Manchester City

City earned their first recognition through winning their first trophy in the Second Division in 1899; this led to their advancement to the highest league in English football that is called the First Division. They then won their first major award on the 23rd April 1904 defeating Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at Crystal Palace to claim the FA Cup; City narrowly missed the chance to complete winning a League as well as a Cup double that year following their finish as runners-up in League however City was the first team in Manchester to be awarded a major distinction. Following their FA Cup triumph, the club was plagued by accusations of financial irregularities that culminated with the expulsion of 17 players in 1906 and the captain Billy Meredith, who subsequently relocated over the town for Manchester United. The fire that erupted at Hyde Road destroyed the main stadium in 1920. Then in 1923, the club relocated to a new purpose-built stadium located at Maine Road in Moss Side.

The 1930s saw Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to Everton in 1933 before winning the Cup with a win over Portsmouth the following year in. During the 1934 cup campaign, Manchester City broke the record for the most attendance at home of any team ever in English football history. 84,569 people flocked to Maine Road for a sixth-round FA Cup tie against Stoke City in 1934. This was the record was in place until the year 2016. The club took home their first First Division title for the first time in 1937 but they were then relegated following the season, even though they scored greater goals than other teams in the division. Twenty years after the City team that was influenced by a system of tactical play referred to in Revie Plan Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals, this time between 1955 and 1956. similar to 1930, they fell in the first final, which was against Newcastle United, and won the next one. The final of 1956, the final in which Manchester City beat Birmingham City 3-1, featured City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play in the final despite breaking his neck.

After being dropped into the Second Division in 1963, the future looked grim. the lowest attendance at home at 8,015 for Swindon Town in January 1965. At the end of the season, the team of management comprised of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison was chosen. In the initial year with Mercer, City won the Second Division title and made significant signings with Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell. In 1967-68 Manchester City claimed the League Championship for the second time, securing victory on the last game of the year, with the score of 4-3 against Newcastle United and beating their closest rivals Manchester United into second place. Other trophy wins were awarded: City won the FA Cup in 1969, and then achieved European success when they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in the year 1970 by defeating Gornik Zabrze by a score of 2-1 in Vienna. City also was awarded the League Cup that season, becoming the first English team to be awarded a European trophy as well as a domestic trophy during the same season.

Manchester City continued to fight for honors through the 1970s, falling one point in the gap to the champions of the league on two occasions and making it to in the semi-finals of 1974's League Cup. One of the matches of the period that will be loved by fans who are supporters of Manchester City is the final match of the 1973-74 campaign against their arch-rivals Manchester United, who needed to win in order to have any chance of staying out of being relegated. A former United teammate Denis Law scored with a backheel, giving City the win 1-0 against Old Trafford and confirm the demotion of their arch-rivals. The trophy that ended the club's most successful season up to now was won in 1976, as Newcastle United were beaten 2-1 in the League Cup final.

A period of declining decline followed the successes of the 1960s and the 1970s. Malcolm Allison rejoined the club to be manager again in 1979, but then squandered massive sums of cash on a number of unsuccessful signings including Steve Daley. The succession of coaches was appointed - seven during the 1980s all by themselves. In the time of John Bond, City reached the 1981 FA Cup final but lost in replay against Tottenham Hotspur. The club was twice deported from the top tier in the early 1980s (in the years 1983 and 1987) however, they was able to return to top league again in 1989 , and was 5th in the 1991-92 seasons under direction under the direction of Peter Reid. But this was only a brief period of respite and after Reid's departure, Manchester City's fortunes declined. City were the co-founders of the Premier League upon its creation in 1992. However, after being ninth in the inaugural season, they went through three years of struggles before being cut off in 1996. Following two years playing in division One, City fell to the lowest stage of their history, becoming the first European trophy winner to be sent to their nation's third league level, following 1. FC Magdeburg of Germany.

