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Manchester City F.C.

January 26, 2023

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Manchester City W.F.C. For the Sierra Leonean football club, see Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone).
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Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. 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 in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, in the first season with the current name.[3] Over the course of its history, the club has won eight league titles, six FA Cups, eight League Cups, six FA Community Shields, and one European Cup Winners' Cup.

Manchester City
Full nameManchester City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Citizens,[1] The Sky Blues
Short nameCity, Man City
Founded1880; 143 years ago (1880) as St. Mark's (West Gorton)
1887; 136 years ago (1887) as Ardwick Association F.C.
16 April 1894; 128 years ago (1894-04-16) as Manchester City[a]
GroundCity of Manchester Stadium
Capacity53,400[2]
OwnerCity Football Group Limited
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPep Guardiola
LeaguePremier League
2021–22Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The club joined the Football League in 1892, and won their first major honour, the FA Cup, in 1904. The club had its first major period of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning the league title, FA Cup, League Cup, and European Cup Winners Cup under the management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison. After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final, Manchester City went through a period of decline, culminating in relegation to the third tier of English football for the only time in their history in 1998. Following promotion to the top tier in 2001–02, they have remained 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 through the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008.[4] This started a new era of unprecedented success, with the club winning the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League in 2012, both their first since the 1960s, followed by another league title in 2014. Under the management of Pep Guardiola, Manchester City won the Premier League in 2018, 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.[5] This was followed by two consecutive Premier League titles in 2020–21 and 2021–22, the third and fourth in the Guardiola era, as well as the club's first-ever Champions League final in 2021, which they lost to Chelsea.

Although Manchester City have yet to win a UEFA Champions League 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.[6]

Manchester City topped the Deloitte Football Money League 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.[7] In 2021, Forbes estimated the club was the sixth most valuable in the world, worth $4 billion.[8][9] Manchester City are owned by City Football Group Limited, a British-based holding company valued at £3.73 (US$4.8) billion in November 2019.[10][11]

History

Main article: History of Manchester City F.C.
 
St. Marks (Gorton) in 1884 – the reason for the cross pattée on the shirts is now unknown.[12]

City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899; 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 1–0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup; 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.[13] 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, who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United.[14] 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 in Moss Side.[15]

 
The Manchester City team which won the FA Cup in 1903–04.

In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to Everton in 1933, before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934.[16] 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 – a record which stood until 2016.[17][18] 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.[19] Twenty years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle United, and won the second. The 1956 final, in which the Blues defeated Birmingham City 3–1, saw City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.[20]

After being relegated to the Second Division in 1963, the future looked bleak with a record low home attendance of 8,015 against Swindon Town in January 1965.[21] In the summer of 1965, the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison was appointed. In the first season under Mercer, Manchester City won the Second Division title and made important signings in Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell.[22] 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.[23] Further trophies followed: City won the FA Cup in 1969 and a year later triumphed in the European Cup Winners' Cup, defeating Górnik Zabrze 2–1 in the 1970 final. As of 2022, this is the club's only European honour.[24] The Blues also won the League Cup 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 of the 1974 League Cup.[25] 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 scored with a backheel to give City a 1–0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of their rivals.[26][27] The final trophy of the club's most successful period was won in 1976, when Newcastle United were beaten 2–1 in the League Cup final.

 
Chart of yearly table positions of City in the Football League.

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.[28] A succession of managers then followed – seven in the 1980s alone. Under John Bond, City reached the 1981 FA Cup final but lost in a replay to Tottenham Hotspur. The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the 1980s (in 1983 and 1987), but returned to the top flight again in 1989 and finished fifth in 1991 and 1992 under the management of Peter Reid.[29] 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 upon its creation in 1992, but after finishing ninth in its first season they endured three seasons of struggle before being relegated in 1996. 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.[30] Under manager Joe Royle, 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 City were relegated once more. Kevin Keegan 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,[b] breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a single season in the process.[31] 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 win.[32] Additionally, City qualified for European competition for the first time in 25 years via UEFA fair play ranking. In the close 2003–04 season, the club moved to the new City of Manchester Stadium. The first four seasons at the stadium all resulted in mid-table finishes. Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson became the club's first foreign manager when appointed in 2007.[33] After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was sacked on 2 June 2008;[34] he was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later.[35]

By 2008, Manchester City were in a financially precarious position. Thaksin Shinawatra had taken control of the club the year before, but his political travails saw his assets frozen.[36] Then, in August 2008, City were purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group. 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 from Real Madrid for £32.5 million.[37] 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. 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, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Touré, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, and Joleon Lescott.[38] 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.[39] City finished the season in fifth position in the Premier League, narrowly missing out on a place in the Champions League but qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.[40]

Continued investment in players followed in successive seasons, and results began to match the upturn in player quality. City reached the FA Cup final in 2011, their first major final in over 30 years, after defeating derby rivals Manchester United in the semi-final,[41] the first time they had knocked their rival out of a cup competition since 1975. The Blues defeated Stoke City 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 for the first time since 1968 with a 1–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the penultimate Premier League match.[42] On the last day of the 2010–11 season, City beat out Arsenal for the third place, thereby securing qualification directly into the Champions League group stage.[43]

 
Manchester City supporters invade the pitch following their 2011–12 Premier League title victory.

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 and a 6–1 humbling of Manchester United at Old Trafford. 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, 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, celebrating in the belief that they had won the league. However, two goals in injury time – the second by Sergio Agüero 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.[44][45] The game was also notable for former City player Joey Barton'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.[46]

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 football as well), while a second FA Cup final in three seasons ended in a 1–0 defeat to relegated Wigan Athletic.[47] Mancini was dismissed two days later, ostensibly as he had failed to reach his targets for the season,[48] but BBC Sports Editor David Bond reported he had been sacked for his poor communication and relationships with players and executives.[49] The Chilean Manuel Pellegrini was named City's new manager afterwards.[50]

 
Manchester City moved into their new complex at the Etihad Campus adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2014.

In Pellegrini's first season, City won the League Cup and regained the Premier League title on the last matchday of the season.[51][52] 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 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.[53]

Pep Guardiola, former head coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, was confirmed to become Manchester City's new manager on 1 February 2016,[54] months before Pellegrini finished his term, and has remained in charge to this day.[55] In the Guardiola era, City won the 2017–18 Premier League title with the highest points total in history and broke numerous other club and English league records along the way.[56] They also won the League Cup that season and Sergio Agüero became the club's all-time leading goalscorer.[57]

The following season, Guardiola guided the club to retain their Premier League and League Cup 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 and complete an unprecedented domestic treble of English men's titles.[58]

In 2020, UEFA banned Manchester City from European competitions for two seasons for alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations; the club appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, 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.[59][60]

In April 2021, it was announced that City had joined the proposed European Super League as one of its twelve founder members together with the five other "Big Six" English football clubs.[61] However, the announcement led to widespread condemnation from The Football Association, the Premier League, UEFA and FIFA, as well as from the UK's Conservative government and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[62][63][64] 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 and Juventus – remained committed, and it seemed that the proposal had collapsed.[65]

In the COVID-19 affected 2020–21 Premier League season, Manchester City regained their title from Liverpool, becoming champions for the third time in four years.[66] They ended the season twelve points ahead of second-placed Manchester United, winning the title with three games to spare.[67] They also won the League Cup for a record-equalling fourth consecutive and eighth time in total, beating Tottenham 1–0 in the final.[68] 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.[69] The season was highlighted by City's European breakthrough, with the club reaching their first-ever Champions League final,[70] where they met Chelsea, making it the third all-English final in the competition's history. However, the Blues were defeated 1–0 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, courtesy of a Kai Havertz goal. Still, City's breakthrough marked their most successful European campaign to date.[71]

A report from German outlet Der Spiegel 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 and Etisalat (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 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.[72][73] 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 away, and to a 3–2 win at home to Aston Villa 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.[74] 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. over two closely fought and very dramatic games.[75]

League history

L1 = Level 1 of the football league system; L2 = Level 2 of the football league system; L3 = Level 3 of the football league system.

