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This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Manchester City
W.F.C.

"Manchester City" and "Man City" redirect here. For the city itself, see Manchester. For the
television show episode, see Man City (Ted Lasso).

Manchester City

Full name Manchester City Football Club

Nickname(s) The Citizens (Cityzens)[1][2]

The Blues
The Sky Blues

Short name Man City

City

Founded 1880; 145 years ago as St. Mark's

(West Gorton)

Ground City of Manchester Stadium

Capacity 53,400[3]

Coordinates 53.4832°N 2.2003°W

Owner City Football Group Limited

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Manager Pep Guardiola

League Premier League

2023–24 Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions)

Website mancity.com

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Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England,
that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St.
Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887
and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the Etihad Stadium in east Manchester,
to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City
adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, the first season with the current name.[4] Over the
course of its history, the club has won ten league titles, seven FA Cups, eight League Cups,
seven FA Community Shields, one UEFA Champions League, one European Cup Winners' Cup,
one UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup.

The club joined the Football League in 1892, and won their first major honour, the FA Cup,
in 1904. Manchester City had its first major period of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
winning the league title, FA Cup, League Cup, and European Cup Winners Cup under the
management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison. After losing the 1981 FA Cup final, Manchester
City went through a period of decline, culminating in relegation to the third tier of English
football for the only time in their history in 1998. They since regained promotion to the top tier
in 2001–02 and have remained a fixture in the Premier League since 2002–03.

Manchester City received considerable financial investment both in playing staff and facilities
following its takeover by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan through the Abu Dhabi United
Group in August 2008.[5] This started a new era of unprecedented success, with the club winning
the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League in 2012, both their first since the 1960s, followed by
another league title in 2014. Under the management of Pep Guardiola, Manchester City won
the Premier League in 2018, becoming the only team in the competition history to attain 100
points in a single season. In 2018–19, they won four trophies, completing an unprecedented
sweep of all domestic titles in England and becoming the first English men's team to win
the domestic treble.[6] This was followed by four consecutive Premier League titles in 2020–
21, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24, as well as the club's first Champions League final in 2021,
which they lost to Chelsea. The 2022–23 season saw Manchester City win their
maiden European Cup and complete the continental treble in the process, becoming the second
English club to do so.[7] The club was ranked first in the UEFA coefficient standings in 2023.[8]

Manchester City topped the 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.
[9]
In 2022, Forbes estimated the club was the sixth-most valuable in the world,
worth $4.250 billion.[10][11] Manchester City are owned by City Football Group Limited, a holding
company valued at £3.73 ($4.8) billion in November 2019 and majority-owned by the Abu Dhabi
United Group.[12][13]

History

Main article: History of Manchester City F.C.

Early years and first trophies

St. Marks (Gorton) in 1884 – the reason for the cross

[14]
pattée on the shirts is now unknown.

City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899; with it came promotion
to the highest level in English football, the First Division. They went on to claim their first major
honour on 23 April 1904, beating Bolton Wanderers 1–0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup; the
Blues narrowly missed out on a League and Cup double that season after finishing runners-up in
the league campaign, but they still became the first club in Manchester to win a major honour.
[15]
In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph, the club was dogged by allegations of financial
irregularities, culminating in the suspension of seventeen players in 1906, including captain Billy
Meredith, who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United.[16] A fire at Hyde
Road destroyed the main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new purpose-built
stadium at Maine Road in Moss Side.[17]
 The Manchester City team which won the FA Cup
in 1903–04.

In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to Everton in 1933,
before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934.[18] During the 1934 run, the club broke
the record for the highest home attendance of any club in English football history, as 84,569
fans packed Maine Road for a sixth-round FA Cup tie against Stoke City – a record which stood
until 2016.[19][20] 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.[21] Twenty
years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached
consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one,
to Newcastle United, and won the second. The 1956 final, in which the Blues
defeated Birmingham City 3–1, saw City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play on after
unknowingly breaking his neck.[22]

First golden era and subsequent decline

After being relegated to the Second Division in 1963, the future looked bleak with a record low
home attendance of 8,015 against Swindon Town in January 1965.[23] In the summer of 1965,
the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison was appointed. In the first season
under Mercer, Manchester City won the Second Division title and made important signings
in Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell.[24] Two seasons later, in 1967–68, City claimed the league
championship for the second time, beating their close neighbours Manchester United to the
title on the final day of the season with a 4–3 victory at Newcastle United. [25] Further trophies
followed: City won the FA Cup in 1969 and a year later triumphed in the European Cup Winners'
Cup, defeating Górnik Zabrze 2–1 in the 1970 final. This was the club's only European honour
until their triumph in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.[26] The Blues also won the League
Cup that year, becoming the second English team to win a European trophy and a domestic
trophy in the same season.
The club continued to challenge for honours throughout the 1970s, finishing one point behind
the league champions on two occasions and reaching the final of the 1974 League Cup.[27] One
of the matches from this period that is most fondly remembered by supporters of Manchester
City is the final match of the 1973–74 season against arch-rivals Manchester United, who
needed to win to have any hope of avoiding relegation. Former United player Denis Law scored
with a backheel to give City a 1–0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of their rivals.
[28][29]
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.

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.[30] A succession of managers then followed
– seven in the 1980s alone. Under John Bond, City reached the 1981 FA Cup final but lost in a
replay to Tottenham Hotspur. The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the 1980s
(in 1983 and 1987), but returned to the top flight again in 1989 under Mel Machin. Howard
Kendall guided the club to top flight safety in 1990 and the club finished fifth
in 1991 and 1992 under the management of active player Peter Reid.[31] However, this was only
a temporary respite, and following Reid's departure Manchester City's fortunes continued to
fade. City were co-founders of the Premier League upon its creation in 1992, but after finishing
ninth in its first season, Peter Swales, club chairman since 1973, was replaced by club
legend Francis Lee in February 1994 in a movement supported by fans. Despite this, they
endured three years of struggle under Brian Horton and Alan Ball Jr. before being relegated in
dramatic fashion in 1996. After two seasons in the First Division[a] and four different permanent
managers, Lee resigned from his role as chairman midway through the 1998 season, 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 of Germany.

