# Manchester City F.C. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manchester_City_F.C. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manchester_City_F.C..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C. > Source revision: 1356891840 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Association football club in England}} {{about|the men's football club|the women's football club|Manchester City W.F.C.}} {{Redirect2|Manchester City|Man City|the city itself|Manchester|the television show episode|Man City (Ted Lasso)}} {{featured article}} {{pp-move}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{use British English|date=July 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Manchester City | image = Manchester City FC badge.svg | caption = | upright = 0.85 | alt = A rounded badge depicting a shield containing a ship, the [Lancashire Rose](/source/Red_rose_of_Lancashire), and the three rivers of Manchester. | fullname = Manchester City Football Club | nickname = The Citizens (Cityzens){{cite web |title=Cityzens at Home |url=https://www.mancity.com/cityzensathome |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502064622/https://www.mancity.com/cityzensathome |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Cityzens |url=https://cityzens.mancity.com/home |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=16 May 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516094037/https://cityzens.mancity.com/home |url-status=live }}
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Departments}} '''Manchester City Football Club''', commonly referred to as '''Man City''' or simply '''City''', is a professional [football club](/source/Football_club_(association_football)) based in [Manchester](/source/Manchester), England, that competes in the [Premier League](/source/Premier_League), the [top flight](/source/English_football_league_system) of [English football](/source/Football_in_England). 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 [City of Manchester Stadium](/source/City_of_Manchester_Stadium) in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at [Maine Road](/source/Maine_Road) since 1923. Manchester City adopted their [sky blue](/source/sky_blue) home shirts in 1894, the first season with the current name.{{cite web |url=http://historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_City/Manchester_City.htm |title=Manchester City – Historical Football Kits |publisher=Historicalkits |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711155959/http://historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_City/Manchester_City.htm |url-status=live }} The club is one of the [most successful in English football](/source/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_competitive_honours_won), having won ten [league titles](/source/List_of_English_football_champions), eight [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup)s, nine [League Cups](/source/EFL_Cup), seven [FA Community Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield)s, one [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League), one [European Cup Winners' Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup_Winners'_Cup), one [UEFA Super Cup](/source/UEFA_Super_Cup) and one [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/FIFA_Club_World_Cup).{{cite web |title=City sweep past Fluminense to win FIFA Club World Cup |work=Manchester City FC |date=22 December 2023 |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/manchester-city-fluminense-fifa-club-world-cup-final-63838863 |access-date=5 December 2025 }} The club joined the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) in [1892](/source/1892%E2%80%9393_Football_League), and won their first major honour, the [FA Cup](/source/1903%E2%80%9304_FA_Cup), in [1904](/source/1904_FA_Cup_final). Manchester City had its first major period of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning the [league](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League_First_Division) title, [FA Cup](/source/1968%E2%80%9369_FA_Cup), [League Cup](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_Football_League_Cup), and [European Cup Winners Cup](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup) under the management of [Joe Mercer](/source/Joe_Mercer) and [Malcolm Allison](/source/Malcolm_Allison). After losing the [1981 FA Cup final](/source/1981_FA_Cup_final), the club went through a period of decline, being [relegated](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) to the third tier of English football for the only time in their history in [1998](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_Football_League_First_Division). They regained promotion to the top tier in [1999–2000](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Football_League) and have remained in the Premier League since [2002–03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League). Manchester City received major financial investment after its August 2008 takeover by [Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan](/source/Mansour_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan) through the [Abu Dhabi United Group](/source/Abu_Dhabi_United_Group),{{cite web |title=Manchester City's £200m training complex officially opens |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30376774 |work=BBC Sport |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=29 July 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615131537/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30376774 |url-status=live }} starting a new era of success. They won the FA Cup in [2011](/source/2011_FA_Cup_final) and the Premier League in [2012](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League), their first since the 1960s, then another league title in [2014](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League). Under [Pep Guardiola](/source/Pep_Guardiola), City won the league in [2018](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League) with a record [100 points](/source/Premier_League_records_and_statistics), and in [2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Manchester_City_F.C._season) became the first English men's team to win a domestic treble, claiming the three main domestic trophies as well as the Community Shield.{{cite news |last1=Bullin |first1=Matt |title=Man City win treble – how impressive is that achievement? |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48321358 |access-date=18 May 2019 |agency=BBC Sport |date=18 May 2019 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518180734/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48321358 |url-status=live }} They then won four consecutive league titles from [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League) to [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League). City reached their first [Champions League final](/source/2021_UEFA_Champions_League_final) in [2021](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Manchester_City_F.C._season), losing to [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.), before winning the competition for the first time in [2023](/source/2023_UEFA_Champions_League_final), becoming the second English club to complete a [continental treble](/source/Treble_(association_football)).{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Rory |last2=Panja |first2=Tariq |last3=Das |first3=Andrew |date=10 June 2023 |title=Manchester City Wins First Champions League Title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611001937/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league |url-status=live }} The club topped the [UEFA rankings](/source/UEFA_coefficient) in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Club coefficients: UEFA Coefficients |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=[UEFA](/source/UEFA) |date=July 2018 |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109131431/https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/ |url-status=live }} Manchester City topped the [Deloitte Football Money League](/source/Deloitte_Football_Money_League) at the end of the 2021–22 season, making it the football club with the highest revenue in the world, approximated at €731 million.{{cite web |title=Deloitte Football Money League 2023 (rankings for the 2021–22 season) |url=https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/sports-business-group/articles/deloitte-football-money-league.html |website=www2.deloitte.com |access-date=29 June 2022 |archive-date=15 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015183400/http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/industries/sportsbusinessgroup/sports/football/deloitte-football-money-league/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, ''[Forbes](/source/Forbes)'' estimated the club was the [sixth-most valuable](/source/Forbes_list_of_the_most_valuable_football_clubs) in the world, worth [$](/source/United_States_dollar)4.250 billion.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2022/05/26/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2022-real-madrid-worth-51-billion-back-on-top/?sh=3dd045c4286b |title=The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2022: Real Madrid, Worth $5.1 Billion, Is Back On Top |work=Forbes |access-date=8 April 2023 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003123407/https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-4111763448220873&output=html&h=90&slotname=6355865495&adk=3315463094&adf=1578050642&pi=t.ma~as.6355865495&w=728&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmikeozanian%2F2022%2F05%2F26%2Fthe-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2022-real-madrid-worth-51-billion-back-on-top%2F%3Fsh%3D24e7e07f286b&ea=0&wgl=1&dt=1696336447480&bpp=114&bdt=63&idt=165&shv=r20230928&mjsv=m202309210101&ptt=5&saldr=sd&correlator=6826567197430&frm=23&ife=3&pv=1&ga_vid=1466431141.1696336448&ga_sid=1696336448&ga_hid=1348411642&ga_fc=0&nhd=1&u_tz=0&u_his=3&u_h=900&u_w=1400&u_ah=900&u_aw=1400&u_cd=24&u_sd=1&dmc=23&adx=329&ady=4632&biw=1385&bih=900&isw=728&ish=90&ifk=2843462580&scr_x=0&scr_y=3502&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C31078257%2C42531705&oid=2&pvsid=2814666943407307&tmod=672956630&uas=0&nvt=1&fc=640&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1400%2C0%2C1400%2C900%2C728%2C90&vis=1&rsz=o%7Co%7CeEbr%7C&abl=NS&pfx=0&fu=4&bc=31&ifi=1&uci=1.2cvwgxh0pga2&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=179 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Ozanian |first1=Mike |title=The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams: Barcelona Edges Real Madrid To Land At No. 1 For First Time |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/04/12/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-barcelona-on-top-at-48-billion |work=Forbes |date=12 April 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420034647/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/04/12/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-barcelona-on-top-at-48-billion/ |url-status=live }} Manchester City are owned by [City Football Group Limited](/source/City_Football_Group), a [holding company](/source/holding_company) valued at £3.73 ($4.8) billion in November 2019 and majority-owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group.{{cite web |title=City Football Group Limited – Company number 08355862 |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08355862 |work=Companies House |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410204918/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08355862 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50570117 |title=Manchester City investment from US breaks global sports valuation |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |date=27 November 2019 |access-date=27 November 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127132416/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50570117 |url-status=live }} ==History== {{main|History of Manchester City F.C.}} ===Early years and first trophies=== [[File:St Marks 1884.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|St. Marks (Gorton) in 1884 – the reason for the [cross pattée](/source/cross_patt%C3%A9e) on the shirts is now unknown.{{cite web |title=Club History – The Club – Manchester City FC |url=https://www.mancity.com/fans-and-community/club/club-history |publisher=mancity.com |access-date=9 September 2010 |archive-date=7 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907013909/http://www.mancity.com/fans-and-community/club/club-history |url-status=live }}|alt=Fifteen men posing across three rows. Eleven of the men are wearing a football kit with a Maltese Cross on the breast. The other four are wearing suits and top hats.]] City gained their first honours by winning the [Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) in [1899](/source/1898%E2%80%9399_Football_League); with it came promotion to the highest level in English football, the [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division). They went on to claim their first major honour on [23 April 1904](/source/1904_FA_Cup_final), beating [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.) 1–0 at [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_National_Sports_Centre) to win the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup); the Blues narrowly missed out on a [League and Cup double](/source/Double_(association_football)) that season after finishing runners-up in the [league campaign](/source/1903%E2%80%9304_Football_League), but they still became the first club in Manchester to win a major honour.James, ''Manchester City – The Complete Record'', p32 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](/source/Billy_Meredith), who subsequently moved across town to [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.).James, ''Manchester:The Greatest City'', pp 59–65. A fire at [Hyde Road](/source/Hyde_Road_(stadium)) destroyed the main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new purpose-built stadium at [Maine Road](/source/Maine_Road) in [Moss Side](/source/Moss_Side).{{Cite news |title=Maine Road through the ages |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3011895.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2003 |access-date=10 September 2011 |first=Chris |last=Bevan |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907005325/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3011895.stm |url-status=live }} [[File:ManCity1904.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|The Manchester City team which won the FA Cup in [1903–04](/source/1903%E2%80%9304_FA_Cup).|alt=A group of thirteen men, eleven in association football attire typical of the early twentieth century, and two in suits. A trophy sits in front of them.]] In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) in [1933](/source/1933_FA_Cup_final), before claiming the Cup by beating [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.) in [1934](/source/1934_FA_Cup_final).Ward, ''The Manchester City Story'', pp. 31–33 During the 1934 run, the club broke the record for the [highest home attendance](/source/List_of_record_home_attendances_of_English_football_clubs) of any club in English football history, as 84,569 fans packed Maine Road for a sixth-round FA Cup tie against [Stoke City](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) – a record which stood until 2016.{{cite web |title=FA Cup special: Thrills, spills and a cast of thousands at Maine Road |last=James |first=Gary |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1418817_fa-cup-special-thrills-spills-and-a-cast-of-thousands-at-maine-road?order=liked#comments |publisher=menmedia.co.uk |date=22 April 2011 |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112175959/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1418817_fa-cup-special-thrills-spills-and-a-cast-of-thousands-at-maine-road?order=liked |archive-date=12 November 2012 }}{{cite web |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=2 November 2016 |title=Spurs' Wembley curse strikes again |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37839379 |access-date=13 June 2020 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026082942/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37839379 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |title=England 1937/38 |work=league table from RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1937-38.html |access-date=29 December 2005 |archive-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228002704/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1937-38.html |url-status=live }} Twenty years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the [Revie Plan](/source/Revie_Plan) reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in [1955](/source/1955_FA_Cup_final) and [1956](/source/1956_FA_Cup_final); just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to [Newcastle United](/source/Newcastle_United_F.C.), and won the second. The 1956 final, in which the Blues defeated [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.) 3–1, saw City goalkeeper [Bert Trautmann](/source/Bert_Trautmann) continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.Rowlands, ''Trautmann – The Biography'', pp. 178–184 ===First golden era and subsequent decline=== After being relegated to the Second Division in [1963](/source/1962%E2%80%9363_Football_League_First_Division), the future looked bleak with a record low home attendance of 8,015 against [Swindon Town](/source/Swindon_Town_F.C.) in January 1965.Ward, ''The Manchester City Story'', p. 57 In the summer of 1965, the management team of [Joe Mercer](/source/Joe_Mercer) and [Malcolm Allison](/source/Malcolm_Allison) was appointed. In the first season under Mercer, Manchester City won the [Second Division title](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_Football_League) and made important signings in [Mike Summerbee](/source/Mike_Summerbee) and [Colin Bell](/source/Colin_Bell_(footballer%2C_born_1946)).Penney, ''Manchester City – The Mercer-Allison Years'', pp. 27–36 Two seasons later, in [1967–68](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_Manchester_City_F.C._season), City claimed the [league championship](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League_First_Division) 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.Penney, ''Manchester City – The Mercer-Allison Years'', pp. 37–56 Further trophies followed: City won the FA Cup in [1969](/source/1969_FA_Cup_final) and a year later triumphed in the [European Cup Winners' Cup](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup), defeating [Górnik Zabrze](/source/G%C3%B3rnik_Zabrze) 2–1 in the [1970 final](/source/1970_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup_final). This was the club's only European honour until their triumph in the [2022–23 UEFA Champions League](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Champions_League).Gardner, ''The Manchester City Football Book No. 2'', pp. 13–22 The Blues also won the [League Cup](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_Football_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](/source/1974_Football_League_Cup_final) of the [1974 League Cup](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_Football_League_Cup).James, ''Manchester City – The Complete Record'', pp. 410–420 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](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_Football_League_First_Division) against [arch-rivals](/source/Manchester_derby) Manchester United, who needed to win to have any hope of avoiding relegation. Former United player [Denis Law](/source/Denis_Law) scored with a backheel to give City a 1–0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of their rivals.Other results meant United would have been relegated even if they had won or drawn, but neither team knew this at the time.Ward, ''The Manchester City Story'', p. 70 The final trophy of the club's most successful period of the 20th century was won in 1976, when Newcastle United were beaten 2–1 in the [League Cup final](/source/1976_Football_League_Cup_final). thumb|left|upright=1.5|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](/source/Steve_Daley).Tossell, ''Big Mal'', Chapter 18 A succession of managers then followed – seven in the 1980s alone. Under [John Bond](/source/John_Bond_(footballer)), City reached the [1981 FA Cup final](/source/1981_FA_Cup_final) but lost in a replay to [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.). The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the 1980s (in [1983](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_Football_League) and [1987](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League)), but returned to the top flight again in [1989](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League) under [Mel Machin](/source/Mel_Machin). [Howard Kendall](/source/Howard_Kendall) guided the club to top flight safety in [1990](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League_First_Division) and the club finished fifth in [1991](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Football_League_First_Division) and [1992](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_Football_League_First_Division) under the management of active player [Peter Reid](/source/Peter_Reid).James, ''Manchester City – The Complete Record'', p. 68 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](/source/Premier_League) upon its creation in [1992](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League), but after finishing ninth in its first season, [Peter Swales](/source/Peter_Swales), club chairman since 1973, was replaced by club legend [Francis Lee](/source/Francis_Lee_(footballer)) in February 1994 in a movement supported by fans. Despite this, they endured three years of struggle under [Brian Horton](/source/Brian_Horton) and [Alan Ball Jr.](/source/Alan_Ball_Jr.) before being relegated in dramatic fashion in [1996](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League). After two seasons in the First Division{{efn|name=Prem|Until [1992](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League), the top division of English football was the [Football League First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division); since then, it has been the [FA Premier League](/source/Premier_League). At the same time, the [Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) was renamed the First Division, and the [Third Division](/source/Football_League_Third_Division) was renamed the Second Division.}} and four different permanent managers, Lee resigned from his role as chairman midway through the [1998 season](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_Football_League_First_Division), although remained as a shareholder, as 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](/source/1._FC_Magdeburg) of Germany. ===Recovery and two takeovers=== After relegation, the club underwent off-the-field upheaval, with new chairman [David Bernstein](/source/David_Bernstein_(executive)) introducing greater fiscal discipline.{{cite book |author1=Buckley, Andy |author2=Burgess, Richard |title=Blue Moon Rising: The Fall and Rise of Manchester City |publisher=Milo |location=Bury |year=2000 |isbn=0-9530847-4-4}} p. 177 Under manager [Joe Royle](/source/Joe_Royle), City were promoted at the first attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in the [Second Division play-off final](/source/1999_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final) against [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.).