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Manchester City
Season 2010–11
Owner	Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Team captain	Carlos Tévez
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Third place (after 31 games)
League Cup	Third round
FA Cup	Semi-final
Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Carlos Tévez (19 goals) (2nd highest in Premier League) All comps:0Carlos Tévez (22 goals)
Average home attendance	45,972 – over 16 PL home games (4th highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,679 0v0 Manchester United 10 November 2010
Highest away attendance	75,322 0v0 Manchester United 12 February 2011
Lowest home attendance	23,542 0v0 Timişoara 26 August 2010
Lowest away attendance	6,992 0v0 Juventus 16 December 2010
← 2009–10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011-12 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	19	5	2	73.1%
Away	8	8	8	33.3%
Both	27	13	10	54.0%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	10	4	2	62.5%
Away	6	4	5	40.0%
Both	16	8	7	51.6%

The 2010–11 season is Manchester City Football Club's 109th season of football, its ninth consecutive season in the Premier League, and its fourteenth season in the Premier League since it was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. The team finished fifth in the previous season, thereby qualifying for an opportunity to compete in this season's Europa League. The club is managed by Roberto Mancini who was appointed as manager midway through the previous season.

Season review

In the summer transfer window, the club, one of the richest in the world since its 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group, spent £126 million on players, including Jérôme Boateng from Hamburg, Yaya Touré from Barcelona, David Silva from Valencia, Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio, Mario Balotelli from Internazionale, and James Milner from Aston Villa. Popular City midfielder Stephen Ireland was in turn transferred to Aston Villa as part of a player exchange agreement in the James Milner deal.

The team began this season's campaign well, collecting four out of a possible six points against "Top 7" opponents Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, which was three points more than City managed in the comparable fixtures last season. City then stuttered for a couple of games against Sunderland (away) and Blackburn Rovers (at home), bagging only a single home point out of the six despite completely dominating both games, with (according to manager Roberto Mancini) at least 25 missed chances in the Blackburn game alone. City got itself back on a winning track again with a 0–2 away win against Wigan Athletic, which was the first time the team had ever won at the DW Stadium, breaking what some supporters had labeled a jinx for this fixture.

After the previous season's run to the semi-final of the League Cup, the team's performance in that competition this season was very disappointing, with the Blues falling at the first hurdle, losing 2-1 to West Bromwich Albion in the third round tie played at The Hawthorns.

However, the team began its Europa League campaign in much better style, clocking up three back-to-back wins in its first three games. In the first leg 1-0 away victory over FC Timişoara in the play-off round, Mario Balotelli scored the single winning goal on his debut, but also received a serious knee injury that required surgery, putting him out of action for the next three months of the season. Balotelli was not the only one of City's new crop of high profile summer signings to fall victim to an early serious injury, with Jérôme Boateng missing out on the fitst six weeks of the new season due to a knee injury he picked up playing for Germany in an international friendly match against Denmark back in mid-August, while Aleksandar Kolarov seriously damaged his ankle ligaments in the opening match of the season against Tottenham Hotspur. The loss of Boateng and Kolarov - taken together with recent injuries to Micah Richards (hamstring), Wayne Bridge (thigh injury coming right on the back of a prolonged absence due to a cracked foot bone) and Joleon Lescott (groin) - meant that Roberto Mancini found himself without five of his eight main back four defenders going into City's home match against Chelsea, causing him to claim that he had a defensive injury crisis for that game, which nevertheless City still managed to win convincingly due to a stellar defensive performance from the back four (Dedryck Boyata, Kolo Touré, Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta) that Mancini was able to field.

Team kit

As for the previous season, this season's team kits are produced by Umbro with Etihad Airways as the shirt sponsor. Only the third team kit was retained from the previous season, although a new variant of this kit - utilizing white shorts and socks in place of the black shorts and socks - was added as the primary version of this kit. The main change to the home team kit was to the socks which reverted back to the classic full sky blue colour with maroon and white striped tops. The previous season's all-black away team kit was replaced by a new midnight blue strip sporting thin horizontal sky blue striping on the socks that the MCFC official web site (OWS) describes as “the dark side of the moon.”

The previous season's goalkeepers' strips were also retained, though a new all-black strip has been added to the collection for this season, to be used primarily with the home team kit. Last season's all-green home goalkeeper strip has now been moved over to the away and third team kits, although it is still used with the home team kit when the all-black strip is considered to be too close in color to the opposition's strip (e.g., Chelsea and Newcastle United). The gold-and-black goalkeeper strip that was used primarily with the away kit last season has now become the new alternate (third) choice strip for the stoppers. As can be determined from the foregoing, which of the three team kits these goalkeeper strips are actually used with is not a hard and fast rule since any of these strips can be swapped around (if necessary) in order to avoid kit clashes with the opponents' team strips or the opponents' goalkeeper strips, as well as avoiding clashes with the strips worn by the match officials.

Note that the terms "away" and "third" as applied to the team kits this season is somewhat of a misnomer since the "third team kit" (in both its variants) is being used in games much more often than the new "away team kit" - which means that the "away team kit" is essentially the "third team kit" and vice versa. On 2 February 2011 there was a minor "kit faux pas" when the Manchester City team wore its regular home team kit for its away fixture against Birmingham City at St Andrew's, a fixture that usually requires the visiting Manchester City team to use one of its alternative strips (in this case, its third team kit since the midnight blue away kit also represents a colour clash) as the primary home team colours of both sides combines a blue shirt with white shorts. No explanation has been forthcoming yet as to why this mix-up occurred (because as per which kits are to be worn in which fixtures is determined before the season even begins), nor why the referee, Kevin Friend, allowed two teams so similarly clad onto the pitch rather than insist that one of them first change its strip.

Joleon Lescott (and the new third kit) in action during Manchester City's away fixture against Lech Poznań in the Europa League

Home

Away

Third (version 1)

Third (version 2)

Goalkeeper strip 1a

Goalkeeper strip 1b

Goalkeeper strip 2

Goalkeeper strip 3

Kit usage

Numbers denote: "number of home games : number of away or neutral venue games"
X indicates potential home fixtures where away and third team kits are usually never used

Kit usage
Team kits	Goalkeeper strips	No. of games team kit and goalkeeper strip combinations used during season
		Premier League	UEFA Europa League	League and FA Cups	All competitions	Pre-season games
Home	GK strip 1a	10 : 4	3 : 0	1 : 0	18	1 : 0
	GK strip 1b	0 : 1	–	–	1	–
	GK strip 2	6 : 4	3 : 2	3 : 2	20	–
Away	GK strip 2	X : 2	X : 2	–	4	X : 1
	GK strip 3	–	–	–	–	X : 1
Third v1	GK strip 1a	X : 1	–	–	1	–
	GK strip 2	–	X : 2	–	2	X : 4
Third v2	GK strip 1a	X : 1	–	–	1	–
	GK strip 2	X : 1	–	X : 1	2	–
	GK strip 3	X : 1	–	–	1	–
Total games		16 : 15	6 : 6	4 : 3	50	1 : 6

Table current as of end of 3 April 2011

Last updated: 3 April 2011.
Source: All video highlights for corresponding season 2010-11 games on MCFC OWS

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Pre-season games

Friendly

Portland Timbers v Manchester City

18 July 2010	Portland Timbers	0 – 3	Manchester City	Portland, Oregon, United States
03:00 BST		MCFC report	43' Ireland 44' Adebayor 68' Jô	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

New York Football Challenge

Final standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sporting CP	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	8
2	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	8
3	New York Red Bulls	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	6
4	Manchester City	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3	1
N.B. additional points awarded for scoring goals at a rate of one point per goal

