Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club, nicknamed the Boro, is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, in England. It was formed in 1876 and is the 12th oldest football league club in England and Wales. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football, and has played at the Riverside Stadium since 1995, having previously used Ayresome Park for 92 years from 1903. Middlesbrough were founding members of the Premier League in 1992, and their highest league finish is third place in the top flight in 1913-14. The club were runners-up in the FA Cup and League Cup in 1997, won the League Cup in 2004 for its first major silverware, and reached the 2006 UEFA Cup final. Its traditional kit is red with white detailing, and its regional rivals are Newcastle United and Sunderland.