Manchester City Football Club are an
English
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football
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club based in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
that competes in the
Premier League
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, the
top flight
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Background
Bred in Kentucky by the very prominent horseman Harry ...
of
English football
Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association f ...
. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and ''Manchester City'' in 1894. The club's home ground is the
Etihad Stadium
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Premier League club Manchester City F.C., with a domestic football capacity of 53,400, making it the 6th-largest ...
in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest atte ...
since 1923. Manchester City adopted their
sky blue
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home shirts in 1894, in the first season with the current name. Over the course of its history, the club has won eight
league titles, six
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
s, eight
League Cups, six
FA Community Shield
The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the Premier Le ...
s, and one
European Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
.
The club joined the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
in
1892
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, and won their first major honour, the
FA Cup
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, in
1904
Events
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* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
. Manchester City The club had its first major period of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning the
league
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Sports
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title,
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
,
League Cup
In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...
, and
European Cup Winners Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
under the management of
Joe Mercer
Joseph Mercer, OBE (9 August 1914 – 9 August 1990) was an English football player and manager. Mercer, who played as a defender for Everton and Arsenal in his footballing career, also went on to manage Aston Villa, Manchester City and Engl ...
and
Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison (5 September 1927 – 14 October 2010) was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and ...
. After losing the
1981 FA Cup Final
The 1981 FA Cup Final was the 100th final of the FA Cup, and was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.
The original match took place on Saturday 9 May 1981 at Wembley, and finished 1–1 after extra-time. Tommy Hutchison opened th ...
, Manchester City went through a period of decline, culminating in
relegation
In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues. ...
to the third tier of English football for the only time in their history in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
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* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
. They since regained promotion to the top tier in
2001–02 and have remained a fixture in the Premier League since
2002–03.
Manchester City received considerable financial investment both in playing staff and facilities following its takeover by
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 21 November 1970), often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati politician who is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab ...
through the
Abu Dhabi United Group
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG; ar, مجموعة أبوظبي الاتحاد للتنمية والاستثمار) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based private equity company. It is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Z ...
in 2008. This started a new era of unprecedented success, with the club winning the FA Cup in
2011
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and the Premier League in
2012
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, both their first since the 1960s, followed by another league title in
2014
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. Under the management of
Pep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...
, Manchester City won the Premier League in
2018
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, becoming the only team in the competition history to
attain 100 points in a single season. In
2018–19, they
won four trophies, completing an unprecedented sweep of all domestic titles in England and becoming the first English men's team to win the
domestic treble
A treble in association football is achieved when a club team wins three trophies in a single season. A ''continental treble'' involves winning the club's national league competition, main national cup competition, and main continental trophy. A ...
.
This was followed by two consecutive Premier League titles in
2020–21
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and
2021–22, the third and fourth in the Guardiola era, as well as the club's first-ever
Champions League final
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in
2021
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, which they lost to
Chelsea
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.
Although Manchester City have yet to win a
UEFA Champions League
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title, by the
2022–23 season they had qualified to play in the competition for twelve consecutive seasons and reached the knockout stages for ten consecutive seasons. Furthermore, the club was ranked third in the
UEFA coefficient standings at the end of the
2021–22 campaign, reaching its highest ever position.
Manchester City topped the
Deloitte Football Money League
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at the end of the 2020–21 season, making it the football club with the highest revenue in the world, approximated at €644.9 million. In 2021, ''
Forbes
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'' estimated the club was the
sixth most valuable in the world, worth $4 billion. Manchester City are owned by
City Football Group Limited, a British-based
holding company
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valued at £3.73 (US$4.8) billion in November 2019.
History
![St Marks 1884](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/St_Marks_1884.jpg)
City gained their first honours by winning the
Second Division
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in
1899
Events January 1899
* January 1
** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City.
* January 2 –
**Bolivia sets up a c ...
; with it came promotion to the highest level in English football, the
First Division. They went on to claim their first major honour on
23 April 1904, beating
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
1–0 at
Crystal Palace
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to win the
FA Cup
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; the Blues narrowly missed out on a
League and Cup double that season after finishing runners-up in the
league campaign, but they still became the first club in Manchester to win a major honour. In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph, the club was dogged by allegations of financial irregularities, culminating in the suspension of seventeen players in 1906, including captain
Billy Meredith
William Henry Meredith (30 July 1874 – 19 April 1958) was a Welsh professional footballer. He was considered one of the early superstars of football due to his performances, notably for Manchester City and Manchester United. He won each ...
, who subsequently moved across town to
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
. A fire at
Hyde Road destroyed the main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new purpose-built stadium at
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest atte ...
in
Moss Side
Moss Side is an Inner city, inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the Manchester city centre, city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Cho ...
.
![ManCity1904](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/ManCity1904.jpg)
In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to
Everton in
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
, before claiming the Cup by beating
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
in
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
. During the 1934 run, the club broke the record for the
highest home attendance of any club in English football history, as 84,569 fans packed Maine Road for a sixth-round FA Cup tie against
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
– a record which stood until 2016. The club won the First Division title for the first time in 1937, but were relegated the following season, despite scoring more goals than any other team in the division. Twenty years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the
Revie Plan The Revie Plan was a tactical system in association football used by Manchester City in the 1950s. The system was named after Manchester City player Don Revie, who had the most important role in it.
In 1953, English football was astounded by the H ...
reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
and
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to
Newcastle United
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, and won the second. The 1956 final, in which the Blues defeated
Birmingham City
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...
3–1, saw City goalkeeper
Bert Trautmann
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann EK OBE BVO (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964.
In August 1933, (aged 9), he joined the Jungvolk, the junio ...
continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.
