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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club,
see Manchester City W.F.C. For the Sierra Leonean football club,
see Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone).
"Manchester City" and "Man City" redirect here. For the city itself,
see Manchester. For the television show episode, see Man City (Ted Lasso).

Manchester City

Full name Manchester City Football Club

Nickname(s) The Citizens (Cityzens)[1][2]

The Blues

The Sky Blues

Short name Man City

City

Founded 1880; 144 years ago as St. Mark's (West Gorton)

Ground City of Manchester Stadium

Capacity 53,400[3]

Coordinates 53.4832°N 2.2003°W

Owner City Football Group Limited

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Manager Pep Guardiola

League Premier League

2022–23 Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions)

Website Club website

Away colours
 Home colours Third colours

Current season

Active departments of
Manchester City

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football football

Esports Esports Esports

(UK) (China) (Korea)

Manchester City Football Club 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.[4] Over the course of its history, the club has won
nine league titles, seven FA Cups, eight League Cups, six 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, Manchester
City went through a period of decline, culminating in relegation to the third tier of
English football for the only time in their history in 1998. They since regained
promotion to the top tier in 2001–02 and have remained a fixture in the Premier
League since 2002–03.

Manchester City received considerable financial investment both in playing staff

and facilities following its takeover by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al
Nahyan through the Abu Dhabi United Group in August 2008.[5] This started a
new era of unprecedented success, with the club winning the FA Cup
in 2011 and the Premier League in 2012, both their first since the 1960s,
followed by another league title in 2014. Under the management of Pep
Guardiola, Manchester City won the Premier League in 2018, becoming the
only team in the competition history to attain 100 points in a single season.
In 2018–19, they won four trophies, completing an unprecedented sweep of all
domestic titles in England and becoming the first English men's team to win
the domestic treble.[6] This was followed by three consecutive Premier League
titles in 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23, as well as the club's first-
ever Champions League final in 2021, which they lost to Chelsea. The 2022–23
season saw Manchester City win their maiden European Cup and complete
the continental treble in the process, becoming the second English club to do
so.[7] The club is ranked first in the UEFA coefficient standings as of 2023.[8]

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.[9] In 2022, Forbes estimated the club was
the sixth-most valuable in the world, worth $4.250 billion.[10][11] Manchester City
are owned by City Football Group Limited, a British-based holding
company valued at £3.73 ($4.8) billion in November 2019 and majority-owned
by the Abu Dhabi United Group.[12][13]

History
Main article: History of Manchester City F.C.
Early years and first trophies

St. Marks (Gorton) in 1884 – the reason

for the cross pattée on the shirts is now unknown. [14]

City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899; with it
came promotion to the highest level in English football, the First Division. They
went on to claim their first major honour on 23 April 1904, beating Bolton
Wanderers 1–0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup; the Blues narrowly missed
out on a League and Cup double that season after finishing runners-up in
the league campaign, but they still became the first club in Manchester to win a
major honour.[15] In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph, the club was
dogged by allegations of financial irregularities, culminating in the suspension of
seventeen players in 1906, including captain Billy Meredith, who subsequently
moved across town to Manchester United.[16] A fire at Hyde Road destroyed the
main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new purpose-built
stadium at Maine Road in Moss Side.[17]
 The Manchester City team which won the
FA Cup in 1903–04.
In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing
to Everton in 1933, before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934.
[18]
During the 1934 run, the club broke the record for the highest home
attendance of any club in English football history, as 84,569 fans packed Maine
Road for a sixth-round FA Cup tie against Stoke City – a record which stood
until 2016.[19][20] The club won the First Division title for the first time in 1937, but
were relegated the following season, despite scoring more goals than any other
team in the division.[21] Twenty years later, a City team inspired by a tactical
system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again,
in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle
United, and won the second. The 1956 final, in which the Blues
defeated Birmingham City 3–1, saw City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing
to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.[22]

