Manchester City F.C. is a football club.
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester , England , also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons , is the home ground of Manchester City Football Club and , with a domestic football capacity of 55,097 , the fourth-largest in the Premier League and eighth-largest in the United Kingdom . The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of football clubs by revenue generated from football operations . Manchester City F.C. . Founded in 1880 as St. Mark 's ( West Gorton ) , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894 . The Premier League is an English professional league for men 's association football clubs .