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Everton FC

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Everton Football Club da St. Domingo Football Club
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Everton Football Club (/ˈɛvərtən/) ta kasance kungiya ce ta ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa da ke zaune a garin Liverpool, kasar Ingila . Kungiyar tana fafatawa a Gasar Firimiya, babbar kungiyar Kwallon ƙafa na Ingila. An kafa shi a shekara ta 1878, kulob din ya kasance memba ne na kafa Kungiyar kwallon kafa a shekara ta 1888, kuma ya kasance memba na kafa Premier League a shekara ta 1992, ɗaya daga cikin kungiyoyi uku kawai da suka kasance memba na farko na kungiyoyin biyu. Everton na ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffi kuma mafi nasara a Ingila, bayan sun lashe manyan kyaututtuka goma sha biyar: lakabi tara na kwallon kafa, Kofin FA guda biyar da kuma Kofin Turai guda ɗaya.

Everton ta lashe gasar zakarun League ta farko a lokacin kakar 1890-91. Bayan lashe gasar zakarun League guda hudu da kofin FA guda biyu, kulob din ya sami kwanciyar hankali bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu har zuwa farfadowa a cikin shekarun 1960. Lokaci na ci gaba da nasara ya zo a tsakiyar shekarun 1980, lokacin da Everton ta lashe gasar zakarun League guda biyu, kofin FA guda daya, da kuma Kofin Turai na 1985. Babban kyautar kulob din ta baya-bayan nan ita ce Kofin FA na 1995.

Everton ita ce kulob din da ke da matsayi na biyu mafi tsawo a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na kasar Ingila, kuma ta kasance ta uku a cikin matsayi na maki.[1][2] Ya zuwa watan Agustan 2024, kulob din ya fafata a cikin manyan rukuni na tsawon shekaru 122, bayan ya rasa lokutan sama hudu kawai (1930-31, 1951-52, 1952-53, da 1953-54). [3]

Kayan gargajiya na kulob din sune riguna masu launin shudi tare da fararen gajeren wando da takalma. Everton tana wasa a Filin wasa na Hill Dickinson a kakar 2025-26. Everton ta yi wasa a gidan su na baya Goodison Park tun 1892, bayan sun ƙaura daga gidan su na asali a Anfield biyo bayan rashin jituwa da mai mallakar ƙasar John Houlding game da hayar su. Magoya bayan kulob din an san su da "Evertonians", "Toffees" ko "Blues". Everton suna da kishiya mai tsawo tare da kulob din da ke kusa da su wato kungiyar Liverpool, tare da su suna fafatawa da Merseyside derby. Farhad Moshiri ne ya mallaki kulob din, bayan ya sayi kashi 49.9% na hannun jarin kulob din a shekarar 2016. Ya zuwa Mayu 2023, darajar kulob din ta kai dala miliyan 744. Kudin shiga da kudin shiga na kulob din na kakar 2022-23 sun kai kimanin dala miliyan 242 da - $ 23 bi da bi.[4] A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2024, dan kasar Amurka mai suna Dan Friedkin ya sayi kulob din.

 

Shafin da ke nuna ci gaban Everton ta hanyar Tsarin gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila tun 1889

An kafa Everton a matsayin St. Domingo's FC a cikin 1878 [5] don membobin ikilisiya na St Domingo Methodist New Connexion Chapel a Breckfield Road North, Everton, su iya yin wasanni a duk shekara - an buga wasan kurket a lokacin rani.[6] Wasan farko na kulob din ya kasance nasara 1-0 a kan kungiyar Everton Church Club . [7] An sake sunan kulob din Everton a watan Nuwamba 1879 bayan yankin, yayin da mutane a waje da ikilisiya ke so su shiga.[7][8]

Kungiyar Everton da ta lashe gasar zakarun farko a shekara ta 1891

Kungiyar ta kasance memba ne na kafa Kungiyar kwallon kafa a 1888-89 kuma ta lashe gasar zakarun kwallon kafa ta farko a kakar 1890-91. Shekarar 1890-91 ta fara ne a cikin kyakkyawan tsari tare da nasarori biyar a jere, tare da Fred Geary ya zira kwallaye a kowane wasa shida na farko.[9] A tsakiyar watan Janairu, Everton ta kammala dukkansu sai dai daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen su kuma suna da maki 29, yayin da Preston North End ke da maki goma sha ɗaya tare da wasanni bakwai har yanzu suna wasa. Everton ya zauna a cikin watanni biyu masu zuwa yayin da Preston ya kammala jerin abubuwan da suka faru har sai sun kasance maki biyu kawai tare da wasa daya kowannensu ya bar don yin wasa. Dukkanin kungiyoyin sun buga wasanninsu na karshe na kakar a ranar 14 ga watan Maris, tare da Everton da ta rasa 3-2 a Burnley (Geary ya zira kwallaye biyu na Everton) da Preston da suka sauka 3-0 a Sunderland. Everton ta sami damar lashe gasar zakarun kwallon kafa a karo na farko, ta hanyar maki biyu tare da nasarori goma sha huɗu daga wasanninsu 22. Geary ya kasance koyaushe, kuma shine babban mai zira kwallaye na kulob din tare da kwallaye 21.