Club badge and colours

 
Manchester City's stadium and shirt have been sponsored by Etihad Airways since 2009.
 
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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.[76] The infrequent yet recurrent use of red and black away colours comes from former assistant manager Malcolm Allison's belief that adopting the colours of AC Milan would inspire City to glory.[77] 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 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 was granted by the College of Arms to the English Football League 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").[78]

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.[79] The club has since abandoned the practice; for the 2011 FA Cup final, 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.[80]

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 of the city of Manchester, and consisted of a shield in front of a golden eagle. 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, 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. 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,[81] the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to discontinue the current badge and institute a new design.[81] 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.[82] 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 when the design was trademarked on 22 December.[83] The new badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City's home match against Sunderland on 26 December.[84]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
1974–1982 Umbro No sponsor No sponsor
1982–1984 Saab
1984–1987 Philips
1987–1997 Brother
1997–1999 Kappa
1999–2002 Le Coq Sportif Eidos
2002–2003 First Advice
2003–2004 Reebok
2004–2007 Thomas Cook
2007–2009 Le Coq Sportif
2009–2013 Umbro Etihad Airways
2013–2017 Nike
2017–2019 Nexen Tire
2019– Puma

Kit deals

Kit supplier Period Announcement date Intended contract duration Value Notes
Le Coq Sportif
2007–2009
13 May 2007[85]
 2007–2011 (4 years) Around £2.5m per year[86] Replaced by Umbro contract
Umbro
2009–2013
4 June 2009
 2009–2019 (10 years) Around £2.5m per year[87] Umbro contract transferred to parent company Nike in 2013
Nike
2013–2019
4 May 2012
 2013–2019 (6 years) Around £20m per year[88]
Puma
2019–2029
28 February 2019
 2019–2029 (10 years) Around £65m per year[89]

Players

Main article: List of Manchester City F.C. players

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2023[90]
 
The Manchester City team, with mascots, about to face Southampton in the 2022–23 Premier League. From left to right on back row: Moonchester, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Aké, Ederson, Rodri, Rúben Dias, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, João Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Erling Haaland, and Moonbeam.

The following list includes players who made at least one league appearance.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   ENG Taylor Harwood-Bellis (at Burnley until 30 June 2023)
13 GK   USA Zack Steffen (at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2023)
37 FW   BRA Kayky (at Bahia until 30 June 2023)
39 DF   BRA Yan Couto (at Girona until 30 June 2023)
48 FW   ENG Liam Delap (at Preston North End until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
69 MF   ENG Tommy Doyle (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2023)
79 DF   ENG Luke Mbete (at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2023)
85 GK   ENG James Trafford (at Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2023)
87 MF   ENG James McAtee (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2023)
97 DF   ENG Josh Wilson-Esbrand (at Coventry City until 30 June 2023)

Other players with first-team appearances

Main article: Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy

The following players have previously made cup appearances or have appeared on the substitutes bench for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
52 FW   NOR Oscar Bobb
84 GK   SCO Cieran Slicker
94 DF   ENG Finley Burns
No. Pos. Nation Player
93 MF   ENG Alex Robertson
96 FW   ENG Ben Knight

Suspended

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   FRA Benjamin Mendy

Retired numbers

See also: List of retired numbers in association football

Since 2003, Manchester City have not issued the squad number 23. It was retired in memory of Marc-Vivien Foé, who was on loan to the club from Lyon at the time of his death on the field of play while playing for Cameroon in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.[91]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   CMR Marc-Vivien Foé (2002–03) – posthumous honour)

Player of the Year

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. players § Player of the Year awards

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.

 
Year Winner
2000–01   Danny Tiatto
2001–02   Ali Benarbia
2002–03   Sylvain Distin
2003–04   Shaun Wright-Phillips
2004–05   Richard Dunne
2005–06   Richard Dunne
2006–07   Richard Dunne
2007–08   Richard Dunne
2008–09   Stephen Ireland
2009–10   Carlos Tevez
 
Year Winner
2010–11   Vincent Kompany
2011–12   Sergio Agüero
2012–13   Pablo Zabaleta
2013–14   Yaya Touré
2014–15   Sergio Agüero
2015–16   Kevin De Bruyne
2016–17   David Silva
2017–18   Kevin De Bruyne
2018–19   Bernardo Silva
2019–20   Kevin De Bruyne
 
Year Winner
2020–21   Rúben Dias
2021–22   Kevin De Bruyne

Source:[92][93][94][95][96]

Halls of Fame

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. players

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 (a.k.a. the National Football Museum Hall of Fame), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees at the NFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002   Peter Doherty inside left player 1936–1945
  Denis Law, CBE forward & midfielder player 1960–1961
1973–1974
  Kevin Keegan, OBE forward manager 2001–2005
2003   Peter Schmeichel, MBE goalkeeper player 2002–2003
  Alan Ball, MBE attacking midfielder manager 1995–1996
2005   Bert Trautmann, OBE goalkeeper player 1949–1964
  Colin Bell, MBE attacking midfielder player 1966–1979
2007   Billy Meredith right winger player 1894–1906
1921–1924
  Peter Beardsley midfielder player 1998
  Mark Hughes forward manager 2008–2009
2009   Frank Swift goalkeeper player 1933–1949
2010   Francis Lee, CBE forward player 1967–1974
2013   Mike Summerbee forward player 1965–1975
2014   Trevor Francis centre forward player 1981–1982
  Patrick Vieira holding midfielder player
EDS manager 		2010–2011
2011–2015
2015   Stuart Pearce, MBE left back player
coach
manager		 2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2007
  Sun Jihai defender player 2002–2008
2016   David Seaman MBE goalkeeper player 2003–2004
2017   Frank Lampard OBE attacking midfielder player 2014–2015
2020   Justin Fashanu centre forward player 1989
Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002   Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG inside right
& right half		 player 1928–1936
2004   Don Revie, OBE centre forward player 1951–1956
2005   Howard Kendall attacking midfielder manager 1989–1990
2009   Joe Mercer, OBE left half manager 1965–1971
  Malcolm Allison centre half assistant mgr.
manager 		1965–1971
1971–1973
1979–1980
Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date
2007   Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE forward player 1990–1996
Manchester City teams inducted to date
2009   Manchester City league- and European cup-winning team of 1967–1970 not applicable

Last updated: 21 July 2021.
Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees

Premier League Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Inaugurated in 2020, but delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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.