Following the relegation, the team went through a period of turmoil off the field as the the new Chairman David Bernstein introducing greater fiscal discipline. Under the direction of manager Joe Royle, City were promoted on the first try which was achieved with a flurry of speed during a play-off with Gillingham. Another promotion followed, which was followed by City returning in the premier division however, this proved to be been too much for the struggling club in 2001, and City were again relegated. Kevin Keegan replaced Royle as manager at the end of the season and made the immediate rise to top of the league as City won their 2001-02 Division One championship, breaking club records in terms of the number of goals and points achieved during the course of the season. The 2002-03 season marked the end of the era on Maine Road, and included the 3-1 victory in the derby against opponents Manchester United, ending a streak of 13 years without an derby victory. City also made it to European tournament for the first time after the last 25 years. In the 2003 season's close seasonof the 2003-2004 campaign, City relocated to the brand new City of Manchester Stadium. The initial four seasons at the stadium ended with mid-table results. A former England director Sven-Goran Eriksson became the club's first manager who was from abroad when named in 2007. After a good beginning, performance faltered during the second half of the season. Eriksson was fired on June 8, 2008. Eriksson got replaced Mark Hughes two days later on June 4, 2008.

In 2008 the club was in a financial strait. Thaksin Shinawatra was in charge of the club in the year prior however, his political machinations resulted in his assets being be frozen. In August 2008 the club was acquired from the Abu Dhabi United Group. The purchase was immediately followed by a flood of requests for players with a high profile The club beat record after record. British transfer record when they signed Brazilian International Robinho of Real Madrid for PS32.5 million. There was no significant increase in the performance of the previous year despite the huge sum of cash, however the team finishing in the tenth spot, however they were able to make it to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup. In this summer, FC Barcelona pushed the cost of transfers to a record extent, spending an amount of more than PS100 million for the likes of Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez and Joleon Lescott. As of December 9, Mark Hughes - who was hired just prior to the change in ownership , but was initially kept under the newly formed board and was later replaced as manager with Roberto Mancini. City ended the season fifth within the Premier League, narrowly missing the chance to be in the Champions League, and competed in the UEFA Europa League in season 2010-2011.

The continued investment in players came with successive seasons and the results started to increase in player's quality. City were able to reach in the 11th FA Cup Final, their first major final in nearly 30 years. They defeated the derby opponents Manchester United in the semi-final and for the first time that they defeated their opponent in an event in the cup since 1975. They beat Stoke City 1-0 in the final, winning five consecutive FA Cup, the club's first major trophy since in 1976 the League Cup. The following week, City qualified to play in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1968. It was an 1-1 Premier League win over Tottenham Hotspur. On the final day of the campaign, City defeated Arsenal to third spot at the Premier League, thereby securing entry directly to the Champions League group stage.

The strong performances continued throughout the 2011-12 season which saw the club begin the season with a strong performance, including a win over Tottenham 5-1 White Hart Lane and humbling Manchester United by a 6-1 score in the final game at Old Trafford. However, the form began to fade at the halfway point of the season and City in one instance was eight points in the lead over United with just six games remaining A slump from United caused their blue-colored side Manchester to get back to the same level in the final two games which set the stage for an epic finale to the season. Both teams heading into the final day with equal points (City had a lead of eight goals in goal differential). Despite City having only needed an away win over Queens Park Rangers, a team that is in the bottom of the relegation table, they were one point behind by the end of the normal time, which led several United players to complete their match with winning 1-0 against Sunderland and rejoicing believing they were the winners of the league. Two goals in the final minute The second goal was scored goal scored by Sergio Aguero in the fourth added minute - brought about an almost-literal final-minute 3-2 title win for City, their first in 44 years, and with which they became five teams to take home this title in Premier League since its creation in 1992. After the game the game was described by media outlets from the UK and across the globe as the most significant time to occur in Premier League history. The match was also notable due to the former City player Joey Barton's sent off, after committing three separate red cards on three players in the span just a few seconds, leading to the suspension of 12 games.

The next season City was unable to capitalize on gains that were made in the first two seasons under Mancini's leadership. Although City never seemed to fall below second place in the league but they were unable to mount a threat to the title throughout the season. Then, in the Champions League, the club was eliminated in an early stage, for the second consecutive season, and the two-time FA Cup final in three seasons was decided by an 1-0 loss to the being relegated Wigan Athletic. Mancini was fired just two days later, apparently because he failed to achieve his goals for the season. BBC Sports Editor David Bond informed him that he had been fired because of his ineffective communications and relations with executives and players. Mancini was replaced by the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini was named City's new manager.