Everton ta kai wasan karshe na FA Cup hudu kafin Yaƙin Duniya na farko, inda ta sha kashi 1-0 a kan Wolverhampton Wanderers a Filin wasa na Fallowfield, Manchester a ranar 26 ga Maris 1893 da kuma 3-2 a kan Aston Villa a Crystal Palace a ranar 10 ga Afrilu 1897 Kofin FA ci nasara a yunkurin su na uku a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1906 a kan kungiyar Newcastle United a Crystal Palace. Everton daga nan ya kai wasan karshe na biyu a jere a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1907, duk da haka, ya gama a cikin 2-1 da aka ci Sheffield Laraba.[10][11] 1914-15 ya kasance kakar wasa ta karshe kafin a dakatar da kwallon kafa na gasar a lokacin yakin duniya na farko. Everton ta lashe lambar yabo ta biyu, maki daya a gaban Oldham Athletic, tare da Bobby Parker ya kammala kakar a matsayin babban mai zira kwallaye a raga 35.[12] Farkawar Yaƙin Duniya na farko a shekara ta 1914 ya katse shirin kwallon kafa yayin da Everton ke mulki, wanda wani abu ne da zai sake faruwa a shekara ta 1939. [13][14]

A cikin 1925 kulob din ya sanya hannu kan Dixie Dean daga Tranmere Rovers . A cikin 1927-28, Dean ya kafa rikodin burin da ya fi dacewa a cikin kakar wasa daya tare da kwallaye 60 a wasanni 39 na league, wanda shine rikodin da har yanzu yake tsaye. Ya taimaka wa Everton ta lashe gasar zakarun League ta uku a wannan kakar.[15] Koyaya, an sake komawa Everton zuwa Sashe na Biyu bayan shekaru biyu a lokacin rikice-rikicen cikin gida a kulob din. Kungiyar ta yi saurin sakewa kuma an inganta su a yunkurin farko, yayin da suke zira kwallaye da yawa a cikin Sashe na Biyu. Lokacin da suka dawo saman jirgin a 1931-32, Everton ba ta ɓata lokaci ba wajen sake tabbatar da matsayinsu kuma ta lashe gasar zakarun League ta huɗu a damar farko.[16][17] Everton kuma ta lashe kofin FA na biyu a 1933 tare da nasarar 3-0 a kan Manchester City a wasan karshe. Zamanin ya ƙare a 1938-39 tare da gasar zakarun League ta biyar. [18][19]

Farkawar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya sake ganin dakatar da kwallon kafa, kuma lokacin da aka sake fara gasar a 1946, an raba ƙungiyar Everton kuma an rufe ta idan aka kwatanta da ƙungiyar kafin yaƙin. An sayar da Tommy Lawton ga Chelsea, Joe Mercer bai yarda da kocin Theo Kelly ba kuma an sayar da shi ga Arsenal, kuma sun yi ƙoƙarin sayar da T. G. Jones ga Roma. Ba da daɗewa ba, Ted Sagar ne kawai ya rage. A karkashin jagorancin Cliff Britton wanda ba shi da wahayi kuma ba shi da kuɗi, an sake komawa Everton a karo na biyu a 1950-51 kuma ba su sami ci gaba ba har zuwa 1953-54, lokacin da suka gama a matsayin na biyu a kakar wasa ta uku a Division na biyu. Kungiyar ta kasance mafi girma tun daga lokacin.[20]

Zamanin nasarar Everton na biyu ya fara ne lokacin da aka sanya Harry Catterick manajan a 1961. A shekara ta 1962-63, kakar wasa ta biyu a matsayin mai kula, Everton ta lashe gasar zakarun League.[21] A shekarar 1966 kulob din ya lashe kofin FA tare da nasarar 3-2 a kan Sheffield Laraba. Everton ta sake kaiwa wasan karshe a 1968, amma a wannan lokacin ba su iya shawo kan West Bromwich Albion a Wembley ba.[22] Shekaru biyu daga baya a 1969-70, Everton ta lashe gasar zakarun League, ta kammala maki tara daga abokan hamayyar Leeds United mafi kusa. [23] A wannan lokacin, Everton ita ce kulob din Ingila na farko da ta cimma shekaru biyar a jere a gasar Turai - wanda ya rufe lokutan daga 1961-62 zuwa 1966-67.[24]

