2010–11 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
2010–11 season
Parade in Manchester dedicated to winning the FA Cup and ending 35-year trophy drought[1]
OwnerAbu Dhabi United Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerRoberto Mancini
StadiumEtihad Stadium
Premier League3rd
FA CupWinners
League CupThird round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Carlos Tevez (20)

All:
Carlos Tevez (23)
Highest home attendance47,393 vs Arsenal (24 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance23,542 vs Timișoara (26 August 2010)
Average home league attendance45,972

The 2010–11 season was Manchester City Football Club's 109th season of competitive football, 82nd season in the top flight of English football and 14th season in the Premier League.[2] As City finished fifth in previous season's league campaign, they qualified for the recently rebranded UEFA Europa League. The Blues were managed by Roberto Mancini, who had been appointed midway through the previous season.

The season is best remembered by City's title run in the FA Cup, which saw them defeat rivals Manchester United in the semi-finals before overcoming Stoke City in the final, both by a 1–0 scoreline. The triumph ended Manchester City's 35-year wait for the silverware and signified the start of a new era under the CFG ownership. The season was also notable due to the club finishing third in the Premier League and qualifying for next season's UEFA Champions League, something that had not happened since 1967–68, when the Blues qualified for the old European Cup via their league title victory.

Season review

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In the summer transfer window, the club, one of the richest in the world since its 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group, spent £126 million on players, including Jérôme Boateng from Hamburger SV, Yaya Touré from Barcelona, David Silva from Valencia, Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio, Mario Balotelli from Inter Milan and James Milner from Aston Villa. Popular City midfielder Stephen Ireland was transferred to Aston Villa as part of a player exchange agreement in the Milner deal.[3]

The team began this season's campaign well, collecting four out of a possible six points against Top 7 opponents Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, which was three points more than City managed in the comparable fixtures last season. The Blues then stuttered for a couple of games against Sunderland (away) and Blackburn Rovers (at home), bagging only a single home point out of the six despite completely dominating both games, with (according to manager Roberto Mancini) at least 25 missed chances in the Blackburn game alone. City got itself back on a winning track again with a 0–2 away win against Wigan Athletic, which was the first time the team had ever won at the DW Stadium, breaking what some supporters had labelled a jinx for this fixture.

After the previous season's run to the semi-finals of the League Cup, the team's performance in that competition this season was very disappointing, with the Blues falling at the first hurdle, losing 2–1 to West Bromwich Albion in the third round tie played at The Hawthorns.

City began its Europa League campaign in much better style, clocking up three back-to-back wins in its first three games. In the first leg 1–0 away victory over Timișoara in the play-off round, Mario Balotelli scored the single winning goal on his debut, but also incurred a serious knee injury that required surgery, putting him out of action for the next three months.[4] Balotelli was not the only one of City's new crop of high-profile summer signings to fall victim to an early serious injury, with Jérôme Boateng missing out on the first six weeks of the new season due to a knee injury he picked up playing for Germany in an international friendly match against Denmark back in mid-August,[5] while Aleksandar Kolarov seriously damaged his ankle ligaments in the opening match of the season against Tottenham Hotspur. The loss of Boateng and Kolarov – taken together with recent injuries to Micah Richards (hamstring), Wayne Bridge (thigh injury coming right on the back of a prolonged absence due to a cracked foot bone) and Joleon Lescott (groin) – meant that Roberto Mancini found himself without five of his eight main back four defenders going into City's home match against Chelsea, causing him to claim that he had a defensive injury crisis for that game,[6] which nevertheless City still managed to win convincingly due to a stellar defensive performance from the back four (Dedryck Boyata, Kolo Touré, Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta) that Mancini was able to field.

Kits

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Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home
Away
Third
Third alt.
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 1 alt.
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Kit information

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Umbro made a new set of kits for Manchester City whilst they were in their second year of contract with the club.

