Full name: Sunderland Association Football Club
Nicknames: The Black Cats
Founded: October 1879 (as Sunderland and District Teachers)
Owner: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Stadium (capacity): Stadium of Light (49,000)
Most appearances: Jimmy Montgomery (627)
Most league appearances: Jimmy Montgomery (537)
Most goals: Bobby Gurney (228)
Most league goals: Charlie Buchan (209)
Oldest player: Tommy Urwin (39 years 86 days vs. Preston North End, April 22 1935)
Youngest player: Derek Forster (15 years 185 days vs. Leicester City, August 22 1964)
Biggest win: 11-1 vs. Fairfield (February 2 1895)
Biggest league win: 1-9 vs. Newcastle United (Second Division, December 5 1908)
Biggest league defeat: 0-8 vs. Sheffield Wednesday (December 26 1911), 0-8 vs. West Ham United (October 19 1968), 0-8 vs. Southampton (October 18 2014)
Highest transfer fee paid: £13.8m - Didier N'Dong from Lorient (August 31, 2016)
Highest transfer fee received: £30m - Jordan Pickford to Everton (June 15, 2017)
Honours
First Division/Premier League (6): 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1901–02, 1912–13, 1935–36
Second Division/Championship (5): 1975–76, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2006–07
Third Division/League One (1): 1987-88
FA Cup (2): 1937, 1973
Charity Shield/Community Shield (1): 1936
EFL Trophy (1): 2020-21
