Manchester City F.C.
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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, in which they have committed One Hundred and Fifteen Financial Fair Play breaches.
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Full name | Manchester City Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | City,Blue cityzens Cityzens,Shitty City,115FC,[1] The Citizens, The Sky Blues | |||
Short name | City | |||
Founded | 1880 1887 as Ardwick Association F.C. 16 April 1894 as Manchester City[2] | as St. Mark's (West Gorton)|||
Ground | Etihad Stadium | |||
Capacity | 55,017[3] | |||
Owner | City Football Group | |||
Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak | |||
Manager | Pep Guardiola | |||
League | Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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, and have committed 115 FFP Breaches from 2009 to 2018.[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 Shitty 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
change- 1880-1887 St Mark's (West Gorton)
- 1887–1894 Ardwick F.C.
- 1894–present Manchester City F.C.
Players
changeCurrent squad
change- 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.
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Out on loanR
changeOther players with first-team appearances
changeNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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UEFA Champions league
changeManchester 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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Player of the Year
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References
change- ↑ "Cityzens at Home". ManCity.com. Manchester City FC. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ On 16 April 1894, the name was changed to Manchester City.
- ↑ "Premier League Handbook 2020/21" (PDF). Premier League. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ↑ "Man City set sights on trophies". 2 September 2008.
- ↑ "Men's team". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ David Clayton (30 September 2020). "Palmer handed debut as City make four changes". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ↑ Percival, Adam. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 1". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ Clayton, David. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 2". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ Clayton, David. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 3". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ Clayton, David. "50 years of MCFC Player of the Year: Part 4". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ Pollard, Rob. "50 years of MCFC player of the year: Part 5". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.