Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne, nicknamed the "Magpies", who currently play in the FA Premier League. Newcastle United supporters are known as the "Toon Army" or the "Geordies" due to the area the team is based in which holds the majority of the clubs' supporters. The team was formed in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East and Newcastle West and currently plays at St James' Park, the old Newcastle West ground in the city. Newcastle United are the eighth most successful team in English football according to a recent article published in The Times. This takes into account all results since the beginning of English league football in 1888.

The current manager is Glenn Roeder. The club chairman is Freddy Shepherd. The club's traditional local rivals are Sunderland.

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Current First-Team Squad
1 GK Shay Given
2 DF Stephen Carr
4 MF Nolberto Solano
5 MF Emre Belözoğlu
7 FW Albert Luque
8 MF Kieron Dyer
9 FW Obafemi Martins
10 FW Michael Owen
11 MF Damien Duff
12 GK Steve Harper
14 MF Charles N'Zogbia
15 FW Giuseppe Rossi (on loan from Manchester United)
16 MF James Milner
17 MF Scott Parker (captain)
18 DF Craig Moore
19 DF Titus Bramble
20 MF Antoine Sibierski
21 MF Lee Clark
22 MF Nicky Butt
23 FW Shola Ameobi
24 GK Pavel Srníček
26 DF Peter Ramage
27 DF Steven Taylor
32 DF Paul Huntington
33 DF Celestine Babayaro
34 DF Olivier Bernard
35 MF Matty Pattison
36 DF Kris Gate
37 MF Alan O'Brien
40 GK Tim Krul