Manchester City F.C.
association football club in Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Full name | Manchester City Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | City, Cityzens,[1] The Citizens, The Sky Blues | |||
Short name | City | |||
Founded | 1880; 144 years ago (1880) as St. Mark's (West Gorton) 1887; 137 years ago (1887) as Ardwick Association F.C. 16 April 1894; 130 years ago (1894-04-16) as Manchester City[2] | |||
Ground | Etihad Stadium | |||
Capacity | 55,017[3] | |||
Owner | City Football Group | |||
Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak | |||
Manager | Pep Guardiola | |||
League | Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Current season |
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.[4] 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.