West Bromwich Albion Football Club is often referred to West Brom, is an English professional football team based within West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They play in the EFL Championship, the second level in English football. The club was established in 1878 and has been playing at their home stadium, The Hawthorns, since 1900.
Albion was among the founding 12 members of the Football League in 1888, the first professional football league in the world. Albion has played most of its existence in the top division of English football. In this league in 2020-21 Albion has been in the top tier for 82 years. Albion was champions of England one time, in 1919-1920 and runners-up two times. Albion have been to the ten FA Cup finals and won the Cup on five occasions. The first victory came in 1888, which was the year in which the league was first established followed by the most recent was in 1968, Albion's final significant trophy. Albion also was awarded in the Football League Cup at the first time in the year 1966. Albion's longest-running period of playing in the highest division was 24 years from 1949 to 1973. From then to 2002 , the club had its longest-running time in the bottom division.
The team has worn white and navy blue stripes for the majority of the club's history. the badge of Albion sports an throne perched upon the hawthorn's branch. Albion has several long-running battles against rival West Midlands clubs, with its most enduring rivals including Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Albion plays in with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Black Country derby with the Wolverhampton Wanderers.
