2010–11 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Third round
Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Tévez (20) All: Carlos Tévez (23)
Highest home attendance	47,679 v. Manchester United 10 November 2010
Lowest home attendance	23,542 v. Timişoara 26 August 2010
Average home attendance	45,972
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season is Manchester City Football Club's 109th season of football, its ninth consecutive season in the Premier League, and its fourteenth season in the Premier League since it was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. The team finished fifth in the previous season, thereby qualifying for an opportunity to compete in this season's Europa League. The club is managed by Roberto Mancini who was appointed as manager midway through the previous season.

Season review

In the summer transfer window, the club, one of the richest in the world since its 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group, spent £126 million on players, including Jérôme Boateng from Hamburg, Yaya Touré from Barcelona, David Silva from Valencia, Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio, Mario Balotelli from Internazionale, and James Milner from Aston Villa. Popular City midfielder Stephen Ireland was in turn transferred to Aston Villa as part of a player exchange agreement in the James Milner deal.^[1]

The team began this season's campaign well, collecting four out of a possible six points against "Top 7" opponents Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, which was three points more than City managed in the comparable fixtures last season. City then stuttered for a couple of games against Sunderland (away) and Blackburn Rovers (at home), bagging only a single home point out of the six despite completely dominating both games, with (according to manager Roberto Mancini) at least 25 missed chances in the Blackburn game alone. City got itself back on a winning track again with a 0–2 away win against Wigan Athletic, which was the first time the team had ever won at the DW Stadium, breaking what some supporters had labeled a jinx for this fixture.

After the previous season's run to the semi-final of the League Cup, the team's performance in that competition this season was very disappointing, with the Blues falling at the first hurdle, losing 2-1 to West Bromwich Albion in the third round tie played at The Hawthorns.

However, the team began its Europa League campaign in much better style, clocking up three back-to-back wins in its first three games. In the first leg 1-0 away victory over FC Timişoara in the play-off round, Mario Balotelli scored the single winning goal on his debut, but also received a serious knee injury that required surgery, putting him out of action for the next three months of the season.^[2] Balotelli was not the only one of City's new crop of high profile summer signings to fall victim to an early serious injury, with Jérôme Boateng missing out on the fitst six weeks of the new season due to a knee injury he picked up playing for Germany in an international friendly match against Denmark back in mid-August,^[3] while Aleksandar Kolarov seriously damaged his ankle ligaments in the opening match of the season against Tottenham Hotspur. The loss of Boateng and Kolarov - taken together with recent injuries to Micah Richards (hamstring), Wayne Bridge (thigh injury coming right on the back of a prolonged absence due to a cracked foot bone) and Joleon Lescott (groin) - meant that Roberto Mancini found himself without five of his eight main back four defenders going into City's home match against Chelsea, causing him to claim that he had a defensive injury crisis for that game,^[4] which nevertheless City still managed to win convincingly due to a stellar defensive performance from the back four (Dedryck Boyata, Kolo Touré, Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta) that Mancini was able to field.

Manchester City ended their 35 year trophy drought by beating Stoke 1-0 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley, courtesy of a Yaya Toure goal in the 74th minute.

Team kit

As for the previous season, this season's team kits are produced by Umbro with Etihad Airways as the shirt sponsor. Only the third team kit was retained from the previous season, although a new variant of this kit - utilizing white shorts and socks in place of the black shorts and socks - was added as the primary version of this kit. The main change to the home team kit was to the socks which reverted back to the classic full sky blue colour with maroon and white striped tops. The previous season's all-black away team kit was replaced by a new midnight blue strip sporting thin horizontal sky blue striping on the socks that the MCFC official web site (OWS) describes as “the dark side of the moon.”^[5]

The previous season's goalkeepers' strips were also retained, though a new all-black strip has been added to the collection for this season, to be used primarily with the home team kit. Last season's all-green home goalkeeper strip has now been moved over to the away and third team kits, although it is still used with the home team kit when the all-black strip is considered to be too close in color to the opposition's strip (e.g., Chelsea and Newcastle United). The gold-and-black goalkeeper strip that was used primarily with the away kit last season has now become the new alternate (third) choice strip for the stoppers. As can be determined from the foregoing, which of the three team kits these goalkeeper strips are actually used with is not a hard and fast rule since any of these strips can be swapped around (if necessary) in order to avoid kit clashes with the opponents' team strips or the opponents' goalkeeper strips, as well as avoiding clashes with the strips worn by the match officials.

Note that the terms "away" and "third" as applied to the team kits this season is somewhat of a misnomer since the "third team kit" (in both its variants) is being used in games much more often than the new "away team kit" - which means that the "away team kit" is essentially the "third team kit" and vice versa. On 2 February 2011 there was a minor "kit faux pas" when the Manchester City team wore its regular home team kit for its away fixture against Birmingham City at St Andrew's, a fixture that usually requires the visiting Manchester City team to use one of its alternative strips (in this case, its third team kit since the midnight blue away kit also represents a colour clash) as the primary home team colours of both sides combines a blue shirt with white shorts. No explanation has been forthcoming yet as to why this mix-up occurred (because as per ^[5] which kits are to be worn in which fixtures is determined before the season even begins), nor why the referee, Kevin Friend, allowed two teams so similarly clad onto the pitch rather than insist that one of them first change its strip.