Koyaya, nasarar ba ta daɗe ba; ƙungiyar ta gama goma sha huɗu, goma sha biyar, goma sha bakwai da bakwai a cikin lokutan da suka biyo baya. Harry Catterick ya yi ritaya, amma magajinsa sun kasa lashe duk wani azurfa na sauran shekarun 1970 duk da kammala na huɗu a 1974-75 a karkashin kocin Billy Bingham, na uku a 1977-78 kuma na huɗu na kakar da ta biyo baya a karkashin kofin Gordon Lee. An kori Lee a shekarar 1981. [25]

Everton ta lashe Kofin FA daga 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984 da 1995

Launuka da lambar

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Samfuri:Football kit boxLaunuka na gida na gargajiya na Everton sune riguna masu launin shudi, fararen gajeren wando da fararen takalma. Koyaya, a cikin shekarun farko na tarihin su, Everton tana da launuka daban-daban. Kungiyar da farko ta taka leda a fararen sannan kuma shuɗi da fari, amma yayin da sabbin 'yan wasan da suka isa kulob din suka sa tsoffin rigunan tawagar su yayin wasanni, rikice-rikice ya biyo baya. An yanke shawarar cewa za a canza rigunan baƙar fata, don adana kudade da kuma sanya kyan gani. Koyaya, kayan ya bayyana ba su da kyau, don haka an kara sash mai launin ja.[12] Lokacin da kulob din ya koma Goodison Park a shekara ta 1892, launuka sun kasance salmon pink da duhu blue striped shirts tare da duhu blue gajeren. Kungiyar daga baya ta sauya zuwa riguna masu launin ruwan kasa tare da gyaran shudi da gajeren wando mai launin shudi. An fara amfani da riguna masu launin shudi tare da fararen gajeren wando a kakar 1901-02. [12] Kungiyar ta taka leda a sararin sama a cikin 1906; duk da haka, magoya bayan sun nuna rashin amincewa, kuma launi ya koma shuɗi na sarauta. Lokaci-lokaci, Everton sun taka leda a cikin inuwa mai haske fiye da shuɗi na sarauta (kamar a cikin 1930-31 da 1997-98). [26] Kayan gida a yau shine riguna masu launin shudi tare da fararen gajeren wando da takalma. Kungiyar na iya sa duk shuɗi don kauce wa duk wani rikice-rikicen launi.

Launuka na gargajiya na Everton sune fararen riguna tare da gajeren baki, amma daga 1968 amber shirts da gajeren blue na sarauta sun zama ruwan dare. Buga daban-daban sun bayyana a cikin shekarun 1970 da 1980. An kuma yi amfani da riguna masu launin fata, fari, launin toka, da rawaya.

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Monochrome Everton crest (2000-2013)
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Gidan kakar 2013-14

A ƙarshen kakar 1937-38, sakataren kungiyar Everton Theo Kelly, wanda daga baya ya zama kocin kulob din na farko, yana so ya tsara suturar kulob din. An amince da cewa launi ya zama shuɗi, kuma an ba Kelly aikin tsara alamar da za a nuna a kan sutura. Ya yi aiki a kai na watanni huɗu har sai ya yanke shawarar sakewa na Everton Lock-Up, wanda ke tsaye a zuciyar Gundumar Everton.[27] An haɗa kulle-Up da yankin Everton tun lokacin da aka gina shi a shekara ta 1787. Da farko an yi amfani da shi azaman amarya don ɗaure yawancin masu shaye-shaye da ƙananan masu laifi kuma har yanzu yana tsaye a kan Everton Brow. Lock-Up ya kasance tare da laurel wreaths guda biyu a kowane gefe kuma, a cewar Kwalejin Makamai a London, Kelly ya zaɓi ya haɗa laurels kamar yadda suke alamar masu nasara. Alamar ta kasance tare da taken kulob din, "Nil satis nisi optimum", ma'ana "Babu wani abu sai mafi kyau ya isa".[27] Kelly da shugaban Everton, Mista E. Green, ne suka fara amfani da alakar a ranar farko ta kakar 1938-39. [27]

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2013, kulob din ya ƙaddamar da sabon alama don inganta sake fasalin ƙirar a cikin bugawa da watsa shirye-shirye, musamman a kan karamin sikelin.[28] Masu sukar sun ba da shawarar cewa matsin lamba ne na waje daga masana'antar wasanni Nike, Inc. wanda ya haifar da sake fasalin yayin da aka rage yawan launuka kuma an cire tasirin radial, wanda ya sa kayan ya fi tsada don haifuwa.[29][30] Magoya bayan sun karɓi sake fasalin ba tare da saninsa ba, tare da kuri'a a shafin yanar gizon Everton wanda ya yi rajistar amsa mara kyau na 91% ga alamar. Wata takarda ta zanga-zangar ta kai sama da sa hannu 22,000 kafin kulob din ya nemi gafara kuma ya sanar da cewa za a kirkiro sabon tambari don kakar 2014-15 tare da jaddada shawarwarin magoya baya. Ba da daɗewa ba, Shugaban Kasuwanci ya bar kulob din. Kungiyar ta bayyana sabon alamar a ranar 3 ga Oktoba 2013. Bayan tsarin shawarwari tare da magoya baya, an sanya sabbin alamomi uku. A cikin kuri'un karshe, kusan kashi 80% na magoya bayan da suka halarci sun zabi sabon alamar kuma sun fara amfani da su a watan Yulin 2014.[31][32][33]

