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List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
Man City faced Lyon on 15 August, losing 3–1 and exiting the Champions league at the quarter-final stage for the third year in a row. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] The 2020–21 campaign saw City top its group with a club record of 16 points, twice defeating Marseille and Olympiacos , and collecting four points against Porto .
The City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, known as the Etihad Stadium since 2011 for sponsorship reasons, is on a 200-year lease from Manchester City Council to Manchester City. It has been the club's home since the end of the 2002–03 season , when City moved from Maine Road . [ 175 ]
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
First League Cup match - Manchester City 3-0 Stockport County, second round (18 October 1960) First European match - Manchester City 0-0 Fenerbahce , European Cup first round (18 September 1968) Record league victory – 11–3 vs Lincoln City (23 March 1895, most goals scored); 10–0 vs Darwen (18 February 1899, widest margin of victory) [ 1 ]
In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to Everton in 1933, before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934. [9] During the 1934 cup run, Manchester City broke the record for the highest home attendance of any club in English football history, as 84,569 fans packed Maine Road for a sixth round FA Cup tie against Stoke City in 1934—a record which ...
The Manchester City team that won the FA Cup in 1904, the club's first major honour.. Manchester City were formed in 1880 as West Gorton (St. Marks). [1] At this time organised league football did not exist; ordinary matches (that today would be called friendly games) were arranged on a largely ad hoc basis and supplemented by the competitive games that cup competition required.
Premier League 4th UEFA Champions League winners Since the 2015–16 season, the UEFA Champions League winners gain entry to the UEFA Champions League in the group stages. [14] UEFA Europa League winners Prior to the 2015–16 season, there was a limit of four clubs from each association entering the Champions League.