Recovery and two takeovers

After relegation, the club underwent off-the-field upheaval, with new chairman David
Bernstein introducing greater fiscal discipline.[32] Under manager Joe Royle, City were promoted
at the first attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in the Second Division play-off
final against Gillingham.[33] A second successive promotion saw City return to the top division,
but this proved to have been a step too far for the recovering club, and in 2001 City were
relegated once more. Kevin Keegan replaced Royle as manager in the close season, and
achieved an immediate return to the top division as the club won the 2001–02 First Division
championship, breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a
single season in the process.[34] The 2002–03 season was the last at Maine Road and included a
3–1 derby victory over rivals Manchester United, ending a 13-year run without a derby win.
[35]
Additionally, City qualified for European competition for the first time in 25 years via UEFA
fair play ranking. In the close 2003–04 season, the club moved to the new City of Manchester
Stadium. The first four seasons at the stadium all resulted in mid-table finishes. Former England
manager Sven-Göran Eriksson became the club's first foreign manager when appointed in 2007.
[36]
After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was
sacked on 2 June 2008;[37] he was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later.[38]

By 2008, Manchester City were in a financially precarious position. Thaksin Shinawatra had
taken control of the club the year before, but his political travails saw his assets frozen.[39] Then,
in August 2008, City were purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group. The takeover was
immediately followed by a flurry of bids for high-profile players; the club broke the British
transfer record by signing Brazilian international Robinho from Real Madrid for £32.5 million
(€42.5 million).[40] There was not a huge improvement in performance compared to the previous
season despite the influx of money however, with the team finishing tenth, although they did
well to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. During the summer of 2009, the club took
transfer spending to an unprecedented level, with an outlay of over £100 million on
players Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Touré, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez,
and Joleon Lescott.[41] 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.[42] City finished the season in fifth position in the Premier League, narrowly
missing out on a place in the Champions League but qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.[43]

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 from 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.[44][45] City reached the FA Cup final in 2011, their first major final in over 30
years, after defeating derby rivals Manchester United in the semi-finals,[46] the first time they
had knocked their rival out of a cup competition since 1975. The Blues defeated Stoke City 1–0
in the final, securing their fifth FA Cup and the club's first major trophy since winning the 1976
League Cup. On the last day of the 2010–11 season, City beat out Arsenal for the third place,
thereby securing qualification directly into the Champions League group stage.[47]

Manchester City supporters invade the

pitch following their 2011–12 Premier League title victory.

Strong performances continued to follow in the 2011–12 season, including a 5–1 victory over
Tottenham at White Hart Lane and a record-equalling 6–1 win over Manchester United at 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, 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 – settled the title in City's favour, making them the first team
to win the Premier League on goal difference alone.[48]

The following season, City were unable to replicate the previous year's success. After finishing
second in the league, eleven points behind Manchester United, and losing the FA Cup final 0–1
to relegated Wigan Athletic,[49] Mancini was sacked.[50] He was replaced by Chilean
manager Manuel Pellegrini.[51] In Pellegrini's first year in charge, City won the League Cup and
regained the Premier League title on the last matchday of the season.[52][53] The team's league
form then slowly declined over the next couple of years, as the Blues finished second in 2014–
15 and then dropped to fourth in 2015–16, although the 2015–16 season would see City
win another League Cup title and reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time.[54]
 Manchester City moved into their
new complex at the Etihad Campus adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2014.

Pep Guardiola, former head coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, was confirmed to become
Manchester City's new manager on 1 February 2016,[55] with the announcement having been
made several months before Manuel Pellegrini left his position. Guardiola's first season in
Manchester would end trophyless, with the Blues placing third in the league standings,[56] but
the following season proved far more successful, as City won the Premier League title with the
highest points total in history and broke numerous other club and English league records along
the way.[57]

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 seasons, City won six out
of possible seven league titles, only finishing second behind Liverpool in the 2019–20 season.
[58]
Guardiola also guided the Blues to silverware in domestic cup competitions, highlighted by
four consecutive League Cup triumphs in 2018–2021.[59] During the 2018–19 season, City
completed an unprecedented domestic treble of English men's titles.[60] Apart from winning all
three of the major English football tournaments, they also won the Community Shield, the first
time any team has ever held all four of England's primary football trophies at the same time.
[61]
On the continental stage, the club achieved breakthrough in 2020–21, reaching their first-
ever Champions League final.[62] In an all-English affair, City lost 0–1 to Chelsea at the Estádio do
Dragão in Porto.[63]

The Manchester City team, with mascots,

about to face Southampton in the 2022–23 Premier League. From left to right on back row:
Moonchester, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Aké, Ederson, Rodri, Rúben Dias, Phil Foden, Kevin De
Bruyne, João Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Erling Haaland, and Moonbeam.
The 2022–23 season turned out to be the greatest in the club's history, as Manchester City won
their third consecutive Premier League title, the FA Cup final against rivals Manchester United,
and their maiden Champions League title at the Atatürk Olympic
Stadium in Istanbul against Inter Milan, thereby assembling a rare feat – the continental treble.
The road to the Champions League victory included wins over European giants Bayern Munich,
who were defeated 4–1 on aggregate,[64] and Real Madrid, who suffered a 1–5 aggregate loss at
the hands of City.[65][66][67] The following season saw considerably less success for the Blues, as
they won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup for the first time and became the first
English men's club to win four consecutive league titles.[68] City also advanced to the FA Cup
final for the second straight year but lost in a rematch to rivals Manchester United.