In his first season, City won the League Cup[49] and then regained their Premier League title on the final day during the campaign. But, City's league performance declined over the subsequent years, and by 2016, they were in the lowest position since. The time of Pellegrini's rule was over despite an additional League Cup win and the greatest ever performance of the club at the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola, the former director at Barcelona as well as Bayern Munich, is the manager in charge at present, and is on the job since the resignation of Pellegrini in the year 2016. In the time of Guardiola's management, Manchester City won the 2017-18 Premier League title with the most points of all time in Premier League history and broke several clubs as well as English league records in the process. Manchester City also came home with the EFL Cup that year and Sergio Aguero became the club's greatest goal scorer of all time.

Guardiola was the manager of the club in 2018-19 to keep the Premier League and EFL Cup title; it was this was for the very first time within the history of Manchester City that the club was able to complete an effective title defense. The team was able to win the FA Cup and so complete the unheard-of triple of English domestic male titles.

The year 2020 was the first time UEFA barred the team from European tournaments for two seasons due to alleged violations of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations The Club appealed this decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and was able to overturn the ban in a matter of months, determining that certain accusations were over the five-year threshold for UEFA investigations, whereas the other allegations were not proven. It also ruled that the CAS also reduced UEFA's penalty by EUR30 up to EUR10 million.

On April 20, 2021 City was informed that City had signed up to the planned European Super League as one of the 12 founding members, along with five additional "Big Six" English football clubs. The announcement was widely condemned by The Football Association, the Premier League, UEFA and FIFA and from the United Kingdom's Conservative government and the Prime Premier Boris Johnson. Within 48 hours of the announcement, on the 20th of April, City had announced that they were withdrawing out of the Super League to be followed shortly by the remaining five English clubs. On the next day it was clear that just three clubs from the initial founding teams, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus remain committed and it appeared that the idea had been discarded.

In the COVID-19-affected the 2020-21 Premier League season, City returned to its title from Liverpool and became champions three times in the span of four years. They finished the season 12 points clear over second placed Manchester United, winning the title with just three games left. They also took home the EFL Cup for a record-equalling fourth straight season, and eighth time all-time they beat Tottenham by a score of 1-0 at the end of the competition. Their league win is the 10th league as well as cup trophy during Guardiola's five-year tenure and makes the manager with the highest success in the history of the club. The season was marked by City winning their first UEFA Champions League final, in which they faced Chelsea and made it the third final that was all English in the history of the competition. However the Citizens were defeated 1-0 by Chelsea at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto thanks to an Kai Havertz goal. But, the City's triumph was the club's greatest success European game to date.

Another report in Der Spiegel in April 2022 said, based upon leaks of internal documents, that Abu Dhabi owners had previously made payments to Abu Dhabi owners had previously paid the team disguised as sponsorships from Emirati companies such as Etihad as well as Etisalat (the same claims which the club successfully to defend at CAS in the year 2020) and that Heikh Mansour's Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) was alleged to have indirectly provided underage players with money to join the club. Additionally, the club had used an alleged deal with Roberto Mancini and Mansour's Al Jazira Club to pay substantial compensation payments towards the previous manager, in along with his compensation. The report also stated that the three cases were being investigated through the Premier League for the last three years. The club, in response, denied these claims as false and a further attempt to damage the integrity and reputation of the club.

City retained their title as league champions in 2021-22 after another close title battle with Liverpool which gave them four titles in the span of five seasons. In a different instance that was "typical City", needing four points from their previous two matches, City had fallen behind by two goals in each game but then fought back to draw 2-2 with West Ham away, and to win 3-2 at home against Aston Villa in the season final. The three goals that came in the final game were scored in the span of five minutes between the 76th and 81st minutes with a full-house crowd at Etihad Stadium, in a moment that would be compared to the famous wins in that 1999 final of the play-offs with Gillingham in the play-off final against Gillingham and also the Premier League finale against QPR.

