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Club information: Sunderland

Club information: Sunderland
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Club information page for Sunderland Association Football Club.

Full name: Sunderland Association Football Club

Nicknames: The Black Cats

Founded: October 1879 (as Sunderland and District Teachers)

Owner: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus

Stadium (capacity): Stadium of Light (49,000)

Most appearances: Jimmy Montgomery (627)

Most league appearances: Jimmy Montgomery (537)

Most goals: Bobby Gurney (228)

Most league goals: Charlie Buchan (209)

Oldest player: Jermain Defoe (39 years 121 days vs. Doncaster Rovers, February 5 2022)

Youngest player: Derek Forster (15 years 185 days vs. Leicester City, August 22 1964)

Biggest win: 11-1 vs. Fairfield (February 2 1895)

Biggest league win: 1-9 vs. Newcastle United (Second Division, December 5 1908)

Biggest league defeat: 0-8 vs. Sheffield Wednesday (December 26 1911), 0-8 vs. West Ham United (October 19 1968), 0-8 vs. Southampton (October 18 2014)

Highest transfer fee paid: £13.8m - Didier N'Dong from Lorient (August 31, 2016)

Highest transfer fee received: £30m - Jordan Pickford to Everton (June 15, 2017)



Honours

First Division/Premier League (6): 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1901–02, 1912–13, 1935–36

Second Division/Championship (5): 1975–76, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2006–07

Third Division/League One (1): 1987-88

FA Cup (2): 1937, 1973

Charity Shield/Community Shield (1): 1936

EFL Trophy (1): 2020-21

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