Manchester Dethrones Liverpool As Most Successful City In English Football History

Manchester is officially the most successful city in English football following Manchester City's latest Premier League title triumph. Liverpool is second.

Robert Summerscales | May 20, 2023

Manchester Dethrones Liverpool As Most Successful City In English Football History /

Manchester is officially the most successful city in English football following Manchester City's latest Premier League title triumph.

Teams representing Manchester have now been crowned champions of England on 29 occasions.

Man City have been responsible for nine of those titles - in 1936/37, 1967/68, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22 and now 2022/23.

Meanwhile, neighbors Manchester United have won England's top division a record-breaking 20 times.

Manchester City are nine-time champions of England :: IMAGO/PA Images/Tim Goode

After Manchester, Liverpool is the next most successful English city in terms of league titles, with 28.

Liverpool FC have ended 19 seasons as England's top team, while Everton were champions nine times between 1891 and 1987.

London is England's third most successful footballing city, with Arsenal (13), Chelsea (6) and Tottenham (2) winning 21 titles between them.

City	Titles	Teams
Manchester	29	Manchester United (20), Manchester City (9)
Liverpool	28	Liverpool (19), Everton (9)
London	21	Arsenal (13), Chelsea (6), Tottenham (2)
Birmingham	7	Aston Villa (7)
Sunderland	6	Sunderland (6)
Sheffield	5	Sheffield Wednesday (4), Sheffield United (1)
Newcastle	4	Newcastle United (4)

Published May 20, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.