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This is a chronological list of Manchester City managers, comprising all those who have held the position of manager for the first team of Manchester City F.C. and the club’s predecessors West Gorton (St. Marks) and Ardwick. In the Football League era the club has appointed 47 managers; including pre-league managers and temporary caretakers more than 40 men have held responsibility for team selection. Nine managers have won major silverware while managing the team.

The longest serving manager was Wilf Wild, who was in charge from 1932 to 1946, for a total length of 14 years 9 months. However, as Wild’s tenure covered the entire length of the Second World War, in which no competitive football was played, he is not the man with the most games served as manager. Les McDowall, who was in charge from 1950 to 1963, a period of 13 years, managed the club for the most competitive games, a total of 592 games – a full 240 games more than Wild, who recorded the second most.

The most successful Manchester City manager, as of 25 September 2021, is current head coach Pep Guardiola, who has won eleven trophies in six years from 2016 to 2022 and is the leading manager in terms of games won and percentage of games won.

History[edit]

Early years (1880s–1950s)[edit]

In the era before league football, the position of manager involved many secretarial duties, arranging fixtures and the upkeep of the club’s ground. Few accounts of the club’s off-field affairs in the 1880s survive, and it is unclear who managed the club (then known as West Gorton (St. Marks)) between 1882 and 1884.^[1] The club’s earliest managers were also players; the first three known managers (Frederick Hopkinson, Edward Kitchen and Walter Chew) all played in West Gorton’s first recorded match in 1880.^[2] By 1889 the club had moved to Hyde Road and renamed itself Ardwick A.F.C. Under the management of Lawrence Furniss, the club joined the Football League in 1892 as founder members of the Second Division. Furniss became chairman a year later, and he and his successor as secretary-manager Joshua Parlby were responsible for Ardwick reforming as Manchester City F.C. in 1894.^[3]

Under Sam Omerod the club achieved promotion to the First Division for the first time,^[4] and five years later Tom Maley became the first Manchester City manager to win a major trophy, the 1904 FA Cup.^[5] A financial scandal resulted in the Football Association suspending Maley and seventeen players in 1906,^[6] leaving Harry Newbould with the task of assembling a makeshift side at short notice. In 1912 Ernest Mangnall joined City from local rivals Manchester United, but was unable to replicate the success he had enjoyed with the Reds. Upon Mangnall’s departure in 1924 the roles of secretary and manager were separated, with David Ashworth appointed manager and Wilf Wild as secretary. This arrangement continued during Peter Hodge’s time as manager, though the roles merged again when Wild became manager in 1932. Wild became the club’s longest serving manager, winning the FA Cup and League Championship during his fourteen-year tenure. By the time Sam Cowan replaced Wild the roles of secretary and manager were separated permanently. Cowan lasted only one season, and was replaced by Jock Thomson. He gained promotion, but did not make a lasting impact at the top level.

1960 to 2000[edit]

Les McDowall became manager in 1950, and managed the Blues for more league seasons than any other manager.^[7] Known for his tactical awareness, McDowall’s implementation of a system known as the Revie Plan resulted in two FA Cup final appearances, a defeat in 1955 and a victory in 1956.^[7] McDowall resigned following relegation in 1963, and his assistant George Poyser became manager. Poyser proved unsuited to the manager’s role, and was sacked in 1965. Joe Mercer was appointed, and the club’s golden era began. Mercer became the club’s most successful manager in terms of trophies won, winning the League Championship, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in his six years at the helm.^[8] Over time Mercer’s assistant Malcolm Allison sought a progressively larger say in non-coaching matters, and in October 1971 he took sole control of the first team, with Mercer becoming «general manager».^[9]

During Peter Swales’ time as Manchester City chairman the tenure of managers was frequently brief, as between 1973 and 1994 eleven managers were appointed.^[10] The first of these was Ron Saunders, after ill health had forced Johnny Hart to leave the post. Saunders was sacked after only six months, and club stalwart Tony Book took over. Book managed the club for five years, winning the League Cup in 1976. Malcolm Allison, who had rejoined the coaching staff in January 1979, made an ill-fated return to the manager’s role later that year, a spell noted more for financial excess than on-pitch success.^[11] A further six managers (John Bond, John Benson, Billy McNeill, Jimmy Frizzell, Mel Machin and Howard Kendall) were appointed in the 1980s, with none lasting more than three years amid a series of promotions and relegations. An upturn in results occurred during Peter Reid’s management, the club achieving consecutive fifth-place finishes, but a deterioration in Reid’s relationship with the board signalled the end of his spell at the club.^[12] Brian Horton arrived from Oxford to sceptical newspaper headlines of «Brian Who?»,^[13] but developed a reputation for attractive football.^[14] Swales was replaced as chairman by former City striker Francis Lee. Lee wanted to bring in his own man, and in the 1995 close season he replaced Horton with Alan Ball, whose sole full season resulted in relegation.

In the 1996–97 season, even the turnover rate of the Swales years was surpassed, with five managers (three permanent appointments and two caretakers) taking charge of first team affairs during the course of the season. The third of these was Steve Coppell, the shortest serving manager in the club’s history,^[15] who resigned on ill health grounds after 32 days as manager.^[16] The final of the five, Frank Clark, saw out the season but did not last much longer, losing his job in February 1998 with the club on the brink of relegation to the third tier of English football. Joe Royle was unable to prevent relegation, but subsequently achieved successive promotions to restore top flight status, though relegation a year later resulted in his sacking.

2000 onwards, the Thaksin era and the Abu Dhabi era[edit]

Under Royle’s replacement Kevin Keegan the club changed division for a fifth successive season,^[17] setting club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a season.^[18] Keegan remained manager for the club’s move to the City of Manchester Stadium and beyond, making him the longest serving manager since Tony Book.

On 6 July 2007, Sven-Göran Eriksson became the first non-British Manchester City manager, replacing the sacked Stuart Pearce, who had served for two years following an initial spell as caretaker.^[19] After just one season with the club, Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes in June 2008. On 19 December 2009, Mark Hughes was sacked and replaced by Italian Roberto Mancini.

Mancini subsequently became one of the most successful managers of the club in the modern era, and the first to win major domestic trophies since the 1970s. However, after 3 and a half seasons in charge, Mancini was sacked on 13 May 2013 following defeat in the FA Cup Final versus Wigan Athletic.^[20]

On 14 June 2013, Manuel Pellegrini was confirmed as the new manager of the club after signing a 3-year contract and was the third manager, after Roberto Mancini and Brian Kidd (the latter as caretaker), to take charge of City under the ownership of ADUG.^[21]

On 1 February 2016, Pellegrini announced that, despite signing a contract extension at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, he would be leaving upon the conclusion of his third season as manager, with his contract ending as originally planned upon his arrival in 2013.^[22] He would depart having won the 2013–14 Premier League & two League Cups, in 2013–14 & 2015–16, and also guiding City to its first-ever Champions League semi-final in 2016.

On the same day that Pellegrini announced his planned departure, City announced that Pep Guardiola had agreed to succeed him as manager, with his tenure beginning on 1 July 2016.^[23] Despite a trophy-less first season in 2016–17, Guardiola would lead City to unprecedented success in the 2017–18 & 2018–19 seasons. In 2017–18, City won the Premier League with 100 points, setting countless records along the way whilst also winning the 2017–18 EFL Cup. The following season, the club became the first in the history of English football to complete the Domestic Treble by winning the Premier League, the FA Cup & the League Cup. Having won the 2018 FA Community Shield at the start of the season, City became the first team to win all four major English domestic honours in one season and to hold all four simultaneously. Guardiola has therefore become City’s most successful manager in the club’s history: winning 10 major English league and cup titles to date; and maintaining a win % in excess of 70%, at least 10% higher than any proceeding manager. On the European stage, Guardiola has taken City to a Champions League final, where they lost to Chelsea, for the first time in 2021, after three consecutive quarter-final exits (2018, 2019, 2020) and the round of 16 elimination in 2017.

Managers[edit]

As of match played 19 April 2023. Statistics include competitive matches only, pre-Football League and wartime matches excluded. Cup game losses or wins in a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. Caretakers are shown in italics.

