# List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics
**Manchester City F.C. records and statistics** are the competitive achievements and numerical marks of Manchester City Football Club, an English professional football club formed in 1894 from Ardwick AFC and based at the [City of Manchester Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/city-of-manchester-stadium) (Etihad Stadium) since 2003. The club's own record list covers goalscoring, appearances, winning runs, attendances and cup results, and many of its Premier League-era marks are also league-wide records.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Club record goal-scorer | Sergio Agüero, 260 goals; 83 more than second-placed Eric Brook (1920s–30s), in 364 appearances[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) • [2](https://www.mancity.com/meta/media/f23hdo4c/2021-mancity-annual-report.pdf) |
| Highest appearance maker | Alan Oakes, 680 appearances[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) |
| Most points in a season (3 for a win) | 100, Premier League 2017/18[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) |
| Most league goals by one player in a season | 36, Erling Haaland (Premier League, 2022/23)[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) |
| Most consecutive Premier League title wins | 4, 2020/21 to 2023/24[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| Biggest Premier League title-winning margin | 19 points, 2017/18[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| Highest home attendance | 84,569 v Stoke City, 3 March 1934, a record home attendance in English football[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) |
| First English domestic treble | 2018/19 (plus the 2018 FA Community/Charity Shield)[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) |
## Goalscoring and appearance records
[Sergio Agüero](https://www.edgepedia.org/sergio-aguero) is the club's record goal-scorer with 260 goals, a total the club's 2021 annual report describes as leading second-placed Eric Brook, who scored in the 1920s and 1930s, by 83 goals; Agüero reached the mark in 364 appearances.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) • [2](https://www.mancity.com/meta/media/f23hdo4c/2021-mancity-annual-report.pdf) Alan Oakes holds the appearance record with 680.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
[Erling Haaland](https://www.edgepedia.org/erling-haaland) set the club record for most league goals by one player in a season with 36 in the Premier League in 2022/23.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) At team level, the club's most league goals in a season is 108, achieved twice: in Division Two in 1926/27 over 42 games and in Division One in 2001/02 over 46 games. Across all competitions the record is 169 goals in 2018/19.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
## Points, wins and winning runs
The 2017/18 campaign under [Pep Guardiola](https://www.edgepedia.org/pep-guardiola) produced the club's most points in a season under the three-points-for-a-win system, 100 in the Premier League; the equivalent record under two points for a win is 62, set in Division Two in 1946/47.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) That 2017/18 title was won by a 19-point margin over second-placed Manchester United, the biggest in Premier League history, and by contrast the 2011/12 title was won on the smallest possible margin, 0 points with a goal-difference advantage of +8.[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records)
Winning-run records cluster in the Guardiola years. The club's 21 consecutive wins in all competitions from 19 December 2020 to 2 March 2021 is an English top-flight record, and its 18 consecutive league wins from 26 August to 27 December 2017 equals the Premier League record, later matched by Liverpool.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) • [3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) Other club marks include 20 consecutive home league wins (5 March 2011 to 21 March 2012), 11 consecutive away league wins (21 May to 27 December 2017), and a club-record unbeaten run of 28 games, achieved twice (27 April to 3 December 2017, and 25 November 2020 to 2 March 2021).[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) In European competition, City's seven straight Champions League wins from 9 December 2020 to 4 May 2021 is the longest run by an English side, and the club went unbeaten at home in the Champions League for 25 matches from 7 November 2018 to 17 May 2023.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
## Titles and trophies
Manchester City won its first major trophy in 1904, beating Bolton Wanderers in the [FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-cup) final at Crystal Palace as the first Manchester side to do so, and its first league championship in 1937.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) The modern trophy haul is concentrated after the 2008 [Abu Dhabi](https://www.edgepedia.org/abu-dhabi) takeover: according to an Associated Press analysis, City won 2 English top-flight titles before 2008 and 8 since, the most of any club in that period, for a total of 10, and 22 major trophies since 2008 against 9 before.[4](https://apnews.com/article/a32f8cac40b1ccf8ad0c89f1176a6ad9)
The club was the first to win an English domestic treble, in 2018/19, adding the 2018 [FA Community Shield](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-community-shield).[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) In 2023 it won the Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and, for the first time in the club's history, the [UEFA Champions League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-champions-league), beating Inter 1-0, followed by the [UEFA Super Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-super-cup) and the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2023.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) Across ten seasons Guardiola led the club to 17 major trophies and six Premier League titles, including the record four in a row from 2020/21 to 2023/24.[5](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn7pkjjdy30o) • [3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) He also became the club's winningest manager, passing Les McDowall's record with his 221st win.[6](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/pep-guardiola-man-city-stats-and-milestones-63769032)
## Biggest results and defensive records
The club's record league victory is 11-3 against Lincoln City on 23 March 1895, its record FA Cup victory is 12-0 against Liverpool Stanley on 4 October 1890, and its record European victory is 7-0 against Schalke 04 in the Champions League round of 16 second leg on 12 March 2019.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) Defensively, the most clean sheets in one season is 33, from 61 matches in 2018/19, and the most by an individual goalkeeper in one season is 29, by [Joe Hart](https://www.edgepedia.org/joe-hart) in 2010/11.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
## Attendance
The highest home attendance, 84,569 for the visit of Stoke City on 3 March 1934 at [Maine Road](https://www.edgepedia.org/maine-road), is a record home attendance in English football.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) Maine Road, the club's home from 1923 to 2003, had an 85,000 capacity when opened; the club moved to the 48,000-capacity City of Manchester Stadium in 2003.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
## Individual honors
[David Silva](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-silva) is the club's most capped player, for Spain.[1](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history) Sergio Agüero holds the Premier League record of 12 hat-tricks, all scored for Manchester City.[7](https://dragonfootball.co.uk/records/)
## References
1. [Manchester City Honours And History, Manchester City F.C.](https://www.mancity.com/club/manchester-city-history)
2. [Manchester City Annual Report 2020-21](https://www.mancity.com/meta/media/f23hdo4c/2021-mancity-annual-report.pdf)
3. [Premier League Club, Manager & Player Records](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records)
4. [Man City scandal: A by-the-numbers look at how the club was transformed by the Abu Dhabi takeover, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/a32f8cac40b1ccf8ad0c89f1176a6ad9)
5. [Pep Guardiola: Manchester City's 115 Premier League charges and a legacy that could be rewritten, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn7pkjjdy30o)
6. [Pep Guardiola at Manchester City: Stats and milestones, Manchester City F.C.](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/pep-guardiola-man-city-stats-and-milestones-63769032)
7. [Premier League records: goals, appearances, cards & every all-time list, Dragon Football](https://dragonfootball.co.uk/records/)
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