2010–11 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Manchester City Football Club's 109th season of competitive football, 82nd season in the top flight of English football and 14th season in the Premier League.^[2] As City finished fifth in previous season's league campaign, they qualified for the recently rebranded UEFA Europa League. The Blues were managed by Roberto Mancini, who had been appointed midway through the previous season.

Manchester City

2010–11 season
Parade in Manchester dedicated to winning the FA Cup and ending 35-year trophy drought[1]
Owner	Abu Dhabi United Group
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Tevez (20) All: Carlos Tevez (23)
Highest home attendance	47,393 vs Arsenal (24 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance	23,542 vs Timișoara (26 August 2010)
Average home league attendance	45,972
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The season is best remembered by City's title run in the FA Cup, which saw them defeat rivals Manchester United in the semi-finals before overcoming Stoke City in the final, both by a 1–0 scoreline. The triumph ended Manchester City's 35-year wait for the silverware and signified the start of a new era under the CFG ownership. The season was also notable due to the club finishing third in the Premier League and qualifying for next season's UEFA Champions League, something that had not happened since 1967–68, when the Blues qualified for the old European Cup via their league title victory.

Season review

In the summer transfer window, the club, one of the richest in the world since its 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group, spent £126 million on players, including Jérôme Boateng from Hamburger SV, Yaya Touré from Barcelona, David Silva from Valencia, Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio, Mario Balotelli from Inter Milan and James Milner from Aston Villa. Popular City midfielder Stephen Ireland was transferred to Aston Villa as part of a player exchange agreement in the Milner deal.^[3]

The team began this season's campaign well, collecting four out of a possible six points against Top 7 opponents Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, which was three points more than City managed in the comparable fixtures last season. The Blues then stuttered for a couple of games against Sunderland (away) and Blackburn Rovers (at home), bagging only a single home point out of the six despite completely dominating both games, with (according to manager Roberto Mancini) at least 25 missed chances in the Blackburn game alone. City got itself back on a winning track again with a 0–2 away win against Wigan Athletic, which was the first time the team had ever won at the DW Stadium, breaking what some supporters had labelled a jinx for this fixture.

After the previous season's run to the semi-finals of the League Cup, the team's performance in that competition this season was very disappointing, with the Blues falling at the first hurdle, losing 2–1 to West Bromwich Albion in the third round tie played at The Hawthorns.

City began its Europa League campaign in much better style, clocking up three back-to-back wins in its first three games. In the first leg 1–0 away victory over Timișoara in the play-off round, Mario Balotelli scored the single winning goal on his debut, but also incurred a serious knee injury that required surgery, putting him out of action for the next three months.^[4] Balotelli was not the only one of City's new crop of high-profile summer signings to fall victim to an early serious injury, with Jérôme Boateng missing out on the first six weeks of the new season due to a knee injury he picked up playing for Germany in an international friendly match against Denmark back in mid-August,^[5] while Aleksandar Kolarov seriously damaged his ankle ligaments in the opening match of the season against Tottenham Hotspur. The loss of Boateng and Kolarov – taken together with recent injuries to Micah Richards (hamstring), Wayne Bridge (thigh injury coming right on the back of a prolonged absence due to a cracked foot bone) and Joleon Lescott (groin) – meant that Roberto Mancini found himself without five of his eight main back four defenders going into City's home match against Chelsea, causing him to claim that he had a defensive injury crisis for that game,^[6] which nevertheless City still managed to win convincingly due to a stellar defensive performance from the back four (Dedryck Boyata, Kolo Touré, Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta) that Mancini was able to field.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home

Away

Third

Third alt.

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 1 alt.

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Kit information

Umbro made a new set of kits for Manchester City whilst they were in their second year of contract with the club.

