Coventry City F.C.
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Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed the Sky Blues after the sky blue colours that have featured prominently throughout their history, which they have worn continuously since 1962.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Coventry City formed as Singers F.C. in 1883 following a general meeting of the Singer Gentleman's club. They adopted their current name in 1898 and joined the Southern League in 1908, before being selected into the Football League in 1919. Relegated in 1925, they returned to the Second Division as champions of the Third Division South and Third Division South Cup winners in 1935–36. Relegated in 1952, they won promotion in the inaugural Fourth Division season in 1958–59. Coventry reached the First Division after winning the Third Division title in 1963–64 and the Second Division title in 1966– 67 under the management of Jimmy Hill. In the 1970–71 season, the team competed in the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, reaching the second round. Despite beating Bayern Munich 2–1 in the home leg, they had lost 6–1 in the first leg in Germany, and were eliminated.
Coventry's only period in the top division to date lasted 34 consecutive seasons between 1967 and 2001, and the club were inaugural members of the Premier League in 1992. Following their relegation from the top flight in 2001, they dropped down to League One in 2012 and League Two in 2017. Coventry won the FA Cup in 1987, the club's only major trophy, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 in the final.<ref name="Classic Cup Finals">Template:Cite web</ref> The club also won the EFL Trophy in 2017, in the same season that they were relegated to the fourth tier.
Coventry returned to Wembley in 2018, beating Exeter City in the League Two play-off final. Manager Mark Robins built on this success guiding the Sky Blues to eighth in League One the next season, and then led the club to promotion back to the EFL Championship as League One champions in 2020. In the 2022–23 season, Coventry secured a play-off place in the Championship, before losing the play-off final to Luton Town on penalties.
For 106 years from 1899 to 2005, Coventry City played at the Highfield Road ground. The 32,609-capacity Coventry Arena was opened in August 2005 to replace Highfield Road, but the club only used the stadium periodically during a long-running dispute over rent between 2013 and August 2025, when the club acquired the stadium outright.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Early years (1883–1919)
Coventry City was founded in 1883 as Singers F.C., following a meeting between William Stanley and seven colleagues from the Singer Cycle Company at the Lord Aylesford Inn in Hillfields. It was one of several 19th century clubs linked to Coventry's bicycle factories, and the company founder George Singer was its first president.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Singers joined the Birmingham County Football Association in 1884 and played around forty games in their first four years at Dowells Field in the Stoke area.Template:Sfn<ref name="HomeGround">Template:Cite news</ref> In early seasons they lacked a regular playing staff and sometimes lacked equipment such as goal nets.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In 1887, the club moved to the larger Stoke Road Ground, which had rudimentary stands, and they charged an entrance fee for the first time.Template:Sfn The following five seasons were very successful, culminating in back-to-back Birmingham Junior Cup titles in 1891 and 1892.Template:Sfn
Singers turned professional in 1892 and joined the Birmingham & District League in 1894, competing against strong reserve sides from established regional teams such as Aston Villa.Template:Sfn Coventry residents not connected to the cycle company began supporting the club, and it was renamed Coventry City in 1898.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Highfield Road opened in 1899, but its construction caused a financial crisis and subsequent salary disputes with the players.Template:Sfn The club endured several poor seasons on the field, having to re-apply for membership of the league three times in the space of five years.Template:Sfn In 1901, Coventry suffered their worst ever defeat with an 11–2 loss against Worcester-based Berwick Rangers in the qualifying round of the FA Cup.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The club became a limited company in July 1907 and the team was more successful the following season, reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time before being eliminated by Crystal Palace.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1908, Coventry joined the Southern League, at the time the third-strongest English division.Template:Sfn In their second season, Coventry reached the FA Cup quarter-final, beating top-flight teams Preston and Nottingham Forest before losing to Everton.Template:Sfn Another two successful seasons followed but in 1914 the club was relegated, amid renewed financial problems.Template:Sfn Its economic health worsened as attendances dropped sharply, and the club was in danger of dissolution. It was saved in part by the abandonment of competitive football in mid-1915 due to World War I.Template:Sfn The club's debts were then paid off by benefactor David Cooke in 1917.Template:Sfn During the war, they played some friendly matches against local clubs and joined a temporary wartime division for 1918–19.Template:Sfn
League football and the "Old Five" (1919–1945)
In 1919, Coventry submitted a successful application to join the Football League and were placed into the Second Division for the 1919–20 season, the first played after the war.Template:Sfn In preparation for league football, the club invested in new players and increased Highfield Road's capacity to 40,000.Template:Sfn They avoided finishing last in 1919–20 when they won their final game against Bury, but this result was later found to be rigged, the club receiving a heavy fine in 1923.Template:Sfn In 1924–25, after their sixth successive relegation battle, Coventry finished bottom of the table and dropped into the Third Division North.Template:Sfn A year later they were asked by the League to switch to the Third Division South, to keep the sizes of the divisions even.Template:Sfn Their poor form continued, and in 1927–28 they narrowly avoided having to seek re-election.Template:Sfn Supporters rioted after the final game that season, some calling for the club to be wound up and a phoenix club established in its place.Template:Sfn In 1928, the club's worst ever attendance was recorded with a gate of 2,059 for a match against Crystal Palace.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In addition to poor form on the field, the club ran into financial difficulties by the end of the 1920s, having to rely on fundraisers by supporters and a cash injection by Cooke, who had become club president. A committee of enquiry in 1928 concluded that the club was being mismanaged, leading to resignation of chairman W. Carpenter and his replacement by Walter Brandish.Template:Sfn The club's form began to improve under the new board,Template:Sfn and the appointment of Harry Storer as manager in 1931 brought in an era of success at the club.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Coventry scored a total of 108 goals in the 1931–32 season, gaining the nickname "The Old Five" as a result of scoring five or more in many games.Template:Sfn New signing Clarrie Bourton's individual tally of 49 goals was the Football League record for that season, and his overall total of 50 remains the club record.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Two further 100-goal seasons followed, the first time in the league that a team had achieved three in a row, and Coventry recorded their largest ever league victory in April 1934, 9–0 against Bristol City.Template:Sfn Despite scoring heavily, Coventry missed out on promotion every season until 1935–36, when they finished as Third Division North champions.Template:Sfn
