Manchester City F.C.
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| Full name | Manchester City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | City, The Citizens, The Sky Blues | ||
| Founded | 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton) 1894 as Manchester City[1] | ||
| Ground | City of Manchester Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 47,405[2] | ||
| Owner | City Football Group | ||
| Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak | ||
| Manager | Manuel Pellegrini | ||
| League | Premier League | ||
| 2013–14 | Premier League, 1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Manchester City Football Club is a Premier League football club in Manchester, England. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. | |||
The club has played at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having played at Maine Road from 1923. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup andEuropean Cup Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison.
After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final, the club went through a period of decline, culminating in relegation to the third tier of English football for the only time in their history in 1998. Having regained Premier League status, the club was purchased in 2008 by Abu Dhabi United Group and has become one of the wealthiest in the world, which has enabled the club to buy quality players from around the world to win trophies.
In 2011, Manchester City qualified for the UEFA Champions League and won the FA Cup. The following year, they won the Premier League, their first league title for 44 years. In 2014, they won the League Cup and a second Premier League title.
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