  • Home: The home kit was in City's traditional colours of sky blue and white in a classic design modelled on the club's outfits worn in the late 1960s. Featuring white cuffs and subtle shadow stripes on the body, the home strip was kitted out with white shorts and sky blue socks, which had a maroon turnover on the top.
  • Away: The away kit was mainly navy with sky blue detailing and sported thin horizontal sky blue striping on the socks. The kit was described on the club's website as the "dark side of the moon".[7]
  • Third: The white third kit last season was retained, but was refitted with white shorts and socks, the latter sporting a red-and-black band to echo the sash on the body.
  • Keeper: The last season goalkeeper kits were also retained, though a new all-black kit had been added to the collection for this season, to be used primarily with the home team kit. Last season's all-green home goalkeeper strip had been moved over to the away kit, although it was still used with the home team kit when the all-black kit was considered to be too close in colour to the opposition's strip (e.g., Chelsea and Newcastle United). The gold-and-black goalkeeper strip that was used primarily with the away kit last season had been retained as an alternate (third) choice kit for the goalkeepers. As could be determined from the foregoing, which of the three team kits these goalkeeper strips were actually used with was not a hard and fast rule since any of these strips could be swapped around (if necessary) in order to avoid kit clashes with the opponents' team strips or the opponents' goalkeeper strips, as well as avoiding clashes with the strips worn by the match officials.

On 2 February 2011, there was a minor "kit faux pas" when the Manchester City team wore its regular home team kit for its away fixture against Birmingham City at St Andrew's, a fixture that usually required the visiting Manchester City team to use one of its alternative strips (in this case, its third team kit since the midnight blue away kit also represented a colour clash),[7] as the primary home team colours of both sides combined a blue shirt with white shorts. No explanation had ever come as to why this mix-up occurred (because as per which kits were to be worn in which fixtures was determined before the season even began), or why the referee, Kevin Friend, allowed two teams so similarly clad onto the pitch rather than insist that one of them first change its kit, although Birmingham's 2010–11 home shirt features large elements of white. Since then, there have been multiple instances of City wearing sky blue against teams in royal blue.

Pre-season games

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Friendly
18 July 2010 Portland Timbers United States 0–3 England Manchester City Portland, Oregon, United States
03:00 BST MCFC report Ireland 43'
Adebayor 44'
68'
Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
New York Football Challenge
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Sporting CP (C) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 8
England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 8
United States New York Red Bulls 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 6
England Manchester City 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
24 July 2010 Sporting CP Portugal 2–0 England Manchester City Harrison, New Jersey, United States
01:30 BST Djaló 23', 39' MCFC report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 13,586
Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
25 July 2010 New York Red Bulls United States 2–1 England Manchester City Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:00 BST Kandji 7'
Richards 70'
MCFC report 55' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 23,228
Referee: Michael Kennedy (United States)
Atlanta International Soccer Challenge
29 July 2010 América Mexico 1–1
(1–4 p)
England Manchester City Atlanta, Georgia, United States
01:00 BST Esqueda 47' MCFC report Adebayor 36' (pen.) Stadium: Georgia Dome
Attendance: 33,721
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Penalties
Pardo soccer ball with check mark
Mosquera soccer ball with red X
Montenegro soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Adebayor
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Weiss
soccer ball with check mark Vieira
Pirelli Cup
1 August 2010 Inter Milan Italy 3–0 England Manchester City Baltimore, Maryland, United States
01:00 BST Obinna 39'
Lescott 54' (o.g.)
Biraghi 74'
MCFC report Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium
Attendance: 36,569
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Ferrostaal Cup, Summer of Champions
4 August 2010 Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–1 England Manchester City Dortmund, Germany
19:00 BST Barrios 9' (pen.)
Kagawa 50'
Lewandowski 81'
MCFC report 11' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 31,200
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)
Friendly
7 August 2010 Manchester City England 2–0 Spain Valencia Manchester, England
19:00 BST Barry 28'
85'
MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,088
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Competitions

