Newcastle United

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Trophies:
FA Cup, EFL Cup
Country:
England
City:
Newcastle upon Tyne
League:
Premier League
Stadium:
St. James' Park
Founded:
1892
Main Colors:
Black, White
  • Newcastle United beat Liverpool 2-1 in the 2025 EFL Cup final, ending a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy.
  • Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle finished second in the Premier League in both 1995/96 and 1996/97, their highest finishes in the competition.
  • Newcastle United won four English league championships, taking three titles before 1910 and adding their fourth in 1926/27.
  • The club have won the FA Cup six times, including three triumphs in five seasons during the celebrated Cup Kings period of the 1950s.
  • Newcastle won the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in their first European campaign, defeating Ujpest Dozsa 6-2 on aggregate in the final.

Newcastle United History

Newcastle United were formed in 1892 when Newcastle East End took over the assets of Newcastle West End and adopted the United name. The club settled permanently at St. James’ Park, a ground that had hosted football since 1880. Black and white stripes became Newcastle’s established colours, and the club entered the Football League in 1893.

The first great Newcastle side emerged during the Edwardian period. United won the First Division championship in 1904/05, 1906/07 and 1908/09 while also reaching several FA Cup finals. Their first FA Cup victory came in 1910, when Barnsley were beaten 2-0 in a replay at Goodison Park. Another league championship followed in 1926/27, with Hughie Gallacher captaining the side.

Newcastle United added further FA Cup successes in 1924 and 1932 before developing another trophy-winning team after the Second World War. The club became known as the Cup Kings during the 1950s, winning the FA Cup three times in five years. Blackpool were beaten in the 1951 final, Arsenal in 1952 and Manchester City in 1955. Jackie Milburn was central to that period and scored in the 1951 and 1955 finals.

A different type of success arrived in 1969. Newcastle qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in their first European campaign and progressed through six rounds to reach the final against Hungarian side Ujpest Dozsa. United won the first leg 3-0 at St. James’ Park and then won 3-2 in Budapest, completing a 6-2 aggregate victory. It was the club’s first continental trophy.

The following decades brought fewer major honours. Newcastle reached the FA Cup finals of 1974 and 1998 and the League Cup final in 1976 without winning any of them. Relegations also interrupted their top-flight status, although the club repeatedly returned to the highest division.

A major revival began after Kevin Keegan became manager in 1992. Newcastle United won promotion to the Premier League in 1993 and finished third in their first season back. Keegan’s side then challenged for the championship. Newcastle finished second in 1995/96 after holding a 12-point advantage over Manchester United during the campaign, and they were runners-up again in 1996/97.

Alan Shearer joined from Blackburn Rovers in 1996 for a then world-record transfer fee and later became Newcastle’s record goalscorer with 206 competitive goals. The club returned to regular European competition under Sir Bobby Robson, finishing fourth in the Premier League in 2001/02 and third the following season. Their 2002/03 Champions League campaign included a recovery from defeats in their opening three group matches to reach the second group stage.

Newcastle were relegated from the Premier League in 2009 and again in 2016, winning immediate promotion on both occasions. A major ownership change followed in October 2021 when a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund completed a takeover. Eddie Howe was appointed head coach the following month.

Howe took Newcastle United from a relegation battle to fourth place in the Premier League in 2022/23, securing Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years. Newcastle also reached the 2023 EFL Cup final, losing 2-0 to Manchester United.

Two years later they returned to Wembley. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak scored as Newcastle United defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the 2025 EFL Cup final. The victory delivered the club’s first major domestic trophy since the 1955 FA Cup and ended a 70-year wait.

Newcastle United finished fifth in the Premier League in 2024/25 and qualified for the Champions League again. They reached the round of 16 in 2025/26 before finishing 12th domestically. Howe stepped down in July 2026 after five years in charge, and the club appointed Matthias Jaissle as head coach the following month.