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The Elite Development Squad [2] have played in the Under 21 Premier League [3] since the 2012–13 season and previously played in the Premier Reserve League North.Starting with the 2011–12 season, the EDS competed in the NextGen Series competition, [4] a Champions League format tournament only open to a select group of 'Under-19' teams located in western Europe. [5]
The holding company of Manchester City, Manchester City Limited, is a private limited company, with approximately 54 million shares in issue. The club has been in private hands since 2007, when the major shareholders agreed to sell their holdings to UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister ...
More than 290 players have represented Manchester City in at least 25 and fewer than 100 competitive first team matches. A number of the players listed achieved firsts or milestones for the club. David Weir , who captained the club in the Ardwick era, was the first England international to play for the club. [ 3 ]
The term "academy graduate" is applied to any player that comes into the City first team "through the ranks" rather than as a direct transfer from another club (such as Silva or Kolarov, etc.). Although for players such as Richards, Onuoha or SWP it normally takes playing a few years in the EDS and/or Academy before they finally break through ...
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.
City Football Group Limited (CFG) is a British-based holding company that administers association football clubs. The group is owned by three organisations, of which 81% is majority-owned by Abu Dhabi United Group, 18% by the American firm Silver Lake, and 1% by Chinese firms China Media Capital and CITIC Capital.
Teams will play each team in their own division twice, and each team in the other division once, for a total of 30 games for North division teams, and 29 games each for South division teams. At the end of the season, the teams finishing in the top two positions of both divisions will meet in the knockout stage to determine the overall league ...
The Academy Stadium is a football stadium in Manchester, England, forming part of the Etihad Campus. In September 2023, the ground was renamed Joie Stadium for sponsorship reasons. [ 2 ] Announced on 19 September 2011 as part of an 80-acre training facility to cater for around 400 youth players at a time, [ 3 ] the campus was opened on 8 ...