Sporting CP v Manchester City

24 July 2010	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Manchester City	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
01:30 BST	Yannick 23', 39' Carriço  43' Vukčević Valdés  74' Postiga Veloso  79' Mendes Santos  87'	MCFC report	46' Cunningham Bridge  46' Lescott Onuoha  64' Ireland Boyata  64' Vieira Tchuimeni-Nimely  74' Jô Tutte  74' Bellamy Guidetti	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,586 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

New York Red Bulls v Manchester City

25 July 2010	New York Red Bulls	2 – 1	Manchester City	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:00 BST	Kandji 7' Hall  30' Henry Chinn  46' Miller Borman  46' Stammler Ubiparipovic  46' Hall Albright  46' Lindpere Robinson  46' Coundoul Sutton  62' Ream Boyens  63' Richards 70' Kandji Ibrahim  71' Mendes Petke  71' Richards Marcos Paullo  81'	MCFC report	46' Hart Taylor  46' Ireland Cunningham 55' Jô  63' Jô A. Johnson  63' Boyata Lescott  63' Mee K. Touré  82' Kay Zabaleta  82' Bridge Bellamy	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,228 Referee: Michael Kennedy (United States)

Atlanta International Soccer Challenge

América v Manchester City

29 July 2010	América	1 – 1 (1 – 4 p)	Manchester City	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
01:00 BST	Mosquera  35' Esqueda 47'	MCFC report	36' (pen.) Adebayor  56' Richards	Stadium: Georgia Dome Attendance: 33,721 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Penalties
	Pardo Mosquera Montenegro		Adebayor Jô Weiss Vieira

Pirelli Cup

Internazionale v Manchester City

1 August 2010	Internazionale	3 – 0	Manchester City	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
01:00 BST	Pandev  19' Chivu  31' Obinna 39' Lescott 54' (o.g.) Biraghi 74'	MCFC report	19' Kompany  22' Vieira  61' Zabaleta	Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium Attendance: 36,569 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Ferrostaal Cup, Summer of Champions

Borussia Dortmund v Manchester City

4 August 2010	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 1	Manchester City	Dortmund, Germany
19:00 BST	Barrios 9' (pen.) Barrios 45' (pen.) Kagawa 50' Owomoyela  51' Lewandowski 81'	MCFC report	11' Jô  61' Ireland	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)

Friendly

Manchester City v Valencia

7 August 2010	Manchester City	2 – 0	Valencia	Manchester, England
19:00 BST	Barry 28' Jô 85'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,088 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in current league standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	23	11	4	78	37	+41	80	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	21	8	9	69	33	+36	71
3	Manchester City	38	21	8	9	60	33	+27	71
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	72	43	+29	68	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	14	8	55	46	+9	62	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	16	8	7	50	27	+23	56	10	4	2	28	11	+17	6	4	5	22	16	+6

Last updated: 3 April 2011.
Source: MCFC official web site

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W
Position	11	4	9	8	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2011. Source: Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

14 August 2010 1	Tottenham Hotspur	0 – 0	Manchester City	London, England
12:45 BST	Crouch Keane  68' Defoe Pavlyuchenko  68' Lennon Giovani  77'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	23' Kompany  46' Kolarov Zabaleta  60' Zabaleta  67' Wright-Phillips A. Johnson  83' Tévez Adebayor	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,928 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Liverpool

23 August 2010 2	Manchester City	3 – 0	Liverpool	Manchester, England
20:00 BST	Barry 13' Tévez 52' Richards  58' Tévez 68' (pen.) Y. Touré Zabaleta  84' Tévez Jô  84'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	4' Škrtel  78' Torres Babel  85' Jovanović Pacheco	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,087 Referee: Phil Dowd

Sunderland v Manchester City

29 August 2010 3	Sunderland	1 – 0	Manchester City	Sunderland, England
15:00 BST	Turner Bardsley  46' Campbell Welbeck  46' Bent 90+4' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	75' Lescott Adebayor  81' A. Johnson Silva  86' de Jong  90+1' Tévez Jô  90+2' Richards  90+3' K. Touré	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,610 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers

11 September 2010 4	Manchester City	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Vieira  6' 55' Wright-Phillips Jô  57' Vieira Barry  66' A. Johnson Silva  85' Y. Touré  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	25' Kalinić  40' Nelsen Olsson  46' Salgado Chimbonda  57' Grella N'Zonzi  81' Chimbonda	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,246 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wigan Athletic v Manchester City

19 September 2010 5	Wigan Athletic	0 – 2	Manchester City	Wigan, England
15:00 BST	Gohouri  57' Boyce Stam  65' N'Zogbia Moses  86' Diamé Watson  86'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	39' de Jong 43' Tévez 70'  70' Y. Touré  72' Silva A. Johnson  74' Y. Touré Jô  88' Tévez Wright-Phillips	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,525 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester City v Chelsea

25 September 2010 6	Manchester City	1 – 0	Chelsea	Manchester, England
12:45 BST	Zabaleta  35' Tévez 59' Boyata  77' Silva A. Johnson  77' Tévez Adebayor  86' Boyata Boateng  88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	65' Mikel  68' Mikel Zhirkov  75' Drogba Sturridge  80' Ramires  80' Ramires McEachran  90+2' Alex	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,203 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Newcastle United

3 October 2010 7	Manchester City	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Manchester, England
13:30 BST	Tévez 18' (pen.) K. Touré  26' Boateng  39' Tévez  41' Y. Touré Adebayor  56' Barry A. Johnson  72' A. Johnson 75' Tévez Vieira  86'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	7' Ben Arfa Routledge  17' Williamson  22' Coloccini 24' Gutiérrez  36' Coloccini Campbell  76' Nolan Carroll	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Blackpool v Manchester City

17 October 2010 8	Blackpool	2 – 3	Manchester City	Blackpool, England
16:00 BST	Grandin Harewood  66' Eardley Phillips  76' Harewood 78' Taylor-Fletcher 90+3'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	65' Adebayor Silva 67'  68' Tévez  76' Boateng Richards 79' Tévez  85' A. Johnson Vieira 90'  90' Silva	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 16,116 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Arsenal

24 October 2010 9	Manchester City	0 – 3	Arsenal	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	Boyata  5' Barry  13' Y. Touré Bridge  46' Tévez Adebayor  52' Kompany  72' Barry Balotelli  72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	8' Denílson 20' Nasri  28' Fàbregas  33' Song  36' Djourou 41' (pen.) Fàbregas 66' Song  70' Arshavin Rosický  84' Chamakh Bendtner  85' Fàbregas Walcott 88' Bendtner	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,393 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City

30 October 2010 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 1	Manchester City	Wolverhampton, England
15:00 BST	Milijaš 30' Edwards 57' Hunt  59' Hunt Elokobi  65' Milijaš Mancienne  83' Jarvis Mouyokolo  88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	23' (pen.) Adebayor  68' Barry A. Johnson  77' Adebayor Zabaleta  84' Richards Jô  87' Zabaleta  90+1' Balotelli	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,971 Referee: Mike Dean

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City

7 November 2010 11	West Bromwich Albion	0 – 2	Manchester City	West Bromwich, England
15:00 GMT	Čech Barnes  60' Fortuné Odemwingie  60' Mulumbu  64' Scharner Miller  80' Mulumbu  82' Brunt  88' Ibáñez  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	6' de Jong 20' 26' Balotelli  42' Barry  60'  63' Balotelli  67' Zabaleta  68' Silva A. Johnson  88' Zabaleta Kolarov	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,013 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester City v Manchester United

10 November 2010 12	Manchester City	0 – 0	Manchester United	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Milner A. Johnson  73' Boateng Kolarov  80' Tévez Adebayor  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	43' Scholes  49' Rafael Brown  68' Evra O'Shea  72' Brown  78' Berbatov Hernández	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,679 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Birmingham City

