Manchester City
City: Manchester
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Founded: 1880
Nickname: City, The Citizens, The Sky Blues
Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club moved into the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having previously played at Maine Road from 1923.
Though winning their first trophy in 1904, the club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison. After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final, the club 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.
Having regained Premier League status, the club was purchased in 2008 by Abu Dhabi United Group and has become one of the wealthiest in the world. In 2011, Manchester City qualified for the UEFA Champions League and won the FA Cup. The following year, they won the Premier League, their first league title for 44 years. In 2014, they won the League Cup and a second Premier League title.
By 2013–14, Manchester City had the sixth-highest revenue in the footballing world with an annual revenue of €414.4 million, and were the world's fifth most valuable football team with an estimated valuation of $1.38 billion according to Forbes magazine.
Current season top scorers
# | Player | |||
1. | Erling Haaland | 13 | 1 | 0 |
2. | Joško Gvardiol | 4 | 0 | 0 |
3. | Mateo Kovačić | 3 | 0 | 0 |
4. | John Stones | 2 | 0 | 0 |
5. | Kevin De Bruyne | 2 | 0 | 0 |
6. | Jérémy Doku | 2 | 0 | 0 |
7. | Bernardo Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 |
8. | Rúben Dias | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9. | Rico Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
First-team squad
Goalkeepers: Stefan Ortega (18), Ederson (31), Scott Carson (33),
Defenders: Kyle Walker (2), Rúben Dias (3), John Stones (5), Nathan Aké (6), Joško Gvardiol (24), Manuel Akanji (25), Yan Couto (39), Kaden Braithwaite (61), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (66), Max Alleyne (68), Issa Kaboré (78), Luke Mbete (79), Rico Lewis (82), Finley Burns (94), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (97),
Midfielders: Kalvin Phillips (4), Ilkay Guendogan (8), Mateo Kovačić (8), Jack Grealish (10), Jérémy Doku (11), Kevin De Bruyne (17), Bernardo Silva (20), Marc-Vivien Foé (23), Savinho (26), Matheus Nunes (27), Máximo Perrone (32), Phil Foden (47), Oscar Bobb (52), Jacob Wright (56), Nico O'Reilly (75), Mahamadou Susoho (76), James McAtee (87),
Forwards: Erling Haaland (9), Kayky (37),
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