Hull City Association Football Club is an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded in 1904, the highest position Hull City have ever finished in the English Football League was 3rd in the second division of the old Football League. Their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 1930, when the team reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The club play their home games at the KC Stadium in Hull. The club previously played at Boothferry Park, but moved to their current home in 2002, with Boothferry Park set for demolition. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers. The club's mascot is known as Roary the Tiger.
