2008–09 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2008–09
Owner	Thaksin Shinawatra (until sale of club from UKSIL to ADUG on 1 Sep. 2008) Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman	Thaksin Shinawatra (until sale of club from UKSIL to ADUG on 1 Sep. 2008) Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Mark Hughes
Team captain	Richard Dunne
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Tenth
League Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Robinho (14 goals) (4th highest in Premier League) All comps: 0 Robinho (15 goals)
Season revenue	€ 101.2 million0(19th highest in world) (6th highest in Premier League)
Average home attendance	42,900 – over 19 PL home games (5th highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,331 0v0 Chelsea 13 September 2008
Highest away attendance	75,464 0v0 Manchester United 10 May 2009
Lowest home attendance	7,334 0v0 EB Streymur 31 July 2008
Lowest away attendance	5,400 0v0 EB Streymur 17 July 2008
← 2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 2009–10 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	19	1	8	67.9%
Away	6	7	15	21.4%
Both	25	8	23	44.6%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	13	0	6	68.4%
Away	2	5	12	10.5%
Both	15	5	18	39.5%

The 2008–09 season was Manchester City Football Club's seventh consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its twelfth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 117th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Contents 1 Season review 2 Team kit 3 Historical league performance 4 Friendly games 4.1 Pre-season 4.1.1 Thomas Cook Trophy 5 Competitive games 5.1 Premier League 5.1.1 Position in final standings 5.1.2 Results summary 5.1.3 Points breakdown 5.1.4 Biggest & smallest 5.1.5 Results by round 5.1.6 Individual match reports 5.2 UEFA Cup 5.2.1 Qualifying phase 5.2.1.1 First qualifying round 5.2.1.2 Second qualifying round 5.2.2 First round 5.2.3 Group phase 5.2.4 Final phase 5.2.4.1 Round of 32 5.2.4.2 Round of 16 5.2.4.3 Quarter-final 5.3 League Cup 5.3.1 Second round 5.4 FA Cup 5.4.1 Third round 6 Playing statistics 6.1 Starting XI 7 Goal scorers 7.1 All competitions 7.2 Premier League 7.3 UEFA Cup 7.4 League Cup and FA Cup 8 Awards 8.1 Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards 8.2 Official Supporters Club awards 9 Transfers and loans 9.1 Transfers in 9.1.1 First team 9.1.2 Reserves & Academy 9.2 Transfers out 9.2.1 First team 9.2.2 Reserves & Academy 9.3 Loans in 9.3.1 First team 9.3.2 Reserves & Academy 9.4 Loans out 9.4.1 First team 9.4.2 Reserves & Academy 10 See also 11 References

Season review

The club started the season under the private ownership of UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but it was announced on the morning of Monday 1 September 2008 (the last day of the summer transfer window) that Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited (ADUG) had completed a takeover of Manchester City in a deal worth a reported £200 million. This transaction made HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan the new owner of the club, although initially he kept a very low profile and Dr. Sulaiman Al-Fahim, who was the board member of ADUG that had presided over the signing of the deal at the Emirates Palace Hotel, was widely believed to be the new owner and potential chairman of the club. However, before the takeover was finally completed, wealthy backer Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan became more prominent and it was eventually made clear that Al-Fahim would not be joining the board at Manchester City, with Khaldoon Al Mubarak being appointed as the club's new chairman.^[1]

The last-minute takeover of the club on transfer "deadline-day" was then further capped, only minutes before the summer transfer window closed, with the news that the club had pipped Chelsea to the signing of Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.^[2]

Team kit

For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. The home and away kits were unveiled by the club on 27 June 2008, with the new away kit representing a more modern rendition of the club's highly popular red and black striped shirts and black shorts that had first been introduced as a club kit by Malcolm Allison back in 1968 in imitation of A.C. Milan's classic colors.^[3] A striking new bright orange and dark blue kit was also introduced as the club's third colours, whilst the team's main home strip shed the previous season's thin white vertical stripes from the shirts and returned to the solid sky blue shirts that are more traditionally associated with the team. As well as all three of the team kits being new this season, the previous season's green goalkeeper strip was also replaced with two new strips for the stoppers. The main GK strip, intended primarily for use with the home team colours, sported an all gold shirt trimmed with black on the shoulders and sides with matching all black shorts and socks, whilst a second all light green strip, with the shirts similarly trimmed in black, was introduced to supplement it on both home and away fixtures.