Name	Nationality	From	To	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %	Honours
Frederick Hopkinson	England	1880	1882	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack McGee	Ireland	1882	1884	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Edward Kitchen	England	1884	1887	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Walter Chew	England	1887	1889	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lawrence Furniss	England	August 1889	May 1893	26	10	4	12	59	46	038.46	–
Joshua Parlby	England	August 1893	May 1895	59	22	5	32	129	146	037.29	–
Sam Omerod	England	August 1895	July 1902	240	111	50	79	433	354	046.25	1 Second Division title
Tom Maley	Scotland	July 1902	July 1906	150	89	22	39	322	179	059.33	1 Second Division title 1 FA Cup
Harry Newbould	England	July 1906	July 1912	245	93	61	91	390	376	037.96	1 Second Division title
Committee	July 1912	September 1912	2	2	0	0	2	0	100.00	–
Ernest Mangnall	England	9 September 1912	June 1924	350	151	117	82	500	457	043.14	–
David Ashworth	England	July 1924	14 November 1925	59	20	13	26	113	121	033.90	–
Albert Alexander / Committee	England	16 November 1925	26 April 1926	31	13	8	10	80	56	41.94	–
Peter Hodge	Scotland	26 April 1926	12 March 1932	261	122	59	80	579	447	046.74	1 Second Division title
Wilf Wild	England	14 March 1932	1 December 1946	352	158	71	123	703	562	044.89	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup 1 Charity Shield
Sam Cowan	England	2 December 1946	30 June 1947	30	20	6	4	53	27	066.67	1 Second Division title
Wilf Wild	England	August 1947	November 1947	16	5	5	6	20	18	31.25	–
Jock Thomson	Scotland	November 1947	February 1950	115	35	35	45	122	156	030.43	–
Les McDowall	Scotland	June 1950	May 1963	592	220	127	245	1,049	1,134	037.16	1 FA Cup
George Poyser	England	12 July 1963	April 1965	89	38	17	34	159	137	042.70	–
Committee	April 1965	May 1965	5	1	3	1	4	5	20.00	–
Joe Mercer	England	13 July 1965	7 October 1971	340	149	94	97	518	358	043.82	1 First Division title 1 Second Division title 1 FA Cup 1 League Cup 1 Cup Winners’ Cup 1 Charity Shield
Malcolm Allison	England	7 October 1971	30 March 1973	78	32	21	25	119	106	041.03	1 Charity Shield
Johnny Hart	England	30 March 1973	22 October 1973	22	11	5	6	26	22	050.00	–
Tony Book	England	23 October 1973	22 November 1973	7	2	3	2	7	3	28.57	–
Ron Saunders	England	22 November 1973	12 April 1974	29	10	9	10	38	33	034.48	–
Tony Book	England	12 April 1974	July 1979	269	114	75	80	405	309	042.38	1 League Cup
Malcolm Allison	England	16 July 1979	8 October 1980	60	15	20	25	63	95	025.00	–
Tony Book	England	9 October 1980	16 October 1980	1	0	0	1	1	3	0.00	–
John Bond	England	17 October 1980	3 February 1983	123	51	32	40	171	152	041.46	–
John Benson	Scotland	3 February 1983	7 June 1983	17	3	2	12	13	32	017.65
Billy McNeill	Scotland	30 June 1983	20 September 1986	156	63	42	51	223	183	040.38	–
Jimmy Frizzell	Scotland	21 September 1986	May 1987	42	10	12	20	40	61	023.81	–
Mel Machin	England	May 1987	29 November 1989	130	59	27	44	225	179	045.38	–
Tony Book	England	29 November 1989	5 December 1989	3	0	0	3	4	9	0.00	–
Howard Kendall	England	6 December 1989	5 November 1990	38	13	18	7	46	37	034.21	–
Peter Reid	England	11 November 1990	26 August 1993	136	59	31	46	199	166	043.38	–
Tony Book	England	27 August 1993	27 August 1993	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.00	–
Brian Horton	England	28 August 1993	16 May 1995	96	29	33	34	118	130	030.21	–
Alan Ball	England	30 June 1995	26 August 1996	49	13	14	22	49	70	026.53	–
Asa Hartford	Scotland	26 August 1996	7 October 1996	8	3	0	5	8	13	37.50	–
Steve Coppell	England	7 October 1996	8 November 1996	6	2	1	3	7	10	033.33	–
Phil Neal	England	9 November 1996	28 December 1996	10	2	1	7	11	19	20.00	–
Frank Clark	England	29 December 1996	17 February 1998	59	20	17	22	73	60	033.90	–
Joe Royle	England	18 February 1998	21 May 2001	171	74	46	51	261	192	043.27	1 Second Division play-off
Kevin Keegan	England	24 May 2001	11 March 2005	176	77	39	60	299	223	043.75	1 First Division title
Stuart Pearce	England	21 March 2005	14 May 2007[24]	96	34	19	43	103	111	035.42	–
Sven-Göran Eriksson	Sweden	6 July 2007[25]	2 June 2008[26]	45	19	11	15	51	58	042.22	–
Mark Hughes	Wales	4 June 2008[27]	19 December 2009[28]	77	36	15	26	129	101	046.75	–
Roberto Mancini	Italy	19 December 2009[28]	13 May 2013	191	113	38	40	360	173	059.16	1 Premier League title 1 FA Cup 1 Community Shield
Brian Kidd	England	13 May 2013	14 June 2013	2	1	0	1	4	3	50.00	–
Manuel Pellegrini[29]	Chile	14 June 2013	30 June 2016	167	100	28	39	373	177	059.88	1 Premier League title 2 League Cups
Pep Guardiola[30]	Spain	1 July 2016[31]	Incumbent	400	290	53	57	988	329	072.50	4 Premier League titles 1 FA Cup 4 League Cups 2 Community Shields

Most trophies won[edit]

As of 22 May 2022

Name	FD/PL	FAC	LC	CS	UEFA/FIFA	Total
Pep Guardiola	4	1	4	2	0	11
Joe Mercer	1	1	1	1	1	5
Manuel Pellegrini	1	0	2	0	0	3
Roberto Mancini	1	1	0	1	0	3
Wilf Wild	1	1	0	1	0	3
Les McDowall	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tom Maley	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tony Book	0	0	1	0	0	1
Malcolm Allison	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total	8	6	8	6	1	29

References[edit]

• «Managers». mcfcstats.com. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
• James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.

Footnotes[edit]

«Manchester City» redirects here. For the city itself, see Manchester.

Manchester City

Full name	Manchester City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Cityzens[1] The Sky Blues
Short name	Man City City
Founded	1880; 143 years ago as St. Mark’s (West Gorton) 1887; 136 years ago as Ardwick Association F.C. 16 April 1894; 129 years ago as Manchester City[a]
Ground	Etihad Stadium
Capacity	53,400[2]
Owner	City Football Group Limited
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Pep Guardiola
League	Premier League
2021–22	Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Manchester City Football Club is an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system. It founded in 1880 as St. Mark’s (West Gorton), then Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club’s home ground is the Etihad 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, in the first season with the current name.^[3] Since its inception, the club has won eight league titles, six FA Cups, eight League Cups, six FA Community Shields, and one European Cup Winners’ Cup.

The club joined the Football League in 1892, and won their first major honour, the FA Cup, in 1904. The club 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. Following promotion to the top tier in 2001–02, they have remained in the Premier League since 2002–03.

Manchester City received considerable financial investment both in playing staff and facilities following its takeover by the UAE Vice President, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan through the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008.^[4] 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 the 2017-18 season, 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.^[5] This was followed by another two consecutive Premier League titles in 2020–21 and 2021–22, the third and fourth in the Guardiola era, as well as the club’s first-ever Champions League final in 2021, which they lost to Chelsea.

Manchester City topped the Deloitte Football Money League at the end of the 2020–21 season, making it the football club with the highest revenue in the world, approximated at €644.9 million.^[6] In 2021, Forbes estimated the club was the sixth most valuable in the world, worth $4 billion.^[7][8] Manchester City are owned by City Football Group Limited, a British-based holding company valued at £3.73 (US$4.8) billion in November 2019.^[9][10]

History

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.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

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.^[15] 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.^[16][17] 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.^[18] 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.^[19]

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.^[20] 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.^[21] 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.^[22] 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. As of 2022, this is the club’s only European honour.^[23] 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.^[24] 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.^[25][26] The final trophy of the club’s most successful period was won in 1976, when Newcastle United were beaten 2–1 in the League Cup final.

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.^[27] 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.^[28] 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 seasons of struggle before being relegated in 1996. After two seasons in Division One, 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.

