HISTORY
CLUB RECORDS
| Ground capacity: 39,460 | Pitch measurements: 115 x 74 yards |
| Nicknames: 'United' or 'The Whites' | First choice colours: White with blue and gold trim |
| Change colours: Yellow with blue strip | Leeds United came into being late in 1919 but it was 1920 that the club gained election to the Football League. |
| First game in Football League: August 28 1920, Division Two v Port Vale (a) Lost 0-2 | Record attendance: 57,892 v Sunderland FA Cup 5th rd replay March 15 1967. |
| Record League win: 8-0 v Leicester City, Division One, April 7, 1934. | Record Cup win: 10-0 v Lyn Oslo, European Cup 1st rd 1st leg September 17, 1969. |
| Record defeat: 1-8 v Stoke City, Division One, August 27, 1934. | Record League scorer in a season: John Charles 42, Division Two 1953-54. |
| Highest number of league goals in a match: 5, Gordon Hodgson v Leicester City, Division One, October 1, 1938. | Highest number of League goals in aggregate: Peter Lorimer 168 |
| Record transfer fee paid: 18m to West Ham for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000. | Record transfer fee received: 29.1m from Manchester Utd for Rio Ferdinand, July 2002 |
| First schoolboy to play for club: Tom Elliott v Norwich City, February 3, 2007 | Most players used in a season: 44 2006/07 |
Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United, or informally Leeds, are an English professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club's home is the Elland Road stadium in Beeston, where they have played since their foundation in 1919.
The club's most common nicknames are "Leeds", "United" or "The Whites". Another nickname is "The Peacocks", though this is virtually obsolete. This term stems from the former name of the Elland Road, The Old Peacock Ground, which was in turn named after The Old Peacock pub opposite Elland Road's South Stand.[2] Although the club name bears the "AFC" suffix,[3] the current badge displays "LUFC". However, previous badges have included the official suffix in its entirety.[4]
The club have competed at the top level of English football for the majority of their existence, following the disbanding of predecessor Leeds City. Under the management of Don Revie during the 1960s and 1970s, Leeds won a number of domestic and European trophies. After Revie's departure to manage the England team, Leeds were relegated to the Second Division in 1982, not returning to the top flight until 1990, when they were managed by Howard Wilkinson. Leeds were league champions two seasons later, in 1992. Following severe financial turmoil, Leeds were relegated to League One for the 2007-08 season. This was the first time the club had dropped below the top two tiers of domestic football in England.