Home (version 1)

Home (version 2)

Home (version 3)

Third (version 1)

Third (version 2)

Away

Goalkeeper strip 1

Goalkeeper strip 2a

Goalkeeper strip 2b

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

Pre-season

9 July 2008	FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	0 – 0	Manchester City	Rottach-Egern, Germany
		MCFC report

26 July 2008	Hamburg	1 – 0	Manchester City	Hamburg, Germany
15:30 BST (Away team kit)	Pitroipa  17'	M.E.N. report		Stadium: Hamburg Arena Attendance: 32,737

2 August 2008	Stockport County	2 – 2	Manchester City	Stockport, England
13:00 BST (Away team kit & GK strip 1)	Mullins 20' Pilkington  65' Thompson  86'	MCFC report YouTube video	77' Bojinov  90' (pen.) Evans	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,684 Referee: K.G. Evans

6 August 2008	Celtic	1 – 1	Manchester City	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST (Away team kit)	McGowan  78'	MCFC report	53' Petrov	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Craig Thomson

Thomas Cook Trophy

9 August 2008	Manchester City	1 – 0	A.C. Milan	Manchester, England
17:15 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Bojinov  37'	MCFC report YouTube video		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,181 Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51
9	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	42	45	−3	51
10	Manchester City	38	15	5	18	58	50	+8	50
11	Wigan Athletic	38	12	9	17	34	45	−11	45
12	Stoke City	38	12	9	17	38	55	−17	45

Updated to games played on 24 May 2009 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2008-09
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	5	18	58	50	+8	50	13	0	6	40	18	+22	2	5	12	18	32	−14

Last updated: 24 May 2009 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2008-09

Points breakdown Points at home: 39 Points away from home: 11 Points against "Big Four" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 10 6 points: Sunderland 4 points: Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Newcastle United 3 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Middlesbrough, 0Portsmouth, Stoke City, West Brom., West Ham United, Wigan Athletic 1 point: 0Fulham, Liverpool 0 points: Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 6–0 vs. Portsmouth, 21 September 2008 Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Chelsea, 13 September 2008 & vs. Fulham, 12 April 2009 Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Sunderland, 31 August 2008 Biggest away defeats: 4–2 vs. Aston Villa, 17 August 2008 000000002–0 vs. Middlesbrough, 29 October 2008 & vs. Bolton Wanderers, 2 Nov. 2008 000000000& vs. Portsmouth, 14 February 2009 & vs. Arsenal, 4 April 2009 000000000& vs. Manchester United, 10 May 2009 Biggest home attendance: 47,331 vs. Chelsea, 13 September 2008 Smallest home attendance: 36,635 vs. West Ham United, 24 August 2008 Biggest away attendance: 75,464 vs. Manchester United, 10 May 2009 Smallest away attendance: 18,214 vs. Wigan Athletic, 28 September 2008

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W

Last updated: 24 May 2009 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2008-09
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

1 17 August 2008	Aston Villa	4 – 2	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
15:00 BST (Third v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Carew  47' Agbonlahor  69'  74'  76'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	33' Ben Haim  64' (pen.) Elano  89' Ćorluka	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,955 Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

2 24 August 2008	Manchester City	3 – 0	West Ham United	Manchester, England
16:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Sturridge  65' Elano  70'  76'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	23' Behrami 33'  37' Noble	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 36,635 Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)

3 31 August 2008	Sunderland	0 – 3	Manchester City	Sunderland, England
15:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Bardsley 60' Healy 66' Richardson 74' Chimbonda 77'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	31' Richards 33' Kompany  45' Ireland  50'  58' Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,622 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