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Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 23 11 4 78 37 +41 80 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Chelsea 38 21 8 9 69 33 +36 71
3 Manchester City 38 21 8 9 60 33 +27 71
4 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 72 43 +29 68 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 16 14 8 55 46 +9 62 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 8 9 60 33  +27 71 13 4 2 34 12  +22 8 4 7 26 21  +5

Last updated: 22 May 2011, end of season..
Source: MCFC official web site

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHHA
ResultDWLDWWWWLLWDDWDWWLWWWDWLDWLDWLWLWWLWWW
Position114984422444444443332222333333434444433
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2011, end of season. Source: Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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23 August 2010 2 Manchester City 3–0 Liverpool Manchester
20:00 BST Barry 13'
Tevez 52', 68' (pen.)
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,087
Referee: Phil Dowd
29 August 2010 3 Sunderland 1–0 Manchester City Sunderland
15:00 BST Bent 90+4' (pen.) BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 38,610
Referee: Mike Dean
19 September 2010 5 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Manchester City Wigan
15:00 BST BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Tevez 43'
Y. Touré 70'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,525
Referee: Lee Probert
25 September 2010 6 Manchester City 1–0 Chelsea Manchester
12:45 BST Tevez 59' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,203
Referee: Andre Marriner
17 October 2010 8 Blackpool 2–3 Manchester City Blackpool
16:00 BST Harewood 78'
Taylor-Fletcher 90+3'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Tevez 67', 79'
Silva 90'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 16,116
Referee: Phil Dowd
24 October 2010 9 Manchester City 0–3 Arsenal Manchester
16:00 BST Boyata Red card 5'
Barry Yellow card 13'
Kompany Yellow card 72'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Denílson Yellow card 8'
Nasri 20'
Fàbregas Yellow card 28'
Song Yellow card 33', 66'
Djourou Yellow card 36'
Bendtner 88'
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,393
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
7 November 2010 11 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Manchester City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Balotelli 20', 26' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,013
Referee: Lee Probert
21 November 2010 14 Fulham 1–4 Manchester City London
16:00 GMT Gera 70' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Tevez 6', 56'
Zabaleta 32'
Y. Touré 35'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,694
Referee: Lee Mason
27 November 2010 15 Stoke City 1–1 Manchester City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Etherington 90' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Richards 81' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 27,405
Referee: Peter Walton
20 December 2010 18 Manchester City 1–2 Everton Manchester
20:00 GMT Y. Touré 72' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
T. Cahill 4'
Baines 19'
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,028
Referee: Peter Walton
26 December 2010 19 Newcastle United 1–3 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT Carroll 72' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Barry 2'
Tevez 5'
Coloccini 81' (o.g.)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,635
Referee: Chris Foy
28 December 2010 20 Manchester City 4–0 Aston Villa Manchester
15:00 GMT Balotelli 8' (pen.), 27', 55' (pen.)
Lescott 13'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,716
Referee: Michael Oliver
5 January 2011 22 Arsenal 0–0 Manchester City London
19:45 GMT BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,085
Referee: Mike Jones
22 January 2011 24 Aston Villa 1–0 Manchester City Birmingham
17:30 GMT Bent 18' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,315
Referee: Howard Webb
2 February 2011 25 Birmingham City 2–2 Manchester City Birmingham
19:45 GMT Žigić 23'
Gardner 77' (pen.)
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Tevez 4'
Kolarov 41'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 24,379
Referee: Kevin Friend
5 February 2011 26 Manchester City 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Manchester
15:00 GMT Tevez 17' (pen.), 22', 39' (pen.) BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,846
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 February 2011 28 Manchester City 1–1 Fulham Manchester
15:00 GMT Balotelli 26' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Duff 48' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,077
Referee: Peter Walton
20 March 2011 30 Chelsea 2–0 Manchester City London
16:00 GMT David Luiz 79'
Ramires 90'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,741
Referee: Chris Foy
11 April 2011 32 Liverpool 3–0 Manchester City Liverpool
20:00 BST Carroll 13', 35'
Kuyt 34'
BBC Sport Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,776
Referee: Mark Halsey
25 April 2011 33 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Manchester City Blackburn
20:00 BST BBC Sport report Džeko 75' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 23,529
Referee: Andre Marriner
1 May 2011 34 Manchester City 2–1 West Ham United Manchester
16:10 BST De Jong 10'
Zabaleta 15'
BBC Sport report Ba 33' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,511
Referee: Howard Webb
7 May 2011 35 Everton 2–1 Manchester City Liverpool
15:00 BST Distin 65'
Osman 72'
BBC Sport report Y. Touré 28' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,351
Referee: Phil Dowd
10 May 2011 36 Manchester City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
19:45 BST Crouch 30' (o.g.) BBC Sport report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,029
Referee: Mike Dean
17 May 2011 37 Manchester City 3–0 Stoke City Manchester
19:45 BST Tevez 14', 65'
Lescott 53'
BBC Sport report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,103
Referee: Lee Probert
22 May 2011 38 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Manchester City Bolton
16:00 BST BBC Sport report Lescott 43'
Džeko 62'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 26,285
Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup

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Manchester City players celebrating their triumph in the 2011 FA Cup final
9 January 2011 Third round Leicester City 2–2 Manchester City Leicester
16:00 GMT Bamba 1'
King 64'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Milner 23'
Tevez 45'
Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 31,200
Referee: Mike Dean
18 January 2011 Third round
Replay
Manchester City 4–2 Leicester City Manchester
19.45 GMT Tevez 15'
Vieira 37'
A. Johnson 38'
Kolarov 90'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Gallagher 19' (pen.)
Dyer 83'
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,755
Referee: Mark Halsey
30 January 2011 Fourth round Notts County 1–1 Manchester City Nottingham
14:00 GMT Bishop 59' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Džeko 80' Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 16,587
Referee: Chris Foy
20 February 2011 Fourth round
Replay
Manchester City 5–0 Notts County Manchester
14:00 GMT Vieira 37', 58'
Tevez 84'
Džeko 89'
Richards 90+1'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,276
Referee: Mike Jones
2 March 2011 Fifth Round Manchester City 3–0 Aston Villa Manchester
19:45 GMT Y. Touré 5'
Balotelli 25'
Silva 70'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 25,570
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
13 March 2011 Quarter-final Manchester City 1–0 Reading Manchester
16:45 GMT Richards 74' BBC Sport report
Guardian report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,150
Referee: Lee Probert
16 April 2011 Semi-final Manchester City 1–0 Manchester United London
17:15 BST Y. Touré 52' BBC Sport report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 86,549
Referee: Mike Dean
14 May 2011 Final Manchester City 1–0 Stoke City London
15:00 BST Y. Touré 74' BBC Sport report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 88,643
Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup

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22 September 2010 Third round West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Manchester City West Bromwich
20:00 BST Zuiverloon 55'
Cox 57'
BBC Sport report
Guardian report
19' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,418
Referee: Neil Swarbrick

UEFA Europa League

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Play-off round

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26 August 2010 Second Leg Manchester City England 2–0 Romania Timișoara Manchester, England
19:45 CET Wright-Phillips 43'
Boyata 59'
UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 23,542
Referee: Jorge de Sousa (Portugal)

Group stage

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Manchester City prepare to kick off their opening Europa League group fixture vs. Red Bull Salzburg

