Swansea City A.F.C.

**Swansea City Association Football Club** (/ˈswɒnzi/ SWON-zee; Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe ) kungiya ce ta ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa ta Welsh da ke zaune a garin **Swansea**, Wales . Suna fafatawa a Gasar cin kofin EFL, matakin na biyu na kwallon kafa na kasar Ingila. An kafa kulob din a 1912 a matsayin Swansea Town amma sun canza sunansu a 1970 don nuna sabon matsayin Swansea a matsayin birni. Sun buga wasanninsu na gida a Filin wasa na Swansea.com (wanda aka fi sani da filin wasa na Liberty) tun shekara ta 2005, bayan sun buga wasa a Filin Vetch tun lokacin da aka kafa su. 

Swansea ta shiga Kudancin League a 1912 kafin ta shiga Kungiyar kwallon kafa a 1920. Sun lashe lambar yabo ta Kudu ta Uku a 1925 da 1949, amma sun fada cikin Sashe na Uku bayan da aka sake su a 1965 da 1967. Kungiyar Swansea ta lashe ci gaba uku a cikin yanayi huɗu don isa ga Sashen Farko a 1981, ta kammala ta shida a saman jirgin (rikodin kulob din), amma sun dawo cikin Sashen Na huɗu a 1986. Kungiyar ta lashe lambar yabo ta uku a shekara ta 2000 amma ta guje wa koma baya zuwa Taron a shekara ta 2003. Sun lashe lambar yabo ta hudu a 2008 bayan sun lashe League One . 

A shekara ta 2011, an meda kungiyar Swansea zuwa Premier League kuma ta lashe Kofin League shekaru biyu bayan haka, ta cancanci gasar UEFA Europa League . Wannan shi ne babban zakara na farko a tarihin kulob din; sauran zakara sun hada da Kofin Welsh goma, kofin kwallon kafa guda biyu da kofin FAW guda biyu. Har ila yau, kulob din ya cancanci gasar cin kofin Turai sau bakwai tsakanin 1961 da 1991. An sake su daga Premier League a shekarar 2018, kuma tun daga lokacin sun taka leda a gasar zakarun Turai.

Hawan kungiyar Swansea daga rukuni na huɗu na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila zuwa Premier League an rubuta shi a cikin fim ɗin 2014, Jack to a King - The Swansea Story . 'Yan wasa da yawa sun lashe kwallo ga ƙasarsu yayin da suke wasa ga kulob din, gami da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Wales.  Swansea City Supporters' Trust ta mallaki hannun jari a cikin kulob din;  Supporters Direct sun yaba da shigarsu a cikin 2012 a matsayin "mafi girman misali na amincewar magoya baya a cikin gudanar da kulob din kai tsaye". 

## Tarihi

### Shekaru na farko (1912-1945)

Bayan karuwar sha'awar kwallon kafa a yankin Swansea, an kafa kulob din kwallon kafa na farko na garin, Swansea Town, a shekarar 1912.  John William Thorpe, lauya na gida, an zabe shi shugaban kulob din na farko. An dauki 'yan wasa daga ko'ina cikin Burtaniya kuma kungiyar ta shiga Kudancin Kudancin a karkashin kocin dan wasan farko na kulob din, Walter Whittaker .  Swansea ta shiga wasu kungiyoyi da yawa a cikin rukuni, gami da Cardiff City, wadanda suka kasance abokan adawar Swansea na farko. Wasan, wanda aka buga a ranar 7 ga Satumba 1912 a Filin Vetch na Swansea, ya ƙare a 1-1 draw tare da Billy Ball ya zira kwallaye na farko na Swansea.

A lokacin kakar wasa ta farko, Swansea ta lashe Kofin Welsh, gasar Welsh kuma ta zo ta uku a Kudancin Kudancin .  A kakar wasa mai zuwa, kulob din ya kai zagaye na farko na FA Cup kuma ya kammala na huɗu a gasar. John William Bartlett ya maye gurbin Whittaker a shekara ta 1914. A karkashin jagorancinsa, kulob din ya doke zakarun Ingila Blackburn Rovers 1-0 a zagaye na farko na Kofin FA na 1914-15, tare da burin kulob din Swansea ya zo daga Ben Beynon.