Manchester City's colours for home are white and sky blue. The traditional colours for away kits were maroon and (from to the late 1960s) black and red; However, in recent times various colours have been utilized. The roots of the club's home colors are not clear, however there is evidence to suggest that the team has been wearing blue from 1892 or earlier. A book titled Famous Football Clubs - Manchester City released in the 1940s reveals the fact that West Gorton (St. Marks) initially was a black and scarlet team reports from 1884 mention the team's wearing black uniforms with white crosses, indicating the club's history as a church-based side. The black and red away colours were used sparingly, yet frequently came from the former director of the assistant team Malcolm Allison, who believed that the colors that were worn by AC Milan would inspire City to greatness. Allison's idea worked and resulted in City taking their 1969 FA Cup Final, 1970 League Cup Final and the Europe Cup Winners'' Cup Final with black and red stripes in contrast to the club's home kit , which was blue sky.

City had previously had three badges on the shirts of their players prior to the current badge , which was introduced in the year 2016. The first badge, first that was introduced in the year 1970, was based off designs that had been featured in official documentation for the club from the mid-1960s onwards. It was circular badges that used the same shield that is used in the current badge (including ships, that was based on the City of Manchester coat of arms) within the circle was its name. In 1972, it was replaced by a variant that replaced the lower portion of the shield using the rose red of Lancashire. In 1976 the heraldic badge was awarded to the College of Arms to the English Football League for use by City. The badge featured the well-known ship over an red rose in a circular form instead of shield (blazoned as "A roundel per fess, azure and argent with a chief three masted ship sails with pennons on the move or in the base a rose of gules barred and seeded proper"). 

When Manchester City played in a major final of the cup, the club had shirts that bore that of City of Manchester, as to show pride in representing the city during an important event. The practice was a result of an era when shirt of the players were not usually adorned with any badges of any kind. City has now stopped this practice. However, for this year's FA Cup Final, its first of the 20th century City employed the traditional badge that had a legend, however this time, the Manchester coat of arms also used as a tiny monochrome logo in the numbers that appeared on the back of the shirts of the players. 

A new badge for the club was adopted in 1997 due to the badge that was previously ineligible to be registered as trademark. The badge was inspired by the arms of Manchester, the city of Manchester and comprised of a shield that was in the front of the golden eagle. The eagle was a long-standing symbol for Manchester. Manchester and a golden eagle was incorporated into the badge of the city in 1958 (but was later removed) to represent the increasing aviation industry. The shield has an image of a ship on its top half , which represents Manchester Ship Canal. Manchester Ship Canal, and three diagonal stripes on the lower part represent the three rivers of Manchester which are the Irwell as well as Irwell, Irk as well as the Medlock. The lower part of the badge is adorned with the slogan "Superbia with Proelio" meaning to "Pride at Battle" and is written in Latin. Below the eagle and shield , there are three stars that are strictly decorative.

15 October 2015, after several years of negative feedback from fans about the badge's design The club announced that they would conduct an open-ended consultation with fans on whether or not to remove the club badge and adopt the new style. Following the discussion the club announced November of 2015 that the current badge of the club will be replaced by a brand new one that will be designed to resemble the look of the previous circular badges. The design that was claimed to represent the brand new logo was accidentally published two days prior for the unveiling ceremony on the 26th of December 2015, as a result of the IPO after the logo was trademarked on the 22nd of December. The new badge was officially revealed during the home game of the club on December 26 against Sunderland.

Since the close of the 1966-67 season players of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have been voting by ballot to select the player from the team that they think is most deserving of being recognized for his performance in that particular season. The table below shows all the winners of this award in the year 2000.

Following previous Manchester City players and managers are inducted into the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame, and are listed in accordance with the year of their induction:

These ex- Manchester City players and managers are inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. The National Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed in accordance with the year they were inducted under the different categories:

These players were admitted to the Premier League Hall of Fame which can be described as the hall of honor for association football players who were part of the Premier League. It was inaugurated in 2020, but was delayed by a year because of the COVID-19 virus, the Hall of Fame is intended to recognize and honor players who have had significant success and contributed significantly to the league's development since its creation at the age of 1992.

