admin City are the team to beat at 2022/23 treble winners. However, important squad members could leave this summer. Mateo Kovacic has taken Ilkay Gundogan’s number eight.
Manchester City enter the new season as a winning team on three separate fronts, having won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in 2022/23.
As usual for Cityzens, the summer has been uneventful and efficient so far. The sale and signing took place without much fuss and the departure of Ilkay Gundogan is rather an anomaly.
They have signed Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea to bolster their midfield in Gundogan’s absence, and are expected to sign more in the near future. Selling is also possible by linking multiple players.
As it stands, here are Man City’s team numbers for the 2023/24 season:
Man City squad numbers 2023/24
Man City have not got a single senior player listed on their website without an assigned squad number, with Kovacic already having been handed a pretty prominent squad number.
Squad numbers subject to change during pre-season.
| Squad Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 2 | Kyle Walker |
| 3 | Ruben Dias |
| 4 | Kalvin Phillips |
| 5 | John Stones |
| 6 | Nathan Ake |
| 7 | Joao Cancelo |
| 8 | Mateo Kovacic |
| 9 | Erling Haaland |
| 10 | Jack Grealish |
| 13 | Zack Steffen |
| 14 | Aymeric Laporte |
| 16 | Rodri |
| 17 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 18 | Stefan Moreno |
| 19 | Julian Alvarez |
| 20 | Bernardo Silva |
| 21 | Sergio Gomez |
| 25 | Manuel Akanji |
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez |
| 31 | Ederson |
| 32 | Maximo Perrone |
| 33 | Scott Carson |
| 47 | Phil Foden |
| 80 | Cole Palmer |
Man City squad numbers available to new signings
There are a few decent numbers still available at Man City, although the number one shirt would have to go to a backup goalkeeper given Ederson is set with his number and certainly first choice.
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11
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15
What numbers can Premier League players wear?
The two main rules for Premier League team numbers are that player numbers must be unique within a team and must be between 1 and 99. Zero is not allowed.
Also, according to tradition, goalkeepers commonly wear the numbers 1 and 13.
There are various traditions that suggest a top team player wears his number 1 to 30, but this is something that players and clubs increasingly tend to ignore. Man City youngster Rico Ruiz has the highest number of 82 in the 2022/23 season.
| Squad Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 2 | Kyle Walker |
| 3 | Ruben Dias |
| 4 | Kalvin Phillips |
| 5 | John Stones |
| 6 | Nathan Ake |
| 7 | Joao Cancelo |
| 8 | Mateo Kovacic |
| 9 | Erling Haaland |
| 10 | Jack Grealish |
| 13 | Zack Steffen |
| 14 | Aymeric Laporte |
| 16 | Rodri |
| 17 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 18 | Stefan Moreno |
| 19 | Julian Alvarez |
| 20 | Bernardo Silva |
| 21 | Sergio Gomez |
| 25 | Manuel Akanji |
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez |
| 31 | Ederson |
| 32 | Maximo Perrone |
| 33 | Scott Carson |
| 47 | Phil Foden |
| 80 | Cole Palmer |
| 82 | Rico Lewis |
| 97 | Joshua Wilson-Esbrand |
Can Premier League players change squad numbers?
Premier League players are only allowed to change their squad number during pre-season or if one is sold or loaned to another club in the January transfer window.
Clubs must submit their confirmed squad list – including shirt numbers – by a specified deadline each year and numbers cannot be changed thereafter. In 2021 that deadline was 1 September.
source: https://www.90min.com/posts/manchester-city-squad-confirmed-shirt-numbers-2023-24
