Manchester City have a rich trophy history with the Etihad Stadium natives now a powerhouse of the English game. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s takeover in 2008 has delivered a seemingly endless stream of success to continually strengthen the list of how many titles the Citizens have won.
Their 2011/12 Premier League title was Manchester City’s first top-flight trophy since their 1967/68 First Division crown. While more recent years have also delivered vast successes in the domestic cup competitions. Manchester City also won their first Champions League trophy in the 2022/23 season.
Manchester City have won the English top-flight trophy nine times
The old First Division marked the first English top-flight trophy Manchester City added to their list of titles in 1936/37. The Citizens would only win the top-flight once more before the maiden season of the breakaway Premier League in 1992/93. But Sheikh Mansour’s takeover turned them into a great force.
List of Manchester City’s top-flight titles:
1936/37 English Football League, First Division
1967/68
2011/12 Premier League
2013/14
2017/18
2018/19
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Along with the top-flight trophies on the list of how many titles Manchester City have won, the club have also lifted seven lower-tier crowns. The Citizens would often top the second-tier whenever the club found themselves outside of the top-flight. They last played in the second-tier back in 2001/02.
List of Manchester City’s other league titles:
1898–99 English Football League, Second Division
1902/03
1909/10
1927/28
1946/47
1965/66
2001/02 English Football League, First Division
Manchester City have won the FA Cup seven times
The first trophy on the list of how many titles the club have won in Manchester City’s history came in 1903/04 with the FA Cup. It was the club’s 13th campaign of organised league football and their 11th attempt at winning the FA Cup. The Citizens had only progressed beyond the first round twice before.
FA Cup titles feature throughout Manchester City’s trophy history having enjoyed success in multiple decades. But the Citizens are yet to ever retain the title having also endured some lengthy droughts.
List of Manchester City’s FA Cup titles:
1903/04 (beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the final)
1933/34 (beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the final)
1955/56 (beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the final)
1968/69 (beat Leicester City 1-0 in the final)
2010/11 (beat Stoke City 1-0 in the final)
2018/19 (beat Watford 6-0 in the final)
2022/23 (beat Manchester United 2-1 in the final)
The Citizens have won the EFL Cup eight times
Manchester City entered the English Football League Cup (EFL Cup) for the first time in the 1960/61 season. They have since become one of the most successful teams in the competition’s history. The Citizens won four titles in a row from 2018 to 2021 amid their run of six trophies in eight campaigns.
List of Manchester City’s EFL Cup titles:
1969/70 (beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the final)
1975/76 (beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the final)
2013/14 (beat Sunderland 3-1 in the final)
2015/16 (beat Liverpool 3-1 on penalties in the final)
2017/18 (beat Arsenal 3-0 in the final)
2018/19 (beat Chelsea 4-3 on penalties in the final)
2019/20 (beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the final)
2020/21 (beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the final)
The Citizens have won the Community Shield six times
From winning the major domestic titles that make Manchester City’s trophy history, they have also won the Charity Shield/Community Shield. Few clubs can also rival the Citizens’ record for outright wins in the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season. The Citizens have never yet shared the honour.
List of Manchester City’s Charity Shield/Community Shield titles:
1937 Charity Shield (beat Sunderland 2-0)
1968 (beat West Bromwich Albion 6-1)
1972 (beat Aston Villa 1-0)
2012 Community Shield (beat Chelsea 3-2)
2018 (beat Chelsea 2-0)
2019 (beat Liverpool 5–4 on penalties)
Manchester City have won two European titles
Manchester City have three European titles in their trophy history with the Cup Winners’ Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. The Citizens beat Polish side Gornik Zabrze in the final for their first UEFA title. Their route to the final also featured wins over Athletic Bilbao and Schalke.
It took Manchester City another 53 years before the Etihad Stadium outfit added another European title to the list of how many trophies they have won. The Citizens returned to the Champions League final and beat Inter Milan 1-0 through Rodri in 2022/23 after losing 1-0 against Chelsea in 2020/21.
But it did not take another 53 years for their third continental honour. Manchester City contested the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla in August 2023 as the reigning Champions League and Europa League winners. City would win 5-4 on penalties after Cole Palmer equalised through a 63rd-minute header.
List of Manchester City’s European titles:
1969/70 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (beat Gornik Zabrze 2-1 in the final)
2022/23 UEFA Champions League (beat Inter Milan 1-0 in the final)
2023 UEFA Super Cup (beat Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw)