2018–19 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Manchester City's 117th season of competitive football, 90th season in the top flight of English football and 22nd season in the Premier League. In addition to the league, the club competed in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and FA Community Shield; for the Champions League, it was their eighth consecutive season competing in the tournament. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Manchester City

2018–19 season
Owner	City Football Group
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Pep Guardiola
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Winners
EFL Cup	Winners
FA Community Shield	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sergio Agüero (21) All: Sergio Agüero (32)
Highest home attendance	54,511 vs Liverpool
Lowest home attendance	32,089 vs Burton Albion
Average home league attendance	54,108
Biggest win	9–0 (9 Jan 2019 v Burton Albion, EFL Cup SF)
Biggest defeat	0–2 (8 Dec 2018 v Chelsea, PL Game Week 16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

During this season, City completed a domestic treble. Apart from winning all three of the major English football tournaments, they also won the Community Shield, the first time any team has ever held all four of England's primary football trophies at the same time. The season was the first since 2009–10 without Yaya Touré, who departed to Olympiacos, and the first since 2005–06 without Joe Hart, who joined Burnley after two seasons of loans.

Kits

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home

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Away

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Third

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Season summary

In the 2018–19 season, Manchester City maintained their free scoring form under manager Pep Guardiola and became the first club in Europe's top leagues to pass 100 goals scored on 20 January 2019 when Danilo scored the first goal in City's 3–0 victory at Huddersfield Town.

City went on to break their own record for a top flight English club for goals scored in all competitions in a season. Leroy Sané's goal in City's 2–0 win at Old Trafford against Manchester United on 24 April 2019 overtook the previous record tally of 156, which was established by Manuel Pellegrini's City side back in their title-winning 2013–14 season. By the end of the 2018–19 season, the team reached 169 goals scored.

Line-ups for the 2019 EFL Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester City

On 24 February, City won their sixth League Cup title when they defeated Chelsea 4–3 on penalties after a goalless draw over 120 minutes at Wembley Stadium.

Expectations were high for City's UEFA Champions League campaign. The team again won their group without breaking a sweat, then routed Schalke 04 in the round of 16, winning their home match 7–0. Similar to the previous season, City were drawn against an English club in the quarter-finals, this time Tottenham Hotspur. The Blues dropped their away match 0–1, with Sergio Agüero missing a penalty. The home match was all-or-nothing for City and it proved to be one of the best matches of that season. Raheem Sterling scored in the beginning, but City quickly conceded two goals and now needed to score three to advance. The squad did exactly that, leading 4–2 with 20 minutes to play. However, Fernando Llorente's contentious goal for Spurs meant City again needed a goal. In added time, Sterling converted a pass from Agüero and the entire stadium started celebrating what seemed to be a certain victory. However, the goal was disallowed after a VAR review and the Blues were eliminated in a heartbreaking fashion.

The 2018–19 Premier League title race was one of the closest contests of the Premier League era. City and Liverpool exchanged their leads 32 times over the season, in part due to fixture rearrangements for EFL and FA Cup matches and television demands. The two title contenders jointly amassed a combined total of 195 points, which at the time was the highest combined total in English top flight history.

On 12 May, City won their final league match of the league season 4–1 away at Brighton & Hove Albion to retain the Premier League title. In doing so, they matched their own record for 32 wins over a single season. They had to win their final 14 consecutive league matches to hold off the challenge of Liverpool, who themselves ended their season with nine-straight wins.

One week later, on 18 May, City defeated Watford 6–0 at Wembley to win the FA Cup and complete an unprecedented English men's domestic treble and clean sweep of the major honors in English football. It was also City's first ever league and FA Cup double and their sixth overall FA Cup title. The 6–0 scoreline was also the joint largest winning margin in the history of the FA Cup Final and the largest for any final in the competition since 1903. This final win of the season was Manchester City's 50th in all competitions.

As of 9 April 2019, Manchester City had won the Carabao Cup, progressed to the final of the FA Cup, were in second place with one game in hand in the Premier League and scheduled to play Tottenham in the Champions League quarter-finals, thus making it possible to achieve the quadruple, a unique sweep of four major tournaments in a single season, something that had not been done by any English men's side. A win in each of City’s last twelve games of the season (potential UCL semi-finals and final included) would have guaranteed the quadruple for the club. However, a dramatic loss to Tottenham on away goals on 17 April ended City's quadruple hopes. Still, the Blues managed to achieve an unprecedented domestic treble.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Manchester City began their 2018–19 campaign with a tour of the United States in the 2018 International Champions Cup. City played against Borussia Dortmund at Soldier Field in Chicago, Liverpool at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Bayern Munich at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

International Champions Cup

Main article: 2018 International Champions Cup

Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) 2018 ICC	Manchester City	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Chicago, United States
20:00 CDT		Report	Götze 28' (pen.) Burnić  31' Dahoud  52'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 34,629 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Manchester City v Liverpool

