- 2008–09 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City Season 2008–09 Owner Thaksin Shinawatra (until sale of club from UKSIL to ADUG on 1 Sep. 2008)
Mansour bin Zayed Al NahyanChairman Thaksin Shinawatra (until sale of club from UKSIL to ADUG on 1 Sep. 2008)
Khaldoon Al MubarakManager Mark Hughes Team captain Richard Dunne Home stadium City of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)Premier League Tenth League Cup Second round FA Cup Third round UEFA Cup Quarter-final Top goalscorer League: Robinho (14 goals)
(4th highest in Premier League)
All comps: Robinho (15 goals)Season revenue € 101.2 million (19th highest in world)
(6th highest in Premier League)Average home
attendance42,900 – over 19 PL home games
(5th highest in Premier League)Highest home
attendance47,331 Chelsea v
13 September 2008Highest away
attendance75,464 Manchester United v
10 May 2009Lowest home
attendance7,334 EB Streymur v
31 July 2008Lowest away
attendance5,400 EB Streymur v
17 July 2008← 2007–08 2009–10 → Results summary - all competitions Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 19 1 8 67.9% Away 6 7 15 21.4% Both 25 8 23 44.6% Results summary - Premier League Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 13 0 6 68.4% Away 2 5 12 10.5% Both 15 5 18 39.5% The 2008–09 season was Manchester City Football Club's seventh consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its twelfth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 117th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Contents
Season review
The club started the season under the private ownership of UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but it was announced on the morning of Monday 1 September 2008 (the last day of the summer transfer window) that Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited (ADUG) had completed a takeover of Manchester City in a deal worth a reported £200 million. This transaction made HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan the new owner of the club, although initially he kept a very low profile and Dr. Sulaiman Al-Fahim, who was the board member of ADUG that had presided over the signing of the deal at the Emirates Palace Hotel, was widely believed to be the new owner and potential chairman of the club. However, before the takeover was finally completed, wealthy backer Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan became more prominent and it was eventually made clear that Al-Fahim would not be joining the board at Manchester City, with Khaldoon Al Mubarak being appointed as the club's new chairman.[1]
The last-minute takeover of the club on transfer "deadline-day" was then further capped, only minutes before the summer transfer window closed, with the news that the club had pipped Chelsea to the signing of Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.[2]
Team kit
For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. The home and away kits were unveiled by the club on 27 June 2008, with the new away kit representing a more modern rendition of the club's highly popular red and black striped shirts and black shorts that had first been introduced as a club kit by Malcolm Allison back in 1968 in imitation of A.C. Milan's classic colors.[3] A striking new bright orange and dark blue kit was also introduced as the club's third colours, whilst the team's main home strip shed the previous season's thin white vertical stripes from the shirts and returned to the solid sky blue shirts that are more traditionally associated with the team. As well as all three of the team kits being new this season, the previous season's green goalkeeper strip was also replaced with two new strips for the stoppers. The main GK strip, intended primarily for use with the home team colours, sported an all gold shirt trimmed with black on the shoulders and sides with matching all black shorts and socks, whilst a second all light green strip, with the shirts similarly trimmed in black, was introduced to supplement it on both home and away fixtures.
Home (version 1) Home (version 2) Home (version 3) Third (version 1) Third (version 2) Away Goalkeeper strip 1 Goalkeeper strip 2a Goalkeeper strip 2b 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).
