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Manchester City F.C. is a British soccer team playing in the English Premier League. Manchester City play in blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks.The club joined the Football League in 1880 under the name St. Mark's, the team changed its name to Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and finally to Manchester City in 1894. They are known to their fans either as The Sky Blues, The Citizens, or just City and the club badge features a sailing ship and a rudder. It is one of two major teams in the city of Manchester, the other being their rivals of Manchester United. City is managed by Pep Guardiola. The team plays at the City of Manchester Stadium, built as the main stadium for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The stadium hosted the UEFA Cup Final in 2008. Currently, the club is owned by UAE's Sheikh Mansour, and the chairman is Khaldoon Al-Mubarik. Because of Mansour's wealth, Manchester City have been nicknamed the richest club in the world. The club is sponsored by Emerati airline Etihad.

Roster

Goalkeepers

1 Shay Given
12 Stuart Taylor
16 Kasper Schmeichel
-- Joe Hart

Defenders

2 Micah Richards
3 Wayne Bridge
4 Nedum Onuoha
5 Pablo Zabaleta
15 Javier Garrido
26 Tal Ben-Heim
30 Shaleum Logan

Midfielders

6 Michael Johnson
7 Stephen Ireland
8 Shaun Wright-Phillips
11 Elano
17 Martin Petrov
18 Gareth Barry
29 Kelvin Etuhu
33 Vincent Kompany
34 Nigel De Jong
40 Vladimir Weiss

Strikers

9 Valeri Bojinov
10 Robinho
14 Roque Santa Cruz
20 Felipe Caicedo
24 Ched Evans
27 Benjani Mwaruari
37 Carlos Tevez
39 Craig Bellamy
-- Jô

Notable Former Players

MF Marc-Vivien Foé

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-'''Manchester City Football Club'''<ref>http://www.mcfc.co.uk/</ref> is the smaller of two [[English Premier League]] [[soccer]] teams (called [[football]] in England) in the city of [[Manchester]], [[England]].   Usually lying lower in the Premier League than their [[Derby|derby]] rivals, [[Manchester United]], City is managed by the former manager of the English national squad, [[Sven-Goran Eriksson]].
+'''Manchester City F.C.''' is a [[British]] [[soccer]] team playing in the [[English Premier League]]. Manchester City play in blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks.The club joined the Football League in 1880 under the name St. Mark's, the team changed its name to Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and finally to Manchester City in 1894. They are known to their fans either as The Sky Blues, The Citizens, or just City and the club badge features a sailing ship and a rudder. It is one of two major teams in the city of [[Manchester]], the other being their rivals of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. City is managed by Pep Guardiola. The team plays at the City of Manchester Stadium, built as the main stadium for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The stadium hosted the UEFA Cup Final in 2008. Currently, the club is owned by [[UAE|UAE's]] [[Sheikh]] Mansour, and the chairman is Khaldoon Al-Mubarik. Because of Mansour's wealth, Manchester City have been nicknamed the richest club in the world. The club is sponsored by Emerati airline Etihad.
-The team plays at the City of Manchester Stadium, built as the main stadium for the 2002 [[Commonwealth Games]]. The stadium will host the [[UEFA Cup]] Final 2008.
+==Roster==
+===Goalkeepers===
+*1 Shay Given
+*12 Stuart Taylor
+*16 Kasper Schmeichel
+*-- Joe Hart
-Currently, the club is owned by the former President of [[Thailand]], [[Thaksin Shinawatra]].
+===Defenders===
+*2 Micah Richards
+*3 Wayne Bridge
+*4 Nedum Onuoha
+*5 Pablo Zabaleta
+*15 Javier Garrido
+*26 Tal Ben-Heim
+*30 Shaleum Logan
-They ended the 2007/08 season in 9th place in the Premiership.
+===Midfielders===
+*6 Michael Johnson
+*7 Stephen Ireland
+*8 Shaun Wright-Phillips
+*11 Elano
+*17 Martin Petrov
+*18 Gareth Barry
+*29 Kelvin Etuhu
+*33 Vincent Kompany
+*34 Nigel De Jong
+*40 Vladimir Weiss
-== Club Honours ==
+===Strikers===
+*9 Valeri Bojinov
+*10 [[Robinho]]
+*14 Roque Santa Cruz
+*20 Felipe Caicedo
+*24 Ched Evans
+*27 Benjani Mwaruari
+*37 Carlos Tevez
+*39 Craig Bellamy
+*-- Jô
-* The Club has won the league title twice, in 1937 and 1968.
+==Notable Former Players==
-* They have also won the F.A. Cup 4 times. (1904, 1934, 1956, 1969)
+*MF [[Marc-Vivien Foé]]
-* They have also won the League Cup on twice, in 1970 and 1976.
-* They won the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once, in 1970.
-==References==
+{{Nb_sl_english_premier}}
-<small><References/></small>
+[[Category:UK soccer]]
+[[Category:Premier League Teams]]
-{{Nb sl english premier}}