Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United

Full name	Newcastle United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Magpies
Founded	9 December 1892; 133 years ago (1892-12-09)
Ground	St James' Park
Capacity	52,350
Owners	Public Investment Fund PCP Capital Partners RB Sports & Media
Chairman	Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Acting Manager	Matthias Jaissle
Coach	Matthias Jaissle
League	Premier League
2025–26	Premier League, 7th of 20
Website	http://www.nufc.co.uk
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Newcastle United Football Club is an English football club in Newcastle upon Tyne. Newcastle play in the Premier League. The club is currently managed by Matthias Jaissle, and has been managing since 2026.

History

Newcastle United was formed in 1892 after the two rival clubs Newcastle West End and Newcastle East End grouped together. They have played their matches at the ground St.James' Park ever since. This ground holds 52,000 people, and is one of the biggest in England. It is located just inside the centre of Newcastle.

Newcastle originally played in red shirts and white shorts. In fact, there was a kit clash in their very first League match, away to the then-named Woolwich Arsenal. The home side wore red, so Newcastle played in their change kit of black and white stripes. A permanent switch to black and white soon followed, most likely to reduce kit clashes, and perhaps as a further attempt to appease West End fans. The decision was taken in 1894, as the minutes from the club meeting reveal: ‘It was agreed that the Club’s colours should be changed from red shirts and white knickers to black and white shirts (two inch stripe) and dark shorts.’.

On the 24th day of May 2009 which was also the last day of the season, Newcastle were relegated to the second tier of English football, the Coca-Cola Championship. They returned to the top flight of English football, winning the Championship in the 2009/10 season. In the 2010/11 season, they finished mid-table. The club then went on to finish 5th place in the 2011/12 season.

On 17 July 2019, former Sunderland manager Steve Bruce was made manager on a three-year contract. Bruce oversaw 13th and 12th-placed finishes during his first two seasons in charge, both of which were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 October 2021, after 14 years as owner, Ashley sold the club to a new group of owners. The group was made up of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, RB Sports & Media and PCP Capital Partners.

Staff

Board members

Position	Staff
Chairman	Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Director	Abdulmajid Alhagbani
Director	Asmaa Rezeeq
Director	Jamie Reuben
Director	Roger Thornton
Director	Jacobo Solis

Last updated: 2026-07-31
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Executive leadership

Position	Staff
Chief Executive Officer	David Hopkinson
Chief Financial Officer	Simon Capper
Chief Operating Officer	Brad Miller
Chief Revenue Officer	Dave O'Connor
Chief Marketing Officer	Steven Taylor
Chief People Officer	Graeme Johnson

Last updated: 2026-07-31
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Football leadership

Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Ross Wilson
Technical Director	Sudarshan Gopaladesikan
Academy Director	Steve Harper
Venue Director	Eddie Rutherford
Director of Football Administration	Richard Hines
Director of Performance	James Bunce
Director of Partnerships	Jonathan Kane
Director of Retail	Stuart Middlemiss

Last updated: 2026-07-31
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Department heads

Position	Staff
Head of Football Strategy	Jack Ross
Head of Media and Communications	Lee Marshall
Head of Corporate Affairs	Shola Ameobi
Head of Catering and Hospitality	Colin Perkins
Head of Psychology	Ian Mitchell
Head of Data and Insight	Michael Emmerson
Head of Performance Analysis	Thomas Coffield
Head of Goalkeeping	Adam Bartlett
Head of Youth Recruitment	Paul Midgley

Last updated: 2026-07-31
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Recruitment staff

Position	Staff
First team and under-21s scouts	Mick Tait David Goodwin Billy Jeffrey Peter Clark Daniel Laurent Hédy Hassine Marcel Bout Florian Meier Thomas Federspiel Andreas Fehse
Academy scouts	Paul McLaren Paul Baker Glenn Craggs Eddie Black Matthew Hodges James Fowler

Last updated: 2026-07-31
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First team staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Matthias Jaissle
Assistant Coaches	Alexander Hauser Engin Yanova Florens Koch
Goalkeeping Coaches	Alexander Bade Shwan Jalal
Set Piece Coach	Martin Mark
Strength and Conditioning Coaches	James Allan Craig Musham Nick Grantham
Club doctor	Paul Catterson
Nutritionist	Andreas Kasper
Physiotherapists	Daniel Marti Sean Beech Nathan Ring Jonny King Sean Miller
Sport Scientists	John Fitzpatrick Liam Mason Colin Clancy
Coach Analysts	Daniel García Maximilian Fischer Steffen Konrad
Performance Analysts	Jordan Tribe Matthew Hutchinson Ed Davies Kieran Taylor
Team Manager	Andrea Romeo
Kit Managers	George Ramshaw Ray Thompson
Loan Player Manager	Peter Ramage

Last updated: 2026-08-06
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Under-21s and Academy staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach, U21	Robbie Stockdale
Assistant Coach, U21	Neil Winskill
Head Coach, U18	Neil Moore
Assistant Coach, U18	James Marwood

Last updated: 2026-07-31
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Honours

Newcastle United have won several major trophies. The club have been champions of England four times, won the FA Cup six times, and won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969. In 2025, Newcastle won the League Cup for the first time, beating Liverpool 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. It was their first major domestic trophy since the 1955 FA Cup.

Major honours include:

• English champions: 1904–05, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1926–27
• FA Cup winners: 1909–10, 1923–24, 1931–32, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55
• League Cup winners: 2024–25
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners: 1968–69

League position

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