• Home: The home kit was in City's traditional colours of sky blue and white in a classic design modelled on the club's outfits worn in the late 1960s. Featuring white cuffs and subtle shadow stripes on the body, the home strip was kitted out with white shorts and sky blue socks, which had a maroon turnover on the top.
• Away: The away kit was mainly navy with sky blue detailing and sported thin horizontal sky blue striping on the socks. The kit was described on the club's website as the "dark side of the moon".^[7]
• Third: The white third kit last season was retained, but was refitted with white shorts and socks, the latter sporting a red-and-black band to echo the sash on the body.
• Keeper: The last season goalkeeper kits were also retained, though a new all-black kit had been added to the collection for this season, to be used primarily with the home team kit. Last season's all-green home goalkeeper strip had been moved over to the away kit, although it was still used with the home team kit when the all-black kit was considered to be too close in colour to the opposition's strip (e.g., Chelsea and Newcastle United). The gold-and-black goalkeeper strip that was used primarily with the away kit last season had been retained as an alternate (third) choice kit for the goalkeepers. As could be determined from the foregoing, which of the three team kits these goalkeeper strips were actually used with was not a hard and fast rule since any of these strips could be swapped around (if necessary) in order to avoid kit clashes with the opponents' team strips or the opponents' goalkeeper strips, as well as avoiding clashes with the strips worn by the match officials.

On 2 February 2011, there was a minor "kit faux pas" when the Manchester City team wore its regular home team kit for its away fixture against Birmingham City at St Andrew's, a fixture that usually required the visiting Manchester City team to use one of its alternative strips (in this case, its third team kit since the midnight blue away kit also represented a colour clash),^[7] as the primary home team colours of both sides combined a blue shirt with white shorts. No explanation had ever come as to why this mix-up occurred (because as per which kits were to be worn in which fixtures was determined before the season even began), or why the referee, Kevin Friend, allowed two teams so similarly clad onto the pitch rather than insist that one of them first change its kit, although Birmingham's 2010–11 home shirt features large elements of white. Since then, there have been multiple instances of City wearing sky blue against teams in royal blue.

Pre-season games

Friendly

Portland Timbers v Manchester City

18 July 2010	Portland Timbers	0–3	Manchester City	Portland, Oregon, United States
03:00 BST		MCFC report	Ireland 43' Adebayor 44' Jô 68'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

New York Football Challenge

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting CP (C)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	8
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	8
New York Red Bulls	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Manchester City	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Sporting CP v Manchester City

24 July 2010	Sporting CP	2–0	Manchester City	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
01:30 BST	Djaló 23', 39'	MCFC report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,586 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

New York Red Bulls v Manchester City

25 July 2010	New York Red Bulls	2–1	Manchester City	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:00 BST	Kandji 7' Richards 70'	MCFC report	Jô 55'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,228 Referee: Michael Kennedy (United States)

Atlanta International Soccer Challenge

América v Manchester City

29 July 2010	América	1–1 (1–4 p)	Manchester City	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
01:00 BST	Esqueda 47'	MCFC report	Adebayor 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Georgia Dome Attendance: 33,721 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Penalties
	Pardo Mosquera Montenegro		Adebayor Jô Weiss Vieira

Pirelli Cup

Inter Milan v Manchester City

1 August 2010	Inter Milan	3–0	Manchester City	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
01:00 BST	Obinna 39' Lescott 54' (o.g.) Biraghi 74'	MCFC report		Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium Attendance: 36,569 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Ferrostaal Cup, Summer of Champions

Borussia Dortmund v Manchester City

4 August 2010	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Manchester City	Dortmund, Germany
19:00 BST	Barrios 9' (pen.) Kagawa 50' Lewandowski 81'	MCFC report	Jô 11'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)

Friendly

Manchester City v Valencia

7 August 2010	Manchester City	2–0	Valencia	Manchester, England
19:00 BST	Barry 28' Jô 85'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,088 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2010–11 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	23	11	4	78	37	+41	80	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	21	8	9	69	33	+36	71
3	Manchester City	38	21	8	9	60	33	+27	71
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	72	43	+29	68	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	14	8	55	46	+9	62	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	8	9	60	33	+27	71	13	4	2	34	12	+22	8	4	7	26	21	+5

Last updated: 22 May 2011, end of season..
Source: MCFC official web site

Points breakdown Points at home: 43 Points away from home: 28 Points against 2009/10 Top Four: 9 Points against promoted teams: 18 6 points: Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, 0West Ham United, Wigan Athletic 4 points: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur 3 points: Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 points: Birmingham City 1 point: 0Arsenal, Manchester United 0 points: Everton

Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 5–0 vs. Sunderland, 3 April 2011 Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Arsenal, 24 October 2010 Biggest away win: 1–4 vs. Fulham, November 2010 Biggest away defeat: 3–0 vs. Liverpool, 11 April 2011 Biggest home attendance: 47,393 vs. Arsenal, 24 October 2010 Smallest home attendance: 43,077 vs. Fulham, 27 February 2011 Biggest away attendance: 75,322 vs. Manchester United, 12 February 2011 Smallest away attendance: 15,525 vs. Wigan Athletic, 19 September 2010