The club continued their good form in the second tier, finishing eighth, fourth and fourth again between 1936 and 1939.Template:Sfn They also constructed a new main stand and purchased the freehold of Highfield Road, utilising a loan of £20,000 from local motor-industry entrepreneur John Siddeley.Template:Sfn In 1937–38 they met with Midlands rivals Aston Villa the first time in league football, securing with a win and a draw in the two meetings as well as a higher-placed finish than the Birmingham club.Template:Sfn In September 1939, the league season was aborted after three games due to the start of World War II.Template:Sfn Many supporters at the time blamed the war for robbing the team of a probable imminent promotion to the First Division, although several top players including Bourton had been sold by 1939, and attendances had begun to fall.Template:Sfn Coventry continued playing some friendly games until November 1940, when the Coventry Blitz damaged the stadium and brought all football in the city to a halt. Friendly matches resumed again in 1942, as parts of Highfield Road had been rebuilt, and the team joined the Midland Regional League.Template:Sfn
Rise to the First Division, Europe, and FA Cup victory (1945–1987)
Storer left Coventry for Birmingham City after the war, and many of the 1939 squad had retired by 1945. New manager Dick Bayliss assembled a squad with a mixture of pre-war players and newcomers,Template:Sfn but his tenure was cut short when he died after being stranded in a snow storm in 1947.Template:Sfn Replacement Billy Frith was dismissed following a poor start to 1948–49 and the club persuaded Storer to return from Birmingham.Template:Sfn In 1950–51, Coventry led the Second Division table at Christmas, but a poor run ended their promotion hopes and the following season they were relegated.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn They spent the next six seasons in the Third Division South, with seven different managers, but were never in contention for promotion.Template:Sfn The average attendance at Highfield Road dropped sharply during this period, and several top players had to be sold amid financial difficulties.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In 1958, the north and south divisions were replaced by a single nationwide third and a new fourth. Coventry were placed in the latter as a result of a bottom-half finish in 1957–58.Template:Sfn Three games into 1958–59, the club occupied its lowest ever overall league position, 91st, but recovered to secure promotion back into the third tier.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
The appointment of Derrick Robins as chairman in 1958 and Jimmy Hill as manager in 1961, marked the start of the "Sky Blue revolution" at the club.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hill changed the club's kit colour and nickname, introduced the Sky Blue Song, and added pre-match entertainment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Backed by an injection of cash from Robins, Hill led Coventry to the Third and Second Division championships in 1964 and 1967 respectively, taking them to the top division for the first time.Template:Sfn Coventry's record attendance was set in 1967, against fellow title-chasers Wolverhampton Wanderers; the official gate was 51,455 although the club estimated that the figure was higher.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1969–70, under Hill's successor Noel Cantwell, the club finished sixth in the First Division, which Template:As of remains their highest ever position.<ref name="FCHD">Template:Cite web</ref> The top-six finish earned them a place in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which ended in the second round with a 7–3 aggregate defeat against Bayern Munich.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the mid-1970s, the club faced renewed financial difficulty and sold several top players.Template:Sfn A relegation battle followed in 1976–77, which culminated in a controversial 2–2 draw with Bristol City that saw both sides survive at the expense of Sunderland, playing out the final minutes without any attempt to score further goals.Template:Sfn A season of success followed in 1977–78, as Coventry finished seventh, narrowly missing a European place.Template:Sfn In 1980–81, Coventry reached their first major semi-final, losing to West Ham United in the League Cup.Template:Sfn
Hill returned to the club as managing director in 1975, and was elevated to chairman in 1980.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He initiated several transformations at the club, including the conversion of Highfield Road to England's first all-seat stadium in 1981,Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the opening of a sports centre and training ground in Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Hill attempted to rename the club "Coventry Talbot", after their sponsors, but this was rejected by the Football Association.Template:Sfn To pay for the developments, the club sold top players including popular striker Tommy Hutchison, and results suffered.Template:Sfn Hill was forced out of the club in 1983 and terraces reintroduced two years later.Template:Sfn Despite surviving relegation battles for four successive seasons, with three changes of manager, by 1986 the club had assembled a strong squad. Under duo George Curtis and John Sillett, they spent most of the following season in the top eight, and advanced to the 1987 FA Cup final.Template:Sfn In a match later described by Steven Pye of The Guardian' as a "classic final", Coventry beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 at Wembley which, Template:As of, is the club's only major trophy to date.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Recent history (1987–present)
Coventry's FA Cup defence ended with a fourth-round defeat to Watford, followed a season later by one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history when they lost 2–1 to non-league Sutton United in the third round.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They finished seventh in the league that season, however, their highest finish since 1978.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Sfn A last-day escape in 1991–92 earned Coventry a place in the newly-formed Premier League.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bryan Richardson took over as club chairman in summer 1993, making large sums of money available for players over subsequent years.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn With Ron Atkinson and then Gordon Strachan as manager, Coventry signed several high-profile players such as Dion Dublin, Moustapha Hadji, Peter Ndlovu and Robbie Keane, but did not finish higher than 11th place for the remainder of their Premier League tenure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1997, Richardson revealed the initial proposals for a new stadium in the north of Coventry, at the time envisaged as having 40,000 seats and included in England's unsuccessful bid for the 2006 World Cup.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The project was backed by Coventry City Council and gained planning permission in 1998, but involved high costs, inducing the board to sell Highfield Road to a property developer and lease it back, before construction had started.Template:Sfn On the field, Coventry were forced by the rising debts to sell their top players without replacement, and were finally relegated in 2000–01, ending 34 years of continuous tenure in the top flight.Template:Sfn
