Manchester City Football Club team history

In 1880, a youth team was established at St. Mark's Church, which later evolved into Manchester City Football Club. In 1884, the earliest known 'Manchester City jersey' was born. The main body of the jersey was black with a Maltese cross pattern. Some say this is due to the club's strong association with the Franciscans in the 1880s, while others say the white cross indicates the still close relationship with St. Mark's.

In 1887, St Mark's became Ardwick Athletic Football Club and moved to Hyde Road.

In 1889, after an explosion in a coal mine near Hyde Road killed 23 miners - Ardwick and Newton Heath (formerly Manchester United) played a night friendly match to raise money for the disaster fund.

In 1892, the English Second Division was established, and Ardwick Athletic Football Club was one of the founding member clubs. In 1894, Ardwick Athletic Football Club was reorganized into Manchester City Football Club to represent the entire city. In 1899, Manchester City won the Second Division championship and became the first team to receive automatic promotion. In 1904, at the Crystal Palace Stadium, Blue Moon defeated Bolton in the FA Cup final and became the first Manchester team to win a major trophy.

From 1914 to 1918, due to the First World War, the English Football League was suspended, but there were still regional championships in each region. Manchester City participated in the Lancaster County League. In 1920, Manchester City's ground at Hyde Road became the first regional stadium to be patronized by members of the royal family. In 1923, after Hyde Road was damaged by fire, the club moved to Maine Road, which could accommodate 85,000 spectators.

In 1926, it was a fascinating season for Blue Moon. Manchester City without a coach became the first team in Manchester to play at Wembley (runner-up in the FA Cup), making the Manchester City Derby history The biggest victory (6-1 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford), but they were relegated in the same season.

In 1928, Manchester City promoted as the second division champion and became the club with the most fans in the English Football League. In 1934, after losing the FA Cup final in the 1932-33 season, Manchester City defeated Portsmouth 2-1 to win the FA Cup in the 1933-34 season.

In 1934, Blue Moon's game against Stoke City at Maine Road attracted 84,569 fans from surrounding areas to watch, and this attendance became the record for the largest audience at Maine Road. In 1937, Manchester City won the English League Championship for the first time.

From 1939 to 1945, during World War II, a wartime football league was established. Manchester City competes in the Northern League. Severe damage to Old Trafford meant United had to play their home games at Maine Road. But when these two teams met, Manchester City never allowed Manchester United to use the home team's dressing room.

In 1947, Manchester City was promoted to the First Division as the second division champion. In 1949, the official fan club of Manchester City Football Club was established. In 1955, Manchester City lost to Newcastle United in the FA Cup final at Wembley and missed the FA Cup championship. In 1956, Blue Moon entered the FA Cup final for the second consecutive season. This time they defeated Birmingham 3-1 and successfully won the cup. The celebration parade after the return of Manchester City players was broadcast live on Grenada TV for the first time. In 1958, the Munich plane crash devastated the Manchester United first team and claimed the lives of several journalists, including former Manchester City goalkeeper Frank Swift.

In 1965, Manchester City's new team emblem was released, with the Manchester city emblem as its center. In 1966, under the leadership of Joe Moser's coaching team, Manchester City advanced as the second division champions. In 1968, Blue Moon defeated Newcastle United on the last day of the season and became the English League Champions for the second time. In 1969, Manchester City defeated Leicester City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to win the FA Cup that season. In 1970, Manchester City won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the English League Cup, becoming the European and domestic League Cup double champions.

In 1972, the Lancaster red rose was added to the Manchester City team crest. In 1974, Manchester City lost to Wolves in the League Cup final and unfortunately missed the championship. In 1976, Peter Barnes scored to help the Blues beat Newcastle United 2-1 at Wembley, especially Dennis Terte's wonderful overhead kick. In 1979, the club broke the transfer record and signed Steve Daley for ￡1,450,277. Within two years, Manchester City became the first club to sign three players worth over one million pounds (plus Kevin Reeves and Trevor Francis). In 1981, Manchester City entered the 100th FA Cup final, facing Tottenham. After the two sides experienced a 1-1 draw, they had a rematch at Wembley. This rematch is considered one of the most entertaining finals in the history of the FA Cup final. The opponent's player Richie Vera's amazing goal caused Manchester City to lose 3-2, but what Manchester City fans remember is the 30-yard goal by Manchester City player Steve McKinzer.

