مانشستر سيتي
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الاسم الكامل | Manchester City Football Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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الكنية | City, Cityzens,[1] The Citizens, The Sky Blues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
الاسم المختصر | City, Man City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
تأسس | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
الملعب | City of Manchester Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
السعة | 53,400[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
المالك | City Football Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
الرئيس | Khaldoon Al Mubarak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
المدير | Pep Guardiola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
الدوري | Premier League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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مانشستر سيتي (Manchester City) هو نادي كرة قدم إنجليزي من مدينة مانشستر. يلعب في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز. تأسس عام 1880 باسم "" سانت مارك (غرب گجورتون) ""، و تغير اسمه عدة مرات إلى أن سمّي مانشستر سيتي في عام 1894. ملعب النادي هو ملعب الاتحاد في شرق مانشستر، الذي انتقل إليه في عام 2003، بعد أن لعب في ملعب "مين رود" منذ عام 1923. أعتمدت الوان قمصان الفريق لتكون أزرق سماوي في عام 1894، واستخدمها منذ ذلك الحين.[4] شارك مانشستر سيتي بالدوري الإنجليزي لكرة القدم في عام 1892، وفاز بأول لقب له ببطولة كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي في 1904. وحقق النادي أول فترة كبيرة من النجاح في أواخر الستينيات وأوائل السبعينيات، حيث فاز بالدوري، وكأس الكؤوس الأوروبية، كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي و كأس الرابطة تحت إدارة جو ميرسر ومالكولم أليسون. بعد خسارة نهائي كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي لعام 1981، مر النادي بفترة من التراجع بلغت ذروتها في الهبوط إلى دوري الدرجة الثالثة للمرة الوحيدة في تاريخه. عاد النادي وصعد إلى الدرجة الأولى في 2001-2002 وظلوا مشاركاً دائماً بالدوري الممتاز منذ 2002-2003.
قام الشيخ منصور بن زايد آل نهيان، عضو الأسرة الحاكمة في أبو ظبي، بشراء مانشستر سيتي من خلال مجموعة أبوظبي المتحدة في 2008، وتلقى النادي بعد ذلك استثمارات مالية كبيرة في كل من فريق العمل ومرافق النادي، بما في ذلك ملعب الاتحاد.[5] This led to the club winning the FA Cup in 2011 and the League in 2012, both their first since the 1960s. Under the management of Pep Guardiola, the team won the Premier League in 2018, becoming the only Premier League team to attain 100 points in a single season. In 2019, they won four trophies, completing an unprecedented sweep of all domestic trophies in England and becoming the first English men's team to win the domestic treble.[6]
Manchester City's revenue was the fifth-highest of a football club in the world in the 2018–19 season at €568.4 million.[7] In 2019, Forbes estimated the club was the fifth most valuable in the world at $2.69 billion.[8] The club is owned by the City Football Group, a holding company valued at £3.73 (US$4.8) billion in November 2019; the Abu Dhabi United Group holds primary interest in the holding company.[9]
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التاريخ
تأسس النادي في عام 1880 باسم "سينت ماركس" (St. Marks) ثم غير الاسم إلى "أدرويك" (Ardwick AFC) في عام 1887. أطلق على النادي اسمه الحالي في عام 1894. ربح النادي الدوري الإنجليزي مرتين وكأس إنجلترا أربع مرات وكأس الدوري مرتين وكأس أبطال الكؤوس الأوروبي مرة واحدة. قد تكون الفترة الأفضل بالنسبة للنادي هي الستينات والسبعينيات فقد حصد النادي سبع بطولات عندما درب الفريق الإنجليزي جو مرسر بمساعدة مالكوم أليسون، ومن أبرز لاعبي الفريق في ذلك الوقت كولين بل. لم يربح النادي أية بطولة رئيسية منذ عام 1976.