4 13 September 2008	Manchester City	1 – 3	Chelsea	Manchester, England
17:30 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Robinho  13'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	16' Carvalho 45' Mikel  53' Lampard  69' Anelka  77' Terry	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,331 Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

5 21 September 2008	Manchester City	6 – 0	Portsmouth	Manchester, England
15:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Jô  13' Dunne  20' Robinho  57' Wright-Phillips  68' Evans  78' Fernandes  83'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	90' Diarra	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,238 Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

6 28 September 2008	Wigan Athletic	2 – 1	Manchester City	Wigan, England
16:00 BST (Away team kit & GK strip 2a)	Valencia  16' 26' Zaki  34' (pen.) Brown 57' Melchiot 72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	22' 33' Kompany 33' Robinho 70' Richards	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 18,214 Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

7 5 October 2008	Manchester City	2 – 3	Liverpool	Manchester, England
15:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Ireland  19' Garrido  41' Zabaleta  67' Dunne 86'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	55'  73' Torres  90+1' Kuyt 90+5' Arbeloa	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,280 Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

8 20 October 2008	Newcastle United	2 – 2	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Beye  12' Ameobi  44' Dunne  63' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	14' (pen.) Robinho 36' Garrido 45' Kompany  86' Ireland	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 45,908 Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)

9 26 October 2008	Manchester City	3 – 0	Stoke City	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Robinho  14'  47'  72' Kompany 88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,624 Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)

10 29 October 2008	Middlesbrough	2 – 0	Manchester City	Middlesbrough, England
20:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Alves  53' (pen.) O'Neil 74'  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	31' Kompany 44' Ireland 84' Robinho	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,731 Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

11 2 November 2008	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Bolton, England
16:00 GMT (Away team kit & GK strip 1)	Gardner  77' Jääskeläinen 57' Dunne  88' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	32' Zabaleta	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 21,095 Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)

12 9 November 2008	Manchester City	1 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Robinho  16' Fernandes 18'  26' Dunne  83'	BBC Sport report Guardian report Hungarian video	29' Bent 48' Assou-Ekotto 61' King  64' Bent  89' Assou-Ekotto	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,893 Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

13 16 November 2008	Hull City	2 – 2	Manchester City	Kingston upon Hull, England
16:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2b)	Cousin  14' McShane 25' Geovanni  60' Marney 88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	11' Ben Haim  37'  45' Ireland 83' Wright-Phillips 84' Ireland	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,902 Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

14 22 November 2008	Manchester City	3 – 0	Arsenal	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Ireland  45+1' Robinho  56' Sturridge  90+1' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	19' Hoyte 87' Song	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,878 Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

15 30 November 2008	Manchester City	0 – 1	Manchester United	Manchester, England
13:30 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Ireland 41' Vassell 45'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	21' Rafael 33' Fletcher  42' Rooney 59' Ronaldo 66' Evra  68' Ronaldo 85' Carrick	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,320 Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)

16 6 December 2008	Fulham	1 – 1	Manchester City	London, England
12:45 GMT (Away team kit & GK strip 1)	Pantsil 61' Bullard  27' 90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	6' Benjani 74' Ireland	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,012 Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)

17 13 December 2008	Manchester City	0 – 1	Everton	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)		BBC Sport report Guardian report	90' Fellaini  90+2' Cahill	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,344 Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

18 21 December 2008	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 1	Manchester City	West Bromwich, England
13:30 GMT (Third v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Robinson 52' Moore  69' Bednar  90+2' 90+2'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	86' Caicedo 89' Dunne	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

19 26 December 2008	Manchester City	5 – 1	Hull City	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Caicedo  15'  27' Robinho  28'  36' Ireland  82'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	45' Geovanni 72' Zayatte 72' Fagan 75' Mendy  80' Fagan	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,196 Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)

