2009–10 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

2009–10 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Mark Hughes (until 19 December) Roberto Mancini
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Tévez (23) All: Carlos Tévez (29)
Highest home attendance	47,370 v. Tottenham Hotspur 5 May 2010
Lowest home attendance	24,507 v. Fulham 23 September 2009
Average home attendance	45,512
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Manchester City Football Club's eighth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its thirteenth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it is the team's 118th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. The club started the season under the management of Mark Hughes who was controversially sacked in mid-December after the team notched up seven consecutive draws in the Premier League.^[1] He was replaced by the Italian manager Roberto Mancini.

Season review

After only five months in the job at Eastlands, new manager Roberto Mancini demonstrated that he clearly deserved, and should get, more time to "mould the team to his own image."^[2][3] In his first few months in the job, after succeeding Mark Hughes in December, the Italian did make some noticeable improvements to the team, such as ironing out its occasional lack of focus and cohesion in defence whilst also improving the overall mentality of the team. Yet by the end of the season it had become obvious that there was much work still to be done in order to convince some of Mancini's higher-profile players to sign up to his personal ethos.^[4]

With a prolific 29 goals in his first season at the club, Carlos Tévez was widely regarded as the club's best and most important player this season,^[5] with the feisty Argentinian striker becoming an almost talismanic figurehead, not just for the team on the field of play and the fans in the stands, but also with regard to the whole zeitgeist associated with this new era in the club's history. Unfortunately for City, this campaign saw too many of his team mates failing to match his high work rate and fecund output.^[6] There were a number of players who flattered to deceive this season, with the most notable of them being the previous season's fan's favourite and top scorer, Robinho. The Brazilian's second season in English football proved to be a disastrous one for both the "marquee signing" and the Mark who signed him, with his January loan out to Brazilian club Santos for the remainder of the season^[7] only serving to emphasise the magnitude of his failure to deliver on the pitch anything remotely comparable to what he had already received in his bank account.

The loss in the team's last home game of the season to fellow rivals for landing one of the Premier League's "Top Four" elite slots, Tottenham Hotspur, in what had been dubbed by the media beforehand as the "Champions League play-off" game, was considered by many observers to be the Manchester club's defining moment of the season.^[3] Breaking the established stranglehold of the "Big Four" had been, and still is, one of the ambitions of the club's new wealthy owners, yet the players they expensively accumulated to achieve this feat failed to deliver, if only marginally so. However, one of the positives for City to be taken from this season's campaign will be that the club reached its first major semi-final since 1981 (albeit with the most expensive squad ever assembled to try to win the Carling Cup) before finally succumbing to the eventual trophy winners and bitter rivals from across the city, Manchester United.^[8][9] The City team also notched up some highly noteworthy victories over the other "Top Four" incumbents, Chelsea^[10][11] and Arsenal.^[12][13]

In fact, Manchester City earned itself the distinction of being the only team to do the "league double" over the team that ultimately achieved the "league and cup double" this season. So as much as the season may have seemed like yet another false dawn to the ever-faithful and loyal City fans,^[14] the club is in reality "a work in progress"^[15][16] that appears to still be on course to arrive where it ultimately wants to be,^[17][18][19] and with more new signings in the close season, will presumably get even closer to achieving its very ambitious agenda next season. Given that the club is building its team from a much weaker base than Chelsea did under Roman Abramovich (viz. Chelsea had already finished fourth in the Premier League in the 2002–03 season before Abramovich purchased the club in June 2003) progress will naturally be somewhat slower despite the vast wealth of City's current ownership. So this season's campaign should still be considered to be a successful one for City, regardless of the fact that the team narrowly missed its main goal of qualifying for an opportunity to play in the Champions League in 2010–11.^[3]

Team kit

For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits was Etihad Airways which replaced the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook. There was also a change in the supplier of those kits for this season, with Nike owned Umbro replacing the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. As a result of the switch from its prior French kit supplier to the Greater Manchester-based Umbro, all of the club's previous season's team and goalkeeper kits were essentially replaced with new ones for this season. The overall sky blue color of the first team kit was retained but the style and trim if this strip was significantly changed. Completely new away and third team kits were introduced, while a new all green goalkeeper strip replaced the previous season's gold and black strip as the primary one for use by the stoppers, with a newly styled and trimmed variant of the old gold and black strip now becoming the secondary strip for use by the keepers in away fixtures.