Here we list all Manchester City non-playing staff

Since the move into Manchester's City of Manchester Stadium, the attendances of Manchester City have been among the top 6 in England typically over 40,000. Even in the latter part of the 1990s, during which the club was relegated twice over three seasons, and played in the third division in English soccer (then Division Two, now Football League One), home attendances were around of 30,000, as opposed to the average of the division of less than 8000. Research conducted at Manchester City in 2005 estimates that the club has a fan base of 886,000 within the United Kingdom and a total more than 2 million in the world, however, following the club's purchase from Sheikh Mansour and the recent trophies, the number has increased to multiple times that number.

The official Manchester City supporters club is called the Manchester City F.C. Supporters Club (1949), was formed as a result of a merger between two previous organizations in the year 2010 it was the Official Supporters Club (OSC) and the Centenary Supporters Association (CSA). The song for City fans that they prefer to sing is a cover that is a cover of "Blue Moon" that, despite its sad theme, is performed with enthusiasm as if it were an anthem of heroic proportions. City fans believe that uncertainty is an inherent characteristic of their team and consider unexpected outcomes "typical City". Some of the events that they consider to be "typical City" include City's being the only reigning English champions to ever be eliminated (in 1938) and the only team that scored and conceded over 100 goals during the same season (1957-58) as well as the more recent case where City was the one team in the world to defeat Chelsea during the 2004-05 Premier League, yet in the same season City were eliminated from the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic who were that was two divisions less.

In the latter half of the 1980s, City fans started a trend of bringing inflatable objects to games, mostly oversized bananas. One theory that has been disputed for the craze is during a game in which City were playing West Bromwich Albion chants from supporters asking for an introduction to replace Imre Varadi, a replacement changed to "Imre Banana". Terraces crowded with inflatable-clad supporters began to be seen regularly during the 1988-89 football season as the trend took over various teams (inflatable fish were observed in the town of Grimsby Town), with the phenomenon reaching its peak during City's match against Stoke City on the 26th December 1988. The match was that was deemed by fanzines to be an extravagant dress-up party. In the year 2010, City supporters were seen performing the dance of exuberance, which was dubbed The Poznan, from fans of the Polish team Lech Poznan.

Manchester City's most infamous rivalry is with its neighbours Manchester United and Manchester United, with whom they play in an annual Manchester derby. Prior to the Second World War, when travelling to away games were very rare, a lot of Mancunian football fans would regularly watch both teams even though they considered their own "supporters" of just one. The practice continued until the 1960s, but when travel became more convenient and the cost for entry to games increased the possibility of watching both teams was uncommon and the rivalry grew. The most common misconception is that City fans are from Manchester as a whole, whereas United fans are from other areas. A report in 2002 by a researcher from Manchester Metropolitan University discovered that although it was the case that a higher percentage of City season ticket holders were of Manchester Postcode regions (40 percent, as opposed to 29% for United) However, there were higher numbers of United season ticket holders with the smaller percentage is due to United's general number of holders of the ticket (27,667 in comparison to the City's 16,481). The report pointed out that following the collection of data in 2001 the amount of City in addition to United season ticket holders was increasing as well as the expansion of United's stadium and the City's move to City of Manchester Stadium have resulted in season ticket sales to rise even more.

In the past few decades, Man City has also established a significant relationship that has been brewing with Liverpool FC; considered to be the largest rivalry current rivalries in association football. Although the two clubs were engaged in a title race during the 1976-77 season Liverpool along with Manchester City's current rivalry was born in the late 2010s when City winning Liverpool to win the 2013-14 title by just two points on last game of the year. The final match of 2014-16 Football League Cup, City defeated Liverpool by penalty. Liverpool together with Manchester City met in European competition for the first time during the season 2017-18 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, in which Liverpool beat Manchester City 5-1 making it to the final and then winning the tournament the following year. The 2018-19 campaign saw City also won their title in the final game, with City's 98 and Liverpool's 97 being fourth and third highest Premier League points totals ever. The subsequent year, Liverpool won the title by registering the title with a total of 99 points (the second-highest Premier League total ever) and finishing 18 points ahead of the runners-up City. However, City kept the title for the subsequent two seasons, and 2021-22 was another title race that was fought with great intensity in which City only winning by one point following the final two game.