13 November 2010 13	Manchester City	0 – 0	Birmingham City	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Tévez  40' Milner Santa Cruz  66' de Jong  79' Kolarov Zabaleta  81' Tévez Barry  83'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	49' Gardner Bowyer  65' Zigic Hleb	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,321 Referee: Mike Jones

Fulham v Manchester City

21 November 2010 14	Fulham	1 – 4	Manchester City	London, England
16:00 GMT	Duff Gera  46' Etuhu  52' Etuhu Kamara  64' Gera 70' Johnson  79'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	6' Tévez 32' Zabaleta 35' Y. Touré 56' Tévez  76' Zabaleta  77' Tévez A. Johnson  82' Barry Vieira  89' Silva Milner	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,694 Referee: Lee Mason

Stoke City v Manchester City

27 November 2010 15	Stoke City	1 – 1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent, England
15:00 GMT	Pennant Tuncay  46' Delap  58' Wilkinson Wilson  63' Wilson  67' Fuller Walters  75' Etherington 90+2'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	69' Tévez 81' Richards  82' Milner A. Johnson  89' Richards  90+3' Balotelli Jô	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,405 Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester City v Bolton Wanderers

4 December 2010 16	Manchester City	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Tévez 4' Y. Touré  27' K. Touré Lescott  31' Tévez  33' Kolarov  75'  79' Silva Richards  84' Tévez Milner  90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	9' K. Davies  63' Petrov Taylor  77' Elmander Klasnić  82' Lee Moreno  89' Knight	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,860 Referee: Andre Marriner

West Ham United v Manchester City

11 December 2010 17	West Ham United	1 – 3	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 GMT	Ben-Haim  47' Stanislas Dyer  65' Barrera Cole  71' Piquionne Hines  80' Tomkins 89'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	30' Y. Touré  59' Balotelli  61' Balotelli A. Johnson 73' (o.g.) Green 81' A. Johnson  85' de Jong  86' Silva Milner  90+1' Zabaleta	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 32,813 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Everton

20 December 2010 18	Manchester City	1 – 2	Everton	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Kompany  23' Milner A. Johnson  46' Jagielka 72' (o.g.) Balotelli Jô  83' Barry  90+1' K. Touré  90+3'  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	4' Cahill 19' Baines  34' Fellaini  55'  60' Anichebe  75' Osman Bilyaletdinov  76' Coleman Saha  79' Jagielka Hibbert	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,028 Referee: Peter Walton

Newcastle United v Manchester City

26 December 2010 19	Newcastle United	1 – 3	Manchester City	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
15:00 GMT	Nolan  24' Routledge Ranger  60' Carroll 72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	2' Barry 5' Tévez  30' Silva  61' Lescott  69' Silva A. Johnson  73' Hart 81' Tévez  83' Y. Touré Vieira  85' Tévez Balotelli  87' Balotelli  89' A. Johnson	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,635 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Aston Villa

28 December 2010 20	Manchester City	4 – 0	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Balotelli 8' (pen.) Lescott 13' Balotelli 27' 55' (pen.) Silva Milner  58' Y. Touré Jô  63' de Jong Bridge  77' Milner  90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	18' Warnock  56' Bannan Delph  56' Albrighton Delfouneso  70' Lichaj  81' Reo Coker Pirès	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,716 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Blackpool

1 January 2011 21	Manchester City	1 – 0	Blackpool	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	A. Johnson 34' Tévez 36' (pen.) Kolarov Zabaleta  58' Silva Milner  64' Y. Touré Vieira  85'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	46' Sylvestre Phillips  74' Taylor-Fletcher Ormerod  82' Varney Carney	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,296 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Arsenal v Manchester City

5 January 2011 22	Arsenal	0 – 0	Manchester City	London, England
19:45 GMT	Walcott Arshavin  68' Wilshere Bendtner  81' Sagna  90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	21' Barry  29' de Jong  64' Jô A. Johnson  90' Zabaleta 0 (wrongful dismissal)  90' Tévez Boateng	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,085 Referee: Mike Jones

Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

15 January 2011 23	Manchester City	4 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	K. Touré 40' Tévez 49' K. Touré Lescott  51' Y. Touré 54' Tévez 66' Tévez Milner  81' A. Johnson Silva  84'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	12' Milijaš 68' (pen.) Doyle  69' Fletcher Henry  70' Ward Mouyokolo  79' Jarvis Mujangi Bia 86' Zubar	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,672 Referee: Lee Mason

Aston Villa v Manchester City

22 January 2011 24	Aston Villa	1 – 0	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
17:30 GMT	Bent 18' Clark  25' Petrov Reo-Coker  88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	57' Barry A. Johnson  69' Kolarov	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,315 Referee: Howard Webb

Birmingham City v Manchester City

2 February 2011 25	Birmingham City	2 – 2	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
19:45 GMT	Žigić 23' Jerome Phillips  70' Bowyer Beausejour  75' Gardner 77' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	4' Tévez  27' de Jong  35' Richards K. Touré 41'  45+2' Kolarov  46' de Jong Vieira	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,379 Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion

5 February 2011 26	Manchester City	3 – 0	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Tévez 17' (pen.) 22' 39' (pen.) Zabaleta  45' Y. Touré Džeko  63' Tévez Wright-Phillips  86' Silva Razak  90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	21' Morrison  46' Thomas Vela  69' Brunt Jara  80' Reid  87' Odemwingie Tchoyi	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,846 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester United v Manchester City

12 February 2011 27	Manchester United	2 – 1	Manchester City	Manchester, England
12:45 GMT	Nani 41' Scholes  66' Anderson Berbatov  67' Rooney 78' Carrick Scholes  79' Giggs  88'	BBC Sport report Observer report Guardian report	19' Kompany  42' Milner  53' Kolarov Wright-Phillips  60' Milner Dzeko 65' Silva	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,322 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Fulham

27 February 2011 28	Manchester City	1 – 1	Fulham	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Balotelli 26' Džeko Vieira  60' Balotelli  70' Kolarov Milner  77'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	34' Johnson 48' Duff  79' Johnson Guðjohnsen  85' Murphy	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,077 Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester City v Wigan Athletic

5 March 2011 29	Manchester City	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester, England
17:30 GMT	Richards  17' Barry  32' Silva 38' Kompany  56' Balotelli Kolarov  68' Silva de Jong  83' Tévez Džeko  86'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	45+1' Caldwell  60' Moses N'Zogbia  68' Piscu Gohouri  84' Diame Sammon	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,864 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Chelsea v Manchester City

20 March 2011 30	Chelsea	2 – 0	Manchester City	London, England
16:00 GMT	Ramires  68' Torres Drogba  70' Malouda Anelka  70' Kalou Zhirkov  77' David Luiz 78' Ramires 90+2' David Luiz  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	25' Milner  58' de Jong  80' Y. Touré Balotelli  81' Milner A. Johnson  82' Barry  90' Kolarov	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,741 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Sunderland

3 April 2011 31	Manchester City	5 – 0	Sunderland	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	A. Johnson 9' Tévez 15' (pen.) Kolarov  36' Silva 63' A. Johnson Vieira  66' Vieira 67' Boyata McGivern  70' Y. Touré 73' Silva Wright-Phillips  78' Vieira  85'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,197 Referee: Howard Webb

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Timişoara v Manchester City

19 August 2010 First leg	Timişoara	0 – 1	Manchester City	Timişoara, Romania
20:00 CET	Luchin  41' Scutaru Zicu  71' Contra Mera  80' Magera Goga  83'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	57' Barry Balotelli  66' Silva A. Johnson 72'  74' Balotelli  77' Tévez Jô	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Manchester City v Timişoara

26 August 2010 Second leg	Manchester City	2 – 0	Timişoara	Manchester, England
19:45 CET	Wright-Phillips 43' Boyata 59' de Jong Cunningham  64'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	46' Magera Zicu  57' Curtean Goga  82' Alexa Chiacu	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 23,542 Referee: Jorge De Sousa (Portugal)