20 28 December 2008	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 2	Manchester City	Blackburn, England
16:15 GMT (Away team kit & GK strip 1)	Tugay 33' McCarthy  45' Roberts  84' Nelsen 90'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	54' Ireland  88' Sturridge  90+4' Robinho	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)

21 17 January 2009	Manchester City	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Zabaleta  53' Dunne  54' Robinho 70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	34' Cattermole 41' Bramble 86' Palacios 90' Kirkland	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,262 Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

22 28 January 2009	Manchester City	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Wright-Phillips  17' 44' Bellamy  77'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	48' S. Taylor 66' Gutiérrez  81' Carroll	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,280 Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

23 31 January 2009	Stoke City	1 – 0	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent, England
12:45 GMT (Home v3 team kit & GK strip 1)	Delap  37' Beattie  45+5' Wilkinson 89'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	55' Elano	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,236 Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)

24 7 February 2009	Manchester City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	Manchester, England
12:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Bellamy  51'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	80' O'Neil	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,558 Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)

25 14 February 2009	Portsmouth	2 – 0	Manchester City	Portsmouth, England
15:00 GMT (Away team kit & GK strip 1)	Johnson  70' Hreiðarsson  75' 85'	Postponement report BBC Sport report Guardian report	19' de Jong 80' Ireland 85' Bellamy	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

26 22 February 2009	Liverpool	1 – 1	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	El Zhar 76' Kuyt  78'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	32' Dunne  51' Bellamy 74' Kompany	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,259 Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

27 1 March 2009	West Ham United	1 – 0	Manchester City	London, England
12:30 GMT (Third v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Parker 11' Kovac 44' Collison  70'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	69' Kompany 90' Ireland	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,562 Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

28 4 March 2009	Manchester City	2 – 0	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Elano  24' (pen.) Caicedo 31' Wright-Phillips  89'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	23' Milner 57' Barry	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,137 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

29 15 March 2009	Chelsea	1 – 0	Manchester City	London, England
13:30 GMT (Away team kit & GK strip 2a)	Essien  18'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	29' Elano 75' Evans	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,810 Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)

30 22 March 2009	Manchester City	1 – 0	Sunderland	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Bojinov 19' Robinho 19' (pen.) Richards  56' Fernandes 87' Wright-Phillips 90+2'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	16' McCartney 19' Ferdinand 19' Bardsley 47' Davenport 75' Leadbitter 79' Reid	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,017 Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)

31 4 April 2009	Arsenal	2 – 0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST (Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)	Adebayor  8' Touré 36' Adebayor  49'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	21' Dunne 45' de Jong 45' Zabaleta	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,097 Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)

32 12 April 2009	Manchester City	1 – 3	Fulham	Manchester, England
16:10 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Ireland  28'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	24' Konchesky  50' Dempsey  59' Etuhu  83' Dempsey	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,841 Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

33 19 April 2009	Manchester City	4 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester, England
15:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Robinho  8' Onuoha  21' Elano  56' (pen.) Kompany 74' Sturridge  90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	21' Carson  37'  54' Brunt 66' Morrison	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,072 Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

34 25 April 2009	Everton	1 – 2	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
15:00 BST (Away team kit & GK strip 1)	Neville 68' Gosling  90+4'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	35' Robinho  54' Ireland 68' Onuoha 72' Elano 83' Fernandes	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,791 Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

35 2 May 2009	Manchester City	3 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester, England
15:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Caicedo  27' 27' Robinho  34' Elano  45+1' (pen.) de Jong 60'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	45' Grella 45' Nelsen 45' Ooijer 66' (pen.) Diouf  66' Andrews	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,967 Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

36 10 May 2009	Manchester United	2 – 0	Manchester City	Manchester, England
13:30 BST (Home v2 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Ronaldo  18' Tévez  45' Fletcher 48'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	33' Ireland	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,464 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

37 16 May 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Defoe  29' Keane  86' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report	43' Zabaleta  65' Bojinov	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

38 24 May 2009	Manchester City	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester, England
16:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Caicedo  8'	BBC Sport report Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,202 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