In their first season back in the second tier, Coventry occupied 4th place with seven games remaining, but ultimately finished 11th, outside the play-off places.Template:Sfn The new stadium opened in 2005, having been reduced in size and delayed several times;Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the club had previously sold its 50% share to the Alan Higgs charity to repay debts.Template:Sfn The club's financial situation remained poor, and by 2007 they faced the possibility of being forced out of business; this was averted when the club was bought by hedge fund owner Sisu Capital.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Led by chairman Ray Ranson, Coventry signed several promising youngsters in the early Sisu years, but they failed to achieve on-field success.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sisu began reducing investment from 2009 as debts mounted, leading eventually to Ranson's resignation in 2011.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They were relegated to League One in 2012, and were forced to groundshare with Northampton Town for more than a year from 2013, following a rent dispute with the Ricoh Arena owners.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Coventry City Football Club Ltd was dissolved, but the team were allowed to continue playing in League One under Sisu Company Otium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2016–17, Coventry were relegated to League Two,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but also won the EFL Trophy in the same season, their first trophy for 30 years. The following season, their first in the fourth tier since 1959, they were promoted straight back, finishing sixth and beating Exeter City in the play-off final. Two seasons later, they were promoted again, being awarded the League One championship via a points-per-game system after the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="GuardianPoshDisgrace">Template:Cite news</ref> At the time of curtailment in March 2020, they led the table with 67 points from 34 games.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="GuardianPoshDisgrace" /> They were exiled from the Ricoh Arena again from 2019 to 2021, playing their home games at St Andrew's in Birmingham, amid ongoing legal action by Sisu over the 2014 purchase of the stadium by rugby club Wasps, which concluded only in 2022 when the European Commission declined to hear an appeal.<ref name="CoventryRicohReturnGreatNews">Template:Cite web</ref>
The Sisu era at Coventry City ended in 2023, when local businessman Doug King purchased the club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> King had also attempted to acquire the CBS Arena, after both Wasps and the stadium holding company had fallen into administration, but his bid came too late and the stadium was eventually sold to Mike Ashley.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Coventry finished fifth in the Championship and then progressed to the play-off final at Wembley, missing out on promotion to the Premier League in a penalty shoot-out defeat against Luton Town.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The following season, the club reached the FA Cup semi-final for the first time since 1987, facing Manchester United at Wembley. After going 3–0 down, Coventry levelled the match in stoppage time but went on to lose on penalties.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later in 2024, Coventry sacked long-time manager Mark Robins following a run of poor results, replacing him with Frank Lampard.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kit
Colours
Template:Commons Coventry's home shirts are either completely or predominantly sky blue. However, in past seasons, different 'home colours' were worn. For example, in 1889, the then Singers FC wore pink and blue halved shirts (mirroring the corporate colours of Singers Motors). Furthermore, in the 1890s, black and red were the club's colours. In the early 1920s, the club wore red and green (to reflect the colours of the city crest). Sky blue was first used by Coventry in 1898 and the theme was used until 1922. Variations of blue and white were then used until the 1960s and the beginning of the 'sky blue revolution'. The colour made its return in 1962 thanks to the then manager, Jimmy Hill. To mark the 125th year of the club, Coventry wore a special brown shirt in the last home game of the 2008–09 season against Watford, having first worn a chocolate brown away kit in 1978. This kit has been cited by some as the worst in English football history, but also has an iconic status with some fans.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2012, in the Third round FA Cup tie versus Southampton, the team wore a commemorative blue and white striped kit, marking the 25th anniversary of the club winning the FA Cup in 1987.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The strip was worn again in January 2013 for Coventry's 3rd round FA Cup fixture with Tottenham Hotspur, whom they beat in the 1987 final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019, Coventry City announced a new third kit in black and white honouring the city's connection with 2 Tone Records on the 40th anniversary of the record label.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Kit makers and sponsorship
Since the 2019–20 season, the kit is made by Hummel. The home, away and third kit is sponsored by Monzo as the main club sponsor across the front of the shirt and King of Shaves on the reverse since the 2024/25 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The first official kit manufacture deal came in 1974 when Umbro signed a deal with the club. Coventry also had the first kit sponsorship deal in the football league, when Jimmy Hill, then chairman of the club, negotiated a deal with Talbot, who manufactured cars in the city.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Shorts sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Umbro | None | None or N/A |
| 1975–80 | Admiral Sportswear | ||
| 1980–81 | Talbot | ||
| 1981–83 | Big T | ||
| 1983–84 | Umbro | Tallon | |
| 1984–85 | Glazepta | ||
| 1985–86 | Elliotts | ||
| 1986–87 | Triple S Sport | Granada Bingo | |
| 1987–88 | Hummel | ||
| 1988–89 | None | ||
| 1989–92 | Asics | Peugeot | |
| 1992–94 | Ribero | ||
| 1994–96 | Pony International | ||
| 1996–97 | Le Coq Sportif | ||
| 1997–99 | Subaru (home)
Isuzu (away) | ||
| 1999–2004 | In House Manufacturer (CCFC Leisure) | ||
| 2004–05 | Kit@ | ||
| 2005–06 | Cassidy Group | ||
| 2006–10 | Puma | ||
| 2010–13 | City Link | ||
| 2013–14 | Grace Medical Fund (charity partner) | ||
| 2014–15 | Allsopp & Allsopp | ||
| 2015–18 | Nike | ||
| 2018–19 | Midrepro | ||
| 2019–20 | Hummel International | Allsopp & Allsopp | The Exams Office<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2020–21 | BoyleSports (front), Jingltree<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (back) | G&R Scaffolding<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (home), SIMIAN Aspects Training<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (away) | |
| 2021–23 | BoyleSports (front), XL Motors (back) | ||
| 2023–24 | King of Shaves (front), XL Motors (sleeve), Coventry Building Society (rear) | G&R Scaffolding | |
| 2024– | Monzo (front), Mercury (sleeve), King of Shaves (rear)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Stadium
Early grounds
Coventry's first ground was at Dowells Field, where they played as Singers F.C. from their founding in 1883 until 1887.Template:Sfn It was located in the Stoke area south of Binley Road close to a landmark called Robinsons Pit, in an area of fields which belonged at the time to a landowner named Samuel Dowell. The site was later the location of the Gosford Park Hotel and the Coventry loop line railway, and much of the former pitch is now occupied by housing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="100Years">Template:Cite web</ref>