Results by round

Round	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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	11	4	9	8	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2011, end of season. Source: Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

14 August 2010 1	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Manchester City	London
12:45 BST		BBC Sport report Guardian report	Kompany  24' Zabaleta  60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,928 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Liverpool

23 August 2010 2	Manchester City	3–0	Liverpool	Manchester
20:00 BST	Barry 13' Tevez 52', 68' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,087 Referee: Phil Dowd

Sunderland v Manchester City

29 August 2010 3	Sunderland	1–0	Manchester City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Bent 90+4' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,610 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers

11 September 2010 4	Manchester City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Vieira 55'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Kalinić 25'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,246 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wigan Athletic v Manchester City

19 September 2010 5	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Manchester City	Wigan
15:00 BST		BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tevez 43' Y. Touré 70'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,525 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester City v Chelsea

25 September 2010 6	Manchester City	1–0	Chelsea	Manchester
12:45 BST	Tevez 59'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,203 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Newcastle United

3 October 2010 7	Manchester City	2–1	Newcastle United	Manchester
13:30 BST	Tevez 18' (pen.) A. Johnson 75'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Gutiérrez 24'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Blackpool v Manchester City

17 October 2010 8	Blackpool	2–3	Manchester City	Blackpool
16:00 BST	Harewood 78' Taylor-Fletcher 90+3'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tevez 67', 79' Silva 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 16,116 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Arsenal

24 October 2010 9	Manchester City	0–3	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST	Boyata  5' Barry  13' Kompany  72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Denílson  8' Nasri 20' Fàbregas  28' Song  33', 66' Djourou  36' Bendtner 88'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,393 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City

30 October 2010 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Milijaš 30' Edwards 57'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Adebayor 23' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 25,971 Referee: Mike Dean

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City

7 November 2010 11	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report	Balotelli 20', 26'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,013 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester City v Manchester United

10 November 2010 12	Manchester City	0–0	Manchester United	Manchester
20:00 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,210 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Birmingham City

13 November 2010 13	Manchester City	0–0	Birmingham City	Manchester
15:00 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,321 Referee: Mike Jones

Fulham v Manchester City

21 November 2010 14	Fulham	1–4	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT	Gera 70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tevez 6', 56' Zabaleta 32' Y. Touré 35'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,694 Referee: Lee Mason

Stoke City v Manchester City

27 November 2010 15	Stoke City	1–1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Etherington 90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Richards 81'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,405 Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester City v Bolton Wanderers

4 December 2010 16	Manchester City	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tevez 4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,860 Referee: Andre Marriner

West Ham United v Manchester City

11 December 2010 17	West Ham United	1–3	Manchester City	London
15:00 GMT	Tomkins 89'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Y. Touré 30' Y. Touré 73' A. Johnson 81'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 32,813 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Everton

20 December 2010 18	Manchester City	1–2	Everton	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Y. Touré 72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	T. Cahill 4' Baines 19'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,028 Referee: Peter Walton

Newcastle United v Manchester City

26 December 2010 19	Newcastle United	1–3	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Carroll 72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Barry 2' Tevez 5' Coloccini 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,635 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Aston Villa

28 December 2010 20	Manchester City	4–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Balotelli 8' (pen.), 27', 55' (pen.) Lescott 13'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,716 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Blackpool

1 January 2011 21	Manchester City	1–0	Blackpool	Manchester
15:00 GMT	A. Johnson 34'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,296 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Arsenal v Manchester City

5 January 2011 22	Arsenal	0–0	Manchester City	London
19:45 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,085 Referee: Mike Jones

Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

15 January 2011 23	Manchester City	4–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 GMT	K. Touré 40' Tevez 49', 66' Y. Touré 54'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Milijaš 12' Doyle 68' (pen.) Zubar 86'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,672 Referee: Lee Mason

Aston Villa v Manchester City

22 January 2011 24	Aston Villa	1–0	Manchester City	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Bent 18'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,315 Referee: Howard Webb

Birmingham City v Manchester City

2 February 2011 25	Birmingham City	2–2	Manchester City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Žigić 23' Gardner 77' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tevez 4' Kolarov 41'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,379 Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion

5 February 2011 26	Manchester City	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tevez 17' (pen.), 22', 39' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,846 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester United v Manchester City

