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List of Manchester City F.C. seasons

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Manchester City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Manchester, that currently plays in the Premier League. The following list covers the period from 1891 (when the club, then known as Ardwick, joined the Football Alliance) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions, and the top scorers for each season. The club was renamed Manchester City F.C. in 1894, and moved to Maine Road in 1923. Since 2003, they have played at the City of Manchester Stadium, currently known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons. Manchester City's biggest rivals are Manchester United whom they play in the Manchester derby. A more recent rivalry with Liverpool has overshadowed the derby in recent years due to both City and Liverpool directly competing for the titles against each other.

Background

Manchester City were formed in 1880 as West Gorton (St. Marks). At this time organised league football did not exist; ordinary matches (that today would be called friendly games) were arranged on a largely ad hoc basis and supplemented by the competitive games that cup competition required. No complete record of the club's matches prior to 1891 survives. In 1890, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, but withdrew in the second qualifying round. The following season, they joined the Football Alliance and in 1892 were elected to the newly formed Football League Second Division. In 1894, the club restructured, changing its name to Manchester City in the process.

City first reached the highest division of English league football in 1899. Since then City have undergone a further 22 promotions and relegations, though the majority of their history has been spent in the top division of English football. The club has won the League Championship / Premier League ten times, the FA Cup seven times, the Football League / EFL Cup eight times, the Community Shield / Charity Shield six times, the UEFA Champions League once, and the European Cup Winners' Cup once for a total of 33 official titles.

In 1970, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup victories were both achieved in the same season, making Manchester City only the second English club (Leeds United were the first in 1968) to achieve a European cup double within the same year, and the first English club to do so within the same season. The Blues were also the last team to win the English league championship with a team consisting entirely of players of English nationality (many of whom were also native Mancunians). They are, as of 2023, the only English club to win all major domestic honours in the same season (in 2018–19). In 2023, Manchester City achieved their greatest success so far, winning the prestigious continental treble, which included the club's first-ever European Cup title.

Graph depicting Manchester City's league placings in 1892–2024

As of the 2025–26 season, Manchester City have played 5,662 competitive matches. In that time the club has spent 97 seasons in the top division of English football, 26 seasons in the second, and one season in the third.

Seasons

:Table correct as of 1 February 2026.

Champions	Runners-up	Division winners	Division runners-up	Promoted	Relegated	Current season