After being relegated to the Second Division in
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
, the future looked bleak with a record low home attendance of 8,015 against
Swindon Town
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in January 1965. In the summer of 1965, the management team of
Joe Mercer
Joseph Mercer, OBE (9 August 1914 – 9 August 1990) was an English football player and manager. Mercer, who played as a defender for Everton and Arsenal in his footballing career, also went on to manage Aston Villa, Manchester City and Engl ...
and
Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison (5 September 1927 – 14 October 2010) was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and ...
was appointed. In the first season under Mercer, Manchester City won the
Second Division title and made important signings in
Mike Summerbee
Michael George Summerbee (born 15 December 1942) is an English former footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Club career
Summerbee was born in Preston, Lancashire, and raised in Ch ...
and
Colin Bell. Two seasons later, in
1967–68, City claimed the
league championship for the second time, beating their close neighbours Manchester United to the title on the final day of the season with a 4–3 victory at Newcastle United. Further trophies followed: City won the FA Cup in
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
and a year later triumphed in the
European Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
, defeating
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Poli ...
2–1 in the
1970 final. As of 2022, this is the club's only European honour. The Blues also won the
League Cup
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that year, becoming the second English team to win a European trophy and a domestic trophy in the same season.
The club continued to challenge for honours throughout the 1970s, finishing one point behind the league champions on two occasions and reaching the
final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
of the
1974 League Cup. One of the matches from this period that is most fondly remembered by supporters of Manchester City is the final match of the
1973–74 season against arch-rivals Manchester United, who needed to win to have any hope of avoiding relegation. Former United player
Denis Law
Denis Law (born 24 February 1940) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City ...
scored with a backheel to give City a 1–0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of their rivals. The final trophy of the club's most successful period to date was won in 1976, when Newcastle United were beaten 2–1 in the
League Cup final.
![ManchesterCityFC League Performance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/ManchesterCityFC_League_Performance.svg)
A long period of decline followed the success of the 1960s and 1970s. Malcolm Allison rejoined the club to become manager for the second time in 1979, but squandered large sums of money on several unsuccessful signings, such as
Steve Daley
Steve Daley (born 15 April 1953) is an English former footballer, who played as a midfielder. His English record transfer to Manchester City in 1979 was later described as "the biggest waste of money in football history".Irish, Oliver"The 10 big ...
. A succession of managers then followed – seven in the 1980s alone. Under
John Bond, City reached the
1981 FA Cup final
The 1981 FA Cup Final was the 100th final of the FA Cup, and was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.
The original match took place on Saturday 9 May 1981 at Wembley, and finished 1–1 after extra-time. Tommy Hutchison opened th ...
but lost in a replay to
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...
. The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the 1980s (in
1983
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Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
and
1987
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), but returned to the top flight again in
1989
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and finished fifth in
1991
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and
1992
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under the management of
Peter Reid
Peter Reid (born 20 June 1956) is an English football manager, pundit and former player.
A defensive midfielder in his playing days, Reid enjoyed a long and successful career. He built his reputation as one of England's brightest midfield tale ...
. However, this was only a temporary respite, and following Reid's departure Manchester City's fortunes continued to fade. City were co-founders of the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
upon its creation in
1992
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, but after finishing ninth in its first season they endured three seasons of struggle before being relegated in
1996
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. After two seasons in Division One, City fell to the lowest point in their history, becoming the second ever European trophy winners to be relegated to their country's third-tier league after
1. FC Magdeburg of Germany.
After relegation, the club underwent off-the-field upheaval, with new chairman
David Bernstein introducing greater fiscal discipline. Under manager
Joe Royle
Joseph Royle (born 8 April 1949) is an English football manager and former footballer. In his playing career as a striker, he debuted for Everton at the age of 16 and went on to play for Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the ...
, City were promoted at the first attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in a
Second Division play-off final against
Gillingham. A
second successive promotion saw City return to the top division, but this proved to have been a step too far for the recovering club, and in
2001
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City were relegated once more.
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former footballer and manager. A forward, he played for several professional clubs from 1968 to 1984. Having begun his career at Scunthorpe United, he moved to Liverpool in 1971 and ...
replaced Royle as manager in the close season, and achieved an immediate return to the top division as the club won the
2001–02 First Division championship, breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a single season in the process. The
2002–03 season was the last at Maine Road and included a 3–1 derby victory over rivals Manchester United, ending a 13-year run without a
derby
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win. Additionally, City qualified for European competition for the first time in 25 years via
UEFA fair play ranking
The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking was used by UEFA from 1995 to the 2015–16 season to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since that time it has granted a monetary prize to winning associations.
Qualific ...
. In the close
2003–04 season, the club moved to the new
City of Manchester Stadium
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Premier League club Manchester City F.C., with a domestic football capacity of 53,400, making it the 6th-largest ...
. The first four seasons at the stadium all resulted in mid-table finishes. Former England manager
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...
became the club's first foreign manager when appointed in
2007
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. After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was sacked on 2 June 2008; he was replaced by
Mark Hughes
Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the manager of Bradford City.
During his playing career he usually operated as a forward or midfielder. He had two spells at Manchester United, and a ...
two days later.
By 2008, Manchester City were in a financially precarious position.
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...
had taken control of the club the year before, but his political travails saw his assets frozen. Then, in August 2008, City were purchased by the
Abu Dhabi United Group
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG; ar, مجموعة أبوظبي الاتحاد للتنمية والاستثمار) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based private equity company. It is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Z ...
. The takeover was immediately followed by a flurry of bids for high-profile players; the club broke the British transfer record by signing
Brazilian international Robinho
Robson de Souza ( or , born 25 January 1984), known as Robinho (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
In 1999, at 15 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 2002, ...
from
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
for £32.5 million.