The new all black away team kit came with gold vertical shoulder trim on the front that enabled the kit to be color coordinated with the gold and black goalkeeper strip, although it was sometimes also used with the all green goalkeeper strip. This gold and black color scheme was, according to its designer David Blanch,^[20] intended to be symbolic of the globe covered with bees (representing the world, to all parts of which the goods of the city are exported) that is featured on the city of Manchester coat of arms. That is because the Manchester City teams in the past have established the unique tradition of always wearing this crest on their shirts when playing at Wembley (or in a major cup final elsewhere) as a symbol of their pride in representing the city of Manchester at a major sporting event. In heraldic terms, the bee is symbolic of a hive of industry, and even today the Manchester bee is often used all by itself as a shorthand emblem for the city of Manchester.

The red and black diagonal sash across the white shirts of the new third team kit was intended as a nostalgic re-mastering of the original sashed strip worn by the City team back in the seventies,^[21] while that original design had, in its turn, been a nod back at the classic red and black striped shirts with black shorts that had originally been introduced by coach Malcolm Allison in imitation of A.C. Milan's strip, and which was frequently worn in its cup ties by the successful trophy-winning City team of the late sixties and early seventies.

Home (version 1)

Home (version 2)

Away (version 1)

Away (version 2)

Third

Goalkeeper strip 1

Goalkeeper strip 2

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

11 July 2009	1860 Munich	1 – 1	Manchester City	Rottach-Egern, Germany
	Ludwig  30'	Report & video	60' Bojinov	Attendance: 3,000

Vodacom Challenge

First round 18 July 2009	Orlando Pirates	2 – 0	Manchester City	Polokwane, South Africa
14:00 (local time)	Thwala  35' (pen.) Mongala  55' Kanono 90'	MCFC report Football365 report YouTube video	45' Bellamy 45' Petrov	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alex Tiyeho (Namibia)

First round 21 July 2009	Kaizer Chiefs	0 – 1	Manchester City	Durban, South Africa
19:15 (local time)		MCFC report Football365 report MCFC video	44' Caicedo  45+2' Ireland 54' Barry	Stadium: Kings Park Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Welington Kaoma (Zambia)

Final 25 July 2009	Kaizer Chiefs	1 – 0	Manchester City	Pretoria, South Africa
14:00 (local time)	Ntuka  42'	MCFC report Football365 report		Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

1 August 2009	Barnsley	1 – 1	Manchester City	Barnsley, England
15:00 BST	Bogdanovic  84'	MCFC report MCFC video	87' Petrov	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,611 Referee: Jonathan Moss (West Yorkshire)

5 August 2009	Rangers	3 – 2	Manchester City	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Novo  19' Davis  54' Weir  90+2'	MCFC report MCFC video	27' Ireland  52' Petrov	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 35,120 Referee: Craig Thomson (Paisley)

8 August 2009	Manchester City	2 – 1	Celtic	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Barry  16' Bellamy  51'	MCFC report MCFC video	23' Killen	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 29,023 Referee: Martin Atkinson (Yorkshire)

Mid-season

Joan Gamper Trophy

19 August 2009	Barcelona	0 – 1	Manchester City	Barcelona, Spain
21:15 BST		MCFC report FC Barcelona report YouTube video	27' Petrov	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 94,123 Referee: David Miranda Torres (Catalonia)

