West Ham United F.C.
| Full name | West Ham United Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Irons/Hammers | |||
| Founded | 1895 | |||
| Ground | London Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 60,000 | |||
| Chairman |  David Sullivan | |||
| Manager | Graham Potter | |||
| League | Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | Premier League, 9th of 20 | |||
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West Ham United Football Club is an English football club.
The club plays in the Premier League. It was started in 1895 and its home stadium is the London stadium East London. The club is also called "the Hammers" and "the Irons" because it was started in a London Ironworks. Their main rivals are Millwall and other rivals are Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal
West Ham currently are managed by Graham Potter.
Joint chairman David Gold has died aged 87 on 4 January 2023.
Name
[change | change source]- 1895-1900 Thames Ironworks F.C.
- 1900-present West Ham United F.C.
League position
[change | change source]| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | Premier League | 15th |
| 2001/02 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2002/03 | Premier League | 18th |
| 2003/04 | First Division | 4th |
| 2004/05 | Championship | 6th |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 9th |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 15th |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 10th |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 9th |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 17th |
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 20th |
| 2011/12 | EFL Championship | 3rd |
| 2012/13 | Premier League | 10th |
| 2013/14 | Premier League | 13th |
| 2014/15 | Premier League | 12th |
| 2015/16 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2016/17 | Premier League | 11th |
| 2017/18 | Premier League | 13th |
| 2010/19 | Premier League | 10th |
| 2019/20 | Premier League | 16th |
| 2020/21 | Premier League | 6th |
| 2021/22 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2022/23 | Premier League | 14th |
Former position
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Notable players
[change | change source]- Sir Bobby Moore, captain of England when they won the FIFA World Cup in 1966.
- Sir Geoff Hurst, who scored three goals for England in the World Cup final.
- Sir Trevor Brooking, a good player for England in the 1970/1980s.
- Paulo Di Canio an entertaining player and hero for West Ham fans.
- Carlos Tevez, Helped keep West Ham in the Premiership with a great run of form 2006/2007.
- Mark Noble, West Ham's Long time captain and Player of the decade (2009-2019)
