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Manchester City

2015–16 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Manuel Pellegrini
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sergio Agüero (24) All: Sergio Agüero (29)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 Manchester City season was the club's 114th season of competitive football, its 87th season in the top division of English football and its 19th season in the Premier League since the League creation, with Manchester City as one of the original 22 founder-members. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

On 28 February 2016, City won the League Cup after beating Liverpool on penalties at Wembley.

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home

Home alt.

Away

Third

Third alt.

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Kit information

The club is in the third year of a deal with the American manufacturer Nike.

• Home: The new home kit features the traditional colours of sky blue and white. The kit sees a return to white details, which were ditched last season in favour of navy applications. The shirt has a white polo neck collar and cuffs, along with a white stripe running from the bottom of the sleeves to the sides of the shirt. White shorts are returned to the kit, which is combined with sky blue socks with a white turnover.
• Away: The away kit is predominantly navy for the second season running, but this time the strip is combined with 'Chlorine Blue' detailing on the crew neck and the cuffs. The arms, however, feature a striking graphic of the Blue Moon, inspired by the song sung by the club's fans at the match days. The shirt is combined with navy shorts and socks.
• Third: The third kit is mainly a shade of chartreuse, known as 'ghost green', with black gradient graphic at the base of the sleeves and the bottom of the shorts. The yellowish green colour of the kit was inspired by the yellow and navy striped away kit worn by the club in the 1999 play-off final, when Manchester City overcame a two-goal deficit to take the game to extra time and eventually win on penalties. The kit is based on Nike's new premium template, which is also worn by other major clubs.
• Keeper: A new set of goalkeeper strips were released by Nike to be worn in the 2015–16 campaign. The first-choice strip is dark purple with lighter bluish line gradient on the arms, whilst the alternatives were yellow and green with a similar toned line gradient on the arms.

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Manchester City visited Australia during pre-season, where they played local clubs Adelaide United and Melbourne City before facing Roma and Real Madrid, runners-up in the Italian and Spanish leagues, in the 2015 International Champions Cup friendly tournament. They also played matches against Vietnam national team and German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart.

Friendlies

15 July 2015 Friendly	Adelaide United	0–2	Manchester City	Gold Coast, Australia
		Report	Barker 63' Zuculini 84'	Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

18 July 2015 Friendly	Melbourne City	0–1	Manchester City	Gold Coast, Australia
8:20 GMT+1		Report	Maffeo  42' Nasri 86'	Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

2015 International Champions Cup

21 July 2015 Friendly	Roma	2–2 (4–5 p)	Manchester City	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEST	Pjanić 8' Ljajić 87'	Report	Sterling 3' Iheanacho 50'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 41,134 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
	Penalties
	Nainggolan Ljajić Destro Falque Doumbia Keita		Touré Kolarov Navas Lopes Hart Horsfield

24 July 2015 Friendly	Manchester City	1–4	Real Madrid	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEST	Touré 45' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 21' Ronaldo 25' Pepe 44' Cheryshev 72'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 99,382 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Friendlies

27 July 2015 Friendly	Vietnam	1–8	Manchester City	Hanoi, Vietnam
14:00 BST	Nguyễn Xuân Thành  10' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 90+1'	Report	Kolarov 11', 51' (pen.) Sterling 19', 31' Silva 21', 65' Lopes 73' Pozo 78'	Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

1 August 2015 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	Manchester City	Stuttgart, Germany
	Kostić 15',  83' Didavi 31' Ginczek 36', 37'	Report	Iheanacho 84' Džeko 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,211

Competitions

Overall

Updated to match played 18 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

1. Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup. As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.