{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/02/manchester-united-treble-city-third-tier-may-1999-late-goals |title=When Manchester City escaped the third tier – as United won the treble |date=1 June 2023 |author=Richard Foster |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602111829/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/02/manchester-united-treble-city-third-tier-may-1999-late-goals |url-status=live }} A [second successive promotion](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Football_League) saw City return to the top division, but this proved to have been a step too far for the recovering club, and in [2001](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Premier_League) City were relegated once more. [Kevin Keegan](/source/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](/source/2001%E2%80%9302_Football_League), breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a single season in the process.Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 265 The [2002–03 season](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Manchester_City_F.C._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](/source/Manchester_derby) win.{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2002/1109/manchester.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219015810/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2002/1109/manchester.htm |archive-date=19 December 2007 |title=Goater double gives City derby win |access-date=28 May 2007 |work=RTÉ }} Additionally, City qualified for European competition for the first time in 25 years via [UEFA fair play ranking](/source/UEFA_Respect_Fair_Play_ranking). In the close [2003–04 season](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_Manchester_City_F.C._season), the club moved to the new [City of Manchester Stadium](/source/City_of_Manchester_Stadium). The first four seasons at the stadium all resulted in mid-table finishes. Former England manager [Sven-Göran Eriksson](/source/Sven-G%C3%B6ran_Eriksson) became the club's first foreign manager when appointed in [2007](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Manchester_City_F.C._season).{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6241052.stm |title=Eriksson named Man City manager |date=6 July 2007 |access-date=20 July 2007 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=9 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709191704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6241052.stm |url-status=live }} After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was sacked on 2 June 2008;{{cite news |title=Eriksson's reign at Man City ends |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 June 2008 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7430827.stm |access-date=2 June 2008 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223023/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7430827.stm |url-status=live }} he was replaced by [Mark Hughes](/source/Mark_Hughes) two days later.{{cite news |title=Manchester City appoint Mark Hughes |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club-news/2008/06/04/city-appoint-mark-hughes/1447547750604 |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |date=4 June 2008 |access-date=21 October 2009 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143306/https://www.mancity.com/news/club-news/2008/06/04/city-appoint-mark-hughes/1447547750604 |url-status=live }} By 2008, Manchester City were in a financially precarious position. Former Thai prime minister [Thaksin Shinawatra](/source/Thaksin_Shinawatra) had taken control of the club the year before, but his political travails saw his assets frozen.{{cite news |title=Thaksin Shinawatra's crisis ends Manchester City's European dream |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/2548558/Thaksin-Shinawatras-crisis-ends-Manchester-Citys-European-dream-Football.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/2548558/Thaksin-Shinawatras-crisis-ends-Manchester-Citys-European-dream-Football.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Daily Telegraph |date=12 August 2008 |access-date=4 September 2010 |location=London |first=Ian |last=Winrow}}{{cbignore }} Then, in August 2008, City were purchased by the [Abu Dhabi United Group](/source/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](/source/Brazil_national_football_team) [Robinho](/source/Robinho) from [Real Madrid](/source/Real_Madrid_CF) for £32.5 million (€42.5 million).{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593026.stm |title=Man City beat Chelsea to Robinho |publisher=BBC |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=19 September 2009 |archive-date=2 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702234242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593026.stm |url-status=live }} There was not a huge improvement in performance compared to the previous season despite the influx of money however, with the team [finishing tenth](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League), although they did well to reach the quarter-finals of the [UEFA Cup](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_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](/source/Gareth_Barry), [Roque Santa Cruz](/source/Roque_Santa_Cruz), [Kolo Touré](/source/Kolo_Tour%C3%A9), [Emmanuel Adebayor](/source/Emmanuel_Adebayor), [Carlos Tevez](/source/Carlos_Tevez), and [Joleon Lescott](/source/Joleon_Lescott).{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8216645.stm |title=Lescott completes Man City move |date=25 August 2009 |access-date=12 September 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223026/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8216645.stm |url-status=live }} 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](/source/Roberto_Mancini).{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8422676.stm |title=Mark Hughes sacked as Man City appoint Mancini manager |access-date=19 December 2009 |date=19 December 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113023506/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8422676.stm |url-status=live }} City finished the [season](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Manchester_City_F.C._season) in fifth position in the [Premier League](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League), narrowly missing out on a place in the [Champions League](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Champions_League) but qualifying for the [UEFA Europa League](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League).{{cite web |title=2009/10 Season Review |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/693654 |publisher=Premier League |date=25 May 2018 |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008025134/https://www.premierleague.com/news/693654 |url-status=live }} ===Second golden era and arrival of Pep Guardiola=== Continued investment in players followed in successive seasons, and results began to match the upturn in player quality. After heavy speculation, Roberto Mancini confirmed that a move of [Edin Džeko](/source/Edin_D%C5%BEeko) from [Wolfsburg](/source/VfL_Wolfsburg) for a fee of £27 million (€32 million) had been agreed on 3 January 2011. This was City's second highest transfer figure, after Robinho's move from Real Madrid for £32.5 million in 2008. The transfer fee was the sixth highest in Premier League history at the time.{{cite web |date=15 January 2011 |title=Sjaji, sjaji dijamantu! |url=http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/110115091 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103200844/http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/110115091 |archive-date=3 November 2011 |access-date=16 January 2011 |publisher=Sarajevo-x.com }}{{cite web |date=9 January 2011 |title=Džeko nadmašio Gomeza |url=http://sportsport.ba/ino_fudbalp-49720.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112023757/http://www.sportsport.ba/ino_fudbalp-49720.htm |archive-date=12 January 2011 |access-date=10 January 2011 |publisher=SportSport.ba }} City reached the [FA Cup final](/source/2011_FA_Cup_final) in 2011, their first major final in over 30 years, after defeating derby rivals Manchester United in the semi-finals,{{cite news |title=Man City 1 – 0 Man Utd |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9457489.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 April 2011 |access-date=11 May 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223026/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/9457489.stm |url-status=live }} the first time they had knocked their rival out of a cup competition since 1975. The Blues defeated [Stoke City](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) 1–0 in the final, securing their fifth FA Cup and the club's first major trophy since winning the 1976 League Cup. On the last day of the [2010–11 season](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Manchester_City_F.C._season), City beat out [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) for the third place, thereby securing qualification directly into the Champions League group stage.{{cite news |title=City slickers clinch third place |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/bolton-vs-man-city/215422 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=22 May 2011 |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008025134/https://www.skysports.com/football/bolton-vs-man-city/215422 |url-status=live }} [[File:Manchester City pitch invasion.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Manchester City [supporters](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._supporters) [invade the pitch](/source/Pitch_invasion) following their [2011–12 Premier League](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League) title victory.]] Strong performances continued to follow in the [2011–12 season](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Manchester_City_F.C._season), including a 5–1 victory over Tottenham at [White Hart Lane](/source/White_Hart_Lane) and a record-equalling [6–1 win](/source/Manchester_United_F.C._1%E2%80%936_Manchester_City_F.C.) over Manchester United at [Old Trafford](/source/Old_Trafford), but a poor run of form in the second half of the season left City in second place, eight points behind United with only six games left to play. At this point, United suffered their own loss of form, dropping eight points in the space of four games, while City began a run of successive wins which saw both teams level on points with two games to go. Despite the Blues only needing a home win against [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.), a team in the relegation zone, they fell 1–2 behind by the end of normal time. However, two goals in injury time – [the second by Sergio Agüero in the fourth added minute](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._3%E2%80%932_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.) – settled the title in City's favour, making them the first team to win the Premier League on goal difference alone.{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/premier-league-explained#:~:text=The%20narrowest%20winning%20margin%20of,dramatic%20of%20Premier%20League%20finishes. |title=Premier League explained |work=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League) |date=2022 |access-date=27 September 2023 |archive-date=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724182645/https://www.premierleague.com/premier-league-explained#:~:text=The%20narrowest%20winning%20margin%20of,dramatic%20of%20Premier%20League%20finishes. |url-status=dead }} The [following season](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Manchester_City_F.C._season), City were unable to replicate the previous year's success. After finishing second in the [league](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League), eleven points behind Manchester United, and losing the [FA Cup final](/source/2013_FA_Cup_final) 0–1 to relegated [Wigan Athletic](/source/Wigan_Athletic_A.F.C.),{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22409634 |title=FA Cup final: Manchester City 0-1 Wigan Athletic |work=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2013 |access-date=20 November 2019 |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024064951/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22409634 |url-status=live }} Mancini was sacked.{{cite news |title=Roberto Mancini: Manchester City sack manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22507128 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 May 2013 |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502100938/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22507128 |url-status=live }} He was replaced by Chilean manager [Manuel Pellegrini](/source/Manuel_Pellegrini).{{cite news |title=Manuel Pellegrini: Manchester City appoint Chilean as manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22909811 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016200050/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22909811 |url-status=live }} In Pellegrini's [first year](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Manchester_City_F.C._season) in charge, City won the [League Cup](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Cup) and regained the [Premier League title](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League) on the last matchday of the season.{{cite news |last=O'Rourke |first=Pete |title=Capital One Cup final: Manchester City win Capital One Cup after beating Sunderland 3–1 |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/307826/report |access-date=11 May 2014 |newspaper=[Sky Sports News](/source/Sky_Sports_News) |date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=29 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829160309/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/307826/report |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Manchester City crowned Premier League champions with 2–0 victory over West Ham |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/287660/report |access-date=11 May 2014 |work=[Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports) |date=11 May 2014 |archive-date=28 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428033957/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/287660/report |url-status=live }} The team's league form then slowly declined over the next couple of years, as the Blues finished second in [2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Premier_League) and then dropped to fourth in [2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Premier_League), although the [2015–16 season](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Manchester_City_F.C._season) would see City win [another League Cup title](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Cup) and reach the [Champions League](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Champions_League) semi-finals for the first time.{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Jacob |title=Manuel Pellegrini stands tall despite looming shadow of Pep Guardiola |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/23/manuel-pellegrini-pep-guardiola-manchester-city-west-ham |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |access-date=21 May 2019 |date=23 November 2018 |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128131915/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/23/manuel-pellegrini-pep-guardiola-manchester-city-west-ham |url-status=live }} [[File:Centre d'entraînement Manchester City 20-02-15.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Manchester City moved into their new complex at the [Etihad Campus](/source/Etihad_Campus) adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2014.]] [Pep Guardiola](/source/Pep_Guardiola), former head coach of [Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona) and [Bayern Munich](/source/FC_Bayern_Munich), was confirmed to become Manchester City's new manager on 1 February 2016,{{cite web |title=Manchester City to give Pep Guardiola £150m to spend on players |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/01/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-new-manager-summer |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |author=Jackson, Jamie |date=1 February 2016 |access-date=15 October 2022 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015110824/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/01/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-new-manager-summer |url-status=live }} with the announcement having been made several months before Manuel Pellegrini left his position. Guardiola's [first season](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Manchester_City_F.C._season) in Manchester would end trophyless, with the Blues placing third in the [league](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League) standings,{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/10887829/manchester-city-201617-premier-league-season-review |title=Manchester City 2016/17 Premier League season review |work=[Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports) |date=21 May 2017 |access-date=26 September 2023 }} but the [following season](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Manchester_City_F.C._season) proved far more successful, as City won the [Premier League](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League) title with the highest points total in history and broke numerous other [club](/source/List_of_Manchester_City_F.C._records_and_statistics) and [English league records](/source/Football_records_and_statistics_in_England) along the way.{{cite web |title=Which records have Man City broken in 2017/18? |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/666355 |website=premierleague.com |date=16 April 2018 |access-date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522174636/https://www.premierleague.com/news/666355 |url-status=live }} This would prove to be the start of a period of unprecedented success for Manchester City under Guardiola. Between the 2017–18 and [2023–24 Premier League](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League) seasons, City won six out of possible seven league titles, only finishing second behind [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.) in the [2019–20 season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League).{{Cite news |title=Man City win third successive Premier League title |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65613744 |date=20 May 2023 |access-date=20 May 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520184205/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65613744 |url-status=live }} Guardiola also guided the Blues to silverware in domestic cup competitions, highlighted by four consecutive League Cup triumphs in [2018](/source/2018_EFL_Cup_final)–[2021](/source/2021_EFL_Cup_final).{{Cite news |title=Man City beat Spurs to lift Carabao Cup |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56790307 |access-date=25 April 2021 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424205229/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56790307 |url-status=live }} During the [2018–19 season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Manchester_City_F.C._season), City completed an unprecedented [domestic treble](/source/Treble_(association_football)) of English men's titles.{{cite news |last1=Bullin |first1=Matt |title=Man City win treble – how impressive is that achievement? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48321358 |access-date=21 May 2019 |date=18 May 2019 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518181210/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48321358 |url-status=live }} Apart from winning all three of the major English football tournaments, they also won the [Community Shield](/source/2018_FA_Community_Shield), the first time any team has ever held all four of England's primary football trophies at the same time.{{Cite web |url=https://onefootball.com/en/news/man-city-201819-season-review-good-things-come-in-threes-25703375 |title=Man City 2018/19 season review: Good things come in threes |date=14 May 2019 |access-date=27 September 2023 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927093449/https://onefootball.com/en/news/man-city-201819-season-review-good-things-come-in-threes-25703375 |url-status=live }} On the continental stage, the club achieved breakthrough in [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Manchester_City_F.C._season), reaching their first-ever [Champions League final](/source/2021_UEFA_Champions_League_final).{{Cite news |title=Man City reach first Champions League final |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56973031 |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505085806/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56973031 |url-status=live }} In an all-English affair, City lost 0–1 to [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.) at the [Estádio do Dragão](/source/Est%C3%A1dio_do_Drag%C3%A3o) in [Porto](/source/Porto).{{cite web |date=29 May 2021 |title=Man. City 0-1 Chelsea: Havertz gives Blues second Champions League triumph |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0269-12650cedca55-37515f69768e-1000--man-city-0-1-chelsea-havertz-gives-blues-second-champions/ |access-date=12 August 2021 |website=[UEFA](/source/UEFA) |language=en |archive-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530152324/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2029498--man-city-vs-chelsea/postmatch/report/ |url-status=live }} [[File:City team 08102022.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|The Manchester City team, with [mascot](/source/mascot)s, about to face [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.) in the [2022–23 Premier League](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League). From left to right on back row: Moonchester, [Manuel Akanji](/source/Manuel_Akanji), [Nathan Aké](/source/Nathan_Ak%C3%A9), [Ederson](/source/Ederson_(footballer%2C_born_1993)), [Rodri](/source/Rodri_(footballer%2C_born_1996)), [Rúben Dias](/source/R%C3%BAben_Dias), [Phil Foden](/source/Phil_Foden), [Kevin De Bruyne](/source/Kevin_De_Bruyne), [João Cancelo](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Cancelo), [Riyad Mahrez](/source/Riyad_Mahrez), [Bernardo Silva](/source/Bernardo_Silva), [Erling Haaland](/source/Erling_Haaland), and Moonbeam.]] The [2022–23 season](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Manchester_City_F.C._season) turned out to be the greatest in the club's history, as Manchester City won their third consecutive [Premier League title](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League), the [FA Cup final](/source/2023_FA_Cup_final) against rivals Manchester United, and their maiden [Champions League title](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Champions_League) at the [Atatürk Olympic Stadium](/source/Atat%C3%BCrk_Olympic_Stadium) in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul) against [Inter Milan](/source/Inter_Milan), thereby assembling a rare feat – the [continental treble](/source/Treble_(association_football)). The road to the Champions League victory included wins over European giants Bayern Munich, who were defeated 4–1 on aggregate,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/sports/soccer/manchester-city-bayern-champions-league.html |title=At Manchester City, an Elusive Prize Comes Back Into Focus |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |author=Rory Smith |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=19 April 2023 }} and Real Madrid, who suffered a 1–5 aggregate loss at the hands of City.