Inductees at the Premier League Hall of Fame
Year of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2021   Frank Lampard, OBE attacking midfielder player 2014–2015
2022   Patrick Vieira midfielder player
EDS manager		 2010–2011
2011–2015
  Peter Schmeichel goalkeeper player 2002–2003
  Vincent Kompany defender player 2008–2019
  Sergio Agüero striker player 2011–2021

Last updated: 21 April 2022.
Source: list of PL Hall of Fame inductees

Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Last updated: 30 March 2011.
Source:

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Non-playing staff

 
Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

Corporate hierarchy

Position Name
Chairman   Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Director   Ruigang Li
Chief Executive Officer   Ferran Soriano
Global Technical Director of the City Football Group   Rodolfo Borrell
Non-executive director   Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Non-executive director   Simon Pearce
Non-executive director   John Macbeath
Non-executive director   Marty Edelman
Non-executive director   Alberto Galassi
Managing director of the City Football Academy   Brian Marwood
Club Ambassadors   Mike Summerbee[102]
  Paul Dickov[103]
  Micah Richards[104]
  Pablo Zabaleta[105]
  Joleon Lescott[106]
  Shaun Wright-Phillips[107]

Management hierarchy

 
Current Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
Position Name
Director of Football   Txiki Begiristain
Manager   Pep Guardiola
Assistant Managers   Rodolfo Borrell
  Carlos Vicens[108]
  Enzo Maresca[109]
Fitness Coach   Lorenzo Buenaventura
Head of Goalkeeping   Xabier Mancisidor
Goalkeeper Coach   Richard Wright[110]
Performance Analysis Coach   Carles Planchart
Head of Player Support   Manel Estiarte
Head of Academy   Jason Wilcox
Under-23 EDS Manager   Brian Barry-Murphy
Under-23 EDS Assistant Manager   Craig Mudd
Under-23 GK Coach   Imanol Egaña
Under-18 Academy Manager   Ben Wilkinson[111]
Under-18 Academy Assistant Manager   Jamie Carr
Under-18 Academy GK Coach   Max Johnson
Chief Scout   Carlo Cancellieri

Source:[112]

Notable managers

Main article: List of Manchester City F.C. managers
Manchester City managers to have won major honours. Table correct as of 22 January 2023[c]
Name From To Games Wins Draws Loss Win % Honours
  Tom Maley
 1902 1906 150 89 22 39 059.33 1903–04 FA Cup
  Wilf Wild
 1932 1946 352 158 71 123 044.89 1933–34 FA Cup 1936–37 First Division
  Les McDowall
 1950 1963 592 220 127 245 037.16 1955–56 FA Cup
  Joe Mercer
 1965 1971 340 149 94 97 043.82 1967–68 First Division
1968 FA Charity Shield
1968–69 FA Cup 		1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup
1969–70 League Cup
  Tony Book
 1973 1980 269 114 75 80 042.38 1975–76 League Cup
  Roberto Mancini
 2009 2013 191 113 38 40 059.16 2010–11 FA Cup
2011–12 Premier League 		2012 FA Community Shield
  Manuel Pellegrini[d]
 2013 2016 167 100 28 39 059.88 2013–14 League Cup
2013–14 Premier League 		2015–16 League Cup
  Pep Guardiola[e]
 2016 incumbent 383 277 50 56 072.32 2017–18 League Cup
2017–18 Premier League
2018 FA Community Shield
2018–19 League Cup
2018–19 Premier League
2018–19 FA Cup 		2019 FA Community Shield
2019–20 League Cup
2020–21 League Cup
2020–21 Premier League
2021–22 Premier League

Supporters

Main article: Manchester City F.C. supporters

Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, the club's average attendances have been in the top six in England,[114] 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, now the EFL League One), home attendances were in the region of 30,000, compared to an average of fewer than 8,000 for the division.[115] 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.[116]

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).[117] City fans' song of choice is a rendition of "Blue Moon", 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".[118][119] Events that fans regard as "typical City" include the club being the only reigning English champions ever to be relegated (in 1938), the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season (1957–58),[120] or the more recent example where Manchester City were the only team to beat Chelsea in the latter's record-breaking 2004–05 Premier League season, yet in the same season City were knocked out of the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic, a team two divisions lower.

In the late 1980s, City fans started a craze of bringing inflatable objects to matches, primarily oversized bananas. One disputed explanation for the phenomenon is that in a match against West Bromwich Albion, chants from fans calling for the introduction of Imre Varadi 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), with the craze reaching its peak at City's match at Stoke City on 26 December 1988, a game declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party.[121] In 2010, Manchester City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed The Poznań, from fans of Polish club Lech Poznań that they played in the Europa League.[122]

Rivalries

Main articles: Manchester derby and Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry
 
The Manchester derby in the 2021–22 Premier League, 6 November 2021.

Manchester City's biggest rivalry is with neighbours Manchester United, against whom they contest the Manchester derby. 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 found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season ticket holders came from Manchester postcode 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.[123]

Over the last few years, Manchester City has also developed a notable rivalry with Liverpool FC,[124] currently considered one of the biggest in association football.[125][126] 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.[127] In the final of the 2015–16 League Cup, City defeated Liverpool on penalties 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 and then winning the competition a year later.[128][129] 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.[130] 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 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 and Pep Guardiola, the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City, with the two previously having been the respective managers of Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.[131] 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".[132][133] 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.[134][135] In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the club's biggest rivals.[136]

Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, and Stockport County, and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.[137][138]

Ownership and finances

Main article: Manchester City F.C. ownership and finances

The holding company of Manchester City F.C., Manchester City Limited, is a private limited company, 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. 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),[139] 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.[140] 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 executive Garry Cook's appointment as executive chairman in May.[141] 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.[142]

Thaksin's purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club,[143] in total around £30 million,[144] 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-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 Manchester United's protracted bid to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee in excess of £30 million.[145][146] Minutes before the transfer window closed, the club signed Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.[147] 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.[148]

City Football Group

Main article: City Football Group

Created in the 2013–14 season to manage the global footballing interests of the Abu Dhabi United Group, City Football Group (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

Clubs owned by CFG
(listed in order of acquisition/foundation)
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2008Manchester City F.C.*
2009–2012
2013New York City FC§
2014Melbourne City FC*
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
2015–2016
2017Montevideo City Torque*
Girona FC*§
2018
2019Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.*§
Mumbai City FC*§
2020Lommel S.K.*
ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022Palermo F.C.*§

Through City Football Group, City owns stakes in a number of clubs:

On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian rugby league franchise Melbourne Storm, purchasing a majority stake in A-League team Melbourne City FC. On 5 August 2015, CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full ownership of the team.[150]
On 20 May 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Japanese Automotive company Nissan to become a minority shareholder in Yokohama based J-League side, Yokohama F. Marinos.
On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the American baseball franchise the New York Yankees to introduce the 20th Major League Soccer expansion team, New York City FC as its majority shareholder. The club began play in the 2015 Major League Soccer season.
On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team Montevideo City Torque.
On 23 August 2017, it was announced that CFG had acquired 44.3% of Segunda División (second tier) side Girona FC. Another 44.3% was held by the Girona Football Group, led by Pere Guardiola, brother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
On 20 February 2019, it was announced that CFG as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital had acquired Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.
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, competing in the Indian Super League.
CFG was announced as a majority stakeholder of Lommel S.K. 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, competing in the Belgian First Division B (second tier).
On 3 September 2020, CFG announced that they had purchased the shares of Daniel Masoni, the former owner of Ligue 2 (second tier) club Troyes AC, making them the majority shareholder of the French club.
On 4 July 2022, Italian Serie B (second tier) club Palermo announced that CFG had acquired an 80% majority stake in their ownership.

