Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a football club based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Having been formed in 1880 as West Gorton Saint Marks, it went on to become Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 and moved to Hyde Road, before finally becoming Manchester City F.C. in 1894. The club has won the League Championship twice, the F.A. Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the European Cup Winners Cup once. They currently play in the FA Premier League, and have spent the majority of their history in the top division.

Famous Players

Listed according to year of Manchester City first-team debut (year in parentheses)

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• pre-war: Billy Meredith (1894), Eric Brook (1928), Frank Swift (1933).
• 1940s: Bert Trautmann (1949).
• 1950s: Roy Paul (1950), Alan Oakes (1958).
• 1960s: Denis Law (1960), Mike Summerbee (1965), Colin Bell (1966), Francis Lee (1967), Joe Corrigan (1967).
• 1970s: Dave Watson (1975), Kazimierz Deyna (1978).
• 1980s: Trevor Francis (1981), Paul Lake (1987).
• 1990s: Niall Quinn (1990), Uwe Rosler (1994), Paul Walsh (1994), Georgiou Kinkladze (1995), Shaun Goater (1998), Shaun Wright-Phillips (1999).
• 2000s: Marc-Vivien Foé (2002), Peter Schmeichel (2002), Nicolas Anelka (2002).