Manchester City's era of sustained competitive excellence coincided with charges of

breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. In 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
ruled that sanctions placed on the club by UEFA were not justified, overturning City's two-year
European ban.[69] In 2023, the Premier League announced its own investigation of the
allegations levied against Manchester City, charging the club with 115 breaches of its FFP rules
up to the 2017–18 season.[70][71]

League history

 1892–  1910–  1950–  1985–  1998–

1899 Divi 1926 Divi 1951 Divi 1987 Divi 1999 Divis
sion sion sion sion ion 2 (L3)
2 (L2) 1 (L1) 2 (L2) 1 (L1)
 1999–
 1899–  1926–  1951–  1987– 2000 Divis
1902 Divi 1928 Divi 1963 Divi 1989 Divi ion 1 (L2)
sion sion sion sion
 2000–
1 (L1) 2 (L2) 1 (L1) 2 (L2)
2001 Pre
 1902–  1928–  1963–  1989– mier
1903 Divi 1938 Divi 1966 Divi 1992 Divi League (L
sion sion sion sion 1)
2 (L2) 1 (L1) 2 (L2) 1 (L1)
 2001–
 1903–  1938–  1966–  1992– 2002 Divis
1909 Divi 1947 Divi 1983 Divi 1996 Pre ion 1 (L2)
sion sion sion mier
 2002– Pre
1 (L1) 2 (L2) 1 (L1) League (L
mier
1)
 1909–  1947–  1983– League (L
1910 Divi 1950 Divi 1985 Divi
 sion sion sion  1996– 1)
2 (L2) 1 (L1) 2 (L2) 1998 Divi
sion
1 (L2)

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

Club badge and colours

Manchester City's stadium and shirt have been

sponsored by Etihad Airways since 2009.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manchester City F.C. kits.

Manchester City's home colours are sky blue and white. Traditional away kit colours have been
either maroon or (from the 1960s) red and black; however, in recent years several colours have
been used. The origins of the club's home colours are unclear, but there is evidence that the
club has worn blue since 1892 or earlier. A booklet entitled Famous Football Clubs – Manchester
City published in the 1940s indicates that West Gorton (St. Marks) originally played in scarlet
and black, and reports dating from 1884 describe the team wearing black jerseys bearing a
white cross, showing the club's origins as a church side.[72]: 14–15 The infrequent yet recurrent use
of red and black away colours comes from former assistant manager Malcolm Allison's belief
that adopting the colours of AC Milan would inspire City to glory.[73] Allison's theory seemingly
took effect, with City winning the 1969 FA Cup final, 1970 League Cup final, and 1970 Cup
Winners' Cup final in red and black stripes as opposed to the club's home kit of sky blue.

City had previously worn three other badges on their shirts, prior to their current badge being
implemented in 2016. The first, introduced in 1970, was based on designs which had been used
on official club documentation since the mid-1960s. It consisted of a circular badge which used
the same shield as the present badge (including a ship, based on the City of Manchester coat of
arms), inside a circle bearing the name of the club. In 1972, this was replaced by a variation
which replaced the lower half of the shield with the red rose of Lancashire. In 1976, a heraldic
badge was granted by the College of Arms to the English Football League for use by City. The
badge consisted of the familiar ship above a red rose but on a circular device instead of a shield
(blazoned as "A roundel per fess azure and argent in chief a three masted ship sails set pennons
flying or in base a rose gules barbed and seeded proper").[74]

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.[75]: 21 The club has since abandoned the practice; for the 2011 FA Cup final, its first in
the 21st century, City used the usual badge with a special legend, but the Manchester coat of
arms was included as a small monochrome logo in the numbers on the back of players' shirts. [76]

A new club badge was adopted in 1997, as a result of the previous badge being ineligible for
registration as a trademark. This badge was based on the arms of the city of Manchester, and
consisted of a shield in front of a golden eagle. The eagle is an old heraldic symbol of the city of
Manchester; a golden eagle was added to the city's badge in 1958 (but had since been
removed), representing the growing aviation industry. The shield featured a ship on its upper
half representing the Manchester Ship Canal, and three diagonal stripes in the lower half
symbolised the city's three rivers – the Irwell, the Irk and the Medlock. The bottom of the badge
bore the motto "Superbia in Proelio", which translates as "Pride in Battle" in Latin. Above the
eagle and shield were the three stars, added for decorative purposes.

On 15 October 2015, following years of criticism from the fans over the design of the 1997
badge,[77] the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to
discontinue the current badge and institute a new design.[77] 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.[78] A design purporting to be
the new badge was unintentionally leaked two days early prior to the official unveiling on 26
December 2015 by the IPO when the design was trademarked on 22 December.[79] The new
badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City's home match against Sunderland on 26
December.[80]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)

1974–1982 Umbro No sponsor No sponsor

1982–1984 Saab
 1984–1987 Philips

1987–1997
Brother
1997–1999 Kappa

1999–2002 Eidos
Le Coq Sportif
2002–2003
First Advice
2003–2004
Reebok
2004–2007
Thomas Cook
2007–2009 Le Coq Sportif

2009–2013 Umbro

2013–2017
Nike
2017–2019 Etihad Airways
Nexen Tire
2019–2023
Puma
2023–present
OKX

Kit deals

Intended
Kit Announcement
Period contract Value Notes
supplier date
duration

Le Coq 2007– 2007–2011 Around £2.5m Replaced by Umbro

13 May 2007[81]
Sportif 2009 (4 years) per year[82] contract

Umbro contract
2009– 2009–2019 Around £2.5m transferred to
Umbro 4 June 2009
2013 (10 years) per year[83] parent company
Nike in 2013
 2013– 2013–2019 Around £20m
Nike 4 May 2012
2019 (6 years) per year[84]

2019– 28 February 2019–2029 Around £65m

Puma
2029 2019 (10 years) per year[85]

Players

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

First-team squad

As of 4 February 2025[86]

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

No No
Pos. Nation Player Pos. Nation Player
. .