Results summary

Last updated: 18 May 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

10 August 2015 (2015-08-10) 1	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Manchester City	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Fletcher  39' Gardner  57' Chester  58' Yacob  62'	Report	Silva 9' Touré 24' Fernandinho  51' Kompany 59'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,564 Referee: Mike Dean

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 2	Manchester City	3–0	Chelsea	Manchester
16:00 BST	Agüero 31' Kompany  33', 79' Fernandinho  45+1', 85' Touré  51' Mangala  90+1'	Report	Ivanović  48' Hazard  81'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,331 Referee: Martin Atkinson

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 3	Everton	0–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:00 BST		Report	Mangala  42' Fernandinho  45' Kolarov 60' Nasri  86', 88'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,352 Referee: Anthony Taylor

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 4	Manchester City	2–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 BST	Kompany  40' Sterling 47' Fernandinho 56'	Report	Nyom  43' Prödl  63'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,218 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 5	Crystal Palace	0–1	Manchester City	Selhurst
15:00 BST	Dann  17' Hangeland  70'	Report	Touré  25' Nasri  68' Mangala  80' Iheanacho 90'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,167 Referee: Mike Jones

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 6	Manchester City	1–2	West Ham United	Manchester
17:30 BST	De Bruyne 45' Kolarov  54'	Report	Moses 6' Lanzini  22' Sakho 31' Obiang  45+5'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,545 Referee: Robert Madley

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Manchester City	London
12:45 BST	Dier 45',  59' Lamela  56', 79' Alderweireld 50' Kane 61',  90+4' Eriksen  65' Alli  88'	Report	De Bruyne 25' Demichelis  45+2'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,867 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Manchester City	6–1	Newcastle United	Manchester
15:00 BST	Agüero 42', 49', 50', 60', 62' Fernandinho  45+1' De Bruyne 53' Zabaleta  82' Mangala  88'	Report	Mitrović 18' Anita  32'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,850 Referee: Kevin Friend

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	Manchester City	5–1	AFC Bournemouth	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sterling 7', 29', 45+2' Bony 11', 89' Sagna  26' Otamendi  42'	Report	Murray 22' Ritchie  87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,502 Referee: Mike Dean

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 10	Manchester United	0–0	Manchester City	Manchester
14:05 GMT	Mata  39' Schneiderlin  89'	Report	Fernandinho  15' Kompany  45'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,329 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	Manchester City	2–1	Norwich City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	De Bruyne  34' Otamendi 67' Touré 89' (pen.) Fernando  90+3'	Report	Jerome  76', 83' Martin  88' Tettey  90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,418 Referee: Robert Madley

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 12	Aston Villa	0–0	Manchester City	Birmingham
13:30 GMT	Guzan  90+2'	Report	Otamendi  39'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,757 Referee: Craig Pawson

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	Manchester City	1–4	Liverpool	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Agüero 44'	Report	Mangala 7' (o.g.) Coutinho 23' Roberto Firmino 32' Lucas  38' Can  47' Škrtel 81' Clyne  85'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,444 Referee: Jonathan Moss

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14	Manchester City	3–1	Southampton	Manchester
15:00 GMT	De Bruyne 9' Delph 20' Demichelis  56' Kolarov 69',  90+1'	Report	Long 49' Ward-Prowse  55'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,102 Referee: Roger East

5 December 2015 15	Stoke City	2–0	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent
12:45 GMT	Arnautović 7', 15'	Report	Otamendi  51'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,264 Referee: Martin Atkinson

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Manchester City	2–1	Swansea City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Bony 28',  58' Sagna  60' Mangala  77' Iheanacho 90+2'	Report	Taylor  43' Gomis 90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,052 Referee: Robert Madley

21 December 2015 (2015-12-21) 17	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester City	London
20:00 GMT	Walcott 33' Giroud 45+1'	Report	Silva  31' Otamendi  48' Touré 82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,053 Referee: Andre Marriner

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 18	Manchester City	4–1	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Sterling  4', 12' Touré 17' Bony 22' De Bruyne 54'	Report	Jones  36' Borini 59'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,523 Referee: Anthony Taylor

29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 19	Leicester City	0–0	Manchester City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Albrighton  81'	Report	Kolarov  66' Mangala  76' De Bruyne  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,072 Referee: Craig Pawson

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 20	Watford	1–2	Manchester City	Watford
17:30 GMT	Nyom  38' Kolarov 55' (o.g)	Report	Touré 82' Agüero 84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,676 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 21	Manchester City	0–0	Everton	Manchester
19:45 GMT		Report	Bešić  50'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,796 Referee: Roger East

