by League position: second in the Premier League: Sheikh Mansour bought the City in September 2008 for around £210m through his vehicle Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment. In 2013 City Football Group was created and, as of 2021 and through Newton Investment and Development, 81% is owned by Mansour, and 18.16% by the US private equity company Silver Lake (with China Media Capital and CITIC Capital the rest) . Mansour’s 15-year ownership of City has been successful, with seven Premier League titles, three FA Cups, six League Cups, the Champions League and the Uefa Super Cup. In December City will try to add the FIFA World Club Cup.
When he took over, Mansour said: “We want to make it clear that Mark Hughes is central to our plans.” The manager, who was appointed three months before, lasted until the following Christmas, since when City was led by Roberto Mancini (2009-2013), Manuel Pellegrini (2013-2016 and Pep Guardiola (2016 at present) .to the treble, a feat to rank alongside the 2017-18 100-point title win.
New York City FC (USA)
11th in MLS Eastern Conference: CFG owns 80% of City’s first sister club, which was acquired as a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in May 2013 for $100m, part of the fee paid by Yankee Global Enterprises, which also owns the other 20% and the New York Yankees . David Villa, Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo were NYCFC’s first three players named for their first season in 2015. After finishing 17th in the Eastern Conference, they have gone on to finish second, second, third and first to achieve, with coaches including former City midfielder Patrick Vieira, Domènec Torrent, who was once Guardiola’s assistant, and the incumbent, Nick Cushing, who previously led City’s women. team. In 2021 NYCFC were MLS Champions.
Ninth in League A: Fully owned by CFG from 2015 (it bought an 80% stake the year before) when Villa went out on loan in a practice where players – and coaches – rotated between the group’s clubs. Honours: 2021 A-League Championship, 2016 Australia Cup.
Yokohama F Marinos (Japan)
Second in Series J1: The third side to become part of CFG with the purchase of a minority stake in May 2014, with Nissan Motors the majority owner. They are managed by Kevin Muscat. Ange Postecoglou was in charge from 2018 to 2021, guiding Marinos to the 2019 J1 League, the first title since 2004. The club were champions again last year.
Metropolitan City of Montevideo (Uruguay)
Ninth place in Primera División: Found in 2017 when the club was 10-years old called Torque, they arrived in Montevideo City Torque three years later. In CFG’s first season they were promoted to the Primera División for the first time (as Segunda División champions), the following season, they were then promoted. CFG says, “the club already acts as an administrative center for the City’s scouting operations in the region”.
Second in La Liga: In August 2017 CFG bought 44.3% of the Catalan club, the same holding as Girona Football Group, headed by Guardiola’s brother Pere, who is chairman from 2020. Promoted to La Liga for the first time in 2017, Girona led the positions earlier in this campaign – a first again. Yangel Herrera and the 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, who was sold to Lazio in the summer , which was previously. at Torque and NYCFC.
Sichuan Jiuniu (China)
Newly promoted to the Chinese Super League: Two years after being founded, the Chengdu club came under CFG’s umbrella in 2019 through the purchase of 28% shares, with China Sports Capital (which is its parent company CMC) owning 54% and Ubtech robotics 18%. Jesús Tato, the caretaker manager, is a former assistant coach at Mumbai City, another CFG club. In October Sichuan became Chinese League One champions making their inaugural season in the Chinese Super League next year. One of the CFG clubs yet to be renamed “City”.
Mumbai city (India)
Fourth in Indian Super League: A 65% stake was bought in November 2019 since Khaldoon al-Mubarak was the chairman of Mumbai, who holds the same position at Manchester City and Melbourne City. In 2021 the Islanders claimed the Indian Super League and Championship. This year Mumbai won the ISL again.
Fifth in Challenger Pro League: Club No 9 was acquired for CFG in May 2020, they compete in the second tier in the country and are managed by former Arsenal defender Steve Bould.
17th in Ligue 2: Four months after Lommel’s acquisition, the 37-year-old Frenchman became a majority in the club which was promoted to Ligue 1 in the same 2020-21 season, staying up for two years before being released.
Fifth in League B: Following an initial 80% purchase in July 2022, the Italian second tier club is now 94.5% owned by CFG.
17th in League A: In May a 90% stake in the north-east Brazilian team which plays at the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova stadium with a capacity of 48,000 and which adds to CFG’s presence in South America, was bought, following the acquisition of Torque. Brazilian Kayky and Uruguayan Nicolás Acevedo are on loan from City and NYCFC respectively.
Club Bolívar (Bolivia)
Second in the Primera División: A partner club from 2021 which, says CFG, allows Bolivia’s top-flight team to access a wide range of expertise, proprietary technology, best practices and strategic advice developed by City Football Group through its multi-club structure”.
