The Citizens |
Manchester City FC
Founded 1880 as St. Mark's Church merged with Gorton Athletic
FC to become Gorton FC in 1884
Renamed Ardwick FC 1887
Name Changed 14 April 1894
Turned professional 1897
Players provided 53
Different scorers 27 (103 goals) Total appearances
766
1904-2024 |
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Etihad Stadium |
Domestic Honours |
Football League Division Two founder members runners-up
1895-96, 1950-51, 1988-89,
winners 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10,
1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66; Division One runners-up 1903-04,
1920-21, 1976-77,
Champions 1936-37, 1967-68;
FA Cup winners 1903-04, 1933-34, 1955-56, 1968-69, 2010-11,
2018-19, 2022-23, runners-up 1925-26, 1932-33, 1954-55, 1980-81, 2012-13,
2023-24;
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, winners 1937, 1968, 1972; FA Community Shield runners-up 2011, 2014,
2021, 2022, 2023,
winners 2012, 2018, 2019, 2024;
Football League Cup winners 1969-70, 1975-76, 2013-14, 2015-16,
2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, runners-up 1973-74;
Anglo-Scottish Cup best: Group
stage, 1975-76; Full Members Cup runners-up 1985-86; After League
restructure:
Football League Division Two/League One third-place play-off winners
1998-99; Division
One/Championship runners-up
1999-2000, winners 2001-02;
FA Premier League third place 2010-11, 2016-17,
Champions 2011-12, 2013-14,
2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, runners-up
2012-13, 2014-15, 2019-20; |
European Honours |
European Champions Cup best: First round, 1968-69 (beaten by
Fenerbahçe, agg 1-2); European Cup Winners' Cup winners 1969-70;
Anglo-Italian League Cup runners-up 1970 (beaten by
Bologna, agg 2-3); UEFA Cup best: Quarter-finals,
1978-79, 2008-09; UEFA Europa League best: Last
sixteen, 2010-11, 2011-12; UEFA Champions
League runners-up 2020-21 (0-1 vs. Chelsea),
Champions 2022-23 (1-0 vs. Internazionale) UEFA
Super Cup winners 2023 (1-1 vs. Seville, pens 5-4) |
International Honours |
FIFA World Club Cup winners 2023; |
Home
venue |
City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands since 2003
(known as Etihad Stadium since July 2011);
Previously played at Maine Road 1923-2003; Hyde Road 1887-1923;
Pink Bank Lane, 1884-87; Queen's Road,
1882-84; Kirkmanshulme Cricket Ground, 1881-82;
Began at Clowes Street, 1880-81; |
Home strip |
Sky blue shirts, sky blue shorts, sky blue socks. |
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