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 22	Manchester City	4–0	Crystal Palace	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Delph 22' Agüero 41', 68' Silva 84'	Report	Chamakh  71' Cabaye  90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,983 Referee: Jonathan Moss

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 23	West Ham United	2–2	Manchester City	London
17:30 GMT	Valencia 1', 56' Noble  39' Byram  70'	Report	Agüero 9' (pen.), 81' Demichelis  32' Touré  89' Fernando  90+4'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Craig Pawson

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 24	Sunderland	0–1	Manchester City	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Jones  59'	Report	Agüero 16',  90+1' Otamendi  80' Fernandinho  90+4' Sagna  90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,852 Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 25	Manchester City	1–3	Leicester City	Manchester
12:45 GMT	Zabaleta  69' Fernando  72' Agüero 87'	Report	Huth 3', 60' Morgan  36' Simpson  46' Mahrez 48'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,693 Referee: Anthony Taylor

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 26	Manchester City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
16:15 GMT	Kompany  46' Iheanacho 74'	Report	Dier  45+1' Kane 53' (pen.) Wimmer  56' Carroll  76' Eriksen 83'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,551 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27	Liverpool	3–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Lallana 34' Milner 41' Roberto Firmino 57'	Report	Navas  68'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,597 Referee: Martin Atkinson

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 28	Manchester City	4–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Touré 48' Agüero 50', 60' Sterling 66'	Report	Veretout  15'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,892 Referee: Lee Mason

12 March 2016 29	Norwich City	0–0	Manchester City	Norwich
12:45 GMT	Bennett  12' O'Neil  50' Howson  74'	Report	Otamendi  26'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,323 Referee: Jonathan Moss

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 30	Manchester City	0–1	Manchester United	Manchester
16:00 GMT	Mangala  76'	Report	Smalling  10' Rashford 16'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,557 Referee: Michael Oliver

2 April 2016 31	AFC Bournemouth	0–4	Manchester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST		Report	Fernando 7' De Bruyne 12' Agüero 19' Kolarov 90+3'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,192 Referee: Robert Madley

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 32	Manchester City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester
17:30 BST	Agüero 19' (pen.) Nasri 66'	Report	Sessègnon 6' Gardner  33'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,920 Referee: Mike Jones

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 33	Chelsea	0–3	Manchester City	London
17:30 BST	Azpilicueta  62' Mikel  72' Courtois  78'	Report	Agüero 33', 54', 80' Zabaleta  29' Otamendi  45+1' Nasri  47'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,212 Referee: Mike Dean

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 34	Newcastle United	1–1	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST	Anita 31',  43' Pérez  56' Sissoko  90+5'	Report	Agüero 14' Kompany  67' Mangala  89'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 46,424 Referee: Kevin Friend

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 35	Manchester City	4–0	Stoke City	Manchester
12:45 BST	Fernando 35' Agüero 43' (pen.) Iheanacho 64', 74'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Referee: Bobby Madley

1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) 36	Southampton	4–2	Manchester City	Southampton
16:30 BST	Long 25' Mané 28', 57', 68' Clasie  30' Tadić  54'	Report	Fernandinho  20' Iheanacho 44', 78'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,472 Referee: Andre Marriner

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37	Manchester City	2–2	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST	Agüero 8' De Bruyne 51' Otamendi  90+1' Fernandinho  90+2'	Report	Giroud 10' Sánchez 68' Gabriel  71'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,425 Referee: Anthony Taylor

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Swansea City	1–1	Manchester City	Swansea
15:00 BST	Ayew 45+1' Britton  74'	Report	Iheanacho 5',  41' Otamendi  45' Sagna  67'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,934 Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Norwich City	0–3	Manchester City	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Martin  48' Dorrans  84'	Report	Agüero 16' Iheanacho 31' De Bruyne 78'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,507 Referee: Mike Dean

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Fourth round	Aston Villa	0–4	Manchester City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Bacuna  27' Westwood  45+2'	Report	Iheanacho 4', 24' (pen.), 74' Sterling  27', 76' Zabaleta  69'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,636 Referee: Mike Jones

