Cup Schemes

Under the new format, teams will play eight matches in the new league phase (former group stage). They will no longer play three opponents twice – home and away – but will instead face fixtures against eight different teams, playing half of those matches at home and half of them away. To determine the eight different opponents, the teams will initially be ranked in four seeding pots. Each team will then be drawn to play two opponents from each of these pots, playing one match against a team from each pot at home, and one away.

The Champions League matches will be played between September and January. Each of the three UEFA club competitions will have one exclusive match, with the other two competitions not being scheduled in this week.

In standard weeks, Champions League matches will be played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In the Champions League exclusive week, Champions League matches will be played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

All home UEFA Champions League matches will be included in the UEFA Competition Cup Scheme.

Further information can be found on UEFA's website here.

If you are seeing the below alert on your ticketing account it may be due to yourself or a strongly linked member of your Family & Friends not being registered on our Cup Schemes. 

To check if you are registered on any of our Cup Schemes login to your ticketing account here.

Click on the Cup Schemes tab and it will display on the page what Cup Schemes you are registered on if any, as well as any that strongly linked members of your Family & Friends are on as well.  

To update your Cup Scheme payment details, follow the guide below:

First, go to mancity.com/tickets then click the silhouette icon in the top right corner of the page and select 'My Account'

Then click 'My Ticketing Account'

Select 'Cup Schemes' on the left-hand side of the page.

Tick ONE of the Cup Schemes that you are enrolled in and click 'Update Payment Card'

Then select the Cup Schemes that you are enrolled in and click 'ADD NEW CARD'

Re-enter your card details, or update with a different card if you choose to do so

Click Save and you will then be able to authorise the payment, depending on how you have this set up with your bank provider which will pass the 3DS2 check. 

Once you have authorised this, ensure that all of the Cup Schemes that you are enrolled into are ticked, then click 'OK'

Joining the Cup Scheme(s) will provide you with

• Ticket priority; be at the front of the queue for away Cup matches and also the all-important Cup final tickets, subject to availability and any qualifying sales criteria.
• Ticket Points: Earn 300 ticket points for joining all three Cup Schemes. Go Platinum and you can make it 600 ticket points
• Price cap*; A guaranteed price cap of £35 on domestic cup home games, up to but not including the quarter-finals. *Premium Seat holders will be required to pay the full prevailing rate for their seat
• Ease of purchase; we will automatically process your payment and advise when this has been done, we will also ensure that if we do have to relocate your seat this is in an area of the stadium that you are happy to sit

Failure to pay will result in removal from the relevant Cup Scheme(s) and any Ticket Points being removed. Once removed you cannot re-join the Cup Scheme for the current Season.

Priority will be given to supporters who have joined the respective Cup Scheme.

If any tickets remain, the Club will let you know of the qualifying sales criteria and subject to availability, qualifying supporters may then purchase in line with the sales criteria.

All information will be provided in advance on the Clubs’ website here.