Team Northumbria Football Club is a football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne. They are the football team of Northumbria University and currently play in the BUCS Premier North League.
The club was founded in 1999 as Northumbria University Football Club and joined Division Two of the Northern Alliance. In 2001âÂÂ02 they were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to Division One. The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One the following season, and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2003 they were renamed Team Northumbria. The club's first season in the Premier Division saw them finish as runners-up. Following a third-place finish in 2004âÂÂ05, they were Premier Division champions in 2005âÂÂ06, resulting in promotion to Division Two of the Northern League. The club entered the FA Vase for the first time the following season.
In 2011âÂÂ12 Team Northumbria won the Northern League's Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup, beating Chester-le-Street Town on penalties in the final; they also reached the final of the Northumberland Senior Cup, losing on penalties to Newcastle United reserves, as well as winning the Division Two title, resulting in promotion to Division One. Although they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 2013âÂÂ14 season, they were Division Two runners-up in 2016âÂÂ17 and were promoted to Division One again.
In the summer of 2018, Team Northumbria resigned from the Northern League, continuing playing in the BUCS Premier North League.