Sunan laƙabi

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Sunan laƙabi na Everton da aka fi sani da shi shine "The toffee" ko "The Tofeemen", wanda ya zo ne bayan Everton ya koma Goodison. Akwai bayani da yawa game da yadda aka karɓi wannan sunan tare da sanannen shine cewa akwai kasuwanci a ƙauyen Everton, tsakanin Everton Brow da Brow Side, mai suna Mother Noblett's, wanda shine shagon toffee wanda ke sayar da kayan zaki ciki har da Everton Mints (wani nau'in humbug). Har ila yau, an samo shi a gaban kulle-kulle wanda aka kafa kulob din Everton. Hadisin Toffee Lady, wanda yarinya ke tafiya a kusa da filin wasa kafin fara wasan da ke jefa Everton Mints kyauta cikin taron, alama ce ta haɗin. Wani dalili mai yiwuwa shine cewa akwai gidan da ake kira Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House a kusa da Village Street, Everton, wanda Ma Bushell ke gudanarwa. Gidan toffee yana kusa da otal din Sarauniya inda aka gudanar da tarurrukan kulob din na farko.[34]

Everton da farko ya buga wasa a kusurwar kudu maso gabashin Stanley Park. Wasan farko na hukuma ya faru ne a shekara ta 1879. A shekara ta 1882, wani mutum mai suna J. Cruitt ya ba da gudummawar ƙasa a Priory Road wanda ya zama gidan kulob din, kodayake yayin da ake shirya sabon filin kulob din ya buga akalla wasa daya a ƙasa a Walton Stiles (a wancan ƙarshen City Road daga abin da zai zama Goodison Park). [35] An buga wasan farko na Everton a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1883, nasarar 3-1 a kan Hartford St. John's; duk da haka lokacin kulob din ya kasance a kakar wasa daya kawai, kafin Cruitt ya ba su sanarwa su bar saboda damuwa game da hayaniya da halayyar magoya baya.[35] A shekara ta 1884 Everton ya zama masu haya a Anfield, wanda John Orrell ne ya mallake shi, mai mallakar ƙasa wanda ya kasance abokin memba na Everton FC John Houlding. Orrell ya ba da rancen Anfield ga kulob din don musayar karamin haya. Houlding ya sayi ƙasar daga Orrell a cikin 1885 kuma ya zama mai mallakar Everton ta hanyar cajin kuɗin haya na kulob din, wanda ya karu daga £ 100 zuwa £ 240 a shekara ta 1888 - kuma har yanzu yana tasowa har sai Everton ya bar ƙasa a cikin 1892.[36] Kungiyar ta dauki karuwar haya a matsayin abin da ba a yarda da shi ba.[37] Wani rikici tsakanin Houlding da kwamitin kulob din ya haifar da Houlding ƙoƙarin samun cikakken iko da kulob din ta hanyar yin rajistar kamfanin, "Everton FC da Athletic Grounds Ltd". Everton ta bar Anfield zuwa sabon wuri, Goodison Park, inda ƙungiyar maza ta taka leda har zuwa ƙarshen kakar 2024-25. Houlding ya yi ƙoƙari ya karɓi sunan Everton, launuka, kayan aiki da matsayi na league, amma Ƙungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta musanta shi. Maimakon haka, Houlding ya kafa sabon kulob, Liverpool FC . [38]

Gidan shakatawa na Goodison

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Hoton sama na Goodison Park. Everton ta yi amfani da filin wasan daga 1892 har zuwa 2025

Goodison Park, babban filin wasan kwallon kafa na farko da aka gina a Ingila, an buɗe shi a shekara ta 1892.[39] Filin wasa na Goodison Park ya shirya wasannin kwallon kafa na sama fiye da kowane filin da ke cikin Burtaniya kuma shine kawai filin kulob din Ingila da ya dauki bakuncin wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 1966. Har ila yau, ita ce ƙasa ta farko ta Ingilishi da ke da dumama a ƙarƙashin ƙasa kuma ta farko da ke da matakai biyu a kowane bangare. Gidan cocin St Luke the Evangelist yana kusa da kusurwar Main Stand da Howard Kendall Gwladys Street End.[40]

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