After relegation, the club underwent off-the-field upheaval, with new chairman David Bernstein introducing greater fiscal discipline.^[29] Under manager Joe Royle, City were promoted at the first attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in a Second Division play-off final against Gillingham. 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,^[b] breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a single season in the process.^[30] 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.^[31] 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.^[32] After a bright start, performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was sacked on 2 June 2008;^[33] he was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later.^[34]

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.^[35] 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.^[36] There wasn’t 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.^[37] 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.^[38] 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.^[39]

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-final,^[40] 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. In the same week, the club qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1968 with a 1–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the penultimate Premier League match.^[41] 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.^[42]

Strong performances continued to follow in the 2011–12 season, with the club beginning the campaign in commanding form, including a 5–1 victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane and a 6–1 humbling of Manchester United at Old Trafford. Although the strong form waned halfway through the season, and City at one point fell eight points behind United with only six games left to play, a slump by United allowed the blue side of Manchester to draw back level with two games to go, setting up a thrilling finale to the season with both teams going into the last day equal on points (City led by eight goals on goal difference). 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, leading some of United’s players to finish their game, a 1–0 win at Sunderland, celebrating in the belief that they had won the league. However, two goals in injury time – the second by Sergio Agüero in the fourth added minute – resulted in an almost-literal last-minute 3–2 title victory, City’s first in 44 years, with which they became only the fifth team to win the Premier League since its creation in 1992. In its aftermath, the event was described by media sources from the UK and around the world as the greatest moment in Premier League history.^[43][44] The game was also notable for former City player Joey Barton’s sending off, where he committed three separate red card-able incidents on three players in the space of only a couple of seconds, resulting in a 12-match ban.^[45]

The following season, City failed to capitalise on the gains made in the first two full campaigns of Mancini’s reign. While the Blues rarely seemed likely to drop below second in the table, they posed little title challenge throughout the season. In the Champions League, the club was eliminated at the group stage for the second successive season (this time finishing fourth and losing out on Europa League football as well), while a second FA Cup final in three seasons ended in a 1–0 defeat to relegated Wigan Athletic.^[46] Mancini was dismissed two days later, ostensibly as he had failed to reach his targets for the season,^[47] but BBC Sports Editor David Bond reported he had been sacked for his poor communication and relationships with players and executives.^[48] The Chilean Manuel Pellegrini was named City’s new manager afterwards.^[49]

In Pellegrini’s first season, City won the League Cup and regained the Premier League title on the last matchday of the season.^[50][51] However, the team’s league form was less impressive in the next couple of years: although they finished as runners-up in 2014–15, the 2015–16 campaign saw City end up fourth on goal difference, their lowest position since 2010. On the other hand, Pellegrini delivered another League Cup win and, more importantly, he guided City to the Champions League semi-finals, which they narrowly lost to future champions Real Madrid. This was the club’s highest-ever finish in the Champions League, but Pellegrini’s reign was nonetheless ended in anticipation of City’s dream manager.^[52]

Pep Guardiola, former head coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, was confirmed to become Manchester City’s new manager on 1 February 2016,^[53] months before Pellegrini finished his term, and has remained in charge to this day.^[54] In the Guardiola era, City won the 2017–18 Premier League title with the highest points total in history and broke numerous other club and English league records along the way.^[55] They also won the League Cup that season and Sergio Agüero became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer.^[56]

The following season, Guardiola guided the club to retain their Premier League and League Cup titles, the first time in history that City had completed any successful title defence. The team then went on to win the FA Cup final and complete an unprecedented domestic treble of English men’s titles.^[57]

In 2020, UEFA banned Manchester City from European competitions for two seasons for alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations; the club appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who overturned the ban within months, finding that some allegations were above the five-years-old limit for such UEFA investigations, while the other allegations were unproven. The CAS also reduced UEFA’s fine from €30 to €10 million.^[58][59]

In April 2021, it was announced that City had joined the proposed European Super League as one of its twelve founder members together with the five other «Big Six» English football clubs.^[60] However, the announcement led to widespread condemnation from The Football Association, the Premier League, UEFA and FIFA, as well as from the UK’s Conservative government and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.^[61][62][63] Within 48 hours of the initial announcement on 20 April, City announced that they had withdrawn from the Super League to be followed shortly by the other five English clubs. By the following day, only three of the original founders – Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus – remained committed, and it seemed that the proposal had collapsed.^[64]

In the COVID-19 affected 2020–21 Premier League season, Manchester City regained their title from Liverpool, becoming champions for the third time in four years.^[65] They ended the season twelve points ahead of second-placed Manchester United, winning the title with three games to spare.^[66] They also won the League Cup for a record-equalling fourth consecutive and eighth time in total, beating Tottenham 1–0 in the final.^[67] City’s league victory was the tenth league and cup title of Guardiola’s five-year tenure, making him the most successful manager in the club’s history.^[68] The season was highlighted by City’s European breakthrough, with the club reaching their first-ever Champions League final,^[69] where they met Chelsea, making it the third all-English final in the competition’s history. However, the Blues were defeated 1–0 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, courtesy of a Kai Havertz goal. Still, City’s breakthrough marked their most successful European campaign to date.^[70]

The Blues produced another campaign to remember in 2021–22, retaining their league title, following another close title race with Liverpool and making it four titles in five seasons. In another case of «typical City», needing four points from their last two fixtures, the Blues had fallen behind by two goals in both games, only to recover to a 2–2 draw against West Ham away, and to a 3–2 win at home to Aston Villa in the season finale. These last three goals were all scored in a five-minute blitz between the 76th and 81st minutes, in moments that would sit alongside the famous victories in the 1999 play-off final against Gillingham and the 2011–12 Premier League finale against QPR.^[71] City also reached the Champions League semi-finals again that season (and for only the third time in their history), but were beaten there by Real Madrid 6–5 on aggregate a.e.t. over two closely fought and very dramatic games.^[72]

League history

1892–1899 Division 2 (L2) 1899–1902 Division 1 (L1) 1902–1903 Division 2 (L2) 1903–1909 Division 1 (L1) 1909–1910 Division 2 (L2)

1910–1926 Division 1 (L1) 1926–1928 Division 2 (L2) 1928–1938 Division 1 (L1) 1938–1947 Division 2 (L2) 1947–1950 Division 1 (L1)

1950–1951 Division 2 (L2) 1951–1963 Division 1 (L1) 1963–1966 Division 2 (L2) 1966–1983 Division 1 (L1) 1983–1985 Division 2 (L2)

1985–1987 Division 1 (L1) 1987–1989 Division 2 (L2) 1989–1992 Division 1 (L1) 1992–1996 Premier League (L1) 1996–1998 Division 1 (L2)

1998–1999 Division 2 (L3) 1999–2000 Division 1 (L2) 2000–2001 Premier League (L1) 2001–2002 Division 1 (L2) 2002– Premier League (L1)

L1 = Level 1 of the football league system; L2 = Level 2 of the football league system; L3 = Level 3 of the football league system.

Club badge and colours

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.^[73] 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.^[74] Allison’s theory worked, 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«).^[75]

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.^[76] 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.^[77]

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,^[78] the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to discontinue the current badge and institute a new design.^[78] 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.^[79] 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.^[80] The new badge was officially unveiled at Manchester City’s home match against Sunderland on 26 December.^[81]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
1974–1982	Umbro	No sponsor	No sponsor
1982–1984	Saab
1984–1987	Philips
1987–1997	Brother
1997–1999	Kappa
1999–2002	Le Coq Sportif	Eidos
2002–2003	First Advice
2003–2004	Reebok
2004–2007	Thomas Cook
2007–2009	Le Coq Sportif
2009–2013	Umbro	Etihad Airways
2013–2017	Nike
2017–2019	Nexen Tire
2019–	Puma

Kit deals

Kit supplier	Period	Announcement date	Intended contract duration	Value	Notes
Le Coq Sportif	2007–2009	13 May 2007[82]	2007–2011 (4 years)	Around £2.5m per year[83]	Replaced by Umbro contract
Umbro	2009–2013	4 June 2009	2009–2019 (10 years)	Around £2.5m per year[84]	Umbro contract transferred to parent company Nike in 2013
Nike	2013–2019	4 May 2012	2013–2019 (6 years)	Around £20m per year[85]
Puma	2019–2029	28 February 2019	2019–2029 (10 years)	Around £65m per year[86]

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2023^[87]

The following list includes players who made at least one league appearance.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Kyle Walker (4th captain) 3 DF  POR Rúben Dias (3rd captain) 4 MF  ENG Kalvin Phillips 5 DF  ENG John Stones 6 DF  NED Nathan Aké 8 MF  GER İlkay Gündoğan (captain) 9 FW  NOR Erling Haaland 10 MF  ENG Jack Grealish 14 DF  ESP Aymeric Laporte 16 MF  ESP Rodri (5th captain) 17 MF  BEL Kevin De Bruyne (vice-captain) 18 GK  GER Stefan Ortega

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ARG Julián Álvarez 20 MF  POR Bernardo Silva 21 DF  ESP Sergio Gómez 25 DF  SUI Manuel Akanji 26 FW  ALG Riyad Mahrez 31 GK  BRA Ederson 32 MF  ARG Máximo Perrone 33 GK  ENG Scott Carson 47 MF  ENG Phil Foden 80 MF  ENG Cole Palmer 82 DF  ENG Rico Lewis

