Stevenage F.C.

Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home games at Broadhall Way in Stevenage.

Founded in 1976 following the demise of the town's former club, they joined the United Counties League in 1980 and enjoyed success in its first year at senior status, winning both the United Counties League Division One title and the United Counties League Cup. Following three promotions in four seasons in the early 1990s, the club was promoted to the Conference National in 1994. Despite winning the league in the 1995–96 season, they were denied promotion to the Football League due to insufficient ground facilities. Stevenage remained in the top tier of non-League for the following 14 seasons, before earning promotion to the Football League after winning the Conference Premier in the 2009–10 season.

The promotion prompted a rebranding of the club, dropping the word 'Borough' from its title in June 2010. In its first season in the Football League, Stevenage achieved promotion to League One via the play-offs. The club attained their highest league position during the 2011–12 season, placing sixth in League One. The core of the team that helped the club to its success throughout 2009 to 2012 departed, and Stevenage were relegated back into League Two at the end of the 2013–14 season. The club returned to League One following promotion during the 2022–23 season.

Stevenage has also enjoyed success in national cup competitions, becoming the first team to win a competitive final at the newly built Wembley Stadium in 2007, defeating Kidderminster Harriers to lift the FA Trophy in front of a competition-record crowd of 53,262. They won the competition again in 2009. The club has also produced a number of notable results in the FA Cup against high-profile opposition.