League ranking: Premier League runner-up: City was purchased by Sheikh Mansour through the Abu Dhabi United Development and Investment Group in September 2008 for approximately £210 million. In 2013, City Football Group was created and since 2021 it is 81% owned by Mansour through Newton Investment and Development, 18.16% by US private equity firm Silver Lake (and the remainder by China Media Capital and CITIC Capital). is in his hand. Mansour’s 15-year ownership at City has seen success with seven Premier League titles, three FA Cups, six League Cups, the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. In December, City will look to add the FIFA Club World Cup.
On taking over, Mansour said: “We want to make it clear that Mark Hughes is an absolutely integral part of our plans.” The manager, who was appointed three months ago, served until December, when City were managed by Roberto Mancini (2009-2013), Manuel Pellegrini (2013-2016 and Pep Guardiola (2016-present). Guardiola managed City last season in 2017. He achieved the treble, an achievement that ranks alongside his 100-point championship victory in -18.
New York City FC (USA)
11th in MLS Eastern Conference: CFG owns 80% of City’s first sister club; that club was acquired as a Major League Soccer expansion franchise for $100 million in May 2013; part of that fee was paid by Yankee Global Enterprises, which owns the other 20%, as well as the New York Yankees. David Villa, Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo were NYCFC’s top three players set for their first season in 2015. After finishing 17th in the Eastern Conference, they finished second with coaches including former City midfielder Patrick Vieira, Domènec Torrent, one-time assistant to Guardiola, and incumbent Nick Cushing, who previously managed City’s women’s national team. They came second, third and first. set. In 2021, NYCFC were MLS champions.
Ninth in League A: Villa has been wholly owned by CFG since 2015 (having bought an 80% stake the previous year), when it joined on loan in a practice in which players and coaches rotate between the group’s clubs. Achievements: 2021 A-League title, 2016 Australian Cup.
Yokohama F Marinos (Japan)
J1 League runner-up: Once the minority stake is acquired in May 2014, the third party, majority-owned by Nissan Motors, will become part of CFG. They are managed by Kevin Muscat. Ange Postecoglou was in charge from 2018 to 2021 and led Marinos to the 2019 J1 League, their first title since 2004. The club was champion again last year.
City of Montevideo Torque (Uruguay)
Ninth in Primera División: The 10-year-old club, which was named Torque in 2017, was renamed Montevideo City Torque three years later. In the first season of CFG, Torque were promoted to the Primera División for the first time (as Segunda División champions), relegated the following season, then promoted again. CFG says the club “serves as an administrative hub for the City’s pre-existing scouting operations in the region.”
Second in La Liga: In August 2017, CFG acquired 44.3% of the Catalan club, the same holding company as the Girona Football Group, run by Guardiola’s brother Pere, who has been president since 2020. Girona, which was promoted to La Liga for the first time in 2017, rose to the leadership. The rankings early in this campaign are another first. Yangel Herrera and Garcías, Aleix and Eric (no relation) are former City players, while 21-year-old Brazilian defender Yan Couto is on loan from the English champions and Taty Castellanos, sold to Lazio in the summer, has previously been City players. at Torque and NYCFC.
Sichuan Jiuniu (China)
Newly promoted Chinese Super League: Two years after its founding, the Chengdu club came under the CFG umbrella with the purchase of a 28% stake in 2019; China Sports Capital (whose parent company is CMC) owned 54% and Ubtech robotics owned 18%. Caretaker manager Jesús Tato is a former assistant coach at another CFG club, Mumbai City. In October, Sichuan became China League One champions, making their inaugural season in the Chinese Super League next year. One of the CFG clubs that has not yet received the name “City”.
Mumbai City (India)
Indian Super League fourth place: A 65% stake was acquired in November 2019, when Mumbai’s chairman was Khaldoon al-Mubarak, who held the same post at Manchester City and Melbourne City. The Islanders won the Indian Super League and Championship in 2021. This year Mumbai won the ISL again.
Fifth in Challenger Pro League: Club No.9 for CFG was acquired in May 2020, competes in the country’s second tier and is managed by former Arsenal defender Steve Bould.
17th in Ligue 2: Four months after Lommel’s acquisition came the majority stake in the 37-year-old French club, who won promotion to Ligue 1 in the same 2020-21 season and stayed with the team for two years before being relegated.
Fifth in Serie B: Following an initial 80% buyout in July 2022, the Italian second-tier club is now 94.5% owned by CFG.
17th in Serie A: In May, a 90% stake in the northeastern Brazilian team was acquired, which plays at the 48,000-capacity Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova stadium and increased CFG’s presence in South America following the acquisition of Torque. Brazilian Kayky and Uruguayan Nicolás Acevedo are on loan from City and NYCFC respectively.
Club Bolivar (Bolivia)
Second in Primera División: CFG says it has been a partner club since 2021, allowing Bolivia’s top-flight team “access to the wide-ranging expertise, proprietary technology, best practices and strategic advice developed by City Football Group through its multi-club structure”.