Group phase

Red Bull Salzburg v Manchester City

16 September 2010 1	Red Bull Salzburg	0 – 2	Manchester City	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CET	Pokrivač Jantscher  54' Boghossian Wallner  54' Mendes da Silva Augustinussen  74' Wallner  90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	8' Silva  48' K. Touré 63' Jô  68' Bridge Boyata  79' Tévez Vieira  83' Silva Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Georgios Daloukas (Greece)

Manchester City v Juventus

30 September 2010 2	Manchester City	1 – 1	Juventus	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	A. Johnson 37' Zabaleta Boyata  46' Barry  63' Adebayor Silva  73' Boateng Milner  84'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	10' Iaquinta  40' Krasić  54' Martínez Pepe  72' De Ceglie Motta  74' Grygera  75' Krasić Felipe Melo	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 35,212 Referee: Eduardo Gonzalez (Spain)

Manchester City v Lech Poznań

21 October 2010 3	Manchester City	3 – 1	Lech Poznań	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Adebayor 13' 25' 73' Silva Y. Touré  75' Wright-Phillips Jô  77' Zabaleta Bridge  85'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	33' Bosacki 50' Tshibamba  55' Wilk Štilić  55' Drygas Rudņevs  69' Arboleda Đurđević	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 33,383 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Lech Poznań v Manchester City

4 November 2010 4	Lech Poznań	3 – 1	Manchester City	Poznań, Poland
19:00 CET	Injac 30' Rudnevs  45+1' Injac Kielb  52' Đurđević  55' Ŝtilić Możdżeń  62' Peszko Wilk  73' Arboleda 86' Możdżeń 90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	38' Richards  40' Bridge  46' Wright-Phillips Silva 51' Adebayor  70' Bridge Kolarov  78' Milner Kompany	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Manchester City v Red Bull Salzburg

1 December 2010 5	Manchester City	3 – 0	Red Bull Salzburg	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Balotelli 18' 65' Balotelli Adebayor  71' A. Johnson 78' Y. Touré Richards  81'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	28' Afolabi  45' Boghossian  46' Hinteregger Švento  57' Cziommer Alan  67' Mendes da Silva Augustinussen  85' Sekagya	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 37,552 Referee: Libor Kovarik (Czech Republic)

Juventus v Manchester City

16 December 2010 6	Juventus	1 – 1	Manchester City	Turin, Italy
19:00 CET	Giannetti 43' Krasić Camilleri  56' Traoré Boniperti  66' Felipe Melo  78' Giannetti Büchel  79' Sissoko  87'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	61' Nimely Zabaleta  74' Zabaleta 76' Jô  90+2' Wright-Phillips Chantler	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 6,992 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Manchester City prepare to kick off their opening Europa League group fixture

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester City	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
Lech Poznań	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11
Juventus	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6
Red Bull Salzburg	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2

GROUP A	JUV	LCH	MC	RBS
Juventus	–	3–3	1–1	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–1	–	3–1	2–0
Manchester City	1–1	3–1	–	3–0
Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	0–1	0–2	–

Last updated: 16 December 2010.
Source: UEFA Europa League 2010-11 match reports

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Aris Thessaloniki v Manchester City

15 February 2011 First leg	Aris Thessaloniki	0 – 0	Manchester City	Salonika, Greece
18:00 CET	Bobadilla Cesarec  72' Neto Castillo  88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	77' Džeko  77' Wright-Phillips Balotelli  84' Džeko Zabaleta	Stadium: Kleánthis Vikelídis Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Manchester City v Aris Thessaloniki

24 February 2011 Second leg	Manchester City	3 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Džeko 7' 12' Kompany Zabaleta  35' Y. Touré 75' Tévez Vieira  79' Silva Wright-Phillips  80' Kolarov  90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	38' Vangjeli  43' Neto  46' Sakata Mendrinos  61' Bobadilla Koke  72' Prittas  79' Neto Kasnaferis	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 36,748 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City

10 March 2011 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 0	Manchester City	Kiev, Ukraine
21:05 CET	Shevchenko 25' Husyev 77' Yussuf  82' Shevchenko Ninković  88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	53' Balotelli  57' Balotelli Tévez  79' Tévez  82' Kolarov Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Manchester City v Dynamo Kyiv

17 March 2011 Second leg	Manchester City	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Manchester, England
19:00 CET	Balotelli  36' Kolarov 39' Tévez  45' Kompany  62' Barry A. Johnson  71' Silva  72' Silva Džeko  76' de Jong  78' Kolarov Milner  88' Y. Touré  90+6'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	39' Yussuf  43' Ninković  45+2' Ninković Zozulya  50' Leandro Almeida  62' Shevchenko Harmash  90+2' Yarmolenko Betão	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

League Cup

Third round

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City

22 September 2010	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 1	Manchester City	West Bromwich, England
20:00 BST	Zuiverloon 55' Cox 57' Shorey Jara  67' Bednar Fortune  82'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	19' Jô  33' Vidal  54' Vidal Zabaleta  71' Ibrahim Milner  74' Vieira  80' Santa Cruz Silva	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,418 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

FA Cup

Third round

Leicester City v Manchester City

9 January 2011	Leicester City	2 – 2	Manchester City	Leicester, England
16:00 GMT	Bamba 1' King 64' Dyer Waghorn  79' Vassell Howard  83' Berner Neilson  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	23' Milner 45' Tévez  46' Wright-Phillips de Jong  73' Jô Zabaleta	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Leicester City

18 January 2011 Replay	Manchester City	4 – 2	Leicester City	Manchester, England
19.45 GMT	Tévez 15' Vieira 37' A. Johnson 38' Tévez 59' (pen.) Silva Barry  64' Vieira  75' Y. Touré Jô  78' Kolarov 90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	19' (pen.) Gallagher  30' Gallagher Moussa  46' Wellens Oakley  68' Howard Waghorn  75' Dyer 83' Dyer	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,755 Referee: Mark Halsey

Fourth round

Notts County v Manchester City

30 January 2011	Notts County	1 – 1	Manchester City	Nottingham, England
14:00 GMT	Edwards  15' Bishop 59'  60' Gow Hawley  70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	62' Jô Silva  72' Milner  77' Zabaleta Kolarov 80' Džeko  88' Richards Kompany	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Notts County

20 February 2011 Replay	Manchester City	5 – 0	Notts County	Manchester, England
14:00 GMT	Vieira 37' Balotelli  44' Vieira 58' Balotelli Tévez  60' Y. Touré Barry  81' Tévez 84' Silva Jô  86' Džeko 89' Richards 90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	53' Hawley  60' Darby Thompson  80' Hughes Gobern  90' Pearce Chilvers	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,276 Referee: Mike Jones

Fifth round

Manchester City v Aston Villa

2 March 2011	Manchester City	3 – 0	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Y. Touré 5' Balotelli 25'  58' Balotelli Tévez  60' Silva 70' Y. Touré Jô  80' Richards Boyata  83'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	17' Petrov  60' Clark  61' Agbonlahor  71' Delfouneso Downing  71' Bradley Young  83' Dunne Walker	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,570 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Quarter-final

Manchester City v Reading

13 March 2011	Manchester City	1 – 0	Reading	Manchester, England
16:45 GMT	Kompany  20' Richards  53' Vieira Balotelli  70' Richards 74' de Jong Barry  83' Wright-Phillips Boyata  90+3'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	62' McAnuff Robson-Kanu  69' Long  76' Hunt Church  86' Tabb Howard	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,150 Referee: Lee Probert