المدرب السويدي زفن جوران إريكسون رسميا أمس الجمعة مديرا فنيا جديدا لنادي مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي لكرة القدم وتعهد بتعزيز حظوظ الفريق الذي تعثر في الموسم الماضي من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.ووقع إريكسون (59 عاما) الذي ترك منصب المدير الفني للمنتخب الإنجليزي عقب كأس العالم 2006 عقدا لمدة ثلاثة أعوام وتبلغ قيمته تسعة ملايين جنيه إسترليني (18 مليون دولار) حسب ما تردد .وقال إريكسون : " إنني سعيد وفخور بكوني مدرب مانشستر سيتي ، إنه تحد مثير " .وأوضح انه يرغب في تقديم فريق يفخر به مشجعو الفريق منوها إلى أنه بدأ بالفعل في الإستعداد للموسم الجديد وأشار إريكسون إلى أنه لم يتحدث مع مسئولي النادي بشأن التفاصيل المتعلقة بالمبالغ المرصودة لشراء لاعبين جدد ولكنه إعترف بأنه ستكون هناك تغييرات في صفوف الفريق .وقال إريكسون : " سيكون هناك وجوه جديدة في الفريق قبل بداية الموسم الجديد للدوري الإنجليزي وليس وجها جديدا فقط ، إنني سعيد للغاية بالتوقيع وأتطلع إلى المهمة
نجح رئيس الوزراء التايلاندي السابق تاكسين شيناواترا في تكبير حصته بنادي مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي لكرة القدم لتصل إلى 78ر65 بالمئة من إجمالي أسهم النادي عقب حصوله على حصة جديدة قدرها 88ر9 بالمئة يعتقد أنها من شبكة الاذاعة والتليفزيون الشهيرة "سكاي".ويحتاج تاكسين الذي تقدم في وقت سابق من هذا الشهر بعرض لشراء النادي مقابل 6ر81 مليون جنيه إسترليني (163 مليون دولار) عن طريق شركته الخاصة "يونايتد كينجدم سبورتس إنفيستمينتس" لان يمتلك على الاقل 75 بالمئة من أسهم النادي حتى يتمكن من إخراج النادي من البورصة ويصبح هو مالكه الرسمي.ولقي عرض تاكسين مساندة مجلس إدارة مانشستر سيتي.وإن كان بعض الناس يشككون في الجانب الاخلاقي للصفقة حيث يواجه تاكسين اتهامات بالفساد في تايلاند.وكان ممثلو النائب العام في تايلاند قد حرروا مؤخرا اتهامات بالفساد ضد تاكسين وجمدوا أصول ثروته هناك. ولكن تاكسين أكد أن هذا الامر لن يكون له أي تأثير على صفقة شراء النادي الإنجليزي.وأعلن تاكسين أنه يريد تعيين السويدي زفن جوران إريكسون مدرب المنتخب الإنجليزي السابق كمدرب جديد لمانشستر سيتي خلفا لستوارت بيرس الذي أقيل من تدريب الفريق قبل نهاية الموسم الماضي مباشرة.
League history
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Club badge and colours
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مشاع المعرفة فيه ميديا متعلقة بموضوع 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.[10] The red and black away colours used infrequently yet recurrently come from former assistant manager Malcolm Allison, who believed that adopting the colours of A.C. Milan would inspire City to glory.[11] Allison's theory worked, with City winning the 1969 FA Cup Final, 1970 League Cup Final and the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final in red and black stripes as opposed to the club's home kit of sky blue.
City have previously worn three other badges on their shirts, prior to their current badge which was 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 current badge, 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.
On occasions when Manchester City played in a major cup final, the club wore shirts bearing a badge of the arms of the City of Manchester, 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.[12] 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.[13]
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 has since been removed), representing the growing aviation industry. The shield features a ship on its upper half representing the Manchester Ship Canal, and three diagonal stripes in the lower half symbolise the city's three rivers; they are the Irwell, the Irk, and the Medlock. The bottom of the badge bears the motto Superbia in Proelio, which translates as "Pride in Battle" in Latin. Above the eagle and shield are three stars, which are purely decorative.
