City Football Group

City Football Group Limited
Company typeHolding company
Industry
  • Sports
  • Sports services
Founded2013 (2013)
Founder
Headquarters
Key people
RevenueDecrease £544.426 million (2020)
Decrease -£165.861 million (2020)
Decrease -£205.179 million (2020)
Total assetsIncrease £1.53 billion (2020)
OwnerAbu Dhabi United Group (81%)
Silver Lake (18%)
CITIC Group (1%)
Number of employees
1,229 (2020)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.cityfootballgroup.com Edit this at Wikidata

City Football Group Limited (CFG) is a holding company that administers association football clubs. The group is owned by three organisations, of which 81% is majority-owned by Abu Dhabi United Group, 18% by the American firm Silver Lake, and 1% by Chinese firms China Media Capital and CITIC Capital.[1][2][3][4] The Abu Dhabi United Group is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan,[5] member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and Vice President of UAE.[6][7]

The group derives its name from Manchester City, its flagship football club, and acts as the club's parent company. CFG also owns stakes in clubs in the United States, Australia, India, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay, China, Belgium, France, Italy and Turkey.[8]

  1. ^ "CFG Announces US$500 Million Strategic Investment by Silver Lake". 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ "CFG Statement: 1 December 2015". Manchester City F.C. 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Silver Lake ups stake in Manchester City owner". Financial Times. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Silver Lake ramps up stake in Manchester City owner". 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Company Overview of Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  6. ^ Randall, Colin (9 September 2008). "Mansour to replace Man City directors". TheNational.ae. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  7. ^ "UAE Federal e-Government Portal - Ministry of Presidential Affairs". government.ae. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  8. ^ "City Football Group add ESTAC Troyes as tenth club". cityfootballgroup.com. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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