Out on loan

The following players have previously made a league or cup appearance (or have appeared on the substitutes bench for the first team) and are currently on loan at other teams:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 DF  POR João Cancelo (at Bayern Munich until 30 June 2023) 12 DF  ENG Taylor Harwood-Bellis (at Burnley until 30 June 2023) 13 GK  USA Zack Steffen (at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2023) 37 FW  BRA Kayky (at Bahia until 30 June 2023) 39 DF  BRA Yan Couto (at Girona until 30 June 2023) 48 FW  ENG Liam Delap (at Preston North End until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player 69 MF  ENG Tommy Doyle (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2023) 79 DF  ENG Luke Mbete (at Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2023) 85 GK  ENG James Trafford (at Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2023) 87 MF  ENG James McAtee (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2023) 97 DF  ENG Josh Wilson-Esbrand (at Coventry City until 30 June 2023)

Other players with first-team appearances

The following players have previously made cup 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 52 FW  NOR Oscar Bobb 62 DF  NIR Shea Charles 84 GK  SCO Cieran Slicker

No. Pos. Nation Player 94 DF  ENG Finley Burns 93 MF  AUS Alex Robertson 96 FW  ENG Ben Knight

Suspended

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

Retired numbers

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.^[88]

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

Player of the Year

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 2000–01 Danny Tiatto 2001–02 Ali Benarbia 2002–03 Sylvain Distin 2003–04 Shaun Wright-Phillips 2004–05 Richard Dunne 2005–06 Richard Dunne 2006–07 Richard Dunne 2007–08 Richard Dunne 2008–09 Stephen Ireland 2009–10 Carlos Tevez

Year Winner 2010–11 Vincent Kompany 2011–12 Sergio Agüero 2012–13 Pablo Zabaleta 2013–14 Yaya Touré 2014–15 Sergio Agüero 2015–16 Kevin De Bruyne 2016–17 David Silva 2017–18 Kevin De Bruyne 2018–19 Bernardo Silva 2019–20 Kevin De Bruyne

Year Winner 2020–21 Rúben Dias 2021–22 Kevin De Bruyne

Source:^{[89][90][91][92][93]}

Halls of Fame

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:

Inductees at the MCFC Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC	Notes
Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in January 2004
2004[94]	Billy Meredith	FW (outside right)	player	1894–1906, 1921–1924	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Tommy Johnson	FW (centre forward) & (inside left)	player	1919–1930
Eric Brook	FW (outside left)	player	1928–1939
Frank Swift	GK	player	1933–1949	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Peter Doherty	FW (inside left)	player	1936–1945	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Roy Clarke	FW (outside left)	player	1947–1958	Lifetime achievement award
Bert Trautmann, OBE	GK	player	1949–1964	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Roy Paul	MF (half back)	player	1950–1957
Mike Summerbee	FW / MF (outside right)	player	1965–1975	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Tony Book	DF (right back)	player manager	1966–1974 1973, 1974–1979, 1980, 1989, 1993
Colin Bell, MBE	MF	player	1966–1979	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Francis Lee	FW	player chairman	1967–1974 1994–1998	also see NFM Hall of Fame
Joe Corrigan	GK	player	1967–1983
Paul Lake	FW / MF / DF	player	1987–1996
Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE	FW	player	1990–1996	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004
2005[95]	Sam Cowan	DF (centre half)	player manager	1924–1935 1946–1947
Ken Barnes	MF (wing half)	player	1950–1961	Lifetime achievement award
Alan Oakes	MF	player	1958–1976
Joe Mercer, OBE	MF (left half)	manager	1965–1971	Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame
Malcolm Allison	DF (centre half)	assistant mgr. manager	1965–1971 1971–1973, 1979–1980	Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame
2006[96]	Ernie Toseland	FW (outside right)	player	1928–1938
Johnny Hart	FW (inside forward)	player manager	1947–1960 1973	Lifetime achievement award
Manchester City 1955–56 FA Cup-winning team	not applicable	en masse induction
Mike Doyle	DF / MF	player	1965–1978
Shaun Goater	FW	player	1998–2003	Cult hero award
2008[97]	Fred Tilson	FW (centre forward)	player	1928–1939
Neil Young	FW (outside left) & (inside left)	player	1961–1972
Alex Williams, MBE	GK	player	1980–1986	Lifetime achievement award
2009[98]	Uwe Rösler	FW	player	1994–1998

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 Museum Hall of Fame), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees at the NFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002	Peter Doherty	inside left	player	1936–1945
Denis Law, CBE	forward & midfielder	player	1960–1961 1973–1974
Kevin Keegan, OBE	forward	manager	2001–2005
2003	Peter Schmeichel, MBE	goalkeeper	player	2002–2003
Alan Ball, MBE	attacking midfielder	manager	1995–1996
2005	Bert Trautmann, OBE	goalkeeper	player	1949–1964
Colin Bell, MBE	attacking midfielder	player	1966–1979
2007	Billy Meredith	right winger	player	1894–1906 1921–1924
Peter Beardsley	midfielder	player	1998
Mark Hughes	forward	manager	2008–2009
2009	Frank Swift	goalkeeper	player	1933–1949
2010	Francis Lee, CBE	forward	player	1967–1974
2013	Mike Summerbee	forward	player	1965–1975
2014	Trevor Francis	centre forward	player	1981–1982
Patrick Vieira	holding midfielder	player EDS manager	2010–2011 2011–2015
2015	Stuart Pearce, MBE	left back	player coach manager	2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007
Sun Jihai	defender	player	2002–2008
2016	David Seaman MBE	goalkeeper	player	2003–2004
2017	Frank Lampard OBE	attacking midfielder	player	2014–2015
2020	Justin Fashanu	centre forward	player	1989
	Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002	Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG	inside right & right half	player	1928–1936
2004	Don Revie, OBE	centre forward	player	1951–1956
2005	Howard Kendall	attacking midfielder	manager	1989–1990
2009	Joe Mercer, OBE	left half	manager	1965–1971
Malcolm Allison	centre half	assistant mgr. manager	1965–1971 1971–1973 1979–1980
	Manchester City «Football Foundation Community Champions» inducted to date
2007	Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE	forward	player	1990–1996
	Manchester City teams inducted to date
2009	Manchester City league- and European cup-winning team of 1967–1970	not applicable

Premier League Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Inaugurated in 2020, but delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hall of Fame is intended to recognise and honour players that have achieved great success and made a significant contribution to the league since its founding in 1992.

Inductees at the Premier League Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2021	Frank Lampard, OBE	attacking midfielder	player	2014–2015
2022	Patrick Vieira	midfielder	player EDS manager	2010–2011 2011–2015
Peter Schmeichel	goalkeeper	player	2002–2003
Vincent Kompany	defender	player	2008–2019
Sergio Agüero	striker	player	2011–2021

Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame), and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees at the SFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004	Denis Law	forward	player	1960–1961, 1973–1974
Billy McNeill, MBE	defender	manager	1983–1986
2010	Bobby Johnstone	forward (inside right)	player	1955–1959
	Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004	Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG	forward (inside right) / midfielder (right half)	player	1928–1936

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players have been inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Inductees at the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
1990	Billy Meredith	defender	player	1894–1906
1999	Horace Blew	defender	player	1906

Non-playing staff

Corporate hierarchy

Position	Name
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Director	Ruigang Li
Chief Executive Officer	Ferran Soriano
Global Technical Director of the City Football Group	Rodolfo Borrell
Non-executive director	Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Non-executive director	Simon Pearce
Non-executive director	John Macbeath
Non-executive director	Marty Edelman
Non-executive director	Alberto Galassi
Managing director of the City Football Academy	Brian Marwood
Club Ambassadors	Mike Summerbee[99] Paul Dickov[100] Micah Richards[101] Pablo Zabaleta[102] Joleon Lescott[103] Shaun Wright-Phillips[104]

Management hierarchy

Position	Name
Director of Football	Txiki Begiristain
Manager	Pep Guardiola
Assistant Managers	Rodolfo Borrell Carlos Vicens[105] Enzo Maresca[106]
Fitness Coach	Lorenzo Buenaventura
Head of Goalkeeping	Xabier Mancisidor
Goalkeeper Coach	Richard Wright[107]
Performance Analysis Coach	Carles Planchart
Head of Player Support	Manel Estiarte
Head of Academy	Jason Wilcox
Under-23 EDS Manager	Brian Barry-Murphy
Under-23 EDS Assistant Manager	Craig Mudd
Under-23 GK Coach	Imanol Egaña
Under-18 Academy Manager	Ben Wilkinson[108]
Under-18 Academy Assistant Manager	Jamie Carr
Under-18 Academy GK Coach	Max Johnson
Chief Scout	Carlo Cancellieri

Source:^[109]

Notable managers

Manchester City managers to have won major honours. Table correct as of 19 April 2023^[c]

