Manchester City F.C.

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 City of Manchester 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] The club is one of the most successful in
English football, having 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.[5]
 Manchester City

Full name Manchester City

Football Club

Nicknames The Citizens

(Cityzens)[1][2]
The Blues
The Sky Blues

Short name Man City

City

Founded 1880 as St. Mark's

(West Gorton)
1887 as Ardwick
Association F.C.
16 April 1894 as
Manchester City
Ground City of Manchester
Stadium

Capacity 53,400[3]

Coordinates 53.4832°N 2.2003°W ([Link]

Owner City Football Group

Limited

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Manager Pep Guardiola

League Premier League

2024–25 Premier League, 3rd of

20

Website [Link] ([Link]

[Link])
 Home Away Third
colours colours colours

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, the club went through a period of
decline, being relegated to the third tier of English football for the only time in their history in 1998.
They regained promotion to the top tier in 2001–02 and have remained in the Premier League since
2002–03.

Manchester City received major financial investment after its August 2008 takeover by Sheikh
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan through the Abu Dhabi United Group,[6] starting a new era of success.
They won the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League in 2012, their first since the 1960s, then
another league title in 2014. Under Pep Guardiola, City won the league in 2018 with a record 100
points, and in 2018–19 became the first English men's team to win a domestic treble, claiming all
four domestic trophies.[7] They then won four consecutive league titles from 2020–21 to 2023–24.
City reached their first Champions League final in 2021, losing to Chelsea, before winning the
competition for the first time in 2023, becoming the second English club to complete a continental
treble.[8] The club topped the UEFA rankings in 2023.[9]

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.[10] In
2022, Forbes estimated the club was the sixth-most valuable in the world, worth $4.250 billion.[11][12]
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.[13][14]
History

Early years and first trophies

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

pattée on the shirts is now unknown.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18]
 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.[19] 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.[20][21]
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.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26] 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.[27] The Blues also won the League Cup that year, becoming the second English
t t i E t h d d ti t h i th
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.[28] 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.[29][30] 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.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33] Under manager Joe Royle, City were promoted at the first
attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in the Second Division play-off final against Gillingham.[34] 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.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37] After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was
sacked on 2 June 2008;[38] he was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later.[39]

By 2008, Manchester City were in a financially precarious position. Former Thai prime minister
Thaksin Shinawatra had taken control of the club the year before, but his political travails saw his
assets frozen.[40] 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).[41] 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.[42] 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.[43] 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.[44]
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.[45][46] 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,[47] 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.[48]

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.[49]

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,[50] Mancini was sacked.[51] He was replaced by Chilean manager Manuel
Pellegrini.[52] 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.[53][54] 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.[55]

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,[56] 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,[57] 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.[58]

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.[59] Guardiola also
guided the Blues to silverware in domestic cup competitions, highlighted by four consecutive League
Cup triumphs in 2018–2021.[60] During the 2018–19 season, City completed an unprecedented
domestic treble of English men's titles.[61] 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.[62] On the continental stage, the club achieved
breakthrough in 2020–21, reaching their first-ever Champions League final.[63] In an all-English affair,
City lost 0–1 to Chelsea at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto.[64]
 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,[65] and
Real Madrid, who suffered a 1–5 aggregate loss at the hands of City.[66][67][68] 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 claim four consecutive league titles
with another Premier League title.[69] City also advanced to the FA Cup final for the second straight
year but lost in a rematch to rivals Manchester United.

The 2024–25 season turned out to expose major flaws in City's aging squad, as the Blues managed
to win only the Community Shield in another rematch against United.[70] They also advanced to their
third consecutive FA Cup final but lost to Crystal Palace.[71]

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.[72]
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.[73][74][75]
League history
1892–1899 1910–1926 1950–1951 1985–1987 1998–1999
Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L3)

1899–1902 1926–1928 1951–1963 1987–1989 1999–2000

Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L2)

1902–1903 1928–1938 1963–1966 1989–1992 2000–2001

Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Premier League
(L1)
1903–1909 1938–1947 1966–1983 1992–1996
Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Premier League 2001–2002
(L1) Division 1 (L2)
1909–1910 1947–1950 1983–1985
Division 2 (L2) Division 1 (L1) Division 2 (L2) 1996–1998 2002– Premier
Division 1 (L2) League (L1)

L1 = Level 1 of the football league system; L2 = Level

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

Club badge and colours

Manchester City's stadium and shirt have been sponsored by

Etihad Airways since 2009.