12 February 2011 27	Manchester United	2–1	Manchester City	Manchester
12:45 GMT	Nani 41' Rooney 78'	BBC Sport report Observer report Guardian report	Silva 65'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,322 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Fulham

27 February 2011 28	Manchester City	1–1	Fulham	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Balotelli 26'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Duff 48'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,077 Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester City v Wigan Athletic

5 March 2011 29	Manchester City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Silva 38'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,864 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Chelsea v Manchester City

20 March 2011 30	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT	David Luiz 79' Ramires 90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,741 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Sunderland

3 April 2011 31	Manchester City	5–0	Sunderland	Manchester
16:00 BST	A. Johnson 9' Tevez 15' (pen.) Silva 63' Vieira 67' Y. Touré 73'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,197 Referee: Howard Webb

Liverpool v Manchester City

11 April 2011 32	Liverpool	3–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Carroll 13', 35' Kuyt 34'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,776 Referee: Mark Halsey

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City

25 April 2011 33	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Manchester City	Blackburn
20:00 BST		BBC Sport report	Džeko 75'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,529 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v West Ham United

1 May 2011 34	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester
16:10 BST	De Jong 10' Zabaleta 15'	BBC Sport report	Ba 33'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,511 Referee: Howard Webb

Everton v Manchester City

7 May 2011 35	Everton	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Distin 65' Osman 72'	BBC Sport report	Y. Touré 28'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,351 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

10 May 2011 36	Manchester City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
19:45 BST	Crouch 30' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,029 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Stoke City

17 May 2011 37	Manchester City	3–0	Stoke City	Manchester
19:45 BST	Tevez 14', 65' Lescott 53'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,103 Referee: Lee Probert

Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City

22 May 2011 38	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Manchester City	Bolton
16:00 BST		BBC Sport report	Lescott 43' Džeko 62'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup

Manchester City players celebrating their triumph in the 2011 FA Cup final

Leicester City v Manchester City

9 January 2011 Third round	Leicester City	2–2	Manchester City	Leicester
16:00 GMT	Bamba 1' King 64'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Milner 23' Tevez 45'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Leicester City

18 January 2011 Third round Replay	Manchester City	4–2	Leicester City	Manchester
19.45 GMT	Tevez 15' Vieira 37' A. Johnson 38' Kolarov 90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Gallagher 19' (pen.) Dyer 83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,755 Referee: Mark Halsey

Notts County v Manchester City

30 January 2011 Fourth round	Notts County	1–1	Manchester City	Nottingham
14:00 GMT	Bishop 59'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Džeko 80'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Notts County

20 February 2011 Fourth round Replay	Manchester City	5–0	Notts County	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Vieira 37', 58' Tevez 84' Džeko 89' Richards 90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,276 Referee: Mike Jones

Manchester City v Aston Villa

2 March 2011 Fifth Round	Manchester City	3–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Y. Touré 5' Balotelli 25' Silva 70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,570 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Manchester City v Reading

13 March 2011 Quarter-final	Manchester City	1–0	Reading	Manchester
16:45 GMT	Richards 74'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,150 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester City v Manchester United

16 April 2011 Semi-final	Manchester City	1–0	Manchester United	London
17:15 BST	Y. Touré 52'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 86,549 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Stoke City

14 May 2011 Final	Manchester City	1–0	Stoke City	London
15:00 BST	Y. Touré 74'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 88,643 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City

22 September 2010 Third round	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Manchester City	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Zuiverloon 55' Cox 57'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Jô 19'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,418 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Timișoara v Manchester City

19 August 2010 First Leg	Timișoara	0–1	Manchester City	Timișoara, Romania
20:00 CET		UEFA report BBC Sport report	Balotelli 72'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Manchester City v Timișoara

26 August 2010 Second Leg	Manchester City	2–0	Timișoara	Manchester, England
19:45 CET	Wright-Phillips 43' Boyata 59'	UEFA report BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 23,542 Referee: Jorge de Sousa (Portugal)

Group stage

Manchester City prepare to kick off their opening Europa League group fixture vs. Red Bull Salzburg

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester City	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lech Poznań	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11
3	Juventus	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6
4	Red Bull Salzburg	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2

Source: Soccerway

Red Bull Salzburg v Manchester City

16 September 2010 1	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	Manchester City	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CET		UEFA report BBC Sport report	Silva 8' Jô 63'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Georgios Daloukas (Greece)

