Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1894Ground Etihad StadiumSeasons held 30
Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 2008/09, so these are Manchester City's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.
| Player | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Sub | Goals | Y | R | All apps | All goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hart | GK | 23 | 23 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 66 | 0 |
| Micah Richards | DF | 35 | 34 | 1 | Not held | 2 | Not held | 102 | 0 |
| Michael Ball | DF | 8 | 8 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 30 | 0 |
| Nedum Onuoha | DF | 26 | 23 | 3 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 66 | 0 |
| Vedran Ćorluka | DF | 3 | 3 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 12 | 0 |
| Pablo Zabaleta | DF |
Rows that differ from another source (both values kept):
Manchester City scored 58 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“2008–09 Manchester City F.C. season”, revision 1357831349, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| 32 |
| 29 |
| 3 |
| Not held |
| 3 |
| Not held |
| 90 |
| 0 |
| Michael Johnson | MF | 3 | 3 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 16 | 0 |
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| Stephen Ireland | MF | 36 | 35 | 1 | Not held | 8 | Not held | 104 | 0 |
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| Shaun Wright-Phillips | MF | 27 | 27 | 0 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 74 | 0 |
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| Valeri Bojinov | FW | 14 | 8 | 6 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 32 | 0 |
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| Robinho | FW | 32 | 31 | 1 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 84 | 0 |
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| Elano | MF | 35 | 28 | 7 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 106 | 0 |
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| Darius Vassell | FW | 10 | 8 | 2 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 36 | 0 |
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| Jô | FW | 12 | 9 | 3 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 46 | 0 |
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| Javier Garrido | DF | 15 | 13 | 2 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 50 | 0 |
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| Kasper Schmeichel | GK | 2 | 1 | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 8 | 0 |
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| Martin Petrov | MF | 14 | 9 | 5 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 40 | 0 |
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| Gelson Fernandes | MF | 31 | 17 | 14 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 90 | 0 |
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| Felipe Caicedo | FW | 24 | 17 | 7 | Not held | 2 | Not held | 72 | 0 |
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| Dietmar Hamann | MF | 13 | 9 | 4 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 56 | 0 |
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| Richard Dunne (c) | DF | 31 | 31 | 0 | Not held | 4 | Not held | 94 | 0 |
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| Ched Evans | FW | 29 | 16 | 13 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 90 | 0 |
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| Wayne Bridge | DF | 16 | 16 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 44 | 0 |
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| Tal Ben Haim | DF | 10 | 9 | 1 | Not held | 2 | Not held | 32 | 0 |
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| Benjani | FW | 9 | 8 | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 32 | 0 |
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| Daniel Sturridge | FW | 29 | 16 | 13 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 84 | 0 |
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| Kelvin Etuhu | MF | 6 | 4 | 2 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 24 | 0 |
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| Shaleum Logan | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 2 | 0 |
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| Vincent Kompany | MF | 34 | 34 | 0 | Not held | 8 | Not held | 92 | 0 |
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| Nigel de Jong | MF | 16 | 16 | 0 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 32 | 0 |
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| Gláuber | DF | 2 | 1 | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 4 | 0 |
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| Shay Given | GK | 15 | 15 | 0 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 42 | 0 |
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| Craig Bellamy | FW | 9 | 8 | 1 | Not held | 1 | Not held | 24 | 0 |
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| Vladimír Weiss | MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 4 | 0 |
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| Total | 604 | 0 |
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| Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás González Iglesias | 2025–2026 | 36 | 2 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | 2025–2026 | 28 | 5 |
| Savinho | 2024–2026 | 53 | 2 |
| Stefan Ortega | 2022–2026 | 25 | 0 |
| Nathan Aké | 2020–2026 | 107 | 6 |
| Rodri | 2019–2026 | 196 | 23 |
| Bernardo Silva | 2017–2026 | 304 | 45 |
| John Stones | 2016–2026 | 180 | 10 |
| Kyle Walker | 2017–2025 | 212 | 3 |
| Liam Delap | 2020–2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Cole Palmer | 2020–2023 | 19 | 0 |
| Morgan Rogers | 2019–2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Roméo Lavia | 2021–2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Porro | 2019–2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Jesus | 2017–2022 | 159 | 58 |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | 2016–2022 | 76 | 0 |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | 2016–2020 | 0 | 0 |
| Douglas Luiz | 2017–2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Kompany | 2008–2019 | 265 | 18 |
| Enes Ünal | 2015–2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Lampard | 2014–2015 | 32 | 6 |
| James Milner | 2010–2015 | 147 | 13 |
| Kieran Trippier | 2009–2012 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Vieira | 2010–2011 | 28 | 3 |
Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.