UEFA Cup

Qualifying phase

First qualifying round

First leg 17 July 2008	EB Streymur	0 – 2	Manchester City	Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands
19:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)		BBC Sport report M.E.N. report YouTube video	9' Petrov  28' Hamann 47' Johnson	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Second leg 31 July 2008	Manchester City	2 – 0	EB Streymur	Barnsley, England
20:00 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Fernandes 36' Petrov  48' Vassell  90'	BBC Sport report M.E.N. report YouTube video YouTube video	43' Niclassen	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 7,334 Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)

Second qualifying round

First leg 14 August 2008	Manchester City	0 – 1	FC Midtjylland	Manchester, England
19:45 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Ćorluka 36' Ben Haim 69'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video	15' Olsen 36' Florescu 57' Reid 88' Heinze	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Babak Rafati (Germany)

Second leg 28 August 2008	FC Midtjylland	(0) 0 – 1 (1) (2 – 4 pen)	Manchester City	Herning, Denmark
16:25 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Poulsen 94'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	52' Elano 76' Richards  89' (o.g.) Califf	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,552 Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)
		Penalties
	Reid Poulsen Borring Afriyie		Evans Petrov Johnson Hamann Ćorluka

First round

First leg 18 September 2008	Omonia Nicosia	1 – 2	Manchester City	Nicosia, Cyprus
18:00 BST (Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)	Kaseke 23' Duro 43'  49'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video	24' Garrido  59' Jô 67' Robinho  72' Jô	Stadium: Neo GSP Stadium Attendance: 15,907 Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Second leg 2 October 2008	Manchester City	2 – 1	Omonia Nicosia	Manchester, England
19:45 BST (Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)	Elano  48' Wright-Phillips  55' Ben Haim 88'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video	78' Alabi	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,304 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

Group phase

1 6 November 2008	Manchester City	3 – 2	FC Twente	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Wright-Phillips  2' Zabaleta 29' Robinho  57' Benjani  62'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video	17' 40' Elia  65' Wielaert	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 21,247 Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

2 27 November 2008	Schalke 04	0 – 2	Manchester City	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 GMT (Third v2 team kit & GK strip 1)		BBC Sport report Guardian report	32' Benjani 58' Richards 64'  66' Ireland	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 54,142 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

3 3 December 2008	Manchester City	0 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)		BBC Sport report Guardian report	28' Kežman	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,626 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

4 18 December 2008	Racing Santander	3 – 1	Manchester City	Santander, Spain
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Marcano 11' Serrano 12' Pereira  20' Serrano  30' Navas 48' Valera  54'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	18' Ben Haim 28' Hamann 49' Elano 70' Zabaleta 81' Kompany  90' Caicedo	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Attendance: 18,360 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Group A standings Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester City 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 FC Twente 4 2 0 2 5 8 -3 6 Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 Racing Santander 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 Schalke 04 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4

Group A results MC PSG RdS S04 FCT Manchester City – 0–0 – – 3–2 Paris Saint-Germain – – 2–2 – 4–0 Racing Santander 3–1 – – 1–1 – Schalke 04 0–2 3–1 – – – FC Twente – – 1–0 2–1 –

Final phase

Round of 32

First leg 19 February 2009	FC Copenhagen	2 – 2	Manchester City	Copenhagen, Denmark
19:05 GMT (Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)	Almeida  56' Vingaard  90+1'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	29' Onuoha 43' Bellamy  61' Ireland 83' Richards	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 30,159 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Second leg 26 February 2009	Manchester City	2 – 1	FC Copenhagen	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 2a)	Bellamy  73'  80'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video	36' Kristensen 62' Wendt  90+3' Vingaard	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 26,018 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Round of 16