First golden era and subsequent decline

After being relegated to the Second Division in 1963, the future looked bleak
with a record low home attendance of 8,015 against Swindon Town in January
1965.[23] In the summer of 1965, the management team of Joe
Mercer and Malcolm Allison was appointed. In the first season under Mercer,
Manchester City won the Second Division title and made important signings
in Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell.[24] Two seasons later, in 1967–68, City
claimed the league championship for the second time, beating their close
neighbours Manchester United to the title on the final day of the season with a
4–3 victory at Newcastle United.[25] Further trophies followed: City won the FA
Cup in 1969 and a year later triumphed in the European Cup Winners' Cup,
defeating Górnik Zabrze 2–1 in the 1970 final. This was the club's only
European honour until their triumph in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.
[26]
The Blues also won the League Cup that year, becoming the second English
team to win a European trophy and a domestic trophy in the same season.

The club continued to challenge for honours throughout the 1970s, finishing one
point behind the league champions on two occasions and reaching the final of
the 1974 League Cup.[27] One of the matches from this period that is most fondly
remembered by supporters of Manchester City is the final match of the 1973–74
season against arch-rivals Manchester United, who needed to win to have any
hope of avoiding relegation. Former United player Denis Law scored with a
backheel to give City a 1–0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of
their rivals.[28][29] The final trophy of the club's most successful period of the 20th
century was won in 1976, when Newcastle United were beaten 2–1 in
the League Cup final.

Chart of yearly table

positions of City in the Football League
A long period of decline followed the success of the 1960s and 1970s. Malcolm
Allison rejoined the club to become manager for the second time in 1979, but
squandered large sums of money on several unsuccessful signings, such
as Steve Daley.[30] A succession of managers then followed – seven in the 1980s
alone. Under John Bond, City reached the 1981 FA Cup final but lost in a replay
to Tottenham Hotspur. The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the
1980s (in 1983 and 1987), but returned to the top flight again in 1989 and
finished fifth in 1991 and 1992 under the management of Peter Reid.
[31]
However, this was only a temporary respite, and following Reid's departure
Manchester City's fortunes continued to fade. City were co-founders of
the Premier League upon its creation in 1992, but after finishing ninth in its first
season they endured three years of struggle before being relegated in 1996.
After two seasons in the First Division,[a] City fell to the lowest point in their
history, becoming the second ever European trophy winners to be relegated to
their country's third-tier league after 1. FC Magdeburg of Germany.

Recovery and two takeovers

After relegation, the club underwent off-the-field upheaval, with new
chairman David Bernstein introducing greater fiscal discipline.[32] Under
manager Joe Royle, City were promoted at the first attempt, achieved in
dramatic fashion in the Second Division play-off final against Gillingham.
[33]
A second successive promotion saw City return to the top division, but this
proved to have been a step too far for the recovering club, and in 2001 City
were relegated once more. Kevin Keegan replaced Royle as manager in the
close season, and achieved an immediate return to the top division as the club
won the 2001–02 First Division championship, breaking club records for the
number of points gained and goals scored in a single season in the process.
[34]
The 2002–03 season was the last at Maine Road and included a 3–1 derby
victory over rivals Manchester United, ending a 13-year run without a derby win.
[35]
Additionally, City qualified for European competition for the first time in 25
years via UEFA fair play ranking. In the close 2003–04 season, the club moved
to the new City of Manchester Stadium. The first four seasons at the stadium all
resulted in mid-table finishes. Former England manager Sven-Göran
Eriksson became the club's first foreign manager when appointed in 2007.
[36]
After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and
Eriksson was sacked on 2 June 2008;[37] he was replaced by Mark Hughes two
days later.[38]

By 2008, Manchester City were in a financially precarious position. Thaksin

Shinawatra had taken control of the club the year before, but his political travails
saw his assets frozen.[39] Then, in August 2008, City were purchased by the Abu
Dhabi United Group. The takeover was immediately followed by a flurry of bids
for high-profile players; the club broke the British transfer record by
signing Brazilian international Robinho from Real Madrid for £32.5 million.
[40]
There was not a huge improvement in performance compared to the previous
season despite the influx of money however, with the team finishing tenth,
although they did well to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. During the
summer of 2009, the club took transfer spending to an unprecedented level,
with an outlay of over £100 million on players Gareth Barry, Roque Santa
Cruz, Kolo Touré, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, and Joleon Lescott.[41] In
December 2009, Mark Hughes – who had been hired shortly before the change
in ownership but was originally retained by the new board – was replaced as
manager by Roberto Mancini.[42] City finished the season in fifth position in
the Premier League, narrowly missing out on a place in the Champions
League but qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.[43]

