Hull City Association Football Club is a professional English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Universally known as "The Tigers" due to their famous amber-and-black striped shirts, the team competes in the EFL Championship and plays its home matches at the MKM Stadium.
Founded in 1904, Hull City spent more than a century navigating the lower divisions of the Football League, earning a unique footnote in English sports history as the largest city in England never to have fielded a top-flight football team. That long-standing record was dramatically shattered in 2008, when Dean Windass scored a iconic volley at Wembley in the Championship play-off final to secure their first-ever promotion to the Premier League.
The club’s golden modern era arrived under manager Steve Bruce, leading the Tigers to the 2014 FA Cup Final against Arsenal—a thrilling contest that saw Hull race into a 2-0 lead before narrowly falling 3-2 in extra time. That cup run earned Hull City their historic debut on the European stage in the UEFA Europa League.
Hull City maintains traditional Yorkshire rivalries with Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, and Sheffield United, alongside a fierce geographical rivalry with Lincolnshire neighbors Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United.