Home

Away

Third (version 1)

Third (version 2)

Goalkeeper strip 1a

Goalkeeper strip 1b

Goalkeeper strip 2

Goalkeeper strip 3

Pre-season games

Friendly

18 July 2010	Portland Timbers	0 – 3	Manchester City	Portland, Oregon, United States
03:00 BST		MCFC report	Ireland  43' Adebayor  44' Jô  68'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

New York Football Challenge

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sporting CP	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	8
2	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	8
3	New York Red Bulls	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	6
4	Manchester City	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3	1

Note: Additional points were awarded for each goal scored.

24 July 2010	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Manchester City	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
01:30 BST	Yannick  23', 39'	MCFC report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,586 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

25 July 2010	New York Red Bulls	2 – 1	Manchester City	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:00 BST	Kandji  7' Richards  70'	MCFC report	Jô  55'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,228 Referee: Michael Kennedy (United States)

Atlanta International Soccer Challenge

29 July 2010	América	1 – 1 (1 – 4 pen)	Manchester City	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
01:00 BST	Esqueda  47'	MCFC report	Adebayor  36' (pen.)	Stadium: Georgia Dome Attendance: 33,721 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
		Penalties
	Pardo Mosquera Montenegro		Adebayor Jô Weiss Vieira

Pirelli Cup

1 August 2010	Internazionale	3 – 0	Manchester City	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
01:00 BST	Obinna  39' Lescott  54' (o.g.) Biraghi  74'	MCFC report		Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium Attendance: 36,569 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Ferrostaal Cup, Summer of Champions

4 August 2010	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 1	Manchester City	Dortmund, Germany
19:00 BST	Barrios  9' (pen.) Kagawa  50' Lewandowski  81'	MCFC report	Jô  11'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)

Friendly

7 August 2010	Manchester City	2 – 0	Valencia	Manchester, England
19:00 BST	Barry  28' Jô  85'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,088 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Competitive games

Premier League

Main article: 2010–11 Premier League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	23	11	4	78	37	+41	80	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Chelsea	38	21	8	9	69	33	+36	71
3	Manchester City	38	21	8	9	60	33	+27	71
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	72	43	+29	68	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	14	8	55	46	+9	62	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round

Updated to games played on 22 May 2011, end of season.
Source: Premier League 2010-11
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	21	8	9	60	33	+27	71	13	4	2	34	12	+22	8	4	7	26	21	+5

Last updated: 22 May 2011, end of season.
Source: MCFC official web site

Points breakdown Points at home: 43 Points away from home: 28 Points against 2009/10 Top Four: 9 Points against promoted teams: 18 6 points: Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, 0West Ham United, Wigan Athletic 4 points: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur 3 points: Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 points: Birmingham City 1 point: 0Arsenal, Manchester United 0 points: Everton

Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 5–0 vs. Sunderland, 3 April 2011 Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Arsenal, 24 October 2010 Biggest away win: 1–4 vs. Fulham, November 2010 Biggest away defeat: 3–0 vs. Liverpool, 11 April 2011 Biggest home attendance: 47,679 vs. Manchester United, 10 November 2010 Smallest home attendance: 43,077 vs. Fulham, 27 February 2011 Biggest away attendance: 75,322 vs. Manchester United, 12 February 2011 Smallest away attendance: 15,525 vs. Wigan Athletic, 19 September 2010

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	11	4	9	8	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

Last updated: 22 May 2011, end of season.
Source: Premier League results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

1 14 August 2010	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Manchester City	London
12:45 BST		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,928 Referee: Andre Marriner

2 23 August 2010	Manchester City	3–0	Liverpool	Manchester
20:00 BST	Barry  13' Tévez  52', 68' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,087 Referee: Phil Dowd

3 29 August 2010	Sunderland	1–0	Manchester City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Bent  90+4' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,610 Referee: Mike Dean

4 11 September 2010	Manchester City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Vieira  55'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Kalinić  25'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,246 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

5 19 September 2010	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Manchester City	Wigan
15:00 BST		BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tévez  43' Y. Touré  70'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,525 Referee: Lee Probert

6 25 September 2010	Manchester City	1–0	Chelsea	Manchester
12:45 BST	Tévez  59'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,203 Referee: Andre Marriner

7 3 October 2010	Manchester City	2–1	Newcastle United	Manchester
13:30 BST	Tévez  18' (pen.) A. Johnson  75'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Jonás  24'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Martin Atkinson

8 17 October 2010	Blackpool	2–3	Manchester City	Blackpool
16:00 BST	Harewood  78' Taylor-Fletcher  90+3'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tévez  67', 79' Silva  90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 16,116 Referee: Phil Dowd