Rúben Dias (vice- 22 DF BRA Vitor Reis

3 DF POR
captain)
24 DF CRO Joško Gvardiol
5 DF ENG John Stones
25 DF SUI Manuel Akanji
6 DF NED Nathan Aké
26 MF BRA Savinho
7 FW EGY Omar Marmoush
Matheus
27 MF POR
8 MF CRO Mateo Kovačić Nunes

9 FW NOR Erling Haaland Claudio

30 MF ARG
Echeverri
10 MF ENG Jack Grealish
31 GK BRA Ederson
11 MF BEL Jérémy Doku
33 GK ENG Scott Carson
14 MF ESP Nico González
Abdukodir
16 MF ESP Rodri (3rd captain) 45 DF UZB
Khusanov

Kevin De 47 MF ENG Phil Foden

17 MF BEL
Bruyne (captain)
52 MF NOR Oscar Bobb
 18 GK GER Stefan Ortega

19 MF GER İlkay Gündoğan 75 MF ENG Nico O'Reilly

Bernardo Silva (4th 82 DF ENG Rico Lewis

20 MF POR
captain)
87 MF ENG James McAtee

EDS and Academy

Main article: 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.

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

No No
Pos. Nation Player Pos. Nation Player
. .

61 DF ENG Kaden Braithwaite 69 GK WAL Max Hudson

Jahmai Simpson- 80 GK ENG Spike Brits

66 DF ENG
Pusey
Farid Alfa-
85 FW GER
67 FW ENG Divin Mubama Ruprecht

68 DF ENG Max Alleyne

Out on loan

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

No No
Pos. Nation Player Pos. Nation Player
. .

Kyle Walker (on Issa Kaboré (on

loan at AC loan at Werder
2 DF ENG 78 DF BFA
Milan until 30 Bremen until 30
June 2025) June 2025)
 Kalvin Phillips (on Luke Mbete (on
loan at Ipswich loan
4 MF ENG
Town until 30 79 DF ENG at Northampton
June 2025) Town until 30
June 2025)
Máximo
Perrone (on loan True Grant (on
32 MF ARG
at Como until 30 loan
88 GK ENG
June 2025) at Buxton until
30 June 2025)
Kayky (on loan
37 FW BRA at Bahia until 30 Finley Burns (on
June 2025) loan at Hull
94 DF ENG
City until 30 June
Yan Couto (on 2025)
loan at Borussia
39 DF BRA
Dortmund until Josh Wilson-
30 June 2025) Esbrand (on loan
97 DF ENG at Stoke
Jacob Wright (on City until 30 June
loan at Norwich 2025)
56 MF ENG
City until 30 June
2025) Juma Bah (on
— DF SLE loan at Lens until
Mahamadou 30 June 2025)
Susoho (on loan
76 MF ESP at Peterborough
United until 30
June 2025)[87]

Retired numbers

See also: List of retired numbers in association football

Since 2003, Manchester City have not issued the squad number 23. It was retired in memory
of Marc-Vivien Foé, who was on loan to the club from Lyon at the time of his death on the field
of play while playing for Cameroon in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.[88]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited
exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
 No. Pos. Nation Player

Marc-Vivien Foé (2002–03 – posthumous

23 MF CMR
honour)

Club captains

This is a list of City's official club captains, who are currently appointed via a vote of players and
staff. Other players (vice-captains) 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 captained the team in their 2021–22 FA
Cup fifth round tie at Peterborough United in support of his country during the 2022 Russian
invasion of Ukraine.[89]

Years Pos Captain Years Pos Captain

1904– 1939– No competitive football due to

FW Billy Meredith
1906 1946 the Second World War

1906– 1946–
FW Lot Jones GK Frank Swift
1914 1947

1914– No competitive football due to 1947–

DF Eric Westwood
1919 the First World War 1950

1919– 1950–
DF Eli Fletcher DF Roy Paul
1923 1957

1923– 1957–
DF Max Woosnam MF Ken Barnes
1925 1961

1926– 1961–
MF Charlie Pringle DF Bill Leivers
1928 1964

1928– 1965–
MF Jimmy McMullan FW Johnny Crossan
1932 1967

1932– 1967–
DF Sam Cowan DF Tony Book
1935 1974

1935– MF Matt Busby 1974– MF Colin Bell

1936 1975

1937– 1975–
MF Les McDowall DF Mike Doyle
1939 1976

Years Pos Captain Po Po

Years Captain Years Captain
s s
1976
David
– DF 2001 Kyle
Watson Stuart 2023–
1979 – DF DF Walker[10
Pearce[91] 2025 1]
2002
1979
DF/ Paul
– 2002 2025– Kevi
MF Power Ali
1986 – MF presen MF n De
Benarbia[92]
2003 t Bruyne
1986
Kenny
– DF 2003
Clements Sylvain
1988 – DF
Distin[93]
2006
1988
Steve
– DF 2006
Redmond Richard
1992 – DF
Dunne[94]
2009
1992
Terry
– DF 2009
Phelan
1993 – DF Kolo Touré[95]
2010
1993
Keith
– DF 2010
Curle F Carlos
1996 –
W Tevez[96]
2011
1996
Kit
– DF 2011
Symons Vincent
1998 – DF
Kompany[97]
2019
Jamie
1998 MF
Pollock 2019
– MF David Silva[98]
1998 DF Andy 2020
–
 Morrison[9 2020
2000 0]
Fernandinho[
– MF 99]
2022
2000
DF/ Alfie
– 2022
MF Haaland İlkay
2001 – MF
Gündoğan[100]
2023

Player of the Year

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

Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of the Manchester City Official
Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most
worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists the
recipients of this award since 2000.

