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Hull City Association Football Club is an English football club based in Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. In 2007-08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history, by winning the Championship play-off final at wembley Stadium. They finished the 2009-09 season 17th in the Premier league table, successfully avoiding relegation by one point. The previous highest position Hull City had finished in the English Football League was third in the old second division in 1901-10, which they matched in 2007-08 when they gained promotion. Their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 1930, when the team reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Hull play their home games at the KC Stadium. They previously played at Boothferry Park, but moved to their current home in 2002, with Boothferry Park set for demolition. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers. The club's mascot is Roary the Tiger.

Manager
Phil Brown