2008–09 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

2008-09 season
Chairman	Thaksin Shinawatra until the sale of club on 1 Sep. 2008 Khaldoon Al Mubarak from 1 Sep. 2008
Manager	Mark Hughes
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Robinho (14) All: Robinho (15)
Highest home attendance	47,331 vs Chelsea 13 September 2008
Lowest home attendance	7,334 vs EB Streymur 31 July 2008
Average home league attendance	42,900 approx. in all competitions
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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.

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]

Kit

Supplier: Le Coq Sportif / Sponsor: Thomas Cook

Home

Home alt.

Home alt. 2

Away

Third

Third alt.

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper alt. 2

Kit information

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 'blaze orange' / navy third kit completed the collection of kits, 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 two-tone green goalkeeper strip was also replaced with two new strips for the goalkeepers. The main goalkeeper 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 the second mint-green strip, with the shirts similarly trimmed in black, was introduced to supplement it on both home and away fixtures.

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

Thomas Cook Trophy

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51
9	West Ham United !West Ham United	38	14	9	15	42	45	−3	51
10	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	15	5	18	58	50	+8	50
11	Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	38	12	9	17	34	45	−11	45
12	Stoke City !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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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 = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

UEFA Cup

Qualifying phase

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

First round

Group phase

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

Round of 16

Quarter-final

League Cup

Second round

FA Cup

Third round

Playing statistics

Starting XI

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Joe Hart 33 5 RB Pablo Zabaleta 42 2 CB Micah Richards 50 22 CB Richard Dunne 47 25 LB Wayne Bridge 22 8 RM Shaun Wright-Phillips 37 7 CM Stephen Ireland 50 33 CM Vincent Kompany 45 11 LM Elano 42 10 CF Robinho 41 28 CF Daniel Sturridge 26

Hart Zabaleta Richards Dunne Bridge Wright-Phillips Ireland Kompany Elano Sturridge Robinho

Last updated: 21 August 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[8]	Elano	Vladimir Weiss	Greg Cunningham
May[8]	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] 1 Sep. 2008 FW Robinho Real Madrid £32.5m[23][24] 3 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] 1 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 Hélan 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] 7 Aug. 2008 FW Paul Dickov Leicester City Free[40][47] 23 Aug. 2008 FW Rolando Bianchi Torino Undisc.[48][49] 1 Sep. 2008 DF Vedran Ćorluka Tottenham Hotspur £8.5m[50][51] 2 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] 2 Jan. 2009 DF Sam Williamson Wrexham Free[58][59]

Loans in

First team Start date End date Pos. Player From club

Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. Player From club

Loans out

First team Start date End date Pos. Player To club 1 Feb. 2009 31 May 2009 DF Tal Ben Haim Sunderland[60][61] 2 Feb. 2009 31 May 2009 FW Jô Everton[62][63]

Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. Player To club 15 Aug. 2008 14 Sep. 2008 DF Clayton McDonald Macclesfield Town[64] 29 Aug. 2008 3 Jan. 2009 MF Karl Moore Millwall[65] 1 Sep. 2008 1 Oct. 2008 DF Javan Vidal Grimsby Town[66] 11 Sep. 2008 10 Oct. 2008 MF Donal McDermott Milton Keynes Dons[67] 23 Oct. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 DF Ryan McGivern Morecambe[68] 31 Oct. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 MF Angelos Tsiaklis Wrexham[69][70] 27 Sep. 2008 2 Jan. 2009 DF Sam Williamson Wrexham[71] 16 Jan. 2009 31 May. 2009 DF Javan Vidal Aberdeen[72][73] 29 Jan. 2009 28 Feb. 2009 MF Paul Marshall Blackpool[74] 3 Feb. 2009 23 Mar. 2009 MF Clayton McDonald Chesterfield[75] 6 Mar. 2009 31 May 2009 MF Paul Marshall Port Vale[76] 26 Mar. 2009 31 May 2009 GK Gunnar Nielsen Wrexham[77] 17 Apr. 2009 31 May 2009 GK Richard Martin Burton Albion[78]

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

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