Manchester City Season Results

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The season balances of Manchester City show the performance of the English professional football club Manchester City in the league and cup competitions for each season. Manchester City (until 1894 Ardwick AFC) has played competitive games since the 1890/91 season, and in 1892 was accepted into the Football League . Since then, the club has won the English championship, the FA Cup and the League Cup six times ; internationally, Manchester City won the European Cup Winners' Cup once .

Seasons

season	league									FA Cup	League Cup	European Cup and other competitions		Top scorer
	division	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Pt	Item					player	Gates
1890/91	-									QR				David Weir	3
1891/92	Alln	22nd	6th	6th	10	39	51	18th	8th.	QR				Hugh Morris	10
1892/93	Div 2	22nd	9	3	10	45	40	21st	5.	QR				David Weir	8th
1893/94	Div 2	28	8th	2	18th	47	71	18th	13.	QR				Hugh Morris	7th
1894/95	Div 2	30th	14th	3	13	82	72	31	9.	do not share.				Pat Finnerhan	15th
1895/96	Div 2	30th	21st	4th	5	63	38	46	2.	withdrawn				Billy Meredith	13
1896/97	Div 2	30th	12	8th	10	58	50	32	6th	R1				Billy Meredith	10
1897/98	Div 2	30th	15th	9	6th	66	36	39	3.	R2				Billie Gillespie	19th
1898/99	Div 2	34	23	6th	5	92	35	52	1.	R1				Billy Meredith	30th
1899/1900	Div 1	34	13	8th	13	50	44	34	7th	R1				Billy Meredith	14th
1900/01	Div 1	34	13	6th	15th	48	58	32	11.	R1				Joe Cassidy	15th
1901/02	Div 1	34	11	6th	17th	42	58	28	18th	R2				Billie Gillespie	15th
1902/03	Div 2	34	25th	4th	5	95	29	54	1.	R1				Billie Gillespie	30th
1903/04	Div 1	34	19th	6th	9	71	45	44	2.	S.				Billie Gillespie Sandy Turnbull	21st
1904/05	Div 1	34	20th	6th	8th	66	37	46	3.	R2				Sandy Turnbull	20th
1905/06	Div 1	38	19th	5	14th	73	54	43	5.	R1				Irvine Thornley	21st
1906/07	Div 1	38	10	12	16	53	77	32	17th	R1				Irvine Thornley	14th
1907/08	Div 1	38	16	11	11	62	54	43	3.	R3				Irvine Thornley	14th
1908/09	Div 1	38	15th	4th	19th	67	69	34	19th	R1				Irvine Thornley	18th
1909/10	Div 2	38	23	8th	7th	81	40	54	1.	R4				George Dorsett Billy Lot Jones	14th
1910/11	Div 1	38	9	13	16	43	58	31	17th	R2				George Wynn	9
1911/12	Div 1	38	13	9	16	56	58	35	15th	R2				George Wynn	18th
1912/13	Div 1	38	18th	8th	12	53	37	44	6th	R2				George Wynn	16
1913/14	Div 1	38	14th	8th	16	51	53	36	13.	R4				Tommy Browell	14th
1914/15	Div 1	38	15th	13	10	49	39	43	5.	R3				Fred Howard	18th
Between 1915 and 1919 there was no regular game operation due to the First World War . The club played in the Lancashire group of the regional Wartime League during this time .
1915/16	Was	26th	16	3	7th	61	35	35	1.			Subsidiary Tournament	1.	Horace Barnes	36
1916/17	Was	30th	14th	9	7th	49	29	37	4th			Subsidiary Tournament	4th	Horace Barnes	16
1917/18	Was	30th	15th	8th	7th	53	28	38	4th			Subsidiary Tournament	1.	Billy Lomas	22nd
1918/19	Was	30th	15th	3	12	57	36	33	5.			Subsidiary Tournament	1.	Horace Barnes	20th
1919/20	Div 1	42	18th	9	15th	71	62	45	7th	R2				Horace Barnes	23
1920/21	Div 1	42	24	6th	12	70	50	54	2.	R1				Tommy Browell	32
