 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Cardiff City yakatanga kuvambwa muna 1899 seRiverside A.F.C., pakutanga ichitamba mumakwikwi emuno eamateur. Chikwata chacho chakahwina mukombe wacho wokutanga pasi pechifukidziro chokukunda Bevan Shield, makwikwi emukombe weamateur, muna 1905. Chikwata chakachinja zita racho kuva Cardiff City muna 1908 uye chakapinda muSouthern Football League muna 1910. Chikwata ichi ndicho chikwata chekutanga kubva kuSouth Wales kuhwina mukombe weWales mushure mekukunda Pontypridd mumutambo wekupedzisira wa1912. Rutivi rwakawana rukudzo rwayo rwekutanga rwenhabvu nekuhwina mukombe weChipiri Chikamu cheSouthern Football League gore rinotevera, mumwaka wa1912 13. Cardiff yakapinda muFootball League muna 1920 uye yakafarikanya nguva yakabudirira zvikuru munhau yayo. Cardiff yakapedza semutambi weFirst Division mumwaka wa1923-24 uye yakasvika kumafainari maviri eFA Cup, ichirasikirwa neyekutanga muna 1925 isati yave iyo chete isiri yeChirungu divi kuhwina mukombe makore maviri gare gare muna 1927, ichikunda Arsenal 1 0. Chikwata ichi chakasvika mufainari yechitatu yeFA Cup makore 82 gare gare muna 2008asi vakakundwa nePortsmouth ne10 chete. The kirabhu ndiyo yechipiri rakabudirira zvikuru divi munhoroondo Welsh Cup wakati akahwina makwikwi pamusoro 22 nguva, mumwe zvishoma pane Wrexham. Kukudzwa kwakapedzisira kuwanikwa nekirabhu yaive zita reChampionship mumwaka wa2012-13. 