Second golden era and arrival of Pep Guardiola

Continued investment in players followed in successive seasons, and results
began to match the upturn in player quality. City reached the FA Cup final in
2011, their first major final in over 30 years, after defeating derby rivals
Manchester United in the semi-finals,[44] the first time they had knocked their rival
out of a cup competition since 1975. The Blues defeated Stoke City 1–0 in the
final, securing their fifth FA Cup and the club's first major trophy since winning
the 1976 League Cup. On the last day of the 2010–11 season, City beat
out Arsenal for the third place, thereby securing qualification directly into the
Champions League group stage.[45]

Manchester
City supporters invade the pitch following their 2011–12 Premier League title
victory.
Strong performances continued to follow in the 2011–12 season, including a 5–
1 victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane and a record-equalling 6–1
win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, but a poor run of form in the
second half of the season left City in second place, eight points behind United
with only six games left to play. At this point, United suffered their own loss of
form, dropping eight points in the space of four games, while City began a run
of successive wins which saw both teams level on points with two games to go.
Despite the Blues only needing a home win against Queens Park Rangers, a
team in the relegation zone, they fell 1–2 behind by the end of normal time.
However, two goals in injury time – the second by Sergio Agüero in the fourth
added minute – settled the title in City's favour, making them the first team to
win the Premier League on goal difference alone.[46]

The following season, City were unable to replicate the previous year's success.
After finishing second in the league, eleven points behind Manchester United,
and losing the FA Cup final 0–1 to relegated Wigan Athletic,[47] Mancini was
sacked.[48] He was replaced by Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini.[49] In
Pellegrini's first year in charge, City won the League Cup and regained
the Premier League title on the last matchday of the season.[50][51] The team's
league form then slowly declined over the next couple of years, as the Blues
finished second in 2014–15 and then dropped to fourth in 2015–16, although
the 2015–16 season would see City win another League Cup title and reach
the Champions League semi-finals for the first time.[52]

Manchester City moved

into their new complex at the Etihad Campus adjacent to the City of Manchester
Stadium in 2014.
Pep Guardiola, former head coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, was
confirmed to become Manchester City's new manager on 1 February 2016,
[53]
with the announcement having been made several months before Manuel
Pellegrini left his position. Guardiola's first season in Manchester would end
trophyless, with the Blues placing third in the league standings,[54] but
the following season proved far more successful, as City won the Premier
League title with the highest points total in history and broke numerous
other club and English league records along the way.[55]

This would prove to be the start of a period of unprecedented success for

Manchester City under Guardiola. Between the 2017–18 and 2022–23 Premier
League seasons, City won five out of possible six league titles, only finishing
second behind Liverpool in the 2019–20 season.[56] Guardiola also guided the
Blues to silverware in domestic cup competitions, highlighted by four
consecutive League Cup triumphs in 2018–2021.[57] During the 2018–19 season,
City completed an unprecedented domestic treble of English men's titles.
[58]
Apart from winning all three of the major English football tournaments, they
also won the Community Shield, the first time any team has ever held all four of
England's primary football trophies at the same time.[59] On the continental stage,
the club achieved breakthrough in 2020–21, reaching their first-ever Champions
League final.[60] In an all-English affair, City lost 0–1 to Chelsea at the Estádio do
Dragão in Porto.[61]
 The Manchester City team,
with mascots, about to face Southampton in the 2022–23 Premier League.
From left to right on back row: Moonchester, Manuel Akanji, Nathan
Aké, Ederson, Rodri, Rúben Dias, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, João
Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Erling Haaland, and Moonbeam.
The 2022–23 season turned out to be the greatest in the club's history, as
Manchester City won their third consecutive Premier League title, the FA Cup
final against rivals Manchester United, and their maiden Champions League
title at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul against Inter Milan, thereby
assembling a rare feat – the continental treble. The road to the Champions
League victory included wins over European giants Bayern Munich, who were
defeated 4–1 on aggregate,[62] and Real Madrid, who suffered a 1–5 aggregate
loss at the hands of City.[63][64][65]