Season	League	FAC	LC	CS	UEFA
FIFA	Other	Top scorer(s)	Goals	League	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	CL	EL	CWC	SC	FCWC	1891–92	1892–93	1893–94	1894–95	1895–96	1896–97	1897–98	1898–99	1899–1900	1900–01	1901–02	1902–03	1903–04	1904–05	1905–06	1906–07	1907–08	1908–09	1909–10	1910–11	1911–12	1912–13	1913–14	1914–15	1915–16	1916–17	1917–18	1918–19	1919–20	1920–21	1921–22	1922–23	1923–24	1924–25	1925–26	1926–27	1927–28	1928–29	1929–30	1930–31	1931–32	1932–33	1933–34	1934–35	1935–36	1936–37	1937–38	1938–39	1939–40	1939–40	1940–41	1941–42	1942–43	1943–44	1944–45	1945–46	1946–47	1947–48	1948–49	1949–50	1950–51	1951–52	1952–53	1953–54	1954–55	1955–56	1956–57	1957–58	1958–59	1959–60	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	scope – "row"	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	Season	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FAC	LC	CS	CL	EL	CWC	SC	FCWC	Other	Top scorer(s)	Goals	League	UEFA
FIFA
		22	6	6	10	39	51	18	8th	1QR										Morris	10
	2	22	9	3	10	45	40	21	5th	PR										Weir	8
	2	28	8	2	18	47	71	18	13th	1QR										Morris	7
	2	30	14	3	13	82	72	31	9th											Finnerhan	15
	2	30	21	4	5	63	38	46	2nd	WD										Meredith	13
	2	30	12	8	10	58	50	32	6th	R1										Meredith	10
	2	30	15	9	6	66	36	39	3rd	R2										Gillespie	19
	2	34	23	6	5	92	35	52	1st	R1										Meredith	30
	1	34	13	8	13	50	44	34	7th	R1										Meredith	14
	1	34	13	6	15	48	58	32	11th	R1										Cassidy	15
	1	34	11	6	17	42	58	28	18th	R2										Gillespie	15
	2	34	25	4	5	95	29	54	1st	R1										Gillespie	30
	1	34	19	6	9	71	45	44	2nd	W										GillespieTurnbull	21
	1	34	20	6	8	66	37	46	3rd	R2										Turnbull	20
	1	38	19	5	14	73	54	43	5th	R1										Thornley	21
	1	38	10	12	16	53	77	32	17th	R1										Thornley	14
	1	38	16	11	11	62	54	43	3rd	R3										Thornley	14
	1	38	15	4	19	67	69	34	19th	R1										Thornley	18
	2	38	23	8	7	81	40	54	1st	R4										DorsettJones	14
	1	38	9	13	16	43	58	31	17th	R2										Wynn	9
	1	38	13	9	16	56	58	35	15th	R2										Wynn	18
	1	38	18	8	12	53	37	44	6th	R2										Wynn	16
	1	38	14	8	16	51	53	36	13th	R4										Browell	14
	1	38	15	13	10	49	39	43	5th	R3										Howard	18
*No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
During the war, the club played in the Lancashire section of the non-competitive War Leagues.*
War		26	16	3	7	61	35	35	1st	n/a									1st	Barnes	36
War		30	14	9	7	49	29	37	4th	n/a								Sub Tnmt	4th	Barnes	16
War		30	15	8	7	53	28	38	4th	n/a								Sub Tnmt	1st	Lomas	22
War		30	15	3	12	57	36	33	5th	n/a								Sub Tnmt	1st	Barnes	20
	1	42	18	9	15	71	62	45	7th	R2										Barnes	23
	1	42	24	6	12	70	50	54	2nd	R1										Browell	32
	1	42	18	9	15	65	70	45	10th	R3										Browell	26
	1	42	17	11	14	50	49	45	8th	R1										Barnes	21
	1	42	15	12	15	54	71	42	11th	SF										Barnes	22
	1	42	17	9	16	76	68	43	10th	R1										Roberts	32
	1	42	12	11	19	89	100	35	21st	RU										Roberts	30
	2	42	22	10	10	108	61	54	3rd	R3										Johnson	25
	2	42	25	9	8	100	59	59	1st	R5										JohnsonRoberts	20
	1	42	18	9	15	95	86	45	8th	R3										Johnson	38
	1	42	19	9	14	91	81	47	3rd	R5										Tait	31
	1	42	18	10	14	75	70	46	8th	R3										Brook	17
	1	42	13	12	17	83	73	38	14th	SF										Halliday	32
	1	42	16	5	21	68	71	37	16th	RU										Tilson	23
	1	42	17	11	14	65	72	45	5th	W										Herd	21
	1	42	20	8	14	82	67	48	4th	R3		RU								Tilson	18
	1	42	17	8	17	68	60	42	9th	R5										Brook	16
	1	42	22	13	7	107	61	57	1st	QF										Doherty	32
	1	42	14	8	20	80	77	36	21st	QF		W								Doherty	26
	2	42	21	7	14	96	72	49	5th	R4										Herd	22
**	2	3	1	1	1	6	5	3	—	n/a										n/a	n/a
*No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War.
During the war, the club played in the non-competitive War Leagues.*
War		22	12	4	6	63	41	26	4th	n/a								War Cup	R1	Herd	19
War		35	18	10	7	104	55	46	3rd	n/a								War Cup	QF	Currier	47
War		1817	89	31	77	4833	5426	2119	17thn/a	n/a								War Cup	R3	BoothwayBoothway	2212
War		1819	711	15	103	4641	5424	4727	30th3rd	n/a								War Cup	R3	CurrierCurrier	1115
War		1821	910	25	76	3855	3536	2025	17th19th	n/a								War Cup	SF	DohertyHeale	1213
War		1819	97	42	510	5332	3143	2216	10th47th	n/a								War Cup	R1	SmithWilliamson	1410
War		42	19	4	19	78	75	42	10th	R4										Constantine	29
