2022–23 Manchester City F.C. season
The 2022–23 season will be the 128th season in the existence of Manchester City Football Club and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top-flight of English football, where they will compete as defending champions. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the FA Community Shield, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
The season will be unusual insofar that the fixture dates of domestic and european competitions are to be changed to accommodate the 2022 FIFA World Cup being played in November and December 2022 in Qatar.
This will be the first season since 2012–13 not to feature former team captain Fernandinho, who left at the end of the previous season to return to Brazil.
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Season summary
Pre-season
Manchester City had already resolved their most pressing squad issue before the end of the previous season: when they announced their agreement to recruit a world-class centre-forward in Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. This transfer was confirmed on the 13 June with Haaland due to formally join the first team on the 1 July. He would be joined by Julián Álvarez who would end his short-term loan at River Plate following his transfer in January.
Most early transfer rumours speculated that City were also looking for a specialist left-back to allow João Cancelo to focus on his preferred role on the opposite flank; and a defensive midfielder to backup Rodri and replace the departing Fernandihno. Marc Cucurella from Brighton was rumoured as a target for the former role with Kalvin Phillips (Leeds) and Frankie de Jong (Barcelona) discussed as possible favourite candidates for the latter.[1]
City began pre-season with several key first-team players entering the final years of their contract amidst rumours that they might leave the club for a fee rather than renew. Of these, it seemed the most speculation concerned Gabriel Jesus and his possible transfer to Arsenal, Tottenham or Real Madrid; and Raheem Sterling who was also rumoured to be a Real Madrid target. Both players would, in theory, compete with the incoming Haaland and Alvarez for playing time if they remained.[2]
City's first player sales of the season were the transfer out of Pedro Porro to Sporting Lisbon through a loan-to-buy deal for £7.2mil.[3] and of Gavin Bazunu to Southampton for £12mil initially, up to £15mil after add-ons.[4] Neither player had made a first-team appearance for City.
First-team squad
- As of 13 June 2022 [5]
Squad no. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed | Signed from | Transfer fee | Contract till |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
13 | Zack Steffen | GK | 2 April 1995 | 2019 | Columbus Crew[6] | £7m | 2025 | |
31 | Ederson | GK | 17 August 1993 | 2017 | Benfica[7] | £34.9m | 2026 | |
33 | Scott Carson | GK | 2 September 1985 | 2021[a] | Derby County | Free | 2023 | |
49 | Arijanet Muric | GK | 7 November 1998 | 2015 | Grasshoppers | Free | 2024 | |
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Kyle Walker | RB | 28 May 1990 | 2017 | Tottenham Hotspur[8] | £45m | 2024 | |
3 | Rúben Dias (VC) | CB | 14 May 1997 | 2020 | Benfica[9] | £62m[b] | 2027 | |
5 | John Stones | CB / RB | 28 May 1994 | 2016 | Everton[10] | £47.5m | 2026 | |
6 | Nathan Aké | CB / LB | 18 February 1995 | 2020 | AFC Bournemouth[11] | £40m | 2025 | |
11 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | LB / AM | 15 December 1996 | 2016 | Ufa[12] | £1.7m | 2024 | |
14 | Aymeric Laporte | CB / LB | 27 May 1994 | 2018† | Athletic Bilbao[13] | £57m | 2025 | |
27 | João Cancelo | RB / LB | 27 May 1994 | 2019 | Juventus[14] | £60m[c] | 2027 | |
56# | CJ Egan-Riley | CB / RB | 2 January 2003 | 2021 | Manchester City Academy | Academy player | 2023 | |
Midfielders | ||||||||
8 | İlkay Gündoğan (VC) | CM / DM | 14 October 1990 | 2016 | Borussia Dortmund[15] | £20m | 2023 | |
10 | Jack Grealish | AM / LW | 10 September 1995 | 2021 | Aston Villa[16] | £100m[d] | 2027 | |
16 | Rodri | DM | 23 June 1996 | 2019 | Atlético Madrid[17] | £62.8m | 2025 | |
17 | Kevin De Bruyne (VC) | CM / AM | 28 June 1991 | 2015 | Wolfsburg[18] | £54.5m | 2025 | |
20 | Bernardo Silva | CM / AM / RW | 10 August 1994 | 2017 | AS Monaco[19] | £43.5m | 2025 | |
47 | Phil Foden | AM / CM / LW / RW / F9 | 28 May 2000 | 2017 | Manchester City Academy | Academy Player | 2024 | |
69# | Tommy Doyle | CM | 17 October 2001 | 2019 | Manchester City Academy | Academy Player | 2025 | |
80 | Cole Palmer | AM / RW | 6 May 2002 | 2020 | Manchester City Academy | Academy Player | 2026 | |
87# | James McAtee | AM / CM | 18 October 2002 | 2021 | Manchester City Academy | Academy Player | 2026 | |
Forwards | ||||||||
7 | Raheem Sterling | LW / RW | 8 December 1994 | 2015 | Liverpool[20] | £44m | 2023 | |
9 | Gabriel Jesus | RW / ST | 3 April 1997 | 2017† | Palmeiras[21] | £27m | 2023 | |
26 | Riyad Mahrez | RW | 21 February 1991 | 2018 | Leicester City[22] | £60m | 2023 | |
37# | Kayky | RW | 11 June 2003 | 2021‡ | Fluminense[23] | £8.6m | 2026 | |
48# | Liam Delap | ST | 8 February 2003 | 2020‡ | Derby County | £1.2m | 2026 | |
Erling Haaland | ST | 21 July 2000 | 2022 | Borussia Dortmund[24][25] | £51.2m | 2027 | ||
Julián Álvarez | ST / LW / RW | 31 January 2000 | 2022†[e] | River Plate[26] | £14.1m | 2027 |
Includes first team players and EDS players who train routinely with the first team and have made at least one league appearance in the first team.
