1887, St. Mark's team evolved into Adwick Athletic Football Club and moved to Hyde Road Stadium.
1889, a coal mine exploded near Hyde Road, killing 23 miners-Adwick and Newton Heath (the predecessor of Manchester United) played a friendly match in the evening to raise money for the disaster fund.
1892, the English second division was established, and Adwick Athletic Football Club was one of the founding member clubs. 1894, Adwick Athletic Football Club was reorganized into Manchester City Football Club, representing the whole city. 1899, Manchester City won the second-division championship and became the first team to advance automatically. 1904, Blue Moon beat Bolton in the FA Cup final at Crystal Palace Stadium, becoming the first Manchester team to win an important trophy.
19 14 to 19 18. Due to World War I, the English Football League was suspended, but there were still regional championships in various regions. Manchester City participated in the Lancaster County League. 1920, Manchester City's stadium on Hyde Road became the first regional stadium visited by members of the royal family. 1923, after Hyde Road Stadium was destroyed by fire, the club moved to Maine Road Stadium, which can accommodate 85,000 spectators.
1926, this is a fascinating season for the blue moon. Manchester City, without a manager, became the first team in Manchester to play at Wembley (runner-up in the FA Cup). Manchester City won the biggest score in derby history (Old Trafford beat Manchester United 6-/Kloc-0), but it was also relegated in the same season.
From 65438 to 0928, Manchester City advanced to the second division and became the club with the largest number of fans in English football league. 1934, after losing the FA Cup final on 1932-33, Manchester City won the FA Cup with a score of 2-1933-34.
1934 The Blue Moon's home game against Stoke City attracted 84,569 fans around, and the number of spectators this time became the largest at home. 1937, Manchester City won the English League championship for the first time.
From 1939 to 1945, during World War II, wartime football leagues were established. Manchester city participates in the Northern League. The serious damage at Old Trafford meant that Manchester United had to play at home. But when the two teams met, Manchester City never allowed Manchester United to use the home team locker room.
1947, Manchester city advanced to the first class as the champion of the second division. 1949, the official fan club of Manchester City Football Club was established. 1955, Manchester City lost to Newcastle in the FA Cup final at Wembley and missed the FA Cup title. 1956, Blue Moon entered the FA Cup final for the second consecutive season. This time, 3-/kloc-0-beat Birmingham and won the cup successfully. The celebration parade after Manchester City players' comeback was broadcast live by Grenada TV for the first time. 1958 Munich air crash hit Manchester United's first team hard and claimed the lives of many journalists, including former Manchester City goalkeeper Frank Swift.
1965 the new Manchester city team logo was released, centering on the Manchester city team logo. From 65438 to 0966, under the leadership of Joe Moser's coaching staff, Manchester City was promoted to the second-division championship. 1968 On the last day of the season, the Blue Moon defeated Newcastle United and became the Premier League champion for the second time. 1969, Manchester City beat leicester city at Wembley Stadium 1-0 and won the FA Cup this season. 1970, Manchester City won the European Winners Cup and the English League Cup, becoming the champion of both European and domestic League Cups.
1972, Lancaster red rose was added to the Manchester City team emblem. 1974, Manchester City lost to Wolves in the Carling Cup final, but unfortunately missed the championship. 1976, Peter Barnes's goal helped the Blue Moon beat Newcastle 2- 1 at Wembley, especially Dennis Wright's wonderful barb goal. 1979, the club broke the transfer record and signed Steve Daley with 1450277. Within two years, Manchester City became the first club to sign three players worth more than one million pounds (plus Kevin Reeves and trevor francis). 198 1, Manchester city entered the100th FA Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur. After the 1- 1 draw, the two sides played a replay at Wembley, which is considered to be one of the most watched finals in the history of the FA Cup finals. The amazing goal of the opposing player Ricky Villa made Manchester City lose 3-2, but what Manchester City fans still remember is the 30-yard angry goal of Manchester City player Steve Mackenzie.
1986, Manchester City entered the newly-established All Club Cup final, and 68,000 spectators watched the final at Wembley Stadium. From 65438 to 0987, Manchester City scored the biggest winning score in the history of the club. Manchester City beat Huddersfield at home 10- 1. 1989, Bradford's last game of the season, Manchester City dramatically advanced. Manchester Derby was staged on Main Road, and Manchester City beat Manchester United with a score of 5-/kloc-0-0, which became the biggest winning score in the history of Manchester City. 1992, the Premier League was established, and the game between Manchester City and Queens Park was the first Monday night game broadcast live by Sky TV.
1994, Manchester City bid farewell to the Kiparks stand that fans love very much. The new British law prohibits the stepped stands of Premier League stadiums, and Manchester City is forced to change the stadium where the team is stationed. This Kiparks booth used to be the largest in Britain.
1995-96 season, which is a turbulent season. The three coaches appointed by Manchester City are Allen Burr, Steve Cobb and frank clarke, as well as acting coaches Asa Hartford and phil neal. The team was also affected by the last place in the league and was relegated from the Premier League.
1997, Manchester City released the new team emblem. There is a Latin motto "Superbia in proelio" in the middle, which means "fight proudly".
1998, Manchester City was relegated to the third place in the league (Group B) for the first time due to poor performance. 1999, one of the fiercest matches ever played at Wembley Stadium, Manchester City beat Plyfield Stadium on penalties in the play-off for the promotion to the second division and successfully advanced. In 2000, Manchester City returned to the Premier League through two consecutive promotions. Blackburn Ewood Park's 4-/kloc-0-0 victory ensured Manchester City's promotion. However, at 200 1, in the first season of promotion to the Premier League, Manchester City fell back to League One immediately after the season ended.
