- Address: Ashton New Road, Manchester
- Country: United Kingdom
- Capacity: 55,000
- Opened: 25 July 2002
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Manchester City (football)
Extra stadium info – Etihad Stadium
The construction of the venue, which is also known as the City of Manchester Stadium, started in 1999. The construction costs of the football stadium were £112 million. The Etihad Stadium became one of the largest sports venues by capacity in the United Kingdom. In 2004, it hosted its first match for the national football team of England. The match against Japan, which was attended by 38,000 people, ended in a goalless draw.
Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City FC, one of the first football clubs in the world with a value of at least $1 billion, moved to the Etihad Stadium in 2003. They drew an average home attendance of 47,000 in their first-ever Premier League season at the venue. Manchester City Football Club was founded in 1880 under a different name. The club has been named Manchester City since 1894. MCFC won the English top-flight football league in 1937 for the first time in their history. They gathered 57 points in 42 games in that domestic league season. Manchester City Football Club was purchased in 2008 by Abu Dhabi United Group for £210 million, receiving considerable investment.
MCFC and their arch-rivals
Manchester United Football Club became the arch-rivals of Manchester City Football Club. MCFC and MUFC became two of the first sports clubs with 10 million followers on their main social media page. Manchester United won their first world championship title in 1999. They won the title after beating the Brazilian football club SE Palmeiras in the Japanese city of Tokyo. Roy Maurice Keane, who was born in Ireland in 1971, scored the only goal of the match.
Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League
In 2021, Manchester City played their first-ever UEFA Champions League final. Chelsea FC from London won the game, which took place in the Portuguese city of Porto. Kai Lukas Havertz, who played for the German side Bayer Leverkusen before he signed with Chelsea in 2020, scored the only goal of the match. Manchester City played their second UEFA Champions League final in 2023. They won the game against the Italian side FC Internazionale Milano 1-0. Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, who played for the Spanish side Atlético de Madrid before he signed with Manchester City in 2019, scored the only goal of the match. The final in the Turkish city of Istanbul took place in front of 71,000 spectators.
The FIFA Club World Cup and Marcelo
On 22 December 2023, Manchester City were crowned world champions in football for the first time in their history. Josep Guardiola i Sala was the manager of MCFC that day. Manchester City won the FIFA Club World Cup after defeating Fluminense from Brazil 4-0. The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup final took place in the Saudi city of Jeddah in front of a crowd of 52,000. Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, often regarded as one of the best left-backs of all time, received the only card in the match. The Brazilian football legend started his professional football career with Fluminense. He played for the Spanish club Real Madrid and the Greek club Olympiacos before he returned to Fluminense in 2023. Marcelo played 58 games for the national football team of Brazil.
Erling Braut Håland
Erling Braut Håland signed with Manchester City FC in 2022. He played domestic top-flight football league matches for Molde FK from Norway, Red Bull Salzburg from Austria and Borussia Dortmund from Germany before he signed with Manchester City that year. Håland scored nine goals in a single match at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored the nine goals for Norway against Honduras. Erling Braut Håland broke the record for the most goals scored by a football player in a single Premier League season. He broke the record after scoring 36 goals in his maiden Premier League season.
Xi Jinping and David Cameron
Xi Jinping, who is known as a Manchester United supporter, visited the Etihad Stadium in 2015. He visited the venue alongside David William Donald Cameron, who became a fan of football club Aston Villa. Xi Jingping became the leader of China and David Cameron became the leader of the United Kingdom. Xi Jinping visited the home of Manchester City after he visited the University of Manchester.