Friendly games
Pre-season
9 July 2008 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 0 – 0 Manchester City Rottach-Egern, Germany MCFC report 26 July 2008 Hamburg 1 – 0 Manchester City Hamburg, Germany 15:30 BST
(Away team kit)Pitroipa 17' M.E.N. report Stadium: Hamburg Arena
Attendance: 32,7372 August 2008 Stockport County 2 – 2 Manchester City Stockport, England 13:00 BST
(Away team kit & GK strip 1)Mullins 20'
Pilkington 65'
Thompson 86'MCFC report
YouTube video77' Bojinov
90' (pen.) EvansStadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6,684
Referee: K.G. Evans6 August 2008 Celtic 1 – 1 Manchester City Glasgow, Scotland 19:45 BST
(Away team kit)McGowan 78' MCFC report 53' Petrov Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Craig ThomsonThomas Cook Trophy
9 August 2008 Manchester City 1 – 0 A.C. Milan Manchester, England 17:15 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Bojinov 37' MCFC report
YouTube videoStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 25,181
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)Competitive games
Premier League
Position in final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 9 15 45 45 0 51 9 West Ham United 38 14 9 15 42 45 −3 51 10 Manchester City 38 15 5 18 58 50 +8 50 11 Wigan Athletic 38 12 9 17 34 45 −11 45 12 Stoke City 38 12 9 17 38 55 −17 45 Updated to games played on 24 May 2009 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2008-09
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.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 38 15 5 18 58 50 +8 50 13 0 6 40 18 +22 2 5 12 18 32 −14 Last updated: 24 May 2009 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2008-09Points breakdown
Points at home: 39
Points away from home: 11Points against "Big Four" teams: 4
Points against promoted teams: 10- 6 points: Sunderland
- 4 points: Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Newcastle United
- 3 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Middlesbrough,
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- Portsmouth, Stoke City, West Brom., West Ham United, Wigan Athletic
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- 1 point: Fulham, Liverpool
- 0 points: Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur
Biggest & smallest
Biggest home win: 6–0 vs. Portsmouth, 21 September 2008
Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Chelsea, 13 September 2008 & vs. Fulham, 12 April 2009
Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Sunderland, 31 August 2008
Biggest away defeats: 4–2 vs. Aston Villa, 17 August 2008
2–0 vs. Middlesbrough, 29 October 2008 & vs. Bolton Wanderers, 2 Nov. 2008
& vs. Portsmouth, 14 February 2009 & vs. Arsenal, 4 April 2009
& vs. Manchester United, 10 May 2009
Biggest home attendance: 47,331 vs. Chelsea, 13 September 2008
Smallest home attendance: 36,635 vs. West Ham United, 24 August 2008
Biggest away attendance: 75,464 vs. Manchester United, 10 May 2009
Smallest away attendance: 18,214 vs. Wigan Athletic, 28 September 2008Results 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 H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A A A H A H A H H A H A A H Result L W W L W L L D W L L L D W L D L L W D W W L W L D L W L W L L W W W L L W Last updated: 24 May 2009 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2008-09
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Individual match reports
1 17 August 2008 Aston Villa 4 – 2 Manchester City Birmingham, England 15:00 BST
(Third v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Carew 47'
Agbonlahor 69' 74' 76'BBC Sport report
Guardian report33' Ben Haim
64' (pen.) Elano
89' ĆorlukaStadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,955
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)2 24 August 2008 Manchester City 3 – 0 West Ham United Manchester, England 16:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Sturridge 65'
Elano 70' 76'BBC Sport report
Guardian report23' Behrami
33' 37' NobleStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 36,635
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)3 31 August 2008 Sunderland 0 – 3 Manchester City Sunderland, England 15:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Bardsley 60'
Healy 66'
Richardson 74'
Chimbonda 77'BBC Sport report
Guardian report31' Richards
33' Kompany
45' Ireland
50' 58' Wright-PhillipsStadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 39,622
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)4 13 September 2008 Manchester City 1 – 3 Chelsea Manchester, England 17:30 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Robinho 13' BBC Sport report
Guardian report16' Carvalho
45' Mikel
53' Lampard
69' Anelka
77' TerryStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,331
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)5 21 September 2008 Manchester City 6 – 0 Portsmouth Manchester, England 15:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Jô 13'
Dunne 20'
Robinho 57'
Wright-Phillips 68'
Evans 78'
Fernandes 83'BBC Sport report
Guardian report90' Diarra Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,238
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)6 28 September 2008 Wigan Athletic 2 – 1 Manchester City Wigan, England 16:00 BST
(Away team kit & GK strip 2a)Valencia 16' 26'
Zaki 34' (pen.)