In 1986, Manchester City reached the final of the newly established All-Club Cup, with 68,000 spectators watching the final at Wembley Stadium. In 1987, Manchester City achieved the largest winning score in the club's history. Manchester City beat Huddersfield 10-1 at Maine Road. In 1989, in Bradford's final game of the season, Manchester City advanced in dramatic fashion. The Manchester Derby was staged at Maine Road, and Manchester City defeated Manchester United with a score of 5-1. This score became the largest winning score in the history of the Manchester City team over their opponent Manchester United. In 1992, the FA Premier League was established, and Manchester City's match against Queen's Park was the first Monday night match ever broadcast live on Sky TV.

In 1994, Manchester City bid farewell to the Kippax Stand, which fans loved so much. New British laws prohibited the use of terraced standing stands in Premier League stadiums, and Manchester City was forced to change the team's stadium. The Kippax Stand was once the largest standing stand in the UK.

The 1995-96 season was a turbulent season. Manchester City appointed three coaches successively, namely Alan Burr, Steve Copple and Frank Clark, and of course the acting coach. Asa Hartford and Phil Neal. The team suffered as a result and were relegated from the Premier League due to finishing bottom of the league table.

In 1997, Manchester City released a new team logo. In the middle is the Latin motto "Superbia in proelio" which means "fight with pride".

In 1998, Manchester City was relegated to the third tier of the league (Division B) for the first time due to poor performance. In 1999, in one of the most intense games ever played at Wembley Stadium, Manchester City defeated Gillingham in the English League Two promotion play-offs via penalty kicks and successfully advanced. In 2000, Manchester City returned to the Premier League by winning two consecutive promotions. A 4-1 victory at Blackburn's Ewood Park ensured Manchester City's promotion. But in 2001, the first season they were promoted to the Premier League, Manchester City was relegated back to England's First Division immediately after the season due to poor performance.

Since Manchester City was promoted to the Premier League in 2002, the team's deep performance has been erratic, and the club has changed managers several times, including Kevin Keegan, Stuart Pearce and Sven Yo Ran Eriksson. On July 6, 2007, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra purchased Manchester City for 81.6 million pounds and became the new owner of the club. Since Thaksin Shinawatra took over, Manchester City has spent a lot of money on acquiring players, acquiring stars such as Elano, Martin Petrov, Benjani Mwaruwari, and Michael Ball. At the same time, many players were sold and the club underwent major reforms and reconstruction. Although Manchester City performed very well in the first half of the 2007-08 season, they were unsustainable in the second half of the season. In the end, they were ranked 9th in the Super League and only won a seat in the UEFA Cup with the Fair Play Award. Coach Sven-G?ran Eriksson was also dismissed and replaced by former Blackburn Rovers coach Mark Hughes.

However, Thaksin Shinawatra has been entangled in the corruption case in Thailand and had to go into exile overseas for a time. He finally resigned as the club owner in August 2008. Despite this, Manchester City has not been affected by financial problems, because immediately after Thaksin Shinawatra left office, an Arab investment company, the Abu Dhabi Group, acquired Manchester City, giving the club greater funds. Manchester City also successfully intercepted Chelsea on the first day after joining the investment company, which was also the last day of the transfer period, and signed Robinho. The transfer fee was as high as 32.5 million pounds, breaking the transfer fee record in England; In addition, Manchester City also signed Tal Benhaim from Chelsea and the returning Wright Phillips to strengthen the team through recruitment. However, in the 2008-09 season, Manchester City's results were not comparable to the league rankings. Manchester City ultimately only finished the season in a disappointing 10th place in the Premier League. Fans began to doubt the leadership ability of team leader Hughes.