9 24 October 2010	Manchester City	0–3	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST		BBC Sport report Guardian report	Nasri  20' Song  66' Bendtner  88'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,393 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

10 30 October 2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Milijaš  30' Edwards  57'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Adebayor  23' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 25,971 Referee: Mike Dean

11 7 November 2010	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report	Balotelli  20', 26'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,013 Referee: Lee Probert

12 10 November 2010	Manchester City	0–0	Manchester United	Manchester
20:00 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,679 Referee: Chris Foy

13 13 November 2010	Manchester City	0–0	Birmingham City	Manchester
15:00 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,321 Referee: Mike Jones

14 21 November 2010	Fulham	1–4	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT	Gera  70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tévez  6', 56' Zabaleta  32' Y. Touré  35'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,694 Referee: Lee Mason

15 27 November 2010	Stoke City	1–1	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Etherington  90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Richards  81'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,405 Referee: Peter Walton

16 4 December 2010	Manchester City	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tévez  4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,860 Referee: Andre Marriner

17 11 December 2010	West Ham United	1–3	Manchester City	London
15:00 GMT	Tomkins  89'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Y. Touré  30' Green  73' (o.g.) A. Johnson  81'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 32,813 Referee: Phil Dowd

18 20 December 2010	Manchester City	1–2	Everton	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Y. Touré  72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	T. Cahill  4' Baines  19'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,028 Referee: Peter Walton

19 26 December 2010	Newcastle United	1–3	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Carroll  72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Barry  2' Tévez  5' Coloccini  81' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,635 Referee: Chris Foy

20 28 December 2010	Manchester City	4–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Balotelli  8' (pen.), 27', 55' (pen.) Lescott  13'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,716 Referee: Michael Oliver

21 1 January 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Blackpool	Manchester
15:00 GMT	A. Johnson  34'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,296 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

22 5 January 2011	Arsenal	0–0	Manchester City	London
19:45 GMT		BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,085 Referee: Mike Jones

23 15 January 2011	Manchester City	4–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 GMT	K. Touré  40' Tévez  49', 66' Y. Touré  54'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Milijaš  12' Doyle  68' (pen.) Zubar  86'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,672 Referee: Lee Mason

24 22 January 2011	Aston Villa	1–0	Manchester City	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Bent  18'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,315 Referee: Howard Webb

25 2 February 2011	Birmingham City	2–2	Manchester City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Žigić  23' Gardner  77' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Tévez  4' Kolarov  41'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,379 Referee: Kevin Friend

26 5 February 2011	Manchester City	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Tévez  17' (pen.), 22', 39' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,846 Referee: Martin Atkinson

27 12 February 2011	Manchester United	2–1	Manchester City	Manchester
12:45 GMT	Nani  41' Rooney  78'	BBC Sport report Observer report Guardian report	Silva  65'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,322 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 27 February 2011	Manchester City	1–1	Fulham	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Balotelli  26'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Duff  48'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,077 Referee: Peter Walton

29 5 March 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Silva  38'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,864 Referee: Stuart Attwell

30 20 March 2011	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT	David Luiz  79' Ramires  90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,741 Referee: Chris Foy

31 3 April 2011	Manchester City	5–0	Sunderland	Manchester
16:00 BST	A. Johnson  9' Tévez  15' (pen.) Silva  63' Vieira  67' Y. Touré  73'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,197 Referee: Howard Webb

32 11 April 2011	Liverpool	3–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Carroll  13', 35' Kuyt  34'	BBC Sport Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,776 Referee: Mark Halsey

33 25 April 2011	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Manchester City	Blackburn
20:00 BST		BBC Sport report	Džeko  75'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,529 Referee: Andre Marriner

34 1 May 2011	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester
16:10 BST	de Jong  10' Zabaleta  15'	BBC Sport report	Ba  33'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,511 Referee: Howard Webb

35 7 May 2011	Everton	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Distin  65' Osman  72'	BBC Sport report	Y. Touré  28'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,351 Referee: Phil Dowd

36 10 May 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
19:45 BST	Crouch  30' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,029 Referee: Mike Dean

37 17 May 2011	Manchester City	3–0	Stoke City	Manchester
19:45 BST	Tévez  14', 65' Lescott  53'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,103 Referee: Lee Probert

38 22 May 2011	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Manchester City	Bolton
16:00 BST		BBC Sport report	Lescott  43' Džeko  62'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup

Third Round 9 January 2011	Leicester City	2–2	Manchester City	Leicester
16:00 GMT	Bamba  1' King  64'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Milner  23' Tévez  45'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Mike Dean

Third Round Replay 18 January 2011	Manchester City	4–2	Leicester City	Manchester
19.45 GMT	Tévez  15' Vieira  37' A. Johnson  38' Kolarov  90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Gallagher  19' (pen.) Dyer  83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,755 Referee: Mark Halsey

Fourth Round 30 January 2011	Notts County	1–1	Manchester City	Nottingham
14:00 GMT	Bishop  59'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Džeko  80'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Chris Foy