Manchester City v Juventus

30 September 2010 2	Manchester City	1–1	Juventus	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	A. Johnson 37'	UEFA report BBC Sport report	Iaquinta 10'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 35,212 Referee: Eduardo González (Spain)

Manchester City v Lech Poznań

21 October 2010 3	Manchester City	3–1	Lech Poznań	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Adebayor 13', 25', 73'	UEFA report BBC Sport report	Tshibamba 50'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 33,383 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Lech Poznań v Manchester City

4 November 2010 4	Lech Poznań	3–1	Manchester City	Poznań, Poland
19:00 CET	Injac 30' Arboleda 86' Możdżeń 90+1'	UEFA report BBC Sport report	Adebayor 51'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Manchester City v Red Bull Salzburg

1 December 2010 5	Manchester City	3–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Balotelli 18', 65' A. Johnson 78'	UEFA report BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 37,552 Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

Juventus v Manchester City

16 December 2010 6	Juventus	1–1	Manchester City	Turin, Italy
19:00 CET	Giannetti 43'	UEFA report BBC Sport report	Jô 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 6,992 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Last updated: 16 December 2010.
Source: UEFA Europa League 2010–11 match reports

Knockout phase

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Aris v Manchester City

15 February 2011 First Leg	Aris	0–0	Manchester City	Salonika, Greece
18:00 CET		UEFA report BBC Sport report		Stadium: Kleánthis Vikelídis Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Manchester City v Aris

24 February 2011 Second Leg	Manchester City	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Aris	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Džeko 7', 12' Y. Touré 75'	UEFA report BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 36,748 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City

10 March 2011 First Leg	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Manchester City	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:05 CET	Shevchenko 25' Husyev 77'	UEFA report BBC Sport report		Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Manchester City v Dynamo Kyiv

17 March 2011 Second Leg	Manchester City	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Manchester, England
19:00 CET	Kolarov 39'	UEFA report BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Squad information

Playing statistics

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				Europa League				FA Cup				League Cup				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Shay Given	GK					3								1				4
2		Micah Richards	DF	18	1	4		8		1		5	2	1						31	3	6
3		Wayne Bridge	DF	3				4		1										7		1
4		Vincent Kompany	DF	37		6		8		1		5		2						50		9
5		Pablo Zabaleta	DF	26	2	8	1	11		1		7		1		1				43	2	10	1
7		James Milner	MF	32		4		5				3	1	1		1				41	1	5
8		Shaun Wright-Phillips	MF	7				9	1			3								19	1
9		Emmanuel Adebayor	FW	8	1			6	4											14	5
10		Edin Džeko	FW	15	2			4	2	1		2	2							21	6	1
11		Adam Johnson	MF	31	4	2		7	2			4	1			1				43	7	2
12		Stuart Taylor	GK
13		Aleksandar Kolarov	DF	24	1	6	1	5	1	1		8	1			1				43	7	1	1
14		Roque Santa Cruz	FW	1												1				2
17		Jérôme Boateng	DF	16		1		5				3								24		1
18		Gareth Barry	MF	33	2	8		7		1		7								47	2	9
19		Joleon Lescott	DF	22	3	1		7				8								37	3	1
21		David Silva	MF	35	4	2		10	1	1		7	1			1				53	6	3
22		Greg Cunningham	MF					1								1				2
24		Patrick Vieira	DF	15	2	2		8				8	3	1		1		1		32	5	4
25		Joe Hart	GK	38		1		9				8								55		1
27		Jô	FW	12				6	2			5				1	1			24	3
28		Kolo Touré	DF	22	1	4	1	5		1		2								29	1	5	1
32		Carlos Tevez	FW	31	20	6		7		2		6	3							44	24	8
34		Nigel de Jong	MF	32	1	9		5		1		4		1						41	1	11
36		Javan Vidal	DF													1		1		1		1
38		Dedryck Boyata	DF	7		1	1	6	1			2				1				16	1	1	1
41		Ben Mee	DF													1				1
42		Yaya Touré	MF	35	8	3		8	1	1		7	3			1				50	12	4
43		Alex Nimely	FW					1												1
45		Mario Balotelli	FW	17	6	6	1	6	3	2	1	5	1	3						28	10	11	2
48		Ryan McGivern	DF	1																1
50		Abdisalam Ibrahim	FW													1				1
53		Chris Chantler	MF					1												1
57		Reece Wabara	DF	1																1
60		John Guidetti	FW													1				1
62		Abdul Razak	MF	1																1
Own goals					3				0				0				0				0
Totals					60	74	5		18	15	1		18	10	0		1	2	0		96	99	6