1921/22	Div 1	42	18th	9	15th	65	70	45	10.	R3				Tommy Browell	26th
1922/23	Div 1	42	17th	11	14th	50	49	45	8th.	R1				Horace Barnes	21st
1923/24	Div 1	42	15th	12	15th	54	71	42	11.	HF				Horace Barnes	22nd
1924/25	Div 1	42	17th	9	16	76	68	43	10.	R1				Frank Roberts	32
1925/26	Div 1	42	12	11	19th	89	100	35	21st	F.				Frank Roberts	30th
1926/27	Div 2	42	22nd	10	10	108	61	54	3.	R3				Tommy Johnson	25th
1927/28	Div 2	42	25th	9	8th	100	59	59	1.	R5				Tommy Johnson Frank Roberts	20th
1928/29	Div 1	42	18th	9	15th	95	86	45	8th.	R3				Tommy Johnson	38
1929/30	Div 1	42	49	9	14th	91	81	47	3.	R5				Tommy Tait	31
1930/31	Div 1	42	18th	10	14th	75	70	46	8th.	R3				Eric Brook	17th
1931/32	Div 1	42	13	12	17th	83	73	38	14th	HF				Dave Halliday	32
1932/33	Div 1	42	16	5	21st	68	71	37	16.	F.				Fred Tilson	23
1933/34	Div 1	42	17th	11	14th	65	72	45	5.	S.				Alec Herd	21st
1934/35	Div 1	42	20th	8th	14th	82	67	48	4th	R3		Charity Shield	F.	Fred Tilson	18th
1935/36	Div 1	42	17th	8th	17th	68	60	42	9.	R5				Eric Brook	16
1936/37	Div 1	42	22nd	13	7th	107	61	57	1.	VF				Peter Doherty	32
1937/38	Div 1	42	14th	8th	20th	80	77	36	21st	VF		Charity Shield	S.	Peter Doherty	26th
1938/39	Div 2	42	21st	7th	14th	96	72	49	5.	R4				Alec Herd	22nd
1939/40	Div 2	3	1	1	1	6th	5	3	-	-
Between 1939 and 1946 there was no regular game operation due to the Second World War . The club played in the Wartime League during this time .
1939/40	Was	22nd	12	4th	6th	63	41	26th	4th			Was cup	R1	Alec Herd	19th
1940/41	Was	35	18th	10	7th	104	55	46	3.			Was cup	R4	Jim Currier	47
1941/42	Was	18th	8th	3	7th	48	54	21st	17th					Jack Boothway	22nd
	Was	17th	9	1	7th	33	26th	19th	-			Was cup	R3	Jack Boothway	12
1942/43	Was	18th	7th	1	10	46	54	47	30th					Jim Currier	11
	Was	19th	11	5	3	41	24	27	3.			Was cup	R3	Jim Currier	15th
1943/44	Was	18th	9	2	7th	38	35	20th	17th					Peter Doherty	12
	Was	21st	10	5	6th	55	36	25th	19th			Was cup	HF	Jimmy Heale	13
1944/45	Was	18th	9	4th	5	53	31	22nd	10.					George Smith	14th
	Was	19th	7th	2	10	32	43	16	47.			Was cup	R1	Billy Williamson	10
1945/46	Was	42	19th	4th	19th	78	75	42	10.	R4				Jimmy Constantine	29
1946/47	Div 2	42	26th	10	6th	78	35	62	1.	R5				George Smith	23
1947/48	Div 1	42	15th	12	15th	52	47	42	10.	R5				Andy Black	17th
1948/49	Div 1	42	15th	15th	12	47	51	45	7th	R3				George Smith	13
1949/50	Div 1	42	8th	13	21st	36	68	29	21st	R3				Roy Clarke	10
1950/51	Div 2	42	19th	14th	9	89	61	52	2.	R3				Dennis Westcott	26th
1951/52	Div 1	42	13	13	16	58	61	39	15th	R3				Johnny Hart Dennis Westcott	11
1952/53	Div 1	42	14th	7th	21st	72	87	35	20th	R4				Billy Spurdle Johnny Williamson	12
1953/54	Div 1	42	14th	9	19th	62	77	37	17th	R4				Don Revie	13
1954/55	Div 1	42	18th	10	14th	76	69	46	7th	F.				Johnny Hart Joe Hayes	15th
1955/56	Div 1	42	18th	10	14th	82	69	46	4th	S.				Joe Hayes	27
1956/57	Div 1	42	13	9	20th	78	88	35	18th	R3		Charity Shield	F.	Bobby Johnstone	19th
1957/58	Div 1	42	22nd	5	15th	104	100	49	5.	R3				Joe Hayes	26th
1958/59	Div 1	42	11	9	22nd	64	95	31	20th	R3				Colin Barlow	18th