Fourth Round Replay 20 February 2011	Manchester City	5–0	Notts County	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Vieira  37', 58' Tévez  84' Džeko  89' Richards  90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,276 Referee: Mike Jones

Fifth Round 2 March 2011	Manchester City	3–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Y. Touré  5' Balotelli  25' Silva  70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,570 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Quarter-final 13 March 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Reading	Manchester
16:45 GMT	Richards  74'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,150 Referee: Lee Probert

Semi-final 16 April 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Manchester United	London
17:15 BST	Y. Touré  52'			Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Mike Dean

Final 14 May 2011	Manchester City	1–0	Stoke City	London
15:00 BST	Y. Touré  74'			Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 88,643 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup

Third Round 22 September 2010	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Manchester City	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Zuiverloon  55' Cox  57'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	Jô  19'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,418 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

First Leg 19 August 2010	Timişoara	0–1	Manchester City	Timişoara, Romania
20:00 CET		Report	Balotelli  72'	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Second Leg 26 August 2010	Manchester City	2–0	Timişoara	Manchester, England
19:45 CET	Wright-Phillips  43' Boyata  59'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 23,542 Referee: Jorge De Sousa (Portugal)

Group stage

Manchester City prepare to kick off their opening Europa League group fixture vs. Red Bull Salzburg.

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage

Group A standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester City	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
Lech Poznań	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11
Juventus	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6
Red Bull Salzburg	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2

1 16 September 2010	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	Manchester City	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CET		Report	Silva  8' Jô  63'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Georgios Daloukas (Greece)

2 30 September 2010	Manchester City	1–1	Juventus	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	A. Johnson  37'	Report	Iaquinta  10'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 35,212 Referee: Eduardo González (Spain)

3 21 October 2010	Manchester City	3–1	Lech Poznań	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Adebayor  13', 25', 73'	Report	Tshibamba  50'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 33,383 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

4 4 November 2010	Lech Poznań	3–1	Manchester City	Poznań, Poland
19:00 CET	Injac  30' Arboleda  86' Możdżeń  90+1'	Report	Adebayor  51'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

5 1 December 2010	Manchester City	3–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Balotelli  18', 65' A. Johnson  78'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 37,552 Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

6 16 December 2010	Juventus	1–1	Manchester City	Turin, Italy
19:00 CET	Giannetti  43'	Report	Jô  76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 6,992 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Last updated: 16 December 2010
Source: UEFA Europa League 2010-11 match reports

Knockout phase

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

First Leg 15 February 2011	Aris	0–0	Manchester City	Salonika, Greece
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Kleánthis Vikelídis Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Second Leg 24 February 2011	Manchester City	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Aris	Manchester, England
21:05 CET	Džeko  7', 12' Y. Touré  75'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 36,748 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

