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Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 season after its formation in March 2007, by New Zealand Football to replace New Zealand Knights as a New Zealand–-based club in the Australian A-League competition. Since 2011, the club has been owned by Welnix, a consortium of seven Wellington businessmen.
Cardiff City Football Club is a professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 1899, the club competed in local amateur leagues before turning professional in 1910, moving into the English football league system by joining the Southern Football League. Ten years later, they were elected into the Second Division of the Football League, winning promotion to the First Division in their first season. They achieved their highest ever position during the 1923–24 season, finishing in second place of the First Division but lost the league title on goal average to Huddersfield Town. They were relegated from the First Division in 1929. Since then, they have spent a further nine seasons in the top tier; the most recent return was a one-year spell in the 2018–19 season.
Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For their first thirteen years, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. In 1888, Small Heath joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised, and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Small Heath were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889, and three years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, though failed to win promotion via the test match system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894. Since that time, they have not fallen below the third tier of the English football league system, and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time for the 2002–03 season.
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1922, the club was elected to play in the Midland League, and competed in this league for seven seasons before being elected to play in the Football League in 1929 as members of the Third Division North. York were promoted to the Second Division for the 1974–75 season, which saw the team achieve their highest league placing after finishing in 15th place. York became the first team to reach 100 points in a Football League season after winning the 1983–84 Fourth Division championship with 101 points, the club's only league title. York were relegated to the Football Conference in 2004 after they finished at the bottom of the Third Division, ending 75 years of League membership. York returned to the Football League after eight years with victory in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final, but were relegated to the National League four years later.
Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney. The club was formed in 2004. They became the first Sydney member admitted into the A-League in 2005.
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies. The club's name was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1915, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War. Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight. The club remained in the Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League, of which they were an inaugural member. In 2003–04, Arsenal completed a league season without a single defeat, something achieved only once before in English football, by Preston North End in 1888–89.
Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Cranbourne East in Melbourne. The club was formed in 2009 as Melbourne Heart before it was renamed to Melbourne City in 2014.
Central Coast Mariners FC is an Australian professional association football club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, which competes in the top tier of Australian football (soccer), for the 2016–17 season. The club was formed in 2004, and were the only regional club included in the A-League's inaugural season in 2005–06. They have played in all 17 A-League Men seasons.
Darlington Football Club, an English association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, was founded in 1883. For their first six years, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. In 1889, Darlington joined the newly formed Northern League, and moved into the North-Eastern League in 1908. They were founder members of the Football League Third Division North in 1921, and spent two seasons in the Second Division in the mid-1920s. Thereafter, they remained in the lower divisions of the Football League until 1989, when they were relegated for one season to the Football Conference. After another 20 years in the Football League, they were again relegated to the Conference. Two years later, financial issues stemming from administration forced a demotion of four divisions and a change of name: Darlington 1883 was chosen. Five years later, after three promotions, they reverted to their original name.
Southampton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's Y.M.A. and later known as Southampton St Mary's, they became a professional club in 1891, and co-founded the Southern League in 1894. Southampton won the Southern League championship six times between 1896 and 1904, and were later elected to the Football League in 1920 as co-founders of the Third Division. The Saints finished as runners-up in their first season, and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions. The club first entered the First Division in 1966, and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League. Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976, reached the final of the League Cup in 1979 and 2017, and won the League Trophy in 2010.
Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was formed in 2003. They became the first South Australian team to play in the A-League. Adelaide United's first National Soccer League match was against the Brisbane Strikers, and they met their 25th and most recent different league opponent, Macarthur FC, for the first time in the 2020–21 A-League season. The team that Adelaide United have played most in league competition is Melbourne Victory, who they first met in the 2005–06 A-League season; the 28 defeats from 60 meetings is more than they have lost against any other club. Newcastle Jets have drawn 15 league encounters with Adelaide United, more than any other club. Adelaide United have recorded more league victories against Brisbane Roar than against any other club, having beaten them 25 times out of 55 attempts.
Western United Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Truganina in Melbourne. The club was formed in 2017 as Western United before it was renamed from Western Melbourne in 2018.
Macarthur Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in South Western Sydney. The club was formed in 2017 as Macarthur South West United before it was renamed to Macarthur FC in 2019.
Melbourne Victory is an Australian professional association football club based at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. The club was formed in 2004. They became the first Victorian member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005.
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in East Perth, Perth. The club was formed in 1995 and played its first competitive match in the first round of the 1996–97 National Soccer League, in October 1996. The Glory has played at its current home ground, Perth Oval, since its foundation. Perth is one of the three inaugural A-League clubs that originally played in the National Soccer League.
Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala before breaking off from Queensland Lions in 2005. They became the first Queensland member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005.
Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional association football club based in Selhurst, South London, England. Founded in 1905, the club first played in the Southern League, and competed in this league for eleven seasons before being elected to play in the Football League in 1920 as members of the Third Division. Palace won the Third Division in their first season immediately gaining promotion to the Second Division. The team achieved their highest league placing in the 1990–91 season when they finished in 3rd place of the First Division. In 1992 the 22 teams in the First Division broke away from the Football League to form the Premier League, Palace were relegated from the inaugural season in 20th place, level on points with 19th place Oldham Athletic but with an inferior goal difference. The team would rejoin the Premier League and be relegated after one season in 1994, 1997 and 2004. They won the 2013 Football League Championship play-off final to once again be promoted into the Premier League where they currently compete.
Port Vale Football Club, an English association football club based in the town of Burslem, in Stoke-on-Trent, was founded in the late 1870s. In the club's early history, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. The club changed its name to Burslem Port Vale in 1884. In 1888, Burslem Port Vale joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League, which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised, and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Burslem Port Vale were founder members of the Midland League in 1890, and two years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They failed re-election in 1896 and spent two seasons in the Midland League before winning re-election back into the Football League Second Division. However, they struggled and folded in 1907. At this stage, North Staffordshire Church League champions Cobridge Church sought permission from the Football Association to change the club's name to Port Vale and bought the old club's ground. This was the start of a 12-year process that saw the newly formed club work its way through the North Staffordshire Federation League, North Staffordshire & District League and The Central League to secure election into the Football League in October 1919. The club have remained in the Football League since that time, winning the Third Division North in 1929–30 and 1953–54 seasons and the Fourth Division title in 1958–59.
North West Sydney Spirit Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Sydney. The club was formed in 1998 and joined the National Soccer League in the 1998–99 season until transforming into the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association in 2004.
Auckland FC is an Australian professional association football club based at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. The club was formed in 2024, making them the third Auckland based team playing in Australian football after the Football Kingz and the New Zealand Knights. They are also the third New Zealand side to compete in the A-League Men after the Knights and the Wellington Phoenix.
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- "New Zealand Knights FC :: Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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