Ground capacity : 37,890
Pitch measurements : 115 x 74 yards
Nicknames : 'United' or 'The Whites'
First choice colours : White with blue and gold trim
Change colours : Yellow with blue strip
Leeds United came into being late in 1919 but it was 1920 that the club gained election to the Football League.
First game in Football League : August 28 1920, Division Two v Port Vale (a) Lost 0-2
Record attendance : 57,892 v Sunderland FA Cup 5th rd replay March 15 1967.
Record League win: 8-0 v Leicester City, Division One, April 7, 1934.
Record European win: 10-0 v Lyn Oslo, European Cup 1st rd 1st leg September 17, 1969.
Record FA Cup win: 8-1 v Crystal Palace (Rnd 3) January 1930
Record League Cup win : 5-1 v Mansfield Town (Rnd 2), September 1963
Record League defeat: 1-8 v Stoke City, Division One, August 27, 1934.
Record European defeat : 0-4 v SK Lierse (UEFA Cup) 1st rnd, 1st leg, Sept 1971/Barcelona (Champs League), Sept 2000
Record FA Cup defeat: 2-7 v Middlesbrough (Rnd 3), January 1946
Record League Cup defeat : 0-7 v West Ham (Rnd 3), November 1966/Arsenal (Rnd 2), September 1979
Record League scorer in a season : John Charles 43, Division Two 1953-54.
Highest number of league goals in a match : 5, Gordon Hodgson v Leicester City, Division One, October 1, 1938.
Highest number of League goals in aggregate : Peter Lorimer 168
Record all-time goalscorer : Peter Lorimer 238
Record appearances in league matches : Jack Charlton 629
Record all-time appearances : 773 Jack Charlton/Billy Bremner
Record transfer fee paid: £18m to West Ham for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000.
Record transfer fee received: £29.1m from Manchester Utd for Rio Ferdinand, July 2002
Oldest Player : Eddie Burbank (41yrs and 23 days) - v Hull City, April 1954
Youngest Player : Peter Lorimer (15 years and 289 days) - v Southampton, September 1962
First schoolboy to play for club : Tom Elliott v Norwich City, February 3, 2007
Most players used in a season: 44 2004/05 and 2006/07
Match sequences
Unbeaten start to the season : 29 (1973/74)
Most successive wins in all competitions to start season: 8 (2009/10)
Longest undefeated run: 34 (Oct 1968-Aug 1969)
Longest undefeated run at home : 39 (May 1968-March 1970)
Longest undefeated run away : 17 (Oct 1968-Aug 1969)
Successive home wins (league): 15 (Jan 2009-Oct 2010)
Successive defeats (league): 6 (April 1947-May 1947)
Successive games without a win (league): 17 (January 1947-August 1947)
Longest run without a home win: 10 (February 1982-May 1982)
Longest run without an away win: 26 (March 1939-August 1947)
CHAIRMEN
Although several people had held the name of chairman before the start of League action, J Hilton Crowther, a wealthy West Yorkshire industrialist, was chairman when the club began in the Second Division in 1920. He held the position until 1924
1924-1931 Sir Albert Braithwaite
1931-1933 Eric Clarke
1933-37 Alf Masser
1937-1948 Ernest Pullan
1948- 1961 Sam Bolton
1961-1967 Harry Reynolds
1967-1968 Albert Morris
1968-1972 Percy Woodward
1972-1983 Manny Cussins
1983-1996 Leslie Silver
1996-1997 Bill Fotherby
1997-2003 Peter Ridsdale
2003 Prof John McKenzie
2003-04 Trevor Birch
2004-2005 Gerald Krasner
2005-2013 Ken Bates
2013-2014 Salah Nooruddin
2015 Andrew Umbers
2015 Masssimo Cellino
MANAGERS
Dick Ray 1919-1920
Arthur Fairclough 1920-1927
Dick Ray 1927-35
Billy Hampson 1935-1947
Willis Edwards 1947-1948
Major Frank Buckley 1948-1953
Raich Carter 1953-1958
Bill Lambton 1958-1959
Jack Taylor 1959-1961
Don Revie 1961-1974
Brian Clough 1974
Jimmy Armfield 1974-1978
Jock Stein 1978 (Aug - Sept)
Jimmy Adamson 1978-1980
Allan Clarke 1980-1982
Eddie Gray 1982-1985
Billy Bremner 1985-1988
Howard Wilkinson 1988-1996
George Graham 1996-1998
David O'Leary 1998-2002
Terry Venables 2002-2003
Peter Reid 2003 (Mar - Nov)
Eddie Gray 2003-2004
Kevin Blackwell 2004-2006
Dennis Wise 2006-2008
Gary McAllister 2008 (Jan - Dec)
Simon Grayson 2008 - 2012
Neil Warnock 2012 - 2013
Brian McDermott 2013 - 2014
David Hockaday 2014 (June - August)
Darko Milanič 2014 - (September - October)
