City Football Group

City Football Group Limited
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Sports
  • Sports services
Founded2013 (2013)
Founder
Headquarters
Key people
Revenue £544.426 million (2020)
-£165.861 million (2020)
-£205.179 million (2020)
Total assets £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

City Football Group Limited (CFG) is a British-based 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. The Abu Dhabi United Group is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Abu Dhabi royal family and vice president of the United Arab Emirates.

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.