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Leeds United Football Club |
- Leeds United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
- The club was formed in 1919 and play their home games at Elland Road.
- The club competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football, following promotion from the EFL Championship during the 2019—20 season.
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- Leeds have won three English league titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup, two Charity/Community Shields and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups.
- The majority of the honours were won under the management of Don Revie in the 1960s and 1970s. The club reached the 1975 European Cup Final, losing to Bayern Munich; Leeds reached the semi-finals of the tournament's successor, the Champions League in 2001.
- The club were also runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup final in 1973.
- Their most recent honour was winning the league title in 1992.
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- Leeds play in all-white kits at home matches. The club's badge features the White Rose of York, which is a symbol of Yorkshire.
- The club's anthem is an original song released in 1972, "Marching on Together".
- Leeds share rivalries with Manchester United and Chelsea, as well as with local teams such as Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
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