Year Winner Year Winner Year Winner

2000 2010– Vincent 2020

Danny Tiatto Rúben Dias
–01 11 Kompany –21

2001 2011– 2021 Kevin De

Ali Benarbia Sergio Agüero
–02 12 –22 Bruyne

2002 2012– 2022 Erling

Sylvain Distin Pablo Zabaleta
–03 13 –23 Haaland

2003 Shaun Wright- 2013– 2023

Yaya Touré Phil Foden
–04 Phillips 14 –24

2004 2014–
Richard Dunne Sergio Agüero
–05 15

2005 2015– Kevin De

Richard Dunne
–06 16 Bruyne

2006 2016–
Richard Dunne David Silva
–07 17

2007 Richard Dunne 2017– Kevin De

 –08 18 Bruyne

2008 Stephen 2018–

Bernardo Silva
–09 Ireland 19

2009 2019– Kevin De

Carlos Tevez
–10 20 Bruyne

Sources:[102][103][104][105][106]

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:[107]

Inductees at the MCFC Hall

of Fame

National Football Museum Hall of Fame

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

Inductees at the NFM Hall of Fame

Years in
Role at
Player Position role at
Year of MCFC
MCFC
induction
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date

Peter Doherty inside left player 1936–1945

forward & 1960–1961

2002 Denis Law, CBE player
midfielder 1973–1974

Kevin Keegan, OBE forward manager 2001–2005

2003 Peter Schmeichel, MBE goalkeeper player 2002–2003

 attacking
Alan Ball, MBE manager 1995–1996
midfielder

Bert Trautmann, OBE goalkeeper player 1949–1964

2005
attacking
Colin Bell, MBE player 1966–1979
midfielder

1894–1906
Billy Meredith right winger player
1921–1924
2007
Peter Beardsley midfielder player 1998

Mark Hughes forward manager 2008–2009

2009 Frank Swift goalkeeper player 1933–1949

2010 Francis Lee, CBE forward player 1967–1974

2013 Mike Summerbee forward player 1965–1975

centre
Trevor Francis player 1981–1982
forward
2014
player
holding 2010–2011
Patrick Vieira EDS
midfielder 2011–2015
manager

player 2001–2002
Stuart Pearce, MBE left back coach 2002–2005
2015 manager 2005–2007

Sun Jihai defender player 2002–2008

2016 David Seaman MBE goalkeeper player 2003–2004

attacking
2017 Frank Lampard OBE player 2014–2015
midfielder
 centre
2020 Justin Fashanu player 1989
forward

2023 Vincent Kompany defender player 2008–2019

Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date

inside right
2002 Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG player 1928–1936
& right half

centre
2004 Don Revie, OBE player 1951–1956
forward

attacking
2005 Howard Kendall manager 1989–1990
midfielder

Joe Mercer, OBE left half manager 1965–1971

2009 assistant 1965–1971

Malcolm Allison centre half mgr. 1971–1973
manager 1979–1980

Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to

date

2007 Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE forward player 1990–1996

Manchester City teams inducted to date

Manchester City league- and

2009 European cup-winning team of not applicable
1967–1970

Last updated: 21 July 2021.

Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees

Premier League Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall
of Fame. Inaugurated in 2020, but delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hall of
Fame is intended to recognise and honour players that have achieved great success and made a
significant contribution to the league since its founding in 1992.
 Inductees at the Premier League Hall of Fame

Role at Years in role at

Player Position
Year of MCFC MCFC
induction
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date

attacking
2021 Frank Lampard, OBE player 2014–2015
midfielder

player
2010–2011
Patrick Vieira midfielder EDS
2011–2015
manager

2022 Peter Schmeichel goalkeeper player 2002–2003

Vincent Kompany defender player 2008–2019

Sergio Agüero striker player 2011–2021

2024 Andrew Cole striker player 2005–2006

Last updated: 22 April 2024.

Source: list of PL Hall of Fame inductees

Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

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

Inductees at the SFM Hall

of Fame

Last updated: 30 March 2011.

Source: list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

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

Inductees at the Welsh

 Sports Hall of Fame

Non-playing staff

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Executive

Position Name

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Chief Executive
Ferran Soriano
Officer

Txiki Begiristain
Director of Football
Hugo Viana

Mike Summerbee[113]
Paul Dickov[114]
Micah Richards[115]
Club ambassadors
Pablo Zabaleta[116]
Joleon Lescott[117]
Shaun Wright-Phillips[118]

Coaching
 Pep Guardiola has been the manager of the club since
2016.

Position Name

Manager Pep Guardiola

Carlos Vicens[119]
Assistant managers
Juanma Lillo[120]

Fitness coach Lorenzo Buenaventura

Head of goalkeeping Xabier Mancisidor

Goalkeeper coach Richard Wright[121]

Performance analysis coach Carles Planchart

Head of player support Manel Estiarte

Head of academy Thomas Krucken

Under-23 EDS manager Ben Wilkinson[122]

Under-23 EDS assistant manager Craig Mudd

Under-23 GK coach Imanol Egaña

Under-18 Academy manager Oliver Reiss[122]

Under-18 Academy assistant manager Jamie Carr

Under-18 Academy assistant manager Richard Dunne[122]

Under-18 Academy GK coach Max Johnson

 Chief scout Carlo Cancellieri

Source:[123]

Notable managers

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

Manchester City managers to have won major honours. Table correct as of 6 April 2025[b]

Fro Match Win Dra Los Win

Name To Honours
m es s ws s %

Tom 190 59.3 1903–04

1906 150 89 22 39
Maley 2 3 FA Cup

1936–37
Wilf 193 12 44.8 1933–34
1946 352 158 71 First
Wild 2 3 9 FA Cup
Division

Les 195 24 37.1 1955–56

1963 592 220 127
McDowall 0 5 6 FA Cup

1967–68 1969–70
First European
Division Cup
Joe 196 43.8 1968 FA Winners'
1971 340 149 94 97
Mercer 5 2 Charity Cup
Shield 1969–70
1968–69 League
FA Cup Cup