Name	From	To	Games	Wins	Draws	Loss	Win %	Honours
Tom Maley	1902	1906	150	89	22	39	059.33	1903–04 FA Cup
Wilf Wild	1932	1946	352	158	71	123	044.89	1933–34 FA Cup	1936–37 First Division
Les McDowall	1950	1963	592	220	127	245	037.16	1955–56 FA Cup
Joe Mercer	1965	1971	340	149	94	97	043.82	1967–68 First Division 1968 FA Charity Shield 1968–69 FA Cup	1969–70 European Cup Winners’ Cup 1969–70 League Cup
Tony Book	1973	1980	269	114	75	80	042.38	1975–76 League Cup
Roberto Mancini	2009	2013	191	113	38	40	059.16	2010–11 FA Cup 2011–12 Premier League	2012 FA Community Shield
Manuel Pellegrini[d]	2013	2016	167	100	28	39	059.88	2013–14 League Cup 2013–14 Premier League	2015–16 League Cup
Pep Guardiola[e]	2016	incumbent	400	290	53	57	072.50	2017–18 League Cup 2017–18 Premier League 2018 FA Community Shield 2018–19 League Cup 2018–19 Premier League 2018–19 FA Cup	2019 FA Community Shield 2019–20 League Cup 2020–21 League Cup 2020–21 Premier League 2021–22 Premier League

Supporters

Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, the club’s average attendances have been in the top six in England,^[111] usually in excess of 40,000. Even in the late 1990s, when City were relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football (then the Second Division, now the EFL League One), home attendances were in the region of 30,000, compared to an average of fewer than 8,000 for the division.^[112] Research carried out by Manchester City in 2005 estimated a fanbase of 886,000 in the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 2 million worldwide, although since the purchase of the club by Sheikh Mansour and City’s recent achievements, that figure has since ballooned to many times that size.^[113]

Manchester City’s officially recognised supporters club is the Manchester City F.C. Supporters Club (1949), formed by a merger of two existing organisations in 2010: the Official Supporters Club (OSC) and the Centenary Supporters Association (CSA).^[114] City fans’ song of choice is a rendition of «Blue Moon», which despite its melancholic theme is belted out with gusto as though it were a heroic anthem. City supporters tend to believe that unpredictability is an inherent trait of their team, and label unexpected results «typical City».^[115][116] Events that fans regard as «typical City» include the club being the only reigning English champions ever to be relegated (in 1938), the only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season (1957–58),^[117] or the more recent example where Manchester City were the only team to beat Chelsea in the latter’s record-breaking 2004–05 Premier League season, yet in the same season City were knocked out of the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic, a team two divisions lower.

In the late 1980s, City fans started a craze of bringing inflatable objects to matches, primarily oversized bananas. One disputed explanation for the phenomenon is that in a match against West Bromwich Albion, chants from fans calling for the introduction of Imre Varadi as a substitute mutated into «Imre Banana». Terraces packed with inflatable-waving supporters became a frequent sight in the 1988–89 season, as the craze spread to other clubs (inflatable fish were seen at Grimsby Town), with the craze reaching its peak at City’s match at Stoke City on 26 December 1988, a game declared by fanzines as a fancy dress party.^[118] In 2010, Manchester City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed The Poznań, from fans of Polish club Lech Poznań that they played in the Europa League.^[119]

Rivalries

Manchester City’s biggest rivalry is with neighbours Manchester United, against whom they contest the Manchester derby. Before the Second World War, when travel to away games was rare, many Mancunian football fans regularly watched both teams even if considering themselves «supporters» of only one. This practice continued into the early 1960s but as travel became easier, and the cost of entry to matches rose, watching both teams became unusual and the rivalry intensified. A common stereotype is that City fans come from Manchester proper, while United fans come from elsewhere. A 2002 report by a researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season ticket holders came from Manchester postcode areas (40% compared to United’s 29%), there were more United season ticket holders, the lower percentage being due to United’s higher overall number of season ticket holders (27,667 compared to City’s 16,481). The report noted that since the compiling of data in 2001, the number of both City and United season ticket holders had risen; expansion of United’s ground and City’s move to the City of Manchester Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.^[120]

Over the last decade, Manchester City has also developed a notable rivalry with Liverpool FC,^[121] currently considered one of the biggest in association football.^[122][123] Though the two clubs had been involved in a title race in the 1976–77 season, Liverpool and City’s modern rivalry began in the 2010s, with the Blues beating Liverpool to the 2013–14 title by just two points on the final day of the season.^[124] In the final of the 2015–16 League Cup, City defeated Liverpool on penalties after a 1–1 draw. The two clubs met in European competition for the first time in the 2017–18 Champions League quarter-finals, where Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate, ultimately reaching the final and then winning the competition a year later.^[125][126] In the 2018–19 season, City again won the title on the final day, with the Blues’ 98 points and Liverpool’s 97 being the third- and fourth-highest Premier League points totals ever.^[127] The following season, Liverpool clinched the title, recording 99 points (the second-highest Premier League total ever after Manchester City’s 100 in 2017–18) to finish 18 points above runners-up City. The Blues then regained the title in 2020–21 and outgunned Liverpool in another closely-fought title race in 2021–22, to finish with 93 points to Liverpool’s 92.

The success of the two teams in the 2010s and 2020s has led to the development of a rivalry between Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola, the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City, with the two previously having been the respective managers of Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.^[128] At the end of the 2018–19 season, Guardiola described his relationship with Klopp as a «beautiful rivalry» and called Klopp’s Liverpool team «the strongest opponents I have faced in my career as a manager».^[129][130] In September 2019, Klopp hailed Guardiola for being his ‘greatest rival ever’, after both were nominated for the FIFA Men’s Coach of the Year award in 2019, which Klopp ultimately won.^[131][132] In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the club’s biggest rivals.^[133]

Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, and Stockport County, and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.^[134][135]

Ownership and finances

The holding company of Manchester City F.C., Manchester City Limited, is a private limited company, with approximately 54 million shares in issue. The club has been in private hands since 2007, when the major shareholders agreed to sell their holdings to UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. UKSIL then made a formal offer to buy the shares held by several thousands of small shareholders.

Prior to the Thaksin takeover, the club was listed on the specialist independent equity market PLUS (formerly OFEX),^[136] where it had been listed since 1995. On 6 July 2007, having acquired 75% of the shares, Thaksin de-listed the club and re-registered it as a private company.^[137] By August, UKSIL had acquired over 90% of the shares and exercised its rights under the Companies Act to «squeeze out» the remaining shareholders, and acquire the entire shareholding. Thaksin Shinawatra became chairman of the club and two of Thaksin’s children, Pintongta and Oak Chinnawat became directors. Former chairman John Wardle stayed on the board for a year, but resigned in July 2008 following Nike executive Garry Cook’s appointment as executive chairman in May.^[138] The club made a pre-tax loss of £11m in the fiscal year ending 31 May 2007, the final year for which the club published accounts as a public company.^[139]

Thaksin’s purchase prompted a period of transfer spending at the club,^[140] in total around £30 million,^[141] whereas over the several previous seasons Manchester City’s net spending had been among the lowest in the Premier League. A year later, this investment was dwarfed by an influx of money derived from the club’s takeover. On 1 September 2008, Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited completed the takeover of Manchester City. The deal, worth a reported £200 million, was announced on the morning of 1 September. It sparked various transfer «deadline-day» rumours and bids such as the club’s attempt to gazump Manchester United’s protracted bid to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee in excess of £30 million.^[142][143] Minutes before the transfer window closed, the club signed Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.^[144] The wealth of the new owners meant that, in the summer of 2009, City were able to finance the purchase of experienced international players prior to the new season, spending more than any other club in the Premier League.^[145]

City Football Group

Created in the 2013–14 season to manage the global footballing interests of the Abu Dhabi United Group, City Football Group (CFG) is an umbrella corporation owning stakes in a network of global clubs for the purposes of resource sharing, academy networking and marketing.

CFG ownership

Clubs owned by CFG

(listed in order of acquisition/foundation)
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.

2008	Manchester City F.C.*
2009–2012
2013	New York City FC§
2014	Melbourne City FC*
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
2015–2016
2017	Montevideo City Torque*
Girona FC*§
2018
2019	Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.*§
Mumbai City FC*§
2020	Lommel S.K.*
ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022	Palermo F.C.*§

Through City Football Group, City owns stakes in a number of clubs:

• Melbourne City FC (2014–present)^[146]

On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Australian rugby league franchise Melbourne Storm, purchasing a majority stake in A-League team Melbourne City FC. On 5 August 2015, CFG bought out the Storm and acquired full ownership of the team.^[147]

• Yokohama F. Marinos (2014–present)^[148]

On 20 May 2014, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the Japanese Automotive company Nissan to become a minority shareholder in Yokohama based J-League side, Yokohama F. Marinos.

• New York City FC (2015–present)^[149]

On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Manchester City had partnered with the American baseball franchise the New York Yankees to introduce the 20th Major League Soccer expansion team, New York City FC as its majority shareholder. The club began play in the 2015 Major League Soccer season.