| Date | Player | From | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2008 | Jô | CSKA Moscow | Loan |
| 30 Jul 2008 | Tal Ben Haim | Loan | |
| 21 Aug 2008 | Vincent Kompany | Hamburger SV | Loan |
| 28 Aug 2008 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Loan | |
| 31 Aug 2008 | Pablo Zabaleta | Espanyol | Loan |
| 31 Aug 2008 | Gláuber | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan |
| 1 Sept 2008 | Robinho | Real Madrid | Loan |
| 12 Oct 2008 | Oliver Nicholas | Loan | |
| 20 Oct 2008 | Alex Pla | UD Cornellà | Loan |
| 20 Oct 2008 | Jorge Guinovart | UD Cornellà | Loan |
| 3 Jan 2009 | Wayne Bridge | Loan | |
| 19 Jan 2009 | Craig Bellamy | Loan | |
| 21 Jan 2009 | Nigel de Jong | Hamburger SV | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2009 | Shay Given | Loan | |
| 17 Feb 2009 | Jérémy Hélan | Rennes | Loan |
| 25 Feb 2009 | Gunnar Nielsen | Loan | |
| Sep. 2008 | Marcello Trotta | Napoli | Loan |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not held | Andreas Isaksson | PSV | Loan |
| Not held | Sun Jihai | Loan | |
| Not held | Geovanni | ![]() Hull City | Loan |
| Not held | Georgios Samaras | Celtic | Loan |
| Not held | Bernardo Corradi | Reggina | Loan |
| Not held | Paul Dickov | Loan | |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“2008–09 Manchester City F.C. season”, revision 1357831349, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| Rolando Bianchi |
| Torino |
| Loan |
| Not held | Vedran Ćorluka | Loan |
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| Not held | Émile Mpenza | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
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| Not held | Garry Breen | Hereford United | Loan |
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| Not held | Michael Daly | Released | Loan |
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| Not held | Andrea Giombetti | Released | Loan |
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| Not held | Ashley Grimes | Millwall | Loan |
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| Not held | Christian Mouritsen | Released | Loan |
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| Not held | Matthew Mills | Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
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| Not held | Teerasil Dangda | Released | Loan |
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| Not held | Kiatprawut Saiwaeo | Released | Loan |
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| Not held | Suree Sukha | Released | Loan |
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| Not held | Sam Williamson | Wrexham | Loan |
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| Not held | Tal Ben Haim | Loan |
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| Not held | Jô | Loan |
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| Not held | Clayton McDonald | Macclesfield Town | Loan |
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| Not held | Karl Moore | Millwall | Loan |
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| Not held | Javan Vidal | Grimsby Town | Loan |
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| Not held | Donal McDermott | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
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| Not held | Ryan McGivern | Morecambe | Loan |
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| Not held | Angelos Tsiaklis | Wrexham | Loan |
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| Not held | Sam Williamson | Wrexham | Loan |
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| Not held | Javan Vidal | Aberdeen | Loan |
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| Not held | Paul Marshall | ![]() Blackpool | Loan |
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| Not held | Clayton McDonald | Chesterfield | Loan |
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| Not held | Paul Marshall | Port Vale | Loan |
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| Not held | Gunnar Nielsen | Wrexham | Loan |
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| Not held | Richard Martin | Burton Albion | Loan |
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