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Aberdeen City has distinguished itself in the world of sport. It is recognized by the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, the oldest club in the sixth gold the world has been founded in 1780 and hosted the Senior British Open in 2005. It is also recognized for its excellent swimming team, known under the name of the coast or the city of Aberdeen Swim Team, a compound that binds team swimmers from six local clubs. COAST was established in 1996 and saw three of its swimmers qualified for the Commonwealth Games.

In general, Aberdeen is known primarily in the sport of his exploits in football, especially through its two football teams, Rangers FC Cove Highland Football League and especially the Aberdeen Football Club, founded in 1903.

The Aberdeen Football Club is the pride of the city. The team won the European Cup once (1983) and the European Super Cup the same year, making it the only Scottish team to win two European titles. Aberdeen FC also won the Scottish League Championship three times from 1980 to 1986 and was the last team to win the Scottish Premier League was the Old Firm. In addition, the Pittodrie club home stadium represents a milestone in history as the first step, all seated in Britain.

Among the football players who have appropriate high-level for Aberdeen FC, Gordon Strachan, Alex McLeish and club legend Willie Miller. Aberdeen is also the birthplace of Denis Law, Best scorer of the team National Scotland. Right, however, has spent his career in England and Italy.

Aberdeen FC is one of three before the First World War The Scottish team has never been relegated. (Rangers and Celtic are the others.) Started the team's success is best described as steady rather than spectacular, leading to his rise as Scottish Cup winners in 1946-47, the first of his seven victories in the Scottish Cup.

The club reached its heyday during the eighties under Alex Ferguson, who became manager of Aberdeen in 1978. During eight years of seniority Ferguson, the club try to win most often in all previous years of history together.

Under the administration of Ferguson, loves Strachan, McLeish, Miller and Jim Leighton all prospered and became the nucleus of a winning team. Ferguson promptly led the club to their second League title in 1979-80, followed by three successive Scottish Cup triumphs from 1982 to 1984, two league titles in 1983-84 and 1984-85, and the European Cup Winners Cutting powerful victory over Real Madrid in May 1983, Aberdeen FC became only the third Scottish team to win a trophy Europe. Soon pursued a European Super Cup Championship in December 1983.

In the 1985-86 season, won the Scottish Cup Aberdeen FC and the cap League Cup Ferguson was a note of success. Ferguson left the club to serve as manager of Manchester United FC, a position he currently holds. Unfortunately for, Aberdeen FC fortune has not been the same since the departure of Ferguson.

The manager owns Aberdeen Football Club Claderwood Jimmy, who took office in 2004. Under Calderwood, the club finished fourth in the 2004-05 season and sixth of the 2005-06 season.

Trivia fans will appreciate goodies following Aberdeen Football Club on:

1. Goalkeeper Marcos de Clerck has scored in his debut against Berwick Rangers in 1980. Was a very singular with Belgian goalkeeper, has signed for Dutch club, scoring for a Scottish team on English soil.

2. The Aberdeen Football Club is the only Scottish team to win two European titles, both in 1983 - the European Cup Winners' Cup against Real Madrid on May 11 and the Super Cup Europe against the European Champions Cup in Hamburg that year.

3. The first player to ever have a goal for Aberdeen against Stenhousemuir was Willie McAulay August 15, 1903 before a crowd of 8,000 fans at Pittodrie.

4. The Aberdeen Football Club was the first team to lose link European sanctions. This was during the Cup Winners' Cup in 1970 after a 4-4 draw against FC Global Honved Budapest, Hungary.

In general, the Aberdeen Football Club has compiled a record of law of progress. His honors are following winners: Winners' Cup (1) - 1982-1983, European Super Cup (1) - 1983-1984;
Scottish League Champions (4) - 1954-1955, 1979-1980, 1983-1984, 1984-1985;
The winners of the Scottish Cup (7) - 1946-1947, 1969-1970, 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1985-1986, 1989-1990, Scottish League Cup Champions (5) - 1955-1956, 1976-1977 , 1985-1986, 1989-1990, the winners of the League Cup in South (1) - 1946, 1995-1996 Drybrough Winners Cup (2) - 1971-1972, 1980 - Six Tennents', 81 Winners (2) - 1986, 1987, Highland Football League (reserve team championship) - 1915, 1925 Adidas "World Team of the Year" - 1983.

The following is a summary Club records, from January 2007.
First match: Aberdeen 1-1 Stenhousemuir (Pittodrie, August 15, 1903)
great victory: 13-0 Peterhead Aberdeen (Pittodrie, Scottish Cup third round 10 February 1923)
The greatest defeat: Celtic 8-0 Aberdeen (Celtic Park, Scottish First Division January 30, 1965)
The best home attendance: 45,061 vs Hearts March 13, 1935
Most top players: Jim Leighton, 91 Scotland
Most League appearances: Willie Miller, 556, 1973-1990
Most goals scored: Joe Harper, 205
Most goals in a season: Benny Yorston, 38, 1934-1935
Rate increase Transfer Received: £ 1,750,000 Eoin Jess, Coventry City February 1996
Highest rate of transfer payments: £ 1,000,000 Paul Bernard Sterling Oldham Athletic September 1995

About the Author

Susan Ashby of Aberdeen Singles has travelled extensively around the United Kingdom writing articles on each of the major cities. To read more articles on Aberdeen or for dating in Aberdeen visit http://www.aberdeen-singles.co.uk

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