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Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. Originally formed in 1880 as "St. Marks (West Gorton)", they then became "Ardwick A.F.C." in 1887 before changing their name to Manchester City F.C. in 1894.

The club has won the League Championship eight times, the FA Cup five times, the League Cup eight times, and the European Cup Winners Cup once. After gaining significant financial investment both in playing staff and facilities following its takeover by Sheikh Mansour through the Abu Dhabi Group in 2008, City began to obtain unprecedented success. Currently managed by Pep Guardiola, they have won four of the past five league titles, breaking multiple records during that time, as well as being the first team to achieve 100 points in a top flight season in 2018. The club's most successful period before that though was during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when they won several major trophies under the management team of Joe Mercer and his assistant Malcolm Allison, and with players such as Colin Bell and Francis Lee.

Manchester City's biggest rivalry is with neighbours Manchester United, against whom they contest the Manchester derby.