There wasn't a huge improvement in performance compared to the previous season despite the influx of money however, with the team
finishing tenth, although they did well to reach the quarter-finals of the
UEFA Cup
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. During the summer of 2009, the club took transfer spending to an unprecedented level, with an outlay of over £100 million on players
Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, the highest number of ap ...
,
Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero (; born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan club Club Libertad. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team, ...
,
Kolo Touré
Kolo Abib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Championship side Wigan Athletic. He played as a defender for Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Celtic and the Ivory Coas ...
,
Emmanuel Adebayor
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (; born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Togolese Championnat National club Semassi. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur ...
,
Carlos Tevez
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, and
Joleon Lescott
Joleon Patrick Lescott (born 16 August 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as a coach with the England U21s.
Lescott is a graduate of the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth academy. H ...
. In December 2009, Mark Hughes – who had been hired shortly before the change in ownership but was originally retained by the new board – was replaced as manager by
Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini (; born 27 November 1964) is an Italian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Italy national team.
As a player, Mancini operated as a deep-lying forward, and was best known for his time at Samp ...
. City finished the
season
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in fifth position in the
Premier League
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, narrowly missing out on a place in the
Champions League but qualifying for the
UEFA Europa League
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.
Continued investment in players followed in successive seasons, and results began to match the upturn in player quality. City reached the
FA Cup final
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in 2011, their first major final in over 30 years, after defeating derby rivals Manchester United in the semi-final, the first time they had knocked their rival out of a cup competition since 1975. The Blues defeated
Stoke City
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1–0 in the final, securing their fifth FA Cup and the club's first major trophy since winning the 1976 League Cup. In the same week, the club qualified for the
UEFA Champions League
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for the first time since
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
with a 1–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the penultimate
Premier League
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match. On the last day of the
2010–11 season, City beat out
Arsenal
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for the third place, thereby securing qualification directly into the Champions League group stage.
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Strong performances continued to follow in the
2011–12 season, with the club beginning the campaign in commanding form, including a 5–1 victory over Tottenham at
White Hart Lane
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and a 6–1 humbling of Manchester United at
Old Trafford
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. Although the strong form waned halfway through the season, and City at one point fell eight points behind United with only six games left to play, a slump by United allowed the blue side of Manchester to draw back level with two games to go, setting up a thrilling finale to the season with both teams going into the last day equal on points (City led by eight goals on goal difference). Despite the Blues only needing a home win against
Queens Park Rangers
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, a team in the relegation zone, they fell 1–2 behind by the end of normal time, leading some of United's players to finish their game, a 1–0 win at
Sunderland
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, celebrating in the belief that they had won the league. However, two goals in injury time – the second by
Sergio Agüero
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in the fourth added minute – resulted in an almost-literal
last-minute 3–2 title victory, City's first in 44 years, with which they became only the fifth team to win the Premier League since its creation in 1992. In its aftermath, the event was described by media sources from the UK and around the world as the greatest moment in Premier League history. The game was also notable for former City player
Joey Barton
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's sending off, where he committed three separate red card-able incidents on three players in the space of only a couple of seconds, resulting in a 12-match ban.
The
following season, City failed to capitalise on the gains made in the first two full campaigns of Mancini's reign. While the Blues rarely seemed likely to drop below second in the table, they posed little title challenge throughout the season. In the
Champions League, the club was eliminated at the group stage for the second successive season (this time finishing fourth and losing out on
Europa League
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football as well), while a second
FA Cup final
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in three seasons ended in a 1–0 defeat to relegated
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
. Mancini was dismissed two days later, ostensibly as he had failed to reach his targets for the season, but
BBC Sports Editor
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David Bond reported he had been sacked for his poor communication and relationships with players and executives. The Chilean
Manuel Pellegrini
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was named City's new manager afterwards.
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In Pellegrini's
first season, City won the
League Cup
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and regained the
Premier League title on the last matchday of the season. However, the team's league form was less impressive in the next couple of years: although they finished as runners-up in
2014–15, the
2015–16 campaign saw City end up fourth on goal difference, their lowest position since 2010. On the other hand, Pellegrini delivered another
League Cup
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win and, more importantly, he guided City to the
Champions League semi-finals, which they narrowly lost to future champions Real Madrid. This was the club's highest-ever finish in the Champions League, but Pellegrini's reign was nonetheless ended in anticipation of City's dream manager.
Pep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...
, former head coach of
Barcelona
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and
Bayern Munich
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, was confirmed to become Manchester City's new manager on 1 February 2016, months before Pellegrini finished his term, and has remained in charge to this day. In the Guardiola era, City won the
2017–18 Premier League
The 2017–18 Premier League was the 26th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 119th season of top-flight English football overall. The season ...
title with the highest points total in history and broke numerous other
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
and
English league records along the way. They also won the
League Cup
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that season and Sergio Agüero became the club's all-time
leading goalscorer.
The
following season, Guardiola guided the club to retain their
Premier League
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and
League Cup
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titles, the first time in history that City had completed any successful title defence. The team then went on to win the
FA Cup final
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and complete an unprecedented
domestic treble
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of English men's titles.
In 2020, UEFA banned Manchester City from European competitions for two seasons for alleged breaches of the
UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations
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; the club appealed to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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, who overturned the ban within months, finding that some allegations were above the five-years-old limit for such UEFA investigations, while the other allegations were unproven. The CAS also reduced UEFA's fine from €30 to €10 million.
In April 2021, it was announced that City had joined the proposed
European Super League
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as one of its twelve founder members together with the five other "
Big Six" English football clubs. However, the announcement led to widespread condemnation from
The Football Association
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, the
Premier League
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,
UEFA
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and
FIFA
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, as well as from the UK's
Conservative
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government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
and
Prime Minister
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Boris Johnson
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. Within 48 hours of the initial announcement on 20 April, City announced that they had withdrawn from the Super League to be followed shortly by the other five English clubs. By the following day, only three of the original founders – Barcelona,
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
and
Juventus
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– remained committed, and it seemed that the proposal had collapsed.
