Ipswich Town F.C.
| Full name | Ipswich Town Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues The Tractor Boys | |||
| Founded | 16 October 1878 | |||
| Ground | Portman Road | |||
| Capacity | 30,056 | |||
| Owner | Gamechanger 20 Ltd | |||
| Chairman | Mark Ashton | |||
| Manager | Kieran McKenna | |||
| League | EFL Championship | |||
| 2024–25 | Premier League, 19th of 20 (relegated) | |||
| Website | itfc | |||
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Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.
Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936; the club was elected to the Football League in 1938. Ipswich won the league title in 1961–62, their first season in the top flight, and finished runners-up in 1980–81 and 1981–82. They finished in the top six in the First Division for ten years, and won the FA Cup in 1978 and UEFA Cup in 1981. They have never lost at home in European competition, having defeated teams such as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio and Barcelona.
Ipswich Town have played their home games at Portman Road since 1884. The club's traditional home colours are blue shirts with white shorts and blue socks. They have a long-standing rivalry with Norwich City, against whom they contest the East Anglian derby.