Blackburn Rovers F.C.
| Full name | Blackburn Rovers Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Rovers |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Ground | Ewood Park |
| Capacity | 31,367 |
| Manager | Jon Dahl Tomasson |
| League | The Championship |
| 2017–18 | EFL League One, 3rd |
Blackburn Rovers F.C.[1] is an English football club. They play at Ewood Park, which is in Blackburn, Lancashire.[2] The manager of the club is Jon Dahl Tomasson.[3] They are famously nicknamed 'The Bottlers'[4] due to how many times they have failed to get promotion to the Premier League while being so close.
History
Blackburn Rovers won the FA Premier League once in the 1994/1995 season.[5] However, in 1999, they were relegated. Blackburn Rovers were then promoted.
League title
- English Premier League: 1
- 1994-95
- First Division: 2
- 1911-12, 1913-14
- Second Division: 1
- 1938-39
- Third Division: 1
- 1974-75
League position
| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | First Division | 2nd |
| 2001/02 | Premier League | 10th |
| 2002/03 | Premier League | 6th |
| 2003/04 | Premier League | 15th |
| 2004/05 | Premier League | 15th |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 6th |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 10th |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 15th |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 10th |
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 15th |
| 2011/12 | Premier League | 19th |
| 2012/13 | The Championship | 17th |
| 2013/14 | The Championship | 8th |
| 2014/15 | The Championship | 9th |
Former position
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- ↑ FC is an acronym. FC stands for "Football Club".
- ↑ "Location of Ewood Park". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ "First team staff". Archived from the original on 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ "20 years to the day Blackburn Rovers proved they had the 'bottle' to win the Premiership". Lancashire Telegraph. 2015-05-08. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ↑ "Title history". Archived from the original on 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
Other websites
- Blackburn Rovers Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine; premierleague