In the
COVID-19 affected 2020–21 Premier League season, Manchester City regained their title from
Liverpool
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, becoming champions for the third time in four years. They ended the season twelve points ahead of second-placed Manchester United, winning the title with three games to spare. They also won the
League Cup
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for a record-equalling fourth consecutive and eighth time in total, beating Tottenham 1–0 in the
final
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. City's league victory was the tenth league and cup title of Guardiola's five-year tenure, making him the most successful manager in the club's history. The season was highlighted by City's European breakthrough, with the club reaching their first-ever
Champions League final
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, where they met
Chelsea
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Canada
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* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
, making it the third all-English final in the competition's history. However, the Blues were defeated 1–0 at the
Estádio do Dragão
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in
Porto
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, courtesy of a
Kai Havertz
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Having graduated from Bayer Leverkusen's youth academy in 2016, Havertz ...
goal. Still, City's breakthrough marked their most successful European campaign to date.
A report from German outlet
Der Spiegel
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in April 2022 claimed, based on leaked internal documents, that the Abu Dhabi owners had previously made payments into the club disguised as sponsorship payments by Emirati companies like
Etihad
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and
Etisalat
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(the same claim that the club had successfully defended against at CAS in 2020), Sheikh Mansour's Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) had allegedly indirectly paid for underage players to sign with the club, and that Manchester City had allegedly used a fictitious contract between Roberto Mancini and Mansour‘s
Al Jazira Club
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History
Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between ''Khalidiyah'' and ''Al Bateen''. The club struggled to st ...
to pay large compensation fees to the former manager in addition to his salary. It also claimed that these three cases were under investigation by the Premier League for the last three years. In response, Manchester City dismissed these claims as untrue and classified them as another attempt to undermine the reputation and integrity of the club.
The Blues produced another campaign to remember in
2021–22, retaining their
league title, following another close title race with Liverpool and making it four titles in five seasons. In another case of "typical City", needing four points from their last two fixtures, the Blues had fallen behind by two goals in both games, only to recover to a 2–2 draw against
West Ham
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away, and to a 3–2 win at home to
Aston Villa
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in the season finale. These last three goals were all scored in a five-minute blitz between the 76th and 81st minutes, in moments that would sit alongside the famous victories in the 1999 play-off final against Gillingham and the 2011–12 Premier League finale against QPR. City also reached the
Champions League semi-finals again that season (and for only the third time in their history), but were beaten there by Real Madrid 6–5 on aggregate
a.e.t.
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over two closely fought and very dramatic games.
League history
Club badge and colours
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Manchester City's home colours are sky blue and white. Traditional away
kit colours have been either maroon or (from the 1960s) red and black; however, in recent years several colours have been used. The origins of the club's home colours are unclear, but there is evidence that the club has worn blue since 1892 or earlier. A booklet entitled ''Famous Football Clubs – Manchester City'' published in the 1940s indicates that West Gorton (St. Marks) originally played in scarlet and black, and reports dating from 1884 describe the team wearing black jerseys bearing a white cross, showing the club's origins as a church side. The infrequent yet recurrent use of red and black away colours comes from former assistant manager
Malcolm Allison
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's belief that adopting the colours of
AC Milan
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would inspire City to glory. Allison's theory worked, with City winning the
1969 FA Cup final,
1970 League Cup final and
1970 Cup Winners' Cup final in red and black stripes as opposed to the club's home kit of sky blue.
City had previously worn three other
badges
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on their shirts, prior to their current badge being implemented in 2016. The first, introduced in 1970, was based on designs which had been used on official club documentation since the mid-1960s. It consisted of a circular badge which used the same shield as the present badge (including a ship, based on the
City of Manchester coat of arms), inside a circle bearing the name of the club. In 1972, this was replaced by a variation which replaced the lower half of the shield with the red rose of Lancashire. In 1976, a
heraldic badge
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was granted by the
College of Arms
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to the
English Football League
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for use by City. The badge consisted of the familiar ship above a red rose but on a circular device instead of a shield (blazoned as "''A roundel per fess azure and argent in chief a three masted ship sails set pennons flying or in base a rose gules barbed and seeded proper''").
On occasions when Manchester City played in a major cup final, the club wore shirts bearing the City of Manchester coat of arms, as a symbol of pride in representing the city at a major event. This practice originated from a time when the players' shirts did not normally bear a badge of any kind. The club has since abandoned the practice; for the
2011 FA Cup final
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, its first in the 21st century, City used the usual badge with a special legend, but the Manchester coat of arms was included as a small monochrome logo in the numbers on the back of players' shirts.
A new club badge was adopted in 1997, as a result of the previous badge being ineligible for registration as a trademark. This badge was based on the
arms
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* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
of the city of
Manchester
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, and consisted of a shield in front of a
golden eagle
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. The eagle is an old heraldic symbol of the city of Manchester; a golden eagle was added to the city's badge in 1958 (but had since been removed), representing the growing aviation industry. The shield featured a ship on its upper half representing the
Manchester Ship Canal
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, and three diagonal stripes in the lower half symbolised the city's three rivers – the
Irwell, the
Irk and the
Medlock. The bottom of the badge bore the motto "''Superbia in Proelio''", which translates as "Pride in Battle" in
Latin
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. Above the eagle and shield were the three stars, added for decorative purposes.
On 15 October 2015, following years of criticism from the fans over the design of the 1997 badge,
the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to discontinue the current badge and institute a new design.
After the consultation, the club announced in late November 2015 the badge would be replaced in due course by a new version which would be designed in the style of the older, circular variants. A design purporting to be the new badge was unintentionally leaked two days early prior to the official unveiling on 26 December 2015 by the
IPO
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when the design was trademarked on 22 December.
