Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football team that is based within Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They are part of League One, the third level in the English football league system.
The club was formed in 1878. It was not officially established until 1936. The club was then elected as a member of the Football League in 1938. Ipswich took home their first English league championship in the 1961-62 season. It was their first year in top division and was runners-up both in 1981-82 and 1980-81. They ranked within the top six teams in the English First Division for ten years and only lost out winning the FA Cup in 1977-78. Ipswich was a regular player in European football and also won their first UEFA Cup in 1980-81. The club has participated in every one of the important European club competitions, and has the distinction of being the only British side that has never lost in home European competitions, and has beat teams like Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio and Barcelona.
Ipswich play home matches in Portman Road in Ipswich. They are the only professional soccer side located in Suffolk and have a long-running and intense relationship between them and Norwich City from Norfolk, with whom they've played in the East Anglian derby for 148 times since 1902. The traditional colours of the club consist of blue shirts, blue socks and white shorts.
