The 2009–10 season was 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 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 sacked in mid-December after the team drew seven consecutive matches in the Premier League. He was replaced by the Italian manager Roberto Mancini.
Season review New manager Roberto Mancini began the season with only five months in the job at Eastlands.
With a prolific 29 goals in his first season at the club, Carlos Tevez was widely regarded as the club's best and most important player this season. The previous season's fan's favourite and top scorer, Robinho, was less successful, and in January he was loaned out to Brazilian club Santos for the remainder of the season 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.
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.
Kit Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
Kit information For the 2009–10 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 colour of the first team kit was retained but the style and trim of 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 goalkeepers, with a newly styled and trimmed variant of the old gold and black strip which became the secondary strip for use by the goalkeepers 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 colour-coordinated with the gold and black goalkeeper strip, although it was sometimes also used with the all-green goalkeeper strip. This gold and black colour scheme was, according to its designer David Blanch, intended to be symbolic of the globe covered with bees (representing the world, to all parts of which the goods of the city were exported) that was featured on the city of Manchester coat of arms. That was 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 was symbolic of a hive of industry, and even today the Manchester bee was 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 in the 1970s, 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 Milan's strip, and which was frequently worn in its cup ties by the successful trophy-winning City team of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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
Vodacom Challenge
Mid-season Joan Gamper Trophy
Emirates Foundation Cup
Competitive games Premier League
Position in final standings
Results summary
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, Fulham, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic 2 points: Liverpool 1 point: Hull 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
Matches
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad information Source:
Playing statistics 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.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsAppsAppsApps 1Shay Given GK 35 2 3 6 44 2 2Micah Richards DF 23 3 2 2 1 4 1 29 3 4 3Wayne Bridge DF 23 2 2 3 28 2 4Nedum Onuoha DF 10 1 2 1 1 13 1 5Pablo Zabaleta DF 27 9 1 4 1 4 2 35 12 1 6Michael Johnson MF 1 1 1 2 1 7Stephen Ireland MF 22 2 3 5 1 30 3 8Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 30 4 2 2 1 6 2 38 7 2 10Robinho FW 10 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 11Adam Johnson MF 16 1 1 16 1 1 12Stuart Taylor GK 1 1 14Roque Santa Cruz FW 19 3 1 2 1 1 22 4 1 15Javier Garrido DF 9 1 1 1 1 2 12 1 2 16Sylvinho DF 10 2 3 1 1 2 15 1 3 17Martin Petrov MF 16 4 3 1 1 20 5 18Gareth Barry MF 34 2 4 3 1 6 1 43 3 5 19Joleon Lescott DF 18 1 1 2 4 1 24 2 1 22Richard Dunne DF 2 2 24Patrick Vieira MF 13 1 2 1 14 1 2 25Emmanuel Adebayor FW 26 14 1 2 1 3 31 14 1 127Benjani FW 2 2 1 2 6 1 28Kolo Touré DF 31 1 1 1 3 1 35 2 1 32Carlos Tevez FW 35 23 6 1 6 6 1 42 29 7 33Vincent Kompany DF 25 2 2 3 4 1 32 2 3 34Nigel de Jong MF 34 7 3 5 2 42 9 37Gunnar Nielsen GK 1 1 38Márton Fülöp GK 3 3 39Craig Bellamy FW 32 10 5 1 3 1 1 5 1 40 11 7 40Vladimír Weiss MF 1 3 1 4 1 44Dedryck Boyata DF 3 1 2 2 7 1 45Greg Cunningham DF 2 1 1 3 1 48Abdisalam Ibrahim MF 1 1 2 52Alex Nimely FW 1 1 Own goals 0 0 0 0Totals73 52 27 8 115 9 095 69 3
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