1975–76
Tony 197 42.3
1980 269 114 75 80 League
Book 3 8
Cup

Rober 200 2013 191 113 38 40 59.1 2010–11 2012 FA

to 9 6 FA Cup Commun
Mancini 2011–12 ity Shield
Premier
 League

2013–14
Manu League
2015–16
el 201 59.8 Cup
2016 167 100 28 39 League
Pellegrini[ 3 8 2013–14
c]
Cup
Premier
League

Pep 201 incumbe 520 366 76 78 70.3 2017–18 2020–21

Guardiola 6 nt 8 League Premier
[d]
Cup League
2017–18 2021–22
Premier Premier
League League
2018 FA 2022–23
Commun Premier
ity Shield League
2018–19 2022–23
League FA Cup
Cup 2022–23
2018–19 UEFA
Premier Champio
League ns
2018–19 League
FA Cup 2023
2019 FA UEFA
Commun Super
ity Shield Cup
2019–20 2023
League FIFA Club
Cup World
2020–21 Cup
League 2023–24
Cup Premier
League
2024 FA
Commun
 ity Shield

Supporters

Main article: Manchester City F.C. supporters

Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, the club's average attendances have been in
the top six in England,[125][126] usually in excess of 40,000. Even in the late 1990s, when City were
relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football (then
the Second Division, now the EFL League One), home attendances were in the region of 30,000,
compared to an average of fewer than 8,000 for the division.[127] 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. [128]

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).[129] City fans' song of choice is a
rendition of "Blue Moon", which despite its melancholic theme is belted out with gusto as
though it were a heroic anthem. City supporters tend to believe that unpredictability is an
inherent trait of their team, and label unexpected results "typical City".[130][131] Events that fans
regard as "typical City" include the club being the only reigning English champions ever to be
relegated (in 1938), the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season
(1957–58),[132] or the more recent example where Manchester City were the only team to
beat Chelsea in the latter's record-breaking 2004–05 Premier League season, yet in the same
season City were knocked out of the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic, a team two divisions lower.

In the late 1980s, City fans started a craze of bringing inflatable objects to matches, primarily
oversized bananas. One disputed explanation for the phenomenon is that in a match
against West Bromwich Albion, chants from fans calling for the introduction of Imre Varadi as a
substitute mutated into "Imre Banana". Terraces packed with inflatable-waving supporters
became a frequent sight in the 1988–89 season, as the craze spread to other clubs (inflatable
fish were seen at Grimsby Town), with the craze reaching its peak at City's match at Stoke
City on 26 December 1988, a game declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party. [133] In 2010,
Manchester City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed The Poznań, from fans of
Polish club Lech Poznań that they played in the Europa League.[134] In 2022, Manchester City
proposed the release of the Connected Scarf, that would contain a sensor tracking physiological
and emotional data of the wearer, for supporters in 2023.[135]

Rivalries

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

Manchester City's biggest rivalry is with neighbours Manchester United, against whom they
contest the Manchester derby. Before the Second World War, when travel to away games was
rare, many Mancunian football fans regularly watched both teams even if considering
themselves "supporters" of only one. This practice continued into the early 1960s but as travel
became easier, and the cost of entry to matches rose, watching both teams became unusual
and the rivalry intensified. A common stereotype is that City fans come from Manchester
proper, while United fans come from elsewhere. A 2002 report by a researcher at Manchester
Metropolitan University found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season
ticket holders came from Manchester postcode areas (40% compared to United's 29%), there
were more United season ticket holders, the lower percentage being due to United's higher
overall number of season ticket holders (27,667 compared to City's 16,481). The report noted
that since the compiling of data in 2001, the number of both City and United season ticket
holders had risen; expansion of United's ground and City's move to the City of Manchester
Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.[136]

Over the last few years, Manchester City has also developed a notable rivalry with Liverpool,
[137]
currently considered one of the biggest in association football.[138][139] Though the two clubs
had been involved in a title race in the 1976–77 season, Liverpool and City's modern rivalry
began in the 2010s, with the Blues beating Liverpool to the 2013–14 title by just two points on
the final day of the season.[140] In the final of the 2015–16 League Cup, City defeated Liverpool
on penalties after a 1–1 draw. The two clubs met in European competition for the first time in
the 2017–18 Champions League quarter-finals, where Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate,
ultimately reaching the final and then winning the competition a year later.[141][142] In the 2018–
19 season, City again won the title on the final day, with the Blues' 98 points and Liverpool's 97
being the third- and fourth-highest Premier League points totals ever.[143] The following season,
Liverpool clinched the title, recording 99 points (the second-highest Premier League total ever
after Manchester City's 100 in 2017–18) to finish 18 points above runners-up City. The Blues
then regained the title in 2020–21 and outgunned Liverpool in another closely-fought title race
in 2021–22, to finish with 93 points to Liverpool's 92.

The success of the two teams in the 2010s and 2020s has led to the development of a rivalry
between Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola, the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City, with
the two previously having been the respective managers of Der Klassiker rivals Borussia
Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.[144] 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".[145][146] In
September 2019, Klopp hailed Guardiola for being his 'greatest rival ever', after both were
nominated for the FIFA Men's Coach of the Year award in 2019, which Klopp ultimately won.[147]
[148]
In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the
club's biggest rivals.[149]

Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham
Athletic, and Stockport County, and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries
with Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal.[150][151][152]

Ownership and finances

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

The holding company of Manchester City, Manchester City Limited, is a private limited
company, with approximately 54 million shares in issue. The club has been in private hands
since 2007, when the major shareholders agreed to sell their holdings to UK Sports Investments
Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
UKSIL then made a formal offer to buy the shares held by several thousands of small
shareholders.

