Manchester City Football Club is one of the well-known football clubs of Manchester city. Over the years, this football club of Manchester has won many tournaments like FA Cup, European Cup Winners Cup and League Cup. This club was formerly known as Ardwick FC from 1887 to 1923 and Manchester city in 1894.
Foundation of Manchester City Football Club
This football club of Manchester was established in the year 1880 as Gorton Athletic. In 1887 this club integrated with the West Gorton and Ardwick FC was formed. The club is nicknamed as ' Blues' and 'the Citizens'. Sven Goran Eriksson is the present manager of this club.
Honours of Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City Football Club has won the FA Cup in 1904,1934, 1956 and 1969. In 1926, 1933, 1955 and 1981 it has been the runners up of the FA cup. The club has been the champions of League Cup in 1970 and 1976.
Manchester City Football Club won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1970 and Division 1 from 1930 to 37, 1967 to 68 and 2001 to 02. It had
been the champion
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of Division 2 from 1898 to 99, 1902 to 03, 1909 to 10, 1927 to 28, 1946 to 47 and 1965 to 66.
The Hall of Fame of Manchester City Football Club
The Hall of Fame of Manchester City Football Club includes the name of 18 great players of the club. Some of these players are Tony Book, Sam Cowan, Eric Brook, Colin Bell MBE, Mike Doyle, Peter Doherty, Joe Corrigan, Ernie Toseland, Niall Quinn, Bert Trautmann OBE, Alan Oakes, Francis Lee, Frank Swift and Paul Lake. Fans of this football club can buy The Hall of Fame Book, from the on line book shop of the club.
Present players of Manchester City Football Club
The present players of Manchester City Football Club are Andreas Isaksson, Joe Hart, Kasper Schmeichel, Richard Dunne, Jihai Sun, Danny Mills, Matthew Mills, Javier Garido, Vedran Corluka, Shaleum Loqan, Michael Ball, Michael Johnson, Dietmar Hamann, Gelson Fernandes, Felipe Caicedo, Paul Dickov, Rolando Bianchi, Valeri Bojinov, Benjani Mwaruwari and Darius Vassell.
The consistent achievements of Manchester City Football Club have made it one of the best football clubs of the country.
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