Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy

Manchester City is represented at Reserve level for football by the Elite Development Squad, also referred to as just the Elite Squad,[1] or EDS, a predominantly 'Under-23' side that replaced the previous (more senior) Reserve team in a move to focus on youth development post-academy. The club is represented at the 'Under-18' level by the Manchester City Academy team.

MCFC Elite Development Squad

Full name	Manchester City Elite Development Squad
Founded	2009
Ground	Academy Stadium Sportcity, Manchester, England
Capacity	7,000 (5,000 seated)
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Paul Harsley
League	Professional Development League
Home colours Away colours

Elite Development Squad

The Elite Development Squad[2] from season 2012–13 plays in the Under 21 Premier League[3] and previously played in the Premier Reserve League North. Starting with the 2011–12 season, the EDS competed in the NextGen Series competition,[4] a Champions League format tournament only open to a select group of 'Under-19' teams located in western Europe.[5] The NextGen Series organisers invited the 16 teams competing in the inaugural season of this new competition based on which clubs were considered to have the best academies in Europe.[6] The EDS will continue to play fixtures in both the Manchester Senior Cup and Lancashire Senior Cup plus several other matches and tournaments such as the Central League Cup.

Manchester City have fielded a reserve team since 1892, when the reserves played in the Lancashire Combination. The reserves were champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1901–02.[7] The club left the Lancashire Combination in 1911 to join the Central League upon its formation. The City reserve team then played in the Central League until 2000, winning it on three occasions in the 1977–78, 1986–87 and 1999–2000 seasons. In 2006 the club re-entered the Central League – now the Pontin's League (West) – but this time in order to provide games for the 'Under-17' age group of players.

Home ground

The EDS currently play all of their home fixtures at the CFA Academy stadium in Manchester.

Squad numbers

The squad numbers depicted for the EDS players in this article are the MCFC first team squad numbers – which means that these are the shirt numbers that the EDS players will wear if and when team-sheeted to play for the MCFC first team in either a friendly or competitive game. The MCFC official first team squad consists of about 40 players, which is why the EDS players' squad numbers start in the region of the middle forties. For the Premier League 2, players use the 1–11 numbering system whilst squad numbers (including player names) are used for the EFL Trophy.

The MCFC first team squad numbers are normally assigned and published in late July during the close season and they remain constant for the entire duration of the upcoming season (meaning that a squad number that is assigned to a player in the close season who subsequently wears that number in a competitive match, but who later leaves the club during that same season, will not be assigned to another player during the remainder of that season).

Current squad

As of 11 August 2020[8][9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  ENG Tosin Adarabioyo 29 FW  COL Marlos Moreno 32 GK  ENG Daniel Grimshaw 43 FW  GER Lukas Nmecha 46 DF  ENG Joel Latibeaudiere 51 FW  ESP Nabil Touaizi 55 GK  IRL Gavin Bazunu 57 DF  ENG Yeboah Amankwah 61 MF  ENG Felix Nmecha 62 DF  ENG Nathanael Ogbeta 64 MF  ENG Rowan McDonald 65 MF  WAL Matthew Smith 66 MF  ESP Iker Pozo 67 MF  ESP Paolo Fernandes 69 MF  ENG Tommy Doyle 70 GK  ENG Louie Moulden 72 FW  ENG Morgan Rogers 73 FW  NED Jayden Braaf 75 MF  ESP Aleix Garcia

No. Pos. Nation Player 78 DF  ENG Taylor Harwood-Bellis 80 MF  ENG Cole Palmer 81 MF  FRA Claudio Gomes 82 MF  ESP Adrián Bernabé 88 DF  SEN Alpha Dionkou 96 FW  ENG Ben Knight — GK  USA Zack Steffen — DF  BRA Yan Couto — DF  USA Erik Palmer-Brown — MF  GHA Thomas Agyepong — MF  GHA Mohammed Aminu — MF  VEN Yangel Herrera — MF  SRB Ivan Ilić — MF  SRB Luka Ilić — MF  JPN Ryotaro Meshino — MF  ESP Pablo Moreno — MF  CRO Ante Palaversa — FW  SRB Slobodan Tedić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 MF  ENG Jack Harrison (at Leeds United until 30 June 2021) 74 MF  ENG Luke Bolton (at Dundee United until 30 June 2021) — DF  JPN Ko Itakura (at Groningen until 30 June 2021) — DF  BFA Issa Kaboré (at Mechelen until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Pedro Porro (at Sporting CP until 30 June 2022) — MF  AUS Daniel Arzani (at Utrecht until 30 June 2021) — MF  USA Mix Diskerud (at Helsingborgs IF until 31 December 2020)