First leg 12 March 2009	Manchester City	2 – 0	AaB Aalborg	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Caicedo  8' Wright-Phillips  30' Elano 72'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video YouTube video	71' Enevoldsen	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 24,502 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Second leg 19 March 2009	AaB Aalborg	(2) 2 – 0 (0) (3 – 4 pen)	Manchester City	Aalborg, Denmark
20:00 GMT (Home v2 team kit & GK strip 1)	Risgård 61' Beauchamp 68' Shelton  85' Jakobsen  90' (pen.)	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video YouTube video	53' Kompany 83' Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Energi Nord Arena Attendance: 10,734 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
		Penalties
	Jakobsen Johansson Augustinussen Nomvethe Shelton		Evans Elano Wright-Phillips Dunne

Quarter-final

First leg 9 April 2009	Hamburg	3 – 1	Manchester City	Hamburg, Germany
19:45 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Mathijsen  9' Trochowski 40'  64' (pen.) Pitroipa 69' Guerrero  79'	BBC Sport report Guardian report YouTube video	1' Ireland 57' Bellamy 59' Given	Stadium: Hamburg Arena Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Second leg 16 April 2009	Manchester City	2 – 1 (3 – 4 agg.)	Hamburg	Manchester, England
19:45 BST (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Dunne 14' Elano  17' (pen.) Kompany 47' Caicedo  50' Dunne  75'	BBC Sport report Guardian report MCFC video	12' Guerrero	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,009 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

League Cup

Second round

24 September 2008	Brighton and Hove Albion	(1) 2 – 2 (1) (5 – 3 pen)	Manchester City	Brighton, England
19:45 BST (Away team kit & GK strip 2a)	Murray  89' Anyinsah  95' Livermore 101' El-Abd 102'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	64' Fernandes  108' Ireland	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 8,729 Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)
		Penalties
	Livermore Elphick Murray Virgo Richards		Evans Elano Kompany Ball

FA Cup

Third round

3 January 2009	Manchester City	0 – 3	Nottingham Forest	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT (Home v1 team kit & GK strip 1)	Dunne 63'	BBC Sport report Guardian report	38' Tyson  42' Earnshaw  75' Garner	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 31,869 Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