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
1940s indicates that West Gorton (St. Marks) originally played in scarlet and black, and reports
dating from 1884 describe the team wearing black jerseys bearing a white cross, showing the club's
origins as a church side.[76]: 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.[77] 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").[78]

On occasions when Manchester City played in a major cup final, the club wore shirts bearing the City
of Manchester coat of arms, as a symbol of pride in representing the city at a major event. This
practice originated from a time when the players' shirts did not normally bear a badge of any
kind.[79]: 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.[80]

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

On 15 October 2015, following years of criticism from the fans over the design of the 1997 badge,[81]
the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to discontinue the
current badge and institute a new design.[81] After the consultation, the club announced in late
November 2015 the badge would be replaced in due course by a new version which would be
designed in the style of the older, circular variants.[82] A design purporting to be the new badge was
unintentionally leaked two days early prior to the official unveiling on 26 December 2015 by the IPO
when the design was trademarked on 22 December.[83] The new badge was officially unveiled at
Manchester City's home match against Sunderland on 26 December.[84]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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

1974–1982 No sponsor

1982–1984 Saab
Umbro
1984–1987 Philips

1987–1997
Brother
1997–1999 Kappa

1999–2002 Eidos
Le Coq Sportif No sponsor
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

Around
Le Coq 2007– [85] 2007–2011 (4 Replaced by Umbro
13 May 2007 £2.5m per
Sportif 2009 years) contract
year[86]

Around Umbro contract

2009– 2009–2019 (10
Umbro 4 June 2009 £2.5m per transferred to parent
2013 years) [87]
year company Nike in 2013

Around
2013– 2013–2019 (6
Nike 4 May 2012 £20m per
2019 years)
year[88]

Around
2019– 2019–2029 (10
Puma 28 February 2019 £65m per Contract renegotiated
2025 years) [89]
year

2025–2035 (10 £100 million

Puma 2025– 15 July 2025
years) per year[90]

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 February 2026[91]
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 No. Pos. Nation Player

1 GK ENG James Trafford 16 MF ESP Rodri (vice-captain)

3 DF POR Rúben Dias (vice-captain) Bernardo Silva

20 MF POR
(captain)
4 MF NED Tijjani Reijnders

5 DF ENG John Stones (vice-captain) 21 DF ALG Rayan Aït-Nouri

6 DF NED Nathan Aké 24 DF CRO Joško Gvardiol

7 FW EGY Omar Marmoush Gianluigi

25 GK ITA
Donnarumma
8 MF CRO Mateo Kovačić
26 MF BRA Savinho
Erling Haaland (vice-
9 FW NOR 27 MF POR Matheus Nunes
captain)
33 MF ENG Nico O'Reilly
10 MF FRA Rayan Cherki
41 MF NOR Sverre Nypan
11 MF BEL Jérémy Doku

13 GK ENG Marcus Bettinelli 42 MF GHA Antoine Semenyo

14 MF ESP Nico González 45 DF UZB Abdukodir Khusanov

15 DF ENG Marc Guéhi 47 MF ENG Phil Foden

82 DF ENG Rico Lewis

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. Pos. Nation Player No. Pos. Nation Player

56 FW ENG Ryan McAidoo 79 DF ENG Luke Mbete

59 MF ENG Charlie Gray 80 GK ENG Spike Brits

61 DF ENG Kaden Braithwaite 90 DF ENG Kian Noble

68 DF ENG Max Alleyne 92 FW ENG Reigan Heskey

69 GK WAL Max Hudson 97 FW FRA Tyrone Samba

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. Pos. Nation Player No. Pos. Nation Player

Vitor Reis (at Girona Jaden Heskey (at

22 DF BRA
until 30 June 2026) 81 FW ENG Sheffield Wednesday until

Claudio Echeverri (at 31 May 2026)

30 MF ARG Girona until 30 June Stephen Mfuni (at

2026) 91 DF ENG Watford until 31 May
2026)
Kalvin Phillips (at
44 MF ENG Sheffield United until 31 Finley Burns (at Reading
94 DF ENG
May 2026) until 31 May 2026)