First Leg 10 March 2011	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Manchester City	Kiev, Ukraine
21:05 CET	Shevchenko  25' Husyev  77'	Report		Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Second Leg 17 March 2011	Manchester City	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Manchester, England
19:00 CET	Kolarov  39'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only.
Apps. numbers denote: "No. of games played (No. of games subbed off / No. of games subbed on)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards." Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Pos.	Squad Status	Player Name	Premier League					UEFA Europa League					Football League Cup				FA Cup				TOTALS All Competitions
				PE	Apps.				PE	Apps.				Apps.				Apps.				Apps.
1	GK	HGP	Shay Given	H1					H1	3 (0/0)				1 (0/0)								4 (0/0)
2	DF	ACG	Micah Richards	H2	16 (2/2)	1	4		A1	8 (0/1)		1						4 (2/0)	2	1		28 (4/3)	3	6
3[6]	DF	on loan	Wayne Bridge	XH	3 (0/2)				XH	4 (2/1)		1										7 (2/3)		1
4	DF	FOR	Vincent Kompany	F1	30 (0/0)		5		F1	8 (1/1)		1						3 (0/1)		1		41 (1/2)		7
5	DF	FOR	Pablo Zabaleta	F2	20 (1/5)	1	7	-(1)	F2	11 (2/3)		1		1 (0/1)				5 (1/1)				37 (4/10)	1	8	-(1)
6	MF	ACG	Michael Johnson	H3					A2
7	MF	HGP	James Milner	H4	26 (6/7)		3		H2	5 (1/2)				1 (0/1)				3 (0/0)	1	1		35 (7/10)	1	4
8	MF	ACG	Shaun Wright-Phillips	H5	6 (2/4)				A3	9 (4/3)	1							2 (2/0)				17 (8/7)	1
9[6]	FW	on loan	Emmanuel Adebayor	XF	8 (2/6)	1			XF	6 (1/1)	4											14 (3/7)	5
10	FW	FOR	Edin Džeko	F3	8 (1/3)				F3	4 (1/1)	2	1						2 (0/0)	2			14 (2/4)	4	1
11	MF	HGP	Adam Johnson	H6	24 (5/15)	4	1		H3	7 (0/2)	2			1 (0/0)				2 (0/0)	1			34 (5/17)	7	1
12	GK	HGP	Stuart Taylor	H7					H4
13	DF	FOR	Aleksandar Kolarov	F4	19 (5/3)	1	5	1/-	F4	5 (2/1)	1	1						6 (0/1)	1			30 (7/5)	3	6	1/-
14[6]	FW	on loan	Roque Santa Cruz	XF	1 (0/1)									1 (1/0)								2 (1/1)
17	DF	FOR	Jérôme Boateng	F5	16 (2/2)		1		F5	5 (1/0)								3 (0/0)				24 (3/2)		1
18	MF	HGP	Gareth Barry	H8	29 (5/2)	2	6		H5	7 (2/0)		1						5 (0/3)				41 (7/5)	2	7
19	DF	HGP	Joleon Lescott	H9	15 (1/2)	1	1		H6	7 (0/0)								6 (0/0)				28 (1/2)	1	1
21	MF	FOR	David Silva	F6	28 (12/4)	4	2		F6	10 (5/2)	1	1		1 (0/1)				5 (2/1)	1			44 (19/8)	6	3
22[7]	DF	YTH	Greg Cunningham	XU					XY	1 (0/1)				1 (0/0)								2 (0/1)
24	MF	FOR	Patrick Vieira	F7	11 (1/8)	2	2		F7	8 (0/2)				1 (0/0)		1		6 (1/0)	3	1		26 (2/10)	5	4
25	GK	HGP	Joe Hart	H10	31 (0/0)		1		H7	9 (0/0)								6 (0/0)				46 (0/0)		1
27	FW	FOR	Jô	F8	11 (1/8)				F8	6 (0/2)	2			1 (0/0)	1			5 (2/3)				23 (3/13)	3
28	DF	FOR	Kolo Touré (vc)	F9	22 (2/1)	1	3	1/-	F9	5 (1/0)		1						2 (0/0)				29 (3/1)	1	4	1/-
30	DF	ACG	Shaleum Logan	H11					A4
32	FW	FOR	Carlos Tévez (c)	F10	27 (16/0)	19	5		F10	7 (3/1)		2						5 (0/2)	3			39 (19/3)	22	7
34	MF	FOR	Nigel de Jong (vc)	F11	25 (2/1)		8		F11	5 (1/0)		1						2 (1/1)				32 (4/2)		9
36[6]	DF	YTH	Javan Vidal	XU					XY					1 (1/0)		1						1 (1/0)		1
38	DF	YTH	Dedryck Boyata	U21	3 (2/0)		1	-/1	YTH	6 (0/2)	1			1 (0/0)				2 (0/2)				12 (2/4)	1	1	-/1
41[6]	DF	on loan	Ben Mee	XU					XY					1 (0/0)								1 (0/0)
42	MF	FOR	Yaya Touré	F12	28 (9/0)	5	3		F12	8 (0/1)	1	1						5 (3/0)	1			41 (12/1)	7	4
43	FW	YTH	Alex Nimely	U21					YTH	1 (1/0)												1 (1/0)
45	FW	U21	Mario Balotelli	U21	13 (4/3)	6	5	-/1	F13	6 (2/2)	3	2	-/1					3 (2/1)	1	2		22 (8/6)	10	9	-/2
50[6]	MF	on loan	Abdisalam Ibrahim	XU					XY					1 (1/0)								1 (1/0)
53	MF	YTH	Chris Chantler	U21					YTH	1 (0/1)												1 (0/1)
54	DF	YTH	Ryan McGivern	TBC	1 (0/1)				TBC													1 (0/1)
60	FW	U21	John Guidetti	U21					F14					1 (0/0)								1 (0/0)
62[8]	MF	U21	Abdul Razak	U21	1 (0/1)																	1 (0/1)
TOTALS						48	63	2/3			18	15	-/1		1	2			16	6			83	86	2/4

Table statistics current for games played up until the end of 3 April 2011

Last updated: 6 April 2011
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2010-11 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2010-11 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above 00
(for players enumerated in UEFA squad) UEFA Europa League squad 00(for players enumerated in Premier League squad) Premier League OWS - Manchester City Player Index, 2010/11 season

Goalscorers

Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
Carlos Tévez	20	3	0	0	23
Yaya Touré	7	3	0	1	11
Mario Balotelli	6	1	0	3	10
Adam Johnson	4	1	0	2	7
Edin Džeko	2	2	0	2	6
David Silva	4	1	0	1	6
Emmanuel Adebayor	1	0	0	4	5
Patrick Vieira	2	3	0	0	5
Jô	0	0	1	2	3
Aleksandar Kolarov	1	1	0	1	3
Joleon Lescott	3	0	0	0	3
Micah Richards	1	2	0	0	3
Gareth Barry	2	0	0	0	2
Pablo Zabaleta	2	0	0	0	2
Dedryck Boyata	0	0	0	1	1
Nigel de Jong	1	0	0	0	1
James Milner	0	1	0	0	1
Kolo Touré	1	0	0	0	1
Shaun Wright-Phillips	0	0	0	1	1

Information current as of 22 May 2011, end of season.

