West Bromwich Albion Football Club was founded as West Bromwich Strollers in
1878 by workers from
George Salter's Spring Works and turned professional in
1885. Albion won the
FA Cup for the first time in
1888 and later that year became one of the founder members of
the Football League. In the
1900–01 season, the club moved to its current home ground,
The Hawthorns. Albion have spent the majority of their history in the top division of English football, including 24 seasons in a row between
1949–50 and
1972–73. From
1986–87 to
2001–02, they spent 16 consecutive seasons outside the top division, recording their lowest ever league finish of seventh in
Division Three in
1991–92. The team played in the
Premier League for the first time in
2002–03.
Albion have won the
League Championship once, the FA Cup five times, the
League Cup once and the
Charity Shield twice, one of which was shared. They have been runners-up in the League Championship twice, in the FA Cup five times and in the League Cup twice. In
European competitions, Albion have reached the quarter-final stage of both the
Cup Winners' Cup and
UEFA Cup.
The club has played more than one hundred seasons since their first entry in the FA Cup in
1883–84. The table details the club's achievements in all national and European......
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