The club's second pitch was at Stoke Road, to which Singers moved in 1887. It was located between Paynes Lane and Swan Lane, immediately to the south of the eventual Highfield Road stadium.Template:Sfn<ref name="100Years"/> The move coincided with the appointment of J.G. Morgan as club secretary, who transformed the club's operations and was the first to hold a manager role. Unlike Dowells Field, Stoke Ground was fully enclosed by hedges and trees and featured a small stand and entrances close to the White Lion and Binley Oak pubs.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn An admission fee of two pence was charged for attendance at games.Template:Sfn Singers' biggest rivals during the Stoke Road years were the Rudge Cycle Company team, with games between the two clubs attracted crowds as high as 4,000 by the end of the 1880s.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Highfield Road
In 1899, shortly after Singers became Coventry City, they were forced to vacate Stoke Road due to an extension of King Richard Street and a housing development to accommodate Coventry's rising population.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The club acquired a site previously owned by the Craven Cricket Club and built the new stadium there. It was named Highfield Road after the road to the north of the ground, at the time the only access route from the city centre, which was in turn named after a Highfield Farm that had stood on the site earlier.Template:Sfn Construction cost £100, a large amount for the club at the time, and on opening the ground featured a single stand on the southern side of the field.<ref name="Brown2015">Template:Cite web</ref> The first game at the ground was a 1–0 win against Stoke City with an attendance of 3,000, but the club went on to finish bottom of the Birmingham & District League in the opening season.Template:Sfn
A run to the FA Cup quarter finals in 1910 saw a then-record 18,995 attendance at Highfield Road, and the club spent the revenue generated by the cup run on the construction of a new stand on the northern side.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A new terrace at the east of the ground, known as the Spion Kop, was opened in 1922, and in 1927 a roof was added over part of the western terrace, taken from Twickenham Stadium and funded by the supporters' club.<ref name="Brown2015"/>Template:Sfn In 1936, a new main stand was built and in the club also bought the freehold of the ground from the Mercers' Company, following a £20,000 loan by automotive entrepreneur John Siddeley.<ref name="Brown2015"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The stadium was bombed in the Coventry Blitz in 1941, damaging the pitch and the main stand, writer Nemo in the Coventry Telegraph said that Adolf Hitler had "done a spot of ploughing".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The first floodlights were installed at the ground in 1953, and were upgraded in 1957, using money raised by the supporters' club.<ref name="Brown2015" />
The "Sky Blue revolution" of Derrick Robins and Jimmy Hill in the 1960s saw large-scale development at Highfield Road, including construction of the new Sky Blue Stand on the north side of the ground.<ref name="Brown2015"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hill also oversaw the ground's conversion to all-seater as Chairman in 1981, but this was deeply unpopular with fans as well as Hill's successor John Poynton,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a report in early 1985 concluded that it was not achieving its desired effect of combatting hooliganism at Highfield Road. The Spion Kop was reconfigured and converted back to a standing terrace later that year.<ref name="Brown2015"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Taylor Report of 1990 led to a requirement that all top-flight teams should switch to all-seater. This led to what proved to be the final major development at Highfield Road, the construction of the new East Stand. The stadium hosted its last league game in a 6–2 Coventry win over Derby County in 2005 and was subsequently demolished to make way for a new housing development.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Coventry Building Society Arena
In 1997, Coventry City published plans for a 40,000-seat stadium on the site of a former gasworks in the Foleshill area of Coventry.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Backed by a 50% stake from Coventry City Council, the stadium gained planning permission in 1998,Template:Sfn and in 2000 was included in England's bid for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The failure of this bid and relegation in 2001 forced Coventry City to sell their share of the stadium to the Alan Higgs charity to repay debts.Template:Sfn After several delays, decontamination work on the site, and reductions in the scope of the project, the stadium hosted its first game in 2005 when Coventry defeated Queen's Park Rangers 3–0.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="StadiumDeal">Template:Cite web</ref> Electronics manufacturer Ricoh were the initial sponsor of the stadium and it was named the Ricoh Arena.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition to the stadium, the venue features an exhibition hall, hotel and casino and is adjacent to a retail complex and superstore.<ref name="MikeAshleyLatestAccounts">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="StadiumDeal" /> Coventry Arena railway station was opened next to the site in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It became the Coventry Building Society Arena in 2021 following a deal with Coventry Building Society.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2012, the club defaulted on its rent amid a dispute with the stadium's owners, Arena Coventry Limited (ACL) – a company owned jointly by the city council and the Higgs charity. The two sides could not agree on a revised deal and Coventry played its home games at Sixfields Stadium for the 2013–14 season while also announcing plans to build a new stadium elsewhere in Coventry.<ref name="RiachNorthampton">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The move was met with strong opposition and protests by Coventry fans, many of whom boycotted games at the stadium, gathering instead on an area close to Sixfields which they dubbed "Jimmy's Hill".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Coventry City returned to the Ricoh Arena in August 2014 after reaching a deal with ACL.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Wasps purchased the stadium in late 2014, relocating to Coventry from Adams Park in High Wycombe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Coventry City were exiled from the stadium again from 2019 to 2021, playing their home games at St Andrew's and later announcing a partnership with the University of Warwick with the goal of acquiring land for a new stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They returned to the Ricoh Arena following an agreement with Wasps in 2021, also maintaining the longer-term goal of constructing a new stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="CoventryRicohReturnGreatNews"/> When Ashley took over the stadium in 2022, the club for a while faced the threat of eviction but a deal was eventually reached for the club to continue playing there until at least 2028.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 23 August 2025, the club announced that it had purchased the stadium from Frasers Group, thus granting them full ownership of the stadium.<ref name=":0" /><ref>https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/august/23/coventry-city-football-club-secures-ownership-of-coventry-building-society-arena/</ref>
Supporters
Former Players' Association
In February 2007 a Former Players' Association was launched. Set up by club historian and statistician Jim Brown, former 1980s player Kirk Stephens and a committee of volunteers, its aim was to bring former players of the club together and cherish their memories. To qualify for membership players have to have made at least one first-team competitive appearance for the club or been a manager.