Partner clubs

On 12 January 2021, CFG announced Bolivian club Club Bolívar as its first partner club.
On 18 February 2021, CFG announced that French Championnat National 2 (tier 4) club Vannes OC would be its second partner club.

Stadium

Main article: City of Manchester Stadium
See also: Hyde Road (stadium) and Maine Road
 
The City of Manchester Stadium– the home of Manchester City since 2003.

The City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, known as the Etihad Stadium since 2011 for sponsorship reasons, is on a 200-year lease from Manchester City Council to Manchester City. It has been the club's home since the end of the 2002–03 season, when City moved from Maine Road.[162] 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.[163] The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over Barcelona in a friendly match.[164] 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.[165]

After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at Hyde Road Football Stadium, its home for 36 years.[166] 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 tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934.[167] 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.[168]

Honours

Main article: List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics § Club 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 with 26.

The club's first major trophy was the 1904 FA Cup,[169] though they had previously won three Manchester Cups before that point.[170] Their first top division league title came in the 1936–37 season,[12] with the first Charity Shield won in the following August.[12] City's first League Cup and European trophy both came at the end of the 1969–70 season, the two trophies also constituting the team's first trophy double.[12] 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, FA Cup, and League Cup, but also the Community Shield.[171]

The 1970 Cup Winners' Cup victory remains City's only European trophy to date.[172] They have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League three times, losing in 2016, then winning en route their first-ever final in 2021, and losing in 2022.[173]

Manchester City jointly hold the record for most second division titles with Leicester City, both clubs having won the league on seven occasions.[174] Their first victory was in 1898–99, and the most recent in 2001–02.[12]

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

European

Doubles and Trebles

Club records

Main article: List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ^ On 16 April 1894, the name was changed to Manchester City.
  2. ^ a b c d Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. At the same time, the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division.
  3. ^ The following managers have all won at least one major trophy with Manchester City (totals include competitive matches only). Cup matches won or lost on penalties are classified as draws.[113]
  4. ^ Pellegrini's drawn games include one cup game won on penalties.
  5. ^ Guardiola's drawn games include five cup games won and one lost on penalties.
  6. ^ City also won the FA Community Shield that season, leading to some term the achievement as the quadruple, although this is incorrect, since the true quadruple includes the three major domestic competitions plus a major European title.
  7. ^ Remains the record home attendance in English football.

