Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian Football team based in Winnipeg, Manitobia. The team plays for the western division of the Canadian Football League.

The Blue Bombers were founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Football Club, which has always been the organization's legal name. Unlike most other professional teams in the four most popular North American team sports (but much more common in soccer, especially in Europe) the official legal name Winnipeg Football Club continues to see significant everyday use alongside its nickname, particularly in local media and especially when reporting on the club's business affairs. Another unique aspect to the club compared to other North American professional sports teams (but also more common in Europe) is that it is organized as a corporation without share capital, meaning no one person or entity "owns" the team - while there are two other "community-owned" non-profit professional football teams in the CFL and one in the NFL, unlike the Winnipeg Football Club they all have shareholders.

The Blue Bombers have won the largest amount of Grey Cup victories in the CFL, most recently in the 107th Grey Cup, where they went on to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-12. They have made 25 Grey Cup appearances, the most ever by a team.

Team Facts

 * Founded: 1930
 * Formerly known as: Winnipegs 1930–1935
 * Helmet design: Gold background, with a white "W" and blue trim
 * Uniform colours: Blue, gold with white accents
 * Past uniform colours: Green and white 1930 to 1932
 * Nicknames: Bombers, Blue and Gold, Big Blue
 * Mascots: Buzz and Boomer
 * Fight Song: "Bombers Victory March" Credited to T.H Guild & J. Guild
 * Stadium: Osborne Stadium (1935–1952), Canad Inns Stadium (1953–2012, known as Winnipeg Stadium prior to 2000), IG Field (2013–present, known as Investors Group Field from 2013–19)
 * Local radio: 680 CJOB
 * Main rivals: Saskatchewan Roughriders (see Labour Day Classic and Banjo Bowl), Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team they have played on numerous occasions for the Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts, BC Lions, and other prairie city teams the Edmonton Eskimos and the Calgary Stampeders.
 * Western Division 1st place: 14—1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972
 * East Division 1st Place: 7—1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2011
 * Western Division championships: 18—1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1984, 2019
 * Eastern Division championships: 7 — 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2011
 * Grey Cup Championships: 11—1935, 1939, 1941, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2019
 * Division history: Western Football Conference (1961–1980), West Division (1981-1986), East Division (1987–1994), North Division (1995), West Division (1996), East Division (1997–2001), West Division (2002–2005), East Division (2006–2013), West Division (2014–present)
 * 2019 regular season record: 11 wins, 7 losses, 0 ties