Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English football club. The club is coached by Pep Guardiola and the team is currently playing in the English Premier League. 

The club plays in the Premier League and is owned by a royal family from Abu Dhabi. As of 1 September 2008 they are the richest club in the Premier League. They won the 2011–12 Premier League championship, their first in the top flight since the 1967–68 season. After finishing second in 2012–13, they won the Premier League championship again in 2013–14. Their current stadium is the Etihad Stadium (noncommercial name: City of Manchester Stadium). The stadium is part-owned by Manchester City Council, and could only be built on the understanding that Manchester City would take a tenancy after the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which the club agreed to do. The owner of Manchester City Sheik Mansour bought 200 million pounds.

Prior to Thaksin’s takeover, the club had been listed on the specialist independent equity market PLUS (formerly OFEX)[156] since 1995. On 6 July 2007, after acquiring 75% of the shares, Thaksin de-listed the club and re-registered it as a private company.[157] By August, UKSIL had obtained over 90% of the shares and invoked its rights under the Companies Act to “squeeze out” the remaining shareholders, securing full ownership of the club. Thaksin became chairman, while his children, Panthongtae and Pintongta, were appointed as directors. Former chairman John Wardle remained on the board for a year, but resigned in July 2008 following the appointment of Nike executive Garry Cook as executive chairman in May.

 Name 
 1880-1887 St Mark's (West Gorton)
 1887–1894 Ardwick F.C.
 1894–present Manchester City F.C.

 Players 


 Current squad 

 Out on loan 
The following players have previously made a league or cup appearance for Manchester City and are currently on loan at other teams:

 Other players with first-team appearances 

 Retired numbers 

 Player of the Year 
 YearWinner1985–86 Kenny Clements1986–87 Neil McNab1987–88 Steve Redmond1988–89 Neil McNab1989–90 Colin Hendry1990–91 Niall Quinn1991–92 Tony Coton1992–93 Garry Flitcroft1993–94 Tony Coton1994–95 Uwe Rösler YearWinner1995–96 Georgi Kinkladze1996–97 Georgi Kinkladze1997–98 Michael Brown1998–99 Gerard Wiekens1999–2000 Shaun Goater2000–01 Danny Tiatto2001–02 Ali Benarbia2002–03 Sylvain Distin2003–04 Shaun Wright-Phillips2004–05 Richard Dunne YearWinner2005–06 Richard Dunne2006–07 Richard Dunne2007–08 Richard Dunne2008–09 Stephen Ireland2009–10 Carlos Tevez2010–11 Vincent Kompany2011–12 Sergio Agüero2012–13 Pablo Zabaleta2013–14 Yaya Touré2014–15 Sergio Agüero YearWinner2015–16 Kevin De Bruyne2016–17 David Silva2017–18 Kevin De Bruyne2018–19 Bernardo Silva2019–20 Kevin De Bruyne2020–21 Rúben Dias

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 References 

Category:1880 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Premier League clubs
Category:Sport in Manchester
Category:Football clubs in Greater Manchester
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