Brown 57'
Melchiot 72'BBC Sport report
Guardian report22' 33' Kompany
33' Robinho
70' RichardsStadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,214
Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)7 5 October 2008 Manchester City 2 – 3 Liverpool Manchester, England 15:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Ireland 19'
Garrido 41'
Zabaleta 67'
Dunne 86'BBC Sport report
Guardian report55' 73' Torres
90+1' Kuyt
90+5' ArbeloaStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,280
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)8 20 October 2008 Newcastle United 2 – 2 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne, England 20:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Beye 12'
Ameobi 44'
Dunne 63' (o.g.)BBC Sport report
Guardian report14' (pen.) Robinho
36' Garrido
45' Kompany
86' IrelandStadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 45,908
Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)9 26 October 2008 Manchester City 3 – 0 Stoke City Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Robinho 14' 47' 72'
Kompany 88'BBC Sport report
Guardian reportStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,624
Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)10 29 October 2008 Middlesbrough 2 – 0 Manchester City Middlesbrough, England 20:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Alves 53' (pen.)
O'Neil 74' 90+4'BBC Sport report
Guardian report31' Kompany
44' Ireland
84' RobinhoStadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 25,731
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)11 2 November 2008 Bolton Wanderers 2 – 0 Manchester City Bolton, England 16:00 GMT
(Away team kit & GK strip 1)Gardner 77'
Jääskeläinen 57'
Dunne 88' (o.g.)BBC Sport report
Guardian report32' Zabaleta Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 21,095
Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)12 9 November 2008 Manchester City 1 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Robinho 16'
Fernandes 18' 26'
Dunne 83'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Hungarian video29' Bent
48' Assou-Ekotto
61' King
64' Bent
89' Assou-EkottoStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,893
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)13 16 November 2008 Hull City 2 – 2 Manchester City Kingston upon Hull, England 16:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2b)Cousin 14'
McShane 25'
Geovanni 60'
Marney 88'BBC Sport report
Guardian report11' Ben Haim
37' 45' Ireland
83' Wright-Phillips
84' IrelandStadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 24,902
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)14 22 November 2008 Manchester City 3 – 0 Arsenal Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Ireland 45+1'
Robinho 56'
Sturridge 90+1' (pen.)BBC Sport report
Guardian report19' Hoyte
87' SongStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,878
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)15 30 November 2008 Manchester City 0 – 1 Manchester United Manchester, England 13:30 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Ireland 41'
Vassell 45'BBC Sport report
Guardian report21' Rafael
33' Fletcher
42' Rooney
59' Ronaldo
66' Evra
68' Ronaldo
85' CarrickStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,320
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)16 6 December 2008 Fulham 1 – 1 Manchester City London, England 12:45 GMT
(Away team kit & GK strip 1)Pantsil 61'
Bullard 27' 90'BBC Sport report
Guardian report6' Benjani
74' IrelandStadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,012
Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)17 13 December 2008 Manchester City 0 – 1 Everton Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)BBC Sport report
Guardian report90' Fellaini
90+2' CahillStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,344
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)18 21 December 2008 West Bromwich Albion 2 – 1 Manchester City West Bromwich, England 13:30 GMT
(Third v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Robinson 52'
Moore 69'
Bednar 90+2' 90+2'BBC Sport report
Guardian report86' Caicedo
89' DunneStadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,010
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)19 26 December 2008 Manchester City 5 – 1 Hull City Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Caicedo 15' 27'
Robinho 28' 36'
Ireland 82'BBC Sport report
Guardian report45' Geovanni
72' Zayatte 72' Fagan
75' Mendy
80' FaganStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,196
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)20 28 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Manchester City Blackburn, England 16:15 GMT
(Away team kit & GK strip 1)Tugay 33'
McCarthy 45'
Roberts 84'
Nelsen 90'BBC Sport report
Guardian report54' Ireland
88' Sturridge
90+4' RobinhoStadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 25,200
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)21 17 January 2009 Manchester City 1 – 0 Wigan Athletic Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Zabaleta 53'
Dunne 54'
Robinho 70'BBC Sport report
Guardian report34' Cattermole
41' Bramble
86' Palacios
90' KirklandStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,262
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)22 28 January 2009 Manchester City 2 – 1 Newcastle United Manchester, England 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Wright-Phillips 17' 44'
Bellamy 77'BBC Sport report
Guardian report48' S. Taylor
66' Gutiérrez
81' CarrollStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,280
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)23 31 January 2009 Stoke City 1 – 0 Manchester City Stoke-on-Trent, England 12:45 GMT
(Home v3 team kit & GK strip 1)Delap 37'
Beattie 45+5'
Wilkinson 89'BBC Sport report
Guardian report55' Elano Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 27,236
Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)24 7 February 2009 Manchester City 1 – 0 Middlesbrough Manchester, England 12:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Bellamy 51' BBC Sport report
Guardian report80' O'Neil Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,558
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)25 14 February 2009 Portsmouth 2 – 0 Manchester City Portsmouth, England 15:00 GMT
(Away team kit & GK strip 1)Johnson 70'
Hreiðarsson 75' 85'Postponement report
BBC Sport report
Guardian report19' de Jong
80' Ireland
85' BellamyStadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,018
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)26 22 February 2009 Liverpool 1 – 1 Manchester City Liverpool, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)El Zhar 76'
Kuyt 78'BBC Sport report
Guardian report32' Dunne
51' Bellamy
74' KompanyStadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,259
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)27 1 March 2009 West Ham United 1 – 0 Manchester City London, England 12:30 GMT
(Third v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Parker 11'
Kovac 44'
Collison 70'BBC Sport report
Guardian report69' Kompany
90' IrelandStadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,562
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)28 4 March 2009 Manchester City 2 – 0 Aston Villa Manchester, England 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Elano 24' (pen.)