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) 2018 ICC	Manchester City	1–2	Liverpool	East Rutherford, United States
20:00 EDT	Sané 57' Gomes  85'	Report	Van Dijk  30' Salah 63' Mané 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 52,635 Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

Bayern Munich v Manchester City

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) 2018 ICC	Bayern Munich	2–3	Manchester City	Miami Gardens, United States
19:00 EDT	Shabani 15' Robben 24'	Report	B. Silva  40', 45+1', 70' Nmecha 51'	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Attendance: 29,195 Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FA Community Shield	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Premier League	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	084.21
FA Cup	6	6	0	0	26	3	+23	100.00
EFL Cup	6	4	2	0	16	1	+15	066.67
UEFA Champions League	10	7	1	2	30	12	+18	070.00
Total	61	50	5	6	169	39	+130	081.97

Source: Competitions

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2018 FA Community Shield

As champions of the 2017–18 Premier League, Manchester City took on the 2017–18 FA Cup winners, Chelsea, for the season-opening FA Community Shield.

Chelsea v Manchester City

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Final	Chelsea	0–2	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST		Report	Agüero 13', 58'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 72,724 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

Manchester City entered the competition as the defending champions.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
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Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	18	0	1	57	12	+45	14	2	3	38	11	+27

Last updated: 12 May 2019.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	1	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	6	7	10	13	16	19	20	23	26	29	32	35	38	41	41	44	44	44	47	50	53	56	56	59	62	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	89	92	95	98

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

The Premier League fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 14 June 2018.

Arsenal v Manchester City

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 1	Arsenal	0–2	Manchester City	Holloway
16:00 BST	Papastathopoulos  27' Xhaka  52'	Report	Sterling  4', 14' B. Silva 64' De Bruyne  73'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,934 (2,917 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Huddersfield Town

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 2	Manchester City	6–1	Huddersfield Town	Manchester
13:30 BST	Agüero 25', 35', 75' Gabriel Jesus 31' D. Silva 48' Kongolo 84' (o.g.)	Report	Stanković 43' Billing  51' Schindler  69'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,021 (2,735 away) Referee: Andre Marriner

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
12:30 BST	Coady  41' Boly 57'	Report	Kompany  12' D. Silva  60' Laporte 69'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,322 (2,970 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester City v Newcastle United

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4	Manchester City	2–1	Newcastle United	Manchester
17:30 BST	Sterling 8' Walker  24', 52'	Report	Lascelles 20' Yedlin 30'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,946 (2,646 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester City v Fulham

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5	Manchester City	3–0	Fulham	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sané 2' D. Silva 21' Sterling 47'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,307 (2,215 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Cardiff City v Manchester City

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Cardiff City	0–5	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Ralls  45+1'	Report	Agüero 32' B. Silva 35' Gündoğan 44' Fernandinho  60' Mahrez 67', 89'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,321 (2,908 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7	Manchester City	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sterling 29' Agüero 65'	Report	Knockaert  9' Duffy  42' Montoya  87'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,152 (2,809 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Liverpool v Manchester City

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 8	Liverpool	0–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:30 BST	Wijnaldum  90'	Report	B. Silva  21' Agüero  56' Mendy  64' Mahrez 86'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 52,117 (2,876 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester City v Burnley

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 9	Manchester City	5–0	Burnley	Manchester
15:00 BST	Kompany  1' Agüero 17' B. Silva 54' Fernandinho 56' Sané  81', 90' Mahrez 83'	Report	Cork  11' Hendrick  32'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,094 (2,717 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

29 October 2018 (2018-10-29) 10	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Manchester City	Wembley
20:00 GMT	Lucas  45' Davies  90+4'	Report	Mahrez 6' Laporte  53' Fernandinho  61'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 56,854 (3,055 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester City v Southampton

4 November 2018 11	Manchester City	6–1	Southampton	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Hoedt 6' (o.g.) Agüero 12',  38' D. Silva 18' Sterling 45+2', 67' Sané 90+1'	Report	Ward-Prowse  10' Ings 30' (pen.)	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,916 (995 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Manchester City v Manchester United

11 November 2018 12	Manchester City	3–1	Manchester United	Manchester
16:30 GMT	D. Silva 12' B. Silva  33' Agüero 48' Gündoğan 86'	Report	Shaw  42' Martial 58' (pen.)	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,316 (2,862 away) Referee: Anthony Taylor

West Ham United v Manchester City

24 November 2018 13	West Ham United	0–4	Manchester City	Stratford
15:00 GMT		Report	D. Silva 11' Sterling 19' Sané 34', 90+3'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,886 (2,919 away) Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Bournemouth

