Managers[edit]

As of June, 2010. Statistics include competitive matches only, pre-Football League and wartime matches excluded. Caretakers are shown in italics.

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %	Honours and/or notes
Hopkinson FrederickFrederick Hopkinson	England	1880	1882	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Unknown		1882	1884	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kitchen EdwardEdward Kitchen	England	1884	1887	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chew WalterWalter Chew	England	1887	1889	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lawrence Furniss	England	August 1889	May 1893	26	10	4	12	59	46	038.46	–
Joshua Parlby	England	August 1893	May 1895	59	22	5	32	129	146	037.29	–
Sam Omerod	England	August 1895	July 1902	240	111	50	79	433	354	046.25	–
Tom Maley	England	July 1902	July 1906	150	89	22	39	322	179	059.33	FA Cup 1904
Harry Newbould	England	July 1906	July 1912	245	93	61	91	390	376	037.96	–
Committee		July 1912	September 1912	2	2	0	0	2	0	100.00	–
Ernest Mangnall	England	9 September 1912	June 1924	350	151	117	82	500	457	043.14	–
David Ashworth	England	July 1924	14 November 1925	59	20	13	26	113	121	033.90	–
Albert Alexander / Committee	England	16 November 1925	26 April 1926	31	13	8	10	80	56	41.94	–
Peter Hodge	Scotland	26 April 1926	12 March 1932	261	122	59	80	579	447	046.74	-
Wilf Wild	England	14 March 1932	1 December 1946	352	158	71	123	703	562	044.89	FA Cup 1934, First Division champions 1936–37
Sam Cowan	England	2 December 1946	30 June 1947	30	20	6	4	53	27	066.67	Highest win percentage of any Manchester City manager
Wilf Wild	England	August 1947	November 1947	16	5	5	6	20	18	31.25	–
Jock Thomson	Scotland	November 1947	February 1950	115	35	35	45	122	156	030.43	–
Les McDowall	Scotland	June 1950	May 1963	592	220	127	245	1,049	1,134	037.16	FA Cup 1956
George Poyser	England	12 July 1963	April 1965	89	38	17	34	159	137	042.70	–
Committee		April 1965	May 1965	5	1	3	1	4	5	20.00	–
Joe Mercer	England	13 July 1965	7 October 1971	340	149	94	97	518	358	043.82	First Division champions 1967–68, FA Cup 1969, League Cup 1970, Cup Winners' Cup 1970
Malcolm Allison	England	7 October 1971	30 March 1973	78	32	21	25	119	106	041.03	–
Johnny Hart	England	30 March 1973	22 October 1973	22	11	5	6	26	22	050.00	–
Tony Book	England	23 October 1973	22 November 1973	7	2	3	2	7	3	28.57	–
Ron Saunders	England	22 November 1973	12 April 1974	29	10	9	10	38	33	034.48	–
Tony Book	England	12 April 1974	July 1979	269	114	75	80	405	309	042.38	League Cup 1976
Malcolm Allison	England	16 July 1979	8 October 1980	60	15	20	25	63	95	025.00	–
Tony Book	England	9 October 1980	16 October 1980	1	0	0	1	1	3	0.00	–
John Bond	England	17 October 1980	3 February 1983	123	51	32	40	171	152	041.46	–
John Benson	Scotland	3 February 1983	7 June 1983	17	3	2	12	13	32	017.65	Lowest win percentage of any Manchester City manager
Billy McNeill	Scotland	30 June 1983	20 September 1986	156	63	42	51	223	183	040.38	–
Jimmy Frizzell	Scotland	21 September 1986	May 1987	42	10	12	20	40	61	023.81	–
Mel Machin	England	May 1987	29 November 1989	130	59	27	44	225	179	045.38	–
Tony Book	England	29 November 1989	5 December 1989	3	0	0	3	4	9	0.00	–
Howard Kendall	England	6 December 1989	5 November 1990	38	13	18	7	46	37	034.21	–
Peter Reid	England	11 November 1990	26 August 1993	136	59	31	46	199	166	043.38	–
Tony Book	England	27 August 1993	27 August 1993	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.00	–
Brian Horton	England	28 August 1993	16 May 1995	96	29	33	34	118	130	030.21	–
Alan Ball	England	30 June 1995	26 August 1996	49	13	14	22	49	70	026.53	–
Asa Hartford	Scotland	26 August 1996	7 October 1996	8	3	0	5	8	13	37.50	–
Steve Coppell	England	7 October 1996	8 November 1996	6	2	1	3	7	10	033.33	–
Phil Neal	England	9 November 1996	28 December 1996	10	2	1	7	11	19	20.00	–
Frank Clark	England	29 December 1996	17 February 1998	59	20	17	22	73	60	033.90	–
Joe Royle	England	18 February 1998	21 May 2001	171	74	46	51	261	192	043.27	–
Kevin Keegan	England	24 May 2001	11 March 2005	176	77	39	60	299	223	043.75	–
Stuart Pearce	England	21 March 2005	14 May 2007[1]	96	34	19	43	103	111	035.42	–
Sven-Göran Eriksson	Sweden	6 July 2007[2]	2 June 2008[3]	45	19	11	15	51	58	042.22	First foreign manager
Mark Hughes	Wales	4 June 2008[4]	19 December 2009[5]	77	36	15	26	129	101	046.75	–
Roberto Mancini	Italy	19 December 2009[5]	Present	77	41	19	17	134	70	053.25	–

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