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Premier League	Europa League	FA Cup	League Cup	TOTAL
32		Carlos Tevez	FW	20	0	3	0	23
42		Yaya Touré	MF	8	1	3	0	12
45		Mario Balotelli	FW	6	3	1	0	10
11		Adam Johnson	MF	4	2	1	0	7
10		Edin Džeko	FW	2	2	2	0	6
21		David Silva	FW	4	1	1	0	6
25		Emmanuel Adebayor	FW	1	4	0	0	5
24		Patrick Vieira	DF	2	0	3	0	5
27		Jô	FW	0	2	0	1	3
13		Aleksandar Kolarov	DF	1	1	1	0	3
19		Joleon Lescott	DF	3	0	0	0	3
2		Micah Richards	DF	1	0	2	0	3
18		Gareth Barry	MF	2	0	0	0	2
5		Pablo Zabaleta	DF	2	0	0	0	2
38		Dedryck Boyata	DF	0	1	0	0	1
34		Nigel de Jong	MF	1	0	0	0	1
7		James Milner	MF	0	0	1	0	1
28		Kolo Touré	MF	1	0	0	0	1
8		Shaun Wright-Phillips	MF	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	0	2
Totals				60	18	18	1	97

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the manager that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor.

Month	Manager
December Archived 15 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine[8][9]	Roberto Mancini

Premier League Golden Boot award

Awarded to the player who scored the most goals in the 2010–11 Premier League season.

Player	Goals
Carlos Tevez	20*

(*shared with Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov)

Barclays Golden Glove award

Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2010–11 Premier League season.

Player	Clean sheets
Joe Hart[10]	18

PFA Team of the Year

The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA.^[11]

Player	Position
Vincent Kompany	Defence
Carlos Tevez	Attack

Etihad / OSC Player of the Year awards

Player/Event/Organisation	2010–11 season awards[12]	Notes
Vincent Kompany	OSC Player of the Year	OSC = Official Supporters Club
Mario Balotelli	OSC Young Player of the Year
Vincent Kompany	Jaguar Players' Player of the Year
Carlos Tevez	Goal of the Season	Manchester City 3 – 0 Stoke City 17 May 2011 (65th-minute goal)
Joe Hart	Performance of the Season	Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 0 Manchester City 14 August 2010
FA Cup victory	Moment of the season
Patrick Vieira	CITC Player of the Year	CITC = City in the Community
Manchester City Supporters Club	CITC Partner of the Year
Lee Jackson	Outstanding contribution	Awarded to club Head Groundsman

Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the official website of Manchester City.

Month	Player
August[13]	Joe Hart
September[14]	Vincent Kompany
October[15]	David Silva
November[16]	David Silva
December[17]	David Silva
January[18]	Edin Džeko
February[19]	Micah Richards
March[20]	Vincent Kompany
April[21]	Yaya Touré

Tuttosport Golden Boy award

Awarded annually since 2003 by the Italian daily sports newspaper to the young player (on an initial short list of 40 'under 21' players) that receives the most votes from a panel consisting of 30 sports journalists selected from across the whole of Europe.

Year	Player
2010[22][23]	Mario Balotelli

Best Groundsmen of the Year award

Awarded annually at a meeting of the Institute of Groundsmanship organisation as a result of voting by professional football grounds management teams from the whole of the UK.

Year	Professional Grounds Management Team of the Year
	Grounds staff	Club	Stadium
2010[24]	Roy Rigby and staff	Manchester City	CoMS

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 1 July 2010 DF Jérôme Boateng Hamburger SV £10,000,000[25][26] 2 July 2010 MF Yaya Touré Barcelona £24,000,000[27][28] 14 July 2010 MF David Silva Valencia £24,000,000[29][30] 24 July 2010 DF Aleksandar Kolarov Lazio £16,000,000[31][32] 13 Aug. 2010 FW Mario Balotelli Inter Milan £24,000,000[33][34] 18 Aug. 2010 MF James Milner Aston Villa £18,000,000 + p/x[35][36] 7 Jan. 2011 FW Edin Džeko VfL Wolfsburg £27,000,000[37][38][39]