The success of these two teams during the 2010s and 20s has resulted in the creation of an intense rivalry among Jurgen Klopp as well as Pep Guardiola, the manager of Liverpool and Manchester City respectively, with the two managers previously being the respective manager of Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga before. The end of the 2018-19 campaign, Guardiola stated his friendship with Klopp as an "beautiful relationship" and declared Klopp's Liverpool team "the most formidable opponents I've had to face in my time as manager". In September of 2019, Klopp hailed Guardiola for being his "greatest rival in history at the time, as both of them were nominated to an award called the FIFA Men's Coach of the Award in the year 2019. Klopp was awarded. In a poll conducted in 2019, City fans answered that Liverpool rather than Manchester United, are the most feared rivals of the club.

Manchester City also have long established local rivalries [134] that include Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic as well as Stockport County, and recent intense Premier League rivalries with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.

The holding company that owns Manchester City F.C., Manchester City Limited, is a private limited corporation, with around 54 million shares on the books. Manchester City is owned by private investors for the past seven years, when major shareholders have agreed to sell their shares the club to UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL) which is a company owned by the former Thailand premier Thaksin Shinawatra. UKSIL followed up with an official offer to purchase shares owned by a few thousands of small shareholders.

Before the Thaksin acquisition it was listed on the capital market PLUS (formerly OFEX), which it has been on since 1995. On the 6th of July, 2007, after acquiring 75 percent of the shares, Thaksin took over the club and registered it again as a private entity. In august UKSIL had acquired more than 90 percent of its shares and had exercised it's rights in the Companies Act to "squeeze out" the remaining shareholders and to acquire the entirety of the stake in the shares. Thaksin Shinawatra was appointed chairman of the club, and two of the children of Thaksin's, Pintongta and Oak Chinnawat were appointed directors. The chairman of the past John Wardle stayed on the board for one year, however, he resigned in July of 2008 in the wake of Nike chief executive officer Garry Cook's election as chairman on May. The club posted an annual loss before taxes of PS11m during the year that ended 31 May 2007, which was the final year that accounts were released as a publicly traded company.

The purchase of Thaksin triggered the club to increase its spending at the club. The club spent approximately PS30 million. In the past few seasons, the net expenditure was one of the lowest in the league. The following year, the purchase was far less than the sums of money that were paid. The 1st of September, 2008 the the Abu the Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited was able to complete an acquisition from Manchester City. The deal, which was worth an estimated PS200 million and made public on the morning of 1 September. It led to a number of transfer "deadline-day" speculations and bids like the club's bid to deny Manchester United's long-running offer to sign Dimitar's Berbatov of Tottenham Hotspur for a fee that was more than PS30 million. A few minutes prior to the end of the transfer window the club made a deal to sign Robinho who was a player from Real Madrid for a British record transfer price that was PS32.5 million. The financial wealth from the newly-appointed owners ensured that in the summer of 2009 they were able fund the purchase of a number of experienced international players before the start of the season. They spent higher than other clubs that is in the Premier League.

In the 2013-14 season, it was created to manage the sports interests and interests Abu Dhabi United Group, the City Football Group (CFG) is an umbrella organization that holds stakes in the network of international clubs to facilitate sharing resources marketing and academy networking.

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

• Melbourne City FC (2014–present)

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.

• Yokohama F. Marinos (2014–present)

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)

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)

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

• Girona FC (2017–present)

On 23 August 2017 it was announced that the City Football Group had acquired 44.3% of Segunda División 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)

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

• Mumbai City FC (2019–present)

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

• Lommel S.K. (2020–present)

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

• Troyes AC (2020–present)

On 3 September 2020, City Football Group announced that they had purchased the shares of the former owner of Ligue 2 club Troyes AC Daniel Masoni, making them the majority shareholder of the Ligue 2 French club.

