Man­ches­ter City

Based in the city of Man­ches­ter in nor­thwes­tern Eng­land, Man­ches­ter City FC is one of the most po­pu­lar and suc­cess­ful Eng­lish foot­ball (as­so­ci­a­ti­on foot­ball) clubs. Nick­na­med the Ci­ti­zens, the club is also known as the Sky Blues for the color of its home uni­forms. Many fans call the team “Man City,” or sim­ply “City.” The team has won the Eng­lish top-​division le­ague cham­pi­on­ship 10 times and the Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­ti­on (FA) Cup seven times.

The club was foun­ded in 1880 by mem­bers of St. Mark’s Church in Man­ches­ter.



In 2003 Man­ches­ter City moved to the 48,000-seat City of Man­ches­ter Sta­di­um (known as Eti­had Sta­di­um from 2011). Thak­sin Shina­wa­tra, the for­mer prime mi­nis­ter of Thai­land, purcha­sed the club in 2007. He sold it the fol­lo­wing year to the Abu Dhabi United Group, an in­vest­ment com­pa­ny based in the United Arab Emi­ra­tes. The new ow­ners quick­ly si­gned a num­ber of high­ly re­gar­ded in­ter­na­ti­o­nal play­ers. Among them were Ro­bin­ho, a Bra­zi­li­an striker from the pow­er­house Spa­nish team Real Ma­drid, and Bel­gi­an cen­tral de­fen­der Vin­cent Kom­pa­ny.

The si­g­nings paid off as Man­ches­ter City soon em­bar­ked on its most suc­cess­ful pe­ri­od. The club again won the FA Cup in 2011, 2019, and 2023. It took the Le­ague Cup in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020. The club also won Eng­lish Pre­mier Le­ague tit­les in 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24. Man­ches­ter City no­tab­ly amas­sed 100 points in 2017–18, set­ting a Pre­mier Le­ague re­cord for most points in a sin­gle se­a­son. Its run of con­se­cu­ti­ve tit­les bet­ween the 2020–21 and 2023–24 se­a­sons made it the first team to claim the Pre­mier Le­ague crown four years in a row. The club cap­tu­red its first Cham­pi­ons Le­ague (the Eu­rope­an club cham­pi­on­ship) title with a 1–0 vic­to­ry over Inter Milan in June 2023.



Many stand­out play­ers have per­for­med with Man­ches­ter City du­ring the club’s long his­to­ry.

Top play­ers for the club in the early 21st cen­tu­ry in­clu­ded Shaun Wright-​Phillips, Ro­bin­ho, David Silva, Ser­gio Ague­ro, Yaya Touré, Kevin De Bruy­ne, and Er­ling Haa­land. Kom­pa­ny ser­ved as cap­tain of the squad from 2011 to 2019. De Bruy­ne was twice named the Pre­mier Le­ague’s play­er of the se­a­son, in 2019–20 and 2021–22. Haa­land was the le­ague’s top sco­rer in 2022–23 and 2023–24.