The new badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City's home match against
Sunderland
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on 26 December.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Kit deals
Players
First-team squad
![City team 08102022](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/City_team_08102022.jpg)
The following list includes players who made at least one league appearance.
Out on loan
The following players have previously made a league or cup appearance (or have appeared on the substitutes bench for the first team) and are currently on loan at other teams:
Other players with first-team appearances
The following players have previously made cup appearances or have appeared on the substitutes bench for the first team.
Suspended
Retired numbers
Since 2003, Manchester City have not issued the squad number 23. It was
retired
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.
Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
in memory of
Marc-Vivien Foé
Marc-Vivien Foé (1 May 1975 – 26 June 2003) was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder for both club and country.
Having initially played for Canon Yaoundé, Foé went on to play professionally in Ligue 1 ...
, who was on loan to the club from
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
at the time of his death on the field of play while playing for
Cameroon
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in the
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup, held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Vivie ...
.
Player of the Year
Each season since the end of the
1966–67 season, the members of the
Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists the recipients of this award since 2000.
Source:
Halls of Fame
Manchester City Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the ''Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame'', and are listed according to the year of their induction:
National Football Museum Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the ''
English Football Hall of Fame
The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at the National Football Museum in Manchester, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of the all-time top English footballing talents, as well as non-English players and man ...
'' (a.k.a. the ''National Football Museum Hall of Fame''), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:
Premier League Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester players have been inducted into the
Premier League Hall of Fame
The Premier League Hall of Fame honours the leading association football players that have played in the Premier League, the top level of the English football league system. Inaugurated in 2020 but delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, th ...
. Inaugurated in 2020, but delayed for a year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the Hall of Fame is intended to recognise and honour players that have achieved great success and made a significant contribution to the league since its
founding in 1992.
Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the ''
Scottish Football Hall of Fame
The Scottish Football Hall of Fame is located at the Scottish Football Museum. Nominations are made each year by fans and a committee selects the inductees. The first inductions to the Hall of Fame were in November 2004 in a ceremony at Hampden Par ...
'' (a.k.a. the ''Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame''), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the ''
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame (WSHOF) is a charitable organisation created to commemorate the sporting achievements and preserve the artefacts of Welsh athletes. It was established in 1980 from the memorabilia collection of Welsh radio commentato ...
'', and are listed according to the year of their induction:
Non-playing staff
Corporate hierarchy
Management hierarchy
![Josep Guardiola 0525](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Josep_Guardiola_0525.jpg)
Source:
Notable managers
:''Manchester City managers to have won major honours. Table correct as of 12 November 2022''
Supporters
Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, the club's average attendances have been in the top six in England, usually in excess of 40,000. Even in the late 1990s, when City were relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football (then the
Second Division
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, now the
EFL League One
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), home attendances were in the region of 30,000, compared to an average of fewer than 8,000 for the division. Research carried out by Manchester City in 2005 estimated a fanbase of 886,000 in the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 2 million worldwide, although since the purchase of the club by Sheikh Mansour and City's recent achievements, that figure has since ballooned to many times that size.
Manchester City's officially recognised supporters club is the Manchester City F.C. Supporters Club (1949), formed by a merger of two existing organisations in 2010: the Official Supporters Club (OSC) and the Centenary Supporters Association (CSA). City fans' song of choice is a rendition of "
Blue Moon
A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: the third of four full moons in a season.
The phrase in modern usage has nothing to do with the actual color of the Moon, although a visually blue Moon (the Moon a ...
", which despite its melancholic theme is belted out with gusto as though it were a heroic anthem. City supporters tend to believe that unpredictability is an inherent trait of their team, and label unexpected results "typical City". Events that fans regard as "typical City" include the club being the only reigning English champions ever to be relegated (in
1938
Events
January
* January 1
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), the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season (
1957–58), or the more recent example where Manchester City were the only team to beat
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
in the latter's record-breaking
2004–05 Premier League season, yet in the same season City were knocked out of the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
by
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The history of Oldham Athletic ...
, a team two divisions lower.
In the late 1980s, City fans started a craze of bringing
inflatable
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objects to matches, primarily oversized bananas. One disputed explanation for the phenomenon is that in a match against
West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...
, chants from fans calling for the introduction of
Imre Varadi
Imre Varadi (born 8 July 1959) is an English former professional footballer, known as a journeyman forward who appeared for 16 different clubs at all levels of professional football in England.
Playing career
Varadi was born in Paddington, L ...
as a substitute mutated into "Imre Banana". Terraces packed with inflatable-waving supporters became a frequent sight in the
1988–89 season, as the craze spread to other clubs (inflatable fish were seen at
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...
), with the craze reaching its peak at City's match at
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
on 26 December 1988, a game declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party. In 2010, Manchester City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed
The Poznań, from fans of Polish club
Lech Poznań
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...
that they played in the
Europa League
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.
Rivalries
![Manchester United v Manchester City, 6 November 2021 (15)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Manchester_United_v_Manchester_City%2C_6_November_2021_%2815%29.jpg)
Manchester City's biggest rivalry is with neighbours
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
, against whom they contest the
Manchester derby
The Manchester derby refers to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United, first contested in 1881. City play at the City of Manchester Stadium in Bradford, east Manchester, while United play at Old Trafford in the borough o ...
