Founded: 1880
Honors: First Division/Premier League winners – 4 (1937, 1986, 2012, 2014), FA Cup winners – 5 (1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, 2011), Football League Cup winners – 3 (1970, 1976, 2014), FA Community Shield winners – 4 (1937, 1968, 1972, 2012), UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup holders (1970)
2014/15 Premier League position: 2nd
Current Premier League position: 4th, 26 matches, 14 wins, 5 draws, 7 defeats, goal difference – 48:28, 47 points
Best striker: Sergio Aguero (14 goals)
Best assistants: Kevin De Bruyne (9 assists), David Silva (8)
Goalkeeper #1: Joe Hart (24 matches, 23 goals conceded)
Captain: Vincent Kompany
Internationals (16): Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta, Martin Demichelis, Nicolas Otamendi (Argentina), Joe Hart, Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph (England), Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Bacary Sagna, Eliaquim Mangala (France), David Silva (Spain), Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia), Fernandinho (Brazil), Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria), Luke Brettan (Australia)
Average age: 29,1 years
Foreign players: 20 out of 24 (83,3%)
Manager: Manuel Pellegrini
2015/16 season top lineup: (1-4-2-3-1) Hart (24 appearances) – Sagna (22), Otamendi (20), Mangala (14), Kolarov (20) – Yaya Toure (23), Fernandinho (22) – De Bruyne (17), Sterling (20), David Silva (16) – Aguero (18).
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