Caicedo 31'
Wright-Phillips 89'BBC Sport report
Guardian report23' Milner
57' BarryStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,137
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)29 15 March 2009 Chelsea 1 – 0 Manchester City London, England 13:30 GMT
(Away team kit & GK strip 2a)Essien 18' BBC Sport report
Guardian report29' Elano
75' EvansStadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,810
Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)30 22 March 2009 Manchester City 1 – 0 Sunderland Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Bojinov 19'
Robinho 19' (pen.)
Richards 56'
Fernandes 87'
Wright-Phillips 90+2'BBC Sport report
Guardian report16' McCartney
19' Ferdinand 19' Bardsley
47' Davenport
75' Leadbitter
79' ReidStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,017
Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)31 4 April 2009 Arsenal 2 – 0 Manchester City London, England 15:00 BST
(Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)Adebayor 8'
Touré 36'
Adebayor 49'BBC Sport report
Guardian report21' Dunne
45' de Jong
45' ZabaletaStadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,097
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)32 12 April 2009 Manchester City 1 – 3 Fulham Manchester, England 16:10 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Ireland 28' BBC Sport report
Guardian report24' Konchesky
50' Dempsey
59' Etuhu
83' DempseyStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 39,841
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)33 19 April 2009 Manchester City 4 – 2 West Bromwich Albion Manchester, England 15:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Robinho 8'
Onuoha 21'
Elano 56' (pen.)
Kompany 74'
Sturridge 90+1'BBC Sport report
Guardian report21' Carson
37' 54' Brunt
66' MorrisonStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,072
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)34 25 April 2009 Everton 1 – 2 Manchester City Liverpool, England 15:00 BST
(Away team kit & GK strip 1)Neville 68'
Gosling 90+4'BBC Sport report
Guardian report35' Robinho
54' Ireland
68' Onuoha
72' Elano
83' FernandesStadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,791
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)35 2 May 2009 Manchester City 3 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Manchester, England 15:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Caicedo 27' 27'
Robinho 34'
Elano 45+1' (pen.)
