Swansea City

Swansea City
Founded	1912
Reputation	4550
Training Facilities	11/20
Youth Facilities	10/20
Stadium	The Liberty Stadium
Stadium Capacity	20,520
League	Coca Cola Championship

[edit] Club Information

Swansea City were formed in 1912, and have played at the Vetch Field stadium all of their history, until they moved in 2005 to a 20,000 capacity Liberty Stadium. The 80's were the Welsh club's most successful years, then manager John Toshak took Swansea to the top flight, for the first time in the clubs history. In their first season in the First Division, Swansea finished an incredible 6th, and were even higher for large parts of the year. After the huge rise, though, came the inevitable fall, and since the eighties, Swansea have been declined to the lower leagues. This was until the 2007/08 season, when Roberto Martinez, took Swansea to the Championship, after winning league 1. despite being in the English football league, Swansea is in Wales, and this means they have been elagible for the Welsh Cup, which they have won a total of 9 times, the most recent being in 1991.

[edit] General Information

Nation: Wales

Year Founded: 1912

Status: Professional

Reputation: Regional

Chairman Status: Loves the Club

Favoured Personnel: Roberto Martinez, Lee Trundle, Chris Coleman, John Toshack, John Hartson

Fierce Rivals: Cardiff

Other Rivals: Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Yeovil

Finances: Okay

Estimated Value: £3.6M

Stadium: The Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Stadium Capacity: 20500 all-seater with under-soil heating

Pitch Dimensions: Length: 105m, Width: 68m

Maximum Pitch Dimensions: Length: 113m, Width: 73m

Reserve Stadium: The Remax Stadium, Port Talbot

Training Facilities: Adequate training facilities

Youth Facilities: Adequate Youth facilities

Continental Competition: None

Media Prediction: 2nd

Squad Average Age: 24

Squad Personality: Professional

Club Captain: Garry Monk

[edit] Transfer/Wage Budgets

Bank Balance: £1.96M

Wage Budget: £53.59k p/w

Current Wage: £44.62k p/w

Difference: £8.97k p/w

Average Wage: £987 p/w

[edit] Board Expectations

Top Half Finish: £800k/53k p/w

Promotion: £1.1M/63k p/w

Title Challenge: £1.2M/68k p/w

Winner: £1.4M/73k p/w

Coca Cola League One: Achieve a Respectable League Position

F.A Cup: Third Round

League Cup: Second Round

Johnstone's Paint Trophy: Semi-Final

[edit] Squad

[edit] Goalkeepers

Dorus de Vries

Artur Krysiak (on loan from Birmingham City)

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos (on loan from Coventry City)

[edit] Defenders

Ashley Williams

Marcos Painter

Alan Tate

Garry Monk (C)

Federico Bessone

Angel Rangel

Albert Serran

[edit] Midfielders

Kristian O'Leary

Ferrie Bodde

Leon Britton

Darren Pratley

Andrea Orlandi

Mark Gower

Jordi Gomez (on loan from Espanyol)

Owain Tudor Jones

Shaun MacDonald

Matthew Collins

Thomas Butler

[edit] Strikers/Forwards

Jason Scotland

Febian Brandy (on loan from Manchester United)

Gorka Pintado

Guillem Bauza

Stuart Elliot

James Coppinger

Waide Fairhurst

Tomi Ameobi

[edit] Boardroom

Chairman: Huw Jenkins

Director: John van Zweden

Director: Leigh Dineen

Director: Viv Brooks

[edit] Staff

Manager: Roberto Martinez

Assistant Manager: Graeme Jones

1st Team Coach: Colin Pascoe

1st Team Coach: Fred Davies

Coach: Lee Morgan

Coach: Linden Jones

Fitness Coach: Huw Preece

Fitness Coach: Craig Gill

Youth Coach: David Moss

Physio: Richard Evans

Scout: Kevin Reeves

Scout: Huw Lake

[edit] Kits

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