	2	42	26	10	6	78	35	62	1st	R5										Smith	23
	1	42	15	12	15	52	47	42	10th	R5										Black	17
	1	42	15	15	12	47	51	45	7th	R3										Smith	13
	1	42	8	13	21	36	68	29	21st	R3										Clarke	10
	2	42	19	14	9	89	61	52	2nd	R3										Westcott	26
	1	42	13	13	16	58	61	39	15th	R3										HartWestcott	11
	1	42	14	7	21	72	87	35	20th	R4										SpurdleWilliamson	12
	1	42	14	9	19	62	77	37	17th	R4										Revie	13
	1	42	18	10	14	76	69	46	7th	RU										HartHayes	15
	1	42	18	10	14	82	69	46	4th	W										Hayes	27
	1	42	13	9	20	78	88	35	18th	R3		RU								Johnstone	19
	1	42	22	5	15	104	100	49	5th	R3										Hayes	26
	1	42	11	9	22	64	95	31	20th	R3										Barlow	18
	1	42	17	3	22	78	84	37	16th	R3										McAdams	22
	1	42	13	11	18	79	90	37	13th	R4	R3									Law	23
	1	42	17	7	18	78	81	41	12th	R4	R1									Dobing	22
	1	42	10	11	21	58	102	31	21st	R5	QF									Harley	32
	2	42	18	10	14	84	66	46	6th	R3	SF									Kevan	36
	2	42	16	9	17	63	62	41	11th	R3	R2									Kevan	20
	2	42	22	15	5	76	44	59	1st	QF	R3									Young	17
	1	42	12	15	15	43	52	39	15th	QF	R3									Bell	14
	1	42	26	6	10	86	43	58	1st	R4	R4									Young	21
	1	42	15	10	17	64	55	40	13th	W	R3	W	R32							Lee	18
	1	42	16	11	15	55	48	43	10th	R4	W	RU			W					BellLee	22
	1	42	12	17	13	47	42	41	11th	R5	R2				SF			A–I LC	RU	BellLee	19
	1	42	23	11	8	77	45	57	4th	R3	R3							Tex Cup	R1	Lee	35
	1	42	15	11	16	57	60	41	11th	R5	R3	W		R64						Marsh	19
	1	42	14	12	16	39	46	40	14th	R4	RU	RU								Lee	18
	1	42	18	10	14	54	54	46	8th	R3	R3							Tex Cup	GS	Bell	18
	1	42	16	11	15	64	46	43	8th	R4	W							A–S Cup	GS	Tueart	24
	1	42	21	14	7	60	34	56	2nd	R5	R2			R64				TCC	3rd	Kidd	23
	1	42	20	12	10	74	51	52	4th	R4	QF			R64						Kidd	20
	1	42	13	13	16	58	56	39	15th	R4	QF			QF						Channon	15
	1	42	12	13	17	43	66	37	17th	R3	R3									Robinson	9
	1	42	14	11	17	56	59	39	12th	RU	SF									Reeves	17
	1	42	15	13	14	49	50	58	10th	R4	R4									Francis	14
	1	42	13	8	21	47	70	47	20th	R4	R3									Cross	13
	2	42	20	10	12	66	48	70	4th	R3	R3									Parlane	19
	2	42	21	11	10	66	40	74	3rd	R3	R4									Smith	14
	1	42	11	12	19	43	57	45	15th	R4	R3							FMC	RU	Lillis	12
	1	42	8	15	19	36	57	39	21st	R3	R3							FMC	QF	Varadi	9
	2	44	19	8	17	80	60	65	9th	QF	QF							FMC	R2	Stewart	27
	2	46	23	13	10	77	53	82	2nd	R4	R4							FMC	R1	Moulden	17
	1	38	12	12	14	43	52	48	14th	R3	R4							FMC	R2	Allen	11
	1	38	17	11	10	64	53	62	5th	R5	R3							FMC	QF	Quinn	21
	1	42	20	10	12	61	48	70	5th	R3	R4							FMC	R2	White	21
	1	42	15	12	15	56	51	57	9th	QF	R3									White	19
	1	42	9	18	15	38	49	45	16th	R4	R4									QuinnSheron	6
	1	42	12	13	17	53	64	49	17th	R5	QF									Rösler	22
	1	38	9	11	18	33	58	38	18th	R5	R3									Rösler	13
	2	46	17	10	19	59	60	61	14th	R5	R2									Rösler	16
	2	46	12	12	22	56	57	48	22nd	R4	R1									Dickov	9
	3	46	22	16	8	69	33	82	3rd	R3	R2							FLT	R1	Goater	22
	2	46	26	11	9	78	40	89	2nd	R4	R2									Goater	29
	1	38	8	10	20	41	65	34	18th	R5	QF									Goater	11
	2	46	31	6	9	108	52	99	1st	R5	R4									Goater	32
	1	38	15	6	17	47	54	51	9th	R3	R3									Anelka	14
	1	38	9	14	15	55	54	41	16th	R5	R4			R64						Anelka	24
	1	38	13	13	12	47	39	52	8th	R3	R3									FowlerWright-Phillips	11
	1	38	13	4	21	43	48	43	15th	QF	R2									ColeVassell	10
	1	38	11	9	18	29	44	42	14th	QF	R2									Barton	7
	1	38	15	10	13	45	53	55	9th	R4	QF									Elano	10
	1	38	15	5	18	58	50	50	10th	R3	R2			QF						Robinho	15
	1	38	18	13	7	73	45	67	5th	R5	SF									Tevez	29
	1	38	21	8	9	60	33	71	3rd	W	R3			R16						Tevez	23
	1	38	28	5	5	93	29	89	1st	R3	SF	RU	GS	R16						Agüero	30
	1	38	23	9	6	66	34	78	2nd	RU	R3	W	GS							TevezAgüero	17
	1	38	27	5	6	102	37	86	1st	QF	W		R16							Agüero	28
	1	38	24	7	7	83	38	79	2nd	R4	R4	RU	R16							Agüero	32
	1	38	19	9	10	71	41	66	4th	R5	W		SF							Agüero	29
	1	38	23	9	6	80	39	78	3rd	SF	R4		R16							Agüero	33
	1	38	32	4	2	106	27	100	1st	R5	W		QF							Agüero	30
	1	38	32	2	4	95	23	98	1st	W	W	W	QF							Agüero	32
	1	38	26	3	9	102	35	81	2nd	SF	W	W	QF							Sterling	31
	1	38	27	5	6	83	32	86	1st	SF	W		RU							Gündoğan	17
	1	38	29	6	3	99	26	93	1st	SF	R4	RU	SF							Mahrez	24
	1	38	28	5	5	94	33	89	1st	W	QF	RU	W							Haaland	52
	1	38	28	7	3	96	34	91	1st	RU	R3	RU	QF			W	W			Haaland	38
	1	38	21	8	9	72	44	71	3rd	RU	R4	W	KPO				R16			Haaland	34
2025–26		1	24	14	5	5	49	23	47	2nd	R4	SF		R16							Haaland	27