Emirates Foundation Cup

12 November 2009	United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Manchester City	Abu Dhabi, UAE
16:00 GMT	Al-Shehhi  9' (pen.)	MCFC report YouTube video		Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (UAE)

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Arsenal	38	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	7	10	67	41	+26	70
5	Manchester City	38	18	13	7	73	45	+28	67
6	Aston Villa	38	17	13	8	52	39	+13	64
7	Liverpool	38	18	9	11	61	35	+26	63

Updated to games played on 9 May 2010 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2009-10
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	18	13	7	73	45	+28	67	12	4	3	41	20	+21	6	9	4	32	25	+7

Last updated: 9 May 2010 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2009-10

Points breakdown Points at home: 40 Points away from home: 27 Points against "Big Four" teams: 12 Points against promoted teams: 14 6 points: Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, 0Fulham, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic 2 points: Liverpool 1 point: 0Hull City 0 points: Everton, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 5–1 vs. Birmingham City, 11 April 2010 Biggest home defeat: 0–2 vs. Everton, 24 March 2010 Biggest away win: 1–6 vs. Burnley, 3 April 2010 Biggest away defeat: 3–0 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 16 December 2009 Biggest home attendance: 47,370 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 5 May 2010 Smallest home attendance: 40,292 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 11 January 2010 Biggest away attendance: 75,066 vs. Manchester United, 20 September 2009 Smallest away attendance: 17,826 vs. Portsmouth, 30 August 2009

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D
Position	2	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	5	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

Last updated: 9 May 2010 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2009-10
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

15 August 2009 15:00 BST 1	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 2	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn Attendance: 29,584 Referee: Mike Dean
		BBC Sport report Guardian report	3' Adebayor  90+1' Ireland

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22 August 2009 15:00 BST 2	Manchester City	1 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,287 Referee: Lee Mason
	Adebayor  17'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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30 August 2009 13:30 BST 3	Portsmouth	0 – 1	Manchester City	Fratton Park Portsmouth Attendance: 17,826 Referee: Howard Webb
		BBC Sport report Guardian report	30' Adebayor

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12 September 2009 15:00 BST 4	Manchester City	4 – 2	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,339 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Richards  19' Bellamy  73' Adebayor  79' Wright-Phillips  84'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	62' van Persie  87' Rosický

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20 September 2009 13:30 BST 5	Manchester United	4 – 3	Manchester City	Old Trafford Manchester Attendance: 75,066 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Rooney  2' Fletcher  49', 80' Owen  90+6'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	16' Barry  52', 90' Bellamy

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28 September 2009 20:00 BST 6	Manchester City	3 – 1	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,745 Referee: Chris Foy
	Tévez  5', 61' Petrov  31'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	24' Cole

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5 October 2009 20:00 BST 7	Aston Villa	1 – 1	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham Attendance: 37,924 Referee: Mike Dean
	Dunne  15'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	67' Bellamy

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18 October 2009 16:00 BST 8	Wigan Athletic	1 – 1	Manchester City	DW Stadium Wigan Attendance: 20,005 Referee: Alan Wiley
	N'Zogbia  45+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	47' Petrov

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25 October 2009 15:00 GMT 9	Manchester City	2 – 2	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 44,906 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Lescott  53' Petrov  60'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	62' Duff  68' Dempsey

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1 November 2009 16:00 GMT 10	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Manchester City	St Andrew's (stadium) Birmingham Attendance: 21,462 Referee: Mike Dean
		BBC Sport report Guardian report

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7 November 2009 15:00 GMT 11	Manchester City	3 – 3	Burnley	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,205 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Wright-Phillips  42' Touré  54' Bellamy  57'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	18' (pen.) Alexander  31' Fletcher  86' McDonald

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21 November 2009 12:45 GMT 12	Liverpool	2 – 2	Manchester City	Anfield Liverpool Attendance: 44,164 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Škrtel  50' Benayoun  77'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	69' Adebayor  76' Ireland