Reserve/EDS Manager history

Manager	From	To	Honours
Tony Book	1986	1996	1987 Central League
Asa Hartford	1996	2004	2000 Central League, 2001 Manchester Senior Cup
Steve Wigley	2004	2006	2005 Manchester Senior Cup
Frankie Bunn	2006	2007
Kenny Jackett	2007	2007	2007 Manchester Senior Cup
Ian Miller	2007	2008	2008 Central League
Glyn Hodges	2008	2009
Andy Welsh	2009	2012	2010 Manchester Senior Cup
Attilio Lombardo	2012	2013
Patrick Vieira	2013	2016	2015 Premier League International Cup
Simon Davies	2016	2018
Paul Harsley	2018	present

Academy

MCFC Academy

Full name	Manchester City Academy
Nickname(s)	The Citizens, City, The Boy Blues
Ground	Academy Stadium Sportcity, Manchester, England
Capacity	7,000 (5,000 seated)
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
League	Professional Development League
Home colours Away colours

Manchester City's Academy is responsible for youth development at the club, with the goal of developing young players for the future. The academy is one of the most revered in the country and since its new incarnation in 1998 it has produced more professional players than any other Premier League club.[10]

History

The club's first youth team was set up by Albert Alexander in the 1920s,[11] known as the 'A' Team. From 1951 the 'A' team competed in the Lancashire League against reserve and youth teams of other clubs from North West England. From 1955 a second youth team, the 'B' team, typically comprising younger players than the 'A' team, competed in Division Two of the Lancashire League.

Youth football in England was restructured by the Football Association in 1997, with the introduction of the Academy system. Current International Youth Academy Director Jim Cassell joined from Oldham Athletic in July 1997 and was responsible for building Manchester City's youth structure, which gained Academy accreditation in 1998.

In its new incarnation, the 'A' and 'B' teams were replaced with 'Under-19' and 'Under-17' teams, which competed in the FA Premier Youth League. Since gaining FA approval the Academy has produced 35 first team players, 15 of whom have gained full international honours, including England internationals Shaun Wright-Phillips, Micah Richards and Joey Barton. The academy not only produces players for Manchester City but also players that have the talent to make the grade elsewhere, with players such as Glenn Whelan building a successful career at Sheffield Wednesday and now Stoke City and Dickson Etuhu similarly making his career at Fulham

Present day

Since the club was taken over in September 2008, with extra capital and increased ambitions the club looked to expand their successful academy further afield[12] and City in the Community programme in Manchester. In 2010, the Platt Lane complex was upgraded to include new facilities, such as a gym, changing rooms, as well as office and seminar space[13] The club also launched an instructional video website aimed at helping the new skills of prospective footballers[14]

Squad numbers

The squad numbers (if any) depicted for the Academy players in this article are MCFC first team squad numbers – which means that these are the shirt numbers that the Academy players will wear if and when team-sheeted to play for the MCFC first team in either a friendly or competitive game.

Current squad

As of 16 January 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 54 MF  IRL Joe Hodge 71 MF  SCO Lewis Fiorini 77 DF  ENG Samson Robinson 80 MF  ENG Cole Palmer 84 GK  SCO Cieran Slicker 87 MF  ENG James McAtee 93 FW  ENG Keyendrah Simmonds 94 DF  ENG Finley Burns — GK  ENG Joshua McNamara — GK  ENG James Trafford — DF  ENG Camron Gbadebo — DF  ENG Luke Mbete-Tabu

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Kwaku Oduroh — DF  ENG Josh Wilson-Esbrand — MF  NOR Oscar Bobb — MF  POR Carlos Borgas — MF  IRL CJ Egan-Riley — MF  ENG Alexander Robertson — MF  SCO Liam Smith — MF  IRL Timi Sobowale — MF  ESP Oscar Tarensi — FW  ENG Liam Delap — FW  ENG Samuel Edozie — FW  ENG D'Margio Wright-Phillips

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Academy Manager history

Manager	From	To	Honours
Neil McNab	1994	1997
Jim Cassell	1997	2009	2008 Youth Cup
Steve Eyre	2009	2011
Adam Sadler	2011	2013
Jason Wilcox	2013	2016	2015–16 Professional U18 Development League
Lee Carsley	2016	2017
Gareth Taylor	2017	2020	2019-20 Professional U18 Development League 2018–19 & 2019-20 U18 Premier League Cup

Academy graduates (1998–present)

Academy graduates who still play for Manchester City, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are highlighted in blue.