Semi-final

Manchester United v Manchester City

16 April 2011	Manchester United	–	Manchester City	London, England
17:15 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only.
Apps. numbers denote: "No. of games played (No. of games subbed off / No. of games subbed on)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards." Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Pos.	Squad Status	Player Name	Premier League					UEFA Europa League					Football League Cup				FA Cup				TOTALS All Competitions
				PE	Apps.				PE	Apps.				Apps.				Apps.				Apps.
1	GK	HGP	Shay Given	H1					H1	3 (0/0)				1 (0/0)								4 (0/0)
2	DF	ACG	Micah Richards	H2	16 (2/2)	1	4		A1	8 (0/1)		1						4 (2/0)	2	1		28 (4/3)	3	6
3	DF	on loan	Wayne Bridge	XH	3 (0/2)				XH	4 (2/1)		1										7 (2/3)		1
4	DF	FOR	Vincent Kompany	F1	29 (0/0)		5		F1	8 (1/1)		1						3 (0/1)		1		40 (1/2)		7
5	DF	FOR	Pablo Zabaleta	F2	20 (1/5)	1	7	-(1)	F2	11 (2/3)		1		1 (0/1)				5 (1/1)				37 (4/10)	1	8	-(1)
6	MF	ACG	Michael Johnson	H3					A2
7	MF	HGP	James Milner	H4	26 (6/7)		3		H2	5 (1/2)				1 (0/1)				3 (0/0)	1	1		35 (7/10)	1	4
8	MF	ACG	Shaun Wright-Phillips	H5	5 (2/3)				A3	9 (4/3)	1							2 (2/0)				16 (8/6)	1
9	FW	on loan	Emmanuel Adebayor	XF	8 (2/6)	1			XF	6 (1/1)	4											14 (3/7)	5
10	FW	FOR	Edin Džeko	F3	8 (1/3)				F3	4 (1/1)	2	1						2 (0/0)	2			14 (2/4)	4	1
11	MF	HGP	Adam Johnson	H6	23 (4/15)	3	1		H3	7 (0/2)	2			1 (0/0)				2 (0/0)	1			33 (4/17)	6	1
12	GK	HGP	Stuart Taylor	H7					H4
13	DF	FOR	Aleksandar Kolarov	F4	18 (5/3)	1	4	1/-	F4	5 (2/1)	1	1						6 (0/1)	1			29 (7/5)	3	5	1/-
14	FW	on loan	Roque Santa Cruz	XF	1 (0/1)									1 (1/0)								2 (1/1)
17	DF	FOR	Jérôme Boateng	F5	16 (2/2)		1		F5	5 (1/0)								3 (0/0)				24 (3/2)		1
18	MF	HGP	Gareth Barry	H8	29 (5/2)	2	6		H5	7 (2/0)		1						5 (0/3)				41 (7/5)	2	7
19	DF	HGP	Joleon Lescott	H9	14 (1/2)	1	1		H6	7 (0/0)								6 (0/0)				27 (1/2)	1	1
21	MF	FOR	David Silva	F6	27 (11/4)	3	2		F6	10 (5/2)	1	1		1 (0/1)				5 (2/1)	1			43 (18/8)	5	3
22	DF	YTH	Greg Cunningham	XU					XY	1 (0/1)				1 (0/0)								2 (0/1)
24	MF	FOR	Patrick Vieira	F7	10 (1/7)	1	1		F7	8 (0/2)				1 (0/0)		1		6 (1/0)	3	1		25 (2/9)	4	3
25	GK	HGP	Joe Hart	H10	30 (0/0)		1		H7	9 (0/0)								6 (0/0)				45 (0/0)		1
27	FW	FOR	Jô	F8	11 (1/8)				F8	6 (0/2)	2			1 (0/0)	1			5 (2/3)				23 (3/13)	3
28	DF	FOR	Kolo Touré (vc)	F9	22 (2/1)	1	3	1/-	F9	5 (1/0)		1						2 (0/0)				29 (3/1)	1	4	1/-
30	DF	ACG	Shaleum Logan	H11					A4
32	FW	FOR	Carlos Tévez (c)	F10	26 (16/0)	18	5		F10	7 (3/1)		2						5 (0/2)	3			38 (19/3)	21	7
34	MF	FOR	Nigel de Jong (vc)	F11	24 (2/1)		8		F11	5 (1/0)		1						2 (1/1)				31 (4/2)		9
36	DF	YTH	Javan Vidal	XU					XY					1 (1/0)		1						1 (1/0)		1
38	DF	YTH	Dedryck Boyata	U21	2 (1/0)		1	-/1	YTH	6 (0/2)	1			1 (0/0)				2 (0/2)				11 (1/4)	1	1	-/1
41	DF	on loan	Ben Mee	XU					XY					1 (0/0)								1 (0/0)
42	MF	FOR	Yaya Touré	F12	27 (9/0)	4	3		F12	8 (0/1)	1	1						5 (3/0)	1			40 (12/1)	6	4
43	FW	YTH	Alex Nimely	U21					YTH	1 (1/0)												1 (1/0)
45	FW	U21	Mario Balotelli	U21	12 (4/3)	6	5	-/1	F13	6 (2/2)	3	2	-/1					3 (2/1)	1	2		21 (8/6)	10	9	-/2
50	MF	on loan	Abdisalam Ibrahim	XU					XY					1 (1/0)								1 (1/0)
53	MF	YTH	Chris Chantler	U21					YTH	1 (0/1)												1 (0/1)
60	FW	U21	John Guidetti	U21					F14					1 (0/0)								1 (0/0)
62	MF	U21	Abdul Razak	U21	1 (0/1)																	1 (0/1)
TOTALS						43	61	2/3			18	15	-/1		1	2			16	6			78	84	2/4

Table statistics current for games played up until the end of 20 March 2011

Last updated: 23 March 2011.
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2010-11 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2010-11 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above 00
(for players enumerated in UEFA squad) UEFA Europa League squad 00(for players enumerated in Premier League squad) Premier League OWS - Manchester City Player Index, 2010/11 season

Goal scorers

All competitions

Scorer	Goals
Carlos Tévez	22
Mario Balotelli	10
Adam Johnson	7
Yaya Touré
David Silva	6
Emmanuel Adebayor	5
Patrick Vieira
Edin Džeko	4
Jô	3
Aleksandar Kolarov
Micah Richards
Gareth Barry	2
Dedryck Boyata	1
Joleon Lescott
James Milner
Kolo Touré
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Pablo Zabaleta

Premier League

Scorer	Goals
Carlos Tévez	19
Mario Balotelli	6
Yaya Touré	5
Adam Johnson	4
David Silva
Gareth Barry	2
Patrick Vieira
Emmanuel Adebayor	1
Aleksandar Kolarov
Joleon Lescott
Micah Richards
Kolo Touré
Pablo Zabaleta

UEFA Europa League

Scorer	Goals
Emmanuel Adebayor	4
Mario Balotelli	3
Edin Džeko	2
Jô
Adam Johnson
Dedryck Boyata	1
Aleksandar Kolarov
David Silva
Yaya Touré
Shaun Wright-Phillips

League Cup and FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Carlos Tévez	3
Patrick Vieira
Edin Džeko	2
Micah Richards
Mario Balotelli	1
Jô
Adam Johnson
Aleksandar Kolarov
James Milner
David Silva
Yaya Touré

Information current as of end of 3 April 2011

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the manager that was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month	Manager
December	Roberto Mancini

Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month	Player
August	Joe Hart
September	Vincent Kompany
October	David Silva
November	David Silva
December	David Silva
January	Edin Džeko
February	Micah Richards
March	voting in progress

Tuttosport Golden Boy award

Since 2003 awarded annually by the Italian daily sports newspaper to the young player (on an initial short list of 40 'under 21' players) that receives the most votes from a panel consisting of 30 sports journalists selected from across the whole of Europe

Year	Player
2010	Mario Balotelli

Best Sodding Groundsmen of the Year award

Awarded annually at a meeting of the Institute of Groundsmanship organisation as a result of voting by professional football grounds management teams from the whole of the U.K.