{{cite news |author=Rory Smith |date=17 May 2023 |title=With Stakes at Their Highest, Manchester City Rises Higher Still |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/sports/soccer/manchester-city-real-madrid-uefa-champions-league-semifinal-second-leg.html |access-date=20 May 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65845807 |title=Man City win Champions League: Rodri goal secures victory against Inter and completes treble |work=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport) |date=10 June 2023 |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611095758/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65845807 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0282-1839b24603ef-36e94e63621d-1000/ |title=Man City win Champions League: Rodri goal secures victory against Inter and completes treble |work=[UEFA](/source/UEFA) |date=10 June 2023 |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610211554/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0282-1839b24603ef-36e94e63621d-1000/ |url-status=live }} The [following season](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Manchester_City_F.C._season) saw considerably less success for the Blues, as they won the [UEFA Super Cup](/source/2023_UEFA_Super_Cup) and [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/2023_FIFA_Club_World_Cup) for the first time and became the first English men's club to claim four consecutive league titles with another [Premier League title](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League).{{cite news |title=Manchester City win record fourth English title in a row as Foden scores twice in 3-1 win over West Ham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/czkvkp3ej9xt |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519151455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/czkvkp3ej9xt |url-status=live }} City also advanced to the [FA Cup final](/source/2024_FA_Cup_final) for the second straight year but lost in a rematch to rivals Manchester United. The [2024–25 season](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Manchester_City_F.C._season) turned out to expose major flaws in City's aging squad, as the Blues managed to win only the [Community Shield](/source/2024_FA_Community_Shield) in another rematch against United.{{Cite web |title=Man Utd vs Man City LIVE: Manuel Akanji scores winner as Man City beat Man United 7-6 on penalties in Community Shield, reaction, stats & updates |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c9wjkjyqpg4t |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001191553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c9wjkjyqpg4t |url-status=live }} They also advanced to their third consecutive [FA Cup final](/source/2025_FA_Cup_final) but lost to [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.).{{Cite web |title=FA Cup final 2025 LIVE: Crystal Palace vs Man City - watch TV stream, score, radio & updates |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cm23zrkn7ryt |access-date=20 May 2025 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=17 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517133245/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cm23zrkn7ryt |url-status=live }} Manchester City were runner-ups in the [Premier League 2025-26 season](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Premier_League) following a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth in their penultimate match.{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Arsenal end 22-year wait for Premier League title |url=https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4662306/arsenal-end-22-year-wait-for-premier-league-title/ |access-date=2026-05-20 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}} Manchester City's era of sustained competitive excellence coincided with charges of breaching [Financial Fair Play](/source/UEFA_Financial_Fair_Play_Regulations) (FFP) regulations. In 2020, the [Court of Arbitration for Sport](/source/Court_of_Arbitration_for_Sport) (CAS) ruled that sanctions placed on the club by [UEFA](/source/UEFA) were not justified, overturning City's two-year European ban.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ozasp-uk-soccer-england-mci-cas-idAFKCN24E0XD-OZASP |title=Man City's ban from European football overturned - CAS |work=[Reuters](/source/Reuters) |date=13 July 2020 |access-date=26 September 2023 }} In 2023, the Premier League announced its own investigation of the allegations levied against Manchester City, charging the club with 130 breaches of its FFP rules up to the 2017–18 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/12804623/man-city-premier-league-charges-explained-what-are-they-what-could-punishment-be-whats-the-timescale |title=Man City Premier League charges explained: What are they? What could punishment be? What's the timescale? |work=[Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports) |date=10 June 2023 |access-date=26 September 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3045970 |title=Premier League statement |work=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League) |date=6 February 2023 |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-date=19 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219223750/https://www.premierleague.com/news/3045970 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/0b71c52b/manchester-city-v-the-premier-league-what-happens-next-in-the-115-charges-litigation |title=Manchester City v the Premier League: what happens next? |work=Norton Rose Fulbright |date=September 2025 |access-date=19 November 2025 }} ===League history=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 95%;" | * 1892–1899 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1899–1902 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1902–1903 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1903–1909 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1909–1910 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) | * 1910–1926 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1926–1928 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1928–1938 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1938–1947 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1947–1950 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) | * 1950–1951 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1951–1963 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1963–1966 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1966–1983 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1983–1985 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) | * 1985–1987 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1987–1989 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L2) * 1989–1992 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L1) * 1992–1996 [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) (L1) * 1996–1998 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L2) | * 1998–1999 [Division 2](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) (L3) * 1999–2000 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L2) * 2000–2001 [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) (L1) * 2001–2002 [Division 1](/source/Football_League_First_Division) (L2) * 2002– [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) (L1) |} {{smalldiv|1=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== [[File:Etihad Airways (Manchester City Livery) - A6-BND - Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - (MSN 42373) - VGHS.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Manchester City's [stadium](/source/City_of_Manchester_Stadium) and shirt have been sponsored by [Etihad Airways](/source/Etihad_Airways) since 2009.]] {{commons|Manchester City F.C. kits}} Manchester City's home colours are sky blue and white. Traditional away [kit](/source/kit_(football)) 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.{{Cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester: The Greatest City |isbn=1-899538-09-7 |publisher=Polar Publishing |year=2002 }}{{rp|14–15}} The infrequent yet recurrent use of red and black away colours comes from former assistant manager [Malcolm Allison](/source/Malcolm_Allison)'s belief that adopting the colours of [AC Milan](/source/A.C._Milan) would inspire City to glory.{{cite news |title=Nicking the shirts off their backs |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/nov/23/theknowledge.sport |access-date=18 December 2006 |location=London |first=Georgina |last=Turner |date=23 November 2005 |archive-date=20 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320093647/http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1643916,00.html |url-status=live }} Allison's theory seemingly took effect, with City winning the [1969 FA Cup final](/source/1969_FA_Cup_final), [1970 League Cup final](/source/1970_Football_League_Cup_final), and [1970 Cup Winners' Cup final](/source/1970_European_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](/source/Crest_(sports)) 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](/source/Symbols_of_Manchester)), 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](/source/heraldic_badge) was granted by the [College of Arms](/source/College_of_Arms) to the [English Football League](/source/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''").{{cite journal |last=Phillips |first=David Llewelyn |date=Spring 2015 |title=Badges and 'Crests': The Twentieth-Century Relationship Between Football and Heraldry |url=https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CoA-229-Phillips-paper.pdf |journal=The Coat of Arms |volume=XI Part I |issue=229 |page=40,41,45,46 |doi= |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224161126/https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CoA-229-Phillips-paper.pdf |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite book |first=David |last=Clayton |title=Everything Under the Blue Moon |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |year=2002 }}{{rp|21}} The club has since abandoned the practice; for the [2011 FA Cup final](/source/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.{{cite web |title=Manchester City History |url=http://mcivta.com/history/ |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519185012/http://mcivta.com/history/ |url-status=live }} [[File:City of Manchester Stadium, October 2015 - 26.JPG|thumb|[Etihad Stadium](/source/Etihad_Stadium) in 2015, with the club's former crest.]] 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](/source/coat_of_arms) of the city of [Manchester](/source/Manchester), and consisted of a shield in front of a [golden eagle](/source/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](/source/Manchester_Ship_Canal), and three diagonal stripes in the lower half symbolised the city's three rivers – the [Irwell](/source/River_Irwell), the [Irk](/source/River_Irk) and the [Medlock](/source/River_Medlock). The bottom of the badge bore the motto "''Superbia in Proelio''", which translates as "Pride in Battle" in [Latin](/source/Latin_language). 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,{{cite news |title=City's new badge is here! |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club-news/club-news/2016/june/mcfc-new-badge-is-here |website=ManCity.com |date=2 July 2016 |access-date=23 April 2020 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523155546/https://www.mancity.com/news/club-news/club-news/2016/june/mcfc-new-badge-is-here |url-status=live }} the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to discontinue the current badge and institute a new design. After the consultation, the club announced in late November 2015 the badge would be replaced in due course by a new version which would be designed in the style of the older, circular variants.{{cite web |title=Manchester City to design new badge following consultation with fans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/24/manchester-city-badge-design-fans-consultation |work=The Guardian |date=24 November 2015 |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707042914/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/24/manchester-city-badge-design-fans-consultation |url-status=live }} 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](/source/Intellectual_Property_Office_(United_Kingdom)) when the design was trademarked on 22 December.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35174237 |title=Manchester City's new club badge design leaked online |publisher=BBC News |date=24 December 2015 |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203180329/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35174237 |url-status=live }} The new badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City's home match against [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland_A.F.C.) on 26 December.{{cite news |date=26 December 2015 |access-date=26 December 2015 |work=The Guardian |title=Manchester City unveil new club crest before home game against Sunderland |first=Niall |last=McVeigh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/26/manchester-city-unveil-new-club-crest |archive-date=27 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227011250/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/26/manchester-city-unveil-new-club-crest |url-status=live }} ===Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Period ! Kit supplier ! Shirt sponsor (chest) ! Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |- | 1974–1982 | rowspan="4" | [Umbro](/source/Umbro) | ''No sponsor'' | rowspan="12"| ''No sponsor'' |- | 1982–1984 | [Saab](/source/Saab_Automobile) |- | 1984–1987 | [Philips](/source/Philips) |- | 1987–1997 | rowspan="2" | [Brother](/source/Brother_Industries) |- | 1997–1999 | [Kappa](/source/Kappa_(company)) |- | 1999–2002 | rowspan="2" | [Le Coq Sportif](/source/Le_Coq_Sportif) | [Eidos](/source/Eidos_Interactive) |- | 2002–2003 | rowspan="2" | First Advice |- | 2003–2004 | rowspan="2" | [Reebok](/source/Reebok) |- | 2004–2007 | rowspan="2" | [Thomas Cook](/source/Thomas_Cook_Group) |- | 2007–2009 | [Le Coq Sportif](/source/Le_Coq_Sportif) |- | 2009–2013 | [Umbro](/source/Umbro) | rowspan="5" | [Etihad Airways](/source/Etihad_Airways) |- | 2013–2017 | rowspan="2" | [Nike](/source/Nike%2C_Inc.) |- | 2017–2019 | rowspan="2" | [Nexen Tire](/source/Nexen_Tire) |- | 2019–2023 | rowspan="2" | [Puma](/source/Puma_(brand)) |- | 2023–present | [OKX](/source/OKX) |} ===Kit deals=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- ! Kit supplier ! Period ! Announcement date ! Intended contract duration ! Value ! Notes |- | {{center| [Le Coq Sportif](/source/Le_Coq_Sportif)}} | {{center| 2007–2009}} | {{center| 13 May 2007{{cite web |url=https://www.footballshirtculture.com/07/08-Kits/manchester-city-new-le-coq-sportif-home-a-away-kits-0708.html |title=Man city new Le Coq Sportif home & away kits 07/08 |work=footballshirtculture.com |date=13 May 2007 |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229132853/https://www.footballshirtculture.com/07/08-Kits/manchester-city-new-le-coq-sportif-home-a-away-kits-0708.html |url-status=live }}}} | 2007–2011 (4 years) | Around [£](/source/Pound_sterling)2.5m per year{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/city-clinch-record-kit-contract-991994 |title=City clinch record kit contract |work=[Manchester Evening News](/source/Manchester_Evening_News) |date=17 April 2010 |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229132856/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/city-clinch-record-kit-contract-991994 |url-status=live }} | Replaced by Umbro contract |- | {{center| [Umbro](/source/Umbro)}} | {{center| 2009–2013}} | {{center| 4 June 2009}} | 2009–2019 (10 years) | Around [£](/source/Pound_sterling)2.5m per year{{cite web |url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/12717-man-city-sign-umbro-deal |title=Man City sign Umbro deal |work=The Business Desk |date=4 June 2009 |access-date=1 October 2019 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001163404/https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/12717-man-city-sign-umbro-deal |url-status=live }} | Umbro contract transferred to parent company Nike in 2013 |- | {{center| [Nike](/source/Nike%2C_Inc.)}} | {{center| 2013–2019}} | {{center| 4 May 2012}} | 2013–2019 (6 years) | Around [£](/source/Pound_sterling)20m per year{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/02/28/manchester-city-sign-new-10-year-kit-deal-puma-worth-650-million/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/02/28/manchester-city-sign-new-10-year-kit-deal-puma-worth-650-million/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Manchester City sign new 10-year kit deal with Puma worth £650 million |first=James |last=Ducker |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=28 February 2019 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore }} | |- | {{center| [Puma](/source/Puma_(brand))}} | {{center| 2019–2025}} | {{center| 28 February 2019}} | 2019–2029 (10 years) | Around [£](/source/Pound_sterling)65m per year{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47402439 |title=Manchester City replaces Nike with Puma in kit deal |work=BBC News |date=28 February 2019 |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228145023/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47402439 |url-status=live }} |Contract renegotiated |- | {{center| [Puma](/source/Puma_(brand))}} | {{center| 2025–}} | {{center| 15 July 2025}} | 2025–2035 (10 years) |[£](/source/Pound_sterling)100 million per year{{cite web |title=Sources: Man City extend with Puma in £1bn deal |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45744564/man-city-extend-puma-partnership-10year-1bn-deal-sources |website=ESPN.com |access-date=15 July 2025 |language=en |date=15 July 2025 }} | |} ==Players== {{main|List of Manchester City F.C. players}} ===First-team squad=== {{updated|2 February 2026}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/players/mens |title=Squads: Men's team |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426070431/https://www.mancity.com/players/mens |url-status=live }} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[James Trafford](/source/James_Trafford)}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=[Rúben Dias](/source/R%C3%BAben_Dias)|other=[vice-captain](/source/Captain_(association_football))}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[Tijjani Reijnders](/source/Tijjani_Reijnders)}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[John Stones](/source/John_Stones)|other=[vice-captain](/source/Captain_(association_football))|}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[Nathan Aké](/source/Nathan_Ak%C3%A9)}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=EGY|pos=FW|name=[Omar Marmoush](/source/Omar_Marmoush)}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=[Mateo Kovačić](/source/Mateo_Kova%C4%8Di%C4%87)}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=[Erling Haaland](/source/Erling_Haaland)|other=[vice-captain](/source/Captain_(association_football))}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[Rayan Cherki](/source/Rayan_Cherki)}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=[Jérémy Doku](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my_Doku)}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[Marcus Bettinelli](/source/Marcus_Bettinelli)}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[Nico González](/source/Nico_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(footballer%2C_born_2002))}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[Marc Guéhi](/source/Marc_Gu%C3%A9hi)}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[Rodri](/source/Rodri_(footballer%2C_born_1996))|other=[vice-captain](/source/Captain_(association_football))}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=[Bernardo Silva](/source/Bernardo_Silva)|other=[captain](/source/Captain_(association_football))}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=ALG|pos=DF|name=[Rayan Aït-Nouri](/source/Rayan_A%C3%AFt-Nouri)}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=CRO|pos=DF|name=[Joško Gvardiol](/source/Jo%C5%A1ko_Gvardiol)}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[Gianluigi Donnarumma](/source/Gianluigi_Donnarumma)}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[Savinho](/source/Savinho)}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=[Matheus Nunes](/source/Matheus_Nunes)}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[Nico O'Reilly](/source/Nico_O'Reilly)}} {{Fs player|no=41|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[Sverre Nypan](/source/Sverre_Nypan)}} {{Fs player|no=42|nat=GHA|pos=MF|name=[Antoine Semenyo](/source/Antoine_Semenyo)}} {{Fs player|no=45|nat=UZB|pos=DF|name=[Abdukodir Khusanov](/source/Abdukodir_Khusanov)}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[Phil Foden](/source/Phil_Foden)}} {{Fs player|no=82|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[Rico Lewis](/source/Rico_Lewis)}} {{Fs end}} ===EDS and Academy=== {{main|Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy}} The following players have previously made appearances or have appeared on the substitutes bench for the first team. {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=56|pos=FW|nat=ENG|name=[Ryan McAidoo](/source/Ryan_McAidoo)}} {{Fs player|no=59|pos=MF|nat=ENG|name=[Charlie Gray](/source/Charlie_Gray_(footballer))}} {{Fs player|no=61|pos=DF|nat=ENG|name=[Kaden Braithwaite](/source/Kaden_Braithwaite)}} {{Fs player|no=68|pos=DF|nat=ENG|name=[Max Alleyne](/source/Max_Alleyne)}} {{fs player|no=69|pos=GK|nat=WAL|name=[Max Hudson](/source/Max_Hudson)|other=}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=79|pos=DF|nat=ENG|name=[Luke Mbete](/source/Luke_Mbete)}} {{Fs player|no=80|pos=GK|nat=ENG|name=[Spike Brits](/source/Spike_Brits)}} {{fs player|no=90|pos=DF|nat=ENG|name=[Kian Noble](/source/Kian_Noble)|other=}} {{fs player|no=92|pos=FW|nat=ENG|name=[Reigan Heskey](/source/Reigan_Heskey)|other=}} {{fs player|no=97|pos=FW|nat=ENG|name=[Tyrone Samba](/source/Tyrone_Samba)|other=}} {{Fs end}} ===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=[Vitor Reis](/source/Vitor_Reis)|other=at [Girona](/source/Girona_FC) until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[Claudio Echeverri](/source/Claudio_Echeverri)|other=at [Girona](/source/Girona_FC) until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[Kalvin Phillips](/source/Kalvin_Phillips)|other=at [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{fs player|no=63|pos=MF|nat=ENG|name=[Divine Mukasa](/source/Divine_Mukasa)|other=at [Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[Jahmai Simpson-Pusey](/source/Jahmai_Simpson-Pusey)|other=at [1. FC Köln](/source/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln) until 30 June 2026}} {{fs player|no=67|pos=FW|nat=ENG|name=[Divin Mubama](/source/Divin_Mubama)|other=at [Stoke City](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs player|no=78|pos=DF|nat=BFA|name=[Issa Kaboré](/source/Issa_Kabor%C3%A9)|other=at [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs mid}} {{fs player|no=81|pos=FW|nat=ENG|name=[Jaden Heskey](/source/Jaden_Heskey)|other=at [Sheffield Wednesday](/source/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs player|no=91|pos=DF|nat=ENG|name=[Stephen Mfuni](/source/Stephen_Mfuni)|other=at [Watford](/source/Watford_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs player|no=94|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[Finley Burns](/source/Finley_Burns)|other=at [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs player|no=97|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[Josh Wilson-Esbrand](/source/Josh_Wilson-Esbrand)|other=at [Radomiak Radom](/source/Radomiak_Radom) until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[Manuel Akanji](/source/Manuel_Akanji)|other=at [Inter Milan](/source/Inter_Milan) until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SLE|pos=DF|name=[Juma Bah](/source/Juma_Bah)|other=at [Nice](/source/OGC_Nice) until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[Jack Grealish](/source/Jack_Grealish)|other=at [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) until 31 May 2026}} {{Fs end}} ===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](/source/Retired_numbers_in_association_football) in memory of [Marc-Vivien Foé](/source/Marc-Vivien_Fo%C3%A9), who was on loan to the club from [Lyon](/source/Olympique_Lyonnais) at the time of his death on the field of play while playing for [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon_national_football_team) in the [2003 FIFA Confederations Cup](/source/2003_FIFA_Confederations_Cup).