Manchester City's era of sustained competitive excellence coincided with

charges of breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. In 2020, the Court
of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that sanctions placed on the club
by UEFA were not justified, overturning City's two-year European ban.[66] In
2023, the Premier League announced its own investigation of the allegations
levied against Manchester City, charging the club with 115 breaches of its FFP
rules up to the 2017–18 season.[67]

League history
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football league system.

Club badge and colours

Manchester City's stadium and shirt

have been sponsored by Etihad Airways since 2009.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manchester City F.C. kits.

Manchester City's home colours are sky blue and white. Traditional
away kit colours have been either maroon or (from the 1960s) red and black;
however, in recent years several colours have been used. The origins of the
club's home colours are unclear, but there is evidence that the club has worn
blue since 1892 or earlier. A booklet entitled Famous Football Clubs –
Manchester City published in the 1940s indicates that West Gorton (St. Marks)
originally played in scarlet and black, and reports dating from 1884 describe the
team wearing black jerseys bearing a white cross, showing the club's origins as
a church side.[68] The infrequent yet recurrent use of red and black away colours
comes from former assistant manager Malcolm Allison's belief that adopting the
colours of AC Milan would inspire City to glory.[69] Allison's theory seemingly took
effect, with City winning the 1969 FA Cup final, 1970 League Cup final,
and 1970 Cup Winners' Cup final in red and black stripes as opposed to the
club's home kit of sky blue.
City had previously worn three other badges on their shirts, prior to their current
badge being implemented in 2016. The first, introduced in 1970, was based on
designs which had been used on official club documentation since the mid-
1960s. It consisted of a circular badge which used the same shield as the
present badge (including a ship, based on the City of Manchester coat of arms),
inside a circle bearing the name of the club. In 1972, this was replaced by a
variation which replaced the lower half of the shield with the red rose of
Lancashire. In 1976, a heraldic badge was granted by the College of Arms to
the English Football League for use by City. The badge consisted of the familiar
ship above a red rose but on a circular device instead of a shield (blazoned as
"A roundel per fess azure and argent in chief a three masted ship sails set
pennons flying or in base a rose gules barbed and seeded proper").[70]

On occasions when Manchester City played in a major cup final, the club wore
shirts bearing the City of Manchester coat of arms, as a symbol of pride in
representing the city at a major event. This practice originated from a time when
the players' shirts did not normally bear a badge of any kind.[71] The club has
since abandoned the practice; for the 2011 FA Cup final, its first in the 21st
century, City used the usual badge with a special legend, but the Manchester
coat of arms was included as a small monochrome logo in the numbers on the
back of players' shirts.[72]

A new club badge was adopted in 1997, as a result of the previous badge being
ineligible for registration as a trademark. This badge was based on the arms of
the city of Manchester, and consisted of a shield in front of a golden eagle. The
eagle is an old heraldic symbol of the city of Manchester; a golden eagle was
added to the city's badge in 1958 (but had since been removed), representing
the growing aviation industry. The shield featured a ship on its upper half
representing the Manchester Ship Canal, and three diagonal stripes in the lower
half symbolised the city's three rivers – the Irwell, the Irk and the Medlock. The
bottom of the badge bore the motto "Superbia in Proelio", which translates as
"Pride in Battle" in Latin. Above the eagle and shield were the three stars,
added for decorative purposes.

