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Manchester City
Full nameManchester City Football Club
Nickname(s)City,Blue cityzens Cityzens,[1] The Citizens, The Sky Blues
Short nameCity
Founded1880; 145 years ago (1880) as St. Mark's (West Gorton)
1887; 138 years ago (1887) as Ardwick Association F.C.
16 April 1894; 130 years ago (1894-04-16) as Manchester City[2]
GroundEtihad Stadium
Capacity55,017[3]
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPep Guardiola
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Manchester City Football Club is an English football club. The club is coached by Pep Guardiola and the team is currently playing in the English Premier League.

The club plays in the Premier League and is owned by a royal family from Abu Dhabi. As of 1 September 2008 they are the richest club in the Premier League.[4] They won the 2011–12 Premier League championship, their first in the top flight since the 1967–68 season. After finishing second in 2012–13, they won the Premier League championship again in 2013–14. Their current stadium is the Etihad Stadium (noncommercial name: City of Manchester Stadium). The stadium is part-owned by Manchester City Council, and could only be built on the understanding that Manchester City would take a tenancy after the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which the club agreed to do. The owner of Manchester City Sheik Mansour bought 200 million pounds.

Name

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  • 1880-1887 St Mark's (West Gorton)
  • 1887–1894 Ardwick F.C.
  • 1894–present Manchester City F.C.

Players

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Manchester City players before a UEFA Champions League match in 2017. Top row, from left to right: Ederson, Walker, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Stones, Nicolás Otamendi. Bottom row, left to right: Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané, David Silva, Fabian Delph, Jesus. Otamendi, Agüero, Sané, Silva, and Delph have since left the club.

Current squad

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As of 15 january 2025[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF England England Kyle Walker
3 DF Portugal Portugal Rúben Dias
4 MF England England Kalvin Phillips
5 DF England England John Stones
6 DF Netherlands Netherlands Nathan Aké
52 FW England England Bobb
19 MF Germany Germany İlkay Gündoğan (captain)
9 FW Norway Norway Erling Haaland
10 MF England England Jack Grealish
24 DF Croatia Croatia Josko Gvardiol
16 MF Spain Spain Rodri
17 MF Belgium Belgium Kevin De Bruyne (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Germany Germany Stefan Ortega
11 FW Belgium Belgium jeremy Doku
20 MF Portugal Portugal Bernardo Silva
21 DF Spain Spain Sergio Gómez
25 DF Switzerland Switzerland Manuel Akanji
26 FW Brazil Brazil Savinho
31 GK Brazil Brazil Ederson
33 GK England England Scott Carson
47 MF England England Phil Foden
8 MF Croatia Croatia Mateo Kovacic
82 DF England England Rico Lewis

Out on loanR

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Other players with first-team appearances

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See the main article: Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
48 FW England England Liam Delap
53 FW England England Samuel Edozie
69 MF England England Tommy Doyle
No. Pos. Nation Player
80 MF England England Cole Palmer [6]
81 MF France France Claudio Gomes

UEFA Champions league

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Manchester city won the 2023 UEFA Champions league after defeating Inter milan 1-0 as

Rodri scored a winning goal on the the 67th minute at Ataturk Olympiyat in Istanbul.

Since they completed their treble of trophies it was not easy as they had to overcome Real Madrid

and Bayern Munich.

Retired numbers

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See also: List of retired numbers in association football

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

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

Player of the Year

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Year Winner
1985–86 England Kenny Clements
1986–87 Scotland Neil McNab
1987–88 England Steve Redmond
1988–89 Scotland Neil McNab
1989–90 Scotland Colin Hendry
1990–91 Republic of Ireland Niall Quinn
1991–92 England Tony Coton
1992–93 England Garry Flitcroft
1993–94 England Tony Coton
1994–95 Germany Uwe Rösler
 
Year Winner
1995–96 Georgia (country) Georgi Kinkladze
1996–97 Georgia (country) Georgi Kinkladze
1997–98 England Michael Brown
1998–99 Netherlands Gerard Wiekens
1999–2000 Bermuda Shaun Goater
2000–01 Australia Danny Tiatto
2001–02 Algeria Ali Benarbia
2002–03 France Sylvain Distin
2003–04 England Shaun Wright-Phillips
2004–05 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
 
Year Winner
2005–06 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
2006–07 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
2007–08 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
2008–09 Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland
2009–10 Argentina Carlos Tevez
2010–11 Belgium Vincent Kompany
2011–12 Argentina Sergio Agüero
2012–13 Argentina Pablo Zabaleta
2013–14 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
2014–15 Argentina Sergio Agüero
 
Year Winner
2015–16 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
2016–17 Spain David Silva
2017–18 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
2018–19 Portugal Bernardo Silva
2019–20 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
2020–21 Portugal Rúben Dias

Source:[7][8][9][10][11]

References

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  1. ↑ "Cityzens at Home". ManCity.com. Manchester City FC. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ↑ On 16 April 1894, the name was changed to Manchester City.
  3. ↑ "Premier League Handbook 2020/21" (PDF). Premier League. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Man City set sights on trophies". 2 September 2008.
  5. ↑ "Men's team". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  6. ↑ David Clayton (30 September 2020). "Palmer handed debut as City make four changes". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Percival, Adam. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 1". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Clayton, David. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 2". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Clayton, David. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 3". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Clayton, David. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 4". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Pollard, Rob. "50 years of MCFC player of the year: Part 5". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.



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