No.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTOTAL32 Carlos Tevez FW 23 0 6 2925 Emmanuel Adebayor FW 14 0 0 1439 Craig Bellamy FW 10 1 0 11 8 Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 4 1 2 717 Martin Petrov MF 4 1 0 514 Roque Santa Cruz FW 3 0 1 418 Gareth Barry MF 2 0 1 3 7 Stephen Ireland MF 2 0 1 3 2 Micah Richards DF 3 0 0 319 Joleon Lescott DF 1 0 1 233 Vincent Kompany DF 2 0 0 2 4 Nedum Onuoha DF 1 1 0 228 Kolo Touré DF 1 0 1 215 Javier Garrido DF 1 0 0 111 Adam Johnson MF 1 0 0 1 6 Michael Johnson MF 0 0 1 127 Benjani FW 0 1 0 110 Robinho FW 0 1 0 116 Sylvinho DF 0 1 0 124 Patrick Vieira DF 1 0 0 140 Vladimír Weiss MF 0 0 1 1Own goals 0 0 0 0Totals 73 7 15 95
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 MonthPlayerClub December Carlos Tevez 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) MonthPlayerClub March Carlos Tevez 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 in5 March 2010 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 MonthFirst TeamReserve TeamAcademy August/September Craig Bellamy David Ball Tom Smith October Martin Petrov Donal McDermott Omar Elabdellaoui November Shay Given James Poole Sean Tse December Carlos TevezN/A January Carlos TevezN/A February Vincent KompanyN/A March Adam JohnsonN/A April Carlos TevezN/A
Etihad / OSC Player of the Year awards PlayerSeason 2009–10 awardsNotes Carlos Tevez OSC Player of the Year OSC = Official Supporters Club Dedryck Boyata OSC Young Player of the Year Carlos Tevez Players' Player of the Year Adam Johnson Goal of the Season Sunderland 1 – 1 Manchester City14 March 2010 Craig Bellamy Performance of the Season Manchester United 4 – 3 Manchester City20 September 2009 Shaun Wright-Phillips Community Player of the Year
Transfers and loans Transfers in
First team Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 1 July 2009 MF Gareth Barry Aston Villa £12,000,000 1 July 2009 FW Roque Santa Cruz Blackburn Rovers £18,000,000 1 July 2009 GK Stuart Taylor Aston Villa Free 13 July 2009 FW Carlos Tevez Manchester United £25,500,000 18 July 2009 FW Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal £25,000,000 29 July 2009 DF Kolo Touré Arsenal £16,000,000 24 Aug 2009 DF Sylvinho Barcelona Free 25 Aug 2009 DF Joleon Lescott Everton £22,000,000 8 Jan 2010 MF Patrick Vieira Internazionale Free 1 Feb 2010 MF Adam Johnson Middlesbrough Undisc.
Reserves & Academy Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 1 July 2009 GK Loris Karius VfB Stuttgart Undisc. 1 July 2009 DF Nils Zander Schalke 04 Undisc. 29 Aug 2009 MF Joan Ángel Román Espanyol Undisc. Sep. 2009 GK David González Huracán Trial Jan. 2010 GK David González Huracán Free
Transfers out
First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2009 DF Danny MillsRetired 1 July 2009 FW Daniel Sturridge Chelsea Tribunal 1 July 2009 FW Darius Vassell Ankaragücü Released 1 July 2009 MF Dietmar Hamann MK Dons Released 1 July 2009 DF Michael BallReleased 1 July 2009 DF Gláuber São Caetano Released 10 July 2009 MF Gelson Fernandes Saint-Étienne Undisc. 24 July 2009 FW Ched Evans Sheffield United £3,000,000 30 July 2009 MF Elano Galatasaray £8,000,000 14 Aug 2009 GK Kasper Schmeichel Notts County Undisc. 1 Sep 2009 DF Tal Ben Haim Portsmouth Free 2 Sep 2009 DF Richard Dunne Aston Villa £6,000,000
Reserves & Academy Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2009 DF Matthew Brown Released 1 July 2009 FW Ian Daly Aris Released 1 July 2009 GK Gregory Hartley Released 1 July 2009 GK Richard Martin Yeovil Town Released 1 July 2009 MF Ben Morris F.C. United Released 1 July 2009 DF Chris Ramsey Released 1 July 2009 MF Angelos Tsiaklis F.C. United Released 1 July 2009 MF Berna Hovath Released 1 July 2009 DF Peter Varga Released 1 July 2009 MF Adrian Cieślewicz Wrexham Released 1 July 2009 DF Igor Paldan Released 1 July 2009 MF Gary Nolan F.C. United Released 1 July 2009 MF Joe Clegg Witton Albion Released 1 Aug 2009 DF Curtis Obeng Wrexham Released 1 Jan 2010 DF Clayton McDonald Walsall Released
Loans in
First team Start date End date Pos. Player From club 27 Apr 2010 9 May 2010 GK Márton Fülöp Sunderland
Reserves & Academy