Updated 24 September 2019

Player	Current Club	Born	International Honours	Debut	Manager
Shaun Wright-Phillips	Retired	London	Full England Caps	Age 17 v Burnley, 24 Aug. 1999[15]	Joe Royle
Terry Dunfield	Toronto (academy coach)	Vancouver	Full Canada Caps	Age 19 v Chelsea, 11 May 2001[16]
Chris Shuker	Retired	Liverpool		Age 19 v Notts County, 11 Sep. 2001[17]	Kevin Keegan
Dickson Etuhu	Free agent	Kano	Full Nigeria Caps	Age 19 v Birmingham City, 15 Sep. 2001[18]
Leon Mike	Retired	Manchester	England U18	Age 19 v Portsmouth, 16 Nov. 2001[19]
Chris Killen	Retired	Wellington	Full New Zealand Caps	Age 20 v Rotherham United, 24 Nov. 2001[20]
Tyrone Mears	Free agent	Manchester	Full Jamaican Caps	Age 19 v Nottingham Forest, 30 Mar. 2002[21]
Joey Barton	Fleetwood Town (manager)	Liverpool	Full England Cap	Age 21 v Bolton Wanderers, 5 Apr. 2003[22]
Stephen Jordan	Retired	Liverpool		Age 21 v Bolton Wanderers, 5 Apr. 2003[23]
Willo Flood	Retired	Dublin	Ireland U21	Age 18 v Total Network Solutions, 28 Aug. 2003[24]
Glenn Whelan	Fleetwood Town	Dublin	Full Ireland Caps	Age 19 v Total Network Solutions, 28 Aug. 2003[25]
Stephen Elliott	Retired	Dublin	Full Ireland Caps	Age 20 v Bolton Wanderers, 21 Feb. 2004[26]
Bradley Wright-Phillips	Los Angeles	London	England U20	Age 19 v Barnsley, 21 Sep. 2004[27]
Nedum Onuoha	Real Salt Lake	Warri	England U21	Age 18 v Arsenal, 24 Oct. 2004[28]
Jonathan D'Laryea	Free agent	Manchester		Age 19 v Arsenal, 24 Oct. 2004[29]
Lee Croft	Retired	Wigan	England U20	Age 19 v Bolton Wanderers, 7 Mar. 2005[30]
Stephen Ireland	Free agent	Cork	Full Ireland Caps	Age 19 v Bolton Wanderers, 18 Sep. 2005[31]	Stuart Pearce
Micah Richards	Retired	Birmingham	Full England Caps	Age 17 v Arsenal, 22 Oct. 2005[32]
Ishmael Miller	Tranmere Rovers	Manchester	England U21	Age 19 v Wigan Athletic, 18 Mar. 2006[33]
Michael Johnson	Retired	Manchester	England U21	Age 18 v Wigan Athletic, 21 Oct. 2006[34]
Daniel Sturridge	Free agent	Birmingham	Full England Caps	Age 17 v Reading, 3 Feb. 2007[35]
Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City	Copenhagen	Full Denmark Caps	Age 19 v West Ham United, 11 Aug. 2007[36]	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Shaleum Logan	Aberdeen	Manchester		Age 19 v Bristol City, 29 Aug. 2007[37]
Kelvin Etuhu	Carlisle United	Kano		Age 19 v Norwich City, 25 Sep. 2007[38]
Ched Evans	Fleetwood Town F.C.	Rhyl	Full Wales Caps	Age 18 v Norwich City, 25 Sep. 2007[39]
Sam Williamson	Retired	Manchester		Age 20 v Portsmouth, 20 Apr. 2008[40]
Vladimír Weiss	Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Full Slovakia Caps	Age 19 v Bolton Wanderers, 24 May 2009[41]	Mark Hughes
Dedryck Boyata	Hertha BSC	Brussels	Full Belgium Caps	Age 19 v Middlesbrough, 2 Jan. 2010[42]	Roberto Mancini
Abdisalam Ibrahim	Pafos	Mogadishu	Full Norway Caps	Age 18 v Scunthorpe United, 24 Jan. 2010[43]
Greg Cunningham	Cardiff City	Galway	Full Ireland Caps	Age 18 v Scunthorpe United, 24 Jan. 2010[44]
Alex Nimely	Kettering Town	Monrovia	England U20	Age 18 v Burnley, 3 Apr. 2010[45]
Javan Vidal	Kettering Town	Manchester	England U20	Age 21 v West Bromwich Albion, 22 Sep. 2010[46]
Ben Mee	Burnley	Manchester	England U21	Age 20 v West Bromwich Albion, 22 Sep. 2010[47]
John Guidetti	Deportivo Alavés	Stockholm	Full Sweden Caps	Age 18 v West Bromwich Albion, 22 Sep. 2010[48]
Chris Chantler	Ossett United	Manchester		Age 20 v Juventus, 16 Dec. 2010[49]
Abdul Razak	IK Sirius	Abidjan	Full Ivory Coast Caps	Age 18 v West Bromwich Albion, 5 Feb. 2011
Ryan McGivern	Linfield	Newry	Full Northern Ireland Caps	Age 21 v Sunderland, 3 Apr. 2011[50]
Reece Wabara	Retired	Birmingham	England U20	Age 19 v Bolton Wanderers, 22 May 2011[51]
Karim Rekik	Hertha BSC	Rotterdam	Full Netherlands Caps	Age 16 v Birmingham City, 21 Sep. 2011
Luca Scapuzzi	Pro Sesto	Milan		Age 20 v Birmingham City, 21 Sep. 2011