• Montevideo City Torque (2017–present)^[150]

On 5 April 2017, CFG confirmed the purchase of Uruguayan second division team Montevideo City Torque.

• Girona FC (2017–present)^[151]

On 23 August 2017, it was announced that CFG had acquired 44.3% of Segunda División (second tier) side Girona FC. Another 44.3% was held by the Girona Football Group, led by Pere Guardiola, brother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

• Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. (2019–present)^[152]

On 20 February 2019, it was announced that CFG as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital had acquired Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.

• Mumbai City FC (2019–present)^[153]

CFG was announced as majority stakeholder of Mumbai City FC on Thursday 28 November 2019 after acquiring 65% of the club. Mumbai City is the professional football club based in Mumbai, competing in the Indian Super League.

• Lommel S.K. (2020–present)^[154]

CFG was announced as a majority stakeholder of Lommel S.K. on Monday 11 May 2020, acquiring the majority (unspecified) of the club’s shares. Lommel S.K. is a professional football club based in Lommel, competing in the Belgian First Division B (second tier).

• Troyes AC (2020–present)^[155]

On 3 September 2020, CFG announced that they had purchased the shares of Daniel Masoni, the former owner of Ligue 2 (second tier) club Troyes AC, making them the majority shareholder of the French club.

• Palermo F.C. (2022–present)^[156]

On 4 July 2022, Italian Serie B (second tier) club Palermo announced that CFG had acquired an 80% majority stake in their ownership.

Partner clubs

• Club Bolívar (2021–present)^[157]

On 12 January 2021, CFG announced Bolivian club Club Bolívar as its first partner club.

• Vannes OC (2021–present)^[158]

On 18 February 2021, CFG announced that French Championnat National 2 (tier 4) club Vannes OC would be its second partner club.

Stadium

The City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, known as the Etihad Stadium since 2011 for sponsorship reasons, is on a 200-year lease from Manchester City Council to Manchester City. It has been the club’s home since the end of the 2002–03 season, when City moved from Maine Road.^[159] Before moving to the stadium, the club spent in excess of £30 million to convert it to football use: the pitch was lowered, adding another tier of seating around it, and a new North Stand was constructed.^[160] The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over Barcelona in a friendly match.^[161] A 7,000-seat third tier on the South Stand was completed in time for the start of the 2015–16 football season, increasing the stadium’s capacity to 55,097. A North Stand third tier is in development, potentially increasing capacity to around 61,000.^[162]

After playing home matches at five stadiums between 1880 and 1887, the club settled at Hyde Road Football Stadium, its home for 36 years.^[163] A fire destroyed the Main Stand in 1920, and the club moved to the 84,000 capacity Maine Road three years later. Maine Road, nicknamed the «Wembley of the North» by its designers, hosted the largest-ever crowd at an English club ground when 84,569 attended an FA Cup tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934.^[164] Though Maine Road was redeveloped several times over its 80-year lifespan, by 1995 its capacity was restricted to 32,000, prompting the search for a new ground which culminated in the move to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003; it was renamed the Etihad Stadium in 2011.^[165]

Honours

Based on trophy count, Manchester City are one of the most successful teams in England – their twenty-nine major domestic and European honours make them fifth on the list of most decorated sides in England, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur with 26.

The club’s first major trophy was the 1904 FA Cup,^[166] though they had previously won three Manchester Cups before that point.^[167] Their first top division league title came in the 1936–37 season,^[11] with the first Charity Shield won in the following August.^[11] City’s first League Cup and European trophy both came at the end of the 1969–70 season, the two trophies also constituting the team’s first trophy double.^[11] In the 2018–19 season, City became the first team to claim all of the major English trophies available in a single season, winning not just the Premier League, FA Cup, and League Cup, but also the Community Shield.^[168]

The 1970 Cup Winners’ Cup victory remains City’s only European trophy to date.^[169] They have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League three times, losing in 2016, then winning en route their first-ever final in 2021, and losing in 2022.^[170]

Manchester City jointly hold the record for most second division titles with Leicester City, both clubs having won the league on seven occasions.^[171] Their first victory was in 1898–99, and the most recent in 2001–02.^[11]

Domestic

Leagues

• First Division / Premier League (Tier 1)^[b]
  • Winners (8): 1936–37, 1967–68, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (6): 1903–04, 1920–21, 1976–77, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019–20
• Second Division / Championship (Tier 2)^[b]
  • Winners (7, shared record): 1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02
  • Runners-up (4): 1895–96, 1950–51, 1988–89, 1999–2000
  • Promoted third place (1): 1984–85
• Third Division / League One (Tier 3)^[b]
  • Promoted third place (1): 1998–99

Cups

• FA Cup
  • Winners (6): 1903–04, 1933–34, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2010–11, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (5): 1925–26, 1932–33, 1954–55, 1980–81, 2012–13
• Football League Cup / EFL Cup
  • Winners (8): 1969–70, 1975–76, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (1): 1973–74
• Full Members’ Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1985–86
• FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield
  • Winners (6): 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019
  • Runners-up (8): 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, 2011, 2014, 2021, 2022

European

• UEFA Champions League
  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21
• UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70

Doubles and Trebles

• Doubles
  • League and League Cup (4): 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • League and FA Cup (1): 2018–19
  • League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup (1): 1969–70
• Domestic treble
  • League, FA Cup, and League Cup (1): 2018–19^[f]

Club records

• Record league victory – 11–3 v. Lincoln City (23 March 1895, most goals scored), 10–0 v. Darwen (18 February 1899, widest margin of victory)^[172]
• Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 v. Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890)^[173]
• Record European victory – 7–0 v. Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg (12 March 2019), RB Leipzig, 7-0 UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg (14 March 2023)^[174]
• Record league defeat – 0–8 v. Burton Wanderers (26 December 1894), 0–8 v. Wolverhampton Wanderers (23 December 1933), 1–9 v. Everton (3 September 1906), 2–10 v. Small Heath (17 March 1893)^[172]
• Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 v. Preston North End (30 January 1897), 2–8 v. Bradford Park Avenue (30 January 1946)^[173]
• Record European defeat – 0–4 v Barcelona, UEFA Champions League group stage, 19 October 2016^[175]
• Highest home attendance – 84,569 v. Stoke City, FA Cup (3 March 1934)^[g][176]
• Most league appearances – 561 + 3 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76^[177]
• Most European appearances – 59 + 16 sub, Fernandinho 2013–22
• Most appearances overall – 676 + 4 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76^[177]
• Most goals scored overall – 260, Sergio Agüero 2011–21^[178]
• Most goals scored in a season – 48, Erling Haaland ^[179] (in 2022–23) (ongoing).
• Record transfer fee paid – £100 million to Aston Villa for Jack Grealish, August 2021^[180]
• Record transfer fee received – £54.8 million from Bayern Munich for Leroy Sané, July 2020^[181]

See also

• List of Manchester City F.C. managers
• List of Manchester City F.C. players
• List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics
• List of Manchester City F.C. seasons
• Manchester City F.C. in international football
• Manchester City W.F.C.
• City Football Group

Notes

Bibliography

References

External links

• Official website
• Manchester City F.C. on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures
• Manchester City F.C. at ScoreShelf (archived 15 September 2015)
• Manchester City F.C. at UEFA

Это хронологический список менеджеров «Манчестер Сити» , включающий всех, кто занимал должность менеджера первой команды « Манчестер Сити» и предшественников клуба Вест Гортон (Сент-Маркс) и Ардвик . В эпоху Футбольной лиги клуб назначил 47 менеджеров; Более 40 человек, включая менеджеров перед лигой и временных опекунов, несли ответственность за подбор команды. Девять менеджеров выиграли главный приз, управляя командой.

Самым продолжительным менеджером был Уилф Вильд , который руководил с 1932 по 1946 год, в общей сложности 14 лет 9 месяцев. Однако, поскольку срок пребывания Уайлда охватил всю Вторую мировую войну , в которой не проводилось соревновательного футбола, он не из тех, кто провел наибольшее количество игр в качестве менеджера. Лес Макдауэлл , который руководил клубом с 1950 по 1963 год, в течение 13 лет, руководил клубом в самых соревновательных играх, в общей сложности 592 игры — на 240 игр больше, чем у Wild, который показал второе место.

Самым успешным менеджером «Манчестер Сити» по состоянию на 25 сентября 2021 года является нынешний главный тренер Пеп Гвардиола , который выиграл десять трофеев за пять лет с 2016 по 2021 год и является ведущим менеджером по количеству выигранных игр и проценту выигранных игр.