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month award

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

Month	Manager
December [9] [10]	Roberto Mancini

Premier League Golden Boot award

Awarded to the player who scored the most goals in the 2010-11 Premier League season

Player	Goals
Carlos Tévez	20*

(*shared with Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov)

Barclays Golden Glove award

Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2010-11 Premier League season

Player	Clean sheets
Joe Hart [11]	18

Etihad / OSC Player of the Year awards

Player	Season 2010–11 awards [12]	Notes
Vincent Kompany	OSC Player of the Year	OSC = Official Supporters Club
Mario Balotelli	OSC Young Player of the Year
Vincent Kompany	Jaguar Players' Player of the Year
Carlos Tévez	Goal of the Season	Manchester City 3 – 0 Stoke City 17 May 2011 (65th minute goal)
Joe Hart	Performance of the Season	Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 0 Manchester City 14 August 2010
FA Cup victory	Moment of the season
Patrick Vieira	CITC Player of the Year	CITC = City in the Community
Manchester City Supporters Club	CITC Partner of the Year
Lee Jackson	Outstanding contribution	Awarded to club Head Groundsman

Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month	Player
August [13]	Joe Hart
September [14]	Vincent Kompany
October [15]	David Silva
November [16]	David Silva
December [17]	David Silva
January [18]	Edin Džeko
February [19]	Micah Richards
March [20]	Vincent Kompany
April [21]	Yaya Touré

Tuttosport Golden Boy award

Since 2003 awarded annually by the Italian daily sports newspaper to the young player (on an initial short list of 40 'under 21' players) that receives the most votes from a panel consisting of 30 sports journalists selected from across the whole of Europe

Year	Player
2010 [22] [23]	Mario Balotelli

Best Groundsmen of the Year award

Awarded annually at a meeting of the Institute of Groundsmanship organisation as a result of voting by professional football grounds management teams from the whole of the U.K.

Year	Professional Grounds Management Team of the Year
	Grounds staff	Club	Stadium
2010 [24]	Roy Rigby and staff	Manchester City	CoMS

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 01 July 2010 DF Jérôme Boateng Hamburg £10m [25] [26] 02 July 2010 MF Yaya Touré Barcelona £24m [27] [28] 14 July 2010 MF David Silva Valencia £24m [29] [30] 24 July 2010 DF Aleksandar Kolarov Lazio £16m [31] [32] 13 Aug. 2010 FW Mario Balotelli Internazionale £24m [33] [34] 18 Aug. 2010 MF James Milner Aston Villa £18m + p/x[35] [36] 07 Jan. 2011 FW Edin Džeko Wolfsburg £27m [37] [38] [39]

Reserves and Academy Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 10 June 2010 MF Alex Henshall Swindon Town £0.25m [40] [41] 07 July 2010 MF Albert Rusnak MFK Košice Undisc. [42] 31 Aug. 2010 MF Mohammed Abu Sporting Club Accra Undisc. [43] [44] Nov. 2010 MF Andrea Mancini Bologna Free agent [45] 13 Dec. 2010 FW Gai Assulin Barcelona Free agent [46] [47]

Transfers out

First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 08 June 2010 FW Benjani Blackburn Rovers Released [48] [49] 22 June 2010 MF Martin Petrov Bolton Wanderers Free [48] [50] 05 July 2010 FW Valeri Bojinov Parma £3m [51] [52] 29 July 2010 DF Sylvinho Released as free agent [48] [53] 30 July 2010 DF Javier Garrido Lazio £2.5m [54] [55] 18 Aug. 2010 MF Stephen Ireland Aston Villa Player exch. [35] [36] 31 Aug. 2010 FW Robinho AC Milan £15m+ [56] [57] 19 Jan. 2011 MF Kelvin Etuhu Released as free agent [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]

Reserves and Academy Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 17 May 2010 MF Andrew Mitchell Rangers Free [63] 08 June 2010 MF Karl Moore UCD AFC Released [48] 11 June 2010 FW Róbert Mak Nürnberg Undisc. [64] 12 June 2010 GK Tobias Johansen Kongsvinger Free [48] [65] 15 June 2010 MF Paul Marshall Walsall Free [66] 30 June 2010 FW Jack Redshaw Rochdale Free [48] [67] 08 July 2010 GK Filip Mentel Dundee United Free [68] [69] 31 Aug. 2010 MF Adam Clayton Leeds United Undisc. [70] [71] 31 Jan. 2011 FW David Ball Peterborough United Undisc. [72] [73]