1 December 2018 14	Manchester City	3–1	Bournemouth	Manchester
15:00 GMT	B. Silva 16' Sterling 57' Gündoğan 79'	Report	Wilson 44'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,409 (917 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Watford v Manchester City

4 December 2018 15	Watford	1–2	Manchester City	Watford
20:00 GMT	Doucouré 85'	Report	Sané 40' Mahrez 51' Ederson  90'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,389 (2,024 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

Chelsea v Manchester City

8 December 2018 16	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	Fulham
17:30 GMT	Kanté 45' Jorginho  63' David Luiz 78' Pedro  80'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,571 (2,880 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Everton

15 December 2018 17	Manchester City	3–1	Everton	Manchester
12:30 GMT	Gabriel Jesus 22', 50' Sterling 69' Delph  76'	Report	Digne  19' Calvert-Lewin 65',  76'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,173 (2,982 away) Referee: Craig Pawson

Manchester City v Crystal Palace

22 December 2018 18	Manchester City	2–3	Crystal Palace	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Gündoğan 27' De Bruyne 85'	Report	Schlupp 33' Townsend 35' Zaha  45' Milivojević 52' (pen.) Van Aanholt  75' McArthur  80' Guaita  90+3'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,340 (879 away) Referee: Andre Marriner

Leicester City v Manchester City

26 December 2018 19	Leicester City	2–1	Manchester City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton 19' Maguire  58' Pereira 81' Vardy  87'	Report	B. Silva 14' Stones  77' Delph  89' Agüero  90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,090 (3,299 away) Referee: Mike Dean

Southampton v Manchester City

30 December 2018 20	Southampton	1–3	Manchester City	Southampton
14:15 GMT	Højbjerg 37',  85' Austin  58' Bednarek  73'	Report	D. Silva 10' Agüero  32', 45+3' Ward-Prowse 45' (o.g.) Kompany  72' Danilo  78'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,381 (3,198 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

Manchester City v Liverpool

3 January 2019 21	Manchester City	2–1	Liverpool	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Kompany  31' Agüero 40' Laporte  45+2' Sané 72' B. Silva  89' Ederson  90+5'	Report	Lovren  20' Wijnaldum  38' Firmino 64'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,511 (3,018 away) Referee: Anthony Taylor

Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

14 January 2019 22	Manchester City	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Gabriel Jesus 10', 39' (pen.) Fernandinho  14' Coady 78' (o.g.)	Report	Boly  19'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,171 (3,000 away) Referee: Craig Pawson

Huddersfield Town v Manchester City

20 January 2019 23	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Manchester City	Huddersfield
13:30 GMT	Bacuna  30' Hogg  43'	Report	Danilo 18' Walker  27' Fernandinho  50' Sterling 54' Sané 56'	Stadium: John Smiths Stadium Attendance: 24,190 (2,343 away) Referee: Andre Marriner

Newcastle United v Manchester City

29 January 2019 24	Newcastle United	2–1	Manchester City	Newcastle
20:00 GMT	Pérez  54' Rondón 66' Schär  72' Ritchie 80' (pen.)	Report	Agüero 1' De Bruyne  17' Sterling  34' Laporte  90+1'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,861 (2,646 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

Manchester City v Arsenal

3 February 2019 25	Manchester City	3–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:30 GMT	Agüero 1', 44', 61' Gündoğan  65'	Report	Koscielny 11' Torreira  40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,483 (3,000 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

Everton v Manchester City

6 February 2019 26	Everton	0–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Zouma  82'	Report	Laporte 45+2' Fernandinho  73' Gabriel Jesus 90+7'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,322 (2,972 away) Referee: Craig Pawson

Manchester City v Chelsea

10 February 2019 27	Manchester City	6–0	Chelsea	Manchester
16:00 GMT	Sterling 4', 80' Agüero 13', 19', 56' (pen.) Gündoğan 25',  77'	Report	Jorginho  60' Alonso  69'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,452 (3,010 away) Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v West Ham United

27 February 2019 28	Manchester City	1–0	West Ham United	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Agüero 59' (pen.)	Report	Fredericks  41' Antonio  87'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,528 (2,391 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Bournemouth v Manchester City

2 March 2019 29	Bournemouth	0–1	Manchester City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	King  84'	Report	Mahrez 55' Otamendi  65' Walker  84'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,699 (1,265 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester City v Watford

9 March 2019 30	Manchester City	3–1	Watford	Manchester
17:30 GMT	Walker  6' Sterling 46', 50', 59'	Report	Cleverley  18' Deulofeu 66'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,104 (1,157 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

Fulham v Manchester City

30 March 2019 31	Fulham	0–2	Manchester City	Fulham
12:30 GMT	Christie  67' Le Marchand  80'	Report	B. Silva 5' Agüero 27'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,001 (2,651 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester City v Cardiff City