de Jong 60'BBC Sport report
Guardian report45' Grella 45' Nelsen 45' Ooijer
66' (pen.) Diouf
66' AndrewsStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,967
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)36 10 May 2009 Manchester United 2 – 0 Manchester City Manchester, England 13:30 BST
(Home v2 team kit & GK strip 2a)Ronaldo 18'
Tévez 45'
Fletcher 48'BBC Sport report
Guardian report33' Ireland Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,464
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)37 16 May 2009 Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Manchester City London, England 15:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Defoe 29'
Keane 86' (pen.)BBC Sport report
Guardian report43' Zabaleta
65' BojinovStadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)38 24 May 2009 Manchester City 1 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Manchester, England 16:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Caicedo 8' BBC Sport report
Guardian reportStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,202
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)UEFA Cup
Qualifying phase
First qualifying round
First leg 17 July 2008 EB Streymur 0 – 2 Manchester City Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands 19:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)BBC Sport report
M.E.N. report
YouTube video9' Petrov
28' Hamann
47' JohnsonStadium: Tórsvøllur
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)Second leg 31 July 2008 Manchester City 2 – 0 EB Streymur Barnsley, England 20:00 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Fernandes 36'
Petrov 48'
Vassell 90'BBC Sport report
M.E.N. report
YouTube video
YouTube video43' Niclassen Stadium: Oakwell Stadium
Attendance: 7,334
Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)Second qualifying round
First leg 14 August 2008 Manchester City 0 – 1 FC Midtjylland Manchester, England 19:45 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Ćorluka 36'
Ben Haim 69'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video15' Olsen
36' Florescu
57' Reid
88' HeinzeStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 17,200
Referee: Babak Rafati (Germany)Second leg 28 August 2008 FC Midtjylland (0) 0 – 1 (1)
(2 – 4 pen)Manchester City Herning, Denmark 16:25 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Poulsen 94' BBC Sport report
Guardian report52' Elano
76' Richards
89' (o.g.) CaliffStadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 9,552
Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)Penalties Reid
Poulsen
Borring
AfriyieEvans
Petrov
Johnson
Hamann
ĆorlukaFirst round
First leg 18 September 2008 Omonia Nicosia 1 – 2 Manchester City Nicosia, Cyprus 18:00 BST
(Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)Kaseke 23'
Duro 43' 49'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video24' Garrido
59' Jô
67' Robinho
72' JôStadium: Neo GSP Stadium
Attendance: 15,907
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)Second leg 2 October 2008 Manchester City 2 – 1 Omonia Nicosia Manchester, England 19:45 BST
(Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)Elano 48'
Wright-Phillips 55'
Ben Haim 88'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video78' Alabi Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 25,304
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)Group phase
1 6 November 2008 Manchester City 3 – 2 FC Twente Manchester, England 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Wright-Phillips 2'
Zabaleta 29'
Robinho 57'
Benjani 62'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video17' 40' Elia
65' WielaertStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 21,247
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)2 27 November 2008 Schalke 04 0 – 2 Manchester City Gelsenkirchen, Germany 18:00 GMT
(Third v2 team kit & GK strip 1)BBC Sport report
Guardian report32' Benjani
58' Richards
64' 66' IrelandStadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 54,142
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)3 3 December 2008 Manchester City 0 – 0 Paris Saint-Germain Manchester, England 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)BBC Sport report
Guardian report28' Kežman Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 25,626
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)4 18 December 2008 Racing Santander 3 – 1 Manchester City Santander, Spain 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Marcano 11'
Serrano 12'
Pereira 20'
Serrano 30'
Navas 48'
Valera 54'BBC Sport report
Guardian report18' Ben Haim
28' Hamann
49' Elano
70' Zabaleta
81' Kompany
90' CaicedoStadium: Estadio El Sardinero
Attendance: 18,360
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)Group A standings Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester City 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 FC Twente 4 2 0 2 5 8 -3 6 Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 Racing Santander 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 Schalke 04 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 Group A results MC PSG RdS S04 FCT Manchester City – 0–0 – – 3–2 Paris Saint-Germain – – 2–2 – 4–0 Racing Santander 3–1 – – 1–1 – Schalke 04 0–2 3–1 – – – FC Twente – – 1–0 2–1 – Final phase
Round of 32
First leg 19 February 2009 FC Copenhagen 2 – 2 Manchester City Copenhagen, Denmark 19:05 GMT
(Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)Almeida 56'
Vingaard 90+1'BBC Sport report
Guardian report29' Onuoha
43' Bellamy
61' Ireland
83' RichardsStadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 30,159
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)Second leg 26 February 2009 Manchester City 2 – 1 FC Copenhagen Manchester, England 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)Bellamy 73' 80' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video36' Kristensen
62' Wendt
90+3' VingaardStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 26,018
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)Round of 16
First leg 12 March 2009 Manchester City 2 – 0 AaB Aalborg Manchester, England 19:45 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Caicedo 8'
Wright-Phillips 30'
Elano 72'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video
YouTube video71' Enevoldsen Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 24,502
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)Second leg 19 March 2009 AaB Aalborg (2) 2 – 0 (0)
(3 – 4 pen)Manchester City Aalborg, Denmark 20:00 GMT
(Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)Risgård 61'
Beauchamp 68'
Shelton 85'
Jakobsen 90' (pen.)BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video
YouTube video53' Kompany
83' Wright-PhillipsStadium: Energi Nord Arena
Attendance: 10,734
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)Penalties Jakobsen
Johansson
Augustinussen
Nomvethe
SheltonEvans
Elano
Wright-Phillips
DunneQuarter-final
First leg 9 April 2009 Hamburg 3 – 1 Manchester City Hamburg, Germany 19:45 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Mathijsen 9'
Trochowski 40' 64' (pen.)