21 February 2016 Fifth Round	Chelsea	5–1	Manchester City	London
16:00 GMT	Costa 35' Willian 48' Cahill 53' Hazard 67' Traoré 89'	Report	Faupala 37' Demichelis  65'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,594 Referee: Andre Marriner

League Cup

22 September 2015 Third round	Sunderland	1–4	Manchester City	Sunderland
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Rodwell  15' Coates  45+1' Toivonen 83'	Report	Agüero 9' (pen.) De Bruyne 25' Mannone 33' (o.g.) Sterling 36' Demichelis  57'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 21,644 Referee: Roger East

28 October 2015 Fourth round	Manchester City	5–1	Crystal Palace	Manchester
19:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Bony 22' De Bruyne 44' Kolarov  50' Iheanacho 59' Touré 76' (pen.) García 90+4'	Report	Zaha  80' Delaney 89'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 40,585 Referee: Paul Tierney

1 December 2015 Fifth round	Manchester City	4–1	Hull City	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Bony 12' Mangala  42' Iheanacho 80' De Bruyne 82', 87'	Report	Maguire  75' Robertson 90+3'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 38,246 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

6 January 2016 Semi-finals 1. leg	Everton	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Funes Mori 45+1' Lukaku 78'	Report	Delph  51' Navas 76'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,027 Referee: Robert Madley

27 January 2016 Semi-finals 2. leg	Manchester City	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Everton	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Fernandinho 24' De Bruyne 70' Agüero 76' Otamendi  85'	Report	Barkley 18' Cleverley  84' Baines  89'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 50,048 Referee: Martin Atkinson

28 February 2016 Final	Liverpool	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Manchester City	London
16:30 GMT	Clyne  53' Moreno  65' Coutinho 83',  84' Can  85' Lallana  118'	Report	Fernandinho 49',  119' Kompany  87' Otamendi  109' Touré  118'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 86,206 Referee: Michael Oliver
	Penalties
	Can Lucas Coutinho Lallana		Fernandinho Navas Agüero Touré

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The group stage draw was made on 27 August 2015 in Monaco. Manchester City faced Juventus, Sevilla and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Template:2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group D table

15 September 2015 1	Manchester City	1–2	Juventus	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chiellini 57' (o.g.)	Report	Mandžukić 70' Morata 81'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 50,363 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

30 September 2015 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Manchester City	Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stindl  37', 54' Korb  67' Domínguez  87'	Report	Otamendi  18' Demichelis 65' Agüero 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,217 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

21 October 2015 3	Manchester City	2–1	Sevilla	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rami 36' (o.g.) Bony  47' De Bruyne 90+1'	Report	Konoplyanka 30' Iborra  62' Gameiro  69'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,595 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

3 November 2015 4	Sevilla	1–3	Manchester City	Seville, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trémoulinas 25' Krychowiak  43'	Report	Sterling 8' Fernandinho 11' Bony 36'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 39,261 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

25 November 2015 5	Juventus	1–0	Manchester City	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mandžukić 18'	Report	Fernandinho  35' Navas  69' Sagna  69'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 38,193 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

8 December 2015 6	Manchester City	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Silva 16' Sterling 79', 81' Bony 85'	Report	Korb 19' Raffael 42'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,829 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Round of 16

24 February 2016 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Manchester City	Kiev, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Buyalskyi 59'	Report	Agüero 15' Silva 40' Touré 90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 53,691 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

15 March 2016 Second leg	Manchester City	0–0 (3–1 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 43,630 Referee: Ovidiu Hategan

Quarter-finals

6 April 2016 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Manchester City	Paris, France
20:45 CSET (UTC+02:00)	David Luiz  1' Ibrahimović 41' Matuidi  48' Rabiot 59'	Report	Clichy  11' Fernando  35' De Bruyne 38' Fernandinho 72' Mangala  83' Navas  85'	Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 47,228 Referee: Milorad Mažić

12 April 2016 Second leg	Manchester City	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandinho  72' De Bruyne 76'	Report	Trapp  29' Pastore  67' Van der Wiel  68'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,039 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Semi-finals

26 April 2016 First leg	Manchester City	0–0	Real Madrid	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva  37'	Report	Pepe  24' Carvajal  90+2'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 52,221 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

