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Manchester City Football Club, commonly referred to as Man City, 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. The club is one of the most successful in English football, having won ten league titles, eight FA Cups, nine 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. 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 1999–2000 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, 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 the three main domestic trophies as well as the Community Shield. 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. The club topped the UEFA rankings in 2023. 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. In 2022, Forbes estimated the club was the sixth-most valuable in the world, worth $4 billion. Manchester City are owned by City Football Group Limited, a holding company valued at £3 ($4 ) billion in November 2019 and majority-owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group.
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| 1892–1899 Division 2 (L2) 1899–1902 Division 1 (L1) 1902–1903 Division 2 (L2) 1903–1909 Division 1 (L1) 1909–1910 Division 2 (L2) | 1910–1926 Division 1 (L1) 1926–1928 Division 2 (L2) 1928–1938 Division 1 (L1) 1938–1947 Division 2 (L2) 1947–1950 Division 1 (L1) | 1950–1951 Division 2 (L2) 1951–1963 Division 1 (L1) 1963–1966 Division 2 (L2) 1966–1983 Division 1 (L1) 1983–1985 Division 2 (L2) | 1985–1987 Division 1 (L1) 1987–1989 Division 2 (L2) 1989–1992 Division 1 (L1) 1992–1996 Premier League (L1) 1996–1998 Division 1 (L2) | 1998–1999 Division 2 (L3) 1999–2000 Division 1 (L2) 2000–2001 Premier League (L1) 2001–2002 Division 1 (L2) 2002– Premier League (L1) |
| Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |
| 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 | ||
| 2019–2023 | Puma | ||
| 2023–present | OKX |
| Kit supplier | Period | Announcement date | Intended contract duration | Value | Notes |
| Le Coq Sportif | 2007–2009 | 13 May 2007 | 2007–2011 (4 years) | Around £2 per year | Replaced by Umbro contract |
| Umbro | 2009–2013 | 4 June 2009 | 2009–2019 (10 years) | Around £2 per year | Umbro contract transferred to parent company Nike in 2013 |
| Nike | 2013–2019 | 4 May 2012 | 2013–2019 (6 years) | Around £20m per year | |
| Puma | 2019–2025 | 28 February 2019 | 2019–2029 (10 years) | Around £65m per year | Contract renegotiated |
| Puma | 2025– | 15 July 2025 | 2025–2035 (10 years) | £100 million per year |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | James Trafford |
| 3 | DF | POR | Rúben Dias (vice-captain) |
| 4 | MF | NED | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 5 | DF | ENG | John Stones (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | NED | Nathan Aké |
| 7 | FW | EGY | Omar Marmoush |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Mateo Kovačić |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Erling Haaland (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rayan Cherki |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Jérémy Doku |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Marcus Bettinelli |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Nico González |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Marc Guéhi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Rodri (vice-captain) |
| 20 | MF | POR | Bernardo Silva (captain) |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Joško Gvardiol |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Donnarumma |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Savinho |
| 27 | MF | POR | Matheus Nunes |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Nico O'Reilly |
| 41 | MF | NOR | Sverre Nypan |
| 42 | MF | GHA | Antoine Semenyo |
| 45 | DF | UZB | Abdukodir Khusanov |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Phil Foden |
| 82 | DF | ENG | Rico Lewis |
References
- Until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA
- The following managers have all won at least one major trophy with Manchester City (totals include competitive matches o
- Pellegrini's drawn games include one cup match won on penalties.
- Guardiola's drawn games include six cup matches won and three lost on penalties.
- By winning the title in 2024, City effectively made it a four-peat.
- By winning the title in 2021, City effectively made it a four-peat.
- Remains the record home attendance in English football.
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- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league
- UEFAhttps://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/
- www2https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/sports-business-group/articles/deloitte-football-money-league.html
- Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2022/05/26/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2022-real-madrid-worth-51-billion-back-on-top/?sh=3dd045c4286b
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- Companies Househttps://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08355862