Since Manchester City was promoted to the Premier League in 2002, the team's deep performance has been erratic, and the club has changed coaches several times, including Kevin Kevin Keegan, Stuart Pearce and Sven Goran Eriksson. On July 6th, 2007, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra bought Manchester City for 8,654,380+6,000 pounds and became the new owner of the club. Since Thaksin came to power, Manchester City has spent a lot of money on the acquisition of players, including Elano, martin petrov, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Michael Ball and other stars. At the same time, a number of players were sold and a major reform and reconstruction was carried out for the club. Although Manchester City achieved very good results in the first half of the 2007-08 season, it was unsustainable in the second half, and finally it had to rank ninth in the Super League, winning a seat in the European Football Association Cup only with the Fair Play Award. Head coach Sven Gran Eriksson was also fired and replaced by former Blackburn manager mark hughes.
However, thaksin shinawatra has been deeply involved in corruption cases in Thailand and once had to go into exile. Finally, in August 2008, he resigned as the club manager. Nevertheless, Manchester City was not affected by financial problems, because after thaksin shinawatra left office, Abu Dhabi Group, an Arab investment company, immediately acquired Manchester City, which made the club get more funds. Manchester City also successfully intercepted Chelsea and Robinho on the first day after the investment company joined, that is, the last day of the transfer period. The transfer fee was as high as 32.5 million pounds, breaking the record of transfer fee in England. In addition, Manchester City signed Talben haim and Wright-Phillips from Chelsea to strengthen the team's strength through recruiting. However, in the 2008-09 season, Manchester City's performance was not comparable to the league ranking. Manchester City finally ended this season's Premier League with a disappointing 10, and fans began to doubt the leadership of leader Hughes.
In the 2009- 10 season, Manchester City, which was funded by a big consortium, continued its buying spree after the transfer market reopened, spending more than 1 100 million pounds to buy Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry, Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given, Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz, Everton defender Iorio Lescott and free man Silvio Junior respectively. In the first match of the 2009- 10 season, Manchester City easily defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-0, and even defeated the current UEFA champion Barcelona 1-0 in the mid-season friendly match. However, in the middle of the season, due to the poor record of Mark Hughes, the team dismissed him and Roberto Mancini began to take charge of Manchester City coach. At the end of the 2009- 10 season, Manchester City lost in the league match against Tottenham Hotspur and finally won the fifth place.
From 20 10 to 20 1 1, Manchester City kept making big acquisitions, Barcelona bought Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, Valencia bought Spaniard Xiaotian David Silva, Lazio bought Serbian left-back Alexander Kolarov, Inter Milan bought Italian genius Balotelli, Aston Villa bought English midfielder James Milner and Wolfsburg bought it in 2008-00.
20 10- 1 1 season is one of Manchester City's iconic successful seasons in the Premier League. It won the third place in the Premier League with 7 1, and even won the FA Cup, breaking the 35-year championship record. It was also a crazy record-breaking season. The Premier League 7 1 minute broke the team's historical record; The defensive data of only losing 33 goals tied with Chelsea for the first place in the league; Get 43 of all 57 home points, creating the best home record in the Premier League in the team's history; 38 rounds of 2 1 victory created the team's highest winning percentage in the Premier League; For the first time in 34 years, it ranks among the top three in the top league (with the same points as the second Chelsea, ranking third only with the goal difference); Won the championship trophy for the first time in 35 years (English Football Association Cup champion); Get the Champions League tickets for the first time in 42 years; Mancini took over 86 games and won 48 games, with a winning percentage of 55.8%, becoming the second highest head coach in the team's history; Manchester City's various events 16 won at home 15, unbeaten at home within five months; Joe hart kept 29 clean sheets in all competitions, breaking the team record of 26 clean sheets in all competitions in a single season held by nicky weaver, and won the Golden Glove Award with League 18 clean sheets, becoming the first Manchester City player and English native player to win this award since the award was established. Carlos Tevez shared the title of top scorer in the Premier League with Dimitar Berbatov with a league goal of 265,438+0, thus becoming the first winner of the Golden Boot Award in Manchester City history. 20 1 1- 12 season, Manchester City scored twice in stoppage time, beating the visiting queens park Rangers 3-2 to tie the score with a better goal difference.
In the 20 12- 13 season, Manchester City failed to defend its title in the Premier League, only finished second, but still advanced to the Europa League group stage. FA Cup final 0-/Kloc-0-0 lost to Wigan Athletic. Consecutive defeats in the two biggest games prompted coach roberto mancini to be fired and replaced by Chilean coach Paellmann Nuer pellegrini.
In the 20 13- 14 season, Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri and Jesus navas beat Sunderland 3- 1 0 and won the 20 13- 14 English League Cup final. In 20 13- 14 season, the Premier League defeated West Ham United 2-0 in the final round and won the Premier League title in 20 13- 14 season with 86 points.
In the last match between Manchester City and Southampton in 20 14- 15 season, aguero scored 1 goal for Manchester City, and finally won the Golden Boot Award in 20 14- 15 season with 26 goals, five goals more than harry kane, who ranked second in the top scorer list. With 26 league goals in a single season, aguero hit a career high, which is the first time he won the Golden Boot Award in the top league. An Argentine striker won the Golden Boot Award in the 2010-1season. At that time, Tevez and Berbatov of Manchester United both scored 20 goals and shared the Golden Boot Award.