Loans out

First team Start date End date Pos Player To club 21 July 10 03 Jan. 11 GK Gunnar Nielsen Tranmere Rovers [74] [75] 11 Aug. 10 31 May 11 DF Nedum Onuoha Sunderland [76] [77] 17 Aug. 10 31 May 11 FW Craig Bellamy Cardiff City [78] [79] 19 Aug. 10 31 May 11 MF Vladimír Weiss Rangers [80] [81] 31 Aug. 10 31 May 11 FW Felipe Caicedo Levante [82] [83] 21 Oct. 10 01 Jan. 11 DF Greg Cunningham Leicester City [84] [85] [86] 12 Jan. 11 31 May 11 DF Wayne Bridge West Ham United [87] [88] 14 Jan. 11 31 May 11 FW Roque Santa Cruz Blackburn Rovers [89] [90] 14 Jan. 11 31 May 11 MF Abdisalam Ibrahim Scunthorpe United [91] [92] 20 Jan. 11 26 Feb. 11 DF Javan Vidal Chesterfield [93] [94] 26 Jan. 11 31 May 11 FW Emmanuel Adebayor Real Madrid [95] [96] 31 Jan. 11 31 May 11 GK David González Leeds United [97] [98]

Reserves and Academy Start date End date Pos Player To club 13 July 10 12 Jan. 11 FW David Ball Swindon Town [99] [100] 30 July 10 15 Jan. 11 DF Ryan McGivern Walsall [101] [100] 06 Aug. 10 31 Aug. 10 MF Adam Clayton Leeds United [102] [71] 07 Aug. 10 31 May 11 DF Kieran Trippier Barnsley [103] 09 Aug. 10 08 Nov. 10 MF Andrew Tutte Rochdale [77] [104] 31 Aug. 10 30 June 11 MF Mohammed Abu Strømsgodset [43] [44] 12 Oct. 10 02 Dec. 10 FW James Poole Hartlepool United [105] [106] 25 Nov. 10 03 Jan. 11 FW John Guidetti Burnley [107] [108] 25 Nov. 10 03 Jan. 11 MF Andrew Tutte Shrewsbury Town[109][110][100] 01 Jan. 11 31 May 11 DF Ben Mee Leicester City [111] [112] 31 Jan. 11 31 May 11 MF Andrew Tutte Yeovil Town [98] [113] 24 Mar. 11 31 May 11 MF Donal McDermott Bournemouth [114] [115]

This 'loan watch' report provides the latest progress update on most of the players listed above that are currently still out on loan at other clubs.