Pitroipa 69'
Guerrero 79'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
YouTube video1' Ireland
57' Bellamy
59' GivenStadium: Hamburg Arena
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)Second leg 16 April 2009 Manchester City 2 – 1
(3 – 4 agg.)Hamburg Manchester, England 19:45 BST
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Dunne 14'
Elano 17' (pen.)
Kompany 47'
Caicedo 50'
Dunne 75'BBC Sport report
Guardian report
MCFC video12' Guerrero Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,009
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)League Cup
Second round
24 September 2008 Brighton and Hove Albion (1) 2 – 2 (1)
(5 – 3 pen)Manchester City Brighton, England 19:45 BST
(Away team kit & GK strip 2a)Murray 89'
Anyinsah 95'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report64' Fernandes
108' IrelandStadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 8,729
Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)Penalties Livermore
Elphick
Murray
Virgo
RichardsEvans
Elano
Kompany
BallFA Cup
Third round
3 January 2009 Manchester City 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest Manchester, England 15:00 GMT
(Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)Dunne 63' BBC Sport report
Guardian report38' Tyson
42' Earnshaw
75' GarnerStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 31,869
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)Playing statistics
Starting XI
Only Premier League stats considered
No. Pos Nat Name GS Notes 37 GK Given 5 RB Zabaleta 2 CB Richards 22 CB Dunne 25 LB Bridge 34 CM de Jong 33 DM Vincent Kompany 8 RW Wright-Phillips 7 AM Ireland 10 LW Robinho 39 ST Bellamy . Last updated: 21 Audust 2011
Source: Appearance and Starting Formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used Starting Formation.
Sorted by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards"
Yellow and red cards for the 2 domestic cups only accounted for in the TOTALS columns
*** indicates 3-match ban for violent conduct towards Rory Delap in PL game against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 31 Jan. 2009No. Pos. Player Premier League UEFA Cup FA Cup League Cup TOTALS
All CompetitionsApps. Apps. Apps. Apps. Apps. 1 GK Joe Hart 23 (0)9 (0) 1 (0) 33 (0)2 DF Micah Richards 34 (1)1 2 15 (0)3 1 (0) 50 (1)1 5 3 DF Michael Ball 8 (0) 4 (1) 1 (0) 1 (0) 14 (1)4 DF Nedum Onuoha 23 (3)1 1 7 (0) 1 30 (3)2 1 Sold DF Vedran Ćorluka 3 (0) 1 3 (0) 1 6 (0) 1 1 5 DF Pablo Zabaleta 29 (3)1 3 -/1 11 (0)2 1 (0) 1 (0) 42 (3)1 5 -/1 6 MF Michael Johnson 3 (0) 4 (0) 1 1 (0) 8 (0) 1 7 MF Stephen Ireland 35 (1)9 8 14 (1)3 1 1 (0) 1 50 (2)13 9 8 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 27 (0)5 3 9 (0) 3 1 1 (0) 37 (0)8 4 *** 9 FW Valeri Bojinov 8 (6) 1 1 1 (1) 9 (7) 1 1 10 FW Robinho 31 (1)14 3 10 (0)1 1 41 (1)15 4 11 MF Elano 28 (7)6 3 12 (3)2 3 1 (0) 1 (1) 42 (11) 8 6 12 FW Darius Vassell 8 (2) 1 6 (0) 1 1 (1) 15 (3)1 1 14 FW Jô 9 (3) 1 7 (1) 2 1 (1) 1 (0) 18 (5)3 15 DF Javier Garrido 13 (2)1 1 8 (2) 1 21 (4)1 2 16 GK Kasper Schmeichel 1 (1) 1 (0) 1 (0) 3 (1) 17 MF Martin Petrov 9 (5) 5 (1) 2 14 (6)2 19 MF Gelson Fernandes 17 (14) 1 3 1/- 8 (4) 1 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 