Manchester City Football Club is a football club based in Manchester, England. It is one of the most popular football clubs in the world. It is also known simply as City or Man City and eighth-most elite honors in the English football clubs.
The club’s most successful period was from 1968 to 1970 and 2020-21 to 2023-24 (The 4-time defending champions), when they won 10 League Championships, 7 FA Cups, 1 European Cup Winners’ Cup, 8 League Cups, 6 FA Community Shields, 1 UEFA Champions League, and European Cup Winners’ Cup, under the best management team Like Pep Guardiola, Joe Mercer, and Malcolm Allison.
In 2008, the Club was purchased by Abu Dhabi United Group for £210 million, since then, the club has won many major honors, including the Premier League in 2012 and 2014. Currently, Manchester City is owned by City Football Group Limited and Abu Dhabi United Group.
By 2015–16, Manchester City became the fifth-highest revenue team in the footballing world with an annual revenue of €524.9 million. In 2017, Forbes stated that they are the world’s fifth-most valuable football club, worth US$2.08 billion. In 2021-22 the football club with the highest revenue in the world is around €731 million and became the 6-most valuable in the world.
In the 2022–23 season City won their maiden European Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, and Premier League titles and completed the continental treble in the process which turned out to be the greatest in the club’s history performance. The team won the 2023-24 Premier League titles for 4th time consistently. The club is ranked first in the UEFA coefficient standings as of 2023. Check below some interesting information about the Manchester City Football Club-
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Manchester City’s biggest rivalry is with neighbors Manchester United, against whom they contest the Manchester derby. The City is the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season (1957–58).
Argentina’s former professional footballer Sergio Agüero is the Manchester City Football Club’s all-time top goal scorer, scoring 260 goals in a career that lasted a decade.
With 177 goals in 494 appearances, Eric Brook occupies the second spot in City’s goal-scoring charts.
| Nickname | The Sky Blues |
| Team code | MCFC |
| Country | England |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Captain | Vincent Kompany |
| Manager | Pep Guardiola |
| Owner | City Football Group Limited |
| Home Ground | City of Manchester Stadium |
| Wealth | $4.250 billion (6th most valuable) |
| Top Scorer | Sergio Aguero(260) |
| Star Players | Sergio Aguero, Colin Bell, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Bert Trautmann Francis Lee, Mike Summerbee, Frank Swift, Vincent Kompany, Billy Meredith, Kevin De Bruyne |
| League | Year |
|---|---|
| First Division/Premier League (9 times) | 1936–37, 1967–68, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023-24 |
| Second Division (7 times) | 1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02 |
| FA Cup (7 times) | 1903–04, 1933–34, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2010–11, 2018–19, 2022–23 |
| FA Community Shield (6 times) | 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019 |
| Football League Cup (8 times) | 1969–70, 1975–76, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 |
| UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1 time) | 1969–70 |
| FIFA Club World Cup (1 time) | 2023 |
| UEFA Super Cup | 2023 |
Manchester City Football Club Current Squad 2024
Kyle Walker (captain, Rúben Dias (vice-captain), John Stones, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovačić, Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku, Rodri (vice-captain), Kevin De Bruyne (vice-captain), Stefan Ortega, Julián Álvarez, Bernardo Silva (vice-captain), Sergio Gómez, Joško Gvardiol, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes, Ederson, Scott Carson, Phil Foden, Oscar Bobb, and Rico Lewis
Kyle Walker will remain captain of Manchester City. Guardiola has now won 14 major trophies since joining the club in 2016.
Manchester City Football Club Player in Euro 2024
Belgium: Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku
Portugal: Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva
Provisional Squad Only
Croatia : Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic
England: Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, John Stones, Kyle Walker
Netherlands: Nathan Ake
Spain: Rodrigo
Switzerland: Manuel Akanji
2024-25 UEFA Champion Leauge Fixtures and Results
| 18 Sep 2024 | Man City Vs Inter Milan | 0–0 | Manchester, England |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Slovan Bratislava Vs Man City | 0–4 | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Man City Vs Sparta Prague | 5–0 | Manchester, England |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Sporting CP Vs Man City | 4–1 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Man City Vs Feyenoord | – | Manchester, England |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Juventus Vs Man City | – | Turin, Italy |
| 22 Jan 2025 | PSG Vs Man City | – | Paris, France |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Man City Vs Club Brugge | – | Manchester, England |