On 15 October 2015, following years of criticism from the fans over the design of the 1997 badge,[14] the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to disregard the club badge and institute a new design.[14] After the consultation, the club announced in late November 2015 the current club badge would be replaced in due course by a new version which would be designed in the style of the older, circular variants.[15] 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.[16] The new design was officially unveiled at the club's home match on 26 December against Sunderland.[17]
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |
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1974–1982 | Umbro | No sponsor | No sponsor |
1982–1984 | Saab | ||
1984–1987 | Philips | ||
1987–1997 | Brother | ||
1997–1999 | Kappa | ||
1999–2002 | Le Coq Sportif | Eidos | |
2002–2003 | First Advice | ||
2003–2004 | Reebok | ||
2004–2007 | Thomas Cook | ||
2007–2009 | Le Coq Sportif | ||
2009–2013 | Umbro | Etihad Airways | |
2013–2017 | Nike | ||
2017–2019 | Nexen Tire | ||
2019– | Puma |
Kit deals
Kit supplier | Period | Announcement date | Intended contract duration | Value | Notes |
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2009–2019 (10 years) | Around £2.5m per year[18] | Umbro contract transferred to parent company Nike in 2013 | |||
2013–2019 (6 years) | Around £20m per year[19] | ||||
July 2019 – July 2029 (10 years) | Around £65m per year[20] |
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Players

Current squad
- في 17 September 2021[21]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
The following players have previously made a league or cup appearance for Manchester City and are currently on loan at other teams:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players with first-team appearances
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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.[24]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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 all of the recipients of this award since 1980.
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Halls of Fame
Manchester City Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame, and are listed according to the year of their induction:
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FW (outside right) | player | 1894–1906, 1921–1924 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
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FW (centre forward) & (inside left) |
player | 1919–1930 | ||
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FW (outside left) | player | 1928–1939 | ||
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GK | player | 1933–1949 | also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
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FW (inside left) | player | 1936–1945 | also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
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FW (outside left) | player | 1947–1958 | Lifetime achievement award | |
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GK | player | 1949–1964 | also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
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MF (half back) | player | 1950–1957 | ||
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FW / MF (outside right) | player | 1965–1975 | ||
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DF (right back) | player manager |
1966–1974 1973, 1974–1979, 1980, 1989, 1993 |
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MF | player | 1966–1979 | also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
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FW | player chairman |
1967–1974 1994–1998 |
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GK | player | 1967–1983 | ||
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FW / MF / DF | player | 1987–1996 | ||
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FW | player | 1990–1996 | also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 | |||||
2005[31] | ![]() |
DF (centre half) | player manager |
1924–1935 1946–1947 |
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MF (wing half) | player | 1950–1961 | Lifetime achievement award | |
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MF | player | 1958–1976 | ||
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MF (left half) | manager | 1965–1971 | Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
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DF (centre half) | assistant mgr. manager |
1965–1971 1971–1973, 1979–1980 |
Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame | |
2006[32] | ![]() |
FW (outside right) | player | 1928–1938 | |
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FW (inside forward) | player manager |
1947–1960 1973 |
Lifetime achievement award | |
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DF / MF | player | 1965–1978 | ||
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FW | player | 1998–2003 | Cult hero award | |
2008[33] | ![]() |
FW (centre forward) | player | 1928–1939 | |
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FW (outside left) & (inside left) |
player | 1961–1972 | ||
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GK | player | 1980–1986 | Lifetime achievement award | |
2009[34] | ![]() |
FW | player | 1994–1998 |
National Football Museum Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in 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:
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Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
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2002 | ![]() |
inside left | player | 1936–1945 |
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forward & midfielder | player | 1960–1961 1973–1974 | |
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forward | manager | 2001–2005 | |
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goalkeeper | player | 2002–2003 |
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attacking midfielder | manager | 1995–1996 | |
2005 | ![]() |
goalkeeper | player | 1949–1964 |
