# 2014–15 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Manchester City Football Club's 113th season in existence, 86th season in the top division of English football and 18th season in the Premier League. In addition to the league, Manchester City participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield and UEFA Champions League.

## Kits

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
| Home | Home alt. | Away | Third | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

### Kit information

The club entered the season being in the second year of a deal with the American manufacturer Nike, who would supply their kits until 2019.
* Home: The new home kit remained broadly the same as the previous season. The main change related to the trim of the shirt, switching from white and navy stripes to thick navy blue bands on the neck and arms. In addition to this, sky blue shorts were used instead of the traditional white shorts.
* Away: The away kit featured a fading pattern, running from navy blue to mid-blue, which were combined with yellow applications. The shorts and socks were navy blue as well.
* Third: The third kit was in two shades of purple with a darker shade used on the collar and back of the strip, in line with Nike's new template used by its top teams. The two shades were separated by luminous yellow flashes.
* Goalkeeper: Three goalkeeper strips were revealed for the 2014–15 campaign, with the first and second-choice strips being essentially negatives of each other. The primary kit was mainly yellow with a light green band on each arm surrounded by a white gradient pattern, the secondary kit was mainly green with a yellow band on each arm which was surrounded by a similar fading pattern, and the third kit was mainly black with red bands and the same gradient pattern.

## Non-competitive
### Pre-season
#### 2014 International Champions Cup
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WP | LP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Milan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### Post-season
#### Friendlies
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| FA Community Shield | Final | Runners–up | 10 August 2014 | 10 August 2014 |
| Premier League | — | Runners-up | 17 August 2014 | 24 May 2015 |
| League Cup | Third round | Fourth round | 24 September 2014 | 29 October 2014 |
| FA Cup | Third round | Fourth round | 3 January 2015 | 24 January 2015 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 17 September 2014 | 18 March 2015 |
Updated to match played 25 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chelsea (C) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Manchester United | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 FA Cup, Arsenal, and winners of the 2014–15 Football League Cup, Chelsea, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, Liverpool, and the spot awarded to the League Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Southampton, since those teams were the first teams in the table not already qualified for any European competition.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2015. Source: Premier League

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 79 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | MCI | ROM | CSKA |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 3 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–7 | 0–2 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## Squad information
### First team squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Joe Hart | 28 | EU | 2006 | 300 | 0 | 2019 | £500,000 | |
| 2 | RB | Micah Richards | 27 | EU | 2005 | 245 | 10 | 2015 | YS | On loan at Fiorentina |
| 3 | RB | Bacary Sagna | 32 | EU | 2014 | 16 | 0 | 2017 | Free | |
| 4 | CB | Vincent Kompany | 29 | EU | 2008 | 276 | 12 | 2019 | £6M | Captain |
| 5 | RB | Pablo Zabaleta | 30 | EU | 2008 | 279 | 10 | 2017 | £6M | |
| 6 | DM | Fernando | 27 | EU | 2014 | 33 | 2 | 2019 | £12M | |
| 7 | AM | James Milner | 29 | EU | 2010 | 203 | 18 | 2015 | £24M | |
| 8 | AM | Samir Nasri | 28 | EU | 2011 | 163 | 25 | 2019 | £25M | |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 29 | EU | 2013 | 49 | 23 | 2017 | £20M | On loan at Valencia |
| 10 | FW | Edin Džeko | 29 | Non-EU | 2011 (Winter) | 189 | 72 | 2018 | £27M | |
| 11 | LB | Aleksandar Kolarov | 29 | Non-EU | 2010 | 167 | 17 | 2018 | £16M | |
| 12 | LW | Scott Sinclair | 26 | EU | 2012 | 19 | 0 | 2016 | £6.2M | On loan at Aston Villa |
| 13 | GK | Willy Caballero | 33 | EU | 2014 | 7 | 0 | 2017 | £4.4M | |
| 14 | FW | Wilfried Bony | 26 | Non-EU | 2015 (Winter) | 12 | 2 | 2019 | £25M | |
| 15 | RW | Jesús Navas | 29 | EU | 2013 | 95 | 7 | 2017 | £14.9M | |
| 16 | FW | Sergio Agüero | 27 | EU | 2011 | 164 | 107 | 2019 | £35M | |
| 18 | CM | Frank Lampard | 37 | EU | 2014 | 38 | 8 | 2015 | Free | On loan from New York City FC |
| 19 | CB | Karim Rekik | 20 | EU | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 2016 | £396,000 | On loan at PSV |
| 20 | CB | Eliaquim Mangala | 24 | EU | 2014 | 31 | 0 | 2019 | £32M | |
| 21 | AM | David Silva | 29 | EU | 2010 | 224 | 39 | 2019 | £24M | |
| 22 | LB | Gaël Clichy | 29 | EU | 2011 | 136 | 1 | 2017 | £7M | |
| 25 | CM | Fernandinho | 30 | Non-EU | 2013 | 89 | 8 | 2017 | £30M | |
| 26 | CB | Martín Demichelis | 34 | EU | 2013 | 75 | 3 | 2015 | £4M | |
| 29 | GK | Richard Wright | 37 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 33 | CB | Matija Nastasić | 22 | Non-EU | 2012 | 51 | 0 | 2017 | £10M | On loan at Schalke 04 |
| 35 | FW | Stevan Jovetić | 25 | Non-EU | 2013 | 43 | 11 | 2018 | £22M | |
| 36 | CM | Bruno Zuculini | 22 | EU | 2014 | 1 | 0 | N/A | £1.5M | On loan at Córdoba |
| 38 | CB | Dedryck Boyata | 24 | EU | 2006 | 36 | 1 | 2016 | YS | |
| 42 | CM | Yaya Touré | 32 | Non-EU | 2010 | 221 | 67 | 2017 | £24M | |
| 60 | FW | John Guidetti | 23 | EU | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 2015 | £100,000 | On loan at Celtic |
| 64 | AM | Marcos Lopes | 19 | EU | 2011 | 5 | 1 | 2016 | £790,000 | On loan at Lille |
| 78 | FW | José Ángel Pozo | 19 | EU | 2012 | 4 | 1 | 2017 | £2.4M | |
Updated to match played 26 June 2015 Source: mcfc.co.uk
Ordered by squad number. Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