Prior to the Thaksin takeover, the club was listed on the specialist independent equity market
PLUS (formerly OFEX),[153] where it had been listed since 1995. On 6 July 2007, having acquired
75% of the shares, Thaksin de-listed the club and re-registered it as a private company. [154] By
August, UKSIL had acquired over 90% of the shares and exercised its rights under the
Companies Act to "squeeze out" the remaining shareholders, and acquire the entire
shareholding. Thaksin Shinawatra became chairman of the club and two of Thaksin's children,
Pintongta and Oak Chinnawat became directors. Former chairman John Wardle stayed on the
board for a year, but resigned in July 2008 following Nike executive Garry Cook's appointment as
executive chairman in May.[155] 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. [156]

Thaksin's purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club,[157] in total around
£30 million,[158] whereas over the several previous seasons Manchester City's net spending had
been among the lowest in the Premier League. A year later, this investment was dwarfed by an
influx of money derived from the club's takeover. On 1 September 2008, Abu Dhabi-based Abu
Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited completed the takeover of
Manchester City. The deal, worth a reported £200 million, was announced on the morning of 1
September. It sparked various transfer "deadline-day" rumours and bids such as the club's
attempt to gazump Manchester United's protracted bid to sign Dimitar
Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee in excess of £30 million.[159][160] Minutes before the
transfer window closed, the club signed Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer
fee of £32.5 million.[161] The wealth of the new owners meant that, in the summer of 2009, City
were able to finance the purchase of experienced international players prior to the new season,
spending more than any other club in the Premier League.[162]

City Football Group

Main article: City Football Group

Created in the 2013–14 season to manage the global footballing interests of the Abu Dhabi
United Group, City Football Group (CFG) is an umbrella corporation owning stakes in a network
of global clubs for the purposes of resource sharing, academy networking and marketing.

CFG ownership

Clubs owned by CFG

Listed in order of acquisition/foundation.

Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.

2008 Manchester City F.C.*

2009–2012

2013 New York City FC§

Melbourne City FC*

2014
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
 2015–2016

Montevideo City Torque*

2017
Girona FC*§

2018

Shenzhen Peng City F.C.*§

2019
Mumbai City FC*§

Lommel S.K.*
2020
ES Troyes AC*

2021

2022 Palermo F.C.*§

2023 Bahia*§

In addition to Manchester City, City Football Group owns stakes in a number of clubs:

 Melbourne City (2014–present)[163]

On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian
rugby league franchise Melbourne Storm, purchasing a majority stake in A-
League team Melbourne City. On 5 August 2015, CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full
ownership of the team.[164]

 Yokohama F. Marinos (2014–present)[165]

On 20 May 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Japanese
Automotive company Nissan to become a minority shareholder in Yokohama based J-
League side, Yokohama F. Marinos.
  New York City FC (2015–present)[166]

On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the American
baseball franchise the New York Yankees to introduce the 20th Major League Soccer expansion
team, New York City FC as its majority shareholder. The club began play in the 2015 Major
League Soccer season.

 Montevideo City Torque (2017–present)[167]

On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team Montevideo
City Torque.

 Girona (2017–present)[168]

On 23 August 2017, it was announced that CFG had acquired 44.3% of Segunda División (second
tier) side Girona. Another 44.3% was held by the Girona Football Group, led by Pere Guardiola,
brother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

 Shenzhen Peng City (2019–present)[169]

On 20 February 2019, it was announced that CFG as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital
had acquired Sichuan Jiuniu.

 Mumbai City (2019–present)[170]

CFG was announced as majority stakeholder of Mumbai City on Thursday 28 November 2019
after acquiring 65% of the club. Mumbai City is the professional football club based in Mumbai,
competing in the Indian Super League.

 Lommel (2020–present)[171]

CFG was announced as a majority stakeholder of Lommel on Monday 11 May 2020, acquiring
the majority (unspecified) of the club's shares. Lommel is a professional football club based
in Lommel, competing in the Belgian First Division B (second tier).

 Troyes (2020–present)[172]

On 3 September 2020, CFG announced that they had purchased the shares of Daniel Masoni,
the former owner of Ligue 2 (second tier) club Troyes, making them the majority shareholder of
the French club.

 Palermo (2022–present)[173]

On 4 July 2022, Italian Serie B (second tier) club Palermo announced that CFG had acquired an
80% majority stake in their ownership.

 Bahia (2023–present)[174]
On 3 December 2022, CFG acquired 90% of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Bahia. The deal
was finalised on 4 May 2023.

Partner clubs

 Club Bolívar (2021–present)[175]

On 12 January 2021, CFG announced Bolivian club Club Bolívar as its first partner club.

 Vannes (2021–present)[176]

On 18 February 2021, CFG announced that French Championnat National 2 (tier 4)

club Vannes would be its second partner club.

Stadium

Main article: City of Manchester Stadium

See also: Hyde Road (stadium) and Maine Road

The City of Manchester Stadium – the

home of Manchester City since 2003

The City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, known as the Etihad Stadium since 2011
for sponsorship reasons, is on a 200-year lease from Manchester City Council to Manchester
City. It has been the club's home since the end of the 2002–03 season, when City moved
from Maine Road.[177] 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.[178] The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win
over Barcelona in a friendly match.[179] A 7,000-seat third tier on the South Stand was completed
in time for the start of the 2015–16 football season, increasing the stadium's capacity to 55,097.
A North Stand third tier is in development, potentially increasing capacity to around 61,000. [180]
After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at Hyde
Road Football Stadium, its home for 36 years.[181] A fire destroyed the Main Stand in 1920, and
the club moved to the 84,000 capacity Maine Road three years later. Maine Road, nicknamed
the "Wembley of the North" by its designers, hosted the largest-ever crowd at an English club
ground when 84,569 attended an FA Cup tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934.[182] 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. [183]

In September 2024, Manchester City revealed plans to expand the North Stand of the Etihad
Stadium, increasing the total capacity to 61,000. The expanded section is scheduled to open for
the start of the 2025–26 season. The project also includes the construction of a hotel, office
premises for club staff and a new fan zone.[184]

Honours

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

Based on trophy count, Manchester City are one of the most successful teams in England – their
thirty-six major domestic, European and worldwide honours rank them fourth on the list of
most decorated sides in England, ahead of Chelsea with 34.

