Manchester City Football Club are an English professional football club who play in the English Premier League. This club is the club's derby with Manchester United, which is based in the City of Manchester stadium, Manchester.
The first game played in the month of November 1880. At that time still called St. Mark's (West Gorton). In 1887 changed its name to Ardwick AFC, and in 1894 became Manchester City FC
The City has won the League Championship as much as 2x, 4x FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners Cup European 2x 1x. This club's most successful period occurred in the era of the late 1960s and early 1970s. At that time the City under manager Joe Mercer with his assistant Malcolm Allison, and some players like Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee.
In 2007 the club bought by Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, so the club has become one of the English club owned by foreign parties. Later in the year 2008 was bought by Abu Dhabi United Group.