- Key
# - Current EDS Squad player
† - Signed in January window
‡ - Signed initially to Academy team.
- ^ Carson was on loan from Derby from 2019–2021, before joining permanently in 2021.
- ^ Nicolás Otamendi included in the deal moving to Benfica, bringing transfer fee paid to £50m
- ^ A swap deal including Danilo was agreed, bringing the transfer fee paid to £27.4m
- ^ Record transfer fee for an English player
- ^ Álvarez will finish his short term loan at River Plate on 11 July 2022
Transfers
Transfers in
Date | Position | No. | Player | From | Fee | Team | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2022 | FW | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | £51,200,000[27][28] | First team | [29] | |
Total | £51,200,000 |
Transfers out
Date | Position | No. | Player | To | Fee | Team | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 June 2022 | GK | 55 | Gavin Bazunu | Southampton | £12,000,000 | Academy | [30] |
1 July 2022 | MF | Mohammed Aminu | End of contract | Academy | [31] | ||
1 July 2022 | FW | 73 | Jayden Braaf | Borussia Dortmund | Free | Academy | [32] |
1 July 2022 | MF | 25 | Fernandinho | End of contract | First Team | [33] | |
1 July 2022 | MF | 64 | Rowan McDonald | End of contract | Academy | [31] | |
1 July 2022 | DF | 95 | Kwaku Oduroh | End of contract | Academy | [31] | |
1 July 2022 | DF | Pedro Porro | Sporting CP | £7,200,000 | Academy | [34] | |
Total | £19,200,000 |
Loans out
Date | Pos. | No. | Player | Loaned to | On loan until | Team | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 June 2022 | GK | 85 | James Trafford | Bolton Wanderers | 30 June 2023 | Academy | [35] |
New contracts
Date | Position | No. | Player | Contract till | Team | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 Jun 2022 | GK | 33 | Scott Carson | 2023 | First team | [36] |
24 June 2022 | DF | 79 | Luke Mbete | 2027 | Academy | [37] |
Pre-season and friendlies
City announced they would travel to the United States for two pre-season friendlies in preparation for the new season, starting with a fixture against Club América on 20 July.[38] The second fixture against Bayern Munich on 23 July was announced a few days later.[39]
20 July 2022 Friendly | Manchester City | v | América | Houston, United States |
19:30 CDT | Stadium: NRG Stadium |
23 July 2022 Friendly | Manchester City | v | Bayern Munich | Green Bay, United States |
18:00 CDT | Stadium: Lambeau Field |
24 August 2022 ALS Charity Friendly | Barcelona | v | Manchester City | Barcelona, Spain |
TBA | Stadium: Camp Nou |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Premier League | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
FA Cup | 6–9 January 2023 | TBC | Third round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
EFL Cup | 8–10 November 2022 | TBC | Third round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
UEFA Champions League | 6–7 September 2022 | TBC | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
FA Community Shield | 30 July 2022 | Final | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway
Premier League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester City (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 33 | +61 | 89 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Arsenal | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 84 | |
3 | Manchester United | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 75 | |
4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 71 | |
5 | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 67 | Qualification to Europa League group stage[a] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[40]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Since the winners of the 2022–23 FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Premier League
Result by match day
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW); not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2022.[41]
Win Draw Loss
7 August 2022 1 | West Ham United | v | Manchester City | Stratford |
16:30 BST | Stadium: London Stadium |
13 August 2022 2 | Manchester City | v | Bournemouth | Manchester |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Etihad Stadium |
20 August 2022 3 | Newcastle United | v | Manchester City | Newcastle upon Tyne |
15:00 BST | Stadium: St James' Park |
FA Cup
City will enter the competition in the Third Round which will be drawn around 25–28 November 2022 and played around 6–9 January 2023.
EFL Cup
City will enter the competition in the Third Round which will be drawn w/c 22 August 2022 and played w/c 7 November 2022.
FA Community Shield
The traditional season curtain raiser is played between the previous season's league champions and FA Cup winners. Normally played at Wembley Stadium, this season it will be played at Leicester City's King Power Stadium to avoid clashes with the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 competition.
30 July 2022 Community Shield | Manchester City | v | Liverpool | Leicester |
17:00 BST | Stadium: King Power Stadium |
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage draw takes place in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Thursday 25 August.[42] The first group games will be played 6–7 September 2022.
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