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28 November 2009 15:00 GMT 13	Manchester City	1 – 1	Hull City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 46,382 Referee: Lee Probert
	Wright-Phillips  45+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	82' (pen.) Bullard

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5 December 2009 17:30 GMT 14	Manchester City	2 – 1	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,348 Referee: Howard Webb
	Adebayor  37' Tévez  56'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	8' (o.g.) Adebayor

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12 December 2009 15:00 GMT 15	Bolton Wanderers	3 – 3	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium Bolton Attendance: 22,735 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Klasnić  11', 53' Cahill  43'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	28', 77' Tévez  45+2' Richards

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16 December 2009 20:00 GMT 16	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 0	Manchester City	White Hart Lane London Attendance: 35,891 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Kranjčar  37', 90+3' Defoe  54'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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19 December 2009 15:00 GMT 17	Manchester City	4 – 3	Sunderland	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 44,735 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Santa Cruz  4', 69' Tévez  12' (pen.) Bellamy  35'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	16' Mensah  24' Henderson  62' Jones

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26 December 2009 15:00 GMT 18	Manchester City	2 – 0	Stoke City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,325 Referee: Lee Mason
	Petrov  27' Tévez  45+3'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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28 December 2009 19:45 GMT 19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 3	Manchester City	Molineux Wolverhampton Attendance: 28,957 Referee: Mike Jones
		BBC Sport report Guardian report	33', 86' Tévez  69' Garrido

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11 January 2010 20:00 GMT 20	Manchester City	4 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,292 Referee: Chris Foy
	Tévez  7', 49', 90+1' Richards  39'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	71' Pedersen

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16 January 2010 17:30 GMT 21	Everton	2 – 0	Manchester City	Goodison Park Liverpool Attendance: 37,378 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Pienaar  36' Saha  45+3'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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31 January 2010 13:30 GMT 22	Manchester City	2 – 0	Portsmouth	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 44,015 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Adebayor  39' Kompany  45+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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6 February 2010 15:00 GMT 23	Hull City	2 – 1	Manchester City	KC Stadium Kingston upon Hull Attendance: 24,999 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Altidore  31' Boateng  54'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	59' Adebayor

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9 February 2010 19:45 GMT 24	Manchester City	2 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,016 Referee: Mike Jones
	Tévez  31' (pen.) Adebayor  73'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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16 February 2010 19:45 GMT 25	Stoke City	1 – 1	Manchester City	Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent Attendance: 26,778 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Whelan  72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	86' Barry

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21 February 2010 15:00 GMT 26	Manchester City	0 – 0	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,203 Referee: Peter Walton
		BBC Sport report Guardian report

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27 February 2010 12:45 GMT 27	Chelsea	2 – 4	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge London Attendance: 41,814 Referee: Mike Dean
	Lampard  42', 90+1' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	45+1', 76' (pen.) Tévez  51', 87' Bellamy

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14 March 2010 16:00 GMT 28	Sunderland	1 – 1	Manchester City	Stadium of Light Sunderland Attendance: 41,398 Referee: Chris Foy
	Jones  9'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	90+1' A. Johnson

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21 March 2010 15:00 GMT 29	Fulham	1 – 2	Manchester City	Craven Cottage London Attendance: 25,359 Referee: Lee Probert
	Murphy  75' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	7' Santa Cruz  36' Tévez

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24 March 2010 19:45 GMT 30	Manchester City	0 – 2	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,708 Referee: Peter Walton
		BBC Sport report Guardian report	33' Cahill  85' Arteta

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29 March 2010 20:00 BST 31	Manchester City	3 – 0	Wigan Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 43,534 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Tévez  72', 75', 84'	BBC Sport report Guardian report

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3 April 2010 17:30 BST 32	Burnley	1 – 6	Manchester City	Turf Moor Burnley Attendance: 21,330 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Fletcher  71'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	4', 45' Adebayor  5' Bellamy  7' Tévez  20' Vieira  58' Kompany