3 April 2019 32	Manchester City	2–0	Cardiff City	Manchester
19:45 BST	De Bruyne 6' Sané 44'	Report	Bennett  8' Peltier  34' Ralls  53'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,559 (882 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss

Crystal Palace v Manchester City

14 April 2019 33	Crystal Palace	1–3	Manchester City	Selhurst
14:05 BST	Milivojević 81'	Report	Sterling 15', 63' Gabriel Jesus 90'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,721 (2,938 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

20 April 2019 34	Manchester City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
12:30 BST	Foden 5' Sterling  90+3'	Report	Wanyama  86' Vertonghen  90+3'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,489 (3,010 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester United v Manchester City

24 April 2019 35	Manchester United	0–2	Manchester City	Trafford
20:00 BST	Pereira  24' Shaw  89'	Report	Kompany  10' Zinchenko  26' B. Silva 54' Sané 66'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,431 (2,940 away) Referee: Andre Marriner

Burnley v Manchester City

28 April 2019 36	Burnley	0–1	Manchester City	Burnley
14:05 BST	Lowton  87'	Report	Agüero 63' Gündoğan  90+5'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,605 (2,458 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

Manchester City v Leicester City

6 May 2019 37	Manchester City	1–0	Leicester City	Manchester
20:00 BST	D. Silva  22' Kompany  44', 70' Gabriel Jesus  89'	Report	Maguire  35' Iheanacho  90'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,506 (3,010 away) Referee: Mike Dean

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City

12 May 2019 38	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	Manchester City	Falmer
15:00 BST	Murray 27'	Report	Agüero 28' Laporte 38' Mahrez 63' Gündoğan 72'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,662 (2,942 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

Manchester City entered the competition in the third round and were given a home tie against Rotherham United. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019. The fifth round draw was broadcast live on BBC on 28 January 2019, with Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducting the draw. The quarter-finals draw was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge.

Manchester City v Rotherham United

6 January 2019 Third round	Manchester City	7–0	Rotherham United	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Sterling 12',  35' Foden 43' Ajayi 45+1' (o.g.) Gabriel Jesus 52' Mahrez 73' Otamendi 78' Sané 85'	Report	Wiles  24'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 52,708 Referee: David Coote

Manchester City v Burnley

26 January 2019 Fourth round	Manchester City	5–0	Burnley	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Walker  21' Gabriel Jesus 23' B. Silva 52' De Bruyne 61' Long 73' (o.g.) Agüero 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 50,121 Referee: Graham Scott

Newport County v Manchester City

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) Fifth round	Newport County	1–4	Manchester City	Newport
17:30 GMT	Amond 88'	Report	Sané 51' Foden 75', 89' Mahrez 90+4'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 9,680 Referee: Andre Marriner

Swansea City v Manchester City

16 March 2019 Quarter-finals	Swansea City	2–3	Manchester City	Swansea
17:20 GMT	Grimes 20' (pen.) Celina 29'	Report	Laporte  45+3' B. Silva 69' Nordfeldt 78' (o.g.) Agüero 88'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,783 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

6 April 2019 Semi-finals	Manchester City	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wembley, London
17:30 BST	Gabriel Jesus 4' Walker  32' Danilo  50'	Report	Jahanbakhsh  32' Dunk  72'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 71,521 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Manchester City v Watford

18 May 2019 Final	Manchester City	6–0	Watford	Wembley, London
17:00 BST	D. Silva 26',  60' Gabriel Jesus 38', 68' De Bruyne 61' Sterling 81', 87'	Report	Doucouré  22' Femenía  80'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,854 Referee: Kevin Friend

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

Manchester City entered the competition in the third round as the defending champions and were drawn away to Oxford United. A home tie against Fulham was confirmed for the fourth round. The semi-finals draw was made live on Sky Sports by Piers Morgan and Peter Crouch on 19 December 2018. City advanced to the final, defending their title by defeating Chelsea on penalties after a goalless draw over the 120 minutes.

Oxford United v Manchester City

25 September 2018 Third round	Oxford United	0–3	Manchester City	Oxford
19:45 BST	Garbutt  37' Dickie  82'	Report	Gabriel Jesus 36' Danilo  64' Mahrez 78' Foden 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,956 Referee: Roger East

Manchester City v Fulham

1 November 2018 Fourth round	Manchester City	2–0	Fulham	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Brahim 18', 65' Kompany  80'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 35,271 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Manchester City

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) Quarter-finals	Leicester City	1–1 (1–3 p)	Manchester City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Albrighton 73'	Report	De Bruyne 14' Foden  50' Gündoğan  85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 24,644 Referee: Lee Mason
	Penalties
	Maguire Fuchs Maddison Söyüncü		Gündoğan Sterling Gabriel Jesus Zinchenko