Year	Professional Grounds Management Team of the Year
	Grounds staff	Club	Stadium
2010	Roy Rigby and staff	Manchester City	CoMS

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
01 July 2010	DF	Jérôme Boateng	Hamburg	£10m
02 July 2010	MF	Yaya Touré	Barcelona	£24m
14 July 2010	MF	David Silva	Valencia	£24m
24 July 2010	DF	Aleksandar Kolarov	Lazio	£16m
13 Aug. 2010	FW	Mario Balotelli	Internazionale	£24m
18 Aug. 2010	MF	James Milner	Aston Villa	£18m + p/x
07 Jan. 2011	FW	Edin Džeko	Wolfsburg	£27m

Reserves & Academy

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
10 June 2010	MF	Alex Henshall	Swindon Town	£0.25m
07 July 2010	MF	Albert Rusnak	MFK Košice	Undisc.
31 Aug. 2010	MF	Mohammed Abu	Sporting Club Accra	Undisc.
Nov. 2010	MF	Andrea Mancini	Bologna	Free agent
13 Dec. 2010	FW	Gai Assulin	Barcelona	Free agent

Transfers out

First team

Exit Date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
08 June 2010	FW	Benjani	Blackburn Rovers	Released
22 June 2010	MF	Martin Petrov	Bolton Wanderers	Free
05 July 2010	FW	Valeri Bojinov	Parma	£3m
29 July 2010	DF	Sylvinho	Released as free agent
30 July 2010	DF	Javier Garrido	Lazio	£2.5m
18 Aug. 2010	MF	Stephen Ireland	Aston Villa	Player exch.
31 Aug. 2010	FW	Robinho	AC Milan	£15m+
19 Jan. 2011	MF	Kelvin Etuhu	Released as free agent

Reserves & Academy

Exit Date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
17 May 2010	MF	Andrew Mitchell	Rangers	Free
08 June 2010	MF	Karl Moore	UCD AFC	Released
11 June 2010	FW	Róbert Mak	Nürnberg	Undisc.
12 June 2010	GK	Tobias Johansen	Kongsvinger	Free
15 June 2010	MF	Paul Marshall	Walsall	Free
30 June 2010	FW	Jack Redshaw	Rochdale	Free
08 July 2010	GK	Filip Mentel	Dundee United	Free
31 Aug. 2010	MF	Adam Clayton	Leeds United	Undisc.
31 Jan. 2011	FW	David Ball	Peterborough United	Undisc.

Loans in

First team

Reserves & Academy

Loans out

First team

Start date	End date	Pos	Player	To club
21 July 10	03 Jan. 11	GK	Gunnar Nielsen	Tranmere Rovers
11 Aug. 10	31 May 11	DF	Nedum Onuoha	Sunderland
17 Aug. 10	31 May 11	FW	Craig Bellamy	Cardiff City
19 Aug. 10	31 May 11	MF	Vladimír Weiss	Rangers
31 Aug. 10	31 May 11	FW	Felipe Caicedo	Levante
21 Oct. 10	01 Jan. 11	DF	Greg Cunningham	Leicester City
12 Jan. 11	31 May 11	DF	Wayne Bridge	West Ham United
14 Jan. 11	31 May 11	FW	Roque Santa Cruz	Blackburn Rovers
14 Jan. 11	31 May 11	MF	Abdisalam Ibrahim	Scunthorpe United
20 Jan. 11	26 Feb. 11	DF	Javan Vidal	Chesterfield
26 Jan. 11	31 May 11	FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	Real Madrid
31 Jan. 11	31 May 11	GK	David González	Leeds United

Reserves & Academy

Start date	End date	Pos	Player	To club
13 July 10	12 Jan. 11	FW	David Ball	Swindon Town
30 July 10	15 Jan. 11	DF	Ryan McGivern	Walsall
06 Aug. 10	31 Aug. 10	MF	Adam Clayton	Leeds United
07 Aug. 10	31 May 11	DF	Kieran Trippier	Barnsley
09 Aug. 10	08 Nov. 10	MF	Andrew Tutte	Rochdale
31 Aug. 10	30 June 11	MF	Mohammed Abu	Strømsgodset
12 Oct. 10	02 Dec. 10	FW	James Poole	Hartlepool United
25 Nov. 10	03 Jan. 11	FW	John Guidetti	Burnley
25 Nov. 10	03 Jan. 11	MF	Andrew Tutte	Shrewsbury Town
01 Jan. 11	31 May 11	DF	Ben Mee	Leicester City
31 Jan. 11	31 May 11	MF	Andrew Tutte	Yeovil Town
24 Mar. 11	31 May 11	MF	Donal McDermott	Bournemouth

This 'loan watch' report provides the latest progress update on most of the players listed above that are currently still out on loan at other clubs.

Player registration and competition eligibility

Starting in the 2010-11 season there will be new player registration requirements that must be met by every club playing in the English Premier League. Clicking on any of the topics listed below will access a brief overview of that topic. Overviews of the existing UEFA player registration regulations are also provided for the sake of comparison and because they also help provide a more thorough understanding of the actual implications for the Manchester City football club of both these sets of player eligibility requirements.

Player eligibility requirements

Premier League

player eligibility requirements

Within every Premier League team's (up to) 25-man registered squad, eight slots must be reserved only for players that meet the Homegrown Player provision (see below). If a Premier League team chooses (or is unable) to register the maximum eight players permitted for these slots then any unused Homegrown Player slots will be forfeited. A Premier League team may register more than eight players that meet the Homegrown Player provision up to a limit of the full 25-man maximum for the squad. A Premier League team may also register in a similar manner any number of players (up to a maximum of 17) that do not meet any of the youth or homegrown provisions. However, if the number of Homegrown Players registered exceeds the eight slots allocated to them, the total number of other senior players that can be registered will be reduced accordingly, so that the overall maximum of 25 senior players in the registered squad is not exceeded. (1) Homegrown Player Provision: A "homegrown player" is defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to either of the English or Welsh Football Associations for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21) . (2) Youth Player Provision: For a young player to meet this provision he must be younger than 21 years of age, OR have turned 21 years of age ON or AFTER January 1 of the year in which the season starts, on the first day of the season. Thus many qualifying players will already be 21 years of age come the start of the season in question .

UEFA

player eligibility requirements

The new Premier League player registration regulations parallel the existing UEFA player registration regulations currently in place and enforced for club participation in the Champions League , Europa League and Super Cup competitions organized by UEFA, but with the following two major differences: (1) The UEFA player eligibility requirements for Locally Trained Players are a little stiffer than the new ones stipulated by the Premier League for Homegrown Players. Under the UEFA player eligibility rules, four out of the eight slots reserved for Locally Trained Players can only be filled by players that have qualified for that status via the club's own academy, and which UEFA terms Club-trained Players . (2) The UEFA player eligibility requirements for Youth Players are also somewhat more stringent, requiring that a young player have spent at least two uninterrupted years registered and eligible to play with a club since his 15th birthday before he is then eligible to be registered and fielded as a Youth Player in any UEFA competitive match. The comparable Premier League requirement does not stipulate any such prior tenure, and a young player signing with a new club who satisfies the age limit requirement will immediately satisfy the Premier League's Youth Player provision .