### Bayan yakin (1945-1970)

Lokacin da aka sake fara kwallon kafa bayan yakin, an sake komawa Swansea zuwa Sashe na Uku a 1947 amma an sake dawowa zuwa Sashe ya Biyu a matsayin zakara a 1949. A cikin lokutan da suka biyo baya, Swansea ta ga 'yan wasa matasa da yawa sun shiga cikin babbar kungiyar, gami da kyaftin din kulob din Ivor Allchurch.  Kungiyar ta haɓaka goyon baya mai ƙarfi na gida a wannan lokacin, tare da babban halartar wasannin league, kamar rikodin halartar league a gida da kungiyar Leeds United a shekarar 1955. Kungiyar ta ci gaba da gwagwarmayar kudi, duk da haka, amma sun sake guje wa sakewa a ranar karshe ta kakar 1957-58. 

A shekara ta 1960, Swansea ta buga wasan farko a gasar cin Kofin League kuma ta lashe kofin Welsh a shekara mai zuwa, ta cancanci gasar cin kocin masu cin kofin. Wannan ya sanya Swansea kulob din Welsh na farko da ya shiga gasar Turai. Manajan Trevor Morris ya kuma jagoranci kulob din zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe na Kofin FA a shekarar 1964, biyo bayan tseren da ya hada da nasarar 2-1 a kan Liverpool a wasan kusa da karshe. An sake komawa Swansea zuwa kashi na uku a kakar wasa mai zuwa kuma yanayin kudi a kulob din ya zama mai mahimmanci.

Duk da kammala na goma sha bakwai a gasar a karkashin Glyn Davies, kulob din ya sake lashe Kofin Welsh kuma ya cancanci kasadar Turai ta biyu. A shekara ta 1967, duk da haka, an sake komawa kulob din zuwa Sashe na huɗu, karo na farko a tarihin kulob din. Duk da wannan, kungiyar Swansea ta ga mafi yawan halarta a filin Vetch (32,796) don wasan da suka yi da kungiyar Arsenal a gasar cin kofin FA a shekarar 1968, wanda kungiyar Swansea ta rasa.  Bala'i ya auku kulob din a watan Janairun 1969 lokacin da 'yan wasan Roy Evans da Brian Purcell suka mutu a hadarin mota a kan hanyar zuwa wasa.

### Nasara da raguwa (1970-1986)

Bayan Swansea ta zama birni a shekarar 1969, kulob din ya canza sunansu zuwa Swansea City a farkon shekarar 1970.  Roy Bentley ta yi bikin ta hanyar samun ci gaba zuwa Sashe na Uku. Bayan kammala tsakiyar tebur a ƙarshen lokutan biyu masu zuwa, kulob din ya fara da mummunan farawa zuwa kakar 1972-73, wanda ya ga Harry Gregg ya maye gurbin Bentley. Gregg ya kasa dakatar da faduwar tawagar kuma kulob din ya dawo cikin Sashe na huɗu a kakar 1973-74.  Harry Griffiths ne ya maye gurbinsa, likitan kulob din wanda ya kuma buga wa Swansea wasa. Batutuwan kudi sun ci gaba da addabar kulob din kuma an tilasta wa Swansea neman sake zaben zuwa Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa.

Swansea ta kasa samun ci gaba a shekarar 1977, kuma Griffiths ya yi murabus a shekara mai zuwa duk da kyakkyawar farawa ga kakar. John Toshack ne ya maye gurbinsa. An ci gaba da Swansea a shekara ta 1978, kuma Toshack ya jagoranci kulob din zuwa Sashe na Biyu a kakar wasa mai zuwa da kuma Sashe na Farko a shekara ta 1981.  Sun doke Preston North End 3-1 don tabbatar da ci gaban su, tare da burin daga Tommy Craig, Leighton James da Jeremy Charles. Swansea ta tashi shekaru hudu zuwa saman rukuni ya zama rikodin a kwallon kafa na Ingila, wanda aka gudanar tare da Wimbledon. Swansea kuma ta lashe kofin Welsh a wannan kakar, ta cancanci Turai a karo na farko tun daga kakar 1965-66. 