27 (18) 2 4 1/- 20 FW Felipe Caicedo 17 (7)5 2 6 (3) 3 1 (0) 1 (1) 25 (11) 8 2 21 MF Dietmar Hamann 9 (4) 8 (5) 1 1 1 (1) 18 (10) 1 1 22 DF Richard Dunne (c) 31 (0)1 4 -/2 14 (0)1 1/- 1 (0) 1 (0) 47 (0)1 6 1/2 24 FW Ched Evans 16 (13) 1 1 8 (6) 1 (1) 25 (20) 1 1 25 DF Wayne Bridge 16 (0)6 (0) 22 (0)26 DF Tal Ben Haim 9 (1) 2 5 (0) 3 1 (0) 15 (1)5 27 FW Benjani Mwaruwari 8 (1) 1 4 (3) 2 12 (4)3 28 FW Daniel Sturridge 16 (13)4 8 (3) 1 (0) 1 (0) 26 (16) 4 29 MF Kelvin Etuhu 4 (2) 3 (3) 7 (5) 30 DF Shaleum Logan 1 (0) 1 (0) 33 MF Vincent Kompany 34 (0)1 8 9 (1) 3 1 (0) 1 (0) 45 (1)1 11 34 MF Nigel de Jong 16 (0)3 16 (0)3 36 DF Gláuber 1 (1) 1 (1) 37 GK Shay Given 15 (0)6 (0) 1 21 (0)1 39 FW Craig Bellamy 8 (1) 3 1 3 (0) 2 2 11 (1)5 3 40 MF Vladimir Weiss 1 (1) 1 (1) TOTALS 58 50 1/3 23 26 1/- 2 83 77 2/3 Information current as of 24 May 2009 (end of season)
Last updated: 28 January 2011
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2008-09 First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Season 2008-09 Squad Numbers (for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section aboveGoal scorers
All competitions
Scorer Goals Robinho 15 Stephen Ireland 13 Felipe Caicedo 8 Elano Shaun Wright-Phillips Craig Bellamy 5 Daniel Sturridge 4 Benjani 3 Jô Gelson Fernandes 2 Nedum Onuoha Martin Petrov Valeri Bojinov 1 Vedran Ćorluka Richard Dunne Ched Evans Javier Garrido Dietmar Hamann Vincent Kompany Micah Richards Darius Vassell Pablo Zabaleta Premier League
Scorer Goals Robinho 14 Stephen Ireland 9 Elano 6 Felipe Caicedo 5 Shaun Wright-Phillips Daniel Sturridge 4 Craig Bellamy 3 Benjani 1 Valeri Bojinov Vedran Ćorluka Richard Dunne Ched Evans Gelson Fernandes Javier Garrido Jô Vincent Kompany Nedum Onuoha Micah Richards Pablo Zabaleta UEFA Cup
Scorer Goals Felipe Caicedo 3 Stephen Ireland Shaun Wright-Phillips Craig Bellamy 2 Benjani Elano Jô Martin Petrov Dietmar Hamann 1 Nedum Onuoha Robinho Darius Vassell League Cup and FA Cup
Scorer Goals Gelson Fernandes 1 Stephen Ireland Information current as of 24 May 2009 (end of season)
Awards
Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards
Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS
Month First Team Reserve Team Academy August[4] Stephen Ireland Adam Clayton Andrew Tutte September[5] Shaun Wright-Phillips Clayton McDonald Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely October[5] Robinho Clayton McDonald Dedryck Boyata November[6] Stephen Ireland Donal McDermott Andrew Tutte December[6] Vincent Kompany Paul Marshall not announced January[7] Pablo Zabaleta Ryan McGivern February[7] Craig Bellamy David Ball March[8][9] Nedum Onuoha Ben Mee Dedryck Boyata April[9] Elano Vladimir Weiss Greg Cunningham May[9] Nedum Onuoha Vladimir Weiss Kieran Trippier Official Supporters Club awards
Player Season 2008–09 awards[10] Stephen Ireland Player of the Year Daniel Sturridge Young Player of the Year Transfers and loans
Transfers in
First team