Divine Mukasa (at Josh Wilson-Esbrand (at

63 MF ENG Leicester City until 31 97 DF ENG Radomiak Radom until 30
May 2026) June 2026)

Jahmai Simpson- Manuel Akanji (at Inter

— DF SUI
66 DF ENG Pusey (at 1. FC Köln Milan until 30 June 2026)
until 30 June 2026) Juma Bah (at Nice until
— DF SLE
Divin Mubama (at 30 June 2026)
67 FW ENG Stoke City until 31 May
Jack Grealish (at Everton
2026) — MF ENG
until 31 May 2026)
Issa Kaboré (at
78 DF BFA Wrexham until 31 May
2026)

Retired numbers
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.[92]

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

23 MF CMR Marc-Vivien Foé (2002–03 – posthumous 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.[93]
Years Pos Captain Years Pos Captain

1904– 1939– No competitive football due to the

Billy Meredith
1906 1946 Second World War
FW
1906– 1946–
Lot Jones GK Frank Swift
1914 1947

1914– No competitive football due to the 1947–

Eric Westwood
1919 First World War 1950
DF
1919– 1950–
Eli Fletcher Roy Paul
1923 1957
DF
1923– 1957–
Max Woosnam MF Ken Barnes
1925 1961

1926– 1961–
Charlie Pringle DF Bill Leivers
1928 1964
MF
1928– 1965–
Jimmy McMullan FW Johnny Crossan
1932 1967

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

1935– 1974–
Matt Busby MF Colin Bell
1936 1975
MF
1937– 1975–
Les McDowall DF Mike Doyle
1939 1976
 Years Pos Captain Years Pos Captain Years Pos Captain

1976– David 2001– Stuart 2023– Kyle

DF DF [95]
DF
1979 Watson 2002 Pearce 2025 Walker[10

1979– Paul 2002– Ali Kevi

DF/MF MF 2025
1986 Power 2003 Benarbia[96] De Bruyn

1986– Kenny 2003– Sylvain MF

[97]
2025–
1988 Clements 2006 Distin Bernard
present
Silva
1988– Steve 2006– Richard
DF
1992 Redmond 2009 Dunne[98]

1992– Terry 2009– Kolo

DF
1993 Phelan 2010 Touré[99]

1993– Keith 2010– Carlos

FW
1996 Curle 2011 Tevez[100]

1996– Kit 2011– Vincent

DF
1998 Symons 2019 Kompany[101]

Jamie 2019– David

1998 MF
Pollock 2020 Silva[102]

1998– Andy 2020–

DF [94]
MF
2000 Morrison 2022 Fernandinho[103]

2000– Alfie 2022– İlkay

DF/MF
2001 Haaland 2023 Gündoğan[104]

Player of the Year

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

Sylvain Distin Pablo Zabaleta Erling Haaland
03 13 23

2003– Shaun Wright- 2013– 2023–

Yaya Touré Phil Foden
04 Phillips 14 24

2004– 2014– 2024–

Sergio Agüero Joško Gvardiol
05 15 25

2005– 2015– Kevin De

06 16 Bruyne
Richard Dunne
2006– 2016–
David Silva
07 17

2007– 2017– Kevin De

08 18 Bruyne

2008– 2018–
Stephen Ireland Bernardo Silva
09 19

2009– 2019– Kevin De

Carlos Tevez
10 20 Bruyne

Sources:[106][107][108][109][110]

Halls of Fame

Manchester City Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the Manchester
City F.C. Hall of Fame, and are listed according to the year of their induction:[111]
 Inductees at the MCFC Hall of Fame

Role at Years in role

Year of Player Position Notes
MCFC at MCFC
induction
Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in January 2004

FW (outside 1894–1906, also see NFM Hall

Billy Meredith player
right) 1921–1924 of Fame

FW (centre
Tommy
forward) player 1919–1930
Johnson
& (inside left)

FW (outside
Eric Brook player 1928–1939
left)

also see NFM Hall

Frank Swift GK player 1933–1949
of Fame

FW (inside also see NFM Hall

Peter Doherty player 1936–1945
left) of Fame

Lifetime
FW (outside
Roy Clarke player 1947–1958 achievement
left)
award

Bert also see NFM Hall

GK player 1949–1964
Trautmann, OBE of Fame
2004[112]
Roy Paul MF (half back) player 1950–1957