Playing statistics

Starting XI

Only Premier League stats considered

No. Pos Nat Name GS Notes 37 GK IRE Given 5 RB ARG Zabaleta 2 CB ENG Richards 22 CB IRE Dunne 25 LB ENG Bridge 34 CM NED de Jong 33 DM BEL Vincent Kompany 8 RW ENG Wright-Phillips 7 AM IRE Ireland 10 LW BRA Robinho 39 ST WAL Bellamy Given Zabaleta Richards Dunne Bridge de Jong Kompany Wright-Phillips Ireland Bellamy Robinho . Last updated: 21 Audust 2011 Source: Appearance and Starting Formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used Starting Formation. Sorted by position on pitch (from back right to front left). Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only Apps. numbers denote: "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)" Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards" Yellow and red cards for the 2 domestic cups only accounted for in the TOTALS columns *** indicates 3-match ban for violent conduct towards Rory Delap in PL game against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 31 Jan. 2009 No. Pos. Player Premier League UEFA Cup FA Cup League Cup TOTALS All Competitions Apps. Apps. Apps. Apps. Apps. 1 GK Joe Hart 230(0) 090(0) 010(0) 330(0) 2 DF Micah Richards 340(1) 1 2 150(0) 3 010(0) 500(1) 1 5 3 DF Michael Ball 080(0) 040(1) 010(0) 010(0) 140(1) 4 DF Nedum Onuoha 230(3) 1 1 070(0) 1 300(3) 2 1 Sold DF Vedran Ćorluka 030(0) 1 030(0) 1 060(0) 1 1 5 DF Pablo Zabaleta 290(3) 1 3 -/1 110(0) 2 010(0) 010(0) 420(3) 1 5 -/1 6 MF Michael Johnson 030(0) 040(0) 1 010(0) 080(0) 1 7 MF Stephen Ireland 350(1) 9 8 140(1) 3 1 010(0) 1 500(2) 13 9 8 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 270(0) 5 3 090(0) 3 1 010(0) 370(0) 8 4 *** 9 FW Valeri Bojinov 080(6) 1 1 010(1) 090(7) 1 1 10 FW Robinho 310(1) 14 3 100(0) 1 1 410(1) 15 4 11 MF Elano 280(7) 6 3 120(3) 2 3 010(0) 010(1) 42 (11) 8 6 12 FW Darius Vassell 080(2) 1 060(0) 1 010(1) 150(3) 1 1 14 FW Jô 090(3) 1 070(1) 2 010(1) 010(0) 180(5) 3 15 DF Javier Garrido 130(2) 1 1 080(2) 1 210(4) 1 2 16 GK Kasper Schmeichel 010(1) 010(0) 010(0) 030(1) 17 MF Martin Petrov 090(5) 050(1) 2 140(6) 2 19 MF Gelson Fernandes 17 (14) 1 3 1/- 080(4) 1 010(0) 010(0) 1 27 (18) 2 4 1/- 20 FW Felipe Caicedo 170(7) 5 2 060(3) 3 010(0) 010(1) 25 (11) 8 2 21 MF Dietmar Hamann 090(4) 080(5) 1 1 010(1) 18 (10) 1 1 22 DF Richard Dunne (c) 310(0) 1 4 -/2 140(0) 1 1/- 010(0) 010(0) 470(0) 1 6 1/2 24 FW Ched Evans 16 (13) 1 1 080(6) 010(1) 25 (20) 1 1 25 DF Wayne Bridge 160(0) 060(0) 220(0) 26 DF Tal Ben Haim 090(1) 2 050(0) 3 010(0) 150(1) 5 27 FW Benjani Mwaruwari 080(1) 1 040(3) 2 120(4) 3 28 FW Daniel Sturridge 160(13) 4 080(3) 010(0) 010(0) 26 (16) 4 29 MF Kelvin Etuhu 040(2) 030(3) 070(5) 30 DF Shaleum Logan 010(0) 010(0) 33 MF Vincent Kompany 340(0) 1 8 090(1) 3 010(0) 010(0) 450(1) 1 11 34 MF Nigel de Jong 160(0) 3 160(0) 3 36 DF Gláuber 010(1) 010(1) 37 GK Shay Given 150(0) 060(0) 1 210(0) 1 39 FW Craig Bellamy 080(1) 3 1 030(0) 2 2 110(1) 5 3 40 MF Vladimir Weiss 010(1) 010(1) TOTALS 58 50 1/3 23 26 1/- 2 83 77 2/3 Information current as of 24 May 2009 (end of season) Last updated: 28 January 2011 Source: (for players and positions) Season 2008-09 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2008-09 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above Goal scorers All competitions Scorer Goals Robinho 15 Stephen Ireland 13 Felipe Caicedo 8 Elano Shaun Wright-Phillips Craig Bellamy 5 Daniel Sturridge 4 Benjani 3 Jô Gelson Fernandes 2 Nedum Onuoha Martin Petrov Valeri Bojinov 1 Vedran Ćorluka Richard Dunne Ched Evans Javier Garrido Dietmar Hamann Vincent Kompany Micah Richards Darius Vassell Pablo Zabaleta Premier League Scorer Goals Robinho 14 Stephen Ireland 9 Elano 6 Felipe Caicedo 5 Shaun Wright-Phillips Daniel Sturridge 4 Craig Bellamy 3 Benjani 1 Valeri Bojinov Vedran Ćorluka