Manchester City v Burton Albion

9 January 2019 Semi-finals 1st Leg	Manchester City	9–0	Burton Albion	Manchester
19:45 GMT	De Bruyne 5' Gabriel Jesus 30', 34', 57', 65' Zinchenko 37' Foden 62' Walker 70' Mahrez 83'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 32,089 Referee: Mike Dean

Burton Albion v Manchester City

23 January 2019 Semi-finals 2nd Leg	Burton Albion	0–1 (0–10 agg.)	Manchester City	Burton on Trent
19:45 GMT		Report	Agüero 26'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,519 Referee: Kevin Friend

Chelsea v Manchester City

24 February 2019 Final	Chelsea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Manchester City	London
16:30 GMT	David Luiz  30' Rüdiger  72' Jorginho  88'	Report	Fernandinho  58' Otamendi  90+1'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 81,775 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Penalties
	Jorginho Azpilicueta Emerson David Luiz Hazard		Gündoğan Agüero Sané B. Silva Sterling

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

On 30 August 2018, Manchester City were drawn in Group F of the UEFA Champions League alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Lyon and 1899 Hoffenheim.

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	1	5	0	12	11	+1	8
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	8	16	−8	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	TSG Hoffenheim	6	0	3	3	11	14	−3	3

Source: UEFA

Manchester City v Lyon

19 September 2018 1	Manchester City	1–2	Lyon	Manchester
20:00 BST	B. Silva 67' Agüero  90+1'	Report	Cornet 26' Fekir 43',  77' Traoré  90+3'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,111 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

1899 Hoffenheim v Manchester City

2 October 2018 2	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Manchester City	Sinsheim
17:55 BST	Belfodil 1' Demirbay  57'	Report	Agüero 8',  90+4' Otamendi  12' Fernandinho  36' Walker  66' D. Silva 87'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,851 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Manchester City

23 October 2018 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	Manchester City	Kharkiv
20:00 BST	Kryvtsov  87'	Report	D. Silva 30' Laporte 35' B. Silva 71' Otamendi  90+4'	Stadium: Metalist Oblast Sports Complex Attendance: 37,106 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk

7 November 2018 4	Manchester City	6–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Manchester
20:00 GMT	D. Silva 13' Gabriel Jesus 24' (pen.), 72' (pen.), 90+2' Sterling 49' Mahrez 84'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 52,286 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Lyon v Manchester City

27 November 2018 5	Lyon	2–2	Manchester City	Lyon
20:00 GMT	Cornet 55', 81' F. Mendy  62'	Report	Fernandinho  23' Sterling  34' Laporte 62' Agüero 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,039 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Manchester City v 1899 Hoffenheim

12 December 2018 6	Manchester City	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Sané 45+1', 61'	Report	Kramarić 16' (pen.) Grillitsch  64' Joelinton  77'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 50,411 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

On 17 December 2018, the round of 16 draw was made in Nyon, Switzerland.

Round of 16

Schalke 04 v Manchester City

20 February 2019 First leg	Schalke 04	2–3	Manchester City	Gelsenkirchen
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bentaleb 38' (pen.), 45' (pen.) Uth  41' Sané  73' Burgstaller  90+5'	Report	Agüero 18' Otamendi  36'  68' Fernandinho  43' Sané 85' Sterling 90' Ederson  90+5'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 54,417 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Manchester City v Schalke 04

12 March 2019 Second leg	Manchester City	7–0 (10–2 agg.)	Schalke 04	Manchester
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Agüero 35' (pen.), 38' Sané 42' Danilo  48' Sterling 56' Zinchenko  69' B. Silva 71' Foden 78' Gabriel Jesus 84'	Report	Bruma  33'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 51,518 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

9 April 2019 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Manchester City	London
20:00 BST	Rose  12' Son 78'	Report	Agüero 13' Laporte  28' Mahrez  59'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 60,044 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

17 April 2019 Second leg	Manchester City	4–3 (4–4 (a) agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
20:00 BST	Sterling 4', 21' B. Silva 11' Agüero 59'	Report	Son 7', 10',  48' Sissoko  41' Rose  54' Llorente 73' Wanyama  77'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,348 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Squad information