. Before the Second World War, when travel to away games was rare, many Mancunian football fans regularly watched both teams even if considering themselves "supporters" of only one. This practice continued into the early 1960s but as travel became easier, and the cost of entry to matches rose, watching both teams became unusual and the rivalry intensified. A common stereotype is that City fans come from Manchester proper, while United fans come from elsewhere. A 2002 report by a researcher at
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...
found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season ticket holders came from Manchester
postcode
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areas (40% compared to United's 29%), there were more United season ticket holders, the lower percentage being due to United's higher overall number of season ticket holders (27,667 compared to City's 16,481). The report noted that since the compiling of data in 2001, the number of both City and United season ticket holders had risen; expansion of United's ground and City's move to the City of Manchester Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.
Over the last few years, Manchester City has also developed a
notable rivalry with
Liverpool FC
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...
, currently considered one of the biggest in association football. Though the two clubs had been involved in a title race in the
1976–77 season, Liverpool and City's modern rivalry began in the 2010s, with the Blues beating Liverpool to the
2013–14 title by just two points on the final day of the season. In the
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
of the
2015–16 League Cup, City defeated Liverpool on
penalties
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Sports
* Penalty (golf)
* Penalty (gridiron football)
* Penalty (ice hockey)
* Penalty (rugby)
* Penalty (rugby union)
* Penalty kick (association football)
* Penalty shoot-out (association football)
* Penalty ...
after a 1–1 draw. The two clubs met in European competition for the first time in the
2017–18 Champions League quarter-finals, where Liverpool won
5–1 on aggregate, ultimately reaching the
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
and then
winning the competition a year later. In the
2018–19 season, City again won the title on the final day, with the Blues' 98 points and Liverpool's 97 being the third- and fourth-highest Premier League points totals ever. The
following season, Liverpool clinched the title, recording 99 points (the second-highest Premier League total ever after Manchester City's 100 in
2017–18) to finish 18 points above runners-up City. The Blues then regained the title in
2020–21
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and outgunned Liverpool in another closely-fought title race in
2021–22, to finish with 93 points to Liverpool's 92.
The success of the two teams in the 2010s and 2020s has led to the development of a rivalry between
Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world.
Klopp spent most of his playing c ...
and
Pep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...
, the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City, with the two previously having been the respective managers of ''
Der Klassiker
Der Klassiker in German ''(The Classic)'', also known as the "German Clásico", is the name given in football to any match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. They are two of the most successful teams in German football, having won a c ...
'' rivals
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...
and
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
in the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
. At the end of the 2018–19 season, Guardiola described his relationship with Klopp as a "beautiful rivalry" and called Klopp's Liverpool team "the strongest opponents I have faced in my career as a manager". In September 2019, Klopp hailed Guardiola for being his 'greatest rival ever', after both were nominated for the
FIFA Men's Coach of the Year award in 2019, which Klopp ultimately won. In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the club's biggest rivals.
Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
,
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The history of Oldham Athletic ...
, and
Stockport County
Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...
, and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries with
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...
and
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
.
Ownership and finances
The holding company of Manchester City F.C., Manchester City Limited, is a
private limited company
A private limited company is any type of business entity in "private" ownership used in many jurisdictions, in contrast to a publicly listed company, with some differences from country to country. Examples include the '' LLC'' in the United Sta ...
, with approximately 54 million shares in issue. The club has been in private hands since 2007, when the major shareholders agreed to sell their holdings to UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...
. UKSIL then made a formal offer to buy the shares held by several thousands of small shareholders.
Prior to the Thaksin takeover, the club was listed on the specialist independent equity market PLUS (formerly OFEX),
where it had been listed since 1995. On 6 July 2007, having acquired 75% of the shares, Thaksin de-listed the club and re-registered it as a private company. By August, UKSIL had acquired over 90% of the shares and exercised its rights under the Companies Act to "squeeze out" the remaining shareholders, and acquire the entire shareholding. Thaksin Shinawatra became chairman of the club and two of Thaksin's children, Pintongta and
Oak Chinnawat became directors. Former chairman John Wardle stayed on the board for a year, but resigned in July 2008 following
Nike
Nike often refers to:
* Nike (mythology), a Greek goddess who personifies victory
* Nike, Inc., a major American producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment
Nike may also refer to:
People
* Nike (name), a surname and feminine given ...
executive
Garry Cook's appointment as executive chairman in May. The club made a pre-tax loss of £11m in the fiscal year ending 31 May 2007, the final year for which the club published accounts as a public company.
Thaksin's purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club, in total around £30 million, whereas over the several previous seasons Manchester City's net spending had been among the lowest in the Premier League. A year later, this investment was dwarfed by an influx of money derived from the club's takeover. On 1 September 2008,
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
...
-based
Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited completed the takeover of Manchester City. The deal, worth a reported £200 million, was announced on the morning of 1 September. It sparked various transfer "deadline-day" rumours and bids such as the club's attempt to
gazump
Gazumping occurs when a seller (especially of property) accepts a verbal offer (a promise to purchase) on the property from one potential buyer, but then accepts a higher offer from someone else. It can also refer to the seller raising the asking ...
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
's protracted bid to sign
Dimitar Berbatov
Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov ( bg, Димитър Иванов Бербатов; born 30 January 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. A striker, he captained the Bulgaria national team from 2006 to 2010, and is the country's all-ti ...
from
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...
for a fee in excess of £30 million. Minutes before the transfer window closed, the club signed
Robinho
Robson de Souza ( or , born 25 January 1984), known as Robinho (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
In 1999, at 15 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 2002, ...
from
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
for a
British record transfer fee of £32.5 million. The wealth of the new owners meant that, in the summer of 2009, City were able to finance the purchase of experienced international players prior to the
new season, spending more than any other club in the Premier League.
City Football Group
Created in the 2013–14 season to manage the global footballing interests of the
Abu Dhabi United Group
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG; ar, مجموعة أبوظبي الاتحاد للتنمية والاستثمار) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based private equity company. It is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Z ...