Mike FW / MF also see NFM Hall

player 1965–1975
Summerbee (outside right) of Fame

1966–1974
player 1973, 1974–
Tony Book DF (right back)
manager 1979, 1980,
1989, 1993

Colin Bell, also see NFM Hall

MF player 1966–1979
MBE of Fame

player 1967–1974 also see NFM Hall

Francis Lee FW
chairman 1994–1998 of Fame

Joe Corrigan GK player 1967–1983

Paul Lake FW / MF / DF player 1987–1996

Niall Quinn, also see NFM Hall

FW player 1990–1996
(Honorary) MBE of Fame

Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004

 Inductees at the MCFC Hall of Fame

Role at Years in role

Year of Player Position Notes
MCFC at MCFC
induction
Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in January 2004

DF (centre player 1924–1935

Sam Cowan
half) manager 1946–1947

Lifetime
Ken Barnes MF (wing half) player 1950–1961 achievement
award

Alan Oakes MF player 1958–1976

2005[113] Outstanding
Joe Mercer, achievement award
MF (left half) manager 1965–1971
OBE also see NFM Hall
of Fame

Outstanding
assistant 1965–1971
Malcolm DF (centre achievement award
mgr. 1971–1973,
Allison half) also see NFM Hall
manager 1979–1980
of Fame

Ernie FW (outside
player 1928–1938
Toseland right)

Lifetime
FW (inside player 1947–1960
Johnny Hart achievement
forward) manager 1973
award
[114]
2006
Manchester
en masse
City 1955–56 FA not applicable
induction
Cup-winning team

Mike Doyle DF / MF player 1965–1978

Shaun Goater FW player 1998–2003 Cult hero award

FW (centre
Fred Tilson player 1928–1939
forward)

FW (outside
Neil Young left) player 1961–1972
2008[115]
& (inside left)

Lifetime
Alex
GK player 1980–1986 achievement
Williams, MBE
award

2009[116] Uwe Rösler FW 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 (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

Role at Years in role at

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

Peter Doherty inside left 1936–1945

forward & player 1960–1961

2002 Denis Law, CBE
midfielder 1973–1974

Kevin Keegan, OBE forward manager 2001–2005

Peter Schmeichel,
goalkeeper player 2002–2003
MBE
2003
attacking
Alan Ball, MBE manager 1995–1996
midfielder

Bert Trautmann, OBE goalkeeper 1949–1964

2005 attacking
Colin Bell, MBE 1966–1979
midfielder
player
1894–1906
Billy Meredith right winger
1921–1924
2007
Peter Beardsley midfielder 1998

Mark Hughes forward manager 2008–2009

2009 Frank Swift goalkeeper 1933–1949

2010 Francis Lee, CBE 1967–1974

forward player
2013 Mike Summerbee 1965–1975

Trevor Francis centre forward 1981–1982

2014 player 2010–2011
Patrick Vieira holding midfielder
EDS manager 2011–2015

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

Sun Jihai defender 2002–2008

2016 David Seaman MBE goalkeeper 2003–2004

attacking
2017 Frank Lampard OBE player 2014–2015
midfielder

2020 Justin Fashanu centre forward 1989

2023 Vincent Kompany defender 2008–2019

Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date

 Inductees at the NFM Hall of Fame

Role at Years in role at

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

Sir Matt Busby, CBE, inside right

2002 1928–1936
KCSG & right half player
2004 Don Revie, OBE centre forward 1951–1956

attacking
2005 Howard Kendall 1989–1990
midfielder manager
Joe Mercer, OBE left half 1965–1971

assistant 1965–1971
2009
Malcolm Allison centre half mgr. 1971–1973
manager 1979–1980

Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date

Niall Quinn, (Honorary)

2007 forward player 1990–1996
MBE

Manchester City teams inducted to date

Manchester City
league- and European
2009 not applicable
cup-winning team of
1967–1970

Last updated: 21 July 2021.

Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees ([Link]
ofiles/)

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

Year of Player Position
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 manager 2011–2015

2022 Peter Schmeichel goalkeeper 2002–2003

Vincent Kompany defender 2008–2019

player
Sergio Agüero 2011–2021
striker
2024 Andy Cole 2005–2006

Last updated: 22 April 2024.

Source: list of PL Hall of Fame inductees ([Link]

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

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

Denis Law
2004
Billy McNeill, MBE

2010 Bobby Johnstone

Managers with Manchester City

backgrounds inducted to date

2004 Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG

Last updated: 30 March 2011.

Source: list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees ([Link]
[Link]/scottish_football.cfm?curpageid=688)
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

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

1990 Billy Meredith

1999 Horace Blew

Non-playing staff

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Executive

Position Name

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Chief executive officer Ferran Soriano

Director of football Hugo Viana

Mike Summerbee[117]
Paul Dickov[118]
Micah Richards[119]
Club ambassadors
Pablo Zabaleta[120]
Joleon Lescott[121]
Shaun Wright-Phillips[122]

Coaching

Pep Guardiola has been manager of the club since

2016.
 Position Name

Manager Pep Guardiola

Pepijn Lijnders[123]
Assistant managers
Kolo Touré[124]

Fitness coach Lorenzo Buenaventura

Head of goalkeeping Xabier Mancisidor

Goalkeeper coach Richard Wright[125]

Performance analysis coach Carles Planchart

Set-piece coach James French[123]

Head of player support Manel Estiarte

Head of academy Thomas Krucken

Under-23 EDS manager Ben Wilkinson[126]

Under-23 EDS assistant manager Craig Mudd

Under-23 GK coach Imanol Egaña

Under-18 Academy manager Oliver Reiss[126]

Under-18 Academy assistant manager Jamie Carr

Under-18 Academy assistant manager Richard Dunne[126]

Under-18 Academy GK coach Max Johnson

Chief scout Carlo Cancellieri

Source:[127]

Notable managers

Manchester City managers to have won

major honours. Table correct as of 14
February 2026[b]
 Name From To Matches Wins Draws Loss Win %

Tom Maley 1902 1906 150 89 22 39 59.33 1 FA Cup

1 First
Division

title
Wilf Wild 1932 1946 352 158 71 123 44.89
1 FA Cup, 1
Charity

Shield

Les
1950 1963 592 220 127 245 37.16 1 FA Cup
McDowall

1 First
Division

title

1 FA Cup, 1

League
Joe Mercer 1965 1971 340 149 94 97 43.82 Cup, 1
Charity

Shield, 1
Cup

Winners'
Cup

1 League
Tony Book 1973 1980 269 114 75 80 42.38
Cup

1 Premier

League
title
Roberto
2009 2013 191 113 38 40 59.16
Mancini 1 FA Cup, 1

Community
Shield

1 Premier
League
Manuel title
2013 2016 167 100 28 39 59.88
Pellegrini[c]
2 League

Cups

Pep 2016 incumbent 574 404 83 87 70.38 6 Premier

[d]
Guardiola League
titles
 Name From To Matches Wins Draws Loss Win %
2 FA Cups,

4 League
Cups, 3

Community
Shields, 1
UEFA

Champions
League

title, 1
UEFA

Super Cup,
1 FIFA Club
World Cup

Supporters
Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, the club's average attendances have been in the top
six in England,[129][130] 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.[131] 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.[132]

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).[133] 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".[134][135] 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),[136] 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.[137] 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.[138] 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.[139]

Rivalries

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.[140]

Over the last few years, Manchester City has also developed a notable rivalry with Liverpool,[141]
currently considered one of the biggest in association football.[142][143] 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.[144] 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.[145][146] 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.[147] 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.[148] 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".[149][150] 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.[151][152] In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that
Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the club's biggest rivals.[153]

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.[154][155][156]

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 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)[157] 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.[158] 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 and Pintongta, 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 executive Garry
Cook as executive chairman in May.[159] 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.[160]

Thaksin's purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club,[161] in total around
£30 million,[162] 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.[163][164] Minutes before the transfer window closed, the club signed Robinho from Real
Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.[165] 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.[166]

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*
2009–2012

2013 New York City FC§

Melbourne City*
2014
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
2015–2016
Montevideo City*
2017
Girona*§
2018
2019 Shenzhen Peng City*§
Lommel*
2020
Troyes*
2021
2022 Palermo*§
 2023 Bahia*§

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

Melbourne City (2014–present)[167]

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.[168]

Yokohama F. Marinos (2014–

present)[169]
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)[170]

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)[171]
On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the
purchase of Uruguayan second division
team Montevideo City Torque.