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attacking midfielder | player | 1966–1979 | |
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right winger | player | 1894–1906 1921–1924 |
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midfielder | player | 1998 | |
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forward | manager | 2008–2009 | |
2009 | ![]() |
goalkeeper | player | 1933–1949 |
2010 | ![]() |
forward | player | 1967–1974 |
2013 | ![]() |
forward | player | 1965–1975 |
2014 | ![]() |
centre forward | player | 1981–1982 |
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holding midfielder | player EDS manager |
2010–2011 2011–2015 | |
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left back | player coach manager |
2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007 |
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defender | player | 2002–2008 | |
2016 | ![]() |
goalkeeper | player | 2003–2004 |
2017 | ![]() |
attacking midfielder | player | 2014–2015 |
2020 | ![]() |
centre forward | player | 1989 |
Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | ||||
2002 | ![]() |
inside right & right half |
player | 1928–1936 |
2004 | ![]() |
centre forward | player | 1951–1956 |
2005 | ![]() |
attacking midfielder | manager | 1989–1990 |
2009 | ![]() |
left half | manager | 1965–1971 |
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centre half | assistant mgr. manager |
1965–1971 1971–1973 1979–1980 | |
Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date | ||||
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forward | player | 1990–1996 |
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2009 | ![]() |
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Last updated: 21 July 2021.
Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees
Premier League Hall of Fame
The following players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame, which is the hall of fame for association football players that have played in the Premier League. Inaugurated in 2020 but delayed 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.
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Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | ||||
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attacking midfielder | player | 2014–2015 |
Last updated: 21 July 2021.
Source: list of PL Hall of Fame inductees
Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in 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 in SFM Hall of Fame | ||||
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Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | ||||
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FW | player | 1960–1961, 1973–1974 |
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DF | manager | 1983–1986 | |
2010 | ![]() |
FW (inside right) | player | 1955–1959 |
Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | ||||
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FW (inside right) / MF (right half) |
player | 1928–1936 |
Last updated: 30 March 2011.
Source: list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players are inductees in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:
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Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | ||||
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DF | player | 1894–1906 |
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DF | player | 1906 |
Non-playing staff

Corporate hierarchy
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Management hierarchy

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Notable managers
- Manchester City managers to have won major honours. Table correct as of matches played 27 October 2021[38][39]
Name | From | To | Games | Wins | Draws | Loss | Win % | Honours | |
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1902 | 1906 | 150 | 89 | 22 | 39 | 59٫33 | 1904 FA Cup | ||
1932 | 1946 | 352 | 158 | 71 | 123 | 44٫89 | 1934 FA Cup | 1936–37 First Division | |
1950 | 1963 | 592 | 220 | 127 | 245 | 37٫16 | 1956 FA Cup | ||
1965 | 1971 | 340 | 149 | 94 | 97 | 43٫82 | 1967–68 First Division 1968 FA Charity Shield 1969 FA Cup |
1970 European Cup Winners' Cup 1970 League Cup | |
1973 | 1980 | 269 | 114 | 75 | 80 | 42٫38 | 1976 League Cup | ||
2009 | 2013 | 191 | 113 | 38 | 40 | 59٫16 | 2011 FA Cup 2011–12 Premier League |
2012 FA Community Shield | |
2013 | 2016 | 167 | 100 | 28 | 39 | 59٫88 | 2014 League Cup 2013–14 Premier League |
2016 League Cup | |
2016 | Incumbent | 309 | 224 | 39 | 46 | 72٫49 | 2018 League Cup 2017–18 Premier League 2018 FA Community Shield 2019 League Cup 2018–19 Premier League |
2019 FA Cup 2019 FA Community Shield 2020 League Cup 2021 League Cup 2020–21 Premier League |
Supporters
Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester City's average attendances have been in the top six in England,[42] usually in excess of 40,000. Even in the late 1990s, when the club were relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football (then Division Two, now Football League One), home attendances were in the region of 30,000, compared to an average for the division of fewer than 8,000.[43] Research carried out by Manchester City in 2005 estimates 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 the club's recent trophies, that figure has ballooned to many times that size.[44]
Manchester City's officially recognised supporters club is the Manchester City F.C. Supporters Club (1949), formed from a merger of two existing organisations in 2010: the Official Supporters Club (OSC) and the Centenary Supporters Association (CSA).[45] There have been several fanzines published by supporters; the longest running is King of the Kippax and it is the only one still published.[46] The 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".[47][48] Events that fans regard as "typical City" include City's 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),[49] or the more recent example that City were the only team to beat Chelsea in the 2004–05 Premier League, yet in the same season City were knocked out of the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic, a team two divisions lower.