Reserves and Academy Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 10 June 2010 MF Alex Henshall Swindon Town £250,000[40][41] 7 July 2010 MF Albert Rusnák MFK Košice Undisc.[42] 31 Aug. 2010 MF Mohammed Abu Sporting Club Accra Undisc.[43][44] Nov. 2010 MF Andrea Mancini Bologna Free agent[45] 13 Dec. 2010 FW Gai Assulin Barcelona Free agent[46][47]

Transfers out

First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 8 June 2010 FW Benjani Blackburn Rovers Released[48][49] 22 June 2010 MF Martin Petrov Bolton Wanderers Free[48][50] 5 July 2010 FW Valeri Bojinov Parma £3,000,000[51][52] 29 July 2010 DF Sylvinho Released as free agent[48][53] 30 July 2010 DF Javier Garrido Lazio £2,500,000[54][55] 18 Aug. 2010 MF Stephen Ireland Aston Villa Player exch.[35][36] 31 Aug. 2010 FW Robinho AC Milan £15,000,000+[56][57] 19 Jan. 2011 MF Kelvin Etuhu Released as free agent[58][59][60][61][62]

Reserves and Academy Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 17 May 2010 MF Andrew Mitchell Rangers Free[63] 8 June 2010 MF Karl Moore UCD AFC Released[48] 11 June 2010 FW Róbert Mak 1. FC Nürnberg Undisc.[64] 12 June 2010 GK Tobias Johansen Kongsvinger Free[48][65] 15 June 2010 MF Paul Marshall Walsall Free[66] 30 June 2010 FW Jack Redshaw Rochdale Free[48][67] 8 July 2010 GK Filip Mentel Dundee United Free[68][69] 31 Aug. 2010 MF Adam Clayton Leeds United Undisc.[70][71] 31 Jan. 2011 FW David Ball Peterborough United Undisc.[72][73]

Loans out

First team Start date End date Pos Player To club 21 July 10 3 Jan. 11 GK Gunnar Nielsen Tranmere Rovers[74][75] 11 Aug. 10 31 May 11 DF Nedum Onuoha Sunderland[76][77] 17 Aug. 10 31 May 11 FW Craig Bellamy Cardiff City[78][79] 19 Aug. 10 31 May 11 MF Vladimír Weiss Rangers[80][81] 31 Aug. 10 31 May 11 FW Felipe Caicedo Levante[82][83] 21 Oct. 10 1 Jan. 11 DF Greg Cunningham Leicester City[84][85][86] 12 Jan. 11 31 May 11 DF Wayne Bridge West Ham United[87][88] 14 Jan. 11 31 May 11 FW Roque Santa Cruz Blackburn Rovers[89][90] 14 Jan. 11 31 May 11 MF Abdisalam Ibrahim Scunthorpe United[91][92] 20 Jan. 11 26 Feb. 11 DF Javan Vidal Chesterfield[93][94] 26 Jan. 11 31 May 11 FW Emmanuel Adebayor Real Madrid[95][96] 31 Jan. 11 31 May 11 GK David González Leeds United[97][98]

Reserves and Academy Start date End date Pos Player To club 13 July 10 12 Jan. 11 FW David Ball Swindon Town[99][100] 30 July 10 15 Jan. 11 DF Ryan McGivern Walsall[100][101] 6 Aug. 10 31 Aug. 10 MF Adam Clayton Leeds United[71][102] 7 Aug. 10 31 May 11 DF Kieran Trippier Barnsley[103] 9 Aug. 10 8 Nov. 10 MF Andrew Tutte Rochdale[77][104] 31 Aug. 10 30 June 11 MF Mohammed Abu Strømsgodset[43][44] 12 Oct. 10 2 Dec. 10 FW James Poole Hartlepool United[105][106] 25 Nov. 10 3 Jan. 11 FW John Guidetti Burnley[107][108] 25 Nov. 10 3 Jan. 11 MF Andrew Tutte Shrewsbury Town[100][109][110] 1 Jan. 11 31 May 11 DF Ben Mee Leicester City[111][112] 31 Jan. 11 31 May 11 MF Andrew Tutte Yeovil Town[98][113] 24 Mar. 11 31 May 11 MF Donal McDermott AFC Bournemouth[114][115]

This 'loan watch' report Archived 23 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine provided the latest progress update on most of the players listed above that were out on loan at other clubs.

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