User:Falastur2/City season 08-09

Manchester City
2008–09 season
Chairman	Thaksin Shinawatra
Manager	Mark Hughes
Top goalscorer	League: ; ; All: ;

The 2008–09 season is Manchester City's 117th season in the Football League, and their 7th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Team Kit

The team kit is produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor is Thomas Cook. The home and away kits were unveiled on 27 June 2008, with the away kit returning to the red and black stripes in imitation of AC Milan, as first introduced by Malcolm Allison in 1968.^[1]

Home

Away

Goalkeeper home

Goalkeeper away

Games

Pre-season

2008-07-09

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	0 – 0	Manchester City
	(Report)

Rottach-Egern

2008-07-26

Hamburg SV	v	Manchester City

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

2008-08-02
15:00 BST

Stockport County	v	Manchester City

Edgeley Park, Stockport

2008-08-06
19:45 BST

Celtic	v	Manchester City

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Thomas Cook Trophy

2008-08-09
17:15 BST

Manchester City	v	AC Milan

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: City Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Reports

FA Cup

Third round

Carling Cup

Second round

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

First leg

2008-07-17
19:00 BST

EB/Streymur	0 – 2	Manchester City
	(Report)	Petrov 9' Hamman 28'

Tórsvøllur
Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Nicole Petignat

Second leg

2008-07-31
20:00 BST

Manchester City	v	EB/Streymur

Oakwell Stadium
Barnsley, England

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos.	Name	League		UEFA Cup		FA Cup		Carling Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Micah Richards	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	Michael Ball	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	Nedum Onuoha	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	Vedran Ćorluka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Michael Johnson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	Stephen Ireland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	Rolando Bianchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Elano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	Darius Vassell	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK	Richard Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Jô	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Martin Petrov	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
18	DF	Danny Mills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Felipe Caicedo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Dietmar Hamann	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
22	DF	Richard Dunne (c)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	Javier Garrido	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Joe Hart	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	Matthew Mills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Benjani Mwaruwari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Gelson Fernandes	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
29	FW	Valeri Bojinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Nery Castillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	Ched Evans	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
34	DF	Sam Williamson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	Daniel Sturridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Kelvin Etuhu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Shaleum Logan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Bernardo Corradi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of game played 17 July 2008

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Dietmar Hamann	1
Martin Petrov	1

League

UEFA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Dietmar Hamann	1
Martin Petrov	1

As of game played 17 July 2008

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
2 July 2008	FW	Jô	CSKA Moscow	£19 million^[2]
September 2008	FW	Marcello Trotta	Napoli	£750,000^[3]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
2008-07-01	MF	Ashley Grimes	Millwall	Free^[4]
2008-07-01	DF	Garry Breen	Hereford United	Free^[5]
2008-07-02	DF	Sun Jihai	Sheffield United	Free^[6]
2008-07-02	GK	Andreas Isaksson	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed^[7]
2008-07-04	MF	Geovanni	Hull City	Free^[8]
2008-07-15	FW	Georgios Samaras	Celtic	Undisclosed^[9]

Loan in

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	From
2008-01-01	2008-12-31	MF	Nery Castillo	Shakhtar Donetsk^[10]

Loan out

References

^ "New season home and away strips unveiled". mcfc.co.uk. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
^ "Jô signs for Club record transfer fee". mcfc.co.uk. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
^ "Napoli youngster heads to Eastlands". Setanta Sports. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
^ "Grimes signs for Millwall". Setanta Sports. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
^ "Garry Breen Joins Bulls". Hereford United F.C. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
^ "Sun makes Blades switch". Manchester Evening News. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
^ "PSV complete signing of goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson". PSV Eindhoven. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
^ "Tigers clinch deal for Geovanni". BBC Sport. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
^ "Samaras completes Celtic switch". BBC Sport. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
^ "Man City agree Castillo loan deal". BBC Sport. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-01-01.

[1] "New season home and away strips unveiled". mcfc.co.uk. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-07-07.

[2] "Jô signs for Club record transfer fee". mcfc.co.uk. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[3] "Napoli youngster heads to Eastlands". Setanta Sports. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

[4] "Grimes signs for Millwall". Setanta Sports. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-21.

[5] "Garry Breen Joins Bulls". Hereford United F.C. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[6] "Sun makes Blades switch". Manchester Evening News. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[7] "PSV complete signing of goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson". PSV Eindhoven. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[8] "Tigers clinch deal for Geovanni". BBC Sport. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

[9] "Samaras completes Celtic switch". BBC Sport. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-15.

[10] "Man City agree Castillo loan deal". BBC Sport. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-01-01.

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Team Kit

Games

Pre-season

Thomas Cook Trophy

Premier League

Results by round

Reports

FA Cup

Third round

Carling Cup

Second round

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

First leg

Second leg

Squad statistics

Squad

Scorers

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League

UEFA Cup

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

See also

References