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.[50]
Over the last few years, Man City has also developed a notable rivalry with Liverpool FC,[51] which is now often considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in association football.[52][53] Under managers Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp, the rivalry obtained its current significance in the 2018-19 season, in which Man City beat Liverpool to the Premier League title by a single point. In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, not Manchester United, are the club's biggest rivals,[54] although compared to the Manchester derby, the rivalry has little to no historical significance. Man City also have local rivalries[55] with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, and Stockport County, and with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea in the Premier League.[56]
In the late 1980s, City fans started a craze of bringing inflatable objects to matches, primarily oversized bananas. One disputed explanation for the craze 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 phenomenon reaching a peak at City's match at Stoke City on 26 December 1988, a match declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party.[57] In 2010, City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed The Poznań, from fans of Polish club Lech Poznań.[58]
Ownership and finances
The holding company of Manchester City F.C., Manchester City Limited, is a private limited company, with approximately 54 million shares in issue. The club has been in private hands since 2007, when the major shareholders agreed to sell their holdings to UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. UKSIL then made a formal offer to buy the shares held by several thousand small shareholders.
Prior to the Thaksin takeover, the club was listed on the specialist independent equity market PLUS (formerly OFEX),[59] 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.[60] 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 also 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.[61] The club made a pre-tax loss of £11m in the year ending 31 May 2007, the final year for which accounts were published as a public company.[62]
Thaksin's purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club,[63] spending in around £30 million,[64] whereas over the previous few seasons net spending had been among the lowest in the division. A year later, this investment was itself dwarfed by larger sums. On 1 September 2008, Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited completed a 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.[65][66] Minutes before the transfer window closed, the club signed Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.[67] The wealth of the new owners meant that in the summer of 2009, the club was able to finance the purchase of several experienced international players prior to the new season, spending more than any other club in the Premier League.[68]
City Football Group
Created in the 2013–14 season to manage the global footballing interests of Abu Dhabi United Group, the 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
Through the City Football Group, City owns stakes in a number of clubs:
Melbourne City FC (2014–present)[69]
- On 23 January 2014 it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian rugby league franchise Melbourne Storm, purchasing a majority stake in A-League team Melbourne City FC. On 5 August 2015, CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full ownership of the team.[70]
Yokohama F. Marinos (2014–present)[71]
- 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)[72]
- 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)[73]
- On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team Montevideo City Torque.
- On 23 August 2017 it was announced that the City Football Group had acquired 44.3% of Segunda División side Girona FC. Another 44.3% was held by the Girona Football Group, led by Pere Guardiola, brother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. (2019–present)[75]
- On 20 February 2019, it was announced that the City Football Group as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital had acquired Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.
Mumbai City FC (2019–present)[76]
- City Football Group was announced as majority stakeholder of Mumbai City on Thursday 28 November 2019 after acquiring 65% of the club. Mumbai City FC is the professional football club based in Mumbai, competing in the Indian Super League.
Lommel S.K. (2020–present)[77]
- City Football Group was announced as majority stakeholder of Lommel SK on Monday 11 May 2020 acquiring the majority (unspecified) of the shares of the club. Lommel S.K. is a professional football club based in Lommel, competing in the Belgian First Division B (second tier).
- On 3 September 2020, City Football Group announced that they had purchased the shares of the former owner of Ligue 2 club Troyes AC Daniel Masoni, making them the majority shareholder of the Ligue 2 French club.
