Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football, following promotion from League One in the 2022–23 season.
| Full name | Ipswich Town Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues, The Tractor Boys | |||
| Founded | 16 October 1878 | |||
| Ground | Portman Road | |||
| Capacity | 29,673 | |||
| Owner | Gamechanger 20 Ltd. | |||
| Chairman | Mike O’Leary | |||
| Manager | Kieran McKenna | |||
| League | EFL Championship | |||
| 2022–23 | EFL League One, 2nd of 24 (promoted) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936; the club was elected to the Football League in 1938. Ipswich won the league title in 1961–62, their first season in the top flight, and finished runners-up in 1980–81 and 1981–82. They finished in the top six in the First Division for ten years, and won the FA Cup in 1978 and UEFA Cup in 1981. They are the only British side never to have lost at home in European competition, having defeated teams such as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio and Barcelona.
Ipswich play their home games at Portman Road. They have a long-standing rivalry with Norwich City, against whom they contest the East Anglian derby. The club's traditional home colours are blue shirts with white shorts and blue socks.