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 2 July 2008 FW Jô CSKA Moscow £18m[11][12] 30 July 2008 DF Tal Ben Haim Chelsea £5m[13][14] 21 Aug. 2008 DF Vincent Kompany Hamburg £6m[15][16] 28 Aug. 2008 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips Chelsea £8.5m[17][18][19] 31 Aug. 2008 DF Pablo Zabaleta Espanyol £6.45m[20][21] 31 Aug. 2008 DF Gláuber Nuremberg Undisc.[20][22] 01 Sep. 2008 FW Robinho Real Madrid £32.5m[23][24] 03 Jan. 2009 DF Wayne Bridge Chelsea £10m[25][26] 19 Jan. 2009 FW Craig Bellamy West Ham £14m[27][28] 21 Jan. 2009 MF Nigel de Jong Hamburg £16m[29][30] 01 Feb. 2009 GK Shay Given Newcastle Utd. £5.9m[31][32][33] Reserves & Academy
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee Sep. 2008 FW Marcello Trotta Napoli £750,000 [x] 12 Oct. 2008 DF Oliver Nicholas Arsenal Free[34] 20 Oct. 2008 MF Alex Pla UD Cornellà Undisc.[35] 20 Oct. 2008 MF Jorge Guinovart UD Cornellà Undisc.[35] 17 Feb. 2009 DF Jérémy Helan Rennes Undisc.[36] 25 Feb. 2009 GK Gunnar Nielsen Blackburn Rovers Free[37] - [x] citation needed] = [
Transfers out
First team
Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 2 July 2008 GK Andreas Isaksson PSV Eindhoven Undisc.[38][39] 2 July 2008 DF Sun Jihai Sheffield United Free[40][41] 4 July 2008 MF Geovanni Hull City Free[40][42] 14 July 2008 FW Georgios Samaras Celtic Undisc.[43][44] 30 July 2008 FW Bernardo Corradi Reggina Free[45][46] 07 Aug. 2008 FW Paul Dickov Leicester City Free[40][47] 23 Aug. 2008 FW Rolando Bianchi Torino Undisc.[48][49] 01 Sep. 2008 DF Vedran Ćorluka Tottenham Hotspur £8.5m[50][51] 02 Sep. 2008 FW Emile Mpenza Plymouth Argyle Released[40][52] Reserves & Academy
Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2008 DF Garry Breen Hereford United Free[40][53] 1 July 2008 DF Michael Daly Released[40] 1 July 2008 GK Andrea Giombetti Released[40] 1 July 2008 MF Ashley Grimes Millwall Free[40][54] 1 July 2008 FW Christian Mouritsen Released[40] 30 July 2008 DF Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers £300,000[55][56] 16 Oct. 2008 FW Teerasil Dangda Released[57] 16 Oct. 2008 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Released[57] 16 Oct. 2008 DF Suree Sukha Released[57] 02 Jan. 2009 DF Sam Williamson Wrexham Free[58][59] Loans in
First team
Reserves & Academy
Loans out
First team
Start date End date Pos. Player To club 01 Feb. 2009 31 May 2009 DF Tal Ben Haim Sunderland[60][61] 02 Feb. 2009 31 May 2009 FW Jô Everton[62][63] Reserves & Academy
Start date End date Pos. Player To club 15 Aug. 2008 14 Sep. 2008 DF Clayton McDonald Macclesfield Town[64] 29 Aug. 2008 03 Jan. 2009 MF Karl Moore Millwall[65] 01 Sep. 2008 01 Oct. 2008 DF Javan Vidal Grimsby Town[66] 11 Sep. 2008 10 Oct. 2008 MF Donal McDermott Milton Keynes Dons[67] 23 Oct. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 DF Ryan McGivern Morecambe[68] 31 Oct. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 MF Angelos Tsiaklis Wrexham[69][70] 27 Sep. 2008 02 Jan. 2009 DF Sam Williamson Wrexham[71] 16 Jan. 2009 31 May. 2009 DF Javan Vidal Aberdeen[72][73] 29 Jan. 2009 28 Feb. 2009 MF Paul Marshall Blackpool[74] 03 Feb. 2009 23 Mar. 2009 MF Clayton McDonald Chesterfield[75] 06 Mar. 2009 31 May 2009 MF Paul Marshall Port Vale[76] 26 Mar. 2009 31 May 2009 GK Gunnar Nielsen Wrexham[77] 17 Apr. 2009 31 May 2009 GK Richard Martin Burton Albion[78] See also
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