On 15 October 2015, following years of criticism from the fans over the design
of the 1997 badge,[73] the club announced they intended to carry out a fan
consultation on whether to discontinue the current badge and institute a new
design.[73] After the consultation, the club announced in late November 2015 the
badge would be replaced in due course by a new version which would be
designed in the style of the older, circular variants.[74] A design purporting to be
the new badge was unintentionally leaked two days early prior to the official
unveiling on 26 December 2015 by the IPO when the design was trademarked
on 22 December.[75] The new badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City's
home match against Sunderland on 26 December.[76]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
 1974–1982 No sponsor

1982–1984 Saab
Umbro
1984–1987 Philips

1987–1997
Brother
1997–1999 Kappa

1999–2002 Eidos
Le Coq
Sportif No sponsor
2002–2003
First Advice
2003–2004
Reebok
2004–2007

Thomas Cook
Le Coq
2007–2009
Sportif

2009–2013 Umbro

2013–2017
Nike
2017–2019 Etihad Airways
Nexen Tire
2019–2023
Puma
2023–present
OKX

Kit deals
 Intended
Kit Announcement
Period contract Value Notes
supplier date
duration

Le Coq 2007– 2007–2011 Around £2.5m Replaced by Umbro

13 May 2007[77]
Sportif 2009 (4 years) per year[78] contract

Umbro contract
2009– 2009–2019 Around £2.5m transferred to parent
Umbro 4 June 2009
2013 (10 years) per year[79] company Nike in
2013

2013– 2013–2019 Around £20m

Nike 4 May 2012
2019 (6 years) per year[80]

2019– 28 February 2019–2029 Around £65m

Puma
2029 2019 (10 years) per year[81]

Players
Main article: List of Manchester City F.C. players
First-team squad
As of 26 January 2024[82]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

No No
Pos. Nation Player Pos. Nation Player
. .

Kyle AR
2 DF ENG 19 FW Julián Álvarez
Walker (captain) G

Rúben Dias (vice- Bernardo

3 DF POR
captain) 20 MF POR Silva (vice-
captain)

5 DF ENG John Stones

21 DF ESP Sergio Gómez

6 DF NED Nathan Aké

Joško
24 DF CRO
Gvardiol
 8 MF CRO Mateo Kovačić Manuel
25 DF SUI Akanji

9 FW NOR Erling Haaland

Matheus
27 MF POR
Nunes
10 MF ENG Jack Grealish

31 GK BRA Ederson
11 MF BEL Jérémy Doku

33 GK ENG Scott Carson

Rodri (vice-
16 MF ESP
captain)
47 MF ENG Phil Foden

Kevin De
17 MF BEL Bruyne (vice- 52 MF NOR Oscar Bobb
captain)

82 DF ENG Rico Lewis

18 GK GER Stefan Ortega

Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

N Po N Po
Nation Player Nation Player
o. s. o. s.

Kalvin James
M E Phillips (at West M E McAtee (at Sheffi
4 87
F NG Ham United until 30 F NG eld United until
June 2024) 30 June 2024)

João Josh Wilson-

PO
7 DF Cancelo (at Barcelon E Esbrand (at Reims
R 97 DF
a until 30 June 2024) NG until 30 June
2024)

Máximo
M A Perrone (at Las Claudio
32
F RG Palmas until 30 June M A Echeverri (at Rive
—
2024) F RG r Plate until 31
December 2024)

EDS and Academy

Main article: Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy
The following players have previously made appearances or have appeared
on the substitutes bench for the first team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player No

Pos. Nation Player
.

37 FW BRA Kayky
76 MF ESP Mahamadou Susoho

56 MF ENG Jacob Wright

88 GK ENG True Grant

68 DF ENG Max Alleyne

92 MF ENG Micah Hamilton

75 MF ENG Nico O'Reilly

96 FW ENG Ben Knight

Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

N Po N Po
Nation Player Nation Player
o. s. o. s.

Taylor Harwood- Luke Mbete (at Den

E
E Bellis (at Southamp 79 DF Bosch until 30 June
12 DF NG
NG ton until 30 June 2024)
2024)

Alex
Yan M A Robertson (at Portsm
B 93
39 DF Couto (at Girona u F US outh until 30 June
RA
ntil 30 June 2024) 2024)

Liam Delap (at Hull Finley

F E E
48 City until 30 June 94 DF Burns (at Stevenage u
W NG NG
2024) ntil 30 June 2024)

69 M E Tommy
F NG Doyle (at Wolverha
mpton
Wanderers until 30
 June 2024)

Retired numbers
See also: List of retired numbers in association football
Since 2003, Manchester City have not issued the squad number 23. It
was retired in memory of Marc-Vivien Foé, who was on loan to the club
from Lyon at the time of his death on the field of play while playing
for Cameroon in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.[83]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

No
Pos. Nation Player
.

