Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town,[1] and were elected to The Football League for the 1920–21 season.[3] In 1981 Swansea won promotion to the top tier of English football, achieving a club record highest league finish of sixth position after having led the table for a brief period, but a decline then set in the season after and were relegated, before in 2003 the club narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference.Three years later, their 2007–08 season in League One, ended in a first-place finish and promotion in the process to The Championship.In Swansea's centenary year, the club won their first major English trophy beating Bradford City in the 2013 Football League Cup Final.