История

Ранние годы (1880–1950-е годы)

В эпоху, предшествовавшую футбольной лиге , должность менеджера включала в себя множество секретарских обязанностей, таких как организация оборудования и уход за территорией клуба. Немногочисленные отчеты о внеполевых делах клуба в 1880-х сохранились, и неясно, кто управлял клубом (тогда известным как Вест-Гортон (Сент-Маркс) ) в период с 1882 по 1884 год. Первые менеджеры клуба также были игроками; первые три известных менеджера (Фредерик Хопкинсон, Эдвард Китчен и Уолтер Чу) все играли в первом записанном матче Вест-Гортона в 1880 году. К 1889 году клуб переехал на Хайд-роуд и переименовал себя в Ardwick AFC. Под руководством Лоуренса Фернисса клуб присоединился к Футбольной лиги в 1892 году в качестве членов-основателей Второго дивизиона . Год спустя Фернисс стал председателем совета директоров, и он и его преемник на посту менеджера-секретаря Джошуа Парлби были ответственны за преобразование Ардвика в футбольный клуб «Манчестер Сити» в 1894 году.

При Сэме Омероде клуб впервые попал в Первый дивизион , а пять лет спустя Том Мейли стал первым менеджером «Манчестер Сити», выигравшим главный трофей — Кубок Англии 1904 года . Финансовый скандал привел к тому, что Футбольная ассоциация отстранила Мэйли и семнадцать игроков в 1906 году, оставив Гарри Ньюбоулду с задачей в кратчайшие сроки собрать импровизированную сторону. В 1912 году Эрнест Мангналл перешел в «Сити» из местного соперника « Манчестер Юнайтед» , но не смог повторить успех, которым он пользовался с красными. После ухода Мангналла в 1924 году роли секретаря и менеджера были разделены: менеджером был назначен Дэвид Эшворт, а секретарем — Уилф Уайлд . Эта договоренность продолжалась и в то время, когда Питер Ходж был менеджером, хотя роли снова слились, когда Уайлд стал менеджером в 1932 году. Уайлд стал тренером клуба дольше всех, выиграв Кубок Англии и чемпионат лиги за свои четырнадцать лет. К тому времени, когда Сэм Коуэн сменил Уайлда, роли секретаря и менеджера были окончательно разделены. Коуэн продержался всего один сезон, и его заменил Джок Томсон . Он получил повышение, но не оказал длительного влияния на высший уровень.

1960 к 2000

Лес Макдауэл стал менеджером в 1950 году и руководил «Синих» больше сезонов лиги, чем любой другой менеджер. Известный своей тактической осведомленностью, МакДауэлл реализовал систему, известную как План Реви, в результате двух финальных матчей Кубка Англии, поражения в 1955 году и победы в 1956 году . Макдауэл ушел в отставку после понижения в 1963 году, и его помощник Джордж Пойзер стал менеджером. Пойзер оказался неподходящим для роли менеджера и был уволен в 1965 году. Был назначен Джо Мерсер , и началась золотая эра клуба. Мерсер стал самым успешным менеджером клуба с точки зрения выигранных трофеев, выиграв Чемпионат лиги , Кубок Англии , Кубок Лиги и Кубок обладателей кубков европейских чемпионов за шесть лет у руля. Со временем помощник Мерсера Малкольм Эллисон добивался все большего влияния в вопросах, не связанных с коучингом, и в октябре 1971 года он взял на себя единоличный контроль над первой командой, а Мерсер стал «генеральным менеджером».

В то время, когда Питер Свалс был председателем Манчестер Сити, срок полномочий менеджеров часто был непродолжительным, так как в период с 1973 по 1994 год было назначено одиннадцать менеджеров. Первым из них был Рон Сондерс , после того как из-за плохого состояния здоровья Джонни Харт покинул пост. Спустя всего шесть месяцев Сондерса уволили, и его место занял стойкий стойкий член клуба Тони Бук . Бук руководил клубом пять лет, выиграв Кубок лиги в 1976 году . Малкольм Эллисон, который вернулся в тренерский штаб в январе 1979 года, неудачно вернулся к роли тренера позже в том же году, и это заклинание отмечалось скорее финансовым излишеством, чем успехом на поле. Еще шесть менеджеров ( Джон Бонд , Джон Бенсон , Билли Макнил , Джимми Фриззелл , Мел Мачин и Ховард Кендалл ) были назначены в 1980-х годах, причем ни один из них не проработал более трех лет на фоне серии повышений и понижений. Улучшение результатов произошло во время правления Питера Рида , клуб последовательно занимал пятое место, но ухудшение отношений Рида с советом директоров означало конец его периода в клубе. Брайан Хортон приехал из Оксфорда, чтобы скептически относиться к газетным заголовкам «Кто Брайан?», Но заработал репутацию любителя привлекательного футбола. Свалс был заменен на посту председателя бывшего нападающего «Сити» Фрэнсиса Ли . Ли хотел привлечь своего человека, и в закрытом сезоне 1995 года он заменил Хортона Аланом Боллом , единственный полный сезон которого закончился вылетом.

В сезоне 1996–97 годов даже уровень текучести кадров времен Свейлов был превзойден: пять менеджеров (три постоянных назначения и два смотрителя) отвечали за дела основной команды в течение сезона. Третьим из них был Стив Коппелл , самый короткий в истории клуба менеджер, который ушел в отставку по состоянию здоровья после 32 дней работы менеджером. Финал пятерки, Фрэнк Кларк , пропустил сезон, но продержался недолго, потеряв работу в феврале 1998 года, когда клуб был на грани вылета в третий уровень английского футбола. Джо Ройл не смог предотвратить вылет, но впоследствии добился последовательных продвижений по службе, чтобы восстановить статус высшего дивизиона, хотя вылет через год привел к его увольнению.

2000 г. и позже, эпоха Таксина и эпоха Абу-Даби

При замене Ройла Кевина Кигана клуб пятый сезон подряд менял дивизион, устанавливая рекорды по количеству набранных очков и забитых голов за сезон. Киган оставался менеджером клуба по переезду на стадион « Сити оф Манчестер» и за его пределы, что сделало его самым длительным менеджером со времен Тони Бука.

6 июля 2007 года Свен-Йоран Эрикссон стал первым менеджером «Манчестер Сити», не являющимся британцем, заменив уволенного Стюарта Пирса , который проработал в течение двух лет после первоначального периода в качестве смотрителя. После всего лишь одного сезона в клубе Эрикссон был заменен на Марка Хьюза в июне 2008 года. 19 декабря 2009 года Марк Хьюз был уволен и заменен итальянцем Роберто Манчини .

Впоследствии Манчини стал одним из самых успешных менеджеров клуба в современную эпоху и первым, кто выигрывал крупные внутренние трофеи с 1970-х годов. Однако, после трех с половиной сезонов, Манчини был уволен 13 мая 2013 года после поражения в финале Кубка Англии против «Уиган Атлетик».

14 июня 2013 года Мануэль Пеллегрини был утвержден в качестве нового менеджера клуба после подписания 3-летнего контракта и стал третьим менеджером после Роберто Манчини и Брайана Кидда (последний в качестве смотрителя), который возглавил Сити, находящийся в собственности. ADUG.

1 февраля 2016 года Пеллегрини объявил, что, несмотря на подписание продления контракта в начале сезона 2015–16 годов , он уходит по завершении своего третьего сезона в качестве менеджера, а его контракт истекает, как первоначально планировалось, по прибытии в 2013 году. Он ушел, выиграв Премьер-лигу 2013–2014 годов и два Кубка Лиги в 2013–14 и 2015–16 годах , а также привел «Сити» к своему первому в истории полуфиналу Лиги чемпионов в 2016 году .

В тот же день , что Пеллегрини объявил о своем уходе плановую, город объявил , что Пеп Гвардиола согласился его преемником в качестве менеджера, с его пребывания в должности , начиная с 1 июля 2016 года Несмотря на трофи-менее первый сезон в 2016-17 , Гвардиола будет вести Сити беспрецедентный успех в сезонах 2017–18 и 2018–19 . В 2017–18 годах «Сити» выиграл Премьер-лигу, набрав 100 очков, установив бесчисленные рекорды и выиграв Кубок EFL 2017–18 . В следующем сезоне клуб первым в истории английского футбола завершил внутренний тройной турнир, выиграв Премьер-лигу , Кубок Англии и Кубок Лиги . Выиграв 2018 FA Community Shield в начале сезона, Сити стал первой командой, которая выиграла все четыре главные внутренние награды Англии за один сезон и удержала все четыре одновременно. Таким образом, Гвардиола стал самым успешным менеджером «Сити» в истории клуба: на сегодняшний день он выиграл 10 титулов в высшей английской лиге и кубках; поддержание процента выигрыша более 70%, по крайней мере, на 10% выше, чем у любого действующего менеджера, и выигрыш большего количества игр, чем у всех его предшественников. На европейской арене Гвардиола стал первым менеджером Сити, когда-либо достигшим финала Кубка европейских чемпионов в 2021 году , где они потерпели поражение от « Челси». На данный момент он вывел Сити в финал, три четвертьфинала и однажды был нокаутирован в 1/8 финала.