First-team squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Claudio Bravo	36	2016	44	0	2020	£15.4m	Second nationality: Spain
2	DF		Kyle Walker	28	2017	100	2	2022	£45m
3	DF		Danilo	27	2017	60	4	2022	£26.5m
4	DF		Vincent Kompany (c)	33	2008	360	20	2019	£6m	Captain
5	DF		John Stones	24	2016	109	5	2022	£47.5m
7	FW		Raheem Sterling	24	2015	191	69	2023	£44m
8	MF		İlkay Gündoğan	28	2016	114	17	2020	£20m
10	FW		Sergio Agüero	30	2011	338	231	2021	£31.5m	All time top goalscorer
14	DF		Aymeric Laporte	24	2018	64	5	2025	£57m
15	DF		Eliaquim Mangala	28	2014	79	0	2020	£42m
17	MF		Kevin De Bruyne	27	2015	174	41	2023	£54.5m
18	MF		Fabian Delph	29	2015	89	5	2020	£8m
19	FW		Leroy Sané	23	2016	133	39	2021	£37m
20	MF		Bernardo Silva	24	2017	104	22	2025	£43.5m
21	MF		David Silva	33	2010	396	71	2020	£24m
22	DF		Benjamin Mendy	24	2017	23	0	2022	£52m
25	MF		Fernandinho	34	2013	273	23	2020	£30m
26	FW		Riyad Mahrez	28	2018	44	12	2023	£60m	Record signing
30	DF		Nicolás Otamendi	31	2015	169	8	2022	£28m
31	GK		Ederson	25	2017	100	0	2025	£34.9m	Second nationality: Portugal
32	GK		Daniel Grimshaw	22	2019	0	0	2021	Youth system	Academy graduate
33	FW		Gabriel Jesus	22	2017	100	45	2023	£27m
34	DF		Philippe Sandler	22	2018	2	0	2022	£2.6m
35	MF		Oleksandr Zinchenko	22	2016	43	1	2021	£1.7m
47	MF		Phil Foden	18	2017	36	7	2024	Youth system	Academy graduate
49	GK		Arijanet Muric	20	2018	5	0	2020	Youth system	Academy graduate

Updated to match played 18 May 2019
Source: Manchester City
Ordered by squad number.
Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Age stated as at the end of 2018–19 season.

Statistics

As of 18 May 2019

Squad statistics

Appearances (Apps) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only, including sub appearances.
Red card numbers denote: numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Community Shield				Champions League				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Claudio Bravo	GK													1								1
2		Kyle Walker	DF	33	1	3		5		2		3	1			1				10		1		52	2	6
3		Danilo	DF	11	1	1		4		1		5		1						2		1		22	1	4
4		Vincent Kompany	DF	17	1	6		1				3		1		1				4				26	1	7
5		John Stones	DF	24		1		5				3				1				6				39		1
7		Raheem Sterling	MF	34	17	3		4	3	1		3								10	5	1		51	25	5
8		İlkay Gündoğan	MF	31	6	3		6				4		1		1				8				50	6	4
10		Sergio Agüero	FW	33	21	3		2	2			3	1			1	2			7	6	2		46	32	5
14		Aymeric Laporte	DF	35	3	3		4		1		1				1				10	2	1		51	5	5
15		Eliaquim Mangala	DF
17		Kevin De Bruyne	MF	19	2	2		4	2			5	2							4				32	6	2
18		Fabian Delph	MF	11		1	1	1				2								6				20		1	1
19		Leroy Sané	MF	31	10	1		4	2			3				1				8	4			47	16	1
20		Bernardo Silva	MF	36	7	3		4	2			2				1				8	4			51	13	3
21		David Silva	MF	33	6	3		5	1	1		3								9	3			50	10	4
22		Benjamin Mendy	DF	10		1		1				1				1				2				15		1
25		Fernandinho	MF	29	1	5		3				1		1		1				8		3		42	1	9
26		Riyad Mahrez	MF	27	7			5	2			5	2			1				6	1	1		44	12	1
30		Nicolás Otamendi	DF	18		1		5	1			4		1		1				5		2	1	33	1	4	1
31		Ederson	GK	38		2		6				1								10		1		55		3
32		Daniel Grimshaw	GK
33		Gabriel Jesus	FW	29	7	1		6	5			5	5			1				6	4			47	21	1
34		Philippe Sandler	DF					1				1												2
35		Oleksandr Zinchenko	MF	14		1		4				6	1							5		1		29	1	2
47		Phil Foden	MF	13	1			3	3			5	2	1		1				4	1			26	7	1
49		Arijanet Muric	GK									5												5
50		Eric García	DF									3												3
55		Brahim	MF									3	2			1								4	2
61		Felix Nmecha	MF									1												1
81		Claudio Gomes	MF									1				1								2
82		Adrián Bernabé	MF									1												1
83		Ian Poveda	FW									1												1
Own goals					4				3																7
Totals					95	44	1		26	6	0		16	6	0		2	0	0		30	14	1		169	69	2