{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3026212.stm |title=Man City retire number 23 shirt |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 June 2003 |access-date=22 July 2018 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223034/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3026212.stm |url-status=live }} {{football squad start}} {{football squad player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=CMR|name=[Marc-Vivien Foé](/source/Marc-Vivien_Fo%C3%A9)|other=2002–03 – posthumous honour}} {{football squad end}} ===Club captains=== This is a list of City's official [club captains](/source/Captain_(association_football)), who are currently appointed via a vote of players and staff. Other players ([vice-captains](/source/Captain_(association_football))) have led the team on the pitch when the club captain is not playing or not available. Some players have been made captain on a one-off basis to celebrate or commemorate an event, e.g. [Oleksandr Zinchenko](/source/Oleksandr_Zinchenko_(footballer)) captained the team in their [2021–22 FA Cup fifth round tie](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_FA_Cup) at [Peterborough United](/source/Peterborough_United_F.C.) in support of his country during the [2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine).{{cite news |last1=Killen |first1=Stephen |last2=Flintham |first2=Jack |title=Pep Guardiola explains why Oleksandr Zinchenko captained Man City in FA Cup vs Peterborough |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pep-guardiola-oleksandr-zinchenko-captain-23257496 |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004223958/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pep-guardiola-oleksandr-zinchenko-captain-23257496 |url-status=live }} {| class="wikitable sortable" | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Years !Pos !Captain |- | align="center" |1904–1906 | rowspan="2" align="center" |[FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) |{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} [Billy Meredith](/source/Billy_Meredith) |- | align="center" |1906–1914 |{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} [Lot Jones](/source/Lot_Jones) |- | align="center" |1914–1919 | colspan="2" |''No competitive football due to the [First World War](/source/First_World_War)'' |- | align="center" |1919–1923 | rowspan="2" align="center" |[DF](/source/Defender_(association_football)) |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Eli Fletcher](/source/Eli_Fletcher) |- | align="center" |1923–1925 |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Max Woosnam](/source/Max_Woosnam) |- | align="center" |1926–1928 | rowspan="2" align="center" |[MF](/source/Midfielder) |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Charlie Pringle](/source/Charlie_Pringle) |- | align="center" |1928–1932 |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Jimmy McMullan](/source/Jimmy_McMullan) |- | align="center" |1932–1935 | align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Sam Cowan](/source/Sam_Cowan) |- | align="center" |1935–1936 | rowspan="2" align="center" |MF |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Matt Busby](/source/Matt_Busby) |- | align="center" |1937–1939 |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Les McDowall](/source/Les_McDowall) |} |width="1"|  |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Years !Pos !Captain |- |align=center|1939–1946 |colspan="2"|''No competitive football due to the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War)'' |- |align=center|1946–1947 |align=center|[GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Frank Swift](/source/Frank_Swift) |- |align=center|1947–1950 | rowspan="2" align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Eric Westwood](/source/Eric_Westwood) |- |align=center|1950–1957 |{{flagicon|WAL}} [Roy Paul](/source/Roy_Paul) |- |align=center|1957–1961 |MF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Ken Barnes](/source/Ken_Barnes_(English_footballer)) |- |align=center|1961–1964 |align=center|DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Bill Leivers](/source/Bill_Leivers) |- |align=center|1965–1967 |align=center|FW |{{flagicon|NIR}} [Johnny Crossan](/source/Johnny_Crossan) |- |align=center|1967–1974 |align=center|DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Tony Book](/source/Tony_Book) |- |align=center|1974–1975 |align=center|MF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Colin Bell](/source/Colin_Bell_(footballer%2C_born_1946)) |- |align=center|1975–1976 |align=center|DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Mike Doyle](/source/Mike_Doyle_(footballer)) |} |} {| class="wikitable sortable" | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Years !Pos !Captain |- | align="center" |1976–1979 | align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [David Watson](/source/David_Watson_(footballer%2C_born_1946)) |- | align="center" |1979–1986 | align="center" |DF/MF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Paul Power](/source/Paul_Power) |- | align="center" |1986–1988 | rowspan="5" align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Kenny Clements](/source/Kenny_Clements) |- | align="center" |1988–1992 |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Steve Redmond](/source/Steve_Redmond) |- | align="center" |1992–1993 |{{flagicon|IRE}} [Terry Phelan](/source/Terry_Phelan) |- | align="center" |1993–1996 |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Keith Curle](/source/Keith_Curle) |- | align="center" |1996–1998 |{{flagicon|WAL}} [Kit Symons](/source/Kit_Symons) |- | align="center" |1998 | align="center" |MF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Jamie Pollock](/source/Jamie_Pollock) |- | align="center" |1998–2000 | align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Andy Morrison](/source/Andy_Morrison){{cite news |title=Interview: Andy Morrison, Scot who overcame alcoholism to lead Manchester City out of wilderness |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/interview-andy-morrison-scot-who-overcame-alcoholism-to-lead-manchester-city-out-of-wilderness-214343 |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Scotsman |date=15 November 2018 }} |- | align="center" |2000–2001 | align="center" |DF/MF |{{flagicon|NOR}} [Alfie Haaland](/source/Alfie_Haaland) |} |width="1"|  |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Years !Pos !Captain |- |align=center|2001–2002 |align=center|DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Stuart Pearce](/source/Stuart_Pearce){{cite news |last1=Tallentire |first1=Mark |title=Pearce handed City armband |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/aug/10/newsstory.sport1 |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=10 August 2001 }} |- |align=center|2002–2003 |align=center|MF |{{flagicon|ALG}} [Ali Benarbia](/source/Ali_Benarbia){{cite news |title=Benarbia named captain at Man City |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/africans_abroad/2149761.stm |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=BBC Sport |date=24 July 2002 }} |- |align=center|2003–2006 | rowspan="3" align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|FRA}} [Sylvain Distin](/source/Sylvain_Distin){{cite news |title=Magpies fail with £5m Distin bid |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/4156149.stm |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=BBC Sport |date=7 January 2005 |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005093335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/4156149.stm |url-status=live }} |- |align=center|2006–2009 |{{flagicon|IRE}} [Richard Dunne](/source/Richard_Dunne){{cite news |title=Dunne named new Man City captain |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5199846.stm |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=BBC Sport |date=20 July 2006 }} |- |align=center|2009–2010 |{{flagicon|CIV}} [Kolo Touré](/source/Kolo_Tour%C3%A9){{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Daniel |title=Kolo Touré diplomatic but determined ahead of Manchester derby |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/sep/19/kolo-toure-manchester-city-interview |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=19 September 2009 }} |- |align=center|2010–2011 |align=center|FW |{{flagicon|ARG}} [Carlos Tevez](/source/Carlos_Tevez){{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Rory |title=Carlos Tevez transfer request: is the Argentine striker more trouble than he is worth? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/8196886/Carlos-Tevez-transfer-request-is-the-Argentine-striker-more-trouble-than-he-is-worth.html?WT.mc_id=605456&source=MiddleColumnPuff |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=11 December 2010 }} |- |align=center|2011–2019 |align=center|DF |{{flagicon|BEL}} [Vincent Kompany](/source/Vincent_Kompany){{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Daniel |title=Carlos Tevez stripped of Manchester City captaincy by Roberto Mancini |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/sep/09/carlos-tevez-manchester-city |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=9 September 2011 }} |- |align=center|2019–2020 | rowspan="3" align="center" |MF |{{flagicon|ESP}} [David Silva](/source/David_Silva){{cite news |last1=Fordham |first1=Josh |title=Manchester City appoint David Silva as club captain for his final season at the Etihad |url=https://talksport.com/football/584786/manchester-city-david-silva-captain/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=Talksport |date=9 August 2019 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184423/https://talksport.com/football/584786/manchester-city-david-silva-captain/ |url-status=live }} |- |align=center|2020–2022 |{{flagicon|BRA}} [Fernandinho](/source/Fernandinho_(footballer%2C_born_May_1985)){{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Stuart |title=Pep Guardiola reveals Fernandinho is new Man City captain |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fernandinho-bruyne-aguero-kompany-skipper-18965592 |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=20 September 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031195329/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fernandinho-bruyne-aguero-kompany-skipper-18965592 |url-status=live }} |- |align=center|2022–2023 |{{flagicon|GER}} [İlkay Gündoğan](/source/%C4%B0lkay_G%C3%BCndo%C4%9Fan){{cite news |last1=Ballus |first1=Pol |title=Manchester City players vote Ilkay Gundogan as new captain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3506039/2022/08/14/manchester-city-ilkay-gundogan-captain/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Athletic |date=14 August 2022 }} |} |width="1"|  |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Years !Pos !Captain |- | align="center" |2023–2025 | align="center" |DF |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Kyle Walker](/source/Kyle_Walker){{cite web |last1=Leigh |first1=Neil |title=Walker 'honoured and privileged' to wear the City captain's armband |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/kyle-walker-red-star-belgrade-champions-league-preview-63830635 |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |date=18 September 2023 |access-date=18 September 2023 }} |- | align="center" |2025 | rowspan="2" align="center" |MF |{{flagicon|BEL}} [Kevin De Bruyne](/source/Kevin_De_Bruyne) |- | align="center" |2025–2026 |{{flagicon|POR}} [Bernardo Silva](/source/Bernardo_Silva) |} |} ===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](/source/1966%E2%80%9367_Manchester_City_F.C._season), the members of the [Manchester City Official Supporters Club](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._supporters) 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. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- |width="1"|  |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year!! style="width:170px;"|Winner |- |2000–01||{{flagicon|Australia}} [Danny Tiatto](/source/Danny_Tiatto) |- |2001–02||{{flagicon|Algeria}} [Ali Benarbia](/source/Ali_Benarbia) |- |2002–03||{{flagicon|France}} [Sylvain Distin](/source/Sylvain_Distin) |- |2003–04||{{flagicon|England}} [Shaun Wright-Phillips](/source/Shaun_Wright-Phillips) |- |2004–05|| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|Ireland}} [Richard Dunne](/source/Richard_Dunne) |- |2005–06 |- |2006–07 |- |2007–08 |- |2008–09||{{flagicon|Ireland}} [Stephen Ireland](/source/Stephen_Ireland) |- |2009–10||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [Carlos Tevez](/source/Carlos_Tevez) |} |width="1"|  |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year!! style="width:170px;"|Winner |- |2010–11||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [Vincent Kompany](/source/Vincent_Kompany) |- |2011–12||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [Sergio Agüero](/source/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero) |- |2012–13||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [Pablo Zabaleta](/source/Pablo_Zabaleta) |- |2013–14||{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [Yaya Touré](/source/Yaya_Tour%C3%A9) |- |2014–15||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [Sergio Agüero](/source/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero) |- |2015–16||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [Kevin De Bruyne](/source/Kevin_De_Bruyne) |- |2016–17||{{flagicon|Spain}} [David Silva](/source/David_Silva) |- |2017–18||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [Kevin De Bruyne](/source/Kevin_De_Bruyne) |- |2018–19||{{flagicon|Portugal}} [Bernardo Silva](/source/Bernardo_Silva) |- |2019–20||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [Kevin De Bruyne](/source/Kevin_De_Bruyne) |} |width="1"|  |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year!! style="width:170px;"|Winner |- |2020–21||{{flagicon|Portugal}} [Rúben Dias](/source/R%C3%BAben_Dias) |- |2021–22||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [Kevin De Bruyne](/source/Kevin_De_Bruyne) |- |2022–23||{{flagicon|Norway}} [Erling Haaland](/source/Erling_Haaland) |- |2023–24||{{flagicon|England}} [Phil Foden](/source/Phil_Foden) |- |2024–25||{{flagicon|Croatia}} [Joško Gvardiol](/source/Jo%C5%A1ko_Gvardiol) |- |2025–26||{{flagicon|England}} [Nico O'Reilly](/source/Nico_O'Reilly) |} |} {{clear}} Sources:{{cite web |last=Percival |first=Adam |title=50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 1 |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-1 |access-date=21 April 2021 |website=www.mancity.com |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618080916/https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-1 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Clayton |first=David |title=50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 2 |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-2 |access-date=21 April 2021 |website=www.mancity.com |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618094445/https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-2 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Clayton |first=David |title=50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 3 |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-3 |access-date=21 April 2021 |website=www.mancity.com |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618092015/https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-3 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Clayton |first=David |title=50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 4 |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-4 |access-date=21 April 2021 |website=www.mancity.com |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222220516/https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-4 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Pollard |first=Rob |title=50 years of MCFC player of the year: Part 5 |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-5 |access-date=21 April 2021 |website=www.mancity.com |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202214242/https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/50-years-of-mcfc-player-of-the-year-part-5 |url-status=live }} ==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:{{Cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame |publisher=Hamlyn |year=2005 |isbn=0-600-61282-1 }} {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="6" style="width:194px;"| Inductees at the MCFC Hall of Fame |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;"| Year of induction ! style="width:200px;"| Player ! style="width:140px;"| [Position](/source/Association_football_positions) ! style="width:90px;"| Role at MCFC ! style="width:210px;"| Years in role at MCFC ! style="width:210px;"| Notes |- ! colspan="5" | Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in January 2004 |- ! rowspan="15" | 2004{{cite news |title=Starting line-up inducted into City Hall of Fame |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/79/79136_starting_lineup_inducted_into_city_hall_of_fame.html |work=Manchester Evening News |date=23 January 2004 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112175001/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/79/79136_starting_lineup_inducted_into_city_hall_of_fame.html |archive-date=12 November 2012 }} | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Billy Meredith](/source/Billy_Meredith) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([outside right](/source/outside_right)) | player || 1894–1906, 1921–1924 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Tommy Johnson](/source/Tommy_Johnson_(footballer%2C_born_1900)) | [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([centre forward](/source/centre_forward))
& ([inside left](/source/inside_left)) | player || 1919–1930 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Eric Brook](/source/Eric_Brook) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([outside left](/source/outside_left)) | player || 1928–1939 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Frank Swift](/source/Frank_Swift) || [GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) | player || 1933–1949 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|NIR}} [Peter Doherty](/source/Peter_Doherty_(footballer)) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([inside left](/source/inside_left)) | player || 1936–1945 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Roy Clarke](/source/Roy_Clarke_(footballer)) | [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([outside left](/source/outside_left)) | player || 1947–1958 || '''Lifetime achievement award''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} [Bert Trautmann](/source/Bert_Trautmann), [OBE](/source/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) || [GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) | player || 1949–1964 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Roy Paul](/source/Roy_Paul) || [MF](/source/Defensive_midfielder) ([half back](/source/Defender_(association_football))) | player || 1950–1957 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Mike Summerbee](/source/Mike_Summerbee) | [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) / [MF](/source/attacking_midfielder) ([outside right](/source/outside_right)) | player || 1965–1975 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Tony Book](/source/Tony_Book) || [DF](/source/Defender_(association_football)) ([right back](/source/right_back)) | player
manager || 1966–1974
1973, 1974–1979, 1980, 1989, 1993 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Colin Bell](/source/Colin_Bell_(footballer%2C_born_1946)), [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) || [MF](/source/Attacking_midfielder) | player || 1966–1979 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Francis Lee](/source/Francis_Lee_(footballer)) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | player
chairman || 1967–1974
1994–1998 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Joe Corrigan](/source/Joe_Corrigan) || [GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) | player || 1967–1983 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Paul Lake](/source/Paul_Lake) | [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) / [MF](/source/midfielder) / [DF](/source/Defender_(association_football)) | player || 1987–1996 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|IRE}} [Niall Quinn](/source/Niall_Quinn), (Honorary) [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | player || 1990–1996 || also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="width:90px;"| ! colspan="5" | Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 |- ! rowspan="5" | 2005{{cite news |title=King Ken collects plaudits |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/145/145636_king_ken_collects_plaudits.html |url-status=dead |work=Manchester Evening News |date=9 February 2005 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524145959/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/145/145636_king_ken_collects_plaudits.html |archive-date=24 May 2011 }} | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Sam Cowan](/source/Sam_Cowan) || [DF](/source/Defender_(association_football)) ([centre half](/source/centre_half)) | player
manager || 1924–1935
1946–1947 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Ken Barnes](/source/Ken_Barnes_(English_footballer)) || [MF](/source/Attacking_midfielder) ([wing half](/source/wing_half)) | player || 1950–1961 || '''Lifetime achievement award''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Alan Oakes](/source/Alan_Oakes) || [MF](/source/midfielder) | player || 1958–1976 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} ''[Joe Mercer](/source/Joe_Mercer), [OBE](/source/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire)'' || ''[MF](/source/Defensive_midfielder) ([left half](/source/left_half))'' | ''manager'' || ''1965–1971'' || '''''Outstanding achievement award'''''
also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} ''[Malcolm Allison](/source/Malcolm_Allison)'' || ''[DF](/source/Defender_(association_football)) ([centre half](/source/centre_half))'' | ''assistant mgr.
