St Mirren F.C.
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St Mirren Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire, that competes in the Scottish Premiership after winning the 2017–18 Scottish Championship. Founded in 1877, the team has two nicknames: The Buddies and The Saints.
Full name | St Mirren Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Buddies The Saints | |||
Founded | 1877; 147 years ago (1877) | |||
Ground | St Mirren Park, Paisley | |||
Capacity | 7,937[1] | |||
Chairman | John Needham | |||
Manager | Stephen Robinson | |||
League | Scottish Premiership | |||
2022–23 | Scottish Premiership, 6th of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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St Mirren have won the Scottish Cup three times, in 1926, 1959 and 1987, and the Scottish League Cup in 2013. They have played in European competition four times: in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1987–88 and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81, 1983–84 and 1985–86. They are the only Scottish team to win the Anglo-Scottish Cup, beating Bristol City 5–1 over two legs in 1979–80.
The club's home ground since 2009 is St Mirren Park, an all-seater stadium on Greenhill Road, Paisley. It has a capacity of 7,937. The club's former home from 1894 until 2009 was also officially named St Mirren Park, but was more commonly known as Love Street.