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The Cardiff City F.C. Academy is the youth football academy at Welsh side Cardiff City.The category two academy has a range of players from ages 7 to 18. The Cardiff City Under-23 side is the highest age group of football other than the senior first team at the club, although the side is allowed to field up to three overage players and a goalkeeper.
Etihad Campus is an area of Sportcity, Manchester which is mostly owned and operated by Manchester City.The campus includes the Etihad Stadium, the City Football Academy (CFA) training facility and club world headquarters, [1] and undeveloped land adjacent to both of these facilities.
Cardiff's first permanent ground was Ninian Park, which opened in 1910; it remained in use for 99 years until the club moved into the Cardiff City Stadium in 2009. Cardiff has long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Swansea City , with whom they contest the South Wales derby , and Bristol City , with whom they contest the Severnside derby .
Cardiff International Sports Campus (Welsh: Campws Chwaraeon Rhyngwladol Caerdydd), is an athletics stadium and playing fields in the Canton area of Cardiff, Wales. The campus opened in 2009 as part of the major Leckwith Development , which included a new football and rugby stadium, Cardiff City Stadium , and a retail park.
The Bluebirds' (as Cardiff City are known) new home is the Cardiff City Stadium, which they share with Cardiff Blues. Cardiff City have played in the English Football League since the 1920–21 season, climbing to Division 1 after one season. [46] [47] [48] Cardiff City are the only non-English team to have won The Football Association ...
As a result of Swansea City's promotion in 2011, the stadium became the first Premier League ground in Wales. It is the third largest stadium in Wales – after the Millennium Stadium and the Cardiff City Stadium. In European competitions, the stadium is known as Swansea Stadium due to advertising rules.
The stadium replaced Ninian Park as Cardiff City's home ground in 2009, and is managed by Cardiff City Stadium Ltd., which is owned by Cardiff City Football Club Holdings Ltd. It also hosted the home matches of the Cardiff Blues rugby union team until the 2011–12 season, although originally the Blues had a lease until 2029.
Cardiff Rugby (Welsh: Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. [6] Originally formed in 1876, [7] from 2003 to 2021 the first team was known as the Cardiff Blues before rebranding back to Cardiff Rugby prior to the start of the 2021–22 season.