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11 April 2010 16:00 BST 33	Manchester City	5 – 1	Birmingham City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,209 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Tévez  38' (pen.), 40' Adebayor  43', 88' Onuoha  74'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	42' Jerome

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17 April 2010 12:45 BST 34	Manchester City	0 – 1	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,019 Referee: Martin Atkinson
		BBC Sport report Guardian report	90+3' Scholes

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24 April 2010 17:30 BST 35	Arsenal	0 – 0	Manchester City	Emirates Stadium London Attendance: 60,086 Referee: Mike Dean
		BBC Sport report Guardian report Guardian report

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1 May 2010 15:00 BST 36	Manchester City	3 – 1	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,102 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Tévez  41' (pen.) Adebayor  43' Bellamy  89'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	16' Carew

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5 May 2010 20:00 BST 37	Manchester City	0 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,370 Referee: Steve Bennett
		BBC Sport report Guardian report	82' Crouch

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9 May 2010 16:00 BST 38	West Ham United	1 – 1	Manchester City	Boleyn Ground London Attendance: 34,989 Referee: Howard Webb
	Boa Morte  18'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	21' Wright-Phillips

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League Cup

Second round

27 August 2009 20:00	Crystal Palace	0 – 2	Manchester City	Selhurst Park London Attendance: 14,725 Referee: Darren Deadman
		BBC Sport report MCFC report	50' Wright-Phillips  72' Tévez

Third round

23 September 2009 20:00	Manchester City	2 – 1 (aet)	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 24,507 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Barry  52' Touré  111'	BBC Sport report	34' Gera

Fourth round

28 October 2009 19:45	Manchester City	5 – 1	Scunthorpe United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 36,358 Referee: Mark Oliver
	Ireland  3' Santa Cruz  37' Lescott  55' Tévez  71' M. Johnson  76'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	25' Forte

Fifth round

2 December 2009 19:45	Manchester City	3 – 0	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 46,015 Referee: Chris Foy
	Tévez  50' Wright-Phillips  69' Weiss  89'	BBC Sport report

Semi-Final

First leg

19 January 2010 20:00 (Rescheduled)	Manchester City	2 – 1	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Mike Dean
	Tévez  42' (pen.), 65'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	17' Giggs

Second leg

27 January 2010 20:00 (Rescheduled)	Manchester United	3 – 1	Manchester City	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,576 Referee: Howard Webb
	Scholes  57' Carrick  71' Rooney  90+2'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Tévez  76'

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

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FA Cup

Third round

2 January 2010 15:00	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough Attendance: 12,474 Referee: Stuart Attwell
		BBC Sport report MCFC report	45' Benjani

Fourth round

24 January 2010 16:00	Scunthorpe United	2 – 4	Manchester City	Glanford Park Scunthorpe Attendance: 8,861 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Hayes  29' Boyata  69' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report	3' Petrov  45' Onuoha  57' Sylvinho  84' Robinho

Fifth round

13 February 2010 17:15	Manchester City	1 – 1	Stoke City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 28,019 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Wright-Phillips  11'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	57' Fuller

Fifth round replay

24 February 2010 19:45	Stoke City	3 – 1 (aet)	Manchester City	Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent Attendance: 21,813 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Kitson  79' Shawcross  95' Tuncay  99'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Bellamy  81'