Squad status designation

Based on the UEFA and Premier League squad registration regulations described above each player that is currently a member of the Manchester City first team squad can be assigned a "Squad Status" attribute that designates his ability to satisfy those player registration requirements in any UEFA or Premier League competition in which Roberto Mancini may wish to select him to play. Such a Squad Status designation may only be one of the following:

UNDER 21

Squad Status

The most lenient squad status designation (from the player's perspective) is "UNDER 21" because these players satisfy the Youth Player provision stipulated in the new Premier League player registration regulations . Prior to the introduction of the new SQUAD LIST for season 2010-11, a club could not field a player in any Premier League match unless that player's registration with the Premier League was in effect. A club was only deemed to hold the registration of a player upon receipt of the Premier League Secretary’s certificate in writing to that effect. Such a notification for a player could take effect as late as one hour before kick-off of the match in question. In this regard, nothing changes at all with respect to the registration of young players that satisfy the new Premier League Youth Player provision. An unlimited number of these players are eligible to play in any Premier League match without any requirement for their prior inclusion on the newly introduced SQUAD LIST that must be submitted to the Premier League at the end of each transfer window.

YOUTH

Squad Status

The next (less lenient) squad status designation is "YOUTH" because these players satisfy the Youth Player provision stipulated in the existing UEFA player registration regulations IN ADDITION TO the Youth Player provision stipulated in the new Premier League player registration regulations . Thus a "YOUTH" designated player is eligible to play in any Premier League match without any requirement for his prior inclusion on the SQUAD LIST (as defined for "UNDER 21" players above), as well as being eligible to play in any UEFA competition match without any requirement for prior LIST A registration with UEFA in order to do so. These players do still have to be registered with either/both those governing bodies in order to be eligible to play, however eligibility to play in Premier League matches is achieved via the same extant registration process described for "UNDER 21" players above, while eligibility to play in UEFA competition matches is achieved via LIST B registration rather than LIST A registration. UEFA LIST B registration has no limit on the number of young players that can be registered in this manner, and a "YOUTH" designated player can be registered to play in any UEFA organized match via a LIST B submittal made no later than 24.00 CET on the day before any match in which the player is to play. The "YOUTH" squad status designation is considered to be more stringent than the "UNDER 21" squad status designation for young players because "YOUTH" status players have to have been registered with (and eligible to play for) their current club for a minimum of two uninterrupted years after attaining the age of 15 before they are eligible to be registered via LIST B in order to play in any UEFA competition, while "UNDER 21" status players have no such tenure requirement levied on them, and so they are eligible to be registered to play in any Premier League match as soon as they join their current club. Note that if a youth player is on loan to another club he is NOT eligible to play for his parent club during the period of that loan spell, so although his registration with his parent club will remain uninterrupted while he is out on loan, his eligibility to play for the club will not. Consequently, any young player who has been designated with a "YOUTH" status is always eligible for any matches that a young player who has been designated with an "UNDER 21" status is eligible for, but NOT vice versa. Therefore, an "UNDER 21" status designation always subsumes a "YOUTH" status designation.

HOMEGROWN

Squad Status

The next (more stringent) squad status designation is "HOMEGROWN" because these players satisfy both the Association-trained Player provision stipulated in the existing UEFA player registration regulations AND the Homegrown Player provision stipulated in the new Premier League player registration regulations . The actual terminology used by UEFA for such players is a "locally trained player" that is also an "association-trained player" - which, since it is a bit of a mouthful, is why the Premier League terminology is being favored here. The senior players designated with this status are currently the only players whose names can be validly entered in slots 18 through 25 of the SQUAD LIST in order to attain eligibility to play in Premier League game fixtures scheduled to occur in that registration period. Only senior squad players that satisfy the new Premier League Homegrown Player provision can be registerd to play via one of these eight slots, and if a Premier League club does not have eight such players registered on its own books that meet this requirement, it must forfeit a possible player registration for each player that it falls short of that number (i.e., for each of the eight SQUAD LIST slots that it has to leave blank). If one of these eight slots is used to incorrectly register a player that does not meet the Premier League Homegrown Player provision then that slot will be forfeited for registration use by any other player in that registration period AND the invalidly registered player will not be eligible to play in any Premier League matches covered by that registration period, even if he was subsequently re-registered via a vacant slot in one of the other 17 slots on the SQUAD LIST form. Similarly, these same senior squad players are currently the only players whose names can be validly entered in one of four slots on the LIST A form that permit the registration of players satisfying the UEFA "association-trained player" provision to attain eligibility to participate in the pertinent UEFA competition game fixtures scheduled to occur in that registration period. Only senior squad players that satisfy the existing UEFA Association-trained Player provision may be registerd to play via one of these four slots, and if a club does not have four such players registered on its own books that meet this requirement, it must forfeit a possible player registration for each player that it falls short of that number (i.e., for each of the four LIST A slots that it has to leave blank). If one of these four slots is used to incorrectly register a player that does not meet the UEFA Association-trained Player provision then that slot will be forfeited for registration use by any other player in that registration period AND the invalidly registered player will not be eligible to play in any UEFA competition matches covered by that registration period, even if he was subsequently re-registered via a vacant slot in one of the 17 "free player" slots on the LIST A form. Note that not only can the names of these senior "homegrown players" be validly included in one of those four/eight specifically designated slots on the respective SQUAD LIST and LIST A forms in order to attain eligibility to play in the corresponding Premier League or pertinent UEFA competition matches, but they can also be validly included in any of the other 17 slots on those forms in order to attain that same eligibility to play.

ACADEMY GRADUATE

Squad Status

The next (more stringent) squad status designation is "ACADEMY GRADUATE" because these players satisfy the Club-trained Player provision stipulated in the existing UEFA player registration regulations . The actual terminology used by UEFA for such players is a "locally trained player" that is also a "club-trained player" - which, since this too is a bit of a mouthful, is why the term "ACADEMY GRADUATE" is being used in preference here. The senior players designated with this status are currently the only players whose names can be validly entered in one of four slots on the LIST A form that permit the registration of players satisfying the UEFA Club-trained Player provision to attain eligibility to participate in the pertinent UEFA competition game fixtures scheduled to occur in that registration period. Only senior squad players that satisfy the existing UEFA Club-trained Player provision may be registered to play via one of these four slots, and if a club does not have four such players registered on its own books that meet this requirement, it must forfeit a possible player registration for each player that it falls short of that number (i.e., for each of the four LIST A slots that it has to leave blank). If one of these four slots is used to incorrectly register a player that does not meet the UEFA Club-trained Player provision then that slot will be forfeited for registration use by any other player in that registration period AND the invalidly registered player will not be eligible to play in any UEFA competition matches covered by that registration period, even if he was subsequently re-registered via a vacant slot in one of the other 21 slots on the LIST A form. Note that not only can the names of these senior "club-trained players" be validly included in one of those four designated slots on the LIST A form in order to attain eligibility to play in the corresponding UEFA competition matches, but they can also be validly included in any of the other 21 slots on those forms in order to attain that same eligibility to play. Since there are currently no comparable Club-trained Player requirements stipulated for clubs participating in the Premier League competition, players designated with an "ACADEMY GRADUATE" squad status should be regarded as being exactly the same as players designated with a "HOMEGROWN" squad status (see above) for the purposes of satisfying the player registration requirements stipulated for squads submitted to the Premier League via the SQUAD LIST. Consequently, a "HOMEGROWN" squad status designation always subsumes an "ACADEMY GRADUATE" squad status designation - viz. all "ACADEMY GRADUATE" status players are also "HOMEGROWN" status players, but NOT vice versa.