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester City 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Poland Lech Poznań 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11
3 Italy Juventus 6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6
4 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 0 2 4 1 9 −8 2
Source: Soccerway
16 September 2010 1 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 0–2 England Manchester City Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CET UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Silva 8'
63'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Georgios Daloukas (Greece)
30 September 2010 2 Manchester City England 1–1 Italy Juventus Manchester, England
21:05 CET A. Johnson 37' UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Iaquinta 10' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 35,212
Referee: Eduardo González (Spain)
21 October 2010 3 Manchester City England 3–1 Poland Lech Poznań Manchester, England
21:05 CET Adebayor 13', 25', 73' UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Tshibamba 50' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 33,383
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
4 November 2010 4 Lech Poznań Poland 3–1 England Manchester City Poznań, Poland
19:00 CET Injac 30'
Arboleda 86'
Możdżeń 90+1'
UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Adebayor 51' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
16 December 2010 6 Juventus Italy 1–1 England Manchester City Turin, Italy
19:00 CET Giannetti 43' UEFA report
BBC Sport report
76' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 6,992
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Last updated: 16 December 2010.
Source: UEFA Europa League 2010–11 match reports

Knockout phase

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Round of 32
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15 February 2011 First Leg Aris Greece 0–0 England Manchester City Salonika, Greece
18:00 CET UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Stadium: Kleánthis Vikelídis Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
24 February 2011 Second Leg Manchester City England 3–0
(3–0 agg.)
Greece Aris Manchester, England
21:05 CET Džeko 7', 12'
Y. Touré 75'
UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 36,748
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Round of 16
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10 March 2011 First Leg Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–0 England Manchester City Kyiv, Ukraine
21:05 CET Shevchenko 25'
Husyev 77'
UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
17 March 2011 Second Leg Manchester City England 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Manchester, England
19:00 CET Kolarov 39' UEFA report
BBC Sport report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,816
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Squad information

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Playing statistics

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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 Europa League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card
1 Republic of Ireland Shay Given GK 3 1 4
2 England Micah Richards DF 18 1 4 8 1 5 2 1 31 3 6
3 England Wayne Bridge DF 3 4 1 7 1
4 Belgium Vincent Kompany DF 37 6 8 1 5 2 50 9
5 Argentina Pablo Zabaleta DF 26 2 8 1 11 1 7 1 1 43 2 10 1
7 England James Milner MF 32 4 5 3 1 1 1 41 1 5
8 England Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 7 9 1 3 19 1
9 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor FW 8 1 6 4 14 5
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko FW 15 2 4 2 1 2 2 21 6 1
11 England Adam Johnson MF 31 4 2 7 2 4 1 1 43 7 2
12 England Stuart Taylor GK
13 Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov DF 24 1 6 1 5 1 1 8 1 1 43 7 1 1
14 Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz FW 1 1 2
17 Germany Jérôme Boateng DF 16 1 5 3 24 1
18 England Gareth Barry MF 33 2 8 7 1 7 47 2 9
19 England Joleon Lescott DF 22 3 1 7 8 37 3 1
21 Spain David Silva MF 35 4 2 10 1 1 7 1 1 53 6 3
22 Republic of Ireland Greg Cunningham MF 1 1 2
24 France Patrick Vieira DF 15 2 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 32 5 4
25 England Joe Hart GK 38 1 9 8 55 1
27 Brazil FW 12 6 2 5 1 1 24 3
28 Ivory Coast Kolo Touré DF 22 1 4 1 5 1 2 29 1 5 1
32 Argentina Carlos Tevez FW 31 20 6 7 2 6 3 44 24 8
34 Netherlands Nigel de Jong MF 32 1 9 5 1 4 1 41 1 11
36 England Javan Vidal DF 1 1 1 1
38 Belgium Dedryck Boyata DF 7 1 1 6 1 2 1 16 1 1 1
41 England Ben Mee DF 1 1
42 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré MF 35 8 3 8 1 1 7 3 1 50 12 4
43 England Alex Nimely FW 1 1
45 Italy Mario Balotelli FW 17 6 6 1 6 3 2 1 5 1 3 28 10 11 2
48 Northern Ireland Ryan McGivern DF 1 1
50 Norway Abdisalam Ibrahim FW 1 1
53 England Chris Chantler MF 1 1
57 England Reece Wabara DF 1 1
60 Sweden John Guidetti FW 1 1
62 Ivory Coast Abdul Razak MF 1 1
Own goals 3 0 0 0 0
Totals 60 74 5 18 15 1 18 10 0 1 2 0 96 99 6

