fourth Division/League Two (1): 1999-2000

League Cup/EFL Cup (1): 2013

League Trophy/EFL Trophy (2): 1994, 2006

Welsh Cup (10): 1913, 1932, 1950, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1991

FAW Premier Cup (2): 2005, 2006

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