Playing statistics

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

No.	Pos.	Player	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Shay Given	350(0)		30(0)		60(0)		440(0)		2
2	DF	Micah Richards	230(4)	3	20(0)		40(0)		290(4)	3	4
3	DF	Wayne Bridge	230(0)		20(0)		30(0)		280(0)		2
4	DF	Nedum Onuoha	100(5)	1	20(0)	1	10(1)		130(6)	2
5	DF	Pablo Zabaleta	270(4)		40(1)		40(0)		350(5)		12	1 / -
6	MF	Michael Johnson	010(1)				10(1)	1	020(2)	1
7	MF	Stephen Ireland	220(6)	2	30(0)		50(1)	1	300(7)	3
8	MF	Shaun Wright-Phillips	30 (11)	4	20(1)	1	60(0)	2	38 (12)	7	2
10	FW	Robinho	100(4)		10(0)	1	10(0)		120(4)	1
11	MF	Adam Johnson	160(2)	1					160(2)	1	1
12	GK	Stuart Taylor			10(0)				010(0)
14	FW	Roque Santa Cruz	19 (13)	3	20(2)		10(0)	1	22 (15)	4	1
15	DF	Javier Garrido	090(2)	1	10(0)		20(0)		120(2)	1	2
16	DF	Sylvinho	100(4)		30(1)	1	20(1)		150(6)	1	3
17	MF	Martin Petrov	170(9)	4	40(1)	1	10(1)		22 (11)	5
18	MF	Gareth Barry	340(0)	2	30(1)		60(0)	1	430(1)	3	5
19	DF	Joleon Lescott	190(1)	1	20(0)		40(0)	1	250(1)	2	1
24	MF	Patrick Vieira	130(5)	1	10(1)				140(6)	1	2
25	FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	260(1)	14	20(0)		30(1)		310(2)	14	1	- / 1
27	FW	Benjani Mwaruwari	020(1)		20(0)	1	20(2)		060(3)	1
28	DF	Kolo Touré (c)	310(0)	1	10(0)		30(0)	1	350(0)	2	1
32	FW	Carlos Tévez	350(3)	23	10(1)		60(0)	6	420(4)	29	7
33	DF	Vincent Kompany	250(4)	2	30(0)		40(1)		320(5)	2	3
34	MF	Nigel de Jong	340(4)		30(0)		50(1)		420(5)		9
37	GK	Gunnar Nielsen	010(1)						010(1)
38	GK	Márton Fülöp	030(0)						030(0)
39	FW	Craig Bellamy	320(6)	10	30(2)	1	50(1)		400(9)	11	7	1 / -
40	MF	Vladimir Weiss			10(0)		30(3)	1	040(3)	1
44	DF	Dedryck Boyata	030(2)		20(0)		20(0)		070(2)		1
45	DF	Greg Cunningham	020(2)		10(1)				030(3)		1
48	MF	Abdisalam Ibrahim	010(1)		10(0)				020(1)
52	FW	Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely	010(1)						010(1)
Sold	DF	Richard Dunne	020(0)						020(0)		1
TOTALS				73		7		15		95	68	2 / 1

Information current as of 9 May 2010 (end of season)

Last updated: 11 December 2010
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2009-10 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2009-10 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Carlos Tévez 29 Emmanuel Adebayor 14 Craig Bellamy 11 Shaun Wright-Phillips 7 Martin Petrov 5 Roque Santa Cruz 4 Gareth Barry 3 Stephen Ireland Micah Richards Joleon Lescott 2 Vincent Kompany Nedum Onuoha Kolo Touré Javier Garrido 1 Adam Johnson Michael Johnson Benjani Mwaruwari Robinho Sylvinho Patrick Vieira Vladimir Weiss

Premier League Scorer Goals Carlos Tévez 23 Emmanuel Adebayor 14 Craig Bellamy 10 Martin Petrov 4 Shaun Wright-Phillips Micah Richards 3 Roque Santa Cruz Gareth Barry 2 Stephen Ireland Vincent Kompany Javier Garrido 1 Adam Johnson Joleon Lescott Nedum Onuoha Kolo Touré Patrick Vieira

League Cup Scorer Goals Carlos Tévez 6 Shaun Wright-Phillips 2 Gareth Barry 1 Stephen Ireland Michael Johnson Joleon Lescott Roque Santa Cruz Kolo Touré Vladimir Weiss

FA Cup Scorer Goals Craig Bellamy 1 Benjani Mwaruwari Nedum Onuoha Martin Petrov Robinho Sylvinho Shaun Wright-Phillips

Information current as of 9 May 2010 (end of season)

Awards

Premier League Player of the Month award

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

Month	Player	Club
December [22]	Carlos Tévez	Manchester City

PFA Fans' Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to four players - one in each of the Premier League plus the three divisions of the Football League - those players being the ones that receive the most votes cast for that league in a poll conducted each month on the PFA's OWS (http://www.givemefootball.com)

Month	Player	Club
March [23]	Carlos Tévez	Manchester City

LMA Performance of the Week award

Awarded on a weekly basis to the Premier League or Football League team that a five-man LMA adjudication panel deems to have performed in some outstanding manner

Week ending	Awarded to	For performance in
5 March 2010 [24]	Manchester City	Chelsea 2 – 4 Manchester City

Etihad 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/September [25]	Craig Bellamy	David Ball	Tom Smith
October [26]	Martin Petrov	Donal McDermott	Omar Elabdellaoui
November [27]	Shay Given	James Poole	Sean Tse
December [28]	Carlos Tévez	N/A
January [29]	Carlos Tévez	N/A
February [30]	Vincent Kompany	N/A
March [31]	Adam Johnson	N/A
April [32]	Carlos Tévez	N/A

Etihad / OSC Player of the Year awards

Player	Season 2009–10 awards [33]	Notes
Carlos Tévez	OSC Player of the Year	OSC = Official Supporters Club
Dedryck Boyata	OSC Young Player of the Year
Carlos Tévez	Players' Player of the Year
Adam Johnson	Goal of the Season	Sunderland 1 – 1 Manchester City 14 March 2010
Craig Bellamy	Performance of the Season	Manchester United 4 – 3 Manchester City 20 September 2009
Shaun Wright-Phillips	Community Player of the Year

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 01 July 2009 MF Gareth Barry Aston Villa £12m [34] [35] 01 July 2009 FW Roque Santa Cruz Blackburn Rovers £18m [36] [37] 01 July 2009 GK Stuart Taylor Aston Villa Free [38] [39] 13 July 2009 FW Carlos Tévez MSI £25.5m [40] [41] 18 July 2009 FW Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal £25m [42] [43] 29 July 2009 DF Kolo Touré Arsenal £16m [44] [45] 24 Aug. 2009 DF Sylvinho Barcelona Free [46] [47] 25 Aug. 2009 DF Joleon Lescott Everton £22m [48] [49] 08 Jan. 2010 MF Patrick Vieira Internazionale Free [50] [51] 01 Feb. 2010 MF Adam Johnson Middlesbrough Undisc. [52] [53]

Reserves & Academy Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 01 July 2009 GK Loris Karius Stuttgart Undisc. [54] 01 July 2009 DF Nils Zander Schalke Undisc. [55] 29 Aug. 2009 MF Joan Angel Román Espanyol Undisc. [56] Sep. 2009 GK David González Club Atlético Huracán Trial [57] Jan. 2010 GK David González Club Atlético Huracán Free [57] [58]

Transfers out

First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 01 July 2009 DF Danny Mills Retired [59] [60] 01 July 2009 FW Daniel Sturridge Chelsea Tribunal [59] [61] [62] 01 July 2009 FW Darius Vassell Ankaragücü Released[59] [60] [63] 01 July 2009 MF Dietmar Hamann MK Dons Released[59] [60] [64] 01 July 2009 DF Michael Ball Released [59] [60] 01 July 2009 DF Gláuber São Caetano Released [59] [60] 10 July 2009 MF Gelson Fernandes Saint-Étienne Undisc. [65] [66] 24 July 2009 FW Ched Evans Sheffield United £3m [67] [68] 30 July 2009 MF Elano Galatasaray £8m [69] [70] 14 Aug. 2009 GK Kasper Schmeichel Notts County Undisc. [71] [72] 01 Sep. 2009 DF Tal Ben Haim Portsmouth Free [73] [74] 02 Sep. 2009 DF Richard Dunne Aston Villa £6m [75] [76]