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This article is about the men s football club For the women s football club see Manchester City W F C For the Sierra Leonean football club see Manchester City F C Sierra Leone Manchester City redirects here For the city itself see Manchester Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League the top flight of English football 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 in east Manchester to which they moved in 2003 having played at Maine Road since 1923 Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894 in the first season with the current name 3 Over the course of its history the club has won eight league titles six FA Cups eight League Cups six FA Community Shields and one European Cup Winners Cup Manchester CityFull nameManchester City Football ClubNickname s The Citizens 1 The Sky BluesShort nameCity Man CityFounded1880 143 years ago 1880 as St Mark s West Gorton 1887 136 years ago 1887 as Ardwick Association F C 16 April 1894 128 years ago 1894 04 16 as Manchester City a GroundCity of Manchester StadiumCapacity53 400 2 OwnerCity Football Group LimitedChairmanKhaldoon Al MubarakManagerPep GuardiolaLeaguePremier League2021 22Premier League 1st of 20 champions WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonThe club joined the Football League in 1892 and won their first major honour the FA Cup in 1904 The club had its first major period of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s winning the league title FA Cup League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup under the management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final Manchester City went through a period of decline culminating in relegation to the third tier of English football for the only time in their history in 1998 Following promotion to the top tier in 2001 02 they have remained 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 through the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008 4 This started a new era of unprecedented success with the club winning the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League in 2012 both their first since the 1960s followed by another league title in 2014 Under the management of Pep Guardiola Manchester City won the Premier League in 2018 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 5 This was followed by two consecutive Premier League titles in 2020 21 and 2021 22 the third and fourth in the Guardiola era as well as the club s first ever Champions League final in 2021 which they lost to Chelsea Although Manchester City have yet to win a UEFA Champions League 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 6 Manchester City topped the Deloitte Football Money League 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 7 In 2021 Forbes estimated the club was the sixth most valuable in the world worth 4 billion 8 9 Manchester City are owned by City Football Group Limited a British based holding company valued at 3 73 US 4 8 billion in November 2019 10 11 Contents 1 History 1 1 League history 2 Club badge and colours 2 1 Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors 2 2 Kit deals 3 Players 3 1 First team squad 3 1 1 Out on loan 3 1 2 Other players with first team appearances 3 1 3 Suspended 3 2 Retired numbers 3 3 Player of the Year 4 Halls of Fame 4 1 Manchester City Hall of Fame 4 2 National Football Museum Hall of Fame 4 3 Premier League Hall of Fame 4 4 Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame 4 5 Welsh Sports Hall of Fame 5 Non playing staff 5 1 Corporate hierarchy 5 2 Management hierarchy 5 3 Notable managers 6 Supporters 7 Rivalries 8 Ownership and finances 8 1 City Football Group 8 1 1 CFG ownership 8 1 2 Partner clubs 9 Stadium 10 Honours 10 1 Domestic 10 1 1 Leagues 10 1 2 Cups 10 2 European 10 3 Doubles and Trebles 11 Club records 12 See also 13 Notes 14 Bibliography 15 References 16 External linksHistoryMain article History of Manchester City F C St Marks Gorton in 1884 the reason for the cross pattee on the shirts is now unknown 12 City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899 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 1 0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup 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 13 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 who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United 14 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 in Moss Side 15 The Manchester City team which won the FA Cup in 1903 04 In the 1930s Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals losing to Everton in 1933 before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934 16 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 a record which stood until 2016 17 18 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 19 Twenty years later a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again in 1955 and 1956 just as in the 1930s they lost the first one to Newcastle United and won the second The 1956 final in which the Blues defeated Birmingham City 3 1 saw City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck 20 After being relegated to the Second Division in 1963 the future looked bleak with a record low home attendance of 8 015 against Swindon Town in January 1965 21 In the summer of 1965 the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison was appointed In the first season under Mercer Manchester City won the Second Division title and made important signings in Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell 22 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 23 Further trophies followed City won the FA Cup in 1969 and a year later triumphed in the European Cup Winners Cup defeating Gornik Zabrze 2 1 in the 1970 final As of 2022 this is the club s only European honour 24 The Blues also won the League Cup 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 of the 1974 League Cup 25 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 scored with a backheel to give City a 1 0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of their rivals 26 27 The final trophy of the club s most successful period was won in 1976 when Newcastle United were beaten 2 1 in the League Cup final Chart of yearly table positions of City in the Football League 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 28 A succession of managers then followed seven in the 1980s alone Under John Bond City reached the 1981 FA Cup final but lost in a replay to Tottenham Hotspur The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the 1980s in 1983 and 1987 but returned to the top flight again in 1989 and finished fifth in 1991 and 1992 under the management of Peter Reid 29 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 upon its creation in 1992 but after finishing ninth in its first season they endured three seasons of struggle before being relegated in 1996 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 30 Under manager Joe Royle 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 City were relegated once more Kevin Keegan 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 b breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a single season in the process 31 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 win 32 Additionally City qualified for European competition for the first time in 25 years via UEFA fair play ranking In the close 2003 04 season the club moved to the new City of Manchester Stadium The first four seasons at the stadium all resulted in mid table finishes Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson became the club s first foreign manager when appointed in 2007 33 After a bright start performances faded in the second half of the season and Eriksson was sacked on 2 June 2008 34 he was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later 35 By 2008 Manchester City were in a financially precarious position Thaksin Shinawatra had taken control of the club the year before but his political travails saw his assets frozen 36 Then in August 2008 City were purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group 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 from Real Madrid for 32 5 million 37 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 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 Roque Santa Cruz Kolo Toure Emmanuel Adebayor Carlos Tevez and Joleon Lescott 38 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 39 City finished the season in fifth position in the Premier League narrowly missing out on a place in the Champions League but qualifying for the UEFA Europa League 40 Continued investment in players followed in successive seasons and results began to match the upturn in player quality City reached the FA Cup final in 2011 their first major final in over 30 years after defeating derby rivals Manchester United in the semi final 41 the first time they had knocked their rival out of a cup competition since 1975 The Blues defeated Stoke City 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 for the first time since 1968 with a 1 0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the penultimate Premier League match 42 On the last day of the 2010 11 season City beat out Arsenal for the third place thereby securing qualification directly into the Champions League group stage 43 Manchester City supporters invade the pitch following their 2011 12 Premier League title victory 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 and a 6 1 humbling of Manchester United at Old Trafford 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 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 celebrating in the belief that they had won the league However two goals in injury time the second by Sergio Aguero 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 44 45 The game was also notable for former City player Joey Barton 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 46 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 football as well while a second FA Cup final in three seasons ended in a 1 0 defeat to relegated Wigan Athletic 47 Mancini was dismissed two days later ostensibly as he had failed to reach his targets for the season 48 but BBC Sports Editor David Bond reported he had been sacked for his poor communication and relationships with players and executives 49 The Chilean Manuel Pellegrini was named City s new