Goalscorers

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

No. Nat. Player Pos. Premier League Europa League FA Cup League Cup TOTAL
32 Argentina Carlos Tevez FW 20 0 3 0 23
42 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré MF 8 1 3 0 12
45 Italy Mario Balotelli FW 6 3 1 0 10
11 England Adam Johnson MF 4 2 1 0 7
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko FW 2 2 2 0 6
21 Spain David Silva FW 4 1 1 0 6
25 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor FW 1 4 0 0 5
24 France Patrick Vieira DF 2 0 3 0 5
27 Brazil FW 0 2 0 1 3
13 Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov DF 1 1 1 0 3
19 England Joleon Lescott DF 3 0 0 0 3
2 England Micah Richards DF 1 0 2 0 3
18 England Gareth Barry MF 2 0 0 0 2
5 Argentina Pablo Zabaleta DF 2 0 0 0 2
38 Belgium Dedryck Boyata DF 0 1 0 0 1
34 Netherlands Nigel de Jong MF 1 0 0 0 1
7 England James Milner MF 0 0 1 0 1
28 Ivory Coast Kolo Touré MF 1 0 0 0 1
8 England Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 60 18 18 1 97

Awards

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

Month Manager
December Archived 15 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine[8][9] Italy Roberto Mancini

Awarded to the player who scored the most goals in the 2010–11 Premier League season.

Player Goals
Argentina Carlos Tevez 20*

(*shared with Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov)

Awarded to the goalkeeper who kept the most clean sheets over the 2010–11 Premier League season.

Player Clean sheets
England Joe Hart[10] 18

The combined best 11 from all teams in the Premier League chosen by the PFA.[11]

Player Position
Belgium Vincent Kompany Defence
Argentina Carlos Tevez Attack

Etihad / OSC Player of the Year awards

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Player/Event/Organisation 2010–11 season awards[12] Notes
Belgium Vincent Kompany OSC Player of the Year OSC = Official Supporters Club
Italy Mario Balotelli OSC Young Player of the Year
Belgium Vincent Kompany Jaguar Players' Player of the Year
Argentina Carlos Tevez Goal of the Season Manchester City 3 – 0 Stoke City
17 May 2011 (65th-minute goal)
England Joe Hart Performance of the Season Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 0 Manchester City
14 August 2010
FA Cup victory Moment of the season
France Patrick Vieira CITC Player of the Year CITC = City in the Community
Manchester City Supporters Club CITC Partner of the Year
Lee Jackson Outstanding contribution Awarded to club Head Groundsman

Etihad Player of the Month awards

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Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the official website of Manchester City.

Month Player
August[13] England Joe Hart
September[14] Belgium Vincent Kompany
October[15] Spain David Silva
November[16] Spain David Silva
December[17] Spain David Silva
January[18] Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko
February[19] England Micah Richards
March[20] Belgium Vincent Kompany
April[21] Ivory Coast Yaya Touré

Tuttosport Golden Boy award

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Awarded annually since 2003 by the Italian daily sports newspaper to the young player (on an initial short list of 40 'under 21' players) that receives the most votes from a panel consisting of 30 sports journalists selected from across the whole of Europe.

Year Player
2010[22][23] Italy Mario Balotelli

Best Groundsmen of the Year award

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Awarded annually at a meeting of the Institute of Groundsmanship organisation as a result of voting by professional football grounds management teams from the whole of the UK.

Year Professional Grounds Management Team of the Year
Grounds staff Club Stadium
2010[24] Roy Rigby and staff Manchester City CoMS

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