Denis Suárez	Celta Vigo	Vigo	Full Spain Cap	Age 17 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 26 Oct. 2011
Jérémy Hélan	Retired	Paris	France U19	Age 20 v Aston Villa, 25 Sep. 2012
Marcos Lopes	Nice (on loan from Sevilla)	Belém de Maria	Full Portugal Cap	Age 17 v Watford, 5 Jan. 2013
Emyr Huws	Ipswich Town	Llanelli	Full Wales Caps	Age 20 v Blackburn Rovers, 15 Jan. 2014	Manuel Pellegrini
José Ángel Pozo	Rayo Vallecano	Málaga	Spain U21	Age 18 v Sheffield Wednesday, 24 Sep. 2014
Kelechi Iheanacho	Leicester City	Imo State	Full Nigeria Caps	Age 18 v Watford, 29 Aug. 2015
Manu García	Sporting Gijón	Oviedo	Spain U19	Age 17 v Sunderland, 22 Sep. 2015
George Evans	Derby County	Cheadle	England U20	Age 20 v Sunderland, 22 Sep. 2015
Bersant Celina	Swansea City	Prizren	Full Kosovo Caps	Age 19 v Norwich, 9 Jan. 2016
Angeliño	Manchester City	Coristanco	Spain U21	Age 19 v Aston Villa, 30 Jan. 2016
Cameron Humphreys	Zulte Waregem	Manchester	England U19	Age 17 v Aston Villa, 30 Jan. 2016
Aleix García	Manchester City	Ulldecona	Spain U21	Age 18 v Chelsea, 21 Feb. 2016
Tosin Adarabioyo	Manchester City	Manchester	England U19	Age 18 v Chelsea, 21 Feb. 2016
David Faupala	Valletta	Bully-les-Mines	France U18	Age 19 v Chelsea, 21 Feb. 2016
Brandon Barker	Rangers	Manchester	England U20	Age 19 v Chelsea, 21 Feb. 2016
Pablo Maffeo	Girona (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)	Sant Joan Despi	Spain U21	Age 19 v Steaua București, 24 Aug. 2016	Pep Guardiola
Brahim Diaz	Real Madrid	Málaga	Spain U21	Age 17 v Swansea, 21 Sep. 2016
Phil Foden	Manchester City	Stockport	England U21	Age 17 v Feyenoord, 21 Nov. 2017
Lukas Nmecha	Manchester City	Hamburg	England U21 Germany U21	Age 19 v Leicester City, 19 Dec. 2017
Tom Dele-Bashiru	Watford	Manchester	Nigeria U20	Age 18 v Leicester City, 19 Dec. 2017
Claudio Gomes	Manchester City	Argenteuil	France U19	Age 18 v Chelsea, 5 Aug. 2018
Arijanet Muric	Manchester City	Zürich	Full Kosovo Caps	Age 19 v Oxford United, 25 Sep. 2018
Adrián Bernabé	Manchester City		Spain U17	Age 17 v Oxford United, 25 Sep. 2018
Eric García	Manchester City	Barcelona	Spain U21	Age 17 v Leicester City, 18 Dec. 2018
Ian Poveda	Leeds United	London	England U19	Age 18 v Burton Albion, 23 Jan. 2019
Felix Nmecha	Manchester City	Hamburg	England U19	Age 18 v Burton Albion, 23 Jan. 2019
Taylor Harwood-Bellis	Manchester City	Stockport	England U19	Age 17 v Preston North End, 24 Sep. 2019
Tommy Doyle	Manchester City	Manchester	England U18	Age 18 v Southampton, 29 Oct. 2019

Honours

Elite Development Squad

• Premier League International Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
• The Central League
  • Winners (4): 1977–78, 1986–87, 1999–00, 2007–08
• Lancashire Senior Cup
  • Winners (6): 1920–21, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1952–53, 1973–74

Academy

• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners (2): 1986, 2008
• U-18 Professional Development League
  • Northern Division Champions (7) 1997–98, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20
  • National Champions: (2) 2015–16, 2019–20
• U-18 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (2): 2018-19,[52] 2019–20

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39. "The Graduates: No.25 Ched Evans". mancity.com. (Manchester City Football Club). 25 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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42. "The Graduates: No.28 Dedryck Boyata". mancity.com. (Manchester City Football Club). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
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External links

• Manchester City official website – Academy
• Manchester City Official website – Cityecademy
• The Manchester City academy way – These Football Times (2016)