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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46. ^ "Manchester City win race to sign Israel midfielder Gai Assulin". guardian.co.uk (London: Guardian News and Media Limited). 2010-12-14. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/14/manchester-city-gai-assulin-barcelona. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
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48. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Out of contract senior trio leave Blues". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-06-07. http://mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/June/Out-of-contract-trio-leave-Blues. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
49. ^ "Blackburn Rovers sign striker Benjani Mwaruwari". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/8928984.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
50. ^ "Bolton sign Martin Petrov from Manchester City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-06-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/8754369.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
51. ^ "Bojinov completes Parma switch". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-07-06. http://mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/July/Valeri-Bojinov-signs-for-Parma. Retrieved 2010-07-18. 
52. ^ "Valeri Bojinov to leave Manchester City for Parma". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-07-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8788455.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
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56. ^ "Robinho seals AC Milan switch from Manchester City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8957569.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
57. ^ "City forward Robinho joins AC Milan on four-year deal". ESPNsoccernet (ESPN Internet Ventures). 2010-08-31. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=819592&cc=5901. Retrieved 2010-10-02. 
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61. ^ "HULL CITY: Pearson hunting loan addition as Guzan goes back to Villa". thisishullandeastriding.co.uk (Northcliffe Media Ltd.). 2011-02-28. http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/HULL-CITY-Tigers-hunting-loan-addition-Guzan-goes/article-3273624-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
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63. ^ "Gers snap up City starlet". skysports.com (sky SPORTS). 2010-05-17. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11679_6160122,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
64. ^ "Robbie Mak leaves City". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-06-11. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/June/Robbie-Mak-leaves-City. Retrieved 2010-06-11. 
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66. ^ "Walsall complete deal for Man City's Paul Marshall". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-06-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/8741362.stm. Retrieved 2010-06-15. 
67. ^ "Jack Redshaw makes it signing number three". rochdaleafc.co.uk. (Rochdale Association Football Club). 2010-06-30. http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10441~2080404,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-30. 
68. ^ "Goalkeeper Filip Mentel joins Dundee United". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-07-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/8802062.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
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70. ^ "Leeds United sign Adam Clayton and Ramon Nunez". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/8958355.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
71. ^ ^{a b} "Clayton leaves for Leeds". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-08-31. http://mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/August/Clayton-signs-for-Leeds. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
72. ^ "Peterborough sign Paul Jones and David Ball". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/9382213.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
73. ^ "Posh move for David Ball". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-02-01. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2011/February/David-Ball-leaves-for-Peterborough. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
74. ^ "Tranmere Rovers bring in keeper Gunnar Nielsen". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-07-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8843004.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
75. ^ "Gunnar Gets New Deal And Loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-07-21. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/July/Gunnar-gets-new-deal-and-a-loan. Retrieved 2010-07-21. 
76. ^ "Sunderland sign defenders Nedum Onuoha and John Mensah". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8891875.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
77. ^ ^{a b} "Onuoha and Tutte out on loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-08-11. http://mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/August/Onuoha-and-Tutte-out-on-loan. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 
78. ^ Ogden, Mark (2010-08-17). "Manchester City's Craig Bellamy joins Cardiff City on loan". telegraph.co.uk (London: Telegraph Media Group Limited). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/7949958/Manchester-Citys-Craig-Bellamy-joins-Cardiff-City-on-loan.html. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
79. ^ "Bellamy Agrees to join Cardiff on Loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-08-17. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/August/Bellamy-joins-Cardiff-on-loan. Retrieved 2010-08-17. 
80. ^ "Man City's Weiss joins Gers as Jelavic deal nears end". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8927039.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
81. ^ "Vlad heads north of the border". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-08-19. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/August/Vladimir-Weiss-loaned-to-Glasgow-Rangers. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
82. ^ "Levante sign Felipe Caicedo on year-long loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8958742.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
83. ^ "Caicedo joins Levante". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-08-31. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/August/Caicedo-joins-Levante. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
84. ^ "Cunningham joins Leicester". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-10-21. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/October/Cunningham-joins-Leicester. Retrieved 2010-10-21. 
85. ^ "Leicester's Cunningham set to be out for four months". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/9332680.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
86. ^ "Cunningham heading home". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-01-04. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/December/Cunningham-heading-home. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
87. ^ "Wayne Bridge completes West Ham loan move from Man City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/9359915.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 
88. ^ "Bridge delighted to join". whufc.co.uk. (West Ham United Football Club). 2011-01-12. http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110112/bridge-delighted-to-sign_2236884_2264968. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 
89. ^ "Blackburn Rovers re-sign Roque Santa Cruz from Man City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/9361612.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
90. ^ "Roque goes to Rovers on loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-01-14. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2011/January/Roque-goes-to-Rovers-on-loan. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
91. ^ "Manchester City loan Abdisalam Ibrahim to Scunthorpe". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/9361701.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
92. ^ "Abdi Ibrahim loan deal extended". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-02-17. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2011/February/Abdi-Ibrahim-loan-deal-extended. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
93. ^ "Chesterfield sign Manchester City defender Javan Vidal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/9368765.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 
94. ^ "Vidal joins Spireites". football-league.co.uk. (The Football League). 2011-01-20. http://www.football-league.co.uk/league2/news/20110120/vidal-joins-spireites_2293326_2271930. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
95. ^ "Real Madrid sign Emmanuel Adebayor on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/9373719.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-25. 
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97. ^ "Leeds Utd sign Man City keeper David Gonzalez on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/9382893.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
98. ^ ^{a b} "Tutte & Gonzalez out on loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-02-01. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2011/January/Andrew-Tutte-and-David-Gonzalez-out-on-loan. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
99. ^ "Manchester City striker David Ball agrees Swindon loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Company). 2010-07-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8814594.stm. Retrieved 2010-07-13. 
100. ^ ^{a b c} "Joe Cole to face young Blues". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-01-19. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2011/January/Johnson-to-continue-comeback-against-Reds. Retrieved 2011-01-23. 
101. ^ "Saddlers bring in McGivern". skysports.com (sky SPORTS). 2010-07-31. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_6286623,00.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
102. ^ "Whites bring in City starlet". skysports.com (sky SPORTS). 2010-08-06. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_6298135,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-06. 
103. ^ "Trippier retraces steps across Pennines". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-08-07. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/August/Trippier-retraces-steps-across-Pennines. Retrieved 2010-08-08. 
104. ^ "Manchester City's Andrew Tutte signs Rochdale loan deal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-08-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/8899166.stm. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 
105. ^ "Manchester City striker James Poole joins Hartlepool". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Company). 2010-10-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/9087632.stm. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
106. ^ "Hartlepool United boss explains Poole loan end". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Company). 2010-12-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/9252081.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-03. 
107. ^ "Burnley sign Manchester City striker John Guidetti". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Company). 2010-11-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/9228019.stm. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
108. ^ "Guidetti goes on loan to Burnley". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-11-25. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2010/November/John-Guidetti-loaned-to-Burnley. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
109. ^ "Shrewsbury Town net Manchester City's Andrew Tutte". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2010-11-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/9230187.stm. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
110. ^ "Tutte joins Shrewsbury on loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2010-11-25. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2010/November/Tutte-joins-Shrews-on-loan. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
111. ^ "Leicester City swoop for Manchester City's Ben Mee". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/9333678.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
112. ^ "Mee joins Foxes on loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-01-01. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2011/January/Mee-joins-Foxes-on-loan. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
113. ^ "Yeovil take Manchester City's Andrew Tutte on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/9383020.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
114. ^ "Bournemouth sign Manchester City's Donal McDermott". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2011-03-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/9435338.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-24. 
115. ^ "McDermott joins Cherries on loan". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2011-03-24. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/EDS-news/2011/March/McDermott-joins-Bournemouth-on-loan. Retrieved 2011-03-24.