4 May 2016 Second leg	Real Madrid	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Manchester City	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernando 20' (o.g.) Vázquez  83'	Report	De Bruyne  30' Fernando  71' Otamendi  90+4'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 78,300 Referee: Damir Skomina

Squad information

First team squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Joe Hart	29	EU	2006	347	0	2019	£100,000
3	RB		Bacary Sagna	33	EU	2014	61	0	2017	Free
4	CB		Vincent Kompany	30	EU	2008	298	14	2019	£6M	Captain
5	RB		Pablo Zabaleta	31	EU	2008	301	10	2017	£6M
6	DM		Fernando	37	EU	2014	75	4	2019	£12M
7	RW		Raheem Sterling	21	EU	2015	47	11	2020	£49M
8	AM		Samir Nasri	29	EU	2011	176	27	2019	£25M
10	FW		Sergio Agüero	28	EU	2011	208	136	2019	£35M
11	LB		Aleksandar Kolarov	30	Non-EU	2010	206	20	2018	£16M
13	GK		Willy Caballero	34	EU	2014	21	0	2017	£4.4M
14	FW		Wilfried Bony	27	Non-EU	2015 (Winter)	46	10	2019	£30M
15	RW		Jesús Navas	30	EU	2013	147	8	2017	£14.9M
17	AM		Kevin De Bruyne	25	EU	2015	41	16	2021	£54.5M
18	CM		Fabian Delph	26	EU	2015	27	2	2020	£8M
20	CB		Eliaquim Mangala	25	EU	2014	63	0	2019	£32M
21	AM		David Silva	30	EU	2010	260	43	2019	£24M
22	LB		Gaël Clichy	30	EU	2011	164	1	2017	£7M
25	CM		Fernandinho	31	Non-EU	2013	139	14	2017	£30M
26	CB		Martín Demichelis	35	EU	2013	106	4	2016	£4M
27	MF		Patrick Roberts	19	EU	2015	3	0	2020	£2M	On loan at Celtic
28	DF		Jason Denayer	21	EU	2013	0	0	2020	£193,000	Academy Graduate On loan at Galatasaray
29	GK		Richard Wright	38	EU	2012	0	0	2016	Free
30	DF		Nicolás Otamendi	28	EU	2015	49	1	2020	£33M
36	CM		Bruno Zuculini	23	EU	2014	1	0	N/A	£1.5M	On loan at AEK Athens
42	CM		Yaya Touré	33	Non-EU	2010	267	76	2017	£24M
72	FW		Kelechi Iheanacho	19	Non-EU	2014	35	14	2019	£360,000	Academy Graduate

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: mcfc.co.uk
Ordered by squad number. Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

Playing statistics

As of 15 May 2016

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Champions League				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Joe Hart	GK	35												12				47
3		Bacary Sagna	DF	28		4		1				5				11		1		45		5
4		Vincent Kompany	DF	14	2	5						1		1		7				22	2	6
5		Pablo Zabaleta	DF	13		3		3		1		3				3				22		4
6		Fernando	MF	24	2	4		3				5		1		10		2		42	2	7
7		Raheem Sterling	MF	31	6	1		2	1	1		4	1			10	3			47	11	2
8		Samir Nasri	MF	12	2	3										1				13	2	3
10		Sergio Agüero	FW	30	24	1		1	1			4	2			9	2			44	29	1
11		Aleksandar Kolarov	DF	29	3	3		2				2		1		6				39	3	4
13		Willy Caballero	GK	4				3				6				1				14
14		Wilfried Bony	FW	26	4	1						3	2			5	2	1		34	8	2
15		Jesús Navas	MF	34		1		2				6	1			10		2		52	1	3
17		Kevin De Bruyne	MF	25	7	2		1	1			5	5			10	3	1		41	16	3
18		Fabian Delph	MF	17	2			2				3		1		5				27	2	1
20		Eliaquim Mangala	DF	23		8						3		1		7		1		33		10
21		David Silva	MF	24	2	1						4				8	2	1		36	4	2
22		Gaël Clichy	DF	14				2				4				8		1		28		1
25		Fernandinho	MF	33	2	8		1				5	2	1		11	2	2		50	6	11
26		Martín Demichelis	DF	20		3		2		1		5		1		4	1			31	1	5
27		Patrick Roberts	MF	1								2								3
30		Nicolás Otamendi	DF	30	1	9		2				5		2		12		3		49	1	14
42		Yaya Touré	MF	32	6	3						5	1	1		10	1			47	8	4
51		David Faupala	FW					1	1											1	1
53		Tosin Adarabioyo	DF					1												1
59		Bersant Celina	MF	1				3												4
62		Brandon Barker	MF					1												1
69		Jose Tasende	DF					1												1
70		George Evans	MF									1								1
72		Kelechi Iheanacho	FW	26	8	1		3	4			2	2			4				35	14	1
75		Aleix García	MF					1												1
76		Manu García	MF	1				1				2	1							4	1
77		Cameron Humphreys	DF					2												2
Own goals					0				0				1				2				3
Totals					71	61	0		8	3	0		18	10	0		18	15	0		115	89	0

