| Manchester City Football Club is a regular player of the English Premier League and is considered the richest football club in the world. The club, which started out already in 1880, had sever fluctuations of ups and downs throughout its history, including two league reductions over three years, but in spite of these declines, is almost always remained a Premier League's club. Manchester City's sack has an impressive number of wins and titles: 4 England Championships, five FA Cups, three League Cups and a Europa League Cup. |
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Manchester City's home stadium name is "City of Manchester Stadium", but in 2011 it was called "Stadium Etihad" as the name of the airline company "Etihad Airways", the national airline of Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi-based investment group bought the club in 2008), with whom the club signed a sponsorship of ten years. It contains approximately 48,000 seats and is the home stadium of the City since 2003.
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Among the most prominent players in club history you can find Billy Murphy, Vincent Company, Fred Tilson, George Durst, George Smith and many more. Manchester City has some impressive records: a record number of goals in a season 1928/1929 (Tommy Johnson with 38 goals), the highest payment for the transfer of a player in 2015 (54 million pounds for Kevin De Bruyne), receiving the highest amount of money for a football player in 2005 (21 million pounds from Chelsea for Shaun Wright-Phillips) and more. Want to see the "Citizens" run on the field? Buy Manchester City tickets now, only on Doctorticket!
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