### mallakar Amurka da dawowa gasar zakarun Turai (2016-yanzu)

A watan Yulin 2016, wata kungiya ta kasar Amurka karkashin jagorancin Jason Levien da Steven Kaplan ta sayi iko a kulob din,  amma shugaban Huw Jenkins ya kasance. Watanni uku bayan haka, an kori Guidolin kuma Bob Bradley ya maye gurbinsa, wanda shine karo na farko da kulob din Premier League ya hayar kocin Amurka. An kori Bradley bayan kwanaki 85; ya lashe wasanni biyu kawai daga cikin wasanni goma sha ɗaya. Paul Clement ne ya maye gurbinsa,  wanda ya sami matsayin Swansea na Premier League a watan Mayu 2017.  Wani talauci na farko na kakar 2017-18 ya ga Clement ya kore shi kuma Carlos Carvalhal ya maye gurbinsa. Duk da nasarar da suka samu a gida a jere a kan kungiyoyin Liverpool (1-0),  Arsenal (3-1),  Burnley (1-0),  da West Ham (4-1),  Swansea ba su da nasara a wasanninsu tara na karshe (sun rasa biyar) a karkashin Carvalhal, sun bar su a matsayi na goma sha takwas a ranar karshe ta kakar. An sake su a ranar 13 ga Mayu 2018, biyo bayan da aka ci Stoke City 2-1 da aka riga aka sake su.

Lokacin farko a gasar zakarun Turai ya samar da matsayi na goma a karkashin sabon kocin Graham Potter,  gami da bayyanar kwata-kwata a gasar cin kofin FA. Jenkins ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban a cikin zargi game da sayar da kulob din ga ƙungiyar Amurka a cikin 2016 da kuma sakewa daga Premier League. Bayan da Potter ya tafi ya gudanar da Brighton, tsohon kocin Ingila U17 Steve Cooper ya maye gurbinsa. A watan Satumbar 2019, Swansea ta zauna a saman teburin bayan wata na farko da ba a ci nasara ba; wannan shine mafi kyawun farawa na kulob din zuwa kakar a cikin shekaru 41. A ranar karshe ta kakar, Swansea ta doke Reading 4-1 don kammala ta shida, ta shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo a gaban Nottingham Forest a bambancin burin, amma daga baya Brentford ta ci su a wasan kusa da na karshe.

A ƙarshen kakar 2020-21, Swansea ta kammala ta huɗu a gasar kuma ta sami matsayi na biyu a jere. Sun ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe bayan sun doke Barnsley 2-1 a jimillar, amma sun rasa Brentford a filin wasa na Wembley. Bayan Cooper ya bar kulob din, Russell Martin ya zama kocin a shekarar 2021, inda ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa tsakiyar tebur kafin ya koma Southampton a shekarar 2023. Shekaru masu zuwa sun ga manajoji da yawa da aka hayar da su kuma aka kore su, tare da ƙungiyar da ke gwagwarmaya a gasar. Swansea kuma ta ga canje-canje a cikin mallakar lokacin da Levien da Kaplan suka sayar da mafi yawan hannun jari a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2024. A cikin watanni masu zuwa, dan wasan kwallon kafa na Real Madrid Luka Modrić da rapper na Amurka Snoop Dogg sun shiga sabuwar ƙungiyar masu mallakar kulob din.

## Filin wasa
Filin Vetch (hagu) ya kasance gidan Swansea City na tsawon shekaru 93, yayin da aka buɗe Filin wasa na Liberty a 2005 kuma an sake masa suna filin wasa na Swansea.com a 2021Vetch Field ita ce gidan Swansea tsakanin 1912, shekarar da aka kafa kulob din, da 2005. Gidan ya ga masu halartar 32,796 a wasan FA Cup na hudu na 1968 da kungiyar Arsenal.  Wasan karshe a Vetch shine nasarar Swansea a kan Wrexham a gasar cin kofin FAW ta 2004-05. 

A ranar 10 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 2005, an bude sabon filin kungiyar Swansea, Filin wasa na Liberty. Wasan farko da aka buga a filin wasa shine Wasan sada zumunci na kulob din Swansea da Fulham .  Liberty ta zama filin wasa na farko na gasar Premier League a Wales lokacin da aka inganta Swansea zuwa Premier League.  Baya ga kasancewa gidan Swansea City, filin wasan ya dauki bakuncin wasannin kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa na Welsh kuma ya kasance gidan kungiyar rugby ta Ospreys. An sake masa suna filin wasa na Swansea.com a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta 2021, biyo bayan yarjejeniyar haƙƙin suna na shekaru 10.  Ya zuwa watan Satumbar 2025, damar filin wasan ya kai 21,000.

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