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Squad Profiles 00(for actual stats.)

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Correct as of match played on 15 May 2016

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	TOTAL
10		Sergio Agüero	FW	24	1	2	2	29
17		Kevin De Bruyne	MF	7	1	5	3	16
72		Kelechi Iheanacho	FW	8	4	2	0	14
7		Raheem Sterling	MF	6	1	1	3	11
14		Wilfried Bony	FW	4	0	2	2	8
42		Yaya Touré	MF	6	0	1	1	8
25		Fernandinho	MF	2	0	2	2	6
21		David Silva	MF	2	0	0	2	4
11		Aleksandar Kolarov	DF	3	0	0	0	3
4		Vincent Kompany	DF	2	0	0	0	2
18		Fabian Delph	MF	2	0	0	0	2
8		Samir Nasri	MF	2	0	0	0	2
6		Fernando	MF	2	0	0	0	2
26		Martín Demichelis	DF	0	0	0	1	1
76		Manu García	MF	0	0	1	0	1
30		Nicolás Otamendi	DF	1	0	0	0	1
15		Jesús Navas	MF	0	0	1	0	1
51		David Faupala	FW	0	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	1	2	3
Totals				71	8	18	18	115

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.

Correct as of 6 February 2016

No.	Nat.	Player	Matches Played	Clean Sheet %	Premier League	PL %	FA Cup	FA %	League Cup	LA %	Champions League	%
1		Joe Hart	29	38%	23	48%	0	0%	0	0%	6	0%
13		Willy Caballero	11	22%	2	0%	3	100%	6	0%	0	0%
29		Richard Wright	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Totals			38	34%	25	44%	2	100%	5	0%	6	0%

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month award

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

Month	Manager
August	Manuel Pellegrini

Premier League Player of the Month award

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

Month	Manager
January	Sergio Agüero
April	Sergio Agüero

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	David Silva
September	Kevin De Bruyne
October	Kevin De Bruyne
November	Fernandinho
December	Kevin De Bruyne
January	Sergio Agüero
February	Vincent Kompany
March	Gaël Clichy
April	Kevin De Bruyne

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First Team Date Position No. Player From club Transfer fee 14 July 2015 MF 7 Raheem Sterling Liverpool £44,000,000 17 July 2015 MF 18 Fabian Delph Aston Villa £8,000,000 19 July 2015 MF 27 Patrick Roberts Fulham £12,000,000 20 August 2015 DF 30 Nicolás Otamendi Valencia £28,400,000 30 August 2015 MF 17 Kevin De Bruyne VfL Wolfsburg £55,000,000 26 October 2015 MF – Luke Brattan Unattached Free 15 January 2016 MF – Anthony Cáceres Central Coast Mariners £200,000

EDS, Academy and other Date Position No. Player From club Transfer fee 6 July 2015 FW 83 Enes Ünal Bursaspor £2,000,000 10 July 2015 MF — David Faupala Lens Free 27 August 2015 FW — Aleix García Villarreal Undisclosed 28 August 2015 FW — Rubén Sobrino Real Madrid / Ponferradina £400,000 28 August 2015 DF — Florian Lejeune Girona Undisclosed 29 August 2015 DF — Erik Sarmiento Espanyol Undisclosed