manager'' || ''1965–1971
1971–1973, 1979–1980'' | '''''Outstanding achievement award'''''
also see ''NFM Hall of Fame'' |- ! rowspan="5" | 2006{{cite news |title=City legends honoured |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/s/205/205320_city_legends_honoured.html |url-status=dead |work=Manchester Evening News |date=22 February 2006 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112175038/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/s/205/205320_city_legends_honoured.html |archive-date=12 November 2012 }} | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Ernie Toseland](/source/Ernie_Toseland) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([outside right](/source/outside_right)) | player || 1928–1938 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|England}} [Johnny Hart](/source/Johnny_Hart_(English_footballer)) | [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([inside forward](/source/inside_forward)) | player
manager || 1947–1960
1973 || '''Lifetime achievement award''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City 1955–56 FA Cup-winning team | colspan="3" | ''not applicable'' || ''en masse'' induction |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Mike Doyle](/source/Mike_Doyle_(footballer)) | [DF](/source/Defender_(association_football)) / [MF](/source/Defensive_midfielder) | player || 1965–1978 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|BER}} ''[Shaun Goater](/source/Shaun_Goater)'' || ''[FW](/source/Forward_(association_football))'' | ''player'' || ''1998–2003'' || '''''Cult hero award''''' |- ! rowspan="3" | 2008{{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/academy/2008/03/06/academy-honoured-at-hall-of-fame/1447547902747 |title=Academy honoured at Hall of Fame |work=mancity.com |publisher=(Manchester City Football Club) |date=6 March 2008 |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143657/https://www.mancity.com/news/academy/2008/03/06/academy-honoured-at-hall-of-fame/1447547902747 |url-status=dead }} | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Fred Tilson](/source/Fred_Tilson) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([centre forward](/source/centre_forward)) | player || 1928–1939 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Neil Young](/source/Neil_Young_(footballer%2C_born_1944)) | [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) ([outside left](/source/outside_left))
& ([inside left](/source/inside_left)) | player || 1961–1972 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Alex Williams](/source/Alex_Williams_(footballer%2C_born_1961)), [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) | [GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) | player || 1980–1986 || '''Lifetime achievement award''' |- ! 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/citytv/behind-the-scenes/2009/09/16/hall-of-fame-1/1447543842720 |title=City Greats go into Hall of Fame |work=mancity.com |publisher=(Manchester City Football Club) |date=16 September 2009 |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143537/https://www.mancity.com/citytv/behind-the-scenes/2009/09/16/hall-of-fame-1/1447543842720 |url-status=live }} | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} [Uwe Rösler](/source/Uwe_R%C3%B6sler) || [FW](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | player || 1994–1998 || |} ===National Football Museum Hall of Fame=== The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the ''[English Football Hall of Fame](/source/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame)'' (''National Football Museum Hall of Fame''), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories: {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="5" style="width:194px;"| Inductees at the NFM Hall of Fame |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;"| Year of induction ! style="width:222px;"| Player ! style="width:140px;"| Position ! style="width:100px;"| Role at MCFC ! style="width:200px;"| Years in role at MCFC |- ! colspan="4" | Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |- ! rowspan="3" | 2002 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|NIR}} [Peter Doherty](/source/Peter_Doherty_(footballer)) || inside left || rowspan="2" | player || {{nowrap|1936–1945}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Denis Law](/source/Denis_Law), CBE || forward & midfielder || 1960–1961
1973–1974 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Kevin Keegan](/source/Kevin_Keegan), OBE || forward || manager || 2001–2005 |- ! rowspan="2" | 2003 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [Peter Schmeichel](/source/Peter_Schmeichel), MBE || goalkeeper || player || 2002–2003 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Alan Ball](/source/Alan_Ball_Jr.), MBE || attacking midfielder || manager || 1995–1996 |- ! rowspan="2" | 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} [Bert Trautmann](/source/Bert_Trautmann), OBE || goalkeeper || rowspan="4" | player || 1949–1964 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Colin Bell](/source/Colin_Bell_(footballer%2C_born_1946)), MBE || attacking midfielder || 1966–1979 |- ! rowspan="3" | 2007 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Billy Meredith](/source/Billy_Meredith) || right winger || 1894–1906
1921–1924 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [Peter Beardsley](/source/Peter_Beardsley) |midfielder |1998 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Mark Hughes](/source/Mark_Hughes) || forward || manager || 2008–2009 |- ! 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Frank Swift](/source/Frank_Swift) || goalkeeper || rowspan="4" | player || 1933–1949 |- ! 2010 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Francis Lee](/source/Francis_Lee_(footballer)), CBE || rowspan="2" | forward || 1967–1974 |- ! 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Mike Summerbee](/source/Mike_Summerbee) || 1965–1975 |- ! rowspan="2" | 2014 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Trevor Francis](/source/Trevor_Francis) || centre forward || 1981–1982 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [Patrick Vieira](/source/Patrick_Vieira) || holding midfielder || player
EDS manager | 2010–2011
2011–2015 |- ! rowspan="2" | 2015 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Stuart Pearce](/source/Stuart_Pearce), MBE || left back | player
coach
manager || 2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2007 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CHN}} [Sun Jihai](/source/Sun_Jihai) || defender || rowspan="5" | player || 2002–2008 |- !2016 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [David Seaman](/source/David_Seaman) MBE |goalkeeper |2003–2004 |- !2017 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [Frank Lampard](/source/Frank_Lampard) OBE |attacking midfielder |2014–2015 |- !2020 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [Justin Fashanu](/source/Justin_Fashanu) |centre forward |1989 |- !2023 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BEL}} [Vincent Kompany](/source/Vincent_Kompany) |defender |2008–2019 |- | style="width:90px;"| ! colspan="4" | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |- ! 2002 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Sir Matt Busby](/source/Matt_Busby), CBE, [KCSG](/source/Order_of_St._Gregory_the_Great) | inside right
& right half || rowspan="2" | player || 1928–1936 |- ! 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Don Revie](/source/Don_Revie), OBE || centre forward || 1951–1956 |- ! 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Howard Kendall](/source/Howard_Kendall) || attacking midfielder || rowspan="2" | manager || 1989–1990 |- ! rowspan="2" | 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Joe Mercer](/source/Joe_Mercer), OBE || left half || 1965–1971 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Malcolm Allison](/source/Malcolm_Allison) || centre half || assistant mgr.
manager | 1965–1971
1971–1973
1979–1980 |- | style="width:90px;"| ! colspan="4" | Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date |- ! 2007 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|IRE}} [Niall Quinn](/source/Niall_Quinn), (Honorary) MBE || forward || player || 1990–1996 |- | style="width:90px;"| ! colspan="4" | Manchester City teams inducted to date |- ! 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City league- and European cup-winning team of 1967–1970 || colspan="3" | ''not applicable'' |} {{Fb rs footer | u=21 July 2021 | s=[http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/ ''list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees''] | date=April 2015}} ===Premier League Hall of Fame=== The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the [Premier League Hall of Fame](/source/Premier_League_Hall_of_Fame). Inaugurated in 2020, but delayed for a year due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_England), 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](/source/Broadcasting_and_the_foundation_of_the_Premier_League). {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="5" style="width:194px;" | Inductees at the Premier League Hall of Fame |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;" | Year of induction ! style="width:222px;" | Player ! style="width:140px;" | Position ! style="width:100px;" | Role at MCFC ! style="width:200px;" | Years in role at MCFC |- ! colspan="4" | Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |- ! 2021 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [Frank Lampard](/source/Frank_Lampard), [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) || attacking midfielder || player || 2014–2015 |- ! rowspan="4" | 2022 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [Patrick Vieira](/source/Patrick_Vieira) || midfielder || player
EDS manager || 2010–2011
2011–2015 |- | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [Peter Schmeichel](/source/Peter_Schmeichel) || goalkeeper || rowspan="4" | player || 2002–2003 |- | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|BEL}} [Vincent Kompany](/source/Vincent_Kompany) || defender || 2008–2019 |- | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ARG}} [Sergio Agüero](/source/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero) || rowspan="2" | striker || 2011–2021 |- ! 2024 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [Andy Cole](/source/Andy_Cole) || 2005–2006 |} {{Fb rs footer | u=22 April 2024 | s=[https://www.premierleague.com/hall-of-fame/inductees ''list of PL Hall of Fame inductees''] | date=April 2015}} ===Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame=== The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the ''[Scottish Football Hall of Fame](/source/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: {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="2" style="width:194px;"| Inductees at the SFM Hall of Fame |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;"| Year of induction ! style="width:200px;"| Player |- ! Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |- ! rowspan="2" | 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Denis Law](/source/Denis_Law) |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Billy McNeill](/source/Billy_McNeill), [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) |- ! 2010 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Bobby Johnstone](/source/Bobby_Johnstone) |- | style="width:90px;"| ! Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |- ! 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Matt Busby](/source/Matt_Busby), [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire), [KCSG](/source/Order_of_St._Gregory_the_Great) |} {{Fb rs footer | u=30 March 2011 | s=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060823022235/http://www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk/scottish_football.cfm?curpageid=688 ''list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees''] | date=March 2011}} ===Welsh Sports Hall of Fame=== The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the ''[Welsh Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Welsh_Sports_Hall_of_Fame)'', and are listed according to the year of their induction: {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="2" style="width:194px;"| Inductees at the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;"| Year of induction ! style="width:200px;"| Player |- ! Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |- ! 1990 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Billy Meredith](/source/Billy_Meredith) |- ! 1999 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Horace Blew](/source/Horace_Blew) |} ==Non-playing staff== [[File:Khaldoon Al Mubarak.jpg|thumbnail|right|upright=0.9|Chairman [Khaldoon Al Mubarak](/source/Khaldoon_Al_Mubarak)]] ===Executive=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Position ! Name |- |Owner ||{{flagicon|UAE}} [Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan](/source/Mansour_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan) |- |Chairman ||{{flagicon|UAE}} [Khaldoon Al Mubarak](/source/Khaldoon_Al_Mubarak) |- |Member of the Board || {{flagicon|USA}} [Martin Edelman](/source/Martin_Edelman)
{{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Galassi
{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Pearce
{{flagicon|UAE}} Abdulla Khouri |- | Honorary President || {{flagicon|ENG}} Raymond Donn
{{flagicon|ENG}} [Sir Richard Leese](/source/Sir_Richard_Leese)
|- |Chief executive officer ||{{flagicon|Spain}} [Ferran Soriano](/source/Ferran_Soriano) |- |Director of football ||{{flagicon|POR}} [Hugo Viana](/source/Hugo_Viana) |- |Operations Director ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Wilson |- |Club ambassadors || {{flagicon|ARG}} [Sergio Agüero](/source/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero)
{{flagicon|ENG}} [Mike Summerbee](/source/Mike_Summerbee){{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/mancitylegends/summerbee-mike#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20he%20returned%20to,being%20an%20avid%20City%20fan |title=Summerbee Mike |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113215/https://www.mancity.com/mancitylegends/summerbee-mike#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20he%20returned%20to,being%20an%20avid%20City%20fan |url-status=live }}
{{flagicon|SCO}} [Paul Dickov](/source/Paul_Dickov){{cite web |url=https://fcbusiness.co.uk/interviews-features/the-changing-role-of-the-media-paul-dickov/ |title=The Changing Role of the Media: Paul Dickov – fcbusiness |date=6 July 2021 |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110152510/https://fcbusiness.co.uk/interviews-features/the-changing-role-of-the-media-paul-dickov/ |url-status=live }}
{{flagicon|ENG}} [Micah Richards](/source/Micah_Richards){{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1416277/Micah-Richards-earning-Roy-Keane-respect-Man-City-Man-Utd-news-rivalry |title=Micah Richards explains earning Roy Keane's respect despite Man City and Man Utd rivalry {{pipe}} Football {{pipe}} Sport {{pipe}} Express.co.uk |date=29 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113215/https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1416277/Micah-Richards-earning-Roy-Keane-respect-Man-City-Man-Utd-news-rivalry |archive-date=27 May 2022 }}
{{flagicon|ARG}} [Pablo Zabaleta](/source/Pablo_Zabaleta){{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club/pablo-zabaleta-premier-league-trophy-buenos-aires-cityzens-giving-visit-63779773 |title=Zabaleta and Premier League Trophy visit young leaders in Buenos Aires |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113217/https://www.mancity.com/news/club/pablo-zabaleta-premier-league-trophy-buenos-aires-cityzens-giving-visit-63779773 |url-status=live }}
{{flagicon|ENG}} [Joleon Lescott](/source/Joleon_Lescott){{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joleon-lescott-man-city-job-14926146 |title=Joleon Lescott is loving his new role at Man City |date=19 July 2018 |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113215/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joleon-lescott-man-city-job-14926146 |url-status=live }}
{{flagicon|ENG}} [Shaun Wright-Phillips](/source/Shaun_Wright-Phillips){{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/news-shaun-wright-phillips-names-toughest-opponent-delivers-verdict-premier-league-title-race |title=Shaun Wright-Phillips names his toughest opponent and delivers verdict on Premier League title race |date=21 April 2022 |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113215/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/news-shaun-wright-phillips-names-toughest-opponent-delivers-verdict-premier-league-title-race |url-status=live }} |- |Project Officer ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [Steph Houghton](/source/Steph_Houghton) |} ===First Team staff=== [[File:2023-10-04 Fußball, Männer, UEFA Champions League, RB Leipzig - Manchester City FC 1DX 2799.jpg|thumbnail|right|upright=1.0|[Pep Guardiola](/source/Pep_Guardiola) was manager of the club between 2016 and 2026, and was the club's most successful manager in the club's history.]] {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Position ! Name |- |Manager || Vacant |- |Assistant manager ||Vacant |- |Head of goalkeeping ||Vacant |- |Goalkeeper coach ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(footballer)){{cite web |title=Zach Steffen: I'm proud to be part of City's goalkeeping union |url=https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/zack-steffen-city-tv-interview-63736455 |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430155642/https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/zack-steffen-city-tv-interview-63736455 |url-status=live }} |- |Performance analysis coach ||{{flagicon|ESP}} Carles Planchart |- |Set-piece coach ||{{flagicon|ENG}} James French{{cite web |last1=Leigh |first1=Neil |title=City confirm twin coaching appointments |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/manchester-city-coaching-appointments-63885142 |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |language=en }} |- |Club Doctor || {{flagicon|ESP}} Edu Mauri
{{flagicon|ITA}} Max Sala |- |First Team Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Owen
{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Connery
{{flagicon|ITA}} Mario Pafundi
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Oakley
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Irwin
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Thompson |- |Head of player support ||Vacant |- |Fitness coach || {{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Bitcon |- |Medical Director Physiotherapy ||{{flagicon|ENG}} James Baldwin |- |Head of Physical Performance ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Elderkin |- |Head of Rehabilitation ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Giakoumis |- |Rehab coach || {{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Greenhouse
{{flagicon|ENG}} Thomas O'Malley
{{flagicon|IRL}} Barry Hamilton
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jason O'Keefe |- |Performance Manager ||{{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Genovesi |- |Chief Analyst ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Dunn |- |Match Analyst || {{flagicon|ENG}} Daniel Wright
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ryan DeFreitas
{{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Payne
{{flagicon|ESP}} Carles Safont
{{flagicon|ENG}} James Hume
{{flagicon|ENG}} Callum Jones |- |Opposition Analyst ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Nosworthy |- |Head of Scouting ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Worthington |- |First Team Scout || {{flagicon|NIR}} [Chris Baird](/source/Chris_Baird)
{{flagicon|ENG}} [John Gannon](/source/John_Gannon_(footballer))
{{flagicon|POL}} Andy Sasimowicz
{{flagicon|ESP}} [David Fernández](/source/David_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer%2C_born_1976))
{{flagicon|ESP}} Ruben Mato
{{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Collins
{{flagicon|IRL}} Brendan MacFarlane
{{flagicon|COL}} Pablo Alba
{{flagicon|POR}} Carlos Magalhães
{{flagicon|DEN}} Mohammed Hamad
{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Watson
{{flagicon|ESP}} Ruben Comendez
