Manchester City F.C.

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.

Manchester City
Full nameManchester City Football Club
Nickname(s)City, Cityzens,[1] The Citizens, The Sky Blues
Short nameCity
Founded1880 (1880) as St. Mark's (West Gorton)
1887 (1887) as Ardwick Association F.C.
16 April 1894 (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

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

Players
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
As of 10 September 2022[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
7 DF Portugal Portugal João Cancelo
8 MF Germany Germany İlkay Gündoğan (captain)
9 FW Norway Norway Erling Haaland
10 MF England England Jack Grealish
14 DF Spain Spain Aymeric Laporte
16 MF Spain Spain Rodri
17 MF Belgium Belgium Kevin De Bruyne (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Germany Germany Stefan Ortega
19 FW Argentina Argentina Julián Álvarez
20 MF Portugal Portugal Bernardo Silva
21 DF Spain Spain Sergio Gómez
25 DF Switzerland Switzerland Manuel Akanji
26 FW Algeria Algeria Riyad Mahrez
31 GK Brazil Brazil Ederson
33 GK England England Scott Carson
47 MF England England Phil Foden
80 MF England England Cole Palmer
82 DF England England Rico Lewis

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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
49 GK Kosovo Kosovo Arijanet Muric (at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2022)
78 DF England England Taylor Harwood-Bellis (at Anderlecht until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
96 FW England England Ben Knight (at Crewe Alexandra until 30 June 2022)

Other players with first-team appearances

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

Retired numbers

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

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

References
  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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