Girona (2017–present)[172]
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)[173]

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)[174]

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)[175]
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)[176]
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)[177]
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)[178]
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)[179]

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

Vannes (2021–present)[180]
On 18 February 2021, CFG announced
that French Championnat National 2 (tier
4) club Vannes would be its second
partner club.
Stadium

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.[181]
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.[182] The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over Barcelona in a friendly
match.[183]

After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at Hyde Road
Football Stadium, its home for 36 years.[184] 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.[185] 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.[186]

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. In September 2024, Manchester City
revealed plans to expand the North Stand, increasing the stadium's total capacity to 61,000. The
project also includes the construction of a hotel, office space for club staff, and a new fan zone.[187]
The expanded stand is scheduled to open during the 2025–26 season.[188]
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 35.

The club's first major trophy was the 1904 FA Cup,[189] though they had previously won three regional
Manchester Cups before that point.[190] Their first top division league title came in the 1936–37
season,[15] with the first Charity Shield won in the following August.[15] 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.[15] 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.[191]

The 1970 Cup Winners' Cup victory remained City's only European trophy until their triumph in the
2022–23 UEFA Champions League.[192][68] 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.[193][194]

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.[195] Manchester City's first victory occurred in 1898–99 and the most recent came in 2001–02.[15]
 Type Competition Titles Seasons

First Division /
1936–37, 1967–68, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18,
Premier League (Level 10
2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
1)[a]

Second Division / First

Division / 1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47,
7
Championship (Level 1965–66, 2001–02
2)[a]
Domestic
1903–04, 1933–34, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2010–11,
FA Cup 7
2018–19, 2022–23

Football League Cup / 1969–70, 1975–76, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18,

8
EFL Cup 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

FA Charity Shield / FA
7 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2024
Community Shield

UEFA Champions
1 2022–23
League

Continental European Cup

1 1969–70
Winners' Cup

UEFA Super Cup 1 2023

Worldwide FIFA Club World Cup 1 2023

Doubles and Trebles

Doubles
League and FA Cup (2): 2018–19,
2022–23
League Cup and European Cup
Winners' Cup (1): 1969–70
Domestic treble
 League, FA Cup, and League Cup
(1): 2018–19[e]
Continental treble
League, FA Cup, and UEFA
Champions League (1): 2022–23

Four-peats

Four-peats
Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–
22, 2022–23, 2023–24[f]
EFL Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–
20, 2020–21[g]

Club records

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)[196]: 509
Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 vs
Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890)[196]: 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)[197]
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)[196]: 509
Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 vs Preston
North End (30 January 1897); 2–8 vs
Bradford Park Avenue (30 January
1946)[196]: 511
Record European defeat – 0–4 vs
Barcelona, UEFA Champions League
group stage (19 October 2016)[198]
Highest home attendance – 84,569 vs
Stoke City, FA Cup sixth round (3 March
1934)[h][196]: 524
Most league appearances – 561 + 3 sub,
Alan Oakes, 1958–76[196]: 155
Most European / worldwide appearances
– 73 + 16 sub, Bernardo Silva, 2017–
present
Most appearances overall – 676 + 4 sub,
Alan Oakes, 1958–76[196]: 155
Most goals scored overall – 260, Sergio
Agüero, 2011–21[199]
 Most goals scored in a season – 52,
Erling Haaland, 2022–23[79]: 112 [200]
Record transfer fee paid – £100 million to
Aston Villa for Jack Grealish, August
2021[201]
Record transfer fee received – £82
million from Atlético Madrid for Julián
Alvarez, August 2024[202]

See also

Portals: Association football

English football
Greater Manchester
List of Manchester City F.C. seasons
Manchester City F.C. in international
football
List of world champion football clubs
Notes

a. 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.
b. The following managers have all won at
least one major trophy with Manchester
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e. City also won the FA Community Shield
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f. By winning the title in 2024, City
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g. By winning the title in 2021, City
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h. Remains the record home attendance in
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