manager afterwards 50 Manchester City moved into their new complex at the Etihad Campus adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2014 In Pellegrini s first season City won the League Cup and regained the Premier League title on the last matchday of the season 51 52 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 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 53 Pep Guardiola former head coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich was confirmed to become Manchester City s new manager on 1 February 2016 54 months before Pellegrini finished his term and has remained in charge to this day 55 In the Guardiola era City won the 2017 18 Premier League title with the highest points total in history and broke numerous other club and English league records along the way 56 They also won the League Cup that season and Sergio Aguero became the club s all time leading goalscorer 57 The following season Guardiola guided the club to retain their Premier League and League Cup 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 and complete an unprecedented domestic treble of English men s titles 58 In 2020 UEFA banned Manchester City from European competitions for two seasons for alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations the club appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport 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 59 60 In April 2021 it was announced that City had joined the proposed European Super League as one of its twelve founder members together with the five other Big Six English football clubs 61 However the announcement led to widespread condemnation from The Football Association the Premier League UEFA and FIFA as well as from the UK s Conservative government and Prime Minister Boris Johnson 62 63 64 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 and Juventus remained committed and it seemed that the proposal had collapsed 65 In the COVID 19 affected 2020 21 Premier League season Manchester City regained their title from Liverpool becoming champions for the third time in four years 66 They ended the season twelve points ahead of second placed Manchester United winning the title with three games to spare 67 They also won the League Cup for a record equalling fourth consecutive and eighth time in total beating Tottenham 1 0 in the final 68 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 69 The season was highlighted by City s European breakthrough with the club reaching their first ever Champions League final 70 where they met Chelsea making it the third all English final in the competition s history However the Blues were defeated 1 0 at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto courtesy of a Kai Havertz goal Still City s breakthrough marked their most successful European campaign to date 71 A report from German outlet Der Spiegel 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 and Etisalat 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 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 72 73 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 away and to a 3 2 win at home to Aston Villa 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 74 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 over two closely fought and very dramatic games 75 League history 1892 1899 Division 2 L2 1899 1902 Division 1 L1 1902 1903 Division 2 L2 1903 1909 Division 1 L1 1909 1910 Division 2 L2 1910 1926 Division 1 L1 1926 1928 Division 2 L2 1928 1938 Division 1 L1 1938 1947 Division 2 L2 1947 1950 Division 1 L1 1950 1951 Division 2 L2 1951 1963 Division 1 L1 1963 1966 Division 2 L2 1966 1983 Division 1 L1 1983 1985 Division 2 L2 1985 1987 Division 1 L1 1987 1989 Division 2 L2 1989 1992 Division 1 L1 1992 1996 Premier League L1 1996 1998 Division 1 L2 1998 1999 Division 2 L3 1999 2000 Division 1 L2 2000 2001 Premier League L1 2001 2002 Division 1 L2 2002 Premier League L1 L1 Level 1 of the football league system L2 Level 2 of the football league system L3 Level 3 of the football league system Club badge and colours Manchester City s stadium and shirt have been sponsored by Etihad Airways since 2009 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manchester City F C kits 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 76 The infrequent yet recurrent use of red and black away colours comes from former assistant manager Malcolm Allison s belief that adopting the colours of AC Milan would inspire City to glory 77 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 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 was granted by the College of Arms to the English Football League 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 78 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 79 The club has since abandoned the practice for the 2011 FA Cup final 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 80 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 of the city of Manchester and consisted of a shield in front of a golden eagle 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 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 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 81 the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to discontinue the current badge and institute a new design 81 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 82 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 when the design was trademarked on 22 December 83 The new badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City s home match against Sunderland on 26 December 84 Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor chest Shirt sponsor sleeve 1974 1982 Umbro No sponsor No sponsor1982 1984 Saab1984 1987 Philips1987 1997 Brother1997 1999 Kappa1999 2002 Le Coq Sportif Eidos2002 2003 First Advice2003 2004 Reebok2004 2007 Thomas Cook2007 2009 Le Coq Sportif2009 2013 Umbro Etihad Airways2013 2017 Nike2017 2019 Nexen Tire2019 PumaKit deals Kit supplier Period Announcement date Intended contract duration Value NotesLe Coq Sportif 2007 2009 13 May 2007 85 2007 2011 4 years Around 2 5m per year 86 Replaced by Umbro contractUmbro 2009 2013 4 June 2009 2009 2019 10 years Around 2 5m per year 87 Umbro contract transferred to parent company Nike in 2013Nike 2013 2019 4 May 2012 2013 2019 6 years Around 20m per year 88 Puma 2019 2029 28 February 2019 2019 2029 10 years Around 65m per year 89 PlayersMain article List of Manchester City F C players First team squad As of 23 January 2023 90 The Manchester City team with mascots about to face Southampton in the 2022 23 Premier League From left to right on back row Moonchester Manuel Akanji Nathan Ake Ederson Rodri Ruben Dias Phil Foden Kevin De Bruyne Joao Cancelo Riyad Mahrez Bernardo Silva Erling Haaland and Moonbeam The following list includes players who made at least one league appearance Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player2 DF ENG Kyle Walker 4th captain 3 DF POR Ruben Dias 3rd captain 4 MF ENG Kalvin Phillips5 DF ENG John Stones6 DF NED Nathan Ake7 DF POR Joao Cancelo8 MF GER Ilkay Gundogan captain 9 FW NOR Erling Haaland10 MF ENG Jack Grealish14 DF ESP Aymeric Laporte16 MF ESP Rodri 5th captain 17 MF BEL Kevin De Bruyne vice captain No Pos Nation Player18 GK GER Stefan Ortega19 FW ARG Julian Alvarez20 MF POR Bernardo Silva21 DF ESP Sergio Gomez25 DF SUI Manuel Akanji26 FW ALG Riyad Mahrez31 GK BRA Ederson33 GK ENG Scott Carson47 MF ENG Phil Foden80 MF ENG Cole Palmer82 DF ENG Rico Lewis MF ARG Maximo PerroneOut 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 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player12 DF ENG Taylor Harwood Bellis at Burnley until 30 June 2023 13 GK USA Zack Steffen at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2023 37 FW BRA Kayky at Bahia until 30 June 2023 39 DF BRA Yan Couto at Girona until 30 June 2023 48 FW ENG Liam Delap at Preston North End until 30 June 2023 No Pos Nation Player69 MF ENG Tommy Doyle at Sheffield United until 30 June 2023 79 DF ENG Luke Mbete at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2023 85 GK ENG James Trafford at Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2023 87 MF ENG James McAtee at Sheffield United until 30 June 2023 97 DF ENG Josh Wilson Esbrand at Coventry City until 30 June 2023 Other players with first team appearances Main article Manchester City F C EDS and Academy The following players have previously made cup appearances or have appeared on the substitutes bench for the first team Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player52 FW NOR Oscar Bobb84 GK SCO Cieran Slicker94 DF ENG Finley Burns No Pos Nation Player93 MF ENG Alex Robertson96 FW ENG Ben KnightSuspended Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player22 DF FRA Benjamin MendyRetired numbers See also List of retired numbers in association football Since 2003 Manchester City have not issued the squad number 23 It was retired in memory of Marc Vivien Foe who was on loan to the club from Lyon at the time of his death on the field of play while playing for Cameroon in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 91 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player23 MF CMR Marc Vivien Foe 2002 03 posthumous honour Player of the Year See also List of Manchester City F C players Player of the Year awards 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 Year Winner2000 01 Danny Tiatto2001 02 Ali Benarbia2002 03 Sylvain Distin2003 04 Shaun Wright Phillips2004 05 Richard Dunne2005 06 Richard Dunne2006 07 Richard Dunne2007 08 Richard Dunne2008 09 Stephen Ireland2009 10 Carlos Tevez Year Winner2010 11 Vincent Kompany2011 12 Sergio Aguero2012 13 Pablo Zabaleta2013 14 Yaya Toure2014 15 Sergio Aguero2015 16 Kevin De Bruyne2016 17 David Silva2017 18 Kevin De Bruyne2018 19 Bernardo Silva2019 20 Kevin De Bruyne Year Winner2020 21 Ruben Dias2021 22 Kevin De Bruyne Source 92 93 94 95 96 Halls of FameSee also List of Manchester City F C players 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 Inductees at the MCFC Hall of FameYear of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC NotesManchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in January 20042004 97 Billy Meredith FW outside right player 1894 1906 1921 1924 also see NFM Hall of Fame Tommy Johnson FW centre forward amp inside left player 1919 1930 Eric Brook FW outside left player 1928 1939 Frank Swift GK player 1933 1949 also see