The club's first major trophy was the 1904 FA Cup,[185] though they had previously won three
regional Manchester Cups before that point.[186] Their first top division league title came in
the 1936–37 season,[14] with the first Charity Shield won in the following August.[14] City's
first League Cup and European trophy both came at the end of the 1969–70 season, the two
trophies also constituting the team's first double of any kind.[14] In the 2018–19 season, City
became the first team to claim all of the major English trophies available in a single season,
winning not just the Premier League, FA Cup, and League Cup, but also the Community Shield.
[187]

The 1970 Cup Winners' Cup victory remained City's only European trophy until their triumph in
the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.[188][67] They have reached the semi-finals of
the Champions League four times overall, losing in 2016, then winning en route to their first-
ever final in 2021, losing in 2022, and winning en route to their maiden European Cup
title in 2023.[189][190]

Manchester City jointly held the record for most second division titles with Leicester City, both
clubs having won the league on seven occasions, before Leicester clinched their eighth title
in 2023–24.[191] Man City's first victory was in 1898–99, and the most recent in 2001–02.[14]

Manchester City's honours

 Ti
Comp
Typ tl
etitio Seasons
e e
n
s

Do 1936–37, 1967
First
mes –68, 2011–12,
Divisi
tic 2013–14, 2017
on/Pr 1
–18, 2018–19,
emier 0
2020–21, 2021
Leagu
–22, 2022–23,
e[nb 1]
2023–24

1898–99, 1902
Secon
–03, 1909–10,
d
7 1927–28, 1946
Divisi
–47, 1965–66,
on[nb 1]
2001–02

1903–04, 1933
–34, 1955–56,
FA
7 1968–69, 2010
Cup
–11, 2018–19,
2022–23

Footb
1969–70, 1975
all
–76, 2013–14,
Leagu
2015–16, 2017
e 8
–18, 2018–19,
Cup/E
2019–20, 2020
FL
–21
Cup

FA 7 1937, 1968, 19
Charit 72, 2012, 2018,
y 2019, 2024
Shield
/FA
Com
 munit
y
Shield

Europ
ean
Cup/
UEFA
1 2022–23
Cham
pions
Leagu
e
Con
tine Europ
ntal ean
Cup
1 1969–70
Winn
ers'
Cup

UEFA
Super 1 2023
Cup

FIFA
Wor
Club
ldwi 1 2023
World
de
Cup

Doubles and Trebles

 Doubles

 League and UEFA Champions League (1): 2022–23

 League and FA Cup (2): 2018–19, 2022–23

 League and League Cup (4): 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21

 League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1969–70

 Continental treble
  League, FA Cup, and UEFA Champions League (1): 2022–23

 Domestic treble

 League, FA Cup, and League Cup (1): 2018–19[e]

Club records

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

 Record league victory – 11–3 vs Lincoln City (23 March 1895, most goals scored); 10–0
vs Darwen (18 February 1899, widest margin of victory)[192]: 509

 Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 vs Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890)[192]: 511

 Record European victory – 7–0 vs Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League round of 16
second leg (12 March 2019); 7–0 vs RB Leipzig UEFA Champions League round of 16
second leg (14 March 2023)[193]

 Record league defeat – 0–8 vs Burton Wanderers (26 December 1894); 0–8
vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (23 December 1933); 1–9 vs Everton (3 September 1906);
2–10 vs Small Heath (17 March 1893)[192]: 509

 Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 vs Preston North End (30 January 1897); 2–8 vs Bradford
Park Avenue (30 January 1946)[192]: 511

 Record European defeat – 0–4 vs Barcelona, UEFA Champions League group stage (19
October 2016)[194]

 Highest home attendance – 84,569 vs Stoke City, FA Cup sixth round (3 March 1934)[f]
[192]: 524

 Most league appearances – 561 + 3 sub, Alan Oakes, 1958–76[192]: 155

 Most European / worldwide appearances – 64 + 15 sub, Bernardo Silva, 2017–present

 Most appearances overall – 676 + 4 sub, Alan Oakes, 1958–76[192]: 155

 Most goals scored overall – 260, Sergio Agüero, 2011–21[195]

 Most goals scored in a season – 52, Erling Haaland, 2022–23[75]: 112 [196]

 Record transfer fee paid – £100 million to Aston Villa for Jack Grealish, August 2021[197]

 Record transfer fee received – £82 million from Atlético Madrid for Julián Álvarez,
August 2024[198]

See also
  Association football portal

 English football portal

 Greater Manchester portal

 List of Manchester City F.C. managers

 List of Manchester City F.C. players

 List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics

 List of Manchester City F.C. seasons

 Manchester City F.C. in international football

 Manchester City W.F.C.

 City Football Group

 List of world champion football clubs

Notes

1. ^ Until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First
Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. At the same time,
the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was
renamed the Second Division.

2. ^ 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.[124]

3. ^ Pellegrini's drawn games include one cup match won on penalties.

4. ^ Guardiola's drawn games include six cup matches won and three lost on
penalties.

5. ^ City also won the FA Community Shield that season, leading to some term the
achievement as the quadruple, although this is incorrect, since the true
quadruple includes the three major domestic competitions plus a major
European title.

6. ^ Remains the record home attendance in English football.

 1. ^ Jump up to:a b Upon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the top
tier of English football; the Football League First and Second Divisions then
became the second and third tiers, respectively. From 2004, the First Division
became the Championship and the Second Division became League One.

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