Hull City A.F.C.
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| Hull City A.F.C. | |
| Full name | Hull City Association Football Club |
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| Founded | 1904 |
| Ground | KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull (Capacity 25,404) |
| Chairman | Russel Bartlett |
| Manager | Nigel Pearson |
| League | Football League Championship |
| 2009/10 | Premier League, 19th |
Hull City A.F.C. are an English football club who are based in Kingston upon Hull. They started in 1904 and currently play in the Football League Championship. Their stadium is called the KC Stadium. The club are currently managed by Nigel Pearson.
On 24th May 2008 Hull City achieved promotion to the Premier League by beating Bristol City 1-0 in the Football League Championship play-off final at Wembley stadium. Dean Windass scored the winning goal in the 38th minute.
Hull made a remarkable start to their first ever season in the Premier League and reached as high as 2nd in the table in October 2008. They recorded impressive wins away from home against established Premier League teams- Newcastle, Arsenal and Tottenham.
[change] League position
| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | Third Division | 6th |
| 2001/02 | Third Division | 11th |
| 2002/03 | Third Division | 13th |
| 2003/04 | Third Division | 2nd |
| 2004/05 | League One | 2nd |
| 2005/06 | League Championship | 19th |
| 2006/07 | League Championship | 21st |
| 2007/08 | League Championship | 3rd |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 17th |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 19th |
| 2010/11 | League Championship | 11th |
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