Key

Pld – Matches played
W – Matches won
D – Matches drawn
L – Matches lost
GF – Goals for
GA – Goals against
Pts – Points
Pos – Final position
Alln – Football Alliance
Div 1 – Football League First Division
Div 2 – Football League Second Division
Prem – Premier League
n/a – Not applicable
PR – Preliminary round
(1)QR – (First) Qualifying round
PO – Play-off round
GS – Group stage
LP – League phase
R1 – Round 1
R2 – Round 2
R3 – Round 3
R4 – Round 4
R5 – Round 5
R64 – Round of 64
R32 – Round of 32
R16 – Round of 16
KPO – Knockout phase play-offs
QF – Quarter-finals
SF – Semi-finals
F – Finalists
RU – Runners-up
W – Winners

Other minor tournaments

Sub Tnmt – Subsidiary Tournament
A–I Cup – Anglo-Italian Cup
Tex Cup – Texaco Cup
A–S Cup – Anglo-Scottish Cup
TCC – Tennent Caledonian Cup
FMC – Full Members' Cup
FLT – Football League Trophy

Champions	Runners-up	Division winners	Division runners-up	Promoted	Relegated	Current season

Footnotes

References

;General

{{cite web | url=https://www.fchd.info/MANCHESC.HTM | title=Manchester City | work=Football Club History Database | author=Richard Rundle | access-date=26 May 2007 | archive-date=28 June 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628045646/http://www.fchd.info/MANCHESC.HTM | url-status=live }}
{{cite web | url=http://www.mcfcstats.com/ | title=MCFCStats | access-date=26 May 2007 | archive-date=9 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509190105/http://www.mcfcstats.com/ | url-status=live }}

;Specific

References

James, p17.
James, p30.
"Football : Multiple Trophy Winners".
"How big a feat is Man City's treble?". BBC Sport.
(10 June 2023). "Man City win Champions League: Rodri goal secures victory against Inter and completes treble". UEFA.
Hytner, David. (10 June 2023). "Rodri breaks Internazionale resistance to seal Manchester City's treble glory". The Guardian.
"Complete playing record".
"Fixtures".
James, p. 274.

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