• Club Bolívar (2021–present)

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

• Vannes OC (2021–present) 

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

The City of Manchester Stadium in the east of Manchester which is also called the Etihad Stadium since 2011 , for reasons of sponsorship, has been granted the 200-year lease with Manchester City Council. The stadium has been the home of City since the conclusion of the 2002-03 season after which the club relocated from Maine Road. Prior to moving into this stadium Manchester City spent in more than PS30 million in order to change the stadium into a football stadium. The pitch was leveled by adding a further level of seating around it and a newly constructed North Stand built. The first game in the stadium's new venue was a 2-1 victory against Barcelona at a friendly game. A third tier of seating for 7,000 people in the South Stand was completed in time for the beginning of the 2015-16 season. Its capacity is currently 55,097. An North Stand third tier has approval for its design and construction work on it is scheduled to start by the end of 2017 to increase capacity to 61,000.

After playing home matches in the five venues between 1880-1887 the club finally settled at Hyde Road Football Stadium, the stadium that it has been playing at for the past 36 years. The stadium was destroyed by fire in the Main Stand in 1920, and the club relocated to the capacity of 84,000 at Maine Road three years later. Maine Road, nicknamed the "Wembley of the North" by its architects, hosted the largest crowd ever to an English club's stadium in the event that saw 84,569 people attend the FA Cup tie against Stoke City on March 3rd, 1934. Although Maine Road was redeveloped several times throughout its lifespan of 80 years in 1995, its capacity was limited to 32,000 people, prompting the searching for a new venue which led to the move into the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003. The stadium was named the Etihad Stadium in the year 2011.

Based on the amount of awards they have won, Manchester City are one of the teams with the highest success in England with their 29 important domestic as well as European distinctions place them five on the top of the the most successful teams in England and just ahead of Tottenham Hotspur with 26.

The first major trophy the club won came in 1904's FA Cup, though they had already won 3 Manchester Cups before that point. The first league of the top division trophy was won in the 1936-37 season which was followed by their first Charity Shield won in the following August. First City's League Cup and European trophy both were won at the conclusion of the 1969-70 campaign, with the two trophies together making the first team to win both trophies. In the season of 2018-19, City became the first team to win all of the most prestigious English trophy categories in one season. winning not only not only the Premier League, FA Cup as well as the League Cup, but also the Community Shield.

In 1970, the Cup Winners' Cup triumph remains the only City European trophy until now. They've reached the semi-finals in the Champions League twice, in 2016 and 2022 as well as their first final in 2021.

Manchester City jointly hold the record for the most second division titles , along with Leicester City, both clubs winning the league on seven occasions. The first time they won was 1898-99 and the most recent was in 2001-02.

Manchester City domestic honours

• First Division / Premier League (Level 1)[171]
  • 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 / First Division / Championship (Level 2)[171]
  • Winners (7, joint 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 / Second Division / League One (Level 3)[171]
  • Promoted via play-offs (1): 1998–99

• 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
• FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield
  • Winners (6): 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019
  • Runners-up (7): 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, 2011, 2014, 2021

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

• Doubles
  • League and EFL Cup (3): 2013–14, 2017–18, 2020–21
  • League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1969–70
• Trebles
  • Domestic treble (League, FA Cup, and EFL Cup) (1): 2018–19. 

City also won the FA Community Shield the same season, but this is not generally recognised as a true quadruple (being the 3 major domestic competitions plus a major European title.

• 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)
• Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 v. Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890)
• Record European victory – 7–0 v. Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2nd Leg (12 March 2019)
• 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)
• Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 v. Preston North End (30 January 1897), 2–8 v. Bradford Park Avenue (30 January 1946)
• Record European defeat – 0–4 v Barcelona, UEFA Champions League Group Stage, 19 October 2016
• Highest home attendance – 84,569 v. Stoke City (3 March 1934) (remains the record home attendance in English football)
• Most League appearances – 561 3 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76
• Most appearances overall – 676 4 sub, Alan Oakes 1958–76[
• Most goals scored overall – 260, Sergio Agüero 2011–21
• Most goals scored in a season – 38, Tommy Johnson 1928–29
• Record transfer fee paid – £100 million to Aston Villa for Jack Grealish, August 2021
• Record transfer fee received – £54.8 million from Bayern Munich for Leroy Sané, July 2020