West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. West Bromwich: Albion| Manager| Players| Takeover
They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has played at its home ground, The Hawthorns, since 1900. Today we will discuss about West Bromwich: Albion| Manager| Players| Takeover.
West Bromwich: Albion| Manager| Players| Takeover…
The club was founded as West Bromwich Strollers in 1878 by workers from George Salter’s Spring Works in West Bromwich, in the Black Country . They were renamed West Bromwich Albion in 1880, becoming the first team to adopt the Albion suffix; Albion was a district of West Bromwich where some of the players lived or worked, close to what is today Greets Green. The club joined the Birmingham & District Football Association in 1881 and became eligible for their first competition, the Birmingham Cup.
| Full name | West Bromwich Albion Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Baggies, The Throstles, The Albion |
| Short name | WBA, West Brom, Albion |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Ground | The Hawthorns |
| Capacity | 26,688 |
| Owner | Lai Guochuan |
| Chairman | Li Piyue |
| Head coach | Valérien Ismaël |
| League | EFL Championship |
| 2020–21 | Premier League, 19th of 20 (relegated) |
Albion
Albion was one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888, the first professional football league in the world. The club has spent the majority of its existence in the top tier of English football, where as of 2020–21 it has played for 82 seasons. The club has been champions of England once, in 1919–20, and has been runners-up twice.
Albion teams have reached ten FA Cup finals and won the Cup on five occasions. The first win came in 1888, the year the league was founded, and the most recent in 1968, the club’s last major trophy. It also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966. The club’s longest continuous period in the top division spanned 24 years between 1949 and 1973, and from 1986 to 2002 it spent its longest ever spell out of the top division.
Manager
West Bromwich Albion have appointed Valerien Ismael as their new head coach after agreeing a compensation package with Barnsley.
The 45-year-old has signed a four-year contract at The Hawthorns.
Chief executive Xu Ke told the club’s website: “I am delighted to welcome Valerien to The Hawthorns. Valerien has established a reputation as an excellent coach and I have been impressed by his professionalism, enthusiasm and hunger to succeed.
Players
| Nat. | Contract | Market value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
|
28 |  |
2022 | ₹666.56m | |||
|
25
|
|
32 | |
2022 | ₹83.32m | |||
|
36
|
|
25 | |
2023 | ₹20.83m | |||
|
6
|
|
27 |  |
2023 | ₹499.92m | |||
|
4
|
|
22 |  |
2023 | ₹249.96m | |||
|
16
|
|
24 | |
2022 | ₹249.96m | |||
|
5
|
|
30 |  |
2023 | ₹208.30m | |||
|
21
|
|
24 |   |
2024 | ₹83.32m | |||
|
33
|
|
18 | |
2024 | – | |||
|
3
|
|
28 | |
2024 | ₹166.64m | |||
|
2
|
|
25 |  |
2025 | ₹416.60m | |||
|
29
|
|
19 | |
0 | – | |||
|
34
|
|
18 | |
2024 | – | |||
|
8
|
|
31 | |
2022 | ₹208.30m | |||
|
27
|
|
26 |  |
2024 | ₹583.24m | |||
|
19
|
|
29 |  |
2022 | ₹166.64m | |||
|
20
|
|
28 | |
2024 | ₹233.30m | |||
|
30
|
|
17 | |
2023 | – | |||
|
11
|
|
23 |  |
2025 | ₹833.20m | |||
|
10
|
|
30 | |
2024 | ₹333.28m | |||
|
23
|
|
33 | |
2022 | ₹124.98m | |||
|
28
|
|
20 | |
2024 | – | |||
|
18
|
|
23 | |
2026 | ₹666.56m | |||
|
7
|
|
26 | |
2025 | ₹499.92m | |||
|
9
|
|
27 |  |
2023 | ₹166.64m |
Takeover
West Bromwich Albion journalist Joe Masi has been sharing some details on the current situation at the Midlands club regarding a potential takeover.
This comes after Masi made an appearance on a recent episode of West Brom-themed podcast Baggies Broadcast where he spoke about a range of topics concerning the club.
On the subject of a potential takeover of the club from the hands of the current owner Guochuan Lai, Masi had this to say on the matter. (54.53)
He said: “I’ve said before in this podcast, I think a takeover could surprise us. I think a takeover could happen.