Around 50 former stars of the club attended the launch including Coventry City legends George Hudson, Cyrille Regis, Charlie Timmins and Bill Glazier. The association's first newsletter was published in autumn 2007 and a website launched. The launch of 2007 was followed by subsequent Legends' Days. The 2009 event, held at the home game against Doncaster Rovers was attended by 43 former players including the first visit to Coventry for many years of Roy Barry and Dave Clements. In March 2012 the membership had increased past the 200 mark with former captain Terry Yorath inducted as the 200th member at the 2012 Legends' Day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Legends’ Day has become an almost permanent fixture amongst Coventry supporters. Legends’ Day has been held almost every year since the Inaugural Event. The only exceptions being in 2014 when the club were exiled playing home games in Northampton and in 2020 and 2021 after fans were shut out of stadiums as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Identity
The club's support is collectively known as The Sky Blue Army. In Coventry and Warwickshire the use of the term ‘Going Up The City’ is a term used to say you are going to watch a Coventry City match.
The club's support massively dropped off in the years of the SISU ownership, with the decline in average attendances falling in line with the club's slide down the league pyramid. The exit from The Ricoh Arena in 2013 led to many supporters protesting against SISU's ownership of the club. In the 2013–14 season, in which the club was exiled at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium the average attendance dropped to just over 2,000.Template:Cn
The Sky Blue Trust is the largest member-based supporters club and in its peak was fighting to gain a stake in the club and to get fan representation on the board of directors. As of 2022 The Sky Blue Trust are less vocal and are viewed as obsolete by many supporters.Template:Cn
Sky Blue anthem
The words to the club's song were written in 1962 by Team Manager Jimmy Hill and Director John Camkin; The words being set to the tune of the Eton Boating Song.<ref name="anthem">Template:Cite news</ref> It was launched at the home game with Colchester on 22 December 1962 (a match abandoned at half-time because of fog) with the words printed in the programme.<ref name="anthem"/> It quickly became popular with supporters during the epic FA Cup run in 1963 when the then Third Division team reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup before losing to eventual winners Manchester United:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Columns-start <poem>Original Words: Let's all sing together Play up, Sky Blues While we sing together We will never lose Proud, Posh or Cobblers Oysters or anyone They shan't defeat us We'll fight till the game is won! City! City! City!</poem> Template:Column <poem>Current Words: Let's all sing together Play up, Sky Blues While we sing together We will never lose Tottenham or Chelsea United or anyone They shan't defeat us We'll fight till the game is won! City! City! City!</poem> Template:Column Template:Column Template:Columns-endFamous Supporters
The club has a number of famous supporters, Television Broadcaster Richard Keys was born in the city and is a lifelong supporter of the club. Fellow broadcaster Jon Gaunt is also a City fan.
The former principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team Christian Horner was outed as a supporter of the club when he jokingly claimed in an interview with Sky F1 he was trying to convince Kevin De Bruyne to join the club.Template:Cn
Haas F1 Team principal Ayao Komatsu revealed in an interview with Sky Sports F1 that he is a fan of the club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Komatusu's support stems from being introduced to the club whilst he was studying at Loughborough University.
Comedian Josh Pugh grew up in nearby Atherstone and currently lives in Coventry and supports the Sky Blues.Template:Cn
From the world of music, Musician Neville Staple of The Specials is also a keen supporter of the club and in 2019, appeared in a kit launch for the clubs new ‘Two Tone’ themed Third Kit.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts who formed local rock band The Enemy are all big City supporters.
Singer/Songwriter Tom Grennan is also a fan of the club owing to his manager and agent being a Sky Blues fan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The actor Graeme Hawley who is best known for playing the role of John Stape in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street is a season ticket holder at the club. Other famous fans include professional Darts players Steve Beaton and Steve Hine, Formula 1 mogul Eddie Jordan and Westlife member Brian McFadden.Template:Cn
Malcolm In The Middle actor Frankie Muniz is reportedly a Coventry City fan, apparently owing to a producer he made friends with on the set of the film Agent Cody Banks 2.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Politician Geoffrey Robinson is a fan of the club and once served as chairman.