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield	Champions League	TOTAL
10	FW	Sergio Agüero	21	2	1	2	6	32
7	FW	Raheem Sterling	17	3	0	0	5	25
33	FW	Gabriel Jesus	7	5	5	0	4	21
19	FW	Leroy Sané	10	2	0	0	4	16
20	MF	Bernardo Silva	7	2	0	0	4	13
26	FW	Riyad Mahrez	7	2	2	0	1	12
21	MF	David Silva	6	1	0	0	3	10
47	MF	Phil Foden	1	3	2	0	1	7
17	MF	Kevin De Bruyne	2	2	2	0	0	6
8	MF	İlkay Gündoğan	6	0	0	0	0	6
14	DF	Aymeric Laporte	3	0	0	0	2	5
55	MF	Brahim	0	0	2	0	0	2
2	DF	Kyle Walker	1	0	1	0	0	2
3	DF	Danilo	1	0	0	0	0	1
25	MF	Fernandinho	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	DF	Vincent Kompany	1	0	0	0	0	1
30	DF	Nicolás Otamendi	0	1	0	0	0	1
35	MF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals			4	3	0	0	0	7
Totals			95	26	16	2	30	169

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Sergio Agüero	Huddersfield Town	6–1 (H)	19 August 2018	Premier League
Gabriel Jesus	Shakhtar Donetsk	6–0 (H)	7 November 2018	UEFA Champions League
Gabriel Jesus4	Burton Albion	9–0 (H)	9 January 2019	EFL Cup
Sergio Agüero	Arsenal	3–1 (H)	3 February 2019	Premier League
Sergio Agüero	Chelsea	6–0 (H)	10 February 2019	Premier League
Raheem Sterling	Watford	3–1 (H)	9 March 2019	Premier League

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral
⁴ – Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.

No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield	Champions League	TOTAL
31	Ederson	20	4	1	0	3	28
49	Arijanet Muric	0	0	4	0	0	4
1	Claudio Bravo	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals		20	4	5	1	3	33

Awards

Etihad Player of the Month

Month	Player
August	Sergio Agüero
September
October	Riyad Mahrez
November	Raheem Sterling
December	Bernardo Silva
January	Sergio Agüero
February	Oleksandr Zinchenko
March	Bernardo Silva

Premier League Manager of the Month

Month	Manager
February	Pep Guardiola
April

Premier League Player of the Month

Month	Player
November	Raheem Sterling
February	Sergio Agüero

Alan Hardaker Trophy

Awarded to the player of the match in the EFL Cup final.

Year	Player
2019	Bernardo Silva

PFA Team of the Year

Position	Player
GK	Ederson
DF	Aymeric Laporte
MF	Bernardo Silva
MF	Fernandinho
FW	Raheem Sterling
FW	Sergio Agüero

PFA Young Player of the Year

Year	Player
2019	Raheem Sterling

FWA Player of the Year

Year	Player
2019	Raheem Sterling

Premier League Manager of the Season

Year	Manager
2019	Pep Guardiola

Etihad Player of the Season

Manchester City's player of the season.

