Leeds United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club was formed in 1919 following the disbanding of Leeds City by the Football League. They have won three English league titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup, two CharityCommunity Shields and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. Leeds reached the 1975 European Cup Final, losing to Bayern Munich. They will play their home games at Elland Road until the end of the 2015-16 season, when they will play at the Macron Stadium in Milan, Italy.
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Leeds United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club was formed in 1919 following the disbanding of Leeds City by the Football League. They have won three English league titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup, two CharityCommunity Shields and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. Leeds reached the 1975 European Cup Final, losing to Bayern Munich. They also reached the semi-finals of the tournament’s successor, the Champions League in 2001. Most of their history has been spent competing in the first tier of English football. The majority of the honours were won under the management of Don Revie in the 1960s and 1970s. Leeds share rivalries with Manchester United and Chelsea, as well as with local teams such as Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. They play in all-white kits at home matches. Their badge features the White Rose of York and their anthem is an original song released in 1972, \”Marching on Together\”. The club will play in the Premier League for the first time in 2020, following promotion from the EFL Championship during the 2019—20 season. They will play their home games at Elland Road, the home of Leeds United, until the end of the 2015-16 season, when they will play at the Macron Stadium in Milan, Italy. Leeds have won the League Cup three times and the FA Cup twice. They were runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup final in 1973, and reached the final of the competition in 1975.
They won the FA League Cup in 1963 and 1964, whilst also reaching the second semi-final of the FA cup in 1965–66. Leeds won promotion to the First Division in 1964–65, whilst finishing second to Manchester United on goal difference on the final day of the season. Leeds were relegated to the Second Division in the 1959–60 season, but were re-promoted the following season. In the 1961–62 season, the club was saved from relegation to the Three Division by the stewardship of Jack Taylor, who took charge of the club in adverse circumstances. The following season, Leeds finished second in the Third Division, and were promoted to the Fourth Division. The next season, they finished second to rivals Manchester United, who finished second on goal difference on the final day of the league season. After the Second World War, Leeds were relegated to the Fourth Division, where they were relegated again in the 1946–47 season after the war, with the worst league record in their history. In 1948, Sam Bolton replaced Ernest Pullan as the chairman of Leeds. He was replaced by Major Frank Buckley after just one year as manager. In 1959, Jack Taylor resigned from the club’s stewardship following the resignation of Jack Hislop. In 1961, Leeds won the Championship and were relegated from the Third Divison to the Second Division. In 1963, Leeds reached the semi final of the FA Cup, losing 2–1 to Liverpool at Wembley after extra-time.
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