Sheffield Football Club is an English football club, currently based in Dronfield, Derbyshire. They compete in the United Counties League Premier Division North, at the ninth level of the English football pyramid. Founded in October 1857, the club is considered by FIFA as the oldest existing independent club still playing football in the world.
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| Subject | Sheffield F.C. |
| Category | World's oldest existing association football club |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1857 |
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