EFL Championship · Championship · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England · bet365 Stadium
Stoke City Football Club
One of the oldest football clubs in the world, Stoke City are forever immortalised in the rhetorical question about cold, wet Tuesday nights and have spent much of the post-Premier League era trying to find a path back to the top flight from the heart of the Potteries.
Current Leadership
Owners
The Coates family, founders of the bet365 online gambling company headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, have owned Stoke City since 2006. Peter Coates serves as chairman, while his daughter Denise Coates, the billionaire bet365 co-founder, is vice-chairman. Their investment funded Stoke's decade in the Premier League, and the club's stadium bears the bet365 name. The family's deep roots in the city give the ownership a local character unusual in modern football.
Manager
| Name | Position | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Robins | Manager | 2024 |
Coaching Staff
| Name | Position | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Adi Viveash | Assistant Manager | 2024 |
| Andy Quy | Goalkeeping Coach | 2022 |
Historical Figures
Former Owners
An Icelandic consortium led by Gunnar Thor Gislason owned Stoke during a turbulent period that saw the club move from the Victoria Ground to the Britannia Stadium. Their ownership ended when the Coates family took control in 2006, providing the stability that would ultimately lead to Premier League football.