NFM Hall of Fame Peter Doherty FW inside left player 1936 1945 also see NFM Hall of Fame Roy Clarke FW outside left player 1947 1958 Lifetime achievement award Bert Trautmann OBE GK player 1949 1964 also see NFM Hall of Fame Roy Paul MF half back player 1950 1957 Mike Summerbee FW MF outside right player 1965 1975 also see NFM Hall of Fame Tony Book DF right back player manager 1966 1974 1973 1974 1979 1980 1989 1993 Colin Bell MBE MF player 1966 1979 also see NFM Hall of Fame Francis Lee FW player chairman 1967 1974 1994 1998 also see NFM Hall of Fame Joe Corrigan GK player 1967 1983 Paul Lake FW MF DF player 1987 1996 Niall Quinn Honorary MBE FW player 1990 1996 also see NFM Hall of FameManchester City players and teams inducted since 20042005 98 Sam Cowan DF centre half player manager 1924 1935 1946 1947 Ken Barnes MF wing half player 1950 1961 Lifetime achievement award Alan Oakes MF player 1958 1976 Joe Mercer OBE MF left half manager 1965 1971 Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame Malcolm Allison DF centre half assistant mgr manager 1965 1971 1971 1973 1979 1980 Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame2006 99 Ernie Toseland FW outside right player 1928 1938 Johnny Hart FW inside forward player manager 1947 1960 1973 Lifetime achievement award Manchester City 1955 56 FA Cup winning team not applicable en masse induction Mike Doyle DF MF player 1965 1978 Shaun Goater FW player 1998 2003 Cult hero award2008 100 Fred Tilson FW centre forward player 1928 1939 Neil Young FW outside left amp inside left player 1961 1972 Alex Williams MBE GK player 1980 1986 Lifetime achievement award2009 101 Uwe Rosler FW player 1994 1998National Football Museum Hall of Fame The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame a k a the National Football Museum Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories Inductees at the NFM Hall of FameYear of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFCPlayers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date2002 Peter Doherty inside left player 1936 1945 Denis Law CBE forward amp midfielder player 1960 19611973 1974 Kevin Keegan OBE forward manager 2001 20052003 Peter Schmeichel MBE goalkeeper player 2002 2003 Alan Ball MBE attacking midfielder manager 1995 19962005 Bert Trautmann OBE goalkeeper player 1949 1964 Colin Bell MBE attacking midfielder player 1966 19792007 Billy Meredith right winger player 1894 19061921 1924 Peter Beardsley midfielder player 1998 Mark Hughes forward manager 2008 20092009 Frank Swift goalkeeper player 1933 19492010 Francis Lee CBE forward player 1967 19742013 Mike Summerbee forward player 1965 19752014 Trevor Francis centre forward player 1981 1982 Patrick Vieira holding midfielder player EDS manager 2010 2011 2011 20152015 Stuart Pearce MBE left back player coach manager 2001 2002 2002 2005 2005 2007 Sun Jihai defender player 2002 20082016 David Seaman MBE goalkeeper player 2003 20042017 Frank Lampard OBE attacking midfielder player 2014 20152020 Justin Fashanu centre forward player 1989Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date2002 Sir Matt Busby CBE KCSG inside right amp right half player 1928 19362004 Don Revie OBE centre forward player 1951 19562005 Howard Kendall attacking midfielder manager 1989 19902009 Joe Mercer OBE left half manager 1965 1971 Malcolm Allison centre half assistant mgr manager 1965 1971 1971 19731979 1980Manchester City Football Foundation Community Champions inducted to date2007 Niall Quinn Honorary MBE forward player 1990 1996Manchester City teams inducted to date2009 Manchester City league and European cup winning team of 1967 1970 not applicableLast updated 21 July 2021 Source list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees Premier League Hall of Fame The following former Manchester players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame Inaugurated in 2020 but delayed for a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic 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 Inductees at the Premier League Hall of FameYear of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFCPlayers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date2021 Frank Lampard OBE attacking midfielder player 2014 20152022 Patrick Vieira midfielder playerEDS manager 2010 20112011 2015 Peter Schmeichel goalkeeper player 2002 2003 Vincent Kompany defender player 2008 2019 Sergio Aguero striker player 2011 2021Last updated 21 April 2022 Source list of PL Hall of Fame inductees Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame a k a the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories Inductees at the SFM Hall of FameYear of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFCPlayers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date2004 Denis Law forward player 1960 1961 1973 1974 Billy McNeill MBE defender manager 1983 19862010 Bobby Johnstone forward inside right player 1955 1959Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date2004 Matt Busby CBE KCSG forward inside right midfielder right half player 1928 1936Last updated 30 March 2011 Source list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees Welsh Sports Hall of Fame The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction Inductees at the Welsh Sports Hall of FameYear of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFCPlayers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date1990 Billy Meredith defender player 1894 19061999 Horace Blew defender player 1906Non playing staff Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak Corporate hierarchy Position NameChairman Khaldoon Al MubarakDirector Ruigang LiChief Executive Officer Ferran SorianoGlobal Technical Director of the City Football Group Rodolfo BorrellNon executive director Mohamed Al MazroueiNon executive director Simon PearceNon executive director John MacbeathNon executive director Marty EdelmanNon executive director Alberto GalassiManaging director of the City Football Academy Brian MarwoodClub Ambassadors Mike Summerbee 102 Paul Dickov 103 Micah Richards 104 Pablo Zabaleta 105 Joleon Lescott 106 Shaun Wright Phillips 107 Management hierarchy Current Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola Position NameDirector of Football Txiki BegiristainManager Pep GuardiolaAssistant Managers Rodolfo Borrell Carlos Vicens 108 Enzo Maresca 109 Fitness Coach Lorenzo BuenaventuraHead of Goalkeeping Xabier MancisidorGoalkeeper Coach Richard Wright 110 Performance Analysis Coach Carles PlanchartHead of Player Support Manel EstiarteHead of Academy Jason WilcoxUnder 23 EDS Manager Brian Barry MurphyUnder 23 EDS Assistant Manager Craig MuddUnder 23 GK Coach Imanol EganaUnder 18 Academy Manager Ben Wilkinson 111 Under 18 Academy Assistant Manager Jamie CarrUnder 18 Academy GK Coach Max JohnsonChief Scout Carlo CancellieriSource 112 Notable managers Main article List of Manchester City F C managers Manchester City managers to have won major honours Table correct as of 22 January 2023 c Name From To Games Wins Draws Loss Win Honours Tom Maley 1902 1906 150 89 22 39 0 59 33 1903 04 FA Cup Wilf Wild 1932 1946 352 158 71 123 0 44 89 1933 34 FA Cup 1936 37 First Division Les McDowall 1950 1963 592 220 127 245 0 37 16 1955 56 FA Cup Joe Mercer 1965 1971 340 149 94 97 0 43 82 1967 68 First Division1968 FA Charity Shield1968 69 FA Cup 1969 70 European Cup Winners Cup1969 70 League Cup Tony Book 1973 1980 269 114 75 80 0 42 38 1975 76 League Cup Roberto Mancini 2009 2013 191 113 38 40 0 59 16 2010 11 FA Cup2011 12 Premier League 2012 FA Community Shield Manuel Pellegrini d 2013 2016 167 100 28 39 0 59 88 2013 14 League Cup2013 14 Premier League 2015 16 League Cup Pep Guardiola e 2016 incumbent 383 277 50 56 0 72 32 2017 18 League Cup2017 18 Premier League2018 FA Community Shield2018 19 League Cup2018 19 Premier League2018 19 FA Cup 2019 FA Community Shield2019 20 League Cup2020 21 League Cup2020 21 Premier League2021 22 Premier LeagueSupportersMain article Manchester City F C supporters Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium the club s average attendances have been in the top six in England 114 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 now the EFL League One home attendances were in the region of 30 000 compared to an average of fewer than 8 000 for the division 115 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 116 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 117 City fans song of choice is a rendition of Blue Moon 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 118 119 Events that fans regard as typical City include the club being the only reigning English champions ever to be relegated in 1938 the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season 1957 58 120 or the more recent example where Manchester City were the only team to beat Chelsea in the latter s record breaking 2004 05 Premier League season yet in the same season City were knocked out of the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic a team two divisions lower In the late 1980s City fans started a craze of bringing inflatable objects to matches primarily oversized bananas One disputed explanation for the phenomenon is that in a match against West Bromwich Albion chants from fans calling for the introduction of Imre Varadi 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 with the craze reaching its peak at City s match at Stoke City on 26 December 1988 a game declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party 121 In 2010 Manchester City supporters adopted an exuberant dance dubbed The Poznan from fans of Polish club Lech Poznan that they played in the Europa League 122 RivalriesMain articles Manchester derby and Liverpool F C Manchester City F C rivalry The Manchester derby in the 2021 22 Premier League 6 November 2021 Manchester City s biggest rivalry is with neighbours Manchester United against whom they contest the Manchester derby 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 found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season ticket holders came from Manchester postcode 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 123 Over the last few years Manchester City has also developed a notable rivalry with Liverpool FC 124 currently considered one of the biggest in association football 125 126 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 127 In the final of the 2015 16 League Cup City defeated Liverpool on