FOREIGN

Squad Status

The fifth (and most restrictive) squad status designation is "FOREIGN" (which is really just a more convenient term for "Not Homegrown", while the corresponding UEFA term is "Free Player") because these players do not satisfy any of the youth nor homegrown player provisions of either UEFA or the Premier League. Consequently, it is currently only possible for these players to be registered for eligibility to play in the pertinent UEFA competition games and/or the Premier League match fixtures scheduled to occur in that registration period via assignment to one of the remaining 17 slots (slots 1 through 17) on the respective LIST A and SQUAD LIST forms. Although there are a lot more of these slots on the LIST A and SQUAD LIST forms relative to the other designated slots, this is considered to be the most restrictive squad status from a player's perspective because those players designated with a "FOR" status can ONLY be registered to play via those slots, while the senior players with other designated status (viz. "HGP" or "ACG") are also able to be registered to play via these 17 slots in addition to the slots that apply only to themselves due to their different levels of local training. Note that young players that satisfy the Premier League Youth Player provision yet fail to meet the more stringent conditions of the comparable UEFA Youth Player provision (viz. players having "U21" rather than "YTH" squad status), CANNOT be LIST B registered for any of the UEFA competitions. Consequently, those players must be registered to play in any of the UEFA competitions via a LIST A "Free Player" slot.

Explanations and definitions of select terminology

The Squad Status and Player Eligibility codes defined below have been derived from information contained in the UEFA and Premier League rules and regulations (R&R) publications for the 2010-11 season as published on the official web sites of those respective football governing organizations.

Squad Status

Squad Status
Code	Player Status	Status Description	UEFA Terminology	Premier League Terminology	Status Implication
U21	UNDER 21	A young player that satisfies the Premier League Youth Player provision	NOT APPLICABLE	A junior player that is not required to be included on the new SQUAD LIST in order to be eligible to play in any Premier League match. For such young players, registration with the Premier League in order to be eligible to play in any league game is the same process that it has always been.	Player does not require to be included on the new SQUAD LIST (but still requires to be registered with the Premier League) in order to be eligible to play in any Premier League game scheduled during the current registration period.
YTH	YOUTH	A young player that satisfies the UEFA Youth Player provision	A junior player that may be registered for eligibility to play in any UEFA competition game via one of the unlimited slots on the LIST B form, which can be submitted no later than 24.00 CET on the day before any match in which the player is to participate.	NOT APPLICABLE (NOTE: Because it is a more stringent provision, all young players that merit this status designation will ALSO satisfy the Youth Player provision of the "UNDER 21" status designation above, thus if validly registered with the Premier League they are also eligible to play in any scheduled Premier League game in which an "UNDER 21" player is eligible to play.)	Player only requires to be registered with UEFA via the LIST B form (rather than via the LIST A form) in order to be eligible to play in any pertinent UEFA competition games scheduled during the current registration period.
HGP	HOMEGROWN	A senior player that satisfies both the UEFA Association-trained Player and the Premier League Homegrown Player provisions	A senior "locally trained player" that is also an "association-trained player" who is the only type of player that can be validly registered to play in UEFA competition games scheduled to occur in that registration period via slots 18 to 21 of the LIST A form, but who can also be validly registered to play in those same games via any of the other 17 "free player" slots on the LIST A form as well.	A senior "homegrown player" who is the only type of player whose name can be validly entered in slots 18 to 25 of the SQUAD LIST in order to attain eligibility to play in Premier League games scheduled to occur in that registration period, but who can also have his name validly included on the SQUAD LIST in any of the other 17 slots in order to attain that same eligibility to play.	If his name is validly included on the SQUAD LIST, player is eligible to play in any Premier League game scheduled during the current registration period; and if his name is validly registered via the LIST A form, player is eligible to play in the pertinent UEFA competition games scheduled during the current registration period.
ACG	ACADEMY GRADUATE	A senior player that satisfies the UEFA Club-trained Player provision	A senior "locally trained player" that is also a "club-trained player" who is the only type of player that can be validly registered to play in UEFA competition games scheduled to occur in that registration period via slots 22 to 25 of the LIST A form, but who can also be validly registered to play in those same games via any of the other 21 slots on the LIST A form as well.	NOT APPLICABLE (NOTE: Because it is a more stringent provision, all senior players that merit this status designation will ALSO satisfy the Homegrown Player provision of the "HOMEGROWN" status designation above; thus, if appropriately registered on the SQUAD LIST, they are also eligible to play in any scheduled Premier League game in which a "HOMEGROWN" player is eligible to play.)	If his name is validly registered via the LIST A form, player is eligible to play in the pertinent UEFA competition games scheduled during the current registration period.
FOR	FOREIGN	A player that does NOT satisfy any of the provisions listed above	A "free player" that can only be validly registered to play in UEFA competition games scheduled to occur in that registration period via slots 1 to 17 of the LIST A form. In addition to senior players this also includes young players that satisfy the Premier League Youth Player provision yet fail to meet the more stringent UEFA Youth Player provision (viz. players having "U21" rather than "YTH" status).	A senior player that is not a "homegrown player" and thus whose name can only be validly entered in slots 1 to 17 of the SQUAD LIST in order to attain eligibility to play in Premier League games scheduled to occur in that registration period.	If his name is validly included on the SQUAD LIST, player is eligible to play in any Premier League game scheduled during the current registration period; and if his name is validly registered via the LIST A form, player is eligible to play in the pertinent UEFA competition games scheduled during the current registration period.

Last updated: 16 August 2010.
Source: (for information summarized in UEFA Terminology column of Squad Status table)

Last updated: 19 August 2010.
Source: (for information summarized in Premier League Terminology column of Squad Status table)

Player Eligibility

Player Eligibility
	UEFA "LIST A" Squad	Premier League "SQUAD LIST"
Total no. of slots in list	25	25
No. of FOR slots in list	17	17
No. of ACG slots in list	4	not applicable
No. of HGP slots in list	4	8
No. of YTH slots in list	NONE (no squad registration required)	not applicable
No. of U21 slots in list	not applicable	NONE (no squad registration required)
Registration rules	FOR designated players may ONLY be registered in FOR slots HGP designated players may ONLY be registered in HGP or FOR slots ACG designated players may be registered in any of the ACG, HGP or FOR slots Total no. of players registered in a PL or UEFA squad cannot exceed total no. of list slots
	Legend used for enumerating eligible players in the "PE" columns
F1 ... F17	FOR or U21 designated player registered in one of the FOR slots	FOR designated player registered in one of the FOR slots
A1 ... A4 A5 ... A25	ACG designated player registered in one of the ACG slots (A1 - A4) or in one of the other slots (A5 - A25)	not applicable
H1 ... H4 / H8 H5 ... H21 H9 ... H25	HGP designated player registered in one of the HGP slots (H1 - H4) or in one of the FOR slots (H5 - H21)	HGP or ACG designated player registered in one of the HGP slots (H1 - H8) or in one of the FOR slots (H9 - H25)
Enumeration rules	Eligible players within each of the 3 senior Squad Status code designations (viz. FOR, HGP and ACG) are enumerated according to increasing squad number
Disclaimer	NOTE: The process documented above does NOT reflect the way the player was actually registered, but is merely an enumeration mechanism, the sole intended purpose of which is to accurately account for each of the registered players that are eligible to play in the respective competitions
YTH	YTH designated player (Note: NO LIMIT on number of YTH designated players playing with any UEFA squad)	not applicable
U21	not applicable (Note: U21 designated players do NOT meet UEFA youth provision and are treated as FOR by UEFA)	U21 or YTH designated player (Note: NO LIMIT on number of U21 or YTH designated players playing with any PL squad)
	Players who are no longer eligible to play in the respective competitions, but who used to be a valid registered member of that squad, or were eligible to play with that squad
XF	FOR or U21 designated player	FOR designated player
XA	ACG designated player	not applicable
XH	HGP designated player	HGP or ACG designated player
XY	YTH designated player	not applicable
XU	not applicable	YTH or U21 designated player

Last updated: 1 September 2010.
Source: (for information presented in UEFA "LIST A" Squad column of Player Eligibility table)

Last updated: 1 September 2010.
Source: (for information presented in Premier League "SQUAD LIST" column of Player Eligibility table)

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

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