Total spending: £150,000,000

Transfers out

First Team Exit date Position No. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2015 DF 38 Dedryck Boyata Celtic £1,700,000 1 July 2015 DF 33 Matija Nastasić Schalke 04 £8,300,000 1 July 2015 DF 2 Micah Richards Aston Villa Free 1 July 2015 MF 12 Scott Sinclair Aston Villa £3,000,000 1 July 2015 MF 18 Frank Lampard New York City FC Free 1 July 2015 MF 7 James Milner Liverpool Free 1 July 2015 FW 9 Álvaro Negredo Valencia £22,000,000 1 July 2015 FW 60 John Guidetti Celta Vigo Free 1 July 2015 DF 19 Karim Rekik Marseille £3,900,000 28 Aug 2015 MF 64 Marcos Lopes Monaco £9,000,000

EDS and Academy Exit date Position No. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2015 DF 51 Adam Drury Bristol Rovers Free 1 July 2015 DF 68 Greg Leigh Bradford City Free 1 July 2015 MF — Dominic Oduro FC Nordsjælland Free 1 July 2015 FW — Joe Nuttall Aberdeen Free 1 July 2015 FW — Martin Samuelsen West Ham United Free 17 July 2015 FW — Jordy Hiwula Huddersfield Town Undisclosed 28 August 2015 FW — Devante Cole Bradford City Free 31 August 2015 FW — José Ángel Pozo Almería Undisclosed 19 Jan 2016 MF 70 George Evans Reading Undisclosed

Total earnings: £47,900,000

Loans out

First Team Start date End date Position No. Player To club 30 June 2015 30 June 2016 MF 37 Jack Byrne Cambuur 31 July 2015 31 January 2017 FW 35 Stevan Jovetić Internazionale 12 August 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Edin Džeko Roma 31 August 2015 30 June 2016 DF 28 Jason Denayer Galatasaray 26 October 2015 21 December 2015 MF – Luke Brattan Bolton Wanderers 26 October 2015 2 January 2016 MF 36 Bruno Zuculini Middlesbrough 15 January 2016 8 April 2016 MF – Anthony Cáceres Melbourne City 30 January 2016 30 June 2017 MF 27 Patrick Roberts Celtic 1 February 2016 30 June 2016 MF 36 Bruno Zuculini AEK Athens

EDS, Academy and other Start date End date Position No. Player To club 1 February 2015 30 June 2016 MF — Divine Naah NAC Breda 5 February 2015 30 June 2016 MF — Bismark Adjei-Boateng Strømsgodset 1 July 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Godsway Donyoh Falkenbergs FF 1 July 2015 1 January 2016 DF 69 Angeliño New York City FC 1 July 2015 1 January 2016 DF 58 Shay Facey New York City FC 1 July 2015 30 June 2016 MF 37 Jack Byrne Cambuur 29 July 2015 30 June 2016 MF 66 Seko Fofana Bastia 31 July 2015 30 June 2017 FW 83 Enes Ünal Genk 31 July 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Thomas Agyepong Twente 31 July 2015 30 June 2017 MF 55 Olivier Ntcham Genoa 18 August 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Yaw Yeboah Lille 28 August 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Rubén Sobrino Girona 28 August 2015 30 June 2016 DF — Florian Lejeune Girona 31 August 2015 30 June 2016 MF — Chidiebere Nwakali Girona 28 September 2015 27 October 2015 MF — James Horsfield Doncaster Rovers 28 September 2015 10 January 2016 MF 70 George Evans Walsall 6 November 2015 15 December 2015 MF 62 Brandon Barker Rotherham United 11 December 2015 11 January 2016 GK 45 Ian Lawlor Barnet 2 January 2016 30 June 2016 DF 58 Shay Facey Rotherham United 13 January 2016 30 June 2016 DF 50 Pablo Maffeo Girona 7 January 2016 30 June 2016 GK 45 Ian Lawlor Bury 1 February 2016 30 June 2016 FW 83 Enes Ünal NAC Breda

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