In the 2009-10 season, Manchester City, which had capital injections from large consortiums, continued its spree of acquisitions after the transfer market reopened, spending more than 100 million pounds to buy Villa captain Gareth Barry and Newcastle goalkeeper respectively. Shay Given, Blackburn forward Roque Santa Cruz, Everton defender Joleon Lescott, free agent Silvio Junior. In the first match of the 2009-10 season, Manchester City easily defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-0 away from home, and even defeated the newly-reigned Europa League champion Barcelona 1-0 in a mid-season friendly match. But in the middle of the season, due to the poor record of Mark Hughes leading the team, the team fired him and Roberto Mancini began to take charge of Manchester City coach. At the end of the 2009-10 season, due to a loss in the league match with Tottenham, Manchester City finally finished fifth.

From the 2010 to 2011 season, Manchester City continued its spree of acquisitions. Barcelona bought Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, Valencia bought Spanish king David Silva, and Lazio. Purchased Serbian left-back Alexander Kolarov, Inter Milan purchased Italian genius Balotelli, Aston Villa purchased English midfielder James Milner and Wolfsburg purchased the 2008-09 season. Dzeko, the top scorer in the German Bundesliga.

The 2010-11 season was one of Manchester City's iconic and successful seasons in the Premier League. They finished third in the Premier League with 71 points, and even won the FA Cup, breaking a 35-year drought. It was also a crazy season. A record-breaking season. The 71 Premier League points broke the team record; the defensive data of only conceding 33 goals tied with Chelsea for the first place in the league; scored 43 of the total 57 home points to create the best Premier League home record in team history; won 38 games. 21 wins created the team’s highest winning rate in the Premier League; ranked among the top three in the top league for the first time in 34 years (same points with second-placed Chelsea, third only with a goal difference disadvantage); won the championship trophy for the first time in 35 years (England) FA Cup champion); won the Champions League ticket for the first time in 42 years; Mancini took over the team and won 48 games in 86 games, with a winning rate of 55.8, becoming the head coach with the second highest winning rate in the team's history; Manchester City's various Won 15 of 16 home games in all competitions and remained unbeaten at home in five months; Joe Hart kept clean sheets 29 times in all competitions, breaking Nicky Weaver's record of 26 games in all competitions in a single season The team record of not conceding a goal, and won the Golden Glove Award with 18 clean sheets in the league, becoming the first Manchester City player and English native player to win the award since the establishment of this award; Carlos Tevez scored 21 league goals and Dili. Mita Berbatov shared the honor of the Premier League's top scorer, thus becoming the first Premier League Golden Boot winner in Manchester City's history. In the 38th round of the 2011-12 English Premier League season, Manchester City scored two goals in stoppage time and defeated the visiting Queens Park Rangers 3-2 with a better goal difference. Defeating the defending team Manchester United with the same points, they won the Premier League title for the first time.

In the 2012-13 season, Manchester City failed to defend their title in the Premier League and finished second, but they were still able to advance to the Europa League group stage.

In the FA Cup final, they lost 0-1 to Wigan Athletic. The two consecutive defeats in the biggest games prompted the dismissal of head coach Roberto Mancini and replaced him with Chilean coach Permanuel Pellegri. Ni took over.

In the 2013-14 season, in the English League Cup final, with the goals of Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri, and Jesus Navas, they reversed Sunderland 3-1 and won the 2013- English League Cup champion in the 14th season. In the last round of the 2013-14 Premier League season, they defeated West Ham United 2-0 and won the 2013-14 Premier League championship with 86 points.

In the 2014-15 season, in the last game between Manchester City and Southampton, Aguero scored 1 goal for Manchester City, and finally won the 2014-15 Premier League Golden Boot Award with 26 goals. Harry Kane, the second-leading scorer, scored 5 more goals. Scoring 26 league goals in a single season, Aguero set a career high. This was also the first time in his career that he won the Golden Boot Award in the top league. The first Argentine striker to win the Premier League Golden Boot was in the 2010-11 season. At that time, Carlos Tevez, who was also a teammate of Manchester City, and Manchester United's Berbatov both scored 20 goals and shared the Golden Boot award.