The 2023-24 campaign saw Manchester City continue to sign its name into the football record books.
Chief amongst the remarkable achievements was becoming the first men’s side ever to win the English top-flight in four consecutive seasons.
The Four-In-A-Row feat was achieved in stirring fashion as City went on an unbeaten run of 23 games and overturned an eight-point deficit, clinching the title on the last day of the Premier League season.
On the way to victory, City netted 96 goals – the most of any team in the Premier League.
Becoming Premier League Champions for the eighth time was, however, only one in a series of historic achievements.
For the first time in the Club’s history City became FIFA Club World Cup winners, a feat achieved in style in Saudi Arabia with a 4-0 win over Brazilian side Fluminense.
In another first, City also took home the UEFA Super Cup after beating Spanish outfit Sevilla in a penalty shoot-out. Together, these two historic Club firsts resulted in another record as City became the first football club to simultaneously hold the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup.
Elsewhere, City reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League after winning all six group stage games and topping their group for the seventh season in a row.
Manchester City became the first side in the entire history of the English top-flight to win the men’s title in four consecutive seasons.
Champions
Premier League
Runners-Up
FA Cup
Quarter-Finalists
UEFA Champions League
Third-Round
Carabao Cup
Winners
UEFA Super Cup
Winners
Fifa Club World Cup
In total, Pep Guardiola’s great entertainers scored 149 goals in all competitions and their success led to a plethora of individual player honours.
Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Rodri and Kyle Walker were named in the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Team of the Year and Foden was voted PFA Players’ Player of the Year.
Foden was named Premier League Player of the Season. Remarkably, this was the fifth time in succession that a City player has won the accolade. This was also a proud moment for the Club: local-boy Foden joined his beloved City at the age of four and formally signed to the Academy at Under 9s. Foden also won the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year. In all competitions he scored 27 goals and provided 12 assists.
For his part, Haaland won the Premier League Golden Boot for the second year in a row, scoring 27 times. He also claimed the season’s record for the most shots on target of any player in the Premier League (59).
In his second season at City, the young Norwegian reached two milestones – 40 Champions League goals and 50 Premier League goals – faster than any other player in those competitions. His Premier League scoring rate was unmatched at more than one goal every 90 minutes by the end of the 2023-24 season.
Rodri was the bedrock of City’s continued success in a season which saw him play a pivotal role for both club and country.
The Spanish international, who won Euro 2024 with Spain and was named Player of the Tournament, went more than a year unbeaten in a club shirt and had his best Premier League season for both goals scored (eight) and assists (nine).
The defensive midfielder completed no fewer than 3,359 passes in the Premier League, with 2,122 in the opposition half. Both figures were the highest for a player at any club since this data was first recorded 20 years ago.
His spectacular efforts across the season saw him become the first Manchester City player to be awarded the Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious individual award.
Rodri has been at the heart of City’s success since signing in 2019, winning 11 major honours with the Club. Across the 2023-24 season he played 63 matches for club and country – winning 50 times and collecting four trophies.
A panel of journalists from the 100 top-ranking nations chose Rodri as the world’s best player, with fellow teammates Ruben Dias, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland also making the 30-man shortlist.
As well as being the first City player, he is the first Spanish man since 1960 and the first Premier League player since 2008 to be awarded the Ballon d’Or.
The award also generated a significant amount of online conversation, becoming the Club’s second most talked about event in the last four seasons, surpassed only by the UEFA Champions League final win in 2022-23.
85.8% passing accuracy
The highest of any goalkeeper in the Premier League
PFA Premier League Team of the Year
Involved in the build-up of 134 sequences that led to a shot
The most of any defender in the Premier League
Carried the ball 5,261 metres
The fourth-highest figure of any full back in the Premier League
Progressed the ball 4,816 metres upfield with ball carries
The furthest distance of any player in the Premier League
94.1% passing accuracy
The third-highest of any defender in the Premier League (min 500 passes)
93.6% passing accuracy
The sixth-highest of any defender in the Premier League (min 500 passes)
92.8% passing accuracy
The seventh-highest of any defender in the Premier League (min 500 passes)
55 tackles made
The most of any Manchester City defender
93.8% passing accuracy
The fourth-highest of any defender in the Premier League (min 500 passes)
94.1% of his passes completed
The best passing accuracy of any midfielder in the Premier League (min 100 passes)
87 dribbles completed
The second-highest figure of any player in the Premier League
27 chances created following a ball carry
More than any other player in the Premier League
Ballon d’Or
PFA Premier League Team of the Year
3,359 passes completed
More than any other player this season and the highest figure on record in a Premier League season since 2003-04
Carried the ball 8,097 metres
More than any other player in the Premier League
8 goals scored and 9 assists
His highest figures in any Premier League season
21 big chances created in just 18 Premier League matches
The second-highest figure for any player in the Premier League
4.3 chances created per 90 minutes
More than any other player in the Premier League (min 500 minutes)
576 ball carries
More than any other winger in the Premier League
2.3 chances created in open play per 90 minutes
The fourth-highest figure of any other player in the Premier League (min 1,000 minutes)
Premier League Player of the Season
PFA Players’ Player of the Year and Premier League Team of the Year
Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year
19 goals
His highest figure in any season, and the fourth-highest goal-scorer in the Premier League this season
6 goals scored from outside the box
More than any other player in the Premier League this season and the most
a Manchester City player has ever scored in a single Premier League campaign
48 shots on target
The third-highest figure for any player in the Premier League
67 chances created
The second-highest figure of any Manchester City player
Premier League Golden Boot
27 goals scored, 5 more than the second-highest goal scorer
PFA Premier League Team of the Year
20 non-penalty goals
More than any other player in the Premier League
59 shots on target
More than any other player in the Premier League
74.1% save percentage
The second-highest figure for any goalkeeper in the Premier League (min 180 minutes)
91.0% passing accuracy
The second-highest of any full-back in the Premier League (min 500 passes)
Average of 3.4 dribbles completed per 90 minutes
The fourth-highest figure for any player in the Premier League (min 270 minutes)
Source: Premier League, PFA
The man who guided the players continued to break records. Guardiola was named Premier League Manager of the Season for the fifth time and reached 300 Premier League games in charge, winning 221 of them – 32 more than any other manager at that milestone. Across his 300 Premier League games as manager, Guardiola achieved an astonishing 73.6% win rate. The Catalan’s six top-flight titles has him sharing second place in the all-time list alongside George Ramsay and Bob Paisley.
City’s impact was also felt at international level, as the Club’s 14 representatives made more appearances at Euro 2024 and played more minutes than players from any other club.
Manchester City had the most players selected at Euro 2024 of any European club, with its players also recording the most appearances and highest number of minutes played at the tournament
Players
Selected
Total
Appearances
Minutes
Played
Players
Selected
Total
Appearances
Minutes
Played
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At the end of the season City said goodbye to Argentine World Cup winning striker Julián Alvarez, in a Club record transfer. Alvarez departed for Atlético Madrid in Spain’s La Liga having made 103 appearances and scored 36 goals on the way to six major trophies at City.
Source: Premier League, PFA