,
City Football Group
City Football Group Limited (CFG) is a holding company that administers association football clubs. The group is owned by three organisations; of which 81% is majority owned by Newton Investment and Development LLC, 18% by the American firm Sil ...
(CFG) is an umbrella corporation owning stakes in a network of global clubs for the purposes of resource sharing, academy networking and marketing.
CFG ownership
Through City Football Group, City owns stakes in a number of clubs:
*
Melbourne City FC
Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, that plays in the A-League, the top level of Australian soccer, under licence from Australian Profession ...
(2014–present)
:On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian rugby league franchise
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...
, purchasing a majority stake in
A-League
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team
Melbourne City FC
Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, that plays in the A-League, the top level of Australian soccer, under licence from Australian Profession ...
. On 5 August 2015, CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full ownership of the team.
*
Yokohama F. Marinos
is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Having won the J-League title four times an ...
(2014–present)
:On 20 May 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Japanese Automotive company
Nissan
, trade name, trading as Nissan Motor Corporation and often shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The company sells ...
to become a minority shareholder in
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...
based
J-League
The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the system. Founded in 1992, it is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the J2 ...
side,
Yokohama F. Marinos
is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Having won the J-League title four times an ...
.
*
New York City FC
New York City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in New York City that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the highest level of American soccer, as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. The club is co-owned ...
(2015–present)
:On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the American baseball franchise the
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...
to introduce the 20th
Major League Soccer
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expansion team,
New York City FC
New York City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in New York City that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the highest level of American soccer, as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. The club is co-owned ...
as its majority shareholder. The club began play in the
2015 Major League Soccer season
The 2015 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season was held from March 6 through to October 25, whereas the MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 28 and ended with MLS ...
.
*
Montevideo City Torque
Montevideo City Torque is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División, the first division of Uruguayan football league system, Uruguayan league system, having ac ...
(2017–present)
:On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team
Montevideo City Torque
Montevideo City Torque is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División, the first division of Uruguayan football league system, Uruguayan league system, having ac ...
.
*
Girona FC
Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs.
Girona holds its home matches at ...
(2017–present)
:On 23 August 2017, it was announced that CFG had acquired 44.3% of
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...
(second tier) side
Girona FC
Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs.
Girona holds its home matches at ...
. Another 44.3% was held by the Girona Football Group, led by Pere Guardiola, brother of Manchester City manager
Pep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...
.
*
Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.
Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The te ...
(2019–present)
:On 20 February 2019, it was announced that CFG as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital had acquired
Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.
Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The te ...
*
Mumbai City FC (2019–present)
:CFG was announced as majority stakeholder of
Mumbai City FC on Thursday 28 November 2019 after acquiring 65% of the club. Mumbai City is the professional football club based in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
, competing in the
Indian Super League
The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ...
.
*
Lommel S.K.
Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League.
History
The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Free ...
(2020–present)
:CFG was announced as a majority stakeholder of
Lommel S.K.
Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League.
History
The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Free ...
on Monday 11 May 2020, acquiring the majority (unspecified) of the club's shares. Lommel S.K. is a professional football club based in
Lommel
Lommel () is a municipality and a city in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Kempen city has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the electoral district and the judicial district Lommel Neerpelt.
Besides residential town of Lommel also has ...
, competing in the
Belgian First Division B
The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...
(second tier).
*
Troyes AC
Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 1, the highest level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the ...
(2020–present)
:On 3 September 2020, CFG announced that they had purchased the shares of Daniel Masoni, the former owner of
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...
(second tier) club
Troyes AC
Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 1, the highest level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the ...
, making them the majority shareholder of the French club.
*
Palermo F.C.
Palermo Football Club, more simply known as Palermo F.C. or Palermo (; scn, Paliemmu, link=no, ), is an Italian football club based in the Sicilian city of Palermo, conventionally founded for the first time on 1 November 1900.
Among the club ...
(2022–present)
:On 4 July 2022, Italian
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
(second tier) club Palermo announced that CFG had acquired an 80% majority stake in their ownership.
Partner clubs
*
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of Venezuelan military leader Simón Bolívar, it is the most successful and popular club in the history of ...
(2021–present)
:On 12 January 2021, CFG announced Bolivian club
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of Venezuelan military leader Simón Bolívar, it is the most successful and popular club in the history of ...
as its first partner club.
*
Vannes OC
Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a French football club based in Vannes. The club was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of ''Véloce vannetais'' founded in 1911 and ''FC Vannes'' known before 1991 as ''UCK ...
(2021–present)
:On 18 February 2021, CFG announced that French
Championnat National 2
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(tier 4) club
Vannes OC
Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a French football club based in Vannes. The club was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of ''Véloce vannetais'' founded in 1911 and ''FC Vannes'' known before 1991 as ''UCK ...
would be its second partner club.
Stadium
![Etihad Stadium](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Etihad_Stadium.jpg)
The City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, known as the Etihad Stadium since 2011 for sponsorship reasons, is on a 200-year
lease
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from
Manchester City Council
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to Manchester City. It has been the club's home since the end of the
2002–03 season, when City moved from
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest atte ...
. Before moving to the stadium, the club spent in excess of £30 million to convert it to football use: the pitch was lowered, adding another tier of seating around it, and a new North Stand was constructed. The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over
Barcelona
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in a
friendly match
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. A 7,000-seat third tier on the South Stand was completed in time for the start of the
2015–16 football season, increasing the stadium's capacity to 55,097. A North Stand third tier is in development, potentially increasing capacity to around 61,000.
After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at
Hyde Road Football Stadium
Hyde Road was a football stadium in West Gorton, Manchester, England. It was home to Manchester City F.C. and their predecessors from its construction in 1887 until 1923, when the club moved to Maine Road. It was named after Hyde Road, a road ...