Rivalries
Template:Additional citations Coventry's principal rivalries are with their local rivals in the English Midlands; these include Aston Villa, Leicester City, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the rivalry with Wolverhampton was the most noteworthy – the clubs were both promoted in 1967, meeting in the Second Division championship decider, and then contested an FA Cup quarter-final six years later which was won by Wolverhampton.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Aston Villa are Coventry's main rival.<ref name="M69"/><ref name="SKYSPORTS12">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Historically, Aston Villa were Coventry's main rivals, however many Coventry supporters also view the rivalry with Leicester City as significant.<ref name="M69"/> This rivalry is more reciprocated due to Villa's stronger rivalry with Birmingham City.<ref name="M69"/> Coventry’s main rivals as of late is Sunderland AFC with the pair forging an unlikely rivalry in recent years despite the 206 miles between the clubs.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s and to the turn of the millennium, Aston Villa were considered Coventry's main rivals as they continually competed against each other in the First Division and then the Premier League.Template:Citation needed The two clubs however have not met since Coventry's relegation from the Premier League in 2001. Leicester and Coventry compete the M69 Derby.<ref name="M69">Template:Cite news</ref> However, largely due to the clubs' differing fortunes meetings between the two have been rare in recent years; the two clubs had not played each other between 2012 and 2023.<ref name="M69"/> The derby returned for the first time in eleven years in the 2023–24 EFL Championship season, following Leicester's relegation from the Premier League.<ref name="M69"/> A small section of The Sky Blues' support were widely condemned in the build up to an M69 Derby in January 2024, after offensive banners mocking the death of former Foxes owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were displayed across the City of Coventry<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In the 1960s and 1970s there was intense rivalry with Wolverhampton Wanderers which started in 1965 after Wolves were relegated from Division One and the two clubs met in Division Two. The two sides were promoted together in 1967 and there were fierce battles in both city centres when the clubs met during the period. There was also rivalries with West Bromwich Albion and Walsall but these are much less fierce than the ones with Leicester, Wolves and Villa. A local rivalry also exists with Birmingham City, however the ground share agreement at St Andrew's between 2019 and 2021 – which effectively spared Coventry from being expelled from the EFL – has led to friendlier relations between the two clubs’ supporters.
The club has an unusual long-distance rivalry with North-East side Sunderland, which stems back to the end of the 1976–77 season, when Coventry, Sunderland and Bristol City were all battling against relegation from Division One on the final day of the season. With Coventry and Bristol City facing each other at Highfield Road, the referee, on the advice of the police, delayed the kick-off of the match by 15 minutes as many Bristol City fans were still trying to enter the ground and there was a risk of serious trouble. Sunderland, who were playing away to Everton at the same time, lost 2–0, and the result was displayed on the Highfield Road scoreboard. There were still 15 minutes left to play and Coventry and Bristol City effectively stopped playing knowing that a 2–2 draw would keep both teams up and send Sunderland down. There was an inquiry but the result was allowed to stand and Sunderland were relegated. Some Sunderland fans have held a grudge and there has also been some rivalry more recently as the two clubs competed for promotion from League One together in 2018–19 and 2019–20. In 2018–19 crowd trouble marred the meetings between the two at The Ricoh Arena and The Stadium of Light leading to numerous arrests among both sets of fans.
In a 2020 survey conducted by the Coventry Telegraph, supporters of various teams were asked to name the top-five clubs they viewed as rivals. Among Coventry supporters, Aston Villa were the club named the most with 83% including them. This was followed by Leicester City with 76%, Wolverhampton Wanderers with 50%, Birmingham City with 47% and West Bromwich Albion with 45%. Sunderland were named by 34% of Coventry fans. In the other direction, 66% of Leicester City fans included Coventry in their top five while the club were named by around 50% of supporters from Northampton, West Brom, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Burton Albion, Wolves, Walsall and Sunderland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Players
First-team squad
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Out on loan
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Under-21 squad
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Under-18 squad
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Management
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Seasons
Template:Sup Coventry City deducted 10 points by the Football League for going into administration.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Template:Sup Bury were expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019 due to financial issues at the club.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The season was postponed on 13 March 2020 and later concluded prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions and promotions decided on a points-per-game basis.<ref name="Sky Sports">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Notable players
Official Hall of Fame
Notable Academy graduates
| Player | Achievements |
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| Template:Flagicon Tom Bayliss | 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Gaël Bigirimana | 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner with Coventry, 2012 Championship Apprentice Award winner |
| Template:Flagicon Willie Boland | Over 200 appearances for Cardiff City, 2001–02 FAW Premier Cup winner |