Менеджеры

По состоянию на матч, сыгранный 16 октября 2021 года. Статистика включает только матчи соревнований, за исключением матчей предфутбольной лиги и военного времени. Проигрыши в кубковых матчах или победы в серии пенальти засчитываются как ничьи. Смотрители выделены курсивом.

Имя	Национальность	Из	К	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Победить %	Почести
Фредерик Хопкинсон	Англия	1880 г.	1882 г.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Джек МакГи	1882 г.	1884 г.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Эдвард Китчен	Англия	1884 г.	1887 г.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Уолтер Чу	Англия	1887 г.	1889 г.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Лоуренс Фернисс	Англия	Август 1889 г.	Май 1893 г.	26 год	10	4	12	59	46	038,46	—
Джошуа Парлби	Англия	Август 1893 г.	Май 1895 г.	59	22	5	32	129	146	037,29	—
Сэм Омерод	Англия	Август 1895 г.	Июль 1902 г.	240	111	50	79	433	354	046,25	1 титул второго дивизиона
Том Мэйли	Шотландия	Июль 1902 г.	Июль 1906 г.	150	89	22	39	322	179	059,33	1 титул второго дивизиона 1 Кубок Англии
Гарри Ньюбоулд	Англия	Июль 1906 г.	Июль 1912 г.	245	93	61	91	390	376	037,96	1 титул второго дивизиона
Комитет	Июль 1912 г.	Сентябрь 1912 г.	2	2	0	0	2	0	100.00	—
Эрнест Мангналл	Англия	9 сентября 1912 г.	Июнь 1924 г.	350	151	117	82	500	457	043,14	—
Дэвид Эшворт	Англия	Июль 1924 г.	14 ноября 1925 г.	59	20	13	26 год	113	121	033,90	—
Альберт Александр / Комитет	Англия	16 ноября 1925 г.	26 апреля 1926 г.	31 год	13	8	10	80	56	41,94	—
Питер Ходж	Шотландия	26 апреля 1926 г.	12 марта 1932 г.	261	122	59	80	579	447	046,74	1 титул второго дивизиона
Уилф Уайлд	Англия	14 марта 1932 г.	1 декабря 1946 г.	352	158	71	123	703	562	044,89	1 титул в первом дивизионе 1 Кубок Англии 1 благотворительный щит
Сэм Коуэн	Англия	2 декабря 1946 г.	30 июня 1947 г.	30	20	6	4	53	27	066,67	1 титул второго дивизиона
Уилф Уайлд	Англия	Август 1947 г.	Ноябрь 1947 г.	16	5	5	6	20	18	31,25	—
Джок Томсон	Шотландия	Ноябрь 1947 г.	Февраль 1950 г.	115	35 год	35 год	45	122	156	030,43	—
Les McDowall	Шотландия	Июнь 1950 г.	Май 1963 г.	592	220	127	245	1,049	1,134	037,16	1 Кубок Англии
Джордж Пойзер	Англия	12 июля 1963 г.	Апрель 1965 г.	89	38	17	34	159	137	042,70	—
Комитет	Апрель 1965 г.	Май 1965 г.	5	1	3	1	4	5	20.00	—
Джо Мерсер	Англия	13 июля 1965 г.	7 октября 1971 г.	340	149	94	97	518	358	043,82	1 Первый дивизион титул 1 — й дивизион титул 1 FA Cup 1 Кубок Лиги 1 Кубок Обладателей Кубков 1 Благотворительный щит
Малькольм Эллисон	Англия	7 октября 1971 г.	30 марта 1973 г.	78	32	21 год	25	119	106	041,03	1 благотворительный щит
Джонни Харт	Англия	30 марта 1973 г.	22 октября 1973 г.	22	11	5	6	26 год	22	050.00	—
Тони Книга	Англия	23 октября 1973 г.	22 ноября 1973 г.	7	2	3	2	7	3	28,57	—
Рон Сондерс	Англия	22 ноября 1973 г.	12 апреля 1974 г.	29	10	9	10	38	33	034,48	—
Тони Книга	Англия	12 апреля 1974 г.	Июль 1979 г.	269	114	75	80	405	309	042,38	1 Кубок лиги
Малькольм Эллисон	Англия	16 июля 1979 г.	8 октября 1980 г.	60	15	20	25	63	95	025.00	—
Тони Книга	Англия	9 октября 1980 г.	16 октября 1980 г.	1	0	0	1	1	3	0,00	—
Джон Бонд	Англия	17 октября 1980 г.	3 февраля 1983 г.	123	51	32	40	171	152	041,46	—
Джон Бенсон	Шотландия	3 февраля 1983 г.	7 июня 1983 г.	17	3	2	12	13	32	017,65
Билли Макнил	Шотландия	30 июня 1983 г.	20 сентября 1986 г.	156	63	42	51	223	183	040,38	—
Джимми Фриззелл	Шотландия	21 сентября 1986 г.	Май 1987 г.	42	10	12	20	40	61	023,81	—
Мел Машин	Англия	Май 1987 г.	29 ноября 1989 г.	130	59	27	44 год	225	179	045,38	—
Тони Книга	Англия	29 ноября 1989 г.	5 декабря 1989 г.	3	0	0	3	4	9	0,00	—
Говард Кендалл	Англия	6 декабря 1989 г.	5 ноября 1990 г.	38	13	18	7	46	37	034,21	—
Питер Рид	Англия	11 ноября 1990 г.	26 августа 1993 г.	136	59	31 год	46	199	166	043,38	—
Тони Книга	Англия	27 августа 1993 г.	27 августа 1993 г.	1	0	1	0	1	1	0,00	—
Брайан Хортон	Англия	28 августа 1993 г.	16 мая 1995 г.	96	29	33	34	118	130	030.21	—
Алан Болл	Англия	30 июня 1995 г.	26 августа 1996 г.	49	13	14	22	49	70	026,53	—
Аса Хартфорд	Шотландия	26 августа 1996 г.	7 октября 1996 г.	8	3	0	5	8	13	37,50	—
Стив Коппелл	Англия	7 октября 1996 г.	8 ноября 1996 г.	6	2	1	3	7	10	033,33	—
Фил Нил	Англия	9 ноября 1996 г.	28 декабря 1996 г.	10	2	1	7	11	19	20.00	—
Фрэнк Кларк	Англия	29 декабря 1996 г.	17 февраля 1998 г.	59	20	17	22	73	60	033,90	—
Джо Ройл	Англия	18 февраля 1998 г.	21 мая 2001 г.	171	74	46	51	261	192	043,27	1 матч плей-офф второго дивизиона
Кевин Киган	Англия	24 мая 2001 г.	11 марта 2005 г.	176	77	39	60	299	223	043,75	1 титул Первого Дивизиона
Стюарт Пирс	Англия	21 марта 2005 г.	14 мая 2007 г.	96	34	19	43 год	103	111	035,42	—
Свен-Йоран Эрикссон	Швеция	6 июля 2007 г.	2 июня 2008 г.	45	19	11	15	51	58	042,22	—
Марк Хьюз	Уэльс	4 июня 2008 г.	19 декабря 2009 г.	77	36	15	26 год	129	101	046,75	—
Роберто Манчини	Италия	19 декабря 2009 г.	13 мая 2013	191	113	38	40	360	173	059,16	1 титул Премьер-лиги 1 Кубок Англии 1 Щит сообщества
Брайан Кидд	Англия	13 мая 2013	14 июня 2013 г.	2	1	0	1	4	3	50.00	—
Мануэль Пеллегрини	Чили	14 июня 2013 г.	30 июня 2016 г.	167	100	28 год	39	373	177	059,88	1 титул Премьер-лиги 2 Кубка лиги
Пеп Гвардиола	Испания	1 июля 2016 г.	настоящее время	306	222	38	46	742	250	072,55	3 титула Премьер-лиги 1 Кубок Англии 4 Кубка Лиги 2 Щиты сообщества

Больше всего трофеев выиграно

По состоянию на 11 мая 2021 г.

Имя	FD / PL	FAC	LC	CS	УЕФА / ФИФА	Общий
Пеп Гвардиола	3	1	4	2	0	10
Джо Мерсер	1	1	1	1	1	5
Мануэль Пеллегрини	1	0	2	0	0	3
Роберто Манчини	1	1	0	1	0	3
Уилф Уайлд	1	1	0	1	0	3
Les McDowall	0	1	0	0	0	1
Том Мэйли	0	1	0	0	0	1
Тони Книга	0	0	1	0	0	1
Малькольм Эллисон	0	0	0	1	0	1
Общий	7	6	8	6	1	28 год

использованная литература

• «Менеджеры» . mcfcstats.com . Проверено 29 March 2 006 .

• Джеймс, Гэри (2006). Манчестер Сити — Полный рекорд . Дерби: Бридон. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.

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