English Soccer - 2009/10 Premier League Teams
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Manchester City
| Name: Manchester City Football Club League: Premier League Location: Manchester England Nickname: The Citizens Founded: 1880 Team Colours - Home: Laser blue/white/navy. - Away: Red/Black stripes Joined the League: 1887 Manager: Mark Hughes Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Club Honours League Champions: 1936-37, 1967-68 FA Cup: 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969 League Cup: 1970, 1976 European Cup Winners Cup: 1970 |
Having been formed in 1880 as West Gorton Saint Marks, Manchester City won a respectable reputation all the way thru 1976.
The 16 years of struggle that followed the 1980's, put the team on a relegation hard to recover.
The club started the 21st century with better fiscal power, which aided them to run for UEFA Cup in 2003.
The club is aiming for high standards in 2008-09 and to do so, Coach Hughes stated that "no player will be sold to raise funds for the club".
The club left the financial issues behind and for the 2009/10 season will focus solemnly on achieving points on the table.
Manchester City Current Squad
| No. | Pos | Player | No. | Pos | Player |
| 1 | GK | Shay Given | 17 | MF | Martin Petrov |
| 2 | DF | Micah Richards | 18 | MF | Gareth Barry |
| 3 | DF | Wayne Bridge | 22 | DF | Richard Dunne (captain) |
| 4 | DF | Nedum Onuoha | 25 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| 5 | DF | Pablo Zabaleta | 26 | DF | Tal Ben Haim |
| 6 | MF | Michael Johnson | 27 | FW | Benjani |
| 7 | MF | Stephen Ireland | 28 | DF | Kolo Touré |
| 8 | MF | Shaun Wright-Phillips | 29 | MF | Kelvin Etuhu |
| 10 | FW | Robinho | 32 | FW | Carlos Tévez |
| 12 | GK | Stuart Taylor | 33 | MF | Vincent Kompany |
| 14 | FW | Roque Santa Cruz | 34 | MF | Nigel de Jong |
| 15 | DF | Javier Garrido | 39 | FW | Craig Bellamy |
| 16 | GK | Kasper Schmeichel | 40 | MF | Vladimír Weiss |
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