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Manchester City have spent 10 years in thepremier league since it's inception in 1992. in the 2002/2003 season, they became one of onley two english teams to have oualified for the uefa cup through the fair play ranking. This meant that the plush new City of Manchester stadium was treated to european football just weeks after openning for the start of the following campaign

Keving keegan and then stuart pearce, established the club in the premier league and under the latter, theyfinished in 14th place in the 2006/2007 season, he was replaced by sven-goran eriksson who guided the club to a ninth place finish in the 2007/2008 campaign. city also secured uefa cup football via the fair play ranking for a scond time