Richard Dunne Ched Evans Gelson Fernandes Javier Garrido Jô Vincent Kompany Nedum Onuoha Micah Richards Pablo Zabaleta UEFA Cup Scorer Goals Felipe Caicedo 3 Stephen Ireland Shaun Wright-Phillips Craig Bellamy 2 Benjani Elano Jô Martin Petrov Dietmar Hamann 1 Nedum Onuoha Robinho Darius Vassell League Cup and FA Cup Scorer Goals Gelson Fernandes 1 Stephen Ireland Information current as of 24 May 2009 (end of season) Awards Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS Month First Team Reserve Team Academy August[4] Stephen Ireland Adam Clayton Andrew Tutte September[5] Shaun Wright-Phillips Clayton McDonald Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely October[5] Robinho Clayton McDonald Dedryck Boyata November[6] Stephen Ireland Donal McDermott Andrew Tutte December[6] Vincent Kompany Paul Marshall not announced January[7] Pablo Zabaleta Ryan McGivern February[7] Craig Bellamy David Ball March[8][9] Nedum Onuoha Ben Mee Dedryck Boyata April[9] Elano Vladimir Weiss Greg Cunningham May[9] Nedum Onuoha Vladimir Weiss Kieran Trippier Official Supporters Club awards Player Season 2008–09 awards[10] Stephen Ireland Player of the Year Daniel Sturridge Young Player of the Year Transfers and loans Transfers in First team Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 2 July 2008 FW Jô CSKA Moscow £18m[11][12] 30 July 2008 DF Tal Ben Haim Chelsea £5m[13][14] 21 Aug. 2008 DF Vincent Kompany Hamburg £6m[15][16] 28 Aug. 2008 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips Chelsea £8.5m[17][18][19] 31 Aug. 2008 DF Pablo Zabaleta Espanyol £6.45m[20][21] 31 Aug. 2008 DF Gláuber Nuremberg Undisc.[20][22] 01 Sep. 2008 FW Robinho Real Madrid £32.5m[23][24] 03 Jan. 2009 DF Wayne Bridge Chelsea £10m[25][26] 19 Jan. 2009 FW Craig Bellamy West Ham £14m[27][28] 21 Jan. 2009 MF Nigel de Jong Hamburg £16m[29][30] 01 Feb. 2009 GK Shay Given Newcastle Utd. £5.9m[31][32][33] Reserves & Academy Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee Sep. 2008 FW Marcello Trotta Napoli £750,000 [x] 12 Oct. 2008 DF Oliver Nicholas Arsenal Free[34] 20 Oct. 2008 MF Alex Pla UD Cornellà Undisc.[35] 20 Oct. 2008 MF Jorge Guinovart UD Cornellà Undisc.[35] 17 Feb. 2009 DF Jérémy Helan Rennes Undisc.[36] 25 Feb. 2009 GK Gunnar Nielsen Blackburn Rovers Free[37] [x] 0=0 Transfers out First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 2 July 2008 GK Andreas Isaksson PSV Eindhoven Undisc.[38][39] 2 July 2008 DF Sun Jihai Sheffield United Free[40][41] 4 July 2008 MF Geovanni Hull City Free[40][42] 14 July 2008 FW Georgios Samaras Celtic Undisc.[43][44] 30 July 2008 FW Bernardo Corradi Reggina Free[45][46] 07 Aug. 2008 FW Paul Dickov Leicester City Free[40][47] 23 Aug. 2008 FW Rolando Bianchi Torino Undisc.[48][49] 01 Sep. 2008 DF Vedran Ćorluka Tottenham Hotspur £8.5m[50][51] 02 Sep. 2008 FW Emile Mpenza Plymouth Argyle Released[40][52] Reserves & Academy Exit Date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2008 DF Garry Breen Hereford United Free[40][53] 1 July 2008 DF Michael Daly Released[40] 1 July 2008 GK Andrea Giombetti Released[40] 1 July 2008 MF Ashley Grimes Millwall Free[40][54] 1 July 2008 FW Christian Mouritsen Released[40] 30 July 2008 DF Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers £300,000[55][56] 16 Oct. 2008 FW Teerasil Dangda Released[57] 16 Oct. 2008 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Released[57] 16 Oct. 2008 DF Suree Sukha Released[57] 02 Jan. 2009 DF Sam Williamson Wrexham Free[58][59] Loans in First team Reserves & Academy Loans out First team Start date End date Pos. Player To club 01 Feb. 2009 31 May 2009 DF Tal Ben Haim Sunderland[60][61] 02 Feb. 2009 31 May 2009 FW Jô Everton[62][63] Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. 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