Ewan & Freya. Cardiff City was founded in 1899, originally named Riverside A. F. C. They are the only club outside of England to have won the FA Cup.

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History of the club Cardiff City was founded in 1899, originally

named Riverside A. F. C. They are the only club outside of England to

have won the FA Cup. Their home ground is called the Cardiff City

Stadium and is in the Leckwith area of the City. It was built in in 2009 and holds up to 28,050

fans. In 2013 the club changed its colours from blue

to red after being bought by new owners. This mad a lot of fans unhappy.

Most Goals scored in one season

Cardiff’s highest scoring record in one season was achieved in the 1933/34 season when they were playing in division 3.

They scored a record number of goals totalling 105 goals.

Goals ScoredSeason Total Number

of Goals Scored2013-2014 382012-2013 742011-2012 842010-2011 792009-2010 912008-2009 712007-2008 59

Most Extra Time Given In the 1932 season,

Cardiff were playing against Hull FC.

The match was record breaking for the amount of extra time the referee played.

In total the match was extended by 36 minutes.

Average Age of Players In the squad at Cardiff there are players

of all ages. The youngest player in the 2014 squad is

Declan John aged 18, and, the oldest is Mark Hudson aged 32.

Overseas Players 2013/14 SeasonThese are some of the overseas players in the squad this

year.

Players Name Country Flag Joe Mason Republic of Ireland

Filip Kiss Slovakia

Aron Gunnarasson

Iceland

Kim Bo - Kyung South Korea

Gary Medel Chile

Fabio Brazil

Juan Cala Spain

Overseas Players Altogether, in the squad at Cardiff Fc this

year there are 14 overseas players from 9 different countries.

In total there are 46 players in the squad.

Salaries A salary is what a player gets paid for playing at the

club. Salaries can be big or small, this depends on how big

the club the players play for is. Salaries can also depend on the skills of the players.

The better the player the more money he gets. The most well paid player in Cardiff is Gary Medel, a

player from Chile. He gets paid £9.5 million a year. Some of the Cardiff players don’t get paid a salary

because they are too young, or, because they are still training.

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