Blackburn Rovers F.C.
association football club in Blackburn, England
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Summary
Blackburn Rovers F.C. is an association football club[1]. Blackburn Rovers F.C. ranks in the top 0.25% of association football club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,241 views/month, #34 of 13,640).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Home venue: Ewood Park[4]
- League or competition: EFL Championship[5]
- Owned by: V H Group[6]
- Named after: Blackburn[7]
- Headquarters location: Blackburn[8]
- Head coach: Valérien Ismaël[9]
- Commons category: Blackburn Rovers F.C.[10]
- Chairperson: Mike Cheston[11]
- Inception: 1875[12]
- Sport: association football[13]
- Official website: https://www.rovers.co.uk/[14]
- Sponsor: FVP Trade[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C.[16]
- Participant in: 1890 FA Cup Final[17], 1882 FA Cup Final[18], 1884 FA Cup Final[19], 1885 FA Cup Final[20], 1886 FA Cup Final[21], 1928 FA Cup Final[22], 1891 FA Cup Final[23]
- Topic has template: Template:Blackburn Rovers F.C.[24], Template:Fb team Blackburn Rovers[25]
- Official name: Blackburn Rovers Football Club[26]
- Nickname: Rovers[27], The Blue and Whites[28], The Riversiders[29]
- Native label: Blackburn Rovers F.C.[30]
- Owner of: Ewood Park[31]
- Different from: Blackburn Rovers W.F.C.[32]
- History of topic: history of Blackburn Rovers F.C.[33]
- Category for members of a team: Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players[34]
- Official color: blue[35], white[36], red[37]
- Social media followers: 245,917[38], 236,559[39], 22,200[40], 284,775[41], 29,600[42], 307,007[43], 32,900[44]
Why It Matters
Blackburn Rovers F.C. has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Blackburn Rovers F.C. is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]