Meet the opposition | Norwich City
As Swansea City prepare to take on Norwich City, we take a closer look at the Canaries.
WHAT'S THEIR STORY?
Norwich are in their fourth season back in the Championship following another solitary campaign in the Premier League.
With six separate stints in the Premier League since its inception in the 1992-93 season, the club achieved its highest-ever position in the same year with a third-place finish.
Falling to the third tier in 2009 for the first time in nearly 50 years, the Canaries clinched successive promotions under Paul Lambert, narrowly edging the Swans in the hunt for automatic promotion in 2010-11.
Relegation in 2015 was followed by the club bouncing straight back up at the first time of asking thanks to play-off success under manager Alex Neil, but they dropped back into the second tier for a record-equalling fourth time in 2016, before continuing to rise and fall over the last five seasons.
Their most notable honours are two League Cup victories in 1962 and 1985, whilst they became the first English club to beat Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium during their 1993-94 UEFA Cup campaign, with Wales international Jeremy Goss among the goalscorers in that famous success.
HOW'S THEIR FORM?
The Canaries have had a difficult start to the season, and their midweek loss at Derby County was their fourth defeat in a row.
However, their two wins from their opening 11 league games so far have come away from home.
WHO'S THE GAFFER?
Liam Manning. As a youngster Manning had spells on the books of Norwich City and Ipswich Town before spending his playing career in non-league.
He made the early decision to move into coaching and held academy roles with Ipswich Town and West Ham United - playing a part in Declan Rice's development with the latter - before joining City Football Group and working at New York City FC and Lommel SK in Belgium.
After making a positive impression as head coach with the latter, Manning was appointed MK Dons boss in the summer of 2021 and led them to the League One play-offs in his first season in charge.
Following a tough start to the following campaign he left stadium:mk and had a spell in charge of Oxford United before being tasked with replacing Nigel Pearson at Ashton Gate.
He led the Robins to the play-offs last term, before making the move to the Canaries over the summer.
WHO'S THE CAPTAIN?
Midfielder Kenny McLean was named Norwich club captain in January of 2025 having already worn the armband on a number of occasions in the absence of the injured Grant Hanley.
The experienced Scotland international started his career in the youth ranks with Rangers and Aberdeen before joining St Mirren and making his senior breakthrough.
A loan spell with Arbroath was followed by a move to Aberdeen, where his showings secured a move to the Canaries in 2018.
He helped them secure promotion in 2019 and 2021, and continues to be an integral figure in East Anglia.
WHO ARE THE KEY MEN?
United States international Josh Sargent has been a bright spark during a tough start to the season for the Canaries, having finished last term in excellent form at the end of a campaign disrupted by surgery on a groin injury.
He has scored six goals so far this season, and scored 15 last season despite his injury absence.
Sargent started his senior career at Werder Bremen before joining the Canaries in the summer of 2021.
He has made 29 appearances for the United States, with three of those coming in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Defender Jack Stacey is now in his third season with Norwich, having joined the Canaries following his departure from Bournemouth at the end of the 2022-23 season.
A Reading youth product, Stacey came through the Royals ranks to make six first-team appearances, and also had loan spells with Barnet, Carlisle United and Exeter City while on the books of the Berkshire club.
He made a full-time move to Luton, and he helped the Hatters to back-to-back promotions from League Two and League One between 2017 and 2019.
That teed up a £4million switch to Bournemouth where he spent four years and helped the Cherries secure promotion back to the Premier League in 2022.
His move to Carrow Road followed a year later and he has made 105 appearances.
Goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic is in his first season in English football having arrived from Sporting Lisbon over the summer.
The Bosnian started his career in his homeland with FK Željezničar Banja Luka before joining FK Sarajevo's academy. He progressed to the senior ranks and helped them win the Bosnian Cup in 2019, repeating the feat in 2021 and also winning two league titles.
He went on to join Polish club Raków Częstochowa in 2021 and spent three years on their books where again he enjoyed success as he secured a league title and cup success.
He joined Sporting Lisbon last summer but was loaned out to Legia Warsaw, where he won the Polish Cup.