Season	Player
2018–19	Bernardo Silva

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date from	Position	No.	Name	From club	Fee	Joining squad	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	82	Adrián Bernabé	Barcelona B	Free transfer	Academy
2 July 2018	FW	96	Ben Knight	Ipswich Town	£700,000	Academy
10 July 2018	MF	26	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	£60,000,000	First team
25 July 2018	MF	81	Claudio Gomes	Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy	Free transfer	Academy
31 July 2018	DF	34	Philippe Sandler	PEC Zwolle	£2,600,000	First team
9 August 2018	MF	—	Daniel Arzani	Melbourne City	Undisclosed	Academy
31 August 2018	FW	70	Jayden Braaf	Jong PSV	Free transfer	Academy
14 January 2019	DF	—	Ko Itakura	Kawasaki Frontale	Undisclosed	Academy
31 January 2019	MF	—	Ante Palaversa	Hajduk Split	Undisclosed	Academy
31 January 2019	GK	—	Gavin Bazunu	Shamrock Rovers	£420,000	Academy
Total					£63,720,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	No.	Name	To club	Fee	From squad	Ref.
15 June 2018	DF	69	Angeliño	PSV	£5,000,000	First team
26 June 2018	DF	56	Ashley Smith-Brown	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	Academy
1 July 2018	MF	84	Sadou Diallo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Released	Academy
1 July 2018	FW	44	Javairô Dilrosun	Hertha BSC	Free transfer	Academy
1 July 2018	FW	—	Bobby Duncan	Liverpool	Released	Academy
1 July 2018	DF	45	Demeaco Duhaney	Huddersfield Town	Released	Academy
1 July 2018	DF	—	Harold Essien	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	Academy
1 July 2018	DF	50	Pablo Maffeo	VfB Stuttgart	£9,000,000	First team
1 July 2018	MF	—	Divine Naah	Tubize	Free transfer	Academy
1 July 2018	MF	85	Will Patching	Notts County	Free transfer	Academy
1 July 2018	DF	71	Erik Sarmiento	Espanyol	Released	Academy
1 July 2018	GK	88	Paweł Sokół	Korona Kielce	Free transfer	Academy
1 July 2018	MF	42	Yaya Touré	Olympiacos	Released	First team
1 July 2018	MF	83	Marcus Wood	Bolton Wanderers	Released	Academy
2 July 2018	FW	—	Olarenwaju Kayode	Shakhtar Donetsk	£3,000,000	Academy
2 July 2018	MF	82	Jacob Davenport	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	Academy
10 July 2018	GK	54	Angus Gunn	Southampton	£13,500,000	First team
12 July 2018	MF	—	Pascal Kpohomouh	Southampton	Undisclosed	Academy
12 July 2018	FW	—	Benni Smales-Braithwaite	Southampton	Undisclosed	Academy
17 July 2018	MF	70	Isaac Buckley-Ricketts	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	Academy
18 July 2018	MF	78	Rodney Kongolo	Heerenveen	£750,000	Academy
18 July 2018	MF	—	Yaw Yeboah	Numancia	Undisclosed	Academy
31 July 2018	DF	86	Ash Kigbu	Wolfsberger AC	Undisclosed	Academy
31 July 2018	MF	59	Bersant Celina	Swansea City	£3,000,000	Academy
2 August 2018	MF	52	Kean Bryan	Sheffield United	Free transfer	Academy
4 August 2018	MF	—	Reece Devine	Manchester United	Undisclosed	Academy
7 August 2018	GK	13	Joe Hart	Burnley	£3,500,000	First team
21 August 2018	DF	28	Jason Denayer	Lyon	£5,800,000	First team
31 August 2018	MF	45	Chidiebere Nwakali	Raków	Undisclosed	Academy
6 January 2019	MF	55	Brahim	Real Madrid	£15,500,000	First team
18 January 2019	DF	79	Edward Francis	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	Academy
29 January 2019	FW	84	Rabbi Matondo	Schalke 04	£11,000,000	Academy
31 January 2019	DF	—	Ryan Corrigan	Stoke City	Undisclosed	Academy
19 March 2019	GK	36	Curtis Anderson	Charlotte Independence	Undisclosed	Academy
Total					£70,050,000

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	No.	Name	To club	From squad	Ref.
14 February 2017	31 December 2018	MF	—	Yangel Herrera	New York City FC	Academy
11 August 2017	9 January 2019	MF	—	Ivan Ilić	Red Star Belgrade	Academy
21 August 2017	9 January 2019	MF	—	Uriel Antuna	Groningen	Academy
16 January 2018	31 December 2018	FW	29	Marlos Moreno	Flamengo	First team
1 July 2018	1 January 2019	MF	—	Anthony Cáceres	Melbourne City	Academy
1 July 2018	30 June 2019	DF	—	Pablo Marí	Deportivo La Coruña	Academy
3 July 2018	30 June 2019	MF	65	Matthew Smith	Twente	Academy
4 July 2018	18 January 2019	DF	79	Edward Francis	Almere City	Academy
5 July 2018	30 June 2019	MF	—	Luke Brattan	Melbourne City	Academy
7 July 2018	30 June 2019	MF	76	Manu García	Toulouse	First team
7 July 2018	30 June 2019	DF	—	Erik Palmer-Brown	NAC Breda	Academy
9 July 2018	30 June 2019	MF	75	Aleix García	Girona	First team
12 July 2018	30 June 2019	MF	67	Paolo Fernandes	NAC Breda	Academy
18 July 2018	18 July 2019	MF	—	Mix Diskerud	Ulsan Hyundai	Academy
26 July 2018	30 June 2019	FW	68	Thierry Ambrose	Lens	Academy
30 July 2018	30 June 2019	FW	39	Jack Harrison	Leeds United	Academy
31 July 2018	22 August 2018	GK	49	Arijanet Muric	NAC Breda	First team
3 August 2018	30 June 2019	DF	24	Tosin Adarabioyo	West Bromwich Albion	First team
3 August 2018	30 June 2019	MF	—	Luka Ilić	NAC Breda	Academy
7 August 2018	30 June 2019	MF	62	Brandon Barker	Preston North End	Academy
8 August 2018	30 June 2019	FW	85	Thomas Agyepong	Hibernian	Academy
9 August 2018	30 June 2019	FW	43	Lucas Nmecha	Preston North End	First team
16 August 2018	30 June 2019	MF	27	Patrick Roberts	Girona	First team
17 August 2018	30 June 2020	MF	—	Daniel Arzani	Celtic	Academy
30 August 2018	30 June 2019	MF	—	Ernest Agyiri	Tubize	Academy
31 August 2018	30 June 2019	MF	57	Aaron Nemane	Tubize	Academy
31 August 2018	30 June 2019	MF	38	Douglas Luiz	Girona	Academy
31 August 2018	4 January 2019	DF	58	Charlie Oliver