1959/60	Div 1	42	17th	3	22nd	78	84	37	16.	R3				Billy McAdams	22nd
1960/61	Div 1	42	13	11	18th	79	90	37	13.	R4	R3			Denis Law	23
1961/62	Div 1	42	17th	7th	18th	79	90	37	13.	R4	R2			Peter Dobing	22nd
1962/63	Div 1	42	10	11	21st	58	102	31	21st	R5	R5			Alex Harley	32
1963/64	Div 2	42	18th	10	14th	84	66	46	6th	R3	HF			Derek Kevan	36
1964/65	Div 2	42	16	9	17th	63	62	41	11.	R3	R2			Derek Kevan	20th
1965/66	Div 2	42	22nd	15th	5	76	44	59	1.	VF	R3			Neil Young	17th
1966/67	Div 1	42	12	15th	15th	43	52	39	15th	VF	R3			Colin Bell	14th
1967/68	Div 1	42	26th	6th	10	86	43	58	1.	R4	R4			Neil Young	21st
1968/69	Div 1	42	15th	10	17th	64	55	40	13.	S.	R3	Cup of national champions	R1	Francis Lee	18th
												Charity Shield	S.
1969/70	Div 1	42	16	11	15th	55	48	43	10.	R4	S.	Cup winners' cup	S.	Colin Bell Francis Lee	22nd
												Charity Shield	F.
1970/71	Div 1	42	12	17th	13	47	42	41	11.	R5	R2	Cup winners' cup	HF	Colin Bell Francis Lee	19th
												Anglo-Italian League Cup	F.
1971/72	Div 1	42	23	11	8th	77	45	57	4th	R3	R3	Texaco Cup	R1	Francis Lee	35
1972/73	Div 1	42	15th	11	16	57	60	41	11.	R5	R3	Uefa cup	R1	Rodney Marsh	19th
												Charity Shield	S.
1973/74	Div 1	42	14th	12	16	39	46	40	14th	R4	F.	Charity Shield	F.	Francis Lee	18th
1974/75	Div 1	42	18th	10	14th	54	54	46	8th.	R3	R3	Texaco Cup	R1	Colin Bell	18th
1975/76	Div 1	42	16	11	15th	64	46	43	8th.	R4	S.	Anglo-Scottish Cup	R1	Dennis Tueart	24
1976/77	Div 1	42	21st	14th	7th	60	34	56	2.	R5	R2	Uefa cup	R1	Brian Kidd	23
												Tennent Caledonian Cup	3.
1977/78	Div 1	42	20th	12	10	74	51	52	4th	R4	R5	Uefa cup	R1	Brian Kidd	20th
1978/79	Div 1	42	13	13	16	58	56	39	15th	R4	R5	Uefa cup	R4	Mick Channon	15th
1979/80	Div 1	42	12	13	17th	43	66	37	17th	R3	R3			Michael Robinson	9
1980/81	Div 1	42	14th	11	17th	56	59	39	12.	F.	HF			Kevin Reeves	17th
1981/82	Div 1	42	15th	13	14th	49	50	58	10.	R4	R4			Trevor Francis	14th
1982/83	Div 1	42	13	8th	21st	47	70	47	20th	R4	R3			David Cross	13
1983/84	Div 2	42	20th	10	12	66	48	70	4th	R3	R3			Derek Parlane	19th
1984/85	Div 2	42	21st	11	10	66	40	74	3.	R3	R4			Gordon Smith	14th
1985/86	Div 1	42	11	12	19th	43	57	45	15th	R4	R3	Full Members Cup	F.	Mark Lillis	12
1986/87	Div 1	42	8th	15th	19th	36	57	39	21st	R3	R3	Full Members Cup	R4	Imre Varadi	9
1987/88	Div 2	44	19th	8th	17th	80	60	65	9.	VF	VF	Full Members Cup	R2	Paul Stewart	27
1988/89	Div 2	46	23	13	10	77	53	82	2.	R4	R4	Full Members Cup	R2	Paul Moulden	17th
1989/90	Div 1	38	12	12	16	43	52	48	14th	R3	R4	Full Members Cup	R2	Clive Allen	11
1990/91	Div 1	38	17th	11	10	64	53	62	5.	R5	R3	Full Members Cup	R4	Niall Quinn	21st
1991/92	Div 1	42	20th	10	12	61	48	70	5.	R3	R4	Full Members Cup	R2	David White	21st
1992/93	Prem	42	15th	12	15th	56	51	57	9.	VF	R3			David White	19th
1993/94	Prem	42	9	18th	15th	38	49	45	16.	R4	R4			Niall Quinn Mike Sheron	6th
1994/95	Prem	42	12	13	17th	53	64	49	17th	R5	R5			Uwe Rösler	22nd
1995/96	Prem	38	9	11	18th	33	58	38	18th	R5	R3			Uwe Rösler	13
1996/97	Div 1	46	17th	10	19th	59	60	61	14th	R5	R2			Uwe Rösler	16
1997/98	Div 1	46	12	12	22nd	56	57	48	22nd	R4	R1			Paul Dickov	9
