Middlesbrough FC

**Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Middlesbrough** (/ˈmɪdəlzbrə/ i MID-əlz-brə) kungiya ce ta ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa da ke zaune a garin Middlesbrgh, North Yorkshire . Suna fafatawa a Gasar cin kofin EFL, matakin na biyu na Tsarin gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila. An kira su Boro, an kafa su ne a 1876 kuma su ne kulob din kwallon kafa na 11 mafi tsufa a kasar Ingila da Wales. Kungiyar ta taka leda a Filin wasa na Riverside tun 1995,  bayan da ta taba taka leda a filin wasa na Ayresome Park na tsawon shekaru 92, daga 1903 zuwa 1995.

Middlesbrough na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Premier League a shekara ta 1992, kuma sun shafe duka sai dai yanayi biyu na dukan tarihin su a matsayin kulob din ƙwararru da ke fafatawa a cikin manyan matakai biyu na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Matsayinsu mafi girma a gasar har zuwa yau shine matsayi na uku a saman jirgin a kakar 1913-14. Farkawar Yaƙin Duniya na farko ya hana turawarsu don samun lambar yabo ta farko, kodayake kulob din ya sake turawa a cikin shekarun tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe, ya kammala na huɗu a kakar 1938-39 kafin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya dakatar da wasannin Ingila kuma ya sake hana turawa don samun lambar farko. Kungiyar ta zo ne a cikin minti na ninkawa a 1986 kafin wata kungiya da ke karkashin jagorancin memba na kwamitin kuma daga baya shugaban Steve Gibson ta cece su. Wani gagarumin farfadowa ya ga kulob din nan da nan ya sami ci gaba zuwa baya zuwa babban rukuni a cikin lokutan 1986-87 da 1987-88. Kungiyar ta kasance ta biyu a gasar cin Kofin FA da League Cup a shekarar 1997  yayin da aka sake komawa bayan raguwar maki 3,  kuma ta rasa wani wasan ƙarshe na League Cup a kakar wasa mai zuwa. A karkashin Steve McClaren, kulob din ya lashe Kofin League a shekara ta 2004, babban azurfa na farko, kuma ya kai wasan karshe na Gasar cin kofin UEFA ta 2006. Kungiyar ta buga wasa daya a Gasar Firimiya tun lokacin da aka sake shi a shekarar 2009.

Middlesbrough ita ce kawai babbar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kwararru a cikin yankin Teesside mafi girma (na 14th mafi girma a cikin birane a Ingila), Tees Valley, da kuma gundumar North Yorkshire (babban gundumar a Ingila ta yanki ). Kungiyar tana da gasa ta yanki tare da manyan kungiyoyi biyu mafi kusa, Newcastle United (Tyne-Tees derby) da Sunderland (Tees-Wear derby). 

Kayan gargajiya na kulob din ja ne tare da fararen daki-daki, sau da yawa a cikin nau'in fararen kirji. An canza gajerun tufafi na gida da launuka na takalma tsakanin ja da fari, tare da haɗa ja shirt ɗin da aka karɓa a shekara ta 1899. Kayan kwalliya daban-daban a cikin tarihin kulob din, wanda aka karɓi kwanan nan a cikin 2007,  sun haɗa da zaki mai yawa.

## Tarihi

### Kafa da farkon shekarun (1876-1914)

An kafa kungiyar Middlesbrough a 1876, kuma ta lashe FA Amateur Cup a 1895 kuma a 1898. Kungiyar ta zama ƙwararru a shekara ta 1889, amma ta koma matsayin mai son a shekara ta 1892.  Sun zama masu sana'a har abada a shekara ta 1899. Bayan yanayi uku, sun sami ci gaba zuwa Sashe na Farko, inda za su kasance na shekaru 22 masu zuwa.

A cikin 1903, kulob din ya koma Ayresome Park, gidansu na shekaru 92 masu zuwa. A cikin 1905, kulob din ya ba da izinin canja wurin Alf Common na £ 1,000, kuɗin rikodin. A cikin wannan shekarar, Tim Williamson ya zama dan wasan Middlesbrough na farko da ya buga kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa.

A cikin waɗannan shekarun farko a saman jirgin, siffarsu ta canza sosai, ta tashi zuwa na shida a cikin 1907-08  kafin ta sauka zuwa 17th shekaru biyu daga baya.  Kungiyar ta tashi zuwa mafi girman wasan da suka kammala har zuwa yau, na uku, a cikin 1913-14. Yaƙin Duniya na farko ya shiga tsakani, kuma an dakatar da kwallon kafa.

