Swamp Donkeys FC
Swamp Donkeys FC is a team in the USA. The manager is vikingcliff, who started the team on December 9th, 2006. Currently SDFC is in V.214 for the 5th consecutive time and plays home games at The Swamp in Olympia, Washington. Their youth team is Half Assed FC and plays in the GMC youth system.
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| Managed by vikingcliff | |
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| Short name | SDFC |
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| Location | Washington,  USA |
| League | V.214 |
| Current position | 6th |
| Last season | 4th |
| Arena | The Swamp |
| Capacity | 40000 |
| Coach |  Ossi Vainikka |
| Fan Club | The Donkeys |
| Size | 2257 |
| Founded | December 9th, 2006 |
History
Swamp Donkeys FC has been around for many seasons, although they have enjoyed little success.
The Beginning - Seasons 31-33
SDFC was founded two days before the first league match of Season 31 as Askur Yggdrasils. They played matches in Mjolnir Arena, located in Alabama, and competed in VI.481. The coach of vikingcliff's first squad has been lost to history. That first match ended as a 0-0 draw, and they proceeded to lose nine and win four of the remaining league matches, which meant Askur Yggdrasils finished in sixth place in their opening season.
They continued to do poorly in the next seasons. The lack of success can be attributed to vikingcliff's lack of managing. He didn't get interested in Hattrick when he first joined, and only occasionally logged in and did anything for his team.
Supporter - Season 34
In Season 34, the club became known as Jotunheim FK and began to play in a new arena, Ymir Vettvangur, in California. Based on data from historical press announcements, the coach during that time was Camaiani (first name unknown).
This season marked a shift, as either at the beginning of that season or sometime during Season 33, vikingcliff became a Supporter. Success was still limited though, since despite vikingcliff putting more time into Hattrick, he spent most of it playing with Supporter features rather than learning how the game worked. He did however manage to get a new record high finish of second place in VI.481.
As vikingcliff started joining federations, he began to organize federation cups. This would be the start of a long 'career' as a Cup Manager, something he continues to do to this day. An (incomplete?) list of federations he has organized cups for (in all seasons, not just season 34) is CHELSEA FC FEDERATION, an AC Milan federation (name unknown), Chelsea FC, Flag Chasers Community, Logo Designers Hattrick, and General Managers Club (where he is the current organizer).
New Name, Again - Season 35
In the search for an identity that vikingcliff really liked, the team was again renamed - this time to F.C. Thunderbird. They move to Washington State and played in Tseiqami Stadium. During this season they participated (for the second time?) in the CHELSEA FC FEDERATION Cup, where they reached the final, but disappointingly lost 5-1. Also during the season, they owned a national team player: Nassim Ali, a keeper for the brand new Qatar. In the US Open Cup, they reached the second round for the first time ever, and in the league, they once again finished second.
SDFC - Seasons 36-40
The team finally got a permanent name in season 36 - Swamp Donkeys FC. They continued to play in Washington, but renamed their arena The Swamp, the name it still bears. In the press announcement history, Carl Goodwin was first mentioned as a coach, although it is unknown when exactly he took on this title. During that season, they finished first in the league for the first time, and were promoted to V.54.
In the next four seasons, SDFC bounced back and forth between divisions five and six, getting crushed in dV and being very dominant in dVI. Finally in Season 40, almost exactly three years after first joining Hattrick, vikingcliff led Swamp Donkeys FC to their third league title and promotion to V.214, where they have stayed since then. That season was especially remarkable since in addition to a perfect (14-0-0) record in the league, SDFC was not scored upon once. They scored 117 goals for a goal difference of +117.
Other important achievements were that in Season 38, SDFC finally won a cup - the Chelsea FC Cup - with a 4-1 victory, and that in Season 39 they reached the third round of the US Open Cup, which is still their record (which they have tied twice since then).
Additionally, the current logo and kits of Swamp Donkeys FC were made during this time period.
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