| Template:Flagicon Lee Burge | 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry, 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner with Coventry, over 150 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Cyrus Christie | 24 international caps and 2 goals for Republic of Ireland, over 100 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Jordan Clarke | Over 100 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Jonson Clarke-Harris | 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry, youngest player to play in a first-team match for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Josh Eccles | Over 100 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon John Eustace | Coventry club captain |
| Template:Flagicon Marcus Hall | England U21 captain, over 300 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Ryan Haynes | 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry, 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner with Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Ryan Howley | 2022 Championship Apprentice Award winner |
| Template:Flagicon Dean Kiely | 11 international caps for Republic of Ireland, 2007–08 Championship Golden Glove, two-time Football League Championship winner |
| Template:Flagicon Chris Kirkland | 1 international cap for England, 2004–05 UEFA Champions League winner |
| Template:Flagicon James Maddison | 7 international caps for England (subject to change), part of England 2022 World Cup squad, January 2018 EFL Young Player of the Month |
| Template:Flagicon Gary McSheffrey | Over 250 appearances for Coventry, two-time Football League Championship runner-up |
| Template:Flagicon Roy O'Donovan | 2 caps for Republic of Ireland B, 2015–16 A-League Goal of the Year winner |
| Template:Flagicon Isaac Osbourne | Over 100 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Jordan Ponticelli | 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Josh Ruffels | Over 300 appearances for Oxford United |
| Template:Flagicon Jordan Shipley | 2019–20 EFL League One winner with Coventry, 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry, over 100 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Ben Stevenson | 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner with Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Daniel Sturridge | 26 international caps and 8 goals for England, 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winner, 2009–10 Premier League winner |
| Template:Flagicon Conor Thomas | Over 100 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon George Thomas | 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner with Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Kevin Thomson | 3 international caps for Scotland, two-time Scottish Premier League winner, 2007–08 Scottish Cup winner |
| Template:Flagicon Kevin Thornton | Over 50 appearances for the first team, 2012–13 FA Trophy winner |
| Template:Flagicon Ben Turner | 2012–13 Football League Championship winner |
| Template:Flagicon Andy Whing | Over 100 appearances for Coventry. Last player to score at Highfield Rd and first player to score at The Ricoh Arena |
| Template:Flagicon Jordan Willis | 2017–18 EFL League Two play-off winner with Coventry, 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner with Coventry, Coventry club captain, over 200 appearances for Coventry |
| Template:Flagicon Callum Wilson | 6 international caps and 1 goal for England, part of England 2022 World Cup squad, two Premier League hat-tricks, 2014–15 Football League Championship winner |
Player records
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| Highest transfer fee paid | Template:Flagicon Haji Wright, £7,700,000 in 2023 (from Antalyaspor)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Highest transfer fee received | Template:Flagicon Viktor Gyökeres, undisclosed fee in the region of £20,000,000 in 2023 (to Sporting CP)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Most appearances (all competitions) | Template:Flagicon Steve Ogrizovic, 601 (1984–2000)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Most appearances (league) | Template:Flagicon Steve Ogrizovic, 504 (1984–2000) |
| All-time top scorer (all competitions) | Template:Flagicon Clarrie Bourton, 182 goals (1931–1937) |
| All-time top scorer (league) | Template:Flagicon Clarrie Bourton, 173 goals (1931–1937) |
| Top-flight era top scorer (all competitions) | Template:Flagicon Dion Dublin, 72 goals (1994–1998) |
| Top-flight era top scorer (league) | Template:Flagicon Dion Dublin, 60 goals (1994–1998) |
| Most goals by one player in a game | Template:Flagicon Arthur Bacon, 5 (vs Gillingham, 1933) Template:Flagicon Clarrie Bourton, 5 (vs Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, 1931) Template:Flagicon Cyrille Regis, 5 (vs Chester City, 1985) |
| Most goals by one player in a season | Template:Flagicon Clarrie Bourton, 50 (1931–1932, 49 league, 1 FA Cup) |
| Most goals by one player in a season in top-flight | Template:Flagicon Dion Dublin, 23 (1997–1998) Template:Flagicon Ian Wallace, 23 (1977–1978) |
| Oldest player to play in a first-team match | Template:Flagicon Alf Wood, 43 years 207 days (vs Plymouth Argyle, 1958) |
| Youngest player to play in a first-team match | Template:Flagicon Jonson Clarke-Harris, 16 years 21 days (substitute vs Morecambe, 2010) |
| Youngest player to start a first-team match | Template:Flagicon Brian Hill, 16 years 273 days (vs Gillingham, 1958) |
Managers and chairmen
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| 1883–1907 | Unknown | 1883–1885 | Template:Flagicon William Stanley |
| 1885–1887 | Template:Flagicon Harry Hathaway | ||
| 1887–1892 | Template:Flagicon J.G. Morgan | ||
| 1893 | Template:Flagicon Teddy Kirk | ||
| 1893 | Template:Flagicon George Maley | ||
| 1893–1895 | Template:Flagicon Joe Collins | ||
| 1895–1900 | Template:Flagicon Tom Cashmore | ||
| 1900–1902 | Template:Flagicon Ben Newhall | ||
| 1902–1905 | Template:Flagicon Michael O'Shea | ||
| 1905–1907 | Template:Flagicon Joe Beaman | ||
| 1907–1912 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Owen | 1907–1908 | |
| 1908–1909 | Template:Flagicon Walter Harris | ||
| 1909–1910 | Template:Flagicon Harry Buckle | ||