Reserves & Academy Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2009 DF Matthew Brown Released [59] [60] 1 July 2009 FW Ian Daly Aris Thessaloniki Released [59] [77] 1 July 2009 GK Gregory Hartley Released [59] [60] 1 July 2009 GK Richard Martin Yeovil Town Released [59] [60] 1 July 2009 MF Ben Morris F.C. United Released [59] [60] 1 July 2009 DF Chris Ramsey Released [59] [60] 1 July 2009 MF Angelos Tsiaklis F.C. United Released [59] [60] 1 July 2009 MF Berna Hovath Released [60] 1 July 2009 DF Peter Varga Released [60] 1 July 2009 MF Adrian Cieslewicz Wrexham Released [60] 1 July 2009 DF Igor Paldan Released [60] 1 July 2009 MF Gary Nolan F.C. United Released [60] 1 July 2009 MF Joe Clegg Witton Albion Released [60] 1 Aug. 2009 DF Curtis Obeng Wrexham Released [59] [78] 1 Jan. 2010 DF Clayton McDonald Walsall Released [79] [80]

Loans in

First team Start date End date Pos. Player From club 27 Apr. 2010 09 May 2010 GK Márton Fülöp Sunderland [58] [81] [82]

Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. Player From club 14 Oct. 2009 31 Jan. 2010 FW J. Cullinane Swansea City[citation needed]

Loans out

First team Start date End date Pos. Player To club 01 July 09 31 May 10 GK Joe Hart Birmingham City [83] [84] 07 July 09 21 Jan. 10 FW Jô Everton [85] [86] 23 July 09 01 Jan. 10 FW Felipe Caicedo Sporting CP [87] 24 July 09 31 May 10 DF Shaleum Logan Tranmere Rovers [88] [89] 30 July 09 31 May 10 FW Valeri Bojinov Parma [90] [91] 22 Aug. 09 31 May 10 MF Kelvin Etuhu Cardiff City [92] [93] 09 Jan. 10 31 May 10 FW Felipe Caicedo Málaga [94] [95] [96] 21 Jan. 10 30 June 10 FW Jô Galatasaray [97] [98] 25 Jan. 10 31 May 10 MF Vladimír Weiss Bolton Wanderers [99] [100] 28 Jan. 10 04 Aug. 10 FW Robinho Santos [101] [102] 01 Feb. 10 15 May 10 FW Benjani Sunderland [103] [104]

Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. Player To club 07 Aug. 09 07 Nov. 09 MF Donal McDermott Chesterfield [105] 29 Aug. 09 31 May 10 DF Ryan McGivern Leicester City [94] [106] 01 Sep. 09 15 Dec. 09 DF Clayton McDonald Walsall [94] [107] [108] 02 Nov. 09 02 Jan. 10 MF Adam Clayton Carlisle United [94] [109] 02 Jan. 10 31 May 10 MF Paul Marshall Aberdeen [94] [110] 19 Jan. 10 31 May 10 MF Adam Clayton Carlisle United [111] 26 Jan. 10 31 May 10 MF Donal McDermott Scunthorpe United [112] [113] 01 Feb. 10 05 Mar. 10 DF Javan Vidal Derby County [114] [115] 09 Feb. 10 11 Mar. 10 DF Kieran Trippier Barnsley [116] [117] 24 Mar. 10 12 June 10 GK Tobias Johansen Kongsvinger [118] 25 Mar. 10 31 May 10 FW James Poole Bury [119] 15 Apr. 10 31 May 10 FW John Guidetti IF Brommapojkarna [120]

See also

• List of Manchester City F.C. seasons

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