|- |Sports Scientist ||{{flagicon|ESP}} Francesc Cos |- |Head of Methodology ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Leyland |- |Sports Technology Coordinator ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ravi Mistry |} ===Academy Staff=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Position ! Name |- |Head of academy ||{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Krucken |- |[Under-23 EDS](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) manager ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [Ben Wilkinson](/source/Ben_Wilkinson){{cite web |title=Reiss arrives as Under-18s lead coach |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/eds-academy/oliver-reiss-joins-manchester-city-eds-academy-63856628 |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=15 July 2024 }} |- |Head of Academy Coaching ||{{flagicon|GER}} [Jan-Moritz Lichte](/source/Jan-Moritz_Lichte) |- |Academy Goalkeeping coordinator ||{{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Birker |- |[Under-23 EDS](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) assistant manager ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Mudd |- |[Under-23](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) GK coach ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [Imanol Egaña](/source/Imanol_Etxeberria) |- |[Under-18 Academy](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) manager ||{{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Reiss |- |[Under-18 Academy](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) assistant manager ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Carr |- |[Under-18 Academy](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) assistant manager ||{{flagicon|IRL}} [Richard Dunne](/source/Richard_Dunne) |- |[Under-18 Academy](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy) GK coach ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Max Johnson |- |Chief scout ||{{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Cancellieri |- |Head of Academy Physiotherapy ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Connery |- |Head of Youth Scouting || {{flagicon|ENG}} James Sharman
{{flagicon|ENG}} Samuel Fagbemi
{{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Robinson |} Source:{{cite web |title=Players |url=https://www.mancity.com/players/mens |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426070431/https://www.mancity.com/players/mens |url-status=live }} ===Notable managers=== {{main|List of Manchester City F.C. managers}} :''Manchester City managers to have won major honours. Table correct as of 24 May 2026''{{efn|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.{{cite web |title=Managers |work=mcfcstats.com |url=http://www.mcfcstats.com |access-date=29 March 2006 |archive-date=29 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929072805/http://www.mcfcstats.com/ |url-status=live }}}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! style="width: 18%;" | Name ! From ! To ! Matches ! Wins ! Draws ! Loss ! Win % ! |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [Tom Maley](/source/Tom_Maley)}} |1902 |1906 {{WDL|150|89|22|39}} | align="center" |1 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|England}} [Wilf Wild](/source/Wilf_Wild)}} |1932 |1946 {{WDL|352|158|71|123}} | align="center" |1 [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) title 1 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup), 1 [Charity Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield) |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [Les McDowall](/source/Les_McDowall)}} |1950 |1963 {{WDL|592|220|127|245}} | align="center" |1 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|England}} [Joe Mercer](/source/Joe_Mercer)}} |1965 |1971 {{WDL|340|149|94|97}} | align="center" |1 [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) title 1 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup), 1 [League Cup](/source/Football_League_Cup), 1 [Charity Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield), 1 [Cup Winners' Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup_Winners'_Cup) |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|England}} [Tony Book](/source/Tony_Book)}} |1973 |1980 {{WDL|269|114|75|80}} | align="center" |1 [League Cup](/source/Football_League_Cup) |- |align="left" | {{center|{{flagicon|Italy}} [Roberto Mancini](/source/Roberto_Mancini)}} |2009 |2013 {{WDL|191|113|38|40}} | align="center" |1 [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) title 1 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup), 1 [Community Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield) |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|Chile}} [Manuel Pellegrini](/source/Manuel_Pellegrini){{efn|Pellegrini's drawn games include one cup match won on penalties.}}}} |2013 |2016 {{WDL|167|100|28|39}} | align="center" |1 [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) title 2 [League Cups](/source/EFL_Cup) |- |align=left | {{center|{{flagicon|Spain}} [Pep Guardiola](/source/Pep_Guardiola){{efn|Guardiola's drawn games include six cup matches won and three lost on penalties.}}}} |2016 |2026 {{WDL|593|416|87|90}} |6 [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) titles 3 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup)s, 5 [League Cups](/source/EFL_Cup), 3 [Community Shields](/source/FA_Community_Shield), 1 [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League) title, 1 [UEFA Super Cup](/source/UEFA_Super_Cup), 1 [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/FIFA_Club_World_Cup) |} ==Supporters== {{main|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,{{cite web |title=Top 30 English Football Clubs by League Attendances |work=footballeconomy.com attendance table 2002–2005 |url=http://www.footballeconomy.com/stats/stats_att_04.htm |access-date=30 December 2005 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223046/http://www.footballeconomy.com/stats/stats_att_04.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Premier League – Average Attendances – Home Matches |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/premier-league/attendances |website=Football Web Pages |access-date=28 December 2023 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904131914/https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/premier-league/attendances |url-status=live }} 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](/source/Football_League_Second_Division), now the [EFL League One](/source/EFL_League_One)), home attendances were in the region of 30,000, compared to an average of fewer than 8,000 for the division.{{cite web |title=Average Attendances – English Football Divisions – 1994/95–2004/05 |work=footballeconomy.com division attendance table 1995–2005 |url=http://www.footballeconomy.com/stats/stats_att_01.htm |access-date=30 December 2005 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190038/http://www.footballeconomy.com/stats/stats_att_01.htm |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |title=Customer Success – Manchester City Football Club |work=Hewlett-Packard case study |url=http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/78471-0-0-225-121.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125201443/http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/78471-0-0-225-121.html |archive-date=25 November 2005 |access-date=4 April 2007}} (archive.org mirror) 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).{{cite web |title=About MCFC Supporters Club |work=MCFC Supporters Club |url=http://mcfcsupportersclub.co.uk/about/ |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030214303/http://mcfcsupportersclub.co.uk/about/ |archive-date=30 October 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} City fans' song of choice is a rendition of "[Blue Moon](/source/Blue_Moon_(1934_song))", 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".{{cite web |title=FA Cup preview |work=ESPN Star article |url=http://www.espnstar.com/facup/facup_gamedetails_1660559.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219190036/http://www.espnstar.com/facup/facup_gamedetails_1660559.html |archive-date=19 December 2007 |url-status=usurped |access-date=24 September 2009}} (archive.org mirror){{cite web |title=Typical City! |work=Unofficial supporters homepage |url=http://www.uit.no/mancity/club/typical.html |access-date=25 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111201056/http://www.uit.no/mancity/club/typical.html |archive-date=11 January 2006 }} Events that fans regard as "typical City" include the club being the only reigning English champions ever to be relegated (in [1938](/source/1937%E2%80%9338_Football_League)), the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season ([1957–58](/source/1957%E2%80%9358_Football_League)),{{Cite book |last=Wallace |first=David |title=Century City – Manchester City Football Club 1957/58 |publisher=King of the Kippax |year=2007 |location=Leigh |isbn=978-0-9557056-0-1 |page=ix }} or the more recent example where Manchester City were the only team to beat [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.) in the latter's record-breaking [2004–05 Premier League season](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League), yet in the same season City were knocked out of the [FA Cup](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Cup) by [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C.), a team two divisions lower. In the late 1980s, City fans started a craze of bringing [inflatable](/source/inflatable) objects to matches, primarily oversized bananas. One disputed explanation for the phenomenon is that in a match against [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.), chants from fans calling for the introduction of [Imre Varadi](/source/Imre_Varadi) as a substitute mutated into "Imre Banana". Terraces packed with inflatable-waving supporters became a frequent sight in the [1988–89 season](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League), as the craze spread to other clubs (inflatable fish were seen at [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.)), with the craze reaching its peak at City's match at [Stoke City](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) on 26 December 1988, a game declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party.{{cite web |title=The Inflatables Craze |work=Manchester City Football Club Supporters' Homepage |url=http://www.uit.no/mancity/bananas.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990423121549/http://www.uit.no/mancity/bananas.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 1999 |access-date=30 December 2005 }} In 2010, Manchester City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed [The Poznań](/source/The_Pozna%C5%84), from fans of Polish club [Lech Poznań](/source/Lech_Pozna%C5%84) that they played in the [Europa League](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League).{{Cite news |title=Poles apart: how fans of Poznan inspired City's unlikely dance craze |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/poles-apart-how-fans-of-poznan-inspired-citys-unlikely-dance-craze-2270018.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=20 April 2011 |access-date=7 November 2011 |first=Jack |last=Pitt-Brooke |archive-date=26 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026062155/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/poles-apart-how-fans-of-poznan-inspired-citys-unlikely-dance-craze-2270018.html |url-status=live }} In 2022, Manchester City proposed the release of the [Connected Scarf](/source/Connected_Scarf), that would contain a sensor tracking physiological and emotional data of the wearer, for supporters in 2023.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/man-city-fans-sport-high-tech-scarves-next-season-2022-07-27/ |title=Man City fans to sport high-tech scarves next season |date=27 July 2022 |access-date=21 May 2023 |agency=reuters.com |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501163807/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/man-city-fans-sport-high-tech-scarves-next-season-2022-07-27/ |url-status=live }} ==Rivalries== {{main|Manchester derby|Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry}} [[File:Manchester United v Manchester City, 6 November 2021 (15).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|The Manchester derby in the [Premier League](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League), 6 November 2021]] Manchester City's biggest rivalry is with neighbours [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.), against whom they contest the [Manchester derby](/source/Manchester_derby). Before the [Second World War](/source/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](/source/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.{{cite web |title=Do You Come From Manchester? |work=Manchester Metropolitan University study |url=http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/bitstream/2173/12506/1/seasonticketreport%20-%20brown1.pdf |access-date=9 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227194327/http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/bitstream/2173/12506/1/seasonticketreport%20-%20brown1.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008 }} Over the last few years, Manchester City has also developed a [notable rivalry](/source/Liverpool_F.C.%E2%80%93Manchester_City_F.C._rivalry) with [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.),{{cite web |url=https://www.footballfancast.com/premier-league/eleven-moments-that-made-liverpool-manchester-city-the-biggest-rivalry-in-english-football |title=Eleven moments that made Liverpool-Manchester City the biggest rivalry in English football |date=6 October 2018 |author=Malyan, Christy |publisher=Football Fancast |website=footballfancast.com |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007144104/https://www.footballfancast.com/premier-league/eleven-moments-that-made-liverpool-manchester-city-the-biggest-rivalry-in-english-football |url-status=live }} currently considered one of the biggest in association football.{{cite web |title=Liverpool v Man City is now the league's biggest rivalry and the bitterness is growing {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/liverpool-v-man-city-is-now-the-leagues-biggest-rivalry-and/sq7ao88pw6yy1fofai2t2eo0m |access-date=3 December 2020 |website=www.goal.com |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217103150/https://www.goal.com/en/news/liverpool-v-man-city-is-now-the-leagues-biggest-rivalry-and/sq7ao88pw6yy1fofai2t2eo0m |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title='Like going into the Colosseum' - How Liverpool v Man City became the Premier League's biggest rivalry {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/like-going-into-the-colosseum-how-liverpool-v-man-city/fth8z4klovzf108nbtwo9hemz |access-date=3 December 2020 |website=www.goal.com |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107134210/https://www.goal.com/en/news/like-going-into-the-colosseum-how-liverpool-v-man-city/fth8z4klovzf108nbtwo9hemz |url-status=live }} Though the two clubs had been involved in a title race in the [1976–77 season](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_Football_League_First_Division), Liverpool and City's modern rivalry began in the 2010s, with the Blues beating Liverpool to the [2013–14 title](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League) by just two points on the final day of the season.{{Cite web |title=2013/14 Season Review: Man City deny Liverpool |url=http://www.premierleague.com/news/59027 |access-date=24 October 2020 |website=www.premierleague.com |date=31 May 2014 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124124507/https://www.premierleague.com/news/59027 |url-status=live }} In the [final](/source/2016_Football_League_Cup_final) of the [2015–16 League Cup](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Cup), City defeated Liverpool on [penalties](/source/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)) after a 1–1 draw. The two clubs met in European competition for the first time in the [2017–18 Champions League](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Champions_League) quarter-finals, where Liverpool won [5–1 on aggregate](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Champions_League_knockout_phase), ultimately reaching the [final](/source/2018_UEFA_Champions_League_final) and then [winning the competition](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Champions_League) a year later.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Manchester%20City/ |title=Liverpool vs Manchester City fixture record |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409233410/https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Manchester%20City/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league/manchester-city-vs-liverpool-pep-guardiola-leroy-sane-goal-disallowed-was-offside-143193 |title=Was Leroy Sane offside against Liverpool? The disallowed goal explained |date=11 April 2018 |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409233151/https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league/manchester-city-vs-liverpool-pep-guardiola-leroy-sane-goal-disallowed-was-offside-143193 |url-status=live }} In the [2018–19 season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League), 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.{{Cite news |title=Man City come from behind at Brighton to clinch title |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48165997 |date=12 May 2019 |access-date=24 October 2020 |archive-date=5 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305123923/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48165997 |url-status=live }} The [following season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League), Liverpool clinched the title, recording 99 points (the second-highest Premier League total ever after Manchester City's 100 in [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League)) to finish 18 points above runners-up City. The Blues then regained the title in [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League) and outgunned Liverpool in another closely-fought title race in [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League), 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](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Klopp) and [Pep Guardiola](/source/Pep_Guardiola), the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City, with the two previously having been the respective managers of ''[Der Klassiker](/source/Der_Klassiker)'' rivals [Borussia Dortmund](/source/Borussia_Dortmund) and [Bayern Munich](/source/FC_Bayern_Munich) in the [Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga).{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/30/pep-guardiola-learned-from-jurgen-klopp-praise-attacking |title=Pep Guardiola says he learned from Jürgen Klopp and praises attacking style |last=Wilson |first=Paul |date=30 December 2016 |work=The Guardian |access-date=16 October 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003063526/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/30/pep-guardiola-learned-from-jurgen-klopp-praise-attacking |url-status=live }} 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".{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3906921/will-guardiola-vs-klopp-be-the-next-great-premier-league-rivalry |title=Will Guardiola vs. Klopp be the next great Premier League rivalry? |date=2 August 2019 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=16 October 2019 |archive-date=5 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805010021/https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3906921/will-guardiola-vs-klopp-be-the-next-great-premier-league-rivalry |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.givemesport.com/1506873-pep-guardiola-says-liverpool-are-the-strongest-opponents-hes-ever-faced-as-a-manager |title=Pep Guardiola says Liverpool are the strongest opponents he's ever faced |date=20 September 2019 |website=GiveMeSport |access-date=16 October 2019 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926205723/https://www.givemesport.com/1506873-pep-guardiola-says-liverpool-are-the-strongest-opponents-hes-ever-faced-as-a-manager |url-status=live }} 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](/source/The_Best_FIFA_Football_Coach) award in 2019, which Klopp ultimately won.{{Cite web |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-boss-jurgen-klopp-hails-16987447 |title=Klopp hails 'exceptional' Guardiola as his greatest ever rival |last=Gorst |first=Paul |date=26 September 2019 |website=Liverpool Echo |access-date=16 October 2019 |archive-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002061705/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-boss-jurgen-klopp-hails-16987447 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://talksport.com/football/605724/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-manchester-city-pep-guardiola/ |title=Ex-Man City star questions why Klopp was named Coach of the Year over Guardiola |date=24 September 2019 |website=talkSPORT |access-date=16 October 2019 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926205721/https://talksport.com/football/605724/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-manchester-city-pep-guardiola/ |url-status=live }} In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the club's biggest rivals.