Partner clubs
Club Bolívar (2021–present) [79]
On 12 January 2021 CFG announced Bolivian club Club Bolívar as its first Partner Club.
On 18 February 2021 CFG announced French Championnat National 2 (tier 4) club Vannes OC would be its second Partner Club.
Stadium

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. It has been City's home since the end of the 2002–03 season, when the club moved from Maine Road.[81] Before moving to the stadium, Manchester City 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 built.[82] The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over Barcelona in a friendly match.[83] A 7,000-seat third tier on the South Stand was completed in time for the start of the 2015–16 football season. Current capacity stands at 55,097. A North Stand third tier has planning approval and work on it is expected to begin by 2017, increasing capacity to around 61,000.[84]
After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at Hyde Road Football Stadium, its home for 36 years.[85] 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.[86] 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. The stadium was renamed the Etihad Stadium in 2011.[87]
Honours
Based on trophy count, Manchester City are one of the most successful teams in England – their twenty-eight major domestic and European honours leave them fifth, above Tottenham Hotspur, on the list of most decorated sides in England.
The club's first major trophy was the 1904 FA Cup,[88] though they had previously won three Manchester Cups before that point.[89] Their first top division league title came in the 1936–37 season,[90] with the first Charity Shield won in the following August.[90] City's first League Cup and European trophy both came at the end of the 1969–70 season, the two trophies also constituting the team's first trophy double.[90] 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.[91]
Their 1970 Cup Winners' Cup victory remains City's only European trophy to date.[92] They also reached the final of the Champions League in 2021.
Manchester City jointly hold the record for most second division titles with Leicester City, both clubs having won the league on seven occasions.[93] Their first victory was in 1898–99, and the most recent in 2001–02.[90]
Domestic
Leagues
- First Division / Premier League (Level 1)[94]
- Second Division / First Division / Championship (Level 2)[94]
- Third Division / Second Division / League One (Level 3)[94]
Cups
European
- UEFA Champions League
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (1): 1969–70
Doubles and Trebles
UEFA club coefficient rankings
As of the end of the 2020/21 season[96]
Ranking | Club | Country | 2020–21 Points | Total Points | National Association Points |
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1 | FC Bayern Munich | ![]() |
27.000 | 134.000 | 14.714 |
2 | Real Madrid CF | ![]() |
26.000 | 127.000 | 19.571 |
3 | Manchester City | ![]() |
35.000 | 125.000 | 20.113 |
4 | FC Barcelona | ![]() |
20.000 | 122.000 | 19.571 |
5 | Juventus | ![]() |
21.000 | 120.000 | 15.087 |
Club records
- Record League victory – 11–3 v. Lincoln City (23 March 1895, most goals scored) 10–0 v. Darwen (18 February 1899, widest margin of victory)[97]
- Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 v. Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890)[98]
- Record European victory – 7–0 v. Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2nd Leg (12 March 2019)[99]
- Record League defeat – 0–8 v. Burton Wanderers (26 December 1894), 0–8 v. Wolverhampton Wanderers (23 December 1933), 1–9 v. Everton (3 September 1906), 2–10 v. Small Heath (17 March 1893)[97]
- Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 v. Preston North End (30 January 1897), 2–8 v. Bradford Park Avenue (30 January 1946)[98]
- Record European defeat – 0–4 v Barcelona, UEFA Champions League Group Stage, 19 October 2016[100]
- Highest home attendance – 84,569 v. Stoke City (3 March 1934)[101] (remains the record home attendance in English football)
- Most League appearances – 561 + 3 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76[102]
- Most appearances overall – 676 + 4 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76[102]
- Most goals scored overall – 260, Sergio Agüero 2011–21[103]
- Most goals scored in a season – 38, Tommy Johnson 1928–29[104]
- Record transfer fee paid – £100 million to Aston Villa for Jack Grealish, August 2021[105]
- Record transfer fee received – £54.8 million from Bayern Munich for Leroy Sané, July 2020[106]
See also
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