Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League.

Originally formed in 1880 as St. Marks (West Gorton), they then became Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 before changing their name to Manchester City F.C. in 1894. The club has won the League Championship twice, the FA Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the European Cup Winners Cup once. The club’s most successful period was during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when they won several major trophies under the management team of Joe Mercer and his assistant Malcolm Allison, and with great players such as Colin Bell and Francis Lee.

However, the club has not won a major honour since 1976. The club’s decline led to relegation twice in three years in the 1990s, meaning they spent one year in the third tier of English football. However, the club has since regained Premier League status, putting City back in the top flight, the division in which they have spent the majority of their history.

Current squad

1 GK Andreas Isaksson
2 DF Micah Richards (vice-captain)
3 DF Michael Ball
4 DF Nedum Onuoha
6 MF Michael Johnson
7 MF Stephen Ireland
8 MF Geovanni
9 FW Émile Mpenza
11 MF Elano
12 FW Darius Vassell
14 FW Paul Dickov
15 MF Martin Petrov
16 DF Vedran Ćorluka
17 DF Sun Jihai
20 FW Felipe Caicedo
21 MF Dietmar Hamann
22 DF Richard Dunne (captain)
24 DF Javier Garrido
25 GK Joe Hart
27 FW Benjani Mwaruwari
28 MF Gelson Fernandes
29 FW Valeri Bojinov
30 MF Nery Castillo (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
34 DF Sam Williamson
36 FW Daniel Sturridge
37 MF Kelvin Etuhu
38 DF Shaleum Logan

Out on loan

10 FW Rolando Bianchi (on loan to Lazio)
18 DF Danny Mills (on loan to Derby County)
19 GK Kasper Schmeichel (on loan to Coventry City)
33 FW Ched Evans (on loan to Norwich City)
–– FW Bernardo Corradi (on loan to Parma)
–– FW Georgios Samaras (on loan to Celtic)