Manchester City F.C. is a football club.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of football clubs by revenue generated from football operations . The FA Cup is an annual knockout football competition in men 's domestic English football . Manchester City F.C. . The club 's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship , FA Cup , League Cup and European Cup Winners ' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison . The Premier League is an English professional league for men 's association football clubs .