{{cite web |date=27 August 2019 |title=The top five rivals of English football's top 92 clubs have been revealed |url=https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed |access-date=4 December 2020 |website=GiveMeSport |language=en-GB |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929205049/https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed |url-status=live }} Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.), [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C.), and [Stockport County](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.), and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries with [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.), [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.) and [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.),{{cite web |title=Rivalry Uncovered! |url=http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074918/http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2013 |access-date=3 December 2020 |website=The Football Fans Census }}{{cite web |last1=Dubas-Fisher |first1=David |last2=Bray |first2=Joe |date=11 August 2019 |title=Man City fans choose main rival between Liverpool and Man Utd |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-united-liverpool-rivals-16727351 |access-date=3 December 2020 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001003603/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-united-liverpool-rivals-16727351 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Magee |first1=Will |title=The Monied Modern Rivalry Between Arsenal and Manchester City |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-monied-modern-rivalry-between-arsenal-and-manchester-city/ |website=Vice |date=16 December 2016 |access-date=16 December 2016 }} and Champions League rivalries with [Real Madrid](/source/Real_Madrid_CF).{{Cite web |last=Navarro |first=Alberto |date=8 March 2026 |title=Real Madrid-Manchester City: The New European Classic |url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/football/first-team/latest-news/real-madrid-manchester-city-el-nuevo-clasico-de-europa-08-03-2026 |access-date=13 March 2026 |website=www.realmadrid.com }} ==Ownership and finances== {{main|Manchester City F.C. ownership and finances}} The holding company of Manchester City, Manchester City Limited, is a [private limited company](/source/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 [Thaksin Shinawatra](/source/Thaksin_Shinawatra). UKSIL then made a formal offer to buy the shares held by several thousands of small shareholders. Prior to Thaksin's takeover, the club had been listed on the specialist independent equity market PLUS (formerly OFEX){{cite web |title=Manchester City plc |work=PLUS Markets Group |url=http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/details.shtml?ISIN=GB0005599336 |access-date=30 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205055003/http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/details.shtml?ISIN=GB0005599336 |archive-date=5 February 2007 }} since 1995. On 6 July 2007, after acquiring 75% of the shares, Thaksin de-listed the club and re-registered it as a private company.{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6277502.stm |title=Thaksin completes Man City buyout |publisher=BBC News |access-date=6 July 2007 |date=6 July 2007 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223415/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6277502.stm |url-status=live }} By August, UKSIL had obtained over 90% of the shares and invoked its rights under the Companies Act to "squeeze out" the remaining shareholders, securing full ownership of the club. Thaksin became chairman, while his children, [Panthongtae](/source/Panthongtae_Shinawatra) and [Pintongta](/source/Pintongta_Shinawatra), were appointed as directors. Former chairman John Wardle remained on the board for a year, but resigned in July 2008 following the appointment of [Nike](/source/Nike%2C_Inc.) executive [Garry Cook](/source/Garry_Cook_(executive)) as executive chairman in May.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jul/10/manchestercity.premierleague |title=Wardle quits City |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=28 August 2008 |first=Daniel |last=Taylor |date=10 April 2009 |archive-date=7 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107015253/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jul/10/manchestercity.premierleague |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |title=Manchester City's losses trebled under Thaksin Shinawatra |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/5137361/Manchester-Citys-losses-trebled-under-Thaksin-Shinawatra.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/5137361/Manchester-Citys-losses-trebled-under-Thaksin-Shinawatra.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2017 |date=10 April 2009}}{{cbignore }} Thaksin's purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club,{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKL0287604320070802 |title=Eriksson continues Man City spending |work=Reuters |access-date=13 January 2008 |date=2 August 2007 |archive-date=4 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304231003/http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKL0287604320070802 |url-status=dead }} in total around £30 million,{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=563047.html |title=Bojinov joins Man City |publisher=FIFA |access-date=13 January 2008 |archive-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821233859/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=563047.html |url-status=dead }} 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](/source/Abu_Dhabi)-based [Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited](/source/Abu_Dhabi_United_Group) 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](/source/gazump) [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.)'s protracted bid to sign [Dimitar Berbatov](/source/Dimitar_Berbatov) from [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) for a fee in excess of £30 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/01/manchestercity.premierleague1 |title=Manchester City's new owners put national pride before profit |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=1 April 2011 |first=James |last=Montague |archive-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627172308/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/sep/01/manchestercity.premierleague1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=City Takeover Confirmed |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4078332,00.html |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=9 January 2008 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190121/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4078332,00.html |url-status=live }} Minutes before the transfer window closed, the club signed [Robinho](/source/Robinho) from [Real Madrid](/source/Real_Madrid_CF) for a [British record transfer fee](/source/Progression_of_British_football_transfer_record) of £32.5 million.{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593026.stm |title=Man City beat Chelsea to Robinho |work=bbc.co.uk |publisher=(Manchester City Football Club) |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=23 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123042207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593026.stm |url-status=live }} 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](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Manchester_City_F.C._season), spending more than any other club in the Premier League.{{cite web |title=English Transfer Window Ends With Man City As Biggest Spenders |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2009/09/01/1475428/english-transfer-window-ends-with-man-city-as-biggest |publisher=goal.com |access-date=2 September 2009 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003121254/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2009/09/01/1475428/english-transfer-window-ends-with-man-city-as-biggest |url-status=live }} ===City Football Group=== {{main|City Football Group}} Created in the 2013–14 season to manage the global footballing interests of the [Abu Dhabi United Group](/source/Abu_Dhabi_United_Group), [City Football Group](/source/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==== {{C.F.G. Owned Clubs}} In addition to Manchester City, City Football Group owns stakes in a number of clubs: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [Melbourne City](/source/Melbourne_City_FC) (2014–present){{cite news |title=The resources and power of Sheikh Mansoor makes this deal a seismic moment for the A-League |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/the-resources-and-power-of-sheikh-mansoor-makes-this-deal-a-seismic-moment-for-the-aleague/story-fni2wcjl-1226808309758 |publisher=Herald Sun |date=23 January 2014 |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312190329/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/the-resources-and-power-of-sheikh-mansoor-makes-this-deal-a-seismic-moment-for-the-aleague/story-fni2wcjl-1226808309758 |url-status=live }} :On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian rugby league franchise [Melbourne Storm](/source/Melbourne_Storm), purchasing a majority stake in [A-League](/source/A-League) team [Melbourne City](/source/Melbourne_City_FC). On 5 August 2015, CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full ownership of the team.{{cite web |url=http://www.afr.com/business/sport/manchester-city-buy-out-wealthy-melbourne-city-investors-20150730-gio4k8 |title=Manchester City buy out wealthy Melbourne City investors |date=2 August 2015 |access-date=5 August 2015 |author=John Stensholt |publisher=Australian Financial Review |archive-date=8 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808014422/http://www.afr.com/business/sport/manchester-city-buy-out-wealthy-melbourne-city-investors-20150730-gio4k8 |url-status=live }} * {{flagicon|JPN}} [Yokohama F. Marinos](/source/Yokohama_F._Marinos) (2014–present){{cite web |title=Manchester City Pre-Season Tour 2016 |url=https://www.mancity.com/-/media/Files/Media%20Guide/Tour%20Media%20Guide%20-%202016.pdf?la=en#page=10. |publisher=mancity.com |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143808/https://www.mancity.com/-/media/Files/Media%20Guide/Tour%20Media%20Guide%20-%202016.pdf?la=en#page=10. |url-status=live }} :On 20 May 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Japanese Automotive company [Nissan](/source/Nissan) to become a minority shareholder in [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama) based [J-League](/source/J-League) side, [Yokohama F. Marinos](/source/Yokohama_F._Marinos). * {{flagicon|USA}} [New York City FC](/source/New_York_City_FC) (2015–present){{cite news |title=New Soccer Team Introduces a Director of Operations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/sports/soccer/new-york-city-fc-picks-claudio-reyna-as-director-of-operations.html |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=22 May 2013 |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109032735/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/sports/soccer/new-york-city-fc-picks-claudio-reyna-as-director-of-operations.html |url-status=live }} :On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the American baseball franchise the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) to introduce the 20th [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) expansion team, [New York City FC](/source/New_York_City_FC) as its majority shareholder. The club began play in the [2015 Major League Soccer season](/source/2015_Major_League_Soccer_season). * {{flagicon|URU}} [Montevideo City Torque](/source/Montevideo_City_Torque) (2017–present){{cite web |title=CFG Extends South American Footprint |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club-news/2017/04/05/city-football-group-extends-south-american-footprint-club-atletico-torque-atletico-venezuela/1491408720563 |website=Manchester City Official Website |access-date=5 April 2017 |date=5 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521060753/https://www.mancity.com/news/club-news/2017/04/05/city-football-group-extends-south-american-footprint-club-atletico-torque-atletico-venezuela/1491408720563 |archive-date=21 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} :On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team [Montevideo City Torque](/source/Montevideo_City_Torque). * {{flagicon|ESP}} [Girona](/source/Girona_FC) (2017–present){{cite news |title=Manchester City's parent company seals deal for major stake in Girona |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/23/manchester-city-buy-girona-spanish-club |work=The Guardian |access-date=24 August 2017 |date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824025330/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/23/manchester-city-buy-girona-spanish-club |url-status=live }} :On 23 August 2017, it was announced that CFG had acquired 44.3% of [Segunda División](/source/Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n) (second tier) side [Girona](/source/Girona_FC). Another 44.3% was held by the Girona Football Group, led by Pere Guardiola, brother of Manchester City manager [Pep Guardiola](/source/Pep_Guardiola). * {{flagicon|CHN}} [Shenzhen Peng City](/source/Shenzhen_Peng_City_F.C.) (2019–present){{cite web |title=曼城母公司收购四川九牛获官方宣布 |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2019-02-20/doc-ihqfskcp6938432.shtml |website=Sina.com |access-date=20 February 2019 |date=20 February 2019 |archive-date=20 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181657/http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2019-02-20/doc-ihqfskcp6938432.shtml |url-status=live }} :On 20 February 2019, it was announced that CFG as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital had acquired [Sichuan Jiuniu](/source/Sichuan_Jiuniu_F.C.). * {{flagicon|IND}} [Mumbai City](/source/Mumbai_City_FC) (2019–2025){{cite news |title=CFG acquires majority stake in Indian Super League's Mumbai City FC |url=https://www.cityfootballgroup.com/information-resource/news-and-press-packs/cfg-acquires-majority-stake-in-indian-super-league-s-mumbai-city-fc/ |website=City Football Group |publisher=City Football Group |access-date=28 November 2019 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128111630/https://www.cityfootballgroup.com/information-resource/news-and-press-packs/cfg-acquires-majority-stake-in-indian-super-league-s-mumbai-city-fc/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/football-giant-cfg-ends-deal-with-mumbai-city/articleshow/126165794.cms |title=Football giant CFG ends deal with Mumbai City |date=25 December 2025 |via=The Economic Times - The Times of India }} :CFG was announced as majority stakeholder of [Mumbai City](/source/Mumbai_City_FC) on Thursday 28 November 2019 after acquiring 65% of the club. Mumbai City is the professional football club based in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai), competing in the [Indian Super League](/source/Indian_Super_League). CFG divested their shares in December 2025 due to uncertainty in Indian football. * {{flagicon|BEL}} [Lommel](/source/Lommel_S.K.) (2020–present){{cite web |title=Kogel is door de kerk: Lommel gaat in zee met Manchester City |trans-title=Done deal: Lommel partners with Manchester City |url=https://sporza.be/artikels/kogel-is-door-de-kerk-lommel-gaat-in-zee-met-manchester-city~1589191313737/ |website=sporza.be |date=11 May 2020 |access-date=11 May 2020 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601081014/https://sporza.be/nl/2020/05/11/kogel-is-door-de-kerk-lommel-gaat-in-zee-met-manchester-city/ |url-status=live }} :CFG was announced as a majority stakeholder of [Lommel](/source/Lommel_S.K.) on Monday 11 May 2020, acquiring the majority (unspecified) of the club's shares. Lommel is a professional football club based in [Lommel](/source/Lommel), competing in the [Belgian First Division B](/source/Belgian_First_Division_B) (second tier). * {{flagicon|FRA}} [Troyes](/source/Troyes_AC) (2020–present){{cite web |title=Troyes AC: Manchester City owners City Football Group acquire Ligue 2 club |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11800/12062548/troyes-ac-manchester-city-owners-city-football-group-acquire-ligue-2-club |access-date=3 September 2020 |website=Sky Sports |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904043948/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11800/12062548/troyes-ac-manchester-city-owners-city-football-group-acquire-ligue-2-club |url-status=live }} :On 3 September 2020, CFG announced that they had purchased the shares of Daniel Masoni, the former owner of [Ligue 2](/source/Ligue_2) (second tier) club [Troyes](/source/Troyes_AC), making them the majority shareholder of the French club. * {{flagicon|ITA}} [Palermo](/source/Palermo_FC) (2022–present){{Cite web |title=Il City Football Group rileva la maggioranza del Palermo FC |url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/il-city-football-group-rileva-la-maggioranza-del-palermo-fc_38024/ |access-date=4 July 2022 |website=Palermo F.C. |language=it |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704102825/https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/il-city-football-group-rileva-la-maggioranza-del-palermo-fc_38024/ |url-status=live }} :On 4 July 2022, Italian [Serie B](/source/Serie_B) (second tier) club Palermo announced that CFG had acquired an 80% majority stake in their ownership. * {{flagicon|BRA}} [Bahia](/source/Esporte_Clube_Bahia) (2023–present){{Cite web |author=Nelson Barros |date=3 December 2022 |title=Nota Oficial |url=https://www.esporteclubebahia.com.br/nota-oficial-59/ |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=Esporte Clube Bahia |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127220746/https://www.esporteclubebahia.com.br/nota-oficial-59/ |url-status=live }} :On 3 December 2022, CFG acquired 90% of [Campeonato Brasileiro Série A](/source/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A) club [Bahia](/source/Esporte_Clube_Bahia). The deal was finalised on 4 May 2023. ====Partner clubs==== * {{flagicon|BOL}} [Club Bolívar](/source/Club_Bol%C3%ADvar) (2021–present){{cite web |title=Club Bolivar joins City Football Group as first Partner Club |url=https://www.cityfootballgroup.com/information-resource/news-and-press-packs/club-bolivar-joins-city-football-group-as-first-partner-club/ |website=cityfootballgroup.com |date=11 January 2021 |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112101130/https://www.cityfootballgroup.com/information-resource/news-and-press-packs/club-bolivar-joins-city-football-group-as-first-partner-club/ |url-status=live }} :On 12 January 2021, CFG announced Bolivian club [Club Bolívar](/source/Club_Bol%C3%ADvar) as its first partner club. * {{Flagicon|FRA}} [Vannes](/source/Vannes_OC) (2021–present){{cite web |date=18 February 2021 |title=Vannes Olympique Club enters in a partnership with City Football Group |url=https://vannesoc.com/2021/02/18/vannes-olympique-club-enters-in-a-partnership-with-city-football-group/ |access-date=18 February 2021 |website=Vannes Olympique Club |language=fr-FR |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218161100/https://vannesoc.com/2021/02/18/vannes-olympique-club-enters-in-a-partnership-with-city-football-group/ |url-status=live }} :On 18 February 2021, CFG announced that French [Championnat National 2](/source/Championnat_National_2) (tier 4) club [Vannes](/source/Vannes_OC) would be its second partner club. ==Stadium== {{main|City of Manchester Stadium}} {{see also|Hyde Road (stadium)|Maine Road}} [[File:Etihad Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|The [City of Manchester Stadium](/source/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](/source/lease) from [Manchester City Council](/source/Manchester_City_Council) to Manchester City. It has been the club's home since the end of the [2002–03 season](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Manchester_City_F.C._season), when City moved from [Maine Road](/source/Maine_Road).{{cite news |last=Bailey |first=Chris |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_city/s/227/227642_why_blues_must_cash_in_on_name_game.html |title=Why Blues must cash in on name game |date=8 November 2006 |access-date=22 April 2008 |work=Manchester Evening News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014114038/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_city/s/227/227642_why_blues_must_cash_in_on_name_game.html |archive-date=14 October 2009 }} 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.{{Cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester – A Football History |publisher=James Ward |location=Halifax |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-9558127-0-5 |page=391 }} The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over [Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona) in a [friendly match](/source/friendly_match).{{cite news |title=Man City vanquish Barca |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3139231.stm |access-date=28 December 2005 |date=10 August 2003 |archive-date=6 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106223536/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3139231.stm |url-status=live }} After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at [Hyde Road Football Stadium](/source/Hyde_Road_(stadium)), its home for 36 years.{{Cite book |last=Inglis |first=Simon |title=The Football Grounds of Great Britain (2nd ed.) |publisher=Collins Willow |location=London |year=1987 |isbn=0-00-218249-1 |page=62 }} 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](/source/1933%E2%80%9334_FA_Cup) tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934.{{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/fans-and-community/club/club-history |title=Club History |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907013909/http://www.mancity.com/fans-and-community/club/club-history |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/citytv/behind-the-scenes/2011/07/08/city-and-etihad-an-historic-day-for-the-club/1447543781380 |title=City and Etihad: a historic day for the club |format=web video |publisher=Manchester City Football Club |date=8 July 2011 |access-date=16 November 2011 |archive-date=7 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031553/https://www.mancity.com/citytv/behind-the-scenes/2011/07/08/city-and-etihad-an-historic-day-for-the-club/1447543781380 |url-status=live }} A 7,000-seat third tier on the South Stand was completed in time for the start of the [2015–16 football season](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Manchester_City_F.C._season), increasing the stadium's capacity to 55,097. In September 2024, Manchester City revealed plans to expand the North Stand, increasing the stadium's total capacity to over 61,000. The project also included the construction of a hotel, office space for club staff, and a new fan zone.{{Cite news |last=Agini |first=Samuel |date=10 November 2024 |title=Premier League clubs target stadium upgrades to boost revenues |url=https://www.ft.com/content/984244b4-3da8-4435-85d8-40babe0084e3 |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=Financial Times |archive-date=30 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130190249/https://www.ft.com/content/984244b4-3da8-4435-85d8-40babe0084e3 |url-status=live }} The expanded stand opened for the final game of the [2025–26 season](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Manchester_City_F.C._season) and was named in honour of departing manager Pep Guardiola.{{Cite news |last=Agini |first=Samuel |date=10 November 2024 |title=Premier League clubs target stadium upgrades to boost revenues |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club/configuration-of-the-etihad-stadium-s-north-stand-expansion-revealed-63862951 |access-date=18 August 2025 |work=Financial Times }}{{Cite web |last=Pollard |first=Rob |title=North Stand to be renamed ‘The Pep Guardiola Stand’ |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/North%20Stand%20to%20be%20renamed%20%E2%80%98The%20Pep%20Guardiola%20Stand%E2%80%99 |access-date=2026-05-30 |website=Manchester City FC |language=en}} ==Honours== {{main|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](/source/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_competitive_honours_won) – their thirty-eight major domestic, European and worldwide honours rank them fourth on the list of most decorated clubs. The club's first major trophy was the [1904 FA Cup](/source/1904_FA_Cup_final),{{cite web |url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1904.html |title=1904 Manchester City |work=Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk |publisher=FA-CupFinals.co.uk |access-date=23 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720114940/https://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1904.html |archive-date=20 July 2009 }} though they had previously won three regional [Manchester Cup](/source/Manchester_Cup)s before that point.{{cite web |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/10-things-you-need-know-about-manchester-clubs-humble-beginnings |title=10 things you need to know about the Manchester clubs' humble beginnings |work=[FourFourTwo](/source/FourFourTwo) |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014201901/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/10-things-you-need-know-about-manchester-clubs-humble-beginnings |url-status=live }} Their first top division league title came in the [1936–37 season](/source/1936%E2%80%9337_Manchester_City_F.C._season), with the first [Charity Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield) won in the following August. City's first [League Cup](/source/EFL_Cup) and [European trophy](/source/UEFA_club_competitions) both came at the end of the [1969–70 season](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_Manchester_City_F.C._season), the two trophies also constituting the team's first double of any kind. In the [2018–19 season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Manchester_City_F.C._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](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League), [FA Cup](/source/2019_FA_Cup_final), and [League Cup](/source/2019_EFL_Cup_final), but also the [Community Shield](/source/2019_FA_Community_Shield).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48321358 |title=Man City win treble - how impressive is that achievement? |work=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport) |date=18 May 2019 |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518181210/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48321358 |url-status=live }} The [1970 Cup Winners' Cup](/source/1970_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup_final) victory remained City's only European trophy until their triumph in the [2022–23 UEFA Champions League](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Champions_League).{{cite web |url=https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/man-city-gornik-zabrze-1970-european-cup-winners-cup-final-highlights-63723745 |title=EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP FINAL HIGHLIGHTS: CITY 2-1 GORNIK ZABRZE |date=29 April 2020 |website=mancity.com |publisher=Manchester City FC |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430155643/https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/man-city-gornik-zabrze-1970-european-cup-winners-cup-final-highlights-63723745 |url-status=live }} They have reached the semi-finals of the [Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League) four times overall, losing in [2016](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Champions_League), then winning en route to their first-ever [final](/source/2021_UEFA_Champions_League_final) in [2021](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Champions_League), losing in [2022](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Champions_League), and winning en route to their maiden [European Cup title](/source/2023_UEFA_Champions_League_final) in [2023](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Champions_League).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/may/04/real-madrid-v-manchester-city-champions-league-semi-final-live |title=Real Madrid 1–0 Manchester City (agg 1–0): Champions League semi-final – as it happened |first=Scott |last=Murray |date=4 May 2016 |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |location=London |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104091438/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/may/04/real-madrid-v-manchester-city-champions-league-semi-final-live |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Hytner |first=David |date=10 June 2023 |title=Rodri breaks Internazionale resistance to seal Manchester City's treble glory |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/10/rodri-breaks-internazionale-resistance-to-seal-manchester-citys-treble-glory |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610213408/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/10/rodri-breaks-internazionale-resistance-to-seal-manchester-citys-treble-glory |url-status=live }} Manchester City jointly held the record for [most second division titles](/source/List_of_teams_promoted_from_the_English_Football_League_Championship_and_predecessors) with [Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.), both clubs having won the league on seven occasions, before Leicester clinched their eighth title in [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_Championship).{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng2champ.html |title=England - List of Second Division Champions |work=[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF) |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008054112/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng2champ.html |url-status=live }} Manchester City's first victory occurred in [1898–99](/source/1898%E2%80%9399_Football_League) and the most recent came in [2001–02](/source/2001%E2%80%9302_Football_League). {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !style="width:1%"| Type !style="width:5%"| Competition !style="width:1%"| Titles !style="width:21%"| Seasons |- |rowspan="5"| '''Domestic''' !scope=row| [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) / [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) (Level 1){{efn|name=Prem|Until [1992](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League), the top division of English football was the [Football League First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division); since then, it has been the [FA Premier League](/source/Premier_League). At the same time, the [Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) was renamed the First Division, and the [Third Division](/source/Football_League_Third_Division) was renamed the Second Division.}} | 10 |align="left"| [1936–37](/source/1936%E2%80%9337_Football_League_First_Division), [1967–68](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League_First_Division), [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League), [2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League), [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League), [2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League), [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League), [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League), [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League), [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League) |- !scope=row| [Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) / [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) / [Championship](/source/EFL_Championship) (Level 2){{efn|name=Prem}} | 7 |align="left"| [1898–99](/source/1898%E2%80%9399_Football_League), [1902–03](/source/1902%E2%80%9303_Football_League), [1909–10](/source/1909%E2%80%9310_Football_League), [1927–28](/source/1927%E2%80%9328_Football_League), [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_Football_League), [1965–66](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_Football_League), [2001–02](/source/2001%E2%80%9302_Football_League) |- !scope=row| [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) | 8 |align="left"| [1903–04](/source/1904_FA_Cup_final), [1933–34](/source/1934_FA_Cup_final), [1955–56](/source/1956_FA_Cup_final), [1968–69](/source/1969_FA_Cup_final), [2010–11](/source/2011_FA_Cup_final), [2018–19](/source/2019_FA_Cup_final), [2022–23](/source/2023_FA_Cup_final), [2025–26](/source/2026_FA_Cup_final) |- !scope=row| [Football League Cup / EFL Cup](/source/EFL_Cup) | 9 |align="left"| [1969–70](/source/1970_Football_League_Cup_final), [1975–76](/source/1976_Football_League_Cup_final), [2013–14](/source/2014_Football_League_Cup_final), [2015–16](/source/2016_Football_League_Cup_final), [2017–18](/source/2018_EFL_Cup_final), [2018–19](/source/2019_EFL_Cup_final), [2019–20](/source/2020_EFL_Cup_final), [2020–21](/source/2021_EFL_Cup_final), [2025–26](/source/2026_EFL_Cup_final) |- !scope=row| [FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield) | 7 |align="left"| [1937](/source/1937_FA_Charity_Shield), [1968](/source/1968_FA_Charity_Shield), [1972](/source/1972_FA_Charity_Shield), [2012](/source/2012_FA_Community_Shield), [2018](/source/2018_FA_Community_Shield), [2019](/source/2019_FA_Community_Shield), [2024](/source/2024_FA_Community_Shield) |- |rowspan="3"| '''Continental''' !scope=row| [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League) | 1 |align="left"| [2022–23](/source/2023_UEFA_Champions_League_final) |- !scope=row| [European Cup Winners' Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup_Winners'_Cup) | 1 |align="left"| [1969–70](/source/1970_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup_final) |- !scope=row| [UEFA Super Cup](/source/UEFA_Super_Cup) | 1 |align="left"| [2023](/source/2023_UEFA_Super_Cup) |- |rowspan="1"| '''Worldwide''' !scope=row| [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/FIFA_Club_World_Cup) | 1 |align="left"| [2023](/source/2023_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final) |} ===Doubles and Trebles=== * '''[Doubles](/source/Double_(association_football))''' ** '''[League and FA Cup](/source/Double_(association_football)) (2):''' [2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Manchester_City_F.C._season), [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Manchester_City_F.C._season) ** '''[League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup](/source/Double_(association_football)) (1):''' [1969–70](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_Manchester_City_F.C._season) ** '''FA Cup and League Cup (1):''' [2025–26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Manchester_City_F.C._season) * '''[Domestic treble](/source/Treble_(association_football))''' ** '''League, FA Cup, and League Cup (1):''' [2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Manchester_City_F.C._season) * '''[Continental treble](/source/Treble_(association_football))''' ** '''League, FA Cup, and UEFA Champions League (1):''' [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Manchester_City_F.C._season) ===Four-peats=== * '''[Four-peat](/source/Four-peat)s''' ** '''[Premier League](/source/Premier_League):''' [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League), [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League), [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League), [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League){{efn|By winning the title in 2024, City effectively made it a [four-peat](/source/Three-peat).}} ** '''[EFL Cup](/source/EFL_Cup):''' [2017–18](/source/2018_EFL_Cup_final), [2018–19](/source/2019_EFL_Cup_final), [2019–20](/source/2020_EFL_Cup_final), [2020–21](/source/2021_EFL_Cup_final){{efn|By winning the title in 2021, City effectively made it a [four-peat](/source/Three-peat).}} ==Club records== {{main|List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics}} * '''Record league victory''' – 11–3 vs [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) (23 March 1895, most goals scored); 10–0 vs [Darwen](/source/Darwen_F.C._(1870)) (18 February 1899, widest margin of victory){{Cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester City – The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon |location=Derby |year=2006 |isbn=1-85983-512-0 }}{{rp|509}} * '''Record FA Cup victory''' – 12–0 vs [Liverpool Stanley](/source/Stanley_F.C._(Liverpool)) (4 October 1890){{r|James|p=511}} * '''Record European victory''' – 7–0 vs [Schalke 04](/source/FC_Schalke_04), [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League) round of 16 second leg (12 March 2019); 7–0 vs [RB Leipzig](/source/RB_Leipzig) UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg (14 March 2023){{cite web |title=Manchester City 7–0 Schalke: Champions League at a glance |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/024f-0e9a64e6516f-72e111577629-1000--manchester-city-7-0-schalke-champions-league-at-a-glance/ |publisher=UEFA |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114064458/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid%3D2590153.html |url-status=live }} * '''Record league defeat''' – 0–8 vs [Burton Wanderers](/source/Burton_Wanderers_F.C.) (26 December 1894); 0–8 vs [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.) (23 December 1933); 1–9 vs [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) (3 September 1906); 2–10 vs [Small Heath](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.) (17 March 1893){{r|James|p=509}} * '''Record FA Cup defeat''' – 0–6 vs [Preston North End](/source/Preston_North_End_F.C.) (30 January 1897); 2–8 vs [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_F.C.) (30 January 1946){{r|James|p=511}} * '''Record European defeat''' – 0–4 vs [Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona), UEFA Champions League group stage (19 October 2016){{cite web |title=Manchester City FC |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/52919--man-city/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114041114/https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club%3D52919/profile/index.html |url-status=live }} * '''Highest home attendance''' – 84,569 vs [Stoke City](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.), FA Cup sixth round (3 March 1934){{efn|Remains the [record home attendance in English football](/source/List_of_record_home_attendances_of_English_football_clubs).}}{{r|James|p=524}} * '''Most league appearances''' – 561 + 3 sub, [Alan Oakes](/source/Alan_Oakes), 1958–76{{r|James|p=155}} * '''Most European / worldwide appearances''' – 75 + 16 sub, [Bernardo Silva](/source/Bernardo_Silva), 2017–26 * '''Most appearances overall''' – 676 + 4 sub, Alan Oakes, 1958–76{{r|James|p=155}} * '''Most goals scored overall''' – 260, [Sergio Agüero](/source/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero), 2011–21{{cite web |title=Sergio Agüero |url=https://www.mancity.com/teams/first%20team/strikers/sergio%20aguero |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |access-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216005703/https://www.mancity.com/teams/first%20team/strikers/sergio%20aguero |archive-date=16 February 2018 |url-status=dead }} * '''Most goals scored in a season''' – 52, [Erling Haaland](/source/Erling_Haaland), [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Manchester_City_F.C._season){{r|Clayton|p=112}}{{Cite news |date=14 March 2023 |title=Record-breaking Haaland hits five in City rout |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/manchester-city-engman_city/story/4900908/haaland-breaks-manchester-citys-single-season-scoring-record |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=ESPN.com |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314215330/https://www.espn.com/soccer/manchester-city-engman_city/story/4900908/haaland-breaks-manchester-citys-single-season-scoring-record |url-status=live }} * '''Record transfer fee paid''' – £100 million to [Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa_F.C.) for [Jack Grealish](/source/Jack_Grealish), August 2021{{cite news |last1=Hytner |first1=David |title='Dream come true': Jack Grealish seals record £100m Manchester City move |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/05/jack-grealish-seals-record-100m-manchester-city-move-from-aston-villa |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=5 August 2021 |access-date=5 August 2021 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805190628/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/05/jack-grealish-seals-record-100m-manchester-city-move-from-aston-villa |url-status=live }} * '''Record transfer fee received''' – £82 million from [Atlético Madrid](/source/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid) for [Julián Alvarez](/source/Juli%C3%A1n_Alvarez), August 2024{{Cite web |date=6 August 2024 |title=Julian Alvarez transfer: Atletico Madrid agree £82m fee to sign Man City and Argentina forward |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/13191744/julian-alvarez-transfer-atletico-madrid-agree-gbp81m-fee-to-sign-man-city-and-argentina-forward#:~:text=Man%20City%20and%20Atletico%20Madrid,over%20the%20last%2024%20hours. |access-date=9 August 2024 |website=Sky Sports }} ==See also== {{portal bar|Association football|English football|Greater Manchester}} * [List of Manchester City F.C. seasons](/source/List_of_Manchester_City_F.C._seasons) * [Manchester City F.C. in international football](/source/Manchester_City_F.C._in_international_football) * [List of world champion football clubs](/source/List_of_world_champion_football_clubs) ==Notes== {{notelist}} {{reflist|group=nb}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin|40em}} * {{Cite book |author1=Buckley, Andy 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category|Manchester City F.C.}} * {{Official website}} * {{BBC Football Info|BBClinkname=manchester-city}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150915073432/http://scoreshelf.com/wmbb/en/Manchester_City Manchester City F.C.] at ScoreShelf (archived on 15 September 2015) * [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/52919--man-city/ Manchester City F.C.] at UEFA {{Spoken Wikipedia|Manchester City FC.ogg|date=21 May 2007}} {{Manchester City F.C.}} {{City Football Group}} {{Navboxes|titlestyle=background:#6CADDE;color:#001B40;{{box-shadow border|a|#001B40|2px}}|list1= {{Manchester City F.C. squad}} {{Manchester City F.C. seasons}} {{Manchester City F.C. matches}} {{Manchester City F.C. managers}} {{Manchester City F.C. 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