, its home for 36 years. A fire destroyed the Main Stand in 1920, and the club moved to the 84,000 capacity Maine Road three years later. Maine Road, nicknamed the "Wembley of the North" by its designers, hosted the largest-ever crowd at an English club ground when 84,569 attended an
FA Cup
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tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934. Though Maine Road was redeveloped several times over its 80-year lifespan, by 1995 its capacity was restricted to 32,000, prompting the search for a new ground which culminated in the move to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003; it was renamed the Etihad Stadium in 2011.
Honours
Based on trophy count, Manchester City are one of
the most successful teams in England – their twenty-nine major domestic and European honours make them fifth on the list of most decorated sides in England, ahead of
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...
with 26.
The club's first major trophy was the
1904 FA Cup, though they had previously won three
Manchester Cup
The Manchester FA Senior Cup (originally known as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, later the Manchester Cup) is an annual football tournament held between the clubs of the Manchester Football Association which was first played in 1885; ...
s before that point. Their first top division league title came in the
1936–37 season,
with the first
Charity Shield won in the following August.
City's first
League Cup
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and
European trophy
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both came at the end of the
1969–70 season, the two trophies also constituting the team's first trophy double.
In the
2018–19 season, City became the first team to claim all of the major English trophies available in a single season, winning not just the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
,
FA Cup
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, and
League Cup
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, but also the
Community Shield.
The
1970 Cup Winners' Cup victory remains City's only European trophy to date. They have reached the semi-finals of the
Champions League three times, losing in
2016
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, then winning en route their first-ever
final
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*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
in
2021
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, and losing in
2022
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.
Manchester City jointly hold the record for
most second division titles with
Leicester City
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
, both clubs having won the league on seven occasions. Their first victory was in
1898–99, and the most recent in
2001–02.
Domestic
Leagues
*
First Division /
Premier League
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(Level 1)
** Winners (8):
1936–37,
1967–68,
2011–12,
2013–14,
2017–18,
2018–19,
2020–21
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,
2021–22
**Runners-up (6):
1903–04,
1920–21,
1976–77,
2012–13
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,
2014–15,
2019–20
*
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
/
First Division /
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
(Level 2)
** Winners (7, shared record):
1898–99,
1902–03
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Music ...
,
1909–10,
1927–28,
1946–47,
1965–66,
2001–02
**Runners-up (4):
1895–96,
1950–51,
1988–89,
1999–2000
**Promoted third place (1):
1984–85
*
Third Division /
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
/
League One
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(Level 3)
**Promoted third place (1):
1998–99
Cups
*
FA Cup
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** Winners (6):
1903–04,
1933–34,
1955–56,
1968–69,
2010–11
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,
2018–19
**Runners-up (5):
1925–26,
1932–33,
1954–55,
1980–81,
2012–13
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
*
Football League Cup / EFL Cup
** Winners (8):
1969–70,
1975–76,
2013–14,
2015–16,
2017–18,
2018–19,
2019–20,
2020–21
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**Runners-up (1):
1973–74
*
Full Members' Cup
The Full Members' Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992.
Th ...
**Runners-up (1):
1985–86
*
FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield
** Winners (6):
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
,
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
,
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
,
2012
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,
2018
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,
2019
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**Runners-up (8):
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
,
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
,
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
,
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
,
2011
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,
2014
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,
2021
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,
2022
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European
*
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
**Runners-up (1):
2020–21
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*
European Cup Winners' Cup
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** Winners (1):
1969–70
Doubles and Trebles
*
Doubles
**
League and League Cup (4):
2013–14,
2017–18,
2018–19,
2020–21
The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...
**
League and FA Cup (1):
2018–19
**
League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup (1):
1969–70
*
Domestic treble
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** League, FA Cup, and League Cup (1):
2018–19
Club records
* Record league victory – 11–3 ''v.''
Lincoln City (23 March 1895, most goals scored), 10–0 ''v.''
Darwen
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The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the sout ...
(18 February 1899, widest margin of victory)
[James, ''Manchester City – The Complete Record'', p. 509]
* Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 ''v.'' Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890)
[James, ''Manchester City – The Complete Record'', p. 511]
* Record European victory – 7–0 '' v. ''
Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...
,
UEFA Champions League
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round of 16 second leg (12 March 2019)
* Record league defeat – 0–8 ''v.''
Burton Wanderers (26 December 1894), 0–8 ''v.''
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...
(23 December 1933), 1–9 ''v.''
Everton (3 September 1906), 2–10 ''v.''
Small Heath
Small Heath is an area in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands, England situated on and around the Coventry Road about from the city centre.
History
Small Heath, which has been settled and used since Roman times, sits on top of a small hill. Th ...
(17 March 1893)
* Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 ''v.''
Preston North End
Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...
(30 January 1897), 2–8 ''v.''
Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former hom ...
(30 January 1946)
* Record European defeat – 0–4 v
Barcelona
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, UEFA Champions League group stage, 19 October 2016
* Highest home attendance – 84,569 ''v.''
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
, FA Cup (3 March 1934)
* Most league appearances – 561 + 3 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76
[James, ''Manchester City – The Complete Record'', p. 155]
* Most European appearances – 59 + 16 sub, Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985), Fernandinho 2013–22
* Most appearances overall – 676 + 4 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76
* Most goals scored overall – 260,
Sergio Agüero
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2011–21
* Most goals scored in a season – 38, Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1901), Tommy Johnson 1928–29
* Record transfer fee paid – £100 million to
Aston Villa
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for Jack Grealish, August 2021
* Record transfer fee received – £54.8 million from
Bayern Munich
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for Leroy Sané, July 2020
See also
* List of Manchester City F.C. managers
* List of Manchester City F.C. players
* List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics
* List of Manchester City F.C. seasons
* Manchester City F.C. in international football
* Manchester City W.F.C.
*
City Football Group
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