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Cardiff

Club · United Kingdom · League One

«The Bluebirds»

347 Matches
135 wins
81 draws
131 losses
483–481 Goals
+2 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Form W 1 Aug · Home AS Roma · 4:1 W 8 Aug · Home Swindon Town · 3:2 D 17 Aug · Home Wrexham · 1:1 D 22 Aug · Away Derby · 2:2 L 25 Aug · Home Norwich City · 1:2 D 29 Aug · Home Sheffield United · 2:2

The ground on Leckwith Road opened in 2009, built for £50m to replace Ninian Park across the road, which had stood since 1910. The new bowl holds 33,280, though only 26,828 of those are seats.

The club that moved in began as Riverside A.F.C. in 1899 and took the city's name in 1908, adopting blue and white the same year.

Everything the club is known for outside Wales rests on one afternoon in 1927, when Cardiff beat Arsenal 1–0 at Wembley and took the FA Cup out of England — the only time that has happened. Fred Keenor lifted it as captain. The same year brought the Charity Shield, won 2–1 against Corinthians, and another Welsh Cup. Two years earlier the club had lost the 1925 final to Sheffield United by the same 1–0 scoreline, so the 1927 win was a second attempt rather than a first arrival.

The Welsh Cup is where the numbers pile up: 22 wins, the first in 1912, the last in 1977, with a run through the late 1960s and early 1970s when Cardiff took it in four consecutive seasons from 1968. Domestic league honours are thinner — the Second Division title in 1921 and Third Division South in 1947.

Fred Stewart managed from 1912 to 1933, which covers the promotion, the Wembley defeat and the Wembley win.

Since the 1927 final Cardiff have twice returned to a Wembley showpiece and lost both — the FA Cup in 2008 to Portsmouth, the League Cup in 2012 to Liverpool.

Latest results

All matches
29 Aug Championship Sheffield United H 2:2 D
25 Aug League Cup Norwich City H 1:2 L
22 Aug Championship Derby A 2:2 D
17 Aug Championship Wrexham H 1:1 D
8 Aug League Cup Swindon Town H 3:2 W
1 Aug Friendlies Clubs AS Roma H 4:1 W

Standing

Championship
# Team M W D L Goals Pts
11 Bolton 3 1 1 1 2:2 4
12 Bristol City 3 1 1 1 4:5 4
13 Cardiff 3 0 3 0 5:5 3
14 Sheffield United 3 0 3 0 2:2 3
15 Portsmouth FC 3 1 0 2 5:6 3
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 347
347 Matches
135 wins
81 draws
131 losses
483–481 Goals
+2 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 347
135wins: 135 · 38% 81draws: 81 · 23% 131losses: 131 · 37%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
1 Aug · Home AS Roma · 4:1
8 Aug · Home Swindon Town · 3:2
17 Aug · Home Wrexham · 1:1
22 Aug · Away Derby · 2:2
25 Aug · Home Norwich City · 1:2
29 Aug · Home Sheffield United · 2:2
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 347 176 171
Scored 483 254 229
Conceded 481 223 258
Scored per game 1.4 1.4 1.3
Conceded per game 1.4 1.3 1.5
Difference +2 +31 −29

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Squad of Cardiff

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Matches
18 Alex Robertson Midfielder 18
14 David Turnbull Midfielder 18
47 Callum Jack Robinson Forward 18
16 Christopher Anthony Willock Midfielder 18
27 J. Colville Midfielder 18
1 Nathan Trott Goalkeeper 18
3 Joel Matthew Bagan Defender 18
10 Rubin James Colwill Midfielder 17
38 Perry Ng Defender 17
11 Ollie Tanner Midfielder 17
23 Calum Scanlon Defender 15
45 Kian Ashford Midfielder 15
44 Ronan Kpakio Defender 14
48 D. Lowor Defender 12
6 Ryan Frank Wintle Midfielder 12
8 O. Kellyman Forward 12
2 William Thomas Fish Defender 12
4 Gabriel Jeremiah Adedayo A. Osho Defender 11
12 Calum Chambers Defender 10
9 Yousef Salech Forward 9
30 Harry Alfred Tyrer Goalkeeper 6
33 Rob Tankiewicz Midfielder 5
8 Jack Moylan Midfielder 5
39 Isaak James Davies Forward 5
41 Matthew Turner Goalkeeper 5
40 Noah Anyadike Defender 3
43 Paulo Moreno Midfielder 2
5 Krystian Bielik Defender 1
46 L. Giles Defender 1

Fixtures of Cardiff

Honours of Cardiff

  • Welsh Cup 1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977 18
  • FA Charity Shield 1927 1
  • FA Cup 1927 1
  • Second Division 1921 1
  • Third Division South 1947 1