| 1910–1912 | Template:Flagicon Robert Wallace & committee | ||
| 1912–1928 | Template:Flagicon David Cooke | 1912–1913 | |
| 1913–1915 | Template:Flagicon Frank Scott-Walford & committee | ||
| 1915–1917 | Template:Flagicon H. Howard & committee (caretaker) | ||
| 1917–1919 | Template:Flagicon William Clayton | ||
| 1919–1920 | Template:Flagicon Harry Pollitt | ||
| 1920–1924 | Template:Flagicon Albert Evans | ||
| 1924–1925 | Template:Flagicon Harry Harbourne (caretaker) | ||
| 1925–1928 | Template:Flagicon James Kerr | ||
| 1928–1935 | Template:Flagicon Walter Brandish | 1928 | Vacant |
| 1928–1931 | Template:Flagicon Jimmy McIntyre | ||
| 1931 | Template:Flagicon Bill Slade (caretaker) | ||
| 1931–1935 | Template:Flagicon Harry Storer | ||
| 1935–1946 | Template:Flagicon Fred Stringer | 1935–1945 | |
| 1945–1946 | Template:Flagicon Dick Bayliss | ||
| 1946–1954 | Template:Flagicon George Jones | 1946–1947 | |
| 1947 | Vacant | ||
| 1947–1948 | Template:Flagicon Billy Frith | ||
| 1948–1953 | Template:Flagicon Harry Storer (2) | ||
| 1953–1954 | Vacant | ||
| 1954–1958 | Template:Flagicon W Erle Shanks | 1954 | Template:Flagicon Jack Fairbrother |
| 1954–1955 | Template:Flagicon Charlie Elliott (caretaker) | ||
| 1955 | Template:Flagicon Jesse Carver | ||
| 1956 | Template:Flagicon George Raynor | ||
| 1956–1957 | Template:Flagicon Harry Warren | ||
| 1957–1958 | Template:Flagicon Billy Frith (2) | ||
| 1958–1960 | Template:Flagicon Walter Brandish Jr. | 1958–1960 | |
| 1960–1973 | Template:Flagicon Derrick Robins | 1960–1961 | |
| 1961–1967 | Template:Flagicon Jimmy Hill | ||
| 1967–1972 | Template:Flagicon Noel Cantwell | ||
| 1972 | Template:Flagicon Bob Dennison (caretaker) | ||
| 1972–1973 | Template:Flagicon Joe Mercer | ||
| 1973–1975 | Template:Flagicon Peter Robins | 1973–1974 | |
| 1974–1975 | Template:Flagicon Gordon Milne | ||
| 1975–1977 | Template:Flagicon Jack Scamp | 1975–1977 | |
| 1977–1980 | Template:Flagicon Phil Mead | 1977–1980 | |
| 1980–1983 | Template:Flagicon Jimmy Hill | 1980–1981 | |
| 1981–1983 | Template:Flagicon Dave Sexton | ||
| 1983–1984 | Template:Flagicon Iain Jamieson | 1983 | |
| 1983–1984 | Template:Flagicon Bobby Gould | ||
| 1984–1990 | Template:Flagicon John Poynton | 1984 | |
| 1984–1986 | Template:Flagicon Don Mackay | ||
| 1986–1987 | Template:Flagicon John Sillett Template:Flagicon George Curtis | ||
| 1987–1990 | Template:Flagicon John Sillett | ||
| 1990 | Template:Flagicon Terry Butcher | ||
| 1990–1993 | Template:Flagicon Peter Robins (2) | 1990–1992 | |
| 1992 | Template:Flagicon Don Howe (caretaker) | ||
| 1992–1993 | Template:Flagicon Bobby Gould (2) | ||
| 1993 | Template:Flagicon John Clarke | 1993 | |
| 1993–2002 | Template:Flagicon Bryan Richardson | 1993 | |
| 1993–1995 | Template:Flagicon Phil Neal | ||
| 1995–1996 | Template:Flagicon Ron Atkinson | ||
| 1996–2001 | Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan | ||
| 2001–2002 | Template:Flagicon Roland Nilsson | ||
| 2002–2005 | Template:Flagicon Mike McGinnity | 2002 | |
| 2002 | Template:Flagicon Steve Ogrizovic (caretaker) Template:Flagicon Trevor Peake (caretaker) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Template:Flagicon Gary McAllister | ||
| 2003–2004 | Template:Flagicon Eric Black | ||
| 2004 | Template:Flagicon Steve Ogrizovic (2) (caretaker) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Template:Flagicon Peter Reid | ||
| 2005 | Template:Flagicon Adrian Heath (caretaker) | ||
| 2005 | Template:Flagicon Micky Adams | ||
| 2005–2007 | Template:Flagicon Geoffrey Robinson | 2005–2007 | |
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon Adrian Heath (2) (caretaker) | ||
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon Iain Dowie | ||
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon Joe Elliott | 2007 | |
| 2007–2011 | Template:Flagicon Ray Ranson | 2007–2008 | |
| 2008 | Template:Flagicon Frankie Bunn (caretaker) Template:Flagicon John Harbin (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Template:Flagicon Chris Coleman | ||
| 2010 | Template:Flagicon Steve Harrison (caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Template:Flagicon Aidy Boothroyd | ||
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon Ken Dulieu | 2011 | |
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon Steve Harrison (2) (caretaker) Template:Flagicon Andy Thorn (caretaker) | ||
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon Andy Thorn | ||
| 2011–2012 | Template:Flagicon John Clarke (2) | 2011–2012 | |
| 2012–2014 | Vacant | 2012 | |
| 2012 | Template:Flagicon Richard Shaw (caretaker) Template:Flagicon Lee Carsley (caretaker) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Template:Flagicon Mark Robins | ||
| 2013 | Template:Flagicon Lee Carsley (2) (caretaker) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Template:Flagicon Steven Pressley | ||
| 2014–2023 | Template:Flagicon Tim Fisher | 2014–2015 | |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon Neil MacFarlane (caretaker) Template:Flagicon Dave Hockaday (caretaker) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Template:Flagicon Tony Mowbray | ||
| 2016 | Template:Flagicon Mark Venus (caretaker) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Template:Flagicon Russell Slade | ||
| 2017–2023 | Template:Flagicon Mark Robins (2) | ||
| 2023– | Template:Flagicon Doug King | 2023–2024 | |
| 2024 | Template:Flagicon Rhys Carr (caretaker) | ||
| 2024– | Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard |
Honours
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League
- Second Division (level 2)
- Champions: 1966–67
- Third Division South / Third Division / League One (level 3)
- Fourth Division / League Two (level 4)
Cup
- FA Cup
- Winners: 1986–87
- FA Charity Shield
- Runners-up: 1987
- EFL Trophy
- Winners: 2016–17
- Third Division South Cup
- Winners: 1935–36
- Birmingham Senior Cup
- Winners: 1910–11, 1922–23, 2006–07
- Runners-up: 2022–23
- Southern Professional Floodlit Cup
- Winners: 1959–60
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References
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- Sky Sports Coventry City
- Coventry City Former Players Association
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