Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Football Club was founded in 1876 in the North East of England. They are currently based in the Championship, which is the second tier of the league pyramid in the country.

The nickname of the club is "The Boro", and they play their home games at the Riverside Stadium, which holds 34,988 fans.

After plenty of success in the FA Amateur Cup, Middlesbrough became a professional club in 1889. Three years later they reverted back to an amateur side again before permanently turning professional in 1899.

It took them three seasons to reach the First Division, where they held a place in the top flight of English football for the next 22 years.
In 1903, Ayresome Park became the new home of the club. They played there for the next 92 years before the move to their current home, the Riverside, which is an all-seater stadium.

Over the course of the 1920s they won the Football League Second Division on two occasions to earn a spot back in the top flight. 

In 1966 Middlesbrough were relegated into the third tier for the first time in their history following a disappointing few years at the club.

The northeast club were able to get themselves back into the top division again and were one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992.

They went close to getting their hands on a trophy in 1997 as they reached the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup. Unfortunately for Boro, they were beaten on both occasions. A year later, they fell one game short again in the League Cup.

The club's first major trophy win arrived in 2004 when they beat Bolton in the final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in that season's League Cup. Goals from Jospeh-Desire Job and Boudewjin Zenden were enough to see off the Lancashire club 2-1. Boro were then managed by Steve McClaren, who subsequently left the club to become England boss.

Middlesbrough's success in the domestic cup competition ensured they qualified for the UEFA Cup the following season. That was their first venture in Europe. They were able to qualify the following campaign through their league position. Their second run in the European competition proved to be very successful. They went all the way to the final where they were beaten by Sevilla at the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven. The English side were well beaten by their Spanish opponents 4-0 and had to settle for runners-up.

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