1998/99	Div 2	46	22nd	16	8th	69	33	82	3.	R3	R2	Football League Trophy	R1	Shaun Goater	22nd
1999/2000	Div 1	46	26th	11	9	78	40	89	2.	R4	R2			Shaun Goater	29
2000/01	Prem	38	8th	10	20th	41	65	34	18th	R5	R5			Shaun Goater	11
2001/02	Div 1	46	31	6th	9	108	52	99	1.	R5	R4			Shaun Goater	32
2002/03	Prem	38	15th	6th	17th	47	54	51	9.	R3	R3			Nicolas Anelka	14th
2003/04	Prem	38	9	14th	15th	55	54	41	16.	R5	R4	Uefa cup	R2	Nicolas Anelka	24
2004/05	Prem	38	13	13	12	47	39	52	8th.	R3	R3			Robbie Fowler Shaun Wright-Phillips	11
2005/06	Prem	38	13	4th	21st	43	48	43	15th	VF	R2			Andrew Cole Darius Vassell	10
2006/07	Prem	38	11	9	18th	29	44	42	14th	VF	R2			Joey Barton	7th
2007/08	Prem	38	15th	10	13	45	53	55	9.	R4	VF			Elano	10
2008/09	Prem	38	15th	5	18th	58	50	50	10.	R3	R2	Uefa cup	VF	Robinho	15th
2009/10	Prem	38	18th	13	7th	73	45	67	5.	R5	HF			Carlos Tévez	29
2010/11	Prem	38	21st	8th	9	60	33	71	3.	S.	R3	Europe League	AF	Carlos Tévez	24
2011/12	Prem	38	28	5	5	93	29	89	1.	R3	HF	Community Shield	F.	Sergio Aguero	29
												Champions League	VR
												Europe League	AF
2012/13	Prem	38	23	9	6th	66	34	78	2.	F.	R3	Community Shield	S.	Sergio Aguero Carlos Tévez	17th
												Champions League	VR
2013/14	Prem	38	27	5	6th	102	37	86	1.	VF	S.	Champions League	AF	Sergio Aguero	28
2014/15	Prem	38	24	7th	7th	83	38	79	2.	R4	AF	Community Shield	F.	Sergio Aguero	32
												Champions League	AF
2015/16	Prem	38	19th	9	10	71	41	66	4th	HF	S.	Champions League	HF	Sergio Aguero	29
2016/17	Prem	38	23	9	6th	80	39	78	3.	HF	R4	Champions League	AF	Sergio Aguero	33
2017/18	Prem	38	32	4th	2	106	27	100	1.	R5	S.	Champions League	VF	Sergio Aguero	30th
2018/19	Prem	38	32	2	4th	95	23	98	1	S.	S.	Community Shield	S.	Sergio Aguero	32
												Champions League	VF

Legend

Sp = games S = victories U = tie N = defeats T = goals scored GT = goals conceded Pt = points Pos = closing position

Alln = Football Alliance Div 1 = Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Prem = Premier League

QR = qualifying round R1 = round 1 R2 = round 2 R3 = round 3 R4 = round 4 R5 = round 5 AF = round of 16 VF = quarter finals HF = semifinals F = finalist S = winner

winner

Second

Ascent

descent

literature

• Gary James: Manchester City - The Complete Record . Breedon, Derby 2006, ISBN 1-85983-512-0 .

Web links

• Seasonal overview of club placements on fchd.info
• MCFCStats . Retrieved May 10, 2011.

Remarks

1. ↑ Includes goals in all competitive games
2. ↑ withdrew before the 2nd qualifying round
3. ↑ The 1939/40 season was canceled in September 1939 after three match days due to the outbreak of World War II and all results were canceled.
4. ↑ At least 18 completed games were necessary for a placement
5. ↑ The Football League has not yet resumed its game operations, but the FA Cup has been played.
6. ↑ Introduction of the three-point rule
7. ↑ The First Division was replaced as the top division by the Premier League . The First Division became the second highest division, the previously second division Second Division became the third highest.