### Playing statistics

    As of 25 May 2015
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Community Shield | Community Shield | Community Shield | Community Shield | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Joe Hart | GK | 36 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | 42 | | 1 | |
| 2 | | Micah Richards | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | | Bacary Sagna | DF | 9 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 16 | | 1 | |
| 4 | | Vincent Kompany | DF | 25 | | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 7 | | 1 | | | | | | 33 | | 8 | |
| 5 | | Pablo Zabaleta | DF | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 36 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | | Fernando | MF | 25 | 2 | 7 | | 2 | | | | | | | | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 33 | 2 | 10 | |
| 7 | | James Milner | MF | 32 | 5 | 6 | | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | | 1 | | 8 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 45 | 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | | Samir Nasri | MF | 24 | 2 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 6 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 33 | 3 | 7 | |
| 10 | | Edin Džeko | FW | 22 | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | 6 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | 32 | 6 | 3 | |
| 11 | | Aleksandar Kolarov | DF | 21 | 2 | 4 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 30 | 2 | 5 | |
| 12 | | Scott Sinclair | MF | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 13 | | Willy Caballero | GK | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | | |
| 14 | | Wilfried Bony | FW | 10 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
| 15 | | Jesús Navas | MF | 35 | | 3 | | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 7 | | | | 1 | | | | 47 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | | Sergio Agüero | FW | 33 | 26 | 3 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 7 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 42 | 32 | 6 | |
| 18 | | Frank Lampard | MF | 32 | 6 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 38 | 8 | 1 | |
| 20 | | Eliaquim Mangala | DF | 25 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | | | | 32 | | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | | David Silva | MF | 32 | 12 | 8 | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 42 | 12 | 9 | |
| 22 | | Gaël Clichy | DF | 23 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 6 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | | Fernandinho | MF | 33 | 3 | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 7 | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 43 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | | Martín Demichelis | DF | 31 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 7 | | 2 | | | | | | 40 | 1 | 8 | |
| 29 | | Richard Wright | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | | Matija Nastasić | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 35 | | Stevan Jovetić | FW | 17 | 5 | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | | 1 | | | | 26 | 5 | | |
| 36 | | Bruno Zuculini | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 38 | | Dedryck Boyata | DF | 2 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 6 | | 1 | |
| 42 | | Yaya Touré | MF | 29 | 10 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 38 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 78 | | José Ángel Pozo | FW | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 83 | 77 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 7 | 4 | 0 | | 10 | 22 | 3 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 102 | 106 | 5 |
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2014–15 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Squad Profiles 00(for actual stats.)

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
    Correct as of match played on 25 May 2015
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Community Shield | TOTAL |
| 16 | | Sergio Agüero | FW | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 |
| 21 | | David Silva | MF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 42 | | Yaya Touré | MF | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | | James Milner | MF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | | Frank Lampard | MF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | | Edin Džeko | FW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 35 | | Stevan Jovetić | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | | Fernandinho | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | Samir Nasri | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | | Wilfried Bony | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Fernando | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | Aleksandar Kolarov | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | Pablo Zabaleta | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | | Gaël Clichy | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | | Martín Demichelis | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | Jesús Navas | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 78 | | José Ángel Pozo | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 83 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 102 |

## Awards
### Premier League Golden Boot award

Awarded to the player who has scored the most league goals at the end of each Premier League season
| Year | Player | Goals |
| 2014–15 | Sergio Agüero | 26 |

### Premier League Golden Glove award

Awarded to the player who has kept the most league clean sheets at the end of each Premier League season
| Year | Player | Clean sheets |
| 2014–15 | Joe Hart | 14 |

### Football Supporters' Federation Player of the Year award

Awarded annually to the player chosen by a public vote on the Football Supporters' Federation website
| Year | Player |
| 2014 | Sergio Agüero |

### CAF African Player of the Year award

Awarded every calendar year from a shortlist of three based on a vote of the 56 CAF national team managers
| Year | Player |
| 2014 | Yaya Touré |

### Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
| Month | Manager |
| December | Manuel Pellegrini |

### Premier League Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
| Month | Player |
| November | Sergio Agüero |

### Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS
| Month | Player |
| August | Stevan Jovetić |
| September | Frank Lampard |
| October | Sergio Agüero |
| November | Sergio Agüero |
| December | David Silva |
| January | James Milner |
| February | David Silva |
| March | Joe Hart |
| April | Sergio Agüero |

### Associated Press International Team of the Week award

Awarded on a weekly basis to the team elected by vote of accredited Associated Press journalists as having made the best performance(s) of any global club
| Week ending | For performance in |
| 30 November 2014 | Manchester City 3 – 2 Bayern Munich Southampton 0 – 3 Manchester City |

### Associated Press International Player of the Week award

Awarded on a weekly basis to the player elected by vote of accredited Associated Press journalists as having made the best performance(s) of any global player
| Week ending | Player | For performance in |
| 30 November 2014 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City 3 – 2 Bayern Munich Southampton 0 – 3 Manchester City |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers out

Premier League clubs have submitted their retained and released players lists for 2013–14 indicating which players will be released on 1 June 2014.