Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City F.C.
Full name	Manchester City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Citizens
Founded	1887
Ground	City of Manchester Stadium (Capacity 47,726)
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Roberto Mancini
League	Premier League
2010/11	Premier League, 3rd

Manchester City Football Club is a English football club.

The club plays in the Premier League and is owned by a royal family from Abu Dhabi. As of September 1, 2008 they are the richest club in the Premier League.

The manager of the club is the Italian Roberto Mancini who replaced Mark Hughes. They finished 9th place in the 2007-08 Premier League. Their current stadium is the 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 Commonwealth games, which the club agreed to do.

Name

• 1887-1894 Ardwick F.C.
• 1894-present Manchester City F.C.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	Premier League	18th
2001/02	First Division	Champions
2002/03	Premier League	9th
2003/04	Premier League	16th
2004/05	Premier League	8th
2005/06	Premier League	15th
2006/07	Premier League	14th
2007/08	Premier League	9th
2008/09	Premier League	10th
2009/10	Premier League	5th
2010/11	Premier League	3rd

Former position

1892/93 : Second Division - 5th 1893/94 : Second Division - 13th 1894/95 : Second Division - 9th 1895/96 : Second Division - 2nd 1896/97 : Second Division - 6th 1897/98 : Second Division - 3rd 1898/99 : Second Division - Champions 1899/00 : First Division - 7th 1900/01 : First Division - 11th 1901/02 : First Division - 18th 1902/03 : Second Division - Champions 1903/04 : First Division - 2nd 1904/05 : First Division - 3rd 1905/06 : First Division - 5th 1906/07 : First Division - 17th 1907/08 : First Division - 3rd 1908/09 : First Division - 19th 1909/10 : Second Division - Champions 1910/11 : First Division - 17th 1911/12 : First Division - 15th 1912/13 : First Division - 6th 1913/14 : First Division - 13th 1914/15 : First Division - 5th 1919/20 : First Division - 7th 1920/21 : First Division - 2nd 1921/22 : First Division - 10th 1922/23 : First Division - 8th 1923/24 : First Division - 11th 1924/25 : First Division - 10th 1925/26 : First Division - 21st 1926/27 : Second Division - 3rd 1927/28 : Second Division - Champions 1928/29 : First Division - 8th 1929/30 : First Division - 3rd 1930/31 : First Division - 8th 1931/32 : First Division - 14th 1932/33 : First Division - 16th 1933/34 : First Division - 5th 1934/35 : First Division - 4th 1935/36 : First Division - 9th 1936/37 : First Division - Champions 1937/38 : First Division - 21st 1938/39 : Second Division - 5th 1939/40 : Second Division - - 1946/47 : Second Division - Champions 1947/48 : First Division - 10th 1948/49 : First Division - 7th 1949/50 : First Division - 21st 1950/51 : Second Division - 2nd 1951/52 : First Division - 15th 1952/53 : First Division - 20th 1953/54 : First Division - 17th 1954/55 : First Division - 7th 1955/56 : First Division - 4th 1956/57 : First Division - 18th 1957/58 : First Division - 5th 1958/59 : First Division - 20th 1959/60 : First Division - 16th 1960/61 : First Division - 13th 1961/62 : First Division - 12th 1962/63 : First Division - 21st 1963/64 : Second Division - 6th 1964/65 : Second Division - 11th 1965/66 : Second Division - Champions 1966/67 : First Division - 15th 1967/68 : First Division - Champions 1968/69 : First Division - 13th 1969/70 : First Division - 10th 1970/71 : First Division - 11th 1971/72 : First Division - 4th 1972/73 : First Division - 11th 1973/74 : First Division - 14th 1974/75 : First Division - 8th 1975/76 : First Division - 8th 1976/77 : First Division - 2nd 1977/78 : First Division - 4th 1978/79 : First Division - 15th 1979/80 : First Division - 17th 1980/81 : First Division - 12th 1981/82 : First Division - 10th 1982/83 : First Division - 20th 1983/84 : Second Division - 4th 1984/85 : Second Division - 3rd 1985/86 : First Division - 15th 1986/87 : First Division - 21st 1987/88 : Second Division - 9th 1988/89 : Second Division - 2nd 1989/90 : First Division - 14th 1990/91 : First Division - 5th 1991/92 : First Division - 5th 1992/93 : Premier League - 9th 1993/94 : Premier League - 16th 1994/95 : Premier League - 17th 1995/96 : Premier League - 18th 1996/97 : First Division - 14th 1997/98 : First Division - 22nd 1998/99 : Second Division - 3rd 1999/00 : First Division - 2nd