City Football Group

City Football Group (CFG) is the world's leading private owner and operator of football clubs – with 12 football clubs across five continents within the CFG family.

Established in May 2013, the CFG approach ensures that every club remains authentic to its fans and community, plays entertaining football and benefits from being part of a global organisation that applies the world's best expertise on and off the pitch.

CFG pioneers and delivers a consistent underlying approach to talent development, fan experiences, sports entertainment, commercial opportunities and community impact. Over 400 partner organisations are central to the CFG model and a commitment to positively shaping the future of football. More than one billion followers worldwide support and connect with their CFG clubs.

CFG clubs include Manchester City FC, New York City FC, Melbourne City FC, Girona FC, Shenzhen Peng City FC, Lommel SK, ESTAC, Palermo FC, Bahia, and partner clubs Yokohama F. Marinos and Bolívar. CFG’s ownership of Montevideo City Torque is currently under a blind trust pursuant to applicable CONMEBOL regulations.

CFG is majority owned by Newton Investment and Development LLC, wholly owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed. Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, has been an investor in City Football Group since 2019, progressively increasing their stake to nearly 17% and actively contributing to CFG’S value creation.