Marc-Vivien Foé (2002–03) – posthumous

23 MF CMR
honour)

Club captains
This is a list of City's official club captains, who are currently appointed via a
vote of players and staff. Other players (vice-captains) have led the team on
the pitch when the club captain is not playing or not available. Some players
have been made captain on a one-off basis to celebrate or commemorate
an event, e.g. Oleksandr Zinchenko captained the team in their 2021–22 FA
Cup fifth round tie at Peterborough United in support of his country during
the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[84]

Years Pos Captain Years Pos Captain

1904– 1939– No competitive football due to

FW Billy Meredith
1906 1946 the Second World War

1906– 1946–
FW Lot Jones GK Frank Swift
1914 1947

1914– No competitive football due to 1947–

DF Eric Westwood
1919 the First World War 1950

1919– 1950–
DF Eli Fletcher DF Roy Paul
1923 1957
1923– 1957–
DF Max Woosnam MF Ken Barnes
1925 1961

1926– 1961–
MF Charlie Pringle DF Bill Leivers
1928 1964

1928– 1965–
MF Jimmy McMullan FW Johnny Crossan
1932 1967

1932– 1967–
DF Sam Cowan DF Tony Book
1935 1974

1935– 1974–
MF Matt Busby MF Colin Bell
1936 1975

1937– 1975–
MF Les McDowall DF Mike Doyle
1939 1976

Year Year Po Po
Pos Captain Captain Years Captain
s s s s

1976 2001 Kyl

Davi Stuart 2023–
– DF – DF e
d Watson Pearce[86] presen DF
1979 2002 Walker[9
t 6]

1979 2002
DF/ Paul M Ali
– –
MF Power F Benarbia[87]
1986 2003

1986 Kenn 2003

Sylvain
– DF y – DF
Distin[88]
1988 Clements 2006

1988 2006
Steve Richard
– DF – DF
Redmond Dunne[89]
1992 2009
 1992 2009
Terry Kolo
– DF – DF
Phelan Touré[90]
1993 2010

1993 2010
Keith F Carlos
– DF –
Curle W Tevez[91]
1996 2011

1996 2011
Kit Vincent
– DF – DF
Symons Kompany[92]
1998 2019

Jamie 2019
1998 MF M David
Pollock –
F Silva[93]
2020

1998 Andy
– DF Morrison[8 2020
M Fernandinho[
2000 5] –
F 94]
2022

2000
DF/ Alfie 2022
– M İlkay
MF Haaland –
2001 F Gündoğan[95]
2023

Player of the Year

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. players § Player of the Year awards
Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of
the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose
the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his
performances during that season. The following table lists the recipients of
this award since 2000.

Year Winner Year Winner Year Winner

2000 2010 Vincent 2020–

Danny Tiatto Rúben Dias
–01 –11 Kompany 21

2001 2011 2021– Kevin De

Ali Benarbia Sergio Agüero
–02 –12 22 Bruyne
 2002 2012 2022– Erling
Sylvain Distin Pablo Zabaleta
–03 –13 23 Haaland

2003 Shaun 2013

Yaya Touré
–04 Wright-Phillips –14

2004 Richard 2014

Sergio Agüero
–05 Dunne –15

2005 Richard 2015 Kevin De

–06 Dunne –16 Bruyne

2006 Richard 2016

David Silva
–07 Dunne –17

2007 Richard 2017 Kevin De

–08 Dunne –18 Bruyne

2008 Stephen 2018

Bernardo Silva
–09 –19
Ireland

2009 2019 Kevin De

Carlos Tevez –20 Bruyne
–10

Sources:[97][98][99][100][101]

Halls of Fame
See also: List of Manchester City F.C. players
Manchester City Hall of Fame
The following former Manchester City players and managers have been
inducted into the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame, and are listed
according to the year of their induction:

showInductees at the MCFC

Hall of Fame

National Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers have been
inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the National Football