### Hawan sama da sauka (1914-1966)
Kafin a ci gaba da kwallon kafa, kungiyar Middlesbrough ta lashe gasar Northern Victory League,  amma kungiyar ba ta iya kula da yanayin da suka gabata ba kuma ta gama kakar 1919-20 a tsakiyar tebur. Sun kasance a cikin Sashe na Farko na 'yan lokutan da suka biyo baya, amma an sake su a 1923-24 bayan sun gama kasa, maki 10 a baya ga abokan hamayyarsu mafi kusa. [ya kasa tabbatarwa]  Shekaru uku bayan haka, sun lashe lambar yabo ta Division Two. A wannan kakar, dan wasa na farko George Camsell, wanda ya sanya hannu daga kungiyar ta uku ta Arewa ta Durham City a kakar da ta gabata, ya gama da kwallaye 59 na league, wanda ya hada da tara. Zai ci gaba a matsayin babban mai zira kwallaye a kowane kakar wasa 10 masu zuwa. Matsayin Middlesbrough a cikin saman jirgin ya kasance kawai a kakar wasa daya, kuma an sake komawa kulob din. An ci gaba da su a yunkurin farko a 1928-29, inda suka lashe wani lambar yabo ta biyu. Kungiyar ta kasance a cikin Sashen Farko har zuwa 1954.

### Kasuwanci zuwa Turai (2001-2009)

Bayan Venables ya yanke shawarar kada ya ɗauki matsayin kocin cikakken lokaci, a watan Yunin 2001 an nada mataimakin kocin kungiyar Manchester United Steve McClaren don maye gurbin Robson.

A kakar wasa ta farko, McClaren ya jagoranci kungiyar Middlesbrough zuwa matsayi na 12 da kuma wasan kusa da na FA Cup, wanda ya rasa 1-0 ga Arsenal. Wani ɗan ci gaba a gasar ya ga kulob din ya kammala a matsayi na 11 a kakar wasa mai zuwa. A kakar 2003-04 kulob din ya sake kammala a matsayi na 11 a gasar, amma mafi mahimmanci ya lashe babban kofin farko ta hanyar doke Bolton Wanderers 2-1 a Wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin League. Nasarar Kofin League ta kuma tabbatar da cewa kungiyar Middlesbrough za ta cancanci Turai - Kofin UEFA - a karo na farko - a kakar wasa mai zuwa, inda suka kai 16 na karshe na gasar. An samu cancantar cin kofin UEFA a karo na biyu a jere bayan 1-1 da aka yi da Manchester City a wasan karshe na kakar. Wasan ya ƙare tare da mummunan kisa na minti na ƙarshe wanda mai tsaron gida Mark Schwarzer ya ceci wanda ya ga kungiyar Middlesbrough ya gama sama da City a matsayi na 7 kuma ya cancanci Turai kuma ya sake.

### Komawa zuwa Gasar (2017-yanzu)
Kungiyar ta nada tsohon kocin Leeds United Garry Monk a matsayin kocin a lokacin da ba a kakar wasa ba. Bincike a kulob din ya kasance mai girma, bayan ya kashe kusan fam miliyan 50 a cikin taga na canja wurin a kan sayen 'yan wasa, don hawa kalubalen ci gaba nan da nan zuwa Premier League. Monk ya bar a watan Disamba, tare da Middlesbrough na tara a gasar,   kuma an nada Tony Pulis a matsayin maye gurbinsa.  Pulis ya jagoranci kungiyar don kammala ta 5 a cikin teburin, duk da haka, sun rasa a wasan kusa da na karshe ga Aston Villa. A cikin kakar wasa mai zuwa, mummunan ƙarshen kakar ya sa su gama 7th kuma su rasa a wasan kwaikwayo da maki daya.

Lokacin da ba a tsawaita kwangilar Pulis ba,  tsohon mai tsaron gida na Middlesbrough kuma kocin tawagar farko, Jonathan Woodgate ya maye gurbinsa a ranar 14 ga Yuni 2019 a kwangilar shekaru uku.  An kori Woodgate tare da kulob din ne kawai a waje da yankin sakewa a kan bambancin burin tare da wasanni takwas da suka rage na kakar 2019-20,  kuma an nada Neil Warnock a matsayin maye gurbinsa a wannan rana.  Warnock ya tabbatar da tsira daga sakewa, tabbatar da aminci a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar da kuma kammala matsayi na 17.   A ranar 6 ga Nuwamba 2021, Middlesbrough ta rabu da kamfanin tare da Warnock, wanda Chris Wilder ya maye gurbinsa washegari. Bayan watanni 11 a matsayin mai kula, an kori Wilder tare da kulob din a matsayi na 22. 

An nada tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na kungiyar Manchester United Michael Carrick a matsayin magajinsa kuma ya jagoranci Boro zuwa matsayi na huɗu, amma ya rasa a wasan kusa da na karshe da Coventry City.   A ranar 26 ga Mayu 2023, kulob din ya zama mai alaƙa da ƙungiyar mata. A cikin kakar 2023-24, Middlesbrough ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na Kofin League a karo na farko tun shekara ta 2004.  Duk da kayar da Chelsea a wasan farko, Middlesbrough ta rasa 6-2 a jimillar. An sallami Carrick a watan Yunin 2025 tare da Rob Edwards ya maye gurbinsa. Koyaya, bayan farawa mai kyau ga kakar da ta ga kulob din ya shiga cikin sararin ci gaba na atomatik, Edwards ba zato ba tsammani ya bar a watan Nuwamba 2025 don ɗaukar aikin Wolverhampton Wanderers, watanni 3 kawai cikin kakar.

A ranar 24 ga Nuwamba 2025 an kira Kim Hellberg a matsayin magajin Rob Edwards 

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