Queens Park Rangers Football Club

Queens Park Rangers Football Club (Queens Park Rangers Football Club, referred to as QPR or Rangers, also translated as Royal Garden Rangers) is a professional football club in Shepherd\'s Bush, Hammersmith-Fulham District, Greater London, England. It is adjacent to two Premier League teams Chelsea and Fulham Football Club. Founded in 1882, it will once again participate in the English Premier League in the 2014/15 season. The home ground is Loftus Road. The mascot of Rangers Football Club was originally a black cat called "Jude the Cat", but it was replaced due to former Italian owner Flavio Briatore's superstitious belief that black cats bring bad luck. Team History Queens Park Rangers Football Club was founded in 1882 by the merger of two regional football clubs. After the merger, it also received a new name, "Queens Park Rangers", to indicate that most of the players were from the Queens Park area in northwest London. Queens Park Rangers became a professional club in 1889, but have long been in the regional leagues. Before having its own home stadium in 1917, it even borrowed a total of 20 stadiums as its home stadium. In 1958/59, it was included in Group C under the league restructuring. In the 1966/67 season, they won the English League Cup as a Group C team, becoming the first Group C team to win this honor. It was later promoted to the First Division in the 1968/69 season, but played only one season before being relegated back to the Second Division. The best result so far is to win the runner-up position in the First Division in the 1975/76 season. Since then, they have only struggled on the edge of promotion and relegation. Only their runner-up finish in the FA Cup in the 1981/82 season is worth mentioning. It was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, but was relegated to Group A (second tier) in 1996 due to ranking 19th in the Premier League; later it was downgraded to Group B (third tier). It was not until the 2003/04 season that they were promoted back to the First Division. In 2010/11, they won the English Championship and were promoted back to the Premier League. Played in the Premier League in both seasons 11/12 and 12/13. In 2013/14, it was relegated again and returned to the English Football Championship. [2] Defeated Derby County 1:0 in the promotion play-offs and returned to the Premier League. Queens Park Rangers has changed hands once. On November 7, 2007, Italian businessman Flavio Briatore obtained the ownership of the club and officially took over Queens Park Rangers. By August 18, 2011, the club was resold to Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes. Team crest 2009 Queens Park Rangers will use a new crest from next season. The main image of the new team emblem. The old and new team emblems. The pattern was changed from the original circle to a shield. The classic blue and white horizontal stripes on the jersey were also transplanted to the shield. The original QPR abbreviation was also changed to the full name QUEENS PARK RANGERS, and was written in three lines on the white stripes. The new team emblem adds a crown and a football pattern, clearly telling the world that this is a football club and it also has royal blood. The lower part of the team logo reads from left to right the team's home stadium, LOFTUS ROAD (Loftus Road Stadium), London, and the date of the team's founding in 1882. Recent developments 2008-2009 English Football Champions League August 12, 2008 In the first round of the English League Cup, they eliminated Swindon 3-2 as an away team and faced Carlisle United at home in the next round. On August 26, 2008, in the second round of the English League Cup, they eliminated Carlisle United 4-0 at home and played Aston Villa away in the next round. On September 24, 2008, in the third round of the English League Cup, they eliminated Aston Villa 1-0 as a guest and played as a guest against Manchester United in the next round. On October 24, 2008, head coach Iain Dowie was dismissed. On November 11, 2008, they lost 0-1 to Manchester United in the fourth round of the English League Cup. On November 23, 2012, head coach Mark Hughes was fired. [3] On November 24, 2012, Harry Redknapp became the head coach. [4] On April 28, 2013, in the 35th round of the 2012/13 English Premier League, they drew with Reading away from home. The two sides drew 0-0 and were relegated to the English Championship three rounds in advance. [2] On May 24, 2014, in the 2013/14 English Champions League promotion play-off final, Rangers played one less player and were in an extremely passive situation. Former England international Bobby Zamora scored the winning goal in the 90th minute, defeating Derby County 1:0 and winning the game worth 130 million pounds. Promotion again to the English Premier League the following year. Major Events 1899-00 Joined the Southern League A 1900-01 Also joined the Western League 1905-06 Western League Champion 1906-07 Western League A-A runner-up 1907-08 Southern League Champion 1908-09 Western League A-A runner-up 1911-12 Southern League Champion (second time) 1920-21 Founding member of Football League Southern Division C 1946-47 Runner-up of Southern Division C 1947-48 Champion of Southern Division C promoted to Division B 1952 Ranked 22nd in Division B, relegated to Southern Division C 1958-59 Placed in the reorganized Division C 1966-67 Champion of Division C, promoted to Division B. Defeat West Bromwich Albion 3-2 in the final, League Cup champion 1967-68 Runner-up in League B, promoted to Group A 1969 Ranked 22nd in League A, relegated to Group B 1972-73 Runner-up in League B, promoted to Group A 1975-76 Runner-up in League A 1976-77 Promoted to the semi-finals of the League Cup 1979 Ranked 20th in the First Division, relegated to the Second Division 1981-82 Final 1-1, lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 in the replay, FA Cup runner-up 1982-83 Second Division champion, promoted to the First Division 1985-86 Lost to Oxford United 0-3 in the final, League Cup runner-up 1992-93 Founding member of the Premier League 1996 Ranked 19th in the Super League, relegated to the Second Division of the First Division. 2001 Ranked 23rd in the Second Division of the First Division, relegated to the Third Division of the Second Division. 2002-03 Ranked fourth in the Third Division of the Second Division. Defeated Oldham 2-1 in the first two rounds of the play-offs, and lost to Cardiff City 0-1 in the Millennium Stadium final. 2003-04 Runner-up in the Second Division of the Second Division, promoted to the Second Division of the First Division. Group A's "Second Division" was renamed "Champions League". The team's home stadium, Loftus Road, is located in Shepherd's Bush, west London. Loftus Road is a side street with a capacity of only 19.