Sunderland A.F.C.
| Full name | Sunderland Association Football Club | |||
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| Short name | SAFC | |||
| Founded | 1879 (as Sunderland and District Teachers) | |||
| Ground | Stadium of Light | |||
| Capacity | 49,000 | |||
| Owner | Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (64%) Juan Sartori (36%) | |||
| Chairman | Kyril Louis-Dreyfus | |||
| Head coach | Régis Le Bris | |||
| League | Premier League | |||
| 2024–25 | EFL Championship, 4th of 24 (promoted via play-offs) | |||
| Website | safc | |||
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Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system.
Formed in 1879, the club has won six top-flight titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936) in the First Division, and finished runners-up five times. The club has also won the FA Cup twice (1937 and 1973), and been runners-up twice (1913 and 1992), and won the FA Charity Shield in 1936. They were also Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.
Nicknamed the Black Cats, Sunderland play home games at the 49,000-capacity Stadium of Light, having moved from Roker Park in 1997. The club has a long-standing rivalry with nearby Newcastle United, with whom the Tyne–Wear derby has been contested since 1898. They play in red and white-striped shirts and black shorts.