penalties 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 and then winning the competition a year later 128 129 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 130 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 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 Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City with the two previously having been the respective managers of Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga 131 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 132 133 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 134 135 In a 2019 survey City fans answered that Liverpool and not Manchester United are the club s biggest rivals 136 Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with Bolton Wanderers Oldham Athletic and Stockport County and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea 137 138 Ownership and financesMain article Manchester City F C ownership and finances The holding company of Manchester City F C Manchester City Limited is a private limited company 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 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 139 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 140 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 executive Garry Cook s appointment as executive chairman in May 141 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 142 Thaksin s purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club 143 in total around 30 million 144 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 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 Manchester United s protracted bid to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee in excess of 30 million 145 146 Minutes before the transfer window closed the club signed Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of 32 5 million 147 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 148 City Football Group Main article City Football Group Created in the 2013 14 season to manage the global footballing interests of the Abu Dhabi United Group City Football Group 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 Clubs owned by CFG listed in order of acquisition foundation Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG indicates the club was acquired by CFG indicates the club is co owned 2008Manchester City F C 2009 20122013New York City FC 2014Melbourne City FC Yokohama F Marinos 2015 20162017Montevideo City Torque Girona FC 20182019Sichuan Jiuniu F C Mumbai City FC 2020Lommel S K ES Troyes AC 20212022Palermo F C Through City Football Group City owns stakes in a number of clubs Melbourne City FC 2014 present 149 On 23 January 2014 it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian rugby league franchise Melbourne Storm purchasing a majority stake in A League team Melbourne City FC On 5 August 2015 CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full ownership of the team 150 Yokohama F Marinos 2014 present 151 On 20 May 2014 it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Japanese Automotive company Nissan to become a minority shareholder in Yokohama based J League side Yokohama F Marinos New York City FC 2015 present 152 On 21 May 2013 it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the American baseball franchise the New York Yankees to introduce the 20th Major League Soccer expansion team New York City FC as its majority shareholder The club began play in the 2015 Major League Soccer season Montevideo City Torque 2017 present 153 On 5 April 2017 CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team Montevideo City Torque Girona FC 2017 present 154 On 23 August 2017 it was announced that CFG had acquired 44 3 of Segunda Division second tier side Girona FC Another 44 3 was held by the Girona Football Group led by Pere Guardiola brother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola Sichuan Jiuniu F C 2019 present 155 On 20 February 2019 it was announced that CFG as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital had acquired Sichuan Jiuniu F C Mumbai City FC 2019 present 156 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 competing in the Indian Super League Lommel S K 2020 present 157 CFG was announced as a majority stakeholder of Lommel S K 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 competing in the Belgian First Division B second tier Troyes AC 2020 present 158 On 3 September 2020 CFG announced that they had purchased the shares of Daniel Masoni the former owner of Ligue 2 second tier club Troyes AC making them the majority shareholder of the French club Palermo F C 2022 present 159 On 4 July 2022 Italian Serie B second tier club Palermo announced that CFG had acquired an 80 majority stake in their ownership Partner clubs Club Bolivar 2021 present 160 On 12 January 2021 CFG announced Bolivian club Club Bolivar as its first partner club Vannes OC 2021 present 161 On 18 February 2021 CFG announced that French Championnat National 2 tier 4 club Vannes OC would be its second partner club StadiumMain article City of Manchester Stadium See also Hyde Road stadium and Maine Road The City of Manchester Stadium the home of Manchester City since 2003 The City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester known as the Etihad Stadium since 2011 for sponsorship reasons is on a 200 year lease from Manchester City Council to Manchester City It has been the club s home since the end of the 2002 03 season when City moved from Maine Road 162 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 163 The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2 1 win over Barcelona in a friendly match 164 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 61 000 165 After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887 the club settled at Hyde Road Football Stadium its home for 36 years 166 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 tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934 167 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 168 HonoursMain article List of Manchester City F C records and statistics Club 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 with 26 The club s first major trophy was the 1904 FA Cup 169 though they had previously won three Manchester Cups before that point 170 Their first top division league title came in the 1936 37 season 12 with the first Charity Shield won in the following August 12 City s first League Cup and European trophy both came at the end of the 1969 70 season the two trophies also constituting the team s first trophy double 12 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 FA Cup and League Cup but also the Community Shield 171 The 1970 Cup Winners Cup victory remains City s only European trophy to date 172 They have reached the semi finals of the Champions League three times losing in 2016 then winning en route their first ever final in 2021 and losing in 2022 173 Manchester City jointly hold the record for most second division titles with Leicester City both clubs having won the league on seven occasions 174 Their first victory was in 1898 99 and the most recent in 2001 02 12 Domestic Leagues First Division Premier League Tier 1 b Winners 8 1936 37 1967 68 2011 12 2013 14 2017 18 2018 19 2020 21 2021 22 Runners up 6 1903 04 1920 21 1976 77 2012 13 2014 15 2019 20 Second Division Championship Tier 2 b Winners 7 shared record 1898 99 1902 03 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 League One Tier 3 b Promoted third place 1 1998 99Cups FA Cup Winners 6 1903 04 1933 34 1955 56 1968 69 2010 11 2018 19 Runners up 5 1925 26 1932 33 1954 55 1980 81 2012 13 Football League Cup EFL Cup Winners 8 1969 70 1975 76 2013 14 2015 16 2017 18 2018 19 2019 20 2020 21 Runners up 1 1973 74 Full Members Cup Runners up 1 1985 86 FA Charity Shield FA Community Shield Winners 6 1937 1968 1972 2012 2018 2019 Runners up 8 1934 1956 1969 1973 2011 2014 2021 2022European UEFA Champions League Runners up 1 2020 21 European Cup Winners Cup Winners 1 1969 70Doubles and Trebles Doubles League and League Cup 4 2013 14 2017 18 2018 19 2020 21 League and FA Cup 1 2018 19 League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup 1 1969 70 Domestic treble League FA Cup and League Cup 1 2018 19 f Club recordsMain article List of Manchester City F C records and statistics Record league victory 11 3 v Lincoln City 23 March 1895 most goals scored 10 0 v Darwen 18 February 1899 widest margin of victory 175 Record FA Cup victory 12 0 v Liverpool Stanley 4 October 1890 176 Record European victory 7 0 v Schalke 04 UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg 12 March 2019 177 Record league defeat 0 8 v Burton Wanderers 26 December 1894 0 8 v Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 December 1933 1 9 v Everton 3 September 1906 2 10 v Small Heath 17 March 1893 175 Record FA Cup defeat 0 6 v Preston North End 30 January 1897 2 8 v Bradford Park Avenue 30 January 1946 176 Record European defeat 0 4 v Barcelona UEFA Champions League group stage 19 October 2016 178 Highest home attendance 84 569 v Stoke City FA Cup 3 March 1934 g 179 Most league appearances 561 3 sub Alan Oakes 1958 76 180 Most European appearances 59 16 sub Fernandinho 2013 22 Most appearances overall 676 4 sub Alan Oakes 1958 76 180 Most goals scored overall 260 Sergio Aguero 2011 21 181 Most goals scored in a season 38 Tommy Johnson 1928 29 182 Record transfer fee paid 100 million to Aston Villa for Jack Grealish August 2021 183 Record transfer fee received 54 8 million from Bayern Munich for Leroy Sane July 2020 184 See also Association football portal English football portal Greater Manchester portalList 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 GroupNotes On 16 April 1894 the name was changed to Manchester City a b c d Up until 1992 the top division of English football was the Football League First Division since then it has been the FA Premier League At the same time the Second Division was renamed the First Division and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division The following managers have all won at least one major trophy with Manchester City totals include competitive matches only Cup matches won or lost